REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 03/01/2023
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Planning and Development Department
SUBJECT:
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Resolution approving Cycle 1 of the General Plan Amendments for 2023 to include General Plan Amendments 2022-0001, 2022-0002, and 2022-0003 to amend the land uses on various properties within the City of Corona.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to consider an amendment to the General Plan that would allow the land uses to be amended for certain properties identified in General Plan Amendment 2022-0001 (GPA2022-0001), GPA2022-0002, and GPA2022-0003. The amendments to the General Plan were tentatively considered by the City Council on March 1, 2023 as public hearings. Pursuant to Government Code section 65358(b), a mandatory element of the General Plan may be amended no more than four times per calendar year. Resolution 23-012 would comprehensively adopt amendments to the General Plan Land Use Element for certain properties as part of the first cycle for Year 2023.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
a. Find that GPA2022-0001 and GPA2022-0003 is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State Guidelines for CEQA.
b. Find that the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report prepared for the City of Corona General Plan Housing Element Rezoning Program update project and certified during the public hearing for GPA2022-0002, was completed in compliance with CEQA, the State CEQA Guidelines and the City of Corona Local CEQA Guidelines.
c. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-012 approving GPA2022-0001, GPA2022-0002, and GPA2022-0003 as Cycle 1 of General Plan Amendments for 2023.
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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
Pursuant to Government Code section 65358(b), a mandatory element of the General Plan may be amended no more than four times per calendar year. The City batches the review of General Pla...
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