Agda Pkt 2026.07.13 Joint SA PFA

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Page 16 of 17 City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org CEQA Guidelines section 15168(c). No further environmental review is required pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15162. Further, Public Resources Code Section 21080.085 provides a statutory exemption from environmental review for rezoning that implements the schedule of actions contained in an approved Housing Element and Public Resources Code Section 21080.25(b)(11) provides a statutory exemption from environmental review for a planning decision carried out by a local agency to reduce or eliminate minimum parking requirements or institute parking maximums, remove or restrict parking, or implement transportation demand management requirements or programs. The Zoning Code amendments would implement Housing Element Programs H1-8 (Small Lots); H3-3 (Housing Options for Special Needs and Extremely Low- Income Households); H4-6 (Permit Processing); H4-9 (Housing Accountability Act), and H4-7 (Revised parking standards), and as part of implementing H4-7 would eliminate parking requirements for certain developments. Therefore, the amendments would also be statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code Sections 21080.085 and 21080.25(b)(11). Further, pursuant to CEQA section 21080.17, CEQA does not apply to the adoption of an ordinance by a city implementing the provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the California Government Code, which is State ADU law. Finally, CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3) provides an exemption from environmental review for projects where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment. The proposed amendments do not authorize any physical construction and are therefore exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3). PUBLIC NOTICE Public notification was achieved by posting the agenda, with the agenda items being listed, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting. On June 23, 2026, more than twenty days before the hearing date, notice of the City Council hearing was posted on the City website, placed in the San Mateo Daily Journal, emailed to interested parties, and mailed to owners and tenants within 300 feet of the parcels proposed to be rezoned on the City’s Zoning Map. ALTERNATIVES Recommend modifications to the proposed Zoning Code, Municipal Code, and Engineering Standards amendments. 8.B. - Page 16 of 212 331