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ATTY/ORD.0006/CC ORD ADOPT AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING CODE <br />REV: 07-08-26 MI <br />Page 4 of 5 <br /> <br />Section 2. Findings. In accordance with all requirements of Article 49 of the <br />Zoning Code, the City Council hereby finds that the proposed Zoning Code Amendments <br />(“Amendments”) are in the public interest, are consistent with the Redwood City General <br />Plan, and increase the quality of the provisions of the Zoning Code in guiding and <br />regulating the future development, growth, and evolution of Redwood City. These findings <br />are supported by the entire record of evidence and testimony received related to the <br />Amendments (the “Record”), including but not limited to the staff report prepared for the <br />Amendments and specifically Attachment E to the staff report describing the <br />Amendments’ conformance to the General Plan, which is incorporated herein by <br />reference. <br /> <br />Section 3. Compliance with CEQA. The City Council hereby finds that the <br />proposed Amendments have been reviewed pursuant to the requirements of the <br />California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) and the State CEQA Guidelines as follows: <br /> <br />a. The proposed Amendments are not a “project” as defined by CEQA Guidelines <br />section 15378 because they are administrative actions consistent with adopted <br />plans and policies that do not authorize any new construction or other activities <br />that could result in physical changes to the environment. <br /> <br />b. Even if the Amendments are considered to be a project, they are consistent <br />with and within the scope of the activities and programs evaluated in the <br />General Plan EIR (2010, SCH 2010052034) and Focused General Plan Update <br />EIR (2022, SCH 2022100449), both of which are incorporated herein by <br />reference and which adequately evaluated and described the potential impacts <br />of activities consistent with the General Plan pursuant to CEQA Guidelines <br />section 15168(c). No further environmental review is required pursuant to <br />CEQA Guidelines section 15162. <br /> <br />c. Public Resources Code Section 21080.085 provides a statutory exemption <br />from environmental review for rezoning that implements the schedule of actions <br />contained in an approved housing element and Public Resources Code Section <br />21080.25(b)(11) provides a statutory exemption from environmental review for <br />a planning decision carried out by a local agency to reduce or eliminate <br />minimum parking requirements or institute parking maximums, remove or <br />restrict parking, or implement transportation demand management <br />requirements or programs. The Amendments implement Housing Element <br />Programs H1-8 (Small Lots); H3-3 (Housing Options for Special Needs and <br />Extremely-Low Income Households); H4-6 (Permit Processing); H4-9 (Housing <br />Accountability Act) and H4-7 (Revised parking standards) and as part of <br />implementing H4-7 would eliminate parking requirements for certain <br />developments. Therefore, the Amendments would also be statutorily exempt <br />from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code Sections 21080.085 and <br />21080.25(b)(11). <br /> <br />8.B. - Page 21 of 212 <br />336