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ATTY/ORD.0006/CC ORD ADOPT AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING CODE REV: 07-16-26 MI Page 4 of 5 regulating the future development, growth, and evolution of Redwood City. These findings are supported by the entire record of evidence and testimony received related to the Amendments (the “Record”), including but not limited to the staff report prepared for the Amendments and specifically Attachment E to the staff report describing the Amendments’ conformance to the General Plan, which is incorporated herein by reference. Section 3. Compliance with CEQA. The City Council hereby finds that the proposed Amendments have been reviewed pursuant to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) and the State CEQA Guidelines as follows: a. The proposed Amendments are not a “project” as defined by CEQA Guidelines section 15378 because they are administrative actions consistent with adopted plans and policies that do not authorize any new construction or other activities that could result in physical changes to the environment. b. Even if the Amendments are considered to be a project, they are consistent with and within the scope of the activities and programs evaluated in the General Plan EIR (2010, SCH 2010052034) and Focused General Plan Update EIR (2022, SCH 2022100449), both of which are incorporated herein by reference and which adequately evaluated and described the potential impacts of activities consistent with the General Plan pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15168(c). No further environmental review is required pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15162. c. 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 Amendments 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). d. 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. e. The Amendments are further exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the Amendments may have a significant effect on the environment.