TO: Chair and Members of the Planning Commission
THRU: Anna Pehoushek, Assistant Community Development Director
FROM: Arlen Beck, Associate Planner
1. SUBJECT
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A Public Hearing to consider an amendment to the Orange General Plan Safety Element and minor text and graphic updates for document accuracy (General Plan Amendment 2024-0002).
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2. SUMMARY
General Plan Amendment No. 2024-0002 involves an amendment to the Orange General Plan Safety Element to address changes in state law, and accuracy revisions to the remaining elements the existing General Plan. The proposed revisions involve text and graphic updates and limited non-substantive changes to City policies identified in the General Plan.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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1. Adopt Planning Commission Resolution No. 32-24 recommending the City Council approve General Plan Amendment No. 2024-0002 amending the City of Orange General Plan Safety Element to comply with state law and other text, graphics, and non-substantive changes to city policies for document accuracy.
2. Find the proposal exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per State CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), and that the effects of the General Plan were examined in the General Plan Program EIR certified on March 9, 2010.
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4. AUTHORIZING GUIDELINES
Orange Municipal Code Section 17.08.020 and 17.10.010, authorizes the Planning Commission to review and make advisory recommendations to the City Council on General Plan Amendments.
5. PROJECT BACKGROUND
Safety Elements are governed by California Government Code Section 65302(g). This set of regulations establishes the required content of a Safety Element, and identifies the triggers for future updates. Recent amendments to the Government Code require the city to update the Element. Additionally, since adoption of the General Plan a variety of city capital improvement projects and plan updates anticipated in the General Plan have been completed. ...
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