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NOTICE OF PREPARATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR) AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC SCOPING MEETING
HOUSING ELEMENT AND REZONING PROGRAM
Notice of Preparation Review Period: November 16, 2023 – December 15, 2023
Scoping Meeting: Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 6:00 P.M. at City Council Chambers, 211 Eighth Street.
The purpose of this Notice of Preparation (NOP) is to notify potential Responsible Agencies (Agencies) that the Lead Agency, the City of Seal Beach (City), will prepare an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the proposed City of Seal Beach Housing Element and Zoning Code Updates Project (Project) and to solicit comments and suggestions regarding (1) the scope and content of the EIR and (2) the environmental issues and alternatives to be addressed in the EIR (California Environmental Quality Act [CEQA] Guidelines Section 15082). This NOP also provides notice to interested parties, organizations, and individuals of the preparation of the EIR and requests comments on the scope and contents of the environmental document.
Project Description: The Project is the City's Housing Element Update and its resulting zoning code update and rezoning program. The Housing Element Update identifies Housing Opportunity Sites throughout the city that have the potential for providing additional housing to meet the City’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA). The sites are broken into two categories: (a) underutilized sites that do not require zoning code changes and (b) sites where zoning modifications are proposed because the current capacity of these underutilized sites is not sufficient to fully accommodate the RHNA in all income categories.
The following documents are available for review:
Written comments must be submitted by 5:00 P.M. Friday, December 15, 2023 to: Alexa Smittle Community Development Director City of Seal Beach, Community Development Department 211 Eighth Street Seal Beach, California 90740 asmittle@sealbeachca.gov