NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPOSED LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM (LCP) AMENDMENT UPDATING CITY OF POINT ARENA GENERAL PLAN POLICIES AND ZONING CODE REGULATIONS RELATING TO HOUSING & REORGANIZING ZONING CODE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Point Arena City Council will conduct a public hearing at City Hall, 451 School Street, Point Arena, CA, and via Zoom on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at 6:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, on the following:
CASE: LCP #1-24; GP #2024-01; OA #2024-01
APPLICANT: City of Point Arena
REQUEST: Consider amendments to Point Arena Local Coastal Program (LCP) including the Point Arena General Plan/LCP Land Use Plan and the Point Arena Zoning Code/LCP Implementation Program. Recommended actions: (1) Conduct public hearing; (2) Review and adopt resolution approving amendments to the Point Arena General Plan/Local Coastal Plan (GP #2024-01) and authorizing submittal of an LCP Amendment application; and (3) Waive the second reading of the text, and adopt Ordinance No. 243, an ordinance amending the Point Arena Zoning Code (OA #2024-01) to address changes in State housing laws, to implement the City’s Housing Element policies, to encourage more housing development within the City of Point Arena, and to reorganize the Zoning Code to make it more user-friendly.
LOCATION: Within the City of Point Arena boundaries (all of which is within the Coastal Zone).
PUBLIC HEARING DATE: April 23, 2024
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS: https://pointarena.ca.gov/housing
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080.9, the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.; CEQA) does not apply to activities and approvals by a local government as necessary for the preparation and adoption of a local coastal program pursuant to the California Coastal Act (Public Resources Code Section 30000 et seq.), and as provided by Section 15265 of the CEQA Guidelines (14 Cal. Code Regs, Section 15000 et seq.), the burden of CEQA compliance for local coastal programs is shifted from the City to the California Coastal Commission.
The Point Arena City Council is soliciting your input. All interested parties are invited to attend and be heard at this time. If you challenge the above matter(s) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk at, or prior to, the public hearing. All documents are available for review in the City Clerk’s Office. Should you desire to request notification of the City Council’s decision, you may do so in writing by providing a self-addressed stamped envelope to the City Clerk. For further information, contact the City of Point Arena:
Mailing Address: PO Box 67, Point Arena, CA 95468
City Hall Location: 451 School Street, Point Arena, CA 95468
Telephone: 707 882-2122
Website: https://pointarena.ca.gov/housing
City Clerk
Publication Date: April 11, 2024
