10-30-2023 Housing Element Public Hearing NoticeCITY OF ORANGE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Orange will hold a Public Hearing,
Monday, October 30, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, in the
Council Chamber, 300 E. Chapman Avenue, Orange, to consider the following request:
SUBJECT: General Plan Amendment No. 2022-0001, City of Orange 2021-2029 Housing Element
Update.
PROPERTY LOCATION: Citywide
REQUEST:A proposal to re-adopt the 2021-2029 General Plan Housing Element update to incorporate
responses to public comment received on the document following its adoption first on February 8, 2022 and again
on February 14, 2023, in accordance with State law. The Housing Element is one of the State-required chapters or
“elements” of the City’s General Plan. The Housing Element Update identifies and analyzes existing and projected
housing needs, plans for the long-term provision of housing for a variety of household income levels, and
articulates the City’s official policies for the preservation, conservation, improvement, and production of housing
within the City for the 2021 through 2029 planning period.
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION:Pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the state CEQA Guidelines
(Common Sense Exemption) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the proposed
2021-2029 Housing Element Update would have a significant effect on the environment; (ii) no property re-
zoning is needed to accommodate the City’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation, and potential residential
development densities have already been analyzed and mitigated in an earlier Environmental Impact Report (the
Program Environmental Impact Report prepared for the 2010 Comprehensive General Plan Update, State
Clearinghouse No. 2006031117); (iii) Pursuant to Section 15283, CEQA does not apply to Regional Housing
Needs determinations made by a city. For these reasons, no further CEQA documentation is required.
PROJECT APPLICANT: City of Orange
FURTHER INFORMATION: All interested persons may submit comments and may be heard on any
relevant matter relating to the proposed action by mail, eComment, voicemail or in-person, as set forth
in the October 30, 2023, City Council agenda. For further information, please contact Anna Pehoushek,
Assistant Community Development Director, at the Community Development Department of the City of
Orange, 300 East Chapman Avenue, by telephone at (714) 744-7228, or via e-mail at
apehoushek@cityoforange.org.
Dated: October 17, 2023 CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE
PHONE: (714) 744-5500 BY: PAMELA COLEMAN, CITY CLERK