02-08-2022 Housing Element Update CITY 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,
Tuesday, February 8, 2022, at 6:00 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 adopt an updated General Plan Housing Element, 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.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: At its January 3, 2022 meeting, the Planning Commission
unanimously voted (5-0) to recommend approval of the Ordinance.
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, Stat e 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
All interested persons may submit comments and may be heard on any relevant matter relating to the
proposed action by mail, email, voicemail or in-person, as set forth in the February 8, 2022, City Council
agenda.
FURTHER INFORMATION: The Housing Element is available online at
www.cityoforange.org/2226/2021-2029-Housing-Element-Update.
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.
Posted: January 27, 2022 CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE
PHONE: (714) 744-5500 BY: PAMELA COLEMAN, CITY CLERK