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2. General Plan Amendment (GPA 11831-2019) and Code Amendment (CODE11832-2019)
Project Address: Citywide
Project Applicant: City of Pomona
Council District: All Districts
General Plan Amendment to adopt amendments to the 2013-2021 Pomona Housing Element and amendments to the Pomona Zoning Code, the Downtown Pomona Specific Plan, the Pomona Corridors Specific Plan, Ordinance No. 4224 and Ordinance No. 4238 relating to emergency shelter locations and standards, minimum density requirements and parking ratios. The City of Pomona previously adopted an Environmental Impact Report (“EIR”) for the Pomona General Plan and the Pomona Corridors Specific Plan which included analysis of the City’s Housing Element and housing programs. The proposed amendments shown in the Draft Housing Element and the Implementation Amendments proposed to implement the programs and policies in the Draft Housing Element and do not trigger the preparation of a new or subsequent EIR since none of the conditions requiring preparation of a subsequent EIR or negative declaration have occurred, the changes that are part of the Draft Housing Element or the Implementation Amendments would not result in any significant impacts not considered under the original EIR. As a result, an EIR Addendum has been prepared in accordance with Section 15162 and 1564 of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) Guidelines.
Recommendation:
Staff recommends opening the public hearing for this item and continuing it to May 22, 2019, to allow for sufficient time for Commission review of all relevant documents. The complete packet will be distributed for review at the May 8 meeting.