City of San Clemente: Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON AUGUST 18, 2021 A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA RELATIVE TO THE FOLLOWING:

General Plan Amendment PLN20-036 – Housing Element and Safety Element Updates

A request to forward a recommendation to the City Council of approval of the Housing Element and Safety Element Updates.

A Draft Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) is available for review and comment during the Public Comment Period running from July 23, 2021 through September 7, 2021. Written comments regarding the Draft PEIR must be submitted no later than 5:00 PM on September 7, 2021 to Jennifer Savage, Project Planner, City of San Clemente Community Development Department, 910 Calle Negocio, Suite 100, San Clemente, CA 92673 or via email at: housing@san-clemente.org. For additional information, please contact Ms. Savage at: (949) 361-6186.

Based on the analysis contained in the Draft Program EIR, the Project will result in a significant and unavoidable environmental impact in the areas of air quality (consistency with air quality plans, criteria pollutants), noise (construction), greenhouse gas emissions (emissions; policy consistency), and transportation (VMT). All remaining potential environmental impacts are insignificant or can be mitigated to a level that is less than significant.

This project is on file at the City of San Clemente Community Development Department, 910 Calle Negocio, San Clemente, California, and is available for public inspection and comment by contacting the Community Development Department at (949) 361-6100. The project and Draft PEIR are also available online at www.san-clemente.org/housingelement. If you challenge this project 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 of San Clemente at, or prior to, the public hearing.

Notice is further given that said public hearing will be conducted by the City of San Clemente Planning Commission and held via teleconference on Wednesday, August 18, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. Please note that to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the public may not physically attend the meeting. However, to participate citizens may:

1. View the meeting via live stream from the City’s YouTube channel at www.san-clemente.org/live or live on Cox Communications Local Access Channel 854; and
2. Submit any comments on agenda items to the Planning Commission electronically by using the on-line portal available from the City’s website at www.san-clemente.org/PCPublicComment. Transmittal by 3:00 p.m. on Planning Commission meeting days is recommended.

Further information may be obtained by contacting the Planning Division at (949) 361-6100.

Secretary to the San Clemente Planning Commission