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<br />RESOLUTION NO. 2022-XXX <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA ADOPTING THE MITIGATED <br />NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND MITIGATION <br />MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM FOR <br />THE SANTA ANA OFF-PREMISES COMMERCIAL <br />SIGNS ORDINANCE UPDATE PROJECT <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines, <br />and declares as follows: <br />A.The City of Santa Ana is seeking approval of Zoning Ordinance <br />Amendment No. 2022-01 to repeal and reenact in its entirety Article XII of Chapter 41 of <br />the Santa Ana Municipal Code pertaining to off-premise commercial advertising signs <br />(billboards). This Ordinance, referred to as the Santa Ana Off-Premises Commercial <br />Advertising Signs Ordinance Update Project (“Project”), would allow the construction <br />and reconstruction of new digital billboards in certain areas of the city subject to location <br />requirements and development standards. <br />B.The Project is required to undergo an environmental review pursuant to <br />the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the state CEQA Guidelines. <br />Through its consultant, the City prepared an Initial Study leading to a Mitigated Negative <br />Declaration (“IS/MND”) for the Project. Based on the IS/MND, the Project would have <br />no impact or a less than significant impact on the following environmental issue areas: <br />Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, <br />Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydrology and Water Quality, Land Use and <br />Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population and Housing, Public Services, <br />Recreation, Transportation, Utilities and Service Systems, and Wildfire. The Project’s <br />impacts on the following issue areas would be less than significant with the <br />implementation of mitigation: Cultural Resources, Geology and Soils, Hazards and <br />Hazardous Materials, and Tribal Cultural Resources. All impacts would be less than <br />significant after mitigation. <br />C.The Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND), Environmental Review (ER) No. <br />2022-19, for the Project reflects the City’s independent judgement and analysis as lead <br />agency for the project. <br />D.On March 7, 2022, a Notice of Intent (NOI) to adopt the IS/MND, ER No. <br />2022-19, was published in the Orange County Register newspaper and circulated to <br />interested parties, including listed contacts for 10 Neighborhood Associations in Santa <br />Ana. <br />Resolution No. 2022-XXX <br />Page 1 of 6