Item 34 - Public Hearing - Appeal Application No. 2024-01 for Construction of a 23’-4” Tall Accessory Building (2221 N Heliotrope Drive)

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8 Planning Commission 4/25/2022 Municipal Code (SAMC) and adopt a new ordinance that would allow the construction of new digital billboards and reconstruction of existing billboards with digital displays, subject to certain location and development standards. Environmental Impact: A Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) including one technical study evaluating air quality and greenhouse gas, was prepared for the project. No areas of significance or unavoidable impacts were determined to occur from the construction or operation of the proposed project with the implementation of mitigation measures (Exhibit 1). The MND was available for public review and comment for 30 days as required by CEQA between March 7 and April 6, 2022. One comment was received from the City of Orange. Written responses to the comments were prepared and incorporated into the environmental document. The project requires adoption of a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP), which will reduce all identified impacts to less than significant with implementation of the MMRP. Based on the environmental checklist form completed for the proposed project and supporting environmental analysis, the project would have no impact or a less than significant impact on the following environmental issue areas: Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydrology and Water Quality, Land Use and Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population and Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Transportation, Utilities and Service Systems, and Wildfire. The proposed project's impacts on the following issue areas would be less than significant with the implementation of mitigation: Cultural Resources, Geology and Soils, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, Tribal Cultural Resources. All impacts would be less than significant after mitigation. Recommended Action: Recommend that the City Council approve and adopt Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, Environmental Review No. 2022-19 Recommend that the City Council adopt an ordinance approving Zoning Ordinance Amendment (ZOA) No. 2022-01 to repeal Article XII of Chapter 41 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code and adopt a new off - premise commercial advertising signs (billboards) ordinance, and to modify thresholds for development project plan approvals for billboards. Minutes: Chair Morrissey opened the Public Hearing. Scott King - spoke in favor of the matter. There were no other speakers and the Public Hearing was closed. Commissioner Ramos asked that an amendment be made, that incentives be added to hire local residents by the companies building the Billboards. Moved by Commissioner Woo, seconded by Commissioner McLoughlin to Approve.