75B - ESTABLISH AND UPDATE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT PROCESSING FEE AMTS

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Section 2. The City Council has reviewed and considered the information contained in the initial study and the negative declaration prepared with respect to this Ordinance. The City Council has, as a result of its consideration and the evidence presented at the hearings on this matter, determined that, as required pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") and the State CEQA Guidelines, a Negative Declaration adequately addresses the expected environmental impacts of this Ordinance. On the basis of this review, the City Council finds that there is no evidence from which it can be fairly argued that the project will have a significant adverse effect on the environment. The City Council hereby certifies and approves the negative declaration and directs that the Notice of Determination be prepared and filed with the County Clerk of the County of Orange in the manner required by law. Pursuant to Title XIV, California Code of Regulations ("CCR") § 753.5(c)(1), the City Council has determined that, after considering the record as a whole, there is no evidence that the proposed project will have the potential for any adverse effect on wildlife resources or the ecological habitat upon which wildlife resources depend. The proposed project simply relates to processing fees. Therefore, pursuant to Fish and Game Code § 711.2 and Title XIV, CCR § 735.5, the payment of Fish and Game Department filing fees is not required in conjunction with this project. Section 3. Section 30-6 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to provide an application processing fee to individuals seeking to make substantial physical exterior modifications to historic structures, such that it reads as follows (new language in bold, deleted language in strikeout for tracking purposes only): Sec. 30-6. Modification of historic properties. (a) No exterior physical modifications, other than those identified by the historic resources commission for administrative approval by city staff, shall be permitted with respect to an historic structure until the historic resources commission approves such request at a duly noticed public hearing and issues a certificate of appropriateness. The historic resources commission shall issue the certificate of appropriateness upon finding that the proposed modification(s) does not substantially change the character and integrity of the historic property. The minutes of the historic resources commission meeting shall serve as the official record. (b) An application for exterior modification of a historic structure shall be accompanied, except for those subject to administrative approval by city staff pursuant to subdivision (a), by payment of an application fee set in such amounts as shall be established by resolution of the city council. Ordinance No. NS-XXX Page 2 of 5 75B-5