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AA No. 2026-02 for 2101 and 2109 East Santa Clara Avenue Zone Change – Second <br />Reading <br />April 21, 2026 <br />Page 2 <br />5 <br />7 <br />2 <br />0 <br />General Plan Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (SCH No. 2020029087), which was <br />certified in conjunction with adoption of the General Plan Update. Section 15162 prohibits <br />preparation of a subsequent or supplemental EIR unless substantial changes are <br />proposed to the project, substantial changes occur in the circumstances under which the <br />project is undertaken, or new information of substantial importance becomes available <br />that was not known and could not have been known at the time the prior EIR was certified. <br />The proposed zone change is a City-initiated corrective action that aligns zoning with the <br />GC land use designation adopted through the 2022 General Plan Update and does not <br />authorize any new development, construction, or change in intensity beyond what was <br />previously analyzed in the General Plan EIR. The land use designation and development <br />assumptions associated with the proposed zoning were fully evaluated in the certified <br />General Plan EIR. No substantial changes to the project, no changes in circumstances, <br />and no new information requiring major revisions to the EIR have been identified. <br />Accordingly, no subsequent or supplemental EIR is required pursuant to CEQA <br />Guidelines Section 15162. <br />In addition, the proposed zoning amendment is exempt from further environmental review <br />under CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) (the “Common Sense Exemption”), as it can <br />be determined with certainty that the action will not result in a significant effect on the <br />environment. The zone change is administrative and policy-implementing in nature, <br />serves to maintain consistency between the Zoning Code and the General Plan pursuant <br />to Government Code Section 65860, and does not, by itself, enable or approve physical <br />development. Any future development would be subject to separate discretionary review <br />and project-level CEQA analysis, as applicable. Therefore, the environmental effects of <br />the proposed action have already been adequately analyzed in the 2022 General Plan <br />EIR, and no further environmental review is required. A Notice of Determination and <br />Notice of Exemption, Environmental Review No. 2026-05, will be filed for the project. <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />There is no fiscal impact associated with this action. <br />EXHIBIT(S) <br />1. Ordinance Approving AA No. 2026-02 for Second Reading <br />2. April 7, 2026 City Council Meeting Link <br />3.Certified General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report (hyperlink) <br />Submitted By: Ali Pezeshkpour, AICP, Executive Director of the Planning and Building <br /> Agency <br />Approved By: Alvaro Nuñez, City Manager