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contribution to neighborhood character and identity, encourage the retention and reuse of historical buildings and sites, and encourage development which provides a clean and safe environment for the City's residents, workers and visitors. G. On September 8, 2014, and October 27, 2014, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing and voted to recommend that the City Council adopt Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2014 -02 to create Article XVI.II of the Santa Ana Municipal Code to adopt standards of approval for the adaptive reuse of buildings for eligible buildings in project incentive areas. H. Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2014 -02 came before the City Council of the City of Santa Ana for a duly noticed public hearing on November 18, 2014, to consider all testimony, written and oral. The City Council adopts as findings all facts presented in the Request for Council Action dated November 18, 2014 accompanying this matter. For these reasons, and each of them, Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2014 -02 is hereby found and determined to be consistent with the General Plan of the City of Santa Ana and otherwise justified by the public necessity, convenience, and general welfare. J. The Request for Council Action for this ordinance dated November 18, 2014, shall by this reference be incorporated herein, and together with this ordinance, any amendments or supplements and the oral testimony before the City Council at this meeting, shall additionally constitute the necessary findings for this ordinance. K. All provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code which are repeated herein are repeated solely in order to comply with the provisions of Section 418 of the City Charter. Any such restatement of existing provisions of the Code is not intended, nor shall it be interpreted, as constituting a new action or decision of the City Council, but rather such provisions are repeated for tracking purposes only in conformance with the Charter. Section 2. Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act ( "CEQA ") and the State CEQA Guidelines, the adoption of this ordinance is exempt from CEQA review pursuant to 14 California Code of Regulations section 15061(b)(3), which is applicable if it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the project may have a significant effect on the environment. The proposed ordinance will only allow the reuse of vacant and /or obsolete buildings with little or no new construction. As a result, a Notice of Exemption will be filed upon adoption of this ordinance. Section 3. Article XVI.II, Section 41 -1650 of Chapter 41 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby added to read as follows: 2 11 B -4