Redevelopment Plan Procedures Chapter 1A Transition Ordinance
Summary
SCH Number
2025070034
Public Agency
City of Los Angeles
Document Title
Redevelopment Plan Procedures Chapter 1A Transition Ordinance
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/1/2025
Document Description
A proposed ordinance relocating Section 11.5.14 of Chapter 1 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) to a newly established Division 13B.12. to instate the Redevelopment Plan procedures in Chapter 1A of the LAMC, amendments to Sections 13A.2.2. 13A.2.4. and 13A.2.10. of Article 13 of Chapter 1A of the LAMC, and amendments to Sections 15.2.2. of Chapter 15 of Chapter 1A of the LAMC.
Contact Information
Name
Bonnie Kim
Agency Name
City of Los Angeles, Department of City Planning
Job Title
City Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Los Angeles
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
Citywide
Other Location Info
NAME OF APPLICANT / OWNER:
City of Los Angeles (Department of City Planning)
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
State CEQA Guidelines Sec. 15061(b)(3) and/or Sec. 15378(b)(5)
Reasons for Exemption
The Department of City Planning has determined, based on the whole of the administrative record, that the proposed Redevelopment Plan Procedures Chapter 1A Transition Ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15061(b)(3) and Section 15378(b)(5), and there is no substantial evidence demonstrating that an exception to a categorical exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15300.2 applies. The proposed Ordinance solely modifies administrative procedures for the processing of entitlement requests and has no effect on the physical environment.
Pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3), the proposed Ordinance is not a project under CEQA, because “the activity is covered by the common sense exception that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA.”
The proposed Ordinance is also not a project under CEQA pursuant to Section 15378(b)(5) because “organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment” are not considered a project. The proposed Ordinance does not change any discretionary actions into non-discretionary actions. Furthermore, the proposed Ordinance does not change the zoning of any properties. The proposed changes are limited to policy changes that resolve conflicts within the Redevelopment Plans, Community Plans, the Code, and other City ordinances as well as include technical corrections and clarification of administrative procedures for processing Redevelopment Project Area approval requests and appeals. Therefore, the proposed Ordinance does not have the potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and is not considered a project under CEQA.
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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