Small Business Streamlining and Other Minor Zoning Codes Updates
Summary
SCH Number
2026030486
Public Agency
City of Mountain View
Document Title
Small Business Streamlining and Other Minor Zoning Codes Updates
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
3/11/2026
Document Description
Amendments to Chapter 36 (Zoning) of the Mountain View City Code to streamline permit processes for certain active, small footprint land uses, remove Change of Use permit requirements, and reduce minimum parking standards for retail and personal service uses; to make other modifications, clarifications, and technical corrections throughout the Chapter to align land uses in the Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Zones with parking standards and definitions; and to modernize definitions and land uses to align with current business trends. The project benefits the general public, City staff, and the business community with improved clarity and consistency of zoning regulations.
Contact Information
Name
Madelyn Faul
Agency Name
City of Mountain View/Planning
Job Title
Assistant Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Mountain View
Counties
Santa Clara
Regions
Citywide, Countywide
Zip
94040
State Highways
101, 237, 85
Railways
caltrain, VTA lightrail
Airports
Moffett Federal Airfield
Schools
MVWSD, MVLAUSD, LASD
Waterways
Stevens Creek, Permanente Creek, Adobe Creek, Hale Creek
Other Information
City-Wide
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15378 & 15601(b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed amendments are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code, § 21000 et seq., "CEQA") and the CEQA Guidelines (Cal. Code Regs., Tit. 14, § 15000 et seq.) pursuant to the Public Resources Codes Sec. 21065 and CEQA Guidelines Sec. 15378 because they do not approve a project or result in a direct physical impact on the environmental or contemplate a known future project, and, as such, there are no known environmental impacts at this time. As a separate and independent basis, adoption of the amendments is exempt from the requirements of CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sec. 15061(b)(3) as the amendments are related to state legislation, procedural permit changes or clarifications with no substantive changes to allowable land uses within the existing zoning districts, and are otherwise covered by the common-sense exemption whereby it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question will have a significant effect on the environment.
County Clerk
Santa Clara
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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