Minor Ordinance Amendment Package; LRP2025-00012 (ED25-214)
Summary
SCH Number
2026031228
Public Agency
San Luis Obispo County
Document Title
Minor Ordinance Amendment Package; LRP2025-00012 (ED25-214)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
3/27/2026
Document Description
Hearing to consider an amendment to the Inland and Coastal Land Use Ordinances to: [A] Amend Section 23.04.320 Outdoor Lights and 22.10.060 Exterior Lighting and Sections 23.11.030 and 22.80.030 Definitions for light source; [B] Amend Sections 22.70.060 and 23.01.060 to increase noticing radius requirements to 1,000 feet for projects located outside of urban and village reserve lines, and 1,000 feet for energy storage facilities; [C] Amend Sections 23.08.094 and 22.34.050 to require approval by a majority of votes for the granting of a permit, lease or authorization for construction, installation or expansion of onshore support facilities for offshore gas and oil activities in compliance with Measure A; and [D] Expand school district housing in the Public Facilities Land Use Category to the Coastal Zone. (County File Number: LRP2025-00012). All Districts.
Contact Information
Name
County Of San Luis Obispo
Agency Name
County Of San Luis Obispo
Job Title
Planning and Building Department
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Name
Kip Morias
Agency Name
County Of San Luis Obispo
Job Title
Planner III
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Countywide
Counties
San Luis Obispo
Regions
Countywide
Other Location Info
Countywide
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
15061(b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
The County of San Luis Obispo Department of Planning and Building has reviewed the proposed activity and has identified that it qualifies for an exemption from CEQA pursuant to Section 15061 (b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the State CEQA Guidelines (Chapter 3 of Division 6 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations) and has determined that the proposed activity will not have a significant effect on the environment.
The proposed ordinance amendments qualify for a Common-Sense Exemption because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that it will have a significant effect on the environment (CEQA Guidelines §15061(b)(3)), will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment (CEQA Guidelines §15060(c)(2). The proposed amendments consist of updates removing an exception to lighting standards, increasing public noticing requirements, an amendment requiring a majority vote to develop onshore facilities for offshore oil extraction in accordance with Measure A, as passed in 1986, and allowing school district housing in the coastal zone consistent with the inland planning area. Any projects that may be allowed by these amendments would be subject to environmental review under CEQA. Therefore, the proposed activity qualifies for the common-sense exemption under CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061 (b)(3), thus no further environmental review is required.
County Clerk
San Luis Obispo
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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