Zoning Map Amend. (Zone Change) P-ZC2026-0003 & Development Code Amend. P-DCA2026-0005. As well as amend. to Title 6 and 12 of the Mission Viejo Municipal Code
Summary
SCH Number
2026100455
Public Agency
City of Mission Viejo
Document Title
Zoning Map Amend. (Zone Change) P-ZC2026-0003 & Development Code Amend. P-DCA2026-0005. As well as amend. to Title 6 and 12 of the Mission Viejo Municipal Code
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/14/2026
Document Description
1.)Zoning Map Amendment (Zone Change) P-ZC2026-0003 & Development Code Amendment P-DCA2026-0005 – City-initiated petitions for consideration of an amendment to Title 9 (Development Code) of the Mission Viejo Municipal Code, to allow new permitted uses, new conditionally permitted uses, parking standard refinements, and streamline the entitlement process. The Code amendment is intended to create a more efficient and business-friendly regulatory framework while maintaining appropriate land-use compatibility, community character, and quality development standards. A Development Code Zoning Map Amendment (Zone Change) is proposed to create an Indoor Entertainment overlay zone to provide additional flexibility for appropriate indoor entertainment uses. Indoor entertainment uses are to be permitted in the overlay zone, which is proposed to include the Mission Viejo Freeway Center, Mission Viejo Village Center, and Kaleidoscope. The proposed amendments also include updates to the City’s floodplain management regulations (Chapter 9.100) to better align with current Federal and State regulations.
2.)Amendments to Title 6 – Health and Sanitation (Chapters 6.10 and 6.65) of the Mission Viejo Municipal Code include to better align the City’s regulations with current Federal and State requirements.
3.)Amendments to Title 12 – Traffic (Chapter 12.08) of the Mission Viejo Municipal Code to strengthen the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s (OCSD) ability to enforce parking permit requirements throughout the City.
Contact Information
Name
Cliff Jones
Agency Name
City of Mission Viejo
Job Title
Planning & Economic Development Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Cities
Mission Viejo
Counties
Orange
Regions
Citywide, Southern California
Cross Streets
City wide
Zip
92691
State Highways
CA
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Section 15060, subd. (c)(2), Section 15061, subd. (b)(3), and Section 15378 (b)(5).
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed Development Code Amendment is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15060, subd. (c)(2) because the amendments will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15061, subd. (b)(3) because there is no possibility the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment. All projects for which the amendment would apply will undergo separate CEQA review. In addition, adoption of the amendment does not constitute as a “project” within the meaning of CEQA under CEQA Guidelines Section 15378 (b)(5) because CEQA does not apply to general policymaking and adoption procedures where there is no possibility that the action or activity in question will have the potential, itself, to result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
County Clerk
Orange
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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