Environmental Documents Under Review

Environmental Documents Under Review

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PUBLIC REVIEW (NOTICE OF AVAILABLITY) OF A DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (DEIR)

HOUSING ELEMENT AND REZONING PROGRAM

Public Review Period: May 9, 2025 – June 23, 2025

Notice is hereby given by the Community Development Department of the City of Seal Beach that a draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) has been prepared for the Housing Element and Zoning Code Updates Project. The DEIR will be available for public review and comment for 45 days commencing Friday, May 9, 2025, and ending Monday, June 23, 2025. The City of Seal Beach is the lead agency for the preparation of this DEIR. The purpose of this notice is to (1) serve as a Notice of Availability (NOA) of a DEIR pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15087 and (2) advise and solicit comments regarding the content of the DEIR.

Project Description: The Project is the City's Housing Element Update and its resulting zoning code update and rezoning program. The Housing Element Update identifies Housing Opportunity Sites throughout the city that have the potential for providing additional housing to meet the City’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA). The sites are broken into two categories: (a) underutilized sites that do not require zoning code changes and (b) sites where zoning modifications are proposed because the current capacity of these underutilized sites is not sufficient to fully accommodate the RHNA in all income categories. In addition, the sites inventory also identifies the Main Street Program, ADUs, and the Old Ranch Country Club Pipeline Project in its Housing Element Update.

The following documents are available for review:

• Cover and Table of Contents
• Executive Summary
• Section 1 - Introduction
• Section 2 - Project Description
• Section 3.0 - Environmental Analysis
• Section 3.01 - Aesthetics
• Section 3.02 - Air Quality
• Section 3.03 - Biological Resources
• Section 3.04 - Cultural Resources
• Section 3.05 - Energy
• Section 3.06 - Geology
• Section 3.07 - Greenhouse Gas
• Section 3.08 - Hazards
• Section 3.09 - Hydrology
• Section 3.10 - Land Use
• Section 3.11 - Noise
• Section 3.12 - Population
• Section 3.13 - Public Services
• Section 3.14 - Recreation
• Section 3.15 - Transportation
• Section 3.16 - Tribal
• Section 3.17 - Utilities
• Section 4.0 - Alternatives
• Section 5.0 - Other CEQA Considerations
• Section 6.0 - Effects Not Found To Be Significant
• Section 7.0 - List of Preparers
• Appendix A - Notice of Preparation - Initial Study - Written Comments
• Appendix B - Air Quality, Greenhouse Gas, Energy Impact Assessment Technical Reports
• Appendix C - Biological Resources Technical Report
• Appendix D - Cultural Resources Assessment
• Appendix E - Paleontological Resources Technical Report
• Appendix F - Vehicle Miles Traveled Tables
• Appendix G - Water Supply Assessment

Written comments must be submitted by 5:00 P.M. Monday, June 23, 2025 to:

Alexa Smittle
Community Development Director
City of Seal Beach, Community Development Department
211 Eighth Street
Seal Beach, California 90740
planning@sealbeachca.gov