ORDINANCE NO. 1811
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 10.28.050 OF THE SAN CLEMENTE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO 72-HOUR PARKING RESTRICTIONS AND FINDING THE ORDINANCE NOT SUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
WHEREAS, Section 10.28.050 of the San Clemente Municipal Code establishes a 72-hour parking restriction on public streets; and
WHEREAS, the City Council previously reviewed the City's existing 72-hour parking regulations and related concerns regarding long-term vehicle storage on public streets; and
WHEREAS, on April 21, 2026, the City Council directed staff to return with proposed amendments to the City's 72-hour parking regulations, including a minimum vehicle movement requirement of one hundred (100) feet; and
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Clemente, California, hereby ordains as follows:
SECTION 1. Incorporation of Recitals. The recitals above are true and correct and are hereby incorporated as findings as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2. CEQA. The City Council finds that this Ordinance is not a "project" subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The Ordinance does not qualify as a project because it has no potential to result in either a direct, or reasonably foreseeable indirect, physical change in the environment. (State CEQA Guidelines, ? 15378, subd. (a).) The language merely modifies existing restrictions and prohibitions, absent an applicable exception, regarding the parking of vehicles on public property for more than 72 consecutive hours. In the alternative, the City Council finds that the proposed ordinance falls within the "common sense" exemption set forth in State CEQA Guidelines section 15061, subdivision (b)(3), which exempts activity from CEQA where "it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question ma...
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