2024-072 - Setting Adminstrative Fines for Violation the Municipal Code

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1. A fine not exceeding one thousand, five hundred dollars ($1,500) for a first violation. 2. A fine not exceeding three thousand dollars ($3,000) for a second violation of the same ordinance within one (1) year of the first violation. 3. A fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each additional violation of the same ordinance within one (1) year of the first violation. B. Pursuant to California Government Code Section 36900(e), the citation recipient of a fine may request a hardship waiver pursuant to the process established by the Director of the City's Planning and Building Agency. Section 3. State CEQA Guidelines section 15164 requires lead agencies to prepare an addendum to a previously certified EIR if some changes or additions to the project are necessary, but none of the conditions requiring preparation of a subsequent or supplemental EIR are present. The City Council has reviewed and considered the General Plan Update EIR (State Clearinghouse No. 2020029087) ("GPU EIR"), the Addendum to the GPU EIR, and finds that these documents taken together contain a complete and accurate reporting of all the potential environmental impacts associated with this Resolution. The City Council finds that the Addendum has been completed in compliance with CEQA and the State CEQA Guidelines. The City Council further finds and determines that the Addendum reflects the City's independent judgment. Based on the substantial evidence set forth in the record, including but not limited to the GPU EIR and the Addendum, the City Council finds that an addendum is the appropriate document for disclosing the changes to the GPU, and that none of the conditions identified in Public Resources Code section 21166 and State CEQA Guidelines section 15162 requiring subsequent environmental review have occurred, because the Resolution does not change or alter in any way the existing land use designations City-wide set forth in the General Plan Update and analyzed in the GP EIR. No development, redevelopment, or change to existing development type in the City is proposed or required to implement the Resolution. The buildout of housing had previously been analyzed within the scope of the GPU EIR, and the Resolution would not result in additional development of housing within the City. Based on these findings, the City Council makes the following findings: a) The Resolution does not constitute a substantial change that would require major revisions of the GPU EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects. b) There is not a substantial change with respect to the circumstances under which the Resolution will be implemented that would require major revisions of the GPU due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of the previously identified significant effects. Resolution No. 2024-072 Page 2 of 67