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Consider recommendations regarding submittal to the California Coastal Commission for certification of amendments to the Santa Barbara County Local Coastal Program, as follows:
a) Adopt a Resolution that submits the following amendments to the Santa Barbara County Local Coastal Program to the California Coastal Commission for certification:
i) Ordinance No. 4979 that amends the Article II Coastal Zoning Ordinance by revising existing procedures and regulations and adding new procedures and regulations that implement Program 1.16 of the 2015-2023 Housing Element;
ii) Ordinance No. 4984 that amends the Article II Coastal Zoning Ordinance by adopting new regulations that implement the Gaviota Coast Plan;
iii) Ordinance No. 4985 that amends the Article II Coastal Zoning Ordinance by (1) repealing and retiring the Gaviota Coast Rural Region Zoning Map, the North Gaviota Coast Rural Region Zoning Map, the Gaviota Coast Coastal Plan Zoning Overlay Map, and the Point Conception Coastal Plan Zoning Overlay Map, (2) amending the Lompoc Valley Rural Region Zoning Map, and (3) adopting new Gaviota Coast Plan Zoning Maps, new Gaviota Coast Plan Zoning Overlay Maps, and new Gaviota Coast Plan Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Overlay Maps that implement the Gaviota Coast Plan;
iv) Resolution No. 16-267 that amends the Coastal Land Use Plan by adopting new text and maps that implement the Gaviota Coast Plan; and
v) Resolution No. 16-268 that adopts the Gaviota Coast Plan Design Guidelines; and
b) Find that the transmittal of this Resolution is an administrative activity of the County which will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment and is therefore not a “project” as defined for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5).