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Set a hearing to consider the recommendations of the County and Montecito Planning Commissions to adopt three Ordinances, Case Nos. 19ORD-00000-00003, 19ORD-00000-00004, and 19ORD-00000-00005, which would amend, respectively, the County Land Use and Development Code (County LUDC), the Montecito Land Use and Development Code (Montecito LUDC), and the Coastal Zoning Ordinance (Article II), to implement a series of amendments that revise procedures and regulations for commercial telecommunications facilities and recordable documents to implement federal and state regulations; delete repealed and expired regulations; delete uncertified regulations from the County LUDC and Montecito LUDC that were intended to apply solely within the Coastal Zone; and make other minor clarifications, corrections, and revisions. In addition, consider recommendations regarding submittal of the Article II amendments to the California Coastal Commission (Coastal Commission) for certification as amendments to the Santa Barbara County Local Coastal Program, as follows:
(Set a hearing for December 10, 2019. Time estimate: 1 hour)
a) Consider recommendations regarding Case No. 19ORD-00000-00003 (County LUDC), as follows:
i) Make the required findings for approval, including California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings, of the proposed Ordinance;
ii) Determine that the adoption of the Ordinance is exempt from the provisions of CEQA pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State Guidelines for the Implementation of CEQA, and accept 97-ND-02 and Addendum dated March 4, 2011, as adequate environmental review for the amendments to telecommunications facilities pursuant to Section 15162 of the State Guidelines for the Implementation of CEQA; and
iii) Adopt an Ordinance amending the County LUDC (Case No. 19ORD-00000-00003), Section 35 1 of Chapter 35, Zoning, of the Santa Barbara County Code;
b) Consider recommendations regarding Case No. 19ORD-00000-00004 (Montecito LUDC), as follows:
i) Make the required findings for approval, including CEQA findings, of the proposed Ordinance;
ii) Determine that the adoption of the Ordinance is exempt from the provisions of CEQA pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State Guidelines for the Implementation of CEQA, and accept 97-ND-02 and Addendum dated March 4, 2011, as adequate environmental review for the amendments to telecommunications facilities pursuant to Section 15162 of the State Guidelines for the Implementation of CEQA; and
iii) Adopt an Ordinance amending the Montecito LUDC (Case No. 19ORD-00000-00004), Section 35 1 of Chapter 35, Zoning, of the Santa Barbara County Code;
c) Consider recommendations regarding Case No. 19ORD-00000-00005 (Article II), as follows:
i) Make the required findings for approval, including CEQA findings, of the proposed Ordinance;
ii) Determine that the adoption of this Ordinance is exempt from the provisions of CEQA pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) and Section 15265 of the State Guidelines for the Implementation of CEQA, and accept 97-ND-02 and Addendum dated March 4, 2011, as adequate environmental review for the amendments to telecommunications facilities pursuant to Section 15162 of the State Guidelines for the Implementation of CEQA; and
iii) Adopt an Ordinance amending the Coastal Zoning Ordinance (Case No. 19ORD-00000-00005), Article II, of Chapter 35, Zoning, of the Santa Barbara County Code; and
d) Consider recommendations regarding Submittal of Article II Coastal Zoning Ordinance Amendments to Coastal Commission, as follows:
i) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the submittal of the Article II Ordinance amendments (Case No. 19ORD-00000-00005) to the Coastal Commission for certification as an amendment to the Santa Barbara County Local Coastal Program;
ii) Determine 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 purposes of CEQA under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5); and
iii) Direct the Planning and Development Department to transmit the adopted Resolution to the Executive Director of the Coastal Commission.