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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2026-011 RESOLUTION NO. 2026-011 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDING CITY COUNCIL APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 2 (ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL), TITLE 17 (ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY), AND TITLE 19 (PLANNING AND ZONING), AND A CLARIFICATION TO THE FREEWAY COMMERCIAL SECTIONAL PLANNING AREA PLAN USE MATRIX WHEREAS, necessary amendments to the Chula Vista Municipal Code (“CVMC”) and a clarification to the Freeway Commercial Sectional Planning Area (SPA) Plan have been identified to remove obsolete verbiage, clarify processes/regulations, and update outdated references; and WHEREAS, the proposed legislative action has been reviewed for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and determined that the action qualifies for the “common sense” exemption under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3). The action involves amendments to the CVMC and a clarification to the Freeway Commercial SPA Plan, including replacing references for the Director of General Services and the Director of Planning and Building Department with their current titles, adding remote workers as part of home occupation businesses, adding campers and travel trailers to be permissively stored on a residential property, and deleting a redundant use for food retail specialty stores. Furthermore, the action of updating and modifying the CVMC with procedural and clerical changes will not result in an intensification of uses or a change in development potential within the City above what already is permitted under the existing land use and zoning policies of the CVMC that are being updated. Based on an analysis of the nature and type of these procedural and clerical changes to the CVMC, there is a certainty that there is no possibility that the action may have a significant effect on the environment; and WHEREAS, a hearing time and place were set by the Planning Commission to consider the CVMC amendments, and notice of said hearing, together with its purpose, was given by its publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the City, at least ten (10) business days prior to the hearing; and WHEREAS, after review and consideration of the Staff Report and related materials for this matter, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on September 23, 2026, to consider said CVMC amendments and SPA Plan clarification at the time and place as advertised in the Council Chambers, 276 Fourth Avenue, before the Planning Commission, and the hearing was thereafter closed. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Planning Commission hereby recommends that the City Council of the City of Chula Vista adopt the proposed amendments to CVMC Title 2, Title 17, and Title 19, and the Freeway Commercial SPA Plan related to streamlined improvements for both the overall City and specifically the Development Services Department. Docusign Envelope ID: 5D79F6A6-2F8E-881F-8068-BA2B5D475DF9 Resolution No. 2026-011 Page No. 2 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Planning Commission hereby recommends that the City Council of the City of Chula Vista find that the proposed amendments to the Chula Vista Municipal Code identified in this Resolution qualify for the “common sense” exemption under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3). The action involves amendments to the CVMC and a clarification to the Freeway Commercial SPA Plan, including replacing references for the Director of General Services and the Director of Planning and Building Department with their current titles, adding remote workers as part of home occupation businesses, adding campers and travel trailers to be permissively stored on a residential property, and deleting a redundant use for food retail specialty stores. Furthermore, the action of updating and modifying the CVMC with procedural and clerical changes will not result in an intensification of uses or a change in development potential within the City above what already is permitted under the existing land use and zoning policies of the CVMC that are being updated. Based on an analysis of the nature and type of these procedural and clerical changes to the CVMC, there is a certainty that there is no possibility that the action may have a significant effect on the environment. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the City Council. [SIGNATURES ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE] Docusign Envelope ID: 5D79F6A6-2F8E-881F-8068-BA2B5D475DF9 Resolution No. 2026-011 Page No. 3 Presented by Approved as to form by Roy Sapa’u Marco A. Verdugo Deputy City Manager / City Attorney Director of Development Services PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the Planning Commission of the City of Chula Vista, California, this 23rd day of September 2026, by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners: Combs, Jones, Sanfilippo, Torres, and Leal NOES: Commissioners: None ABSENT: Commissioners: None Rodrigo Leal, Chair ATTEST: Mariluz Zepeda, Deputy City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) CITY OF CHULA VISTA ) I, Mariluz Zepeda, Deputy City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2026-011 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the Planning Commission at a regular meeting of the Planning Commission held on the 23rd day of September 2026. Executed this 23rd day of September 2026. Mariluz Zepeda, Deputy City Clerk Docusign Envelope ID: 5D79F6A6-2F8E-881F-8068-BA2B5D475DF9 For