| SUBJECT | General Plan Amendment S19-01 – Safety Element |
| PROPOSAL | Adopt General Plan Amendment S19-01 to update the Safety Element to comply with recent State mandates, incorporate requirements regarding the risk of fire in State and Local Responsibility Areas and very high fire hazard severity zones, and make technical amendments. |
| PROJECT LOCATION | Unincorporated Areas of the County of Orange |
| APPLICANT | OC Public Works/OC Development Services/Planning |
| APPELLANT | On May 28, 2025, the Orange County Planning Commission held a public meeting regarding the proposed General Plan Amendment S19-01 and voted to recommend the Board of Supervisors make the appropriate findings under the California Environmental Quality Act and adopt General Plan Amendment S19-01. |
| ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION | The circumstances of the proposed General Plan Amendment S19-01 (Safety Element) are substantially the same as Initial Study/Negative Declaration (IS/ND) No. IP 22-0133, previously adopted by the Board of Supervisors on September 27, 2022, and Addendum No. 1 adopted by the Board of Supervisors on June 25, 2024, for the Housing-Related Updates to the OC General Plan and Comprehensive Zoning Code. These documents include minor changes or additions necessary, and both documents adequately address the effects of the proposed General Plan Amendment S19-01 (Safety Element). No substantial changes have been made in the project, no substantial changes have occurred in the circumstances under which the project is being undertaken, and no new information of substantial importance to the project which was not known or could not have been known when IS/ND No. IP 22-0133 and Addendum No. 1 were adopted have become known; therefore, no further environmental review is required. |
| DATE | August 26, 2025 |
| TIME | 9:30 a.m. (Or as soon as possible thereafter) |
| LOCATION | County Administration North (CAN)
(Board of Supervisors Hearing Room)
400 West Civic Center Drive
Santa Ana, CA 92701 |
| INVITATION TO BE HEARD | All persons either favoring or opposing this proposal are invited to present their views and supporting documents at this hearing. It is requested that any written response be submitted to the Clerk of the Board prior to the hearing date at response@ocgov.com. If you challenge the action taken on this proposal in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to OC Development Services/Planning or the Clerk of the Board. For further information, contact Virginia Gomez at (714) 667-1614 or virginia.gomez@ocpw.ocgov.com, or come to the County Service Center at 601 N. Ross Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701. Project plans and documents considered by the Board of Supervisors on August 26, 2025, are available at: https://board.ocgov.com/meetings-agendas |
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