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FINANCIAL IMPACT: Not applicable. Applicants will be required to submit reasonable application fees as part of the General Plan Amendment and CUP application process. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: Adoption of the Proposed Ordinance is exempt from further environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to several classes of categorical exemptions, as explained below. State CEQA Guidelines, § 15305 — Minor Alterations to Land Use Limitations Section 15305 exempts the following activities: [M]inor alterations in land use limitations in areas with an average slope of less than 20%, which do not result in any changes in land use or density, including but not limited to: (a) Minor lot line adjustments, side yard, and set back variances not resulting in the creation of any new parcel; (b) Issuance of minor encroachment permits; (c) Reversion to acreage in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act. The following evidence and analysis supports the application of the Class 5 exemption to this Ordinance: • The proposed ordinance is a minor alteration in a land use limitation. Specifically, it restricts the use of land within the City for mitigation and conservation purposes. • The proposed ordinance applies City-wide. Most of the City is very flat, with overall slopes of less than 5%. (City of Colton, General Plan, Safety Element, at P. 7-2.) While the southern portion of the City's planning area is dominated by steep hills, the average slope within the City is less than 20%. • The proposed ordinance would not result in any changes in land use or density because it only regulates conservation uses within existing land use designations. While some conditional use applications submitted pursuant to the proposed ordinance may require a general plan amendment to designate the area as "Open Space," the adoption of such a requirement does not itself change any land uses. However, that requirement may preclude reliance on the Class 5 exemption for particular CUP applications.