Environmental Documents

Current Environmental Documents

For more information on any currently circulating environmental documents as required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), please see the links above. For questions regarding any environmental documents listed, or for additional information on CEQA, please contact the Planning Division at 949-248-3568.

CEQA Addendum to the City's General Plan EIR

The City, as the Lead Agency, determined that an Addendum to the City’s General Plan 1991 certified Environmental Impact Report (SCH No. 1991021054) was to be prepared in order to evaluate proposed updates to Circulation and Economic Development Elements. The purpose of the Addendum was to evaluate whether the proposed updates would modify the certified EIR in such a way as to result in new environmental impacts or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects or would otherwise trigger a need for subsequent environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

The proposed General Plan updates would not change the current land use designations or buildout assumptions made under the certified EIR, result in impacts that differ from those identified, and would not trigger the need for preparation of a subsequent or supplemental EIR under the criteria in CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162(a) and 15163(a). Impacts beyond those identified in the EIR would not be expected to occur as a result of the updates, which would still be subject to all applicable, previously required mitigation measures from the certified EIR. The Addendum to the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) assessed the project’s alignment with the Circulation Element and its potential impacts on the community and concluded the project aligns with the adopted plans, programs, and policies.

Chris Johnson, Principal Planner
City of Dana Point
Community Development Department, Planning Division
33282 Golden Lantern, Suite 209
Dana Point, California 92629
cjohnson@danapoint.org

Addendum to the Certified EIR(PDF, 825KB)

Dana Point Harbor Hotels

Final Environmental Impact Report: Dana Point Harbor Hotels Project(PDF, 9MB)

Below please find the Revised Draft Environmental Impact Report (Revised Draft EIR) for the Dana Point Harbor Hotels. All the sections of the document have been uploaded and are in order.  If you would like to review the document in person, the document is available for viewing at Dana Point City Hall (33282 Golden Lantern, Suite 209, Planning Counter).  The public review and comment period started on March 12, 2025, and has been extended from April 25, 2025 to April 28, 2025, to be consistent with the State review period and the filing of the Revised Draft EIR with the State Clearinghouse. Written comments on the Draft EIR must be submitted no later than 5:30 p.m. on Monday, April 28, 2025, to the following:

Kurth B. Nelson III, Principal Planner
 City of Dana Point
Community Development Department, Planning Division
33282 Golden Lantern, Suite 209
Dana Point, California 92629
knelson@danapoint.org

 

Supplemental Notice of Preparation (NOP) (PDF) - Scoping Meeting scheduled for August 14, 2024(PDF, 100KB)

Below please find the Draft Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIR) for the Dana Point Harbor Hotels. All the sections of the document have been uploaded and are in order.  If you would like to review the document in person, the document is available for viewing at Dana Point City Hall (33282 Golden Lantern, Suite 209, Planning Counter).  The public review and comment period is from April 30, 2021 - June 14, 2021. Written comments on the Draft EIR must be submitted no later than 5:30 p.m. on Monday, June 14, 2021, to the following:

Kurth B. Nelson III, Principal Planner
City of Dana Point
Community Development Department, Planning Division
33282 Golden Lantern, Suite 209
Dana Point, California 92629
knelson@danapoint.org

Doheny Village EIR

NOP Comment Letters

Capistrano Hillside Project

Victoria Boulevard Apartments

South Shores Church Master Plan-Final (3-20-15)

Below please find the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for South Shores Church. Similar to the Draft Environmental Impact Report and other large documents, the FEIR had to be broken down into sub sections due to the upload capacity of the City server and the large size of the FEIR. All the sections of the document have been uploaded and are in order. So if you are reviewing Vol. 1.1 and the page ends it will continue from where it left off at the beginning of Vol. 1.2, and etc. If you would like to review the document in person the document is available for viewing at Dana Point City Hall (33282 Golden Lantern). If you have any questions please contact the Community Development Department at 949-248-3568.

South Shores Church Master Plan-Draft

Dana Point Town Center Plan

Housing Element

Short Term Rental Project

Proposed Ban of Distribution of Plastic Bags and Expanded Polystyrene Food Ware

Doheny Hotel Project

PCH/Del Prado Avenue Phase I Streetscape Improvements Project; Coastal Development Permit CDP11-0003

  • Final EIR

 

California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Information

What is the California Environmental Quality Act?
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is a California statute that requires government agencies to analyze, consider, and make available to the public, information about potential environmental impacts that may result from proposed discretionary development projects. This analysis is accomplished through the creation of an initial study analyzing potential impacts from the project proposed, and from this analysis, subsequent preparation of either a negative or mitigated negative declaration (statements of either "no environmental impact" or "no impact with mitigation in place") or an environmental impact report (significant impact(s) likely - detailed environmental analysis required).

For more information on CEQA guidelines, please visit California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

 

Does my project require review under CEQA?
CEQA requires analysis of most discretionary projects. A discretionary project is any action where a public agency (such as the City of Dana Point) exercises judgment in deciding whether to approve a project. Projects that require an agency to merely determine conformance with local standards in order to issue a permit or other entitlement are called "ministerial" projects and are generally exempt from analysis. That stated, certain discretionary projects are also exempt from analysis, and are listed in Article 18 (Statutory Exemptions) and Article 19 (Categorical Exemptions) of the CEQA Statute.

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