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LA County |
Alhambra |
City Council |
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3. PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE APPROVING ZONING TEXT
AMENDMENT AMD-24-02 MAKING GENERAL CLARIFYING UPDATES TO THE
CITY’S ZONING CODE AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENT AMD-25-01 AMENDING THE
CITY’S ZONING MAP; ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING GENERAL PLAN MAP
AMENDMENT AMD-25-02 AMENDING THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE MAP; AND
DETERMINE THIS ACTION IS EXEMPT FROM CEQA – F2M20-24, N2M25-39, O2M25-
4844, R2M25-18
This is the time and place set by Notice No. N2M25-39 for the City Council to hold a public
hearing to consider a City-initiated application for a Zoning Text Amendment AMD-24-02
amending various sections of the Alhambra Municipal Code on zoning and adding various
sections to the Municipal Code to address new State legislation, eliminate inconsistencies,
clarify ambiguous provisions, correct typographical and formatting errors, and modify use
allowances. A Zoning Map Amendment AMD-25-01 and General Plan Map Amendment
AMD-25-02 are also requested to amend the City of Alhambra Official Zoning Map and
General Plan Land Use Map, respectively, to address inconsistencies, mapping errors,
and prior recommendations of the Planning Commission. This Zoning Code clean-up
includes both proposed amendments and additions.
Proposed amendments consist of revisions to existing sections of the Alhambra Municipal
Code (AMC), while the proposed additions would incorporate entirely new sections into
the AMC. The nature of and reasoning for each proposed amendment and addition can
be classified by five general categories: 1.) Clarification; 2.) Consistency; 3.) Compliance
with State laws/Federal laws; 4.) Typographical & Formatting; and 5.) Use Allowances &
Regulations. Some of the proposed amendments and additions are a combination of these
five categories. For example, the section on Accessory Dwelling Units is proposed to be
amended to comply with State law, clarify applicable development standards, and impose
new regulations pertaining to the Accessory Dwelling Unit uses. Similarly, the addition of
a new section identifying specific standards for Firearms Sales uses will impose new use
regulations and will be consistent with Urgency Ordinance No. O2M23-4818, which
directed staff to provide the City Council with options for additional regulations for such
uses. In Attachment 1 of the staff report for this item, each proposed amendment and
addition is briefly described in a table, which includes a breakdown of the categories
applicable to each amendment or addition.
At their March 17, 2025 regular meeting, the Planning Commission reviewed the proposed
amendments and additions in Ordinance No. O2M25-4844 and Resolution No. R2M25-
18, and adopted Planning Commission Resolution No. 25-02 (Attachment 5 of the staff
report) by a vote of 9-0 (Commissioner Mojarro was absent), recommending the City
Council approve Zoning Text Amendment AMD-24-02, Zoning Map Amendment AMD-25-
01, and General Plan Map Amendment AMD-25-02, with four minor revisions to the
Zoning Text Amendment. The minor revisions recommended by the Planning Commission
are listed in Planning Commission Resolution No. 25-02 and have been incorporated into
Ordinance No. O2M25-4844.
The City reviewed the environmental impacts of this Ordinance and City Council
Resolution under the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code §§
21000, et seq. “CEQA”) and the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 Cal. Code of
Regs. §§ 15000, et seq., the “CEQA Guidelines”). This Ordinance and City Council
Resolution is not subject to further review environmental review because: (1) it will not
result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment
(14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15060(c)(2); (2) there is no possibility that this Ordinance or City
Council Resolution will have a significant effect on the environment (14 Cal. Code Regs.
§ 15061(b)(3)); and (3) the Ordinance and City Council Resolution, by itself, do not
constitute a “project” as defined in section 21065 of the Public Resources Code and the
CEQA Guidelines (14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15378). It can be seen with certainty that there
is no possibility that this Ordinance and City Council Resolution may have a significant
effect on the environment.
Recommended Action: City Council:
1. Conduct a public hearing to receive public testimony;
2. Determine which of the Planning Commission’s recommendations to include and
direct the City Attorney to introduce and give first reading by title only, waiving
further reading to the following ordinance entitled:
Ordinance No. O2M25-4844: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ALHAMBRA ADOPTING ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT AMD-24-02,
AMENDING THE ALHAMBRA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADDRESS NEW STATE
LAWS, ELIMINATE INCONSISTENCIES, CLARIFY AMBIGUOUS PROVISIONS,
CORRECT TYPOGRAPHICAL AND FORMATTING ERRORS, AND MODIFY USE
ALLOWANCES, AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENT AMD-25-01, AN AMENDMENT
TO THE CITY OF ALHAMBRA OFFICIAL ZONING MAP
which ordinance shall return for a second reading and adoption at the next City
Council meeting on April 28, 2025;
3. Adopt Resolution No. R2M25-18 entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF ALHAMBRA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING GENERAL PLAN MAP
AMENDMENT AMD-25-02, AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF ALHAMBRA
GENERAL PLAN LAND USE MAP
PRESENTATIONS |
April 14, 2025
LA County
Alhambra
City Council
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