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7.\nMake Findings of Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act and conduct a\nFirst Reading of Ordinances Regarding Zoning Amendments Related to Accessory Dwelling\nUnits, Reasonable Accommodation, Two-Unit Housing Projects and Urban Lot Splits, and\nadding a new section on Historic Structures and an Amendment to Chapter 8.20 Relating to\nNoise (Case Numbers 54-25ZA, 55-25ZA, 56-25ZA, 57-25ZA) as Recommended by the Planning\nCommission. State regulations require the City to bring the La Verne Municipal Code into\ncompliance with State law and finalize implementing the General Plan. The proposed updates\naddress accessory dwelling units (ADUs), historic structures and noise regulations, reasonable\naccommodations, and two-unit housing projects and urban lot splits as addressed in the General\nPlan Update and recommended by the Planning Commission at its June 11, 2025, meeting.\nRecommendation: That the City Council, based on recommendation of the Planning\nCommission, introduce by title only and waive further reading of the following ordinances:\n1. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE, CALIFORNIA\nAMENDING THE ZONING PROVISIONS OF THE LA VERNE MUNICIPAL CODE\nRELATING TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY\nDWELLING UNITS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW AND MAKING A\nDETERMINATION THAT THE ORDINANCE IS EXEMPT FROM CEQA PURSUANT TO\nPUBLIC RESOURCES CODE SECTION 21080.17 (Case Number 54-25ZA);\n2. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE, CALIFORNIA\nADDING A NEW SECTION 2.56.090 RELATING TO HISTORIC STRUCTURES AND\nDELETING AND READOPTING CHAPTER 8.20 OF THE LA VERNE MUNICIPAL\nCODE RELATING TO NOISE TO IMPLEMENT THE ACTION ITEMS SET FORTH IN\nTHE LA VERNE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE (Case Number 55-25ZA);\n3. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE, CALIFORNIA,\nREPEALING CHAPTER 18.116 AND ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 18.116 TO TITLE 18,\nZONING, OF THE LA VERNE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO REASONABLE\nACCOMMODATIONS POLICY AND PROCEDURES AND MAKING A DETERMINATION\nTHAT THE ORDINANCE IS EXEMPT FROM CEQA PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA\nCODE OF REGULATIONS SECTION 15061(b)(3) (Case Number 56-25ZA); and,\n4. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE, CALIFORNIA\nAMENDING CHAPTER 18.22 AND SECTION 16.12.060 OF THE LA VERNE\nMUNICIPAL CODE TO IMPLEMENT STATE LAWS CHANGES RELATING TO TWOUNIT HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AND URBAN LOT SPLITS AND MAKING A\nDETERMINATION THAT THE ORDINANCE IS EXEMPT FROM CEQA PURSUANT TO\nGOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 65852.21 AND 66411.7 (Case Number 57-25ZA)\nDISCUSSION CALENDAR