West Hollywood

City Council

April 17, 2023 Public Hearings #A

Agenda Item A

3.A. ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 23-12 (2ND READING)\n"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WEST\nHOLLYWOOD ADOPTING BY REFERENCE TITLE\n32 - FIRE CODE - OF THE LOS ANGELES\nCOUNTY CODE, INCORPORATING THE\nCALIFORNIA FIRE CODE, 2022 EDITION, WITH\nCERTAIN CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS;\nMAKING AMENDMENTS TO SAID CODES;\nAMENDING TITLE 14 OF THE WEST\nHOLLYWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE; AND FINDING\nTHE ACTION EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA\nENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT" [M.\nCROWDER, J. JIMENEZ, L. MORALES]:\nThe City Council will waive further reading and adopt\nOrdinance No. 23-12, amending Title 14 of the West\nHollywood Municipal Code to incorporate certain\nchanges from the California Fire Code 2022 edition\nadopting by reference Title 32 - Fire Code - of the\nLos Angeles County Code. The proposed Ordinance\nis not subject to the California Environmental Quality\nAct ("CEQA") pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the\nState CEQA Guidelines, which provides that a project\nis exempt from CEQA if the activity is covered by the\ncommonsense exemption that CEQA applies only to\nprojects which have the potential for causing a\nsignificant effect on the environment.\nRECOMMENDATIONS: 1) Conduct a Public Hearing;\n2) accept public testimony; and 3) waive further\nreading and adopt Ordinance No. 23-12, "AN\nORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WEST\nHOLLYWOOD ADOPTING BY REFERENCE TITLE\n32 - FIRE CODE - OF THE LOS ANGELES\nCOUNTY CODE, INCORPORATING THE\nCALIFORNIA FIRE CODE, 2022 EDITION, WITH\nCERTAIN CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS;\nMAKING AMENDMENTS TO SAID CODES;\nAMENDING TITLE 14 OF THE WEST HOLLYWOOD\nMUNICIPAL CODE; AND FINDING THE ACTION\nEXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA\nENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT".\nSTAFF REPORT\nITEM 3.A. - ATTACHMENT A