City Council

10.\nINTRODUCE AND WAIVE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NOS. 2487, 2488, 2489, AND 2490,\nAMENDING PROVISIONS OF TITLE 17 (ZONING) OF THE CITY OF MONTEBELLO MUNICIPAL CODE,\nRELATED TO MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR\nRESIDENTIAL AND MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTS, SITE PLAN REVIEW STANDARDS, AND ADOPT\nRESOLUTION NO. 26-09 APPROVING THE CORRESPONDING AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING MAP\nCONSISTENT WITH THE MONTEBELLO 2040 GENERAL PLAN AND THE CITY’S HOUSING ELEMENT\nRECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:\n1. Introduce and waive first reading of Ordinance No. 2487, amending Chapter 17.22 titled Commercial\nZones Generally of the Montebello Municipal Code (“MMC”) to establish new mixed-use development\nstandards applicable to the C-1 (Neighborhood Commercial) and C-2 (General Commercial) zoning\ndistricts, along with related updates incorporating mixed-use development provisions into Chapter 17.22;\nand\n2. Introduce and waive first reading of Ordinance No. 2488, amending Title 17 – Zoning of the MMC to\nestablish Chapter 17.21 titled Objective Design Standards, to provide new objective design standards for\nresidential and mixed-use development projects; and\n3. Introduce and waive first reading of Ordinance No. 2489, amending Chapter 17.74 titled Site Plan Review\nof the MMC to update thresholds for when a site plan review is required, remove provisions that allow the\ncombination of multiple discretionary entitlement approvals under a single application, and include an\nexception that would allow certain qualifying mixed-use or residential projects to be reviewed ministerially;\nand\n4. Introduce and waive first reading of Ordinance No. 2490, approving the rezoning of certain properties to\nensure consistency with the land use designations established by the Montebello 2040 General Plan and\nthe opportunity sites identified in the City’s 6th Cycle Housing Element (2021-2029); and\n5. Adopt Resolution No. 26-09 approving an amendment to the City’s Zoning Map to ensure consistency\nwith the land use designations established by the Montebello 2040 General Plan and the opportunity\nsites identified in the City’s 6th Cycle Housing Element (2021-2029), and\n6. Determine and find that the proposed amendments to Title 17 of the MMC and the Zoning Map are within\nthe scope of, and consistent with, the 2040 General Plan, for which the City Council certified a Final\nEnvironmental Impact Report (“Final EIR”) on April 10, 2024 (State Clearinghouse No.2023050665), in\ncompliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), and\n7. Take such additional, related, action that may be desirable.