City Council

6.\nWAIVE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION 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\nREZONING OF CERTAIN PROPERTIES CONSISTENT WITH THE MONTEBELLO 2040 GENERAL\nPLAN AND THE CITY’S HOUSING ELEMENT; AND APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER\nTO EXECUTE COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF\nTHE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MARTYRS MONUMENT AND THE MONTEBELLO SCOUT HOUSE\nRECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:\n1. Waive second reading of Ordinance No. 2487, amending Chapter 17.22 titled Commercial Zones\nGenerally of the Montebello Municipal Code (“MMC”) to establish new mixed-use development standards\napplicable to the C-1 (Neighborhood Commercial) and C-2 (General Commercial) zoning districts, along\nwith related updates incorporating mixed-use development provisions into Chapter 17.22; and\n2. Waive second reading of Ordinance No. 2488, amending Title 17 – Zoning of the MMC to establish\nChapter 17.21 titled Objective Design Standards, to provide new objective design standards for\nresidential and mixed-use development projects; and\n3. Waive second reading of Ordinance No. 2489, amending Chapter 17.74 titled Site Plan Review of the\nMMC 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\nadministratively; and\n4. Waive second reading of Ordinance No. 2490, approving the rezoning of certain properties to ensure\nconsistency with the land use designations established by the Montebello 2040 General Plan and the\nopportunity sites identified in the City’s 6th Cycle Housing Element (2021-2029); and\n5. Determine and find that the proposed amendments to Title 17 of the MMC and rezoning of certain\nproperties are within the scope of, and consistent with, the 2040 General Plan, for which the City Council\ncertified a Final Environmental Impact Report (“Final EIR”) on April 10, 2024 (State Clearinghouse\nNo.2023050665), in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), and\n6. Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute the Covenant and Agreement for the preservation\nand protection of the Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument in a form approved by the City Attorney;\nand\n7 Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute the Covenant and Agreement for the preservation\nand protection of the Montebello Scout House in a form approved by the City Attorney; and\n8. Take such additional, related, action that may be desirable.