City Council

5.\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 DEVELOPMENT, AND SITE PLAN REVIEW STANDARDS, AND\nDEMONSTRATING COMPLIANCE WITH STATE HOUSING LAW TO ACHIEVE ADEQUATE SITES FOR\nTHE CITY’S 6TH CYCLE RHNA; ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 26-30 TERMINATING RFP NO. 23-4; AND\nAPPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS\nFOR THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MARTYRS\nMONUMENT AND THE MONTEBELLO SCOUT HOUSE\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, and remove provisions that allow\nthe combination of multiple discretionary entitlement approvals under a single application; and\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) in accordance with\nState Housing Law; and\n5. Adopt Resolution No. 26-30 terminating Request for Proposals (“RFP”) No. 23-4 for strategic master\nplanning services for the Montebello Golf Course and directing community engagement for future actions;\nand\n6 Find and determine that the proposed amendments to Title 17 of the MMC are within the scope of, and\nconsistent with, the 2040 General Plan, for which the City Council certified a Final Environmental Impact\nReport (“Final EIR”) (State Clearinghouse No.2023050665), certified on April 10, 2024, in compliance\nwith the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), and\n7. Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute the Covenant and Agreement, in a form approved\nby the City Attorney, for the preservation and protection of the Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument;\nand\n8. Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute the Covenant and Agreement, in a form approved\nby the City Attorney, for the preservation and protection of the Montebello Scout House; and\n9. Take such additional, related, action that may be desirable.