City Council

18. A request for consideration and recommendation of approval of a Zoning Code Amendment to reduce the minimum number of hotel rooms, a Conditional Use Permit for the operation of a Hotel (Extended Stay America), Variance to reduce the number of required parking spaces, and a Design Review for architectural, parking lot, and landscaping improvements. (Location: 14624 Dalewood Street; Applicant: Lisette Sanchez-Mendoza - MIG for Sonjay Patel and Jayesh Patel of SNS Hotels and Zyra Hospitality, LLC; Case Numbers: AZC 22- 03, CP 22-11, ZV-22-07, PR 22-46). It is recommended that the City Council 1. Open and conduct a Public Hearing; and 2. Adopt City Council Resolution 2023-041 entitled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK CERTIFYING THE MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT OF 1970”; AND 3. Waive further reading, read by title only and introduce Ordinance 1508 entitled: “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 153.120.310 (B) OF CHAPTER 153 TITLE XV OF THE BALDWIN PARK MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF HOTEL AND MOTEL GUEST ROOMS”; AND 4. Adopt City Council Resolution 2023-042 entitled, "RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK ADOPTING THE FINDINGS OF FACT AND APPROVING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT (CP 22-11) FOR THE OPERATION OF A HOTEL, A VARIANCE (ZV 22-07) TO DEVIATE FROM THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF REQUIRED PARKING SPACES, AND DESIGN REVIEW (PR 22-46) TO FACILITATE THE RENOVATION AND REOPENING OF AN EXISTING VACANT HOTEL AS AN EXTENDED STAY AMERICA". CEQA REVIEW: The initial study prepared for the Project disclosed that the Project will have a significant impact on the environment. Mitigation measures have been incorporated into the project's design and as conditions of approval to reduce impacts on the environment to a less than significant level. A Mitigated Negative Declaration of Environmental Impact (MND) has been prepared pursuant to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) of 1970, as amended. The Notice of Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration was sent on October 4, 2023, to the California Office of Planning and Research and the County Clerk, County of Los Angeles. Also, the MND was circulated for public review and comment for 20 days, starting on October 5, 2023, and ending on October 24, 2023. The MND is provided herein as Attachment #6. On October 5, 2023, legal notice was published in the Baldwin Park Press, posted at City Hall and the City of Baldwin Park website. Public Hearing Notices/Notice of Intent were also mailed to the property owners and occupants within a 300-foot radius of the subject property. No comments were received by the City during the public review period. REPORTS OF OFFICERS