Mountain Views News, Combined Edition Saturday, April 30, 2022

Mountain View News Saturday, April 30, 2022 

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE 

City of Sierra Madre 

From: The City of Sierra Madre 

Subject: 1. MUNICIPAL CODE TEXT AMENDMENTS IN RESPONSE TO STATE HOUSING 
LAWS AFFECTING SECOND UNITS (“ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS,” “ADU”) 

2. MUNICIPAL CODE TEXT AMENDMENT – ORDINANCE CLEAN-UP 
Applicant: City of Sierra Madre 

Project Location: Properties in the City of Sierra Madre, County of Los Angeles, State of California 

1. The City of Sierra Madre gives notice, pursuant to State of California law, that the City Council will 
conduct a public hearing to consider the adoption of Ordinance No. 1454, amending Chapter 17.08 (Definitions), 
Chapter 17.22 (Second Units) in its entirety, and Chapter 17.28 (R-3 Medium/High Density Residential Zone) of 
the Sierra Madre Municipal Code. 
The Planning Commission recommended approval to the City Council of the proposed text amendments at a 
noticed public hearing held on April 21, 2022. 

The purpose of this Ordinance is to establish objective design and development standards to promote the development 
of housing under Senate Bill 13 (SB 13), Assembly Bill 68 (AB 68), Assembly Bill 881 (AB 881) and to 
implement the 2021-2029 Housing Element objective to update the ADU Ordinance. 

2. The City of Sierra Madre gives notice, pursuant to State of California law, that the City Council will 
conduct a public hearing to consider Ordinance No. 1455 amending Chapters 17.20 (R-1 One-family Residential), 
17.28 (R-3 Medium/High Density Residential Zone), 17.40 (M Manufacturing Zone), 17.48 (Development 
Standards), 17.52 (H Hillside Management Zone), and 17.60 (Variances and Discretionary Permits) of the Sierra 
Madre Municipal Code. 
The purpose of this Ordinance is to address those parts of the Sierra Madre Municipal Code which are ambiguous, 
unclear, and inconsistent with other related parts of the Code. The Ordinance would also provide relief for several 
development standards. 

DATE AND TIME OF HEARING PLACE OF HEARING 

City of Sierra Madre City Council meeting;
Thursday, May 10, 2022 City Council Chambers(Hearing begins at 5:30 p.m.) City of Sierra Madre

232 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 
Sierra Madre, CA 91024 

All interested persons may attend this meeting and the City Council will hear them with respect thereto. 

ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: Pursuant to Public Resources Code section 15061, subdivision (b)(3), 
this proposed ordinance is exempt because it is not a “project” for purposes of Public Resources Code section 
21065 and section 15378 of title 14 of the California Code of Regulations. This ordinance is a ministerial action 
to establish conformance with State law and has no direct or indirect physical impact on the environment. 

APPEAL: If in the future anyone wishes to challenge the decision of the City Council in court, one may be limited 
to raising the issues that were raised or presented in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, 
or before, the scheduled public hearing. For further information on this subject, please contact the Planning and 

WALKING SIERRA MADRE - The Social Side 
by Deanne Davis 
WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN THE CITY BUT NOT 
SURE HOW? APPLY TO JOIN A COMMISSION! 
The City is expected to have vacancies on our commissions soon 
so you can get a head start by applying now. 
Applications and more information can be found here: cityofsi-
erramadre.com/cityhall/commissions 
Planning Commission has one (1) expected vacancy. 
Community Services Commission has one (1) expected vacancy. 
Library Board of Trustees has two (2) anticipated vacancies. 
Natural Resources Commission has one current vacancy and one anticipated vacancy for a total 
of two (2) vacancies. 
Interested? Go To: https://www.cityofsierramadre.com/cityhall/commissions 
Community Preservation Department at (626) 355-7138. 
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SAVE THE DATE FOR 
THE BIG REVEAL! 
Monday, May 9 at 6:30pm 
Memorial Park in the Hart House 
FormLA will share the new Landscape Design 
For the Sierra Madre Post Office 
Everyone is welcome. 
“Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And 
yet not one of them will fall to the ground 
apart from your Father. But the very hairs of 
your head are all numbered. So do not fear; 
you are more valuable than many sparrows.” 
Mt. 10:29-31 
“You’ll have a lot more respect for a bird after 
you try making a nest.” Cynthia Lewis 
“One small strand at a time leads to massive 
success.” 
Dr. Moses Simuyemba 
God loves His birds. He’s made so many 
amazing beauties…peacocks, parrots, rain-
bow lorikeets, blue jays. Remember Noah, 
releasing a raven out of the Ark window to 
see if the land was still covered in water? 
The raven found someplace that suited her, 
built a nest and stayed there. Then he sent 
out a dove and that little guy came back with 
an olive leaf in its beak 
This picture is my Tipu tree, which is cur-
rently covered in blossoms. Although you 
can’t see it, in the heart of this tree is a nest, 
carefully constructed by a dove, who sits 
there all day and night, keeping her eggs 
warm. This nest is an amazing thing as it stays anchored no matter how windy it is and she stays 
anchored, no matter how hot it gets. We’ve gotten to be tolerant of each other. I try really hard not to 
come near the tree too often and she’s stopped flying off the nest in a panic if I get closer than six feet. 
This bird speaks Hope to me. She is constant in her duty, even though she is fearful. She is hopeful 
that her eggs will eventually hatch and this job will be completed. 
In 2017, right after my best friend and life-long partner in adventures of all sorts, John, moved his 
residence address to heaven, I would sit in the kitchen and look out over the San Gabriel Valley. 
There was a bird who came almost daily to perch at the very top of this very tall tree, which had to 
have been 50’ high if it was an inch! He would sway up there on what was little more than a twig, 
surveying the world spread before him. He sat peacefully for many minutes. He would survey his 
world and I would survey mine. I called him the bird of hope. Now there’s a new bird of hope look-
ing out on my world. 
I mentioned the bird of hope to my friend, Cecilia, a therapist who brings hope to many people who 
have lost the power of speech after strokes and other grave health situations, and to my granddaugh-
ters, Ashley and Nicole. Ashley is a Labor and Delivery nurse who brings joy and hope with each 
baby she assists into the world. Nicole will be married to the love of her life on May 30th and she is 
an Orca trainer at Sea World. They all shared lovely stories of birds who brought them encourage-
ment and...well, hope! 
Cecilia: “That bird reminds me of right after I had Sadie (her six-year old daughter) I had the baby 
blues but every morning at 4:00 I would hear the same bird outside my room singing. He was like 
my best friend. I will never forget the melody the bird by my room sang every day. He brought me 
joy when I was depressed.” 
Ashley: “There is a hummingbird who comes to my back yard almost every day. He always shows 
up when I feel anxious or worried about something. I know it is God telling me to relax and he will 
take care of me.” 
Nicole: “I had that same thing when I first lived in San Diego, hummingbirds around when I was 
feeling any anxiety at all. It was amazing.” 
Scott Daniels, Senior pastor at College Church of the Nazarene, Nampa, Idaho frequently used a 
phrase to explain wonderful, unexplainable things, “It’s Him again!” The bird of hope is Him again. 
The dawn singer outside the window, “It’s Him again!” 
When I see that dove perched on her nest, I feel that same thing, “It’s Him again!” 
“That is why I tell you not to worry about your everyday life – whether you have enough food and 
drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing? Look 
at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. 
And aren’t you far more valuable to Him than they are? Can all your worries add a single moment 
to your life?” Mt. 6:25-27 
We’re getting through Covid and can see light at the end of this seemingly endless dark tunnel. Hope 
for the future! Weddings are happening, a new baby is expected in our family in September. We have 
all somehow gotten through the school year. The Rose Float Association is preparing for the 2022 
parade with a glorious theme: “Dream. Believe. Achieve.” The July 4th Parade will happen and Hope 
is in the air. 
Columnist Harvey MacKay recently used this statement in his column: “Apathy is the glove in which 
evil slips its hand.” Apathy cannot stand in the same place as Hope! Have a great week, dear friends 
and neighbors. Is there a bird of hope in your backyard? 
My book page: Amazon.com: Deanne Davis 
Where you’ll find “Sunrises and Sunflowers Speak Hope”
And “A Tablespoon of Love, A Tablespoon of Laughter”
Take a look at both of these books, stuffed with hope and some really good recipes. 
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MUSEUMS continued from page 1 
in Sierra Madre. Over the years, it has been through numerous repairs, including wood repairs to the 
floors and structure outside, paint, window repairs, and a deck and railing rebuild. There was an addition 
to the rear of the property used as a kitchen for Elizabeth Louisa Ciez Adler Weiss Stoppel McElwain (not 
a misprint). She was better known simply as “Lizzie” and was famous for her yummy meals and the secret 
moonshine she made in a back shred, the second addition to the home, which is now in complete disrepair. 
The determination is that the kitchen needs to be rebuilt to match the existing quality of the rest of the 
building. The shed may have to be removed entirely. 
Lizzie’s Trail Inn 
At the foot of Mount Wilson Trail just behind the Richardson House, the rustic Lizzie’s Trail Inn, built 
around 1900, served as a hot lunch spot for hikers and trail enthusiasts for many years. Lizzie cooked up 
a mean ravioli and fried chicken and served some “prohibited” adult beverages to wash it all down. The 
structure was almost lost due to the age of the structure and several earthquakes, but it was saved and 
received numerous repairs, including electrical, paint, and some foundation work. 
Today, one of the biggest challenges is a 100-year-old oak tree trying to occupy the same place as Lizzie’s 
Inn. It is leaning into the side and roof of the building, pushing about two inches into the structure and 
causing some leaks when it rains. An arborist will be called in to assess the health of the oak, and a struc-
tural engineer will study what needs to be done to preserve the museum. Hopefully, the tree and building 
can be saved and coexist.