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Legal Notices

 Mountain Views News Saturday, November 24, 2012 

CITY OF SIERRA MADRE

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

From: The City of Sierra Madre

Subject: ORDINANCE TO AMEND MUNICIPAL CODE RE: 

 SPECIAL EVENTS, TEMPORARY

 USE PERMITS, ENCROACHMENT PERMITS, AND

 EXCAVATION PERMITS – 

 MUNICIPAL CODE TEXT AMENDMENT 11-03 

 (MCTA 11-03) 

Applicant: City of Sierra Madre

Project Location: Properties in the City of Sierra Madre, 

 County of Los Angeles, 

 State of California

On November 27, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. or thereafter, at Sierra Madre City Hall, located at 
232 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre CA, 91024, the Sierra Madre City Council will 
conduct a public hearing to consider whether to adopt an ordinance adding Chapter 12.34 
to the Municipal Code to regulate special events occurring on public property; and revising 
Chapter 17.88 relating to temporary use permits, Chapter 12.12 relating to encroachment 
permits, and Chapter 12.16 relating to excavation permits. The proposed amendments will 
directly or indirectly affect all property within the city.

The complete text of the proposed ordinance is available via the city’s website: http://
www.cityofsierramadre.com by clicking on the Search Current City Documents link, then 
searching by meeting date (November 27, 2012). It is also available via the City Clerk’s 
office located at 232 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, CA 91024; (626) 355-7135.

DATE AND TIME OF HEARING PLACE OF HEARING

City of Sierra Madre City of Sierra Madre

City Council meeting City Council Chambers

Thursday, November 27, 2012 232 W. Sierra Madre Blvd.

(Hearing begins at 6:30 p.m.) Sierra Madre, CA 

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

ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: 

The project qualifies for a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Exemption 
pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Review for Exemption) of CEQA, as there is no possibility 
that the proposed Ordinance would have a significant impact on the environment. 

Danny Castro

Director of Development Services 

City of Sierra Madre

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

From: The City of Sierra Madre

Subject: CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 12-04 (CUP 12-04); 

 THE BRITISH HOME SPECIFIC PLAN- SPECIFIC PLAN 

 NO. 12-01 (SP 12-01); MUNICIPAL CODE TEXT 
AMENDMENT NO. 12-02 (MCTA 12-02) 

Applicant: The British Home 

Project Location: 647 Manzanita Avenue and 676 Ramona Avenue 

The City of Sierra Madre gives notice, pursuant to State of California law, that the Planning 
Commission will conduct a public hearing to consider a request for a Conditional Use Permit to 
allow 1) the addition of 754 square feet of floor area to an existing building (Armstrong Hall) located 
at 647 Manzanita Avenue, and 2) demolition of an existing single-family home and construction of 
a new one-story, 3,591-square-foot, 8-bedroom residential building at 676 Ramona Avenue as part 
of the British Home site. The new building will allow an increase in the total number of residents 
on the site from 41 to 49. Pursuant to Sierra Madre Municipal Code (SMMC), convalescent homes 
and similar institutions are permitted subject to the approval of a Conditional Use Permit (CUP). A 
Specific Plan is required pursuant to General Plan Land Use Policy L3.1 which requires the adoption 
of a comprehensive plan or similar planning document for all developments on properties exceeding 
one acre in size. In order for such plan to have regulatory authority over the underlying zone, a 
Municipal Code Text Amendment will also be considered.

DATE AND TIME OF HEARING PLACE OF HEARING

City of Sierra Madre City of Sierra Madre

Planning Commission meeting City Council Chambers

Thursday, December 6, 2012 232 W. Sierra Madre Blvd.

(Hearing begins at 7:00 p.m.) Sierra Madre, CA 

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

ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The project qualifies for Class 1 Categorical 
Exemption, pursuant to Section 15301(e)(1) as the addition of floor area to the existing building 
(Armstrong Hall) constitutes a negligible expansion of an existing use. The project also qualifies for 
Class 3 Categorical Exemption, pursuant to Section 15303(a) in that it involves construction of one 
new residential building in a single-family residential zone. 

APPEAL: The decision of the Planning Commission is subject to a 10-business-day appeal 
period to the City Council. If in the future anyone wishes to challenge the decision of the Planning 
Commission in court, one may be limited to raising the issues that were raised or presented in written 
correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission at, or before, the scheduled public hearing. 
For further information on this subject, please contact the Development Services Department at 
(626) 355-7138.