Mountain Views News, Combined Edition Saturday, August 15, 2020

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Mountain View News Saturday, August 15, 2020 


City of Sierra Madre

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

From: The City of Sierra Madre

Subject: MUNICIPAL CODE TEXT AMENDMENT 20-04 (MCTA 20-04) 

Applicant: City of Sierra Madre

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

The City of Sierra Madre gives notice, pursuant to State of California law, that the Planning Commission will conduct a public 
hearing to consider recommending adoption of Municipal Code Text Amendment 20-04, amending Chapter: 17.68 (Parking). 
The amendments replace the list of specific uses and corresponding parking requirements with requirements for residential 
and non-residential uses; reduces the total number of required parking spaces for non-residential uses; allows for shared 
parking arrangements involving separate properties in the commercial zone; updates standards for development of parking 
facilities, provides relief from required parking in connection with the reuse of existing structures and residential additions; 
introduces in the Commercial and Manufacturing zones, up to 50% of the required parking spaces for non-residential uses may 
be satisfied by paying a one-time fee; Satisfaction of greater than 50% of the required parking spaces by payment of such in 
lieu fee may be approved subject to a minor conditional use permit upon the additional finding by the reviewing authority that 
doing so will not unreasonably overload street parking or public parking facilities nor create a nuisance.

Following a Planning Commission recommendation for approval, the proposed text amendment will be forwarded to the City 
Council for their consideration. 

DATE AND TIME OF HEARING

City of Sierra Madre Planning Commission meeting; Thursday, September 3, 2020 (Hearing begins at 7:00 p.m.) 

PLACE OF HEARING

This meeting will be conducted utilizing teleconference communications and will be recorded for live streaming. In accordance 
with the State of California Executive Order N-29-20 dated March 17, 2020, all City of Sierra Madre public meetings will be 
solely available via live streaming and made available on the City’s official website.

.Watch the meeting on Channel 3 (Government Access Channel) or live on the City’s website at www.cityofsierramadre.
com Email public comments to: publiccomment@cityofsierramadre.com by 6:00 PM on the day of the meeting.
.Requests for verbal public comment must include name, phone number, and agenda item number and must be e-mailed
to above email address by 6 PM on the day of the meeting. City staff will call the phone number provided at the appropriate 
public comment time.
.To participate in public comment please call: (669) 900-9128; Meeting I.D: 626-232-0232; Password: 232242


ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The subject ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act 
(CEQA) pursuant to Title 14,a §15060(c)(2), §15060(c)(3), and §15061(b)(3) of the California Code of Regulations. The 
Ordinance amending Chapter17.68 (Parking) will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the 
environment; the ordinance does not involve a “project” as defined by Section 15378; and the ordinance is covered by the general 
rule that CEQA applies only to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment; Therefore, it 
may be seen with certainty that there is no possibility this ordinance will have a significant effect on the environment. 

APPEAL: A decision by the Planning Commission is subject to a 10-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 Planning and Community Preservation Department at (626) 355-7138.


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