Planning Commission - Special Meeting

APPROVAL OF PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES – JANUARY 20, 2026.

AMENDMENTS TO PROVISIONS OF TITLE 17 (ZONING) OF THE CITY OF MONTEBELLO MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATED TO MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTS, SITE PLAN REVIEW STANDARDS, AND CORRESPONDING AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING MAP CONSISTENT WITH THE MONTEBELLO 2040 GENERAL PLAN AND THE CITY'S HOUSING ELEMENT.

RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the Planning Commission conduct a public hearing and take the following action: 1. Adopt Resolution No. 02-26 recommending that the City Council introduce and adopt Ordinance No. 2487, approving Text Code Amendment No. PC-2026-0013-TCA, amending Chapter 17.22 titled Commercial Zones Generally of the Montebello Municipal Code ("MMC") to establish new mixed-use development standards applicable to the C-1 (Neighborhood Commercial) and C-2 (General Commercial) zoning districts, along with related updates incorporating mixed-use development provisions into Chapter 17.22; and 2. Adopt Resolution No. 02-26 recommending that the City Council introduce and adopt Ordinance No. 2488, approving Text Code Amendment No. PC-2026-0014-TCA, amending Title 17 – Zoning of the MMC to establish Chapter 17.21 titled Objective Design Standards, to provide new objective design standards for residential and mixed-use development projects; and 3. Adopt Resolution No. 02-26 recommending that the City Council introduce and adopt Ordinance No. 2489, approving Text Code Amendment No. PC-2026-0015-TCA, amending Chapter 17.74 titled Site Plan Review of the MMC to update thresholds for when a site plan review is required, remove provisions that allow the combination of multiple discretionary entitlement approvals under a single application, and include an exception that would allow certain qualifying mixed-use or residential projects to be reviewed ministerially; and 4. Adopt Resolution No. 02-26 recommending that the City Council introduce and adopt Ordinance No. 2490, related to proposed zone changes under Case No. PC-2026-0016-ZC, approving the rezoning of certain properties to ensure consistency with the land use designations established by the Montebello 2040 General Plan and the opportunity sites identified in the City's 6th Cycle Housing Element (2021-2029); and 5. Adopt Resolution No. 02-26 recommending that the City Council approve an amendment to the City's Zoning Map to ensure consistency with the land use designations established by the Montebello 2040 General Plan and the opportunity sites identified in the City's 6th Cycle Housing Element (2021-2029); and 6. Determine and find that the proposed amendments to Title 17 of the MMC and the Zoning Map are within the scope of, and consistent with, the 2040 General Plan, for which the City Council certified a Final Environmental Impact Report ("Final EIR") on April 10, 2024 (State Clearinghouse No.2023050665), in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA").