PC - Agenda - 04-6-15Public Comment from the Audience:
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Rosemead
Planning
Commission
AGENDA
April 6, 2015
7:00 PM
City Hall Council Chambers
8838 E. Valley Blvd., Rosemead, California 91770
www.cityofrosemead.org
Nancy Eng, Chair
Diana Herrera, Commissioner
Daniel Lopez, Commissioner
John Tang, Commissioner
ROSEMEAD PLANNING COMMISSION
April 6, 2015
• CALL TO ORDER — 7:00 PM
• PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE —Commissioner Tang
• INVOCATION — Chair Eng
• ROLL CALL — Commissioners Herrera, Lopez, Tang, and Chair Eng
1. EXPLANATION OF HEARING PROCEDURES AND APPEAL RIGHTS
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE
(Please refer to public comment guidelines on the first page of this document.)
3. PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT 15.02
AMENDING CHAPTERS 17.04 AND 17.72 OF TITLE 17 OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO REGULATIONS FOR NONCONFORMING USES, STRUCTURES, LOTS, AND
PARKING FACILITIES — Municipal Code Amendment 15 -02 consists of a City initiated amendment to
revise Title 17 (Zoning) of the Rosemead Municipal Code to modify existing regulations for nonconforming
uses, structures, lots, and parking facilities. The code amendment proposes to establish new development
regulations for legal nonconforming uses that were approved by a discretionary entitlement. It also requires
a Minor Exception application process for the addition of conforming structures on R -1 and R -2 lots that are
developed with legal nonconforming residential structures. The purpose of the amendment is to encourage
the City's continuing improvement by limiting the extent to which nonconforming structures and uses may
continue to be used, expanded, or replaced, while improving the health, safety, and welfare of all residents
without creating an economic hardship for individual property owners or business owners. Lastly, Municipal
Code Amendment 15 -02 proposes to eliminate the Zoning term and definition of "bachelor apartment" form
Chapter 17.04.050, as it is outdated and the definition is no longer accepted by the California Department of
Housing and Community Development.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION — It is recommended that the Planning Commission take one of the following
actions:
• Return to the Planning Commission at a date certain with a resolution recommending the City
Council approve these changes;
• Modify the proposed changes and return to the Planning Commission at a date certain for further
discussion and deliberation;
• Continue to work on the proposed changes and return to the Planning Commission at a date
uncertain; or
• Such other direction as the Commission finds appropriate.
4. CONSENT CALENDAR
A. Minutes of March 16, 2015
5. MATTERS FROM STAFF
6. MATTERS FROM THE CHAIR & COMMISSIONERS
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The next regular Planning Commission meeting will be held on Monday, April 20, 2015, at 7:00 p.m.
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