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Rosemead
Planning
Commission
AGENDA
March 7, 2022
7:00 PM
City Hall Council Chambers
8838 E. Valley Blvd., Rosemead, California 91770
www.citvofrosemead.org
James Berry, Chair
Steve Leung, Vice -Chair
Daniel Lopez, Commissioner
Lana Ung, Commissioner
ROSEMEAD PLANNING COMMISSION
• CALL TO ORDER — 7:00 PM
• PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE — Chair Berry
• INVOCATION — Vice -Chair Leung
• ROLL CALL — Commissioners Lopez, Ung, Vice -Chair Leung, and Chair Berry
1. EXPLANATION OF HEARING PROCEDURES AND APPEAL RIGHTS
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE
March 7, 2022
Opportunity to address the Commission (on non -agenda items) is limited to 3 minutes per speaker.
Public may address comments via zoom meeting ID: 890 0689 6620 Passcode: 103858 or by dialing:
(669) 900-9128, enter meeting ID and passcode. Written public comments may be submitted via email
at publiccommentacityofrosemead.org by 5:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. All comments are
public record and will be recorded in the official record of the city.
3. PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT 21.01 (SPA) 21.01, ZONE CHANGE 21.01 (ZC 21.01) - Del Mar
Property, LLC has submitted entitlement applications requesting to amend the Zoning Map by
changing the zone of the subject properties from Garvey'Avenue Specific Plan (GSP) to Garvey
Avenue Specific Plan, Incentivized Mixed -Use (GSP-MU) zone, for the development of a new
residential/commercial mixed-use development. The project is located on a 0.95 acre vacant site
at the northeast corner of the intersection of Prospect Avenue and Garvey Avenue (7539 & 7545
Garvey Avenue, APN Nos. 5286-022-009 and 5286-022-010). The project proposes the
construction of a seven -story, mixed-use development with 6,346 square feet of nonresidential
(commercial) use on the first floor and 75 residential units on the first through seventh floors. Of the
75 residential units, 30 are live/work units and 45 are residential apartments. The project also
proposes 147 parking spaces, including 110 standard spaces, 32 compact spaces, four handicap
accessible spaces, and one loading space and 12,547 square feet of landscaping. The project
also includes a text amendment to the Garvey Avenue Specific Plan permitting sit-down
restaurants with a minimum requirement of 1,000 square feet to obtain an Administrative Use
Permit (AUP) for beer/wine sales in the Garvey Avenue Specific Plan (GSP) and Garvey Avenue
Specific Plan, Incentivized Mixed -Use (GSP-MU) zones.
PC RESOLUTION 22-02 - A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
ROSEMEAD, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA RECOMMENDING THE
CITY COUNCIL APPROVE ZONE CHANGE 21-01 AND SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT 21-01
TO AMEND THE ZONING MAP BY CHANGING THE ZONE OF 7539 & 7545 GARVEY AVENUE
(APN NOS. 5286-022-009 AND 5286-022-010) FROM GARVEY AVENUE SPECIFIC PLAN (GSP)
TO GARVEY AVENUE SPECIFIC PLAN, INCENTIVIZED MIXED-USE (GSP-MU) ZONE, FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT,
APPROVE A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE GARVEY AVENUE SPECIFIC PLAN PERMITTING
SIT-DOWN RESTAURANTS WITH A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF 1,000 SQUARE FEET TO
OBTAIN AN ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT (AUP) FOR BEER/WINE SALES IN THE GARVEY
AVENUE SPECIFIC PLAN (GSP) AND GARVEY AVENUE SPECIFIC PLAN, INCENTIVIZED
MIXED-USE (GSP-MU) ZONES, AND ADOPT THE INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE
DECLARATION AND MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION - It is recommended that the Planning Commission:
1. Conduct a public hearing and receive public testimony; and
2. Adopt Planning Commission Resolution No. 22-02 with findings, a resolution recommending
that the City Council adopt Resolution 2022-18 for the adoption and approval of the associated
Initial Study/Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting
Program and Ordinance No. 1008 for the approval of Specific Plan Amendment 21-01 and
Zone Change 21-01.
B. MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT (MCA) 21.05 - Municipal Code Amendment 21-05 (MCA 21-05)
is a City initiated amendment to Title 17 ("Zoning") of the Rosemead Municipal Code by amending
Sections 17.28.030(C)(4) and 17.30.040(E) permitting sit-down restaurants with a minimum
requirement of 1,000 square feet to obtain an Administrative Use Permit ("AUP") for beer/wine
sales in the Neighborhood Commercial (C-1), Medium Commercial (C-3), Regional Commercial (C-
4), Central Business District (CBD), and Residential/Commercial Mixed -Use Development Overlay
(RC-MUDO) zones, in place of a Conditional Use Permit ("CUP"). The amendment is intended to
assist the City's restaurant business community and provide relief to those that are facing
economic hardship from the COVID-19 pandemic. The AUP is an administrative review by the
Community Development Director, whereas the CUP is approved by the Planning Commission,
PC RESOLUTION 22.03 - A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
ROSEMEAD, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING THAT
THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 1009 FOR THE APPROVAL OF MUNICIPAL
CODE AMENDMENT 21-05, AMENDING SECTIONS 17.28.030(C)(4) AND 17.30.040(E) OF
TITLE 17 (ZONING) OF THE ROSEMEAD MUNICIPAL CODE, PERMITTING SIT-DOWN
RESTAURANTS WITH A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF 1,000 SQUARE FEET TO OBTAIN AN
ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT ("AUP") FOR BEER/WINE SALES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMERCIAL (C-1), MEDIUM COMMERCIAL (C-3), REGIONAL COMMERCIAL (C-4),
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (CBD), AND RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL MIXED-USE
DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY (RC-MUDO) ZONES, IN PLACE OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT
("CUP")
STAFF RECOMMENDATION - It is recommended that the Planning Commission:
1. Conduct a public hearing and receive public testimony; and
2. Adopt Planning Commission Resolution No. 22-03 with findings, a resolution recommending
that the City Council adopt Ordinance No. 1009 for the approval of MCA 21-05.
4. CONSENT CALENDAR
A. PC MINUTES 02.07-22
5. MATTERS FROM STAFF
6. MATTERS FROM THE CHAIR & COMMISSIONERS
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7. ADJOURNMENT
March 7, 2022
The next Planning Commission meeting is scheduled for March 21, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council
Chambers,
AFFIDAVIT
I, Janice Huang, Administrative Assistant/Commission Liaison, or my designee, hereby certify that a
true and correct, accurate copy of the foregoing agenda was posted seventy-two hours prior to the
meeting, per Government Code 54954.2, at the following locations: City Hall, 8838 East Valley
Boulevard; Rosemead Community Recreation Center, 3936 N. Muscatel Avenue; Garvey Community
Center, 9108 Garvey Avenue; Public Safety Center, 8301 Garvey Avenue; United States Post Office,
8845 Valley Boulevard; Rosemead Library, 8800 Valley Boulevard; and on the City's website
(www.cityofrosemead orq)
March 2. 2022
Jan' Huang Date
Administrative Assistant/C ission Liaison
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