Planning Commission

Council Chambers

Agenda — 14 items

1. 1 A. CALL TO ORDER:
2. 2 B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
3. 3 C. ROLL CALL:
4. 4 D. PUBLIC COMMENT:
5. 5 E. COMMISSIONER COMMUNICATION:
6. 6 F. CONSENT CALENDAR:
7. 7 1. Approval of the Action Minutes from the November 27, 2024 Planning Commission Meeting. 24-1990
8. 8 G. PUBLIC HEARING:
9. 9 1. Zoning Code Amendment (CODE-001403-2024) Project Address: City-wide Project Applicant: City of Pomona Project Planner: Karina Diaz, Assistant Planner Council District: All A city-initiated request to amend Pomona Zoning & Development Code Section .1310. “Signs” (formerly Section .530-K of the Pomona Zoning Ordinance), the proposed Zoning Code Amendment will remove Section .1310. “Signs” and incorporate new sign regulations in Pomona Zoning and Development Code Section 630. “Signs”. The City of Pomona, as lead agency, has conducted an environmental review on the proposed project per the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Pursuant to the provisions of CEQA (Public Resources Code, Section 21084 et. seq.), the guidelines include a list of classes of projects which have been determined not to have a significant effect on the environment and which shall, therefore, be exempt from the provisions of CEQA. The Planning Commission will consider adopting a Categorical Exemption in compliance with Section 15061(b)(3) General Rule Exemption which exempts activities that can be seen with certainty to have no possibility for causing a significant effect on the environment. The project may be considered for the general rule exemption in that the proposed project only includes the amendment of text of an adopted document to incorporate new sign regulations, previously studied in the 2014 Pomona GPU Final EIR. The proposed project described above hereby meets the guidelines. Therefore, no further environmental review is required. Recommendation: Staff recommends that the Planning Commission continue the item to the next regularly scheduled Planning Commission meeting on January 8, 2025 24-1989
10. 10 2. Code Amendment (CODE-001662-2024) Project Address: City-wide Project Applicant: City of Pomona Project Planner: Vinny Tam, Supervising Planner Council District: All A city-initiated request to amend the City of Pomona Zoning and Development Code (PZDC) for the purpose of regulating Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) in accordance with State law. The request will include amending Section 830.A Accessory Dwelling Units. Under California Public Resources Code Section 21080.17, the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") does not apply to the adoption of an ordinance by a city or county implementing the provisions of Section 65852.1 or Article 2 (commencing with Section 66314) of Chapter 13 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code, which is California's Accessory Dwelling Unit and Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit law. Therefore, the proposed ordinance is statutorily exempt from CEQA in that the proposed ordinance implements the State's Accessory Dwelling Unit law. Recommendation: The Planning Division recommends the Planning Commission consider the amendments to the draft ordinance and adopt the attached draft Resolution recommending the City Council approve Code Amendment (CODE-001662-2024), as presented and without amendments. 24-1928
11. 11 H. DISCUSSION ITEMS:
12. 12 I. STAFF COMMUNICATION:
13. 13 ADJOURNMENT:
14. 14 CERTIFICATION OF POSTING AGENDA: