File #: 14-5893    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Report Status: Passed
File created: 10/21/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/28/2025 Final action: 10/28/2025
Title: Introduction and First Reading of Ordinance No. 828 of the City Council of the City of Commerce, California, Amending Title 19 (Zoning) of the Commerce Municipal Code to Establish a New Zoning Overlay to Implement Housing Element Policy, Apply the New Zoning Overlay to those Sites Identified in the Housing Element as Rezoning Sites to Meet the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA), and adopting Resolution No. 25-70 amending the general plan land use designation to mixed use for sites identified in the Housing Element as rezoning sites to meet the RHNA for General Plan Amendment No. 25-01 - Public Hearing
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Resolution No. 25-70, 3. Initial Study/Addendum to the General Plan EIR, 4. Table of Existing and Proposed General Plan and Zoning for Housing Element Rezoning Sites, 5. Proposed General Plan Land Use Maps, 6. Ordinance No.pdf, 7. Initial Study/Addendum to the General Plan EIR, 8. Table of Existing and Proposed General Plan and Zoning for Housing Element Rezoning Sites, 9. Proposed Zoning Maps

Title

Introduction and First Reading of Ordinance No. 828 of the City Council of the City of Commerce, California, Amending Title 19 (Zoning) of the Commerce Municipal Code to Establish a New Zoning Overlay to Implement Housing Element Policy, Apply the New Zoning Overlay to those Sites Identified in the Housing Element as Rezoning Sites to Meet the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA), and adopting Resolution No. 25-70 amending the general plan land use designation to mixed use for sites identified in the Housing Element as rezoning sites to meet the RHNA for General Plan Amendment No. 25-01 - Public Hearing

Recommendation

The City Council will consider introducing and waiving for First Reading Ordinance No. 828 amending the Commerce Municipal Code ("CMC") establishing a new zoning overlay (ZTA No. 25-03) to implement Housing Element policy, and applying the new zoning overlay to those sites identified in the Housing Element as rezoning sites to meet the regional housing needs allocation (RHNA) (ZC No. 25-01);  adopting Resolution No. 25-70 amending the general plan land use designation to mixed use for sites identified in the Housing Element as rezoning sites to meet the RHNA for GPA No. 25-01; and adopting a Categorical Exemption under the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code 21000, et seq. “CEQA”) and the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 Cal. Code of Regs. 15000, et seq., the “CEQA Guidelines”) (CEQA Guidelines 15060(c)(2), 15378(b)(5), 15301, 15303 and 15061(b)(3)).