File #: 14-5914    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Report Status: Passed
File created: 11/10/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 11/25/2025 Final action: 11/25/2025
Title: Adoption and Waiving the Second 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
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Ordinance No. 828, 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 Zoning Maps

Title

Adoption and Waiving the Second 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

Recommendation

The City Council will consider adopting and waiving the Second Reading of 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)).