AGENDA REPORT
Meeting Date: August 15, 2023
Item Number:
To: Honorable Mayor & City Council
From: Masa Alkire, AICP, City Planner
Cindy Gordon, AICP, Principal Planner
Chloe Chen, Senior Planner
Subject: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS
AMENDING THE BEVERLY HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE
REGULATIONS RELATED TO OPEN AIR DINING AND
FINDING THE ORDINANCE EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA
QUALITY ACT (CEQA)
Attachments: None
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council continue the public hearing of the ordinance to a date uncertain.
BACKGROUND
At their regular meeting of July 13, 2023, the Planning Commission reviewed the draft ordinance that contains amendments to the City’s open air dining regulations and voted (3-1) to recommend the draft ordinance to the City Council for approval. City staff scheduled the draft ordinance for the Council’s review for the meeting on August 15, 2023. The public hearing for the draft ordinance was noticed in the Beverly Hills Courier on July 21, 2023 and the Beverly Hills Weekly on July 27, 2023 in compliance with the City’s public noticing requirements.
However, the City is continuing to develop a guidelines document for parklets. The parklet guidelines will provide standards for the development of permanent parklet dining area installations located within on-street parking spaces. The permanent regulations contained in the parklet guidelines are necessary as the City will wind down parklet authorizations granted through the City’s temporary OpenBH program. Mayor Gold has requested that the hearings for both the draft revised open air dining ordinance and the parklet guidelines occur at the same time.
Meeting Date: August 15, 2023
Accordingly, City staff intends to return with the draft ordinance and parklet guidelines at a public hearing later this year. The public hearing will be noticed in compliance with the City’s public noticing requirements.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to be considered at this time.
Jeffrey Lambert, FAICP,
Interim Director of Community
Development
Approved By