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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 19 (ZONING) OF THE COMMERCE MUNICIPAL CODE TO MODIFY CHAPTER 19.11, AND TABLE 19.11.030(A) (USES IN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS) TO ADD ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR FUNERAL SERVICES AND CREMATORY LAND USES WHEREAS, the City of Commerce (“City”) is a general law city, incorporated under the laws of the State of California; and WHEREAS, the proposed zoning text amendment is consistent with the City of Commerce General Plan, as it would help to further the goals and objectives of the Plan which is intended to promote and support business within the City, especially during challenging times; and WHEREAS, the purpose of this zoning code text amendment is to limit and regulate the potential proliferation of Funeral Services and Crematorium Land Uses within the City; and WHEREAS, City staff drafted the Funeral Services and Crematorium Land Uses zoning text amendment to ensure additional regulations are implemented in order to ensure there is not a possibility for incompatible land uses to exist within the City; and WHEREAS it was determined that placing additional zoning regulations similar to large scale recycling and self-storage land uses on this use would ensure the city has the necessary regulations to allow for a certain amount of these uses subject to City Population; and WHEREAS, a zoning text amendment to Title 19 (Zoning) of the Commerce Municipal Code is required in order to expand the language in Title 19 (Zoning) of the Commerce Municipal Code, Chapter 19.11 and Table 19.11.030(A) (Uses in Industrial Districts) to add additional requirements; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on September 28, 2022, for the purpose of recommending that the City Council approve an ordinance regarding Special Use Permits; and NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF COMMERCE DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the adoption of this Ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), as it is an activity that will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. Even if it were a project, it would be exempt under Title 14 of the California Code of Regulation §15061(b) (3) in that there is no possibility that the activity may have a significant effect to the environment.
Section 2. Chapter 19.11, and more specifically, Table 19.11.030(A) (Uses in Industrial Districts).of the Commerce Municipal Code is hereby amended, to read as follows:
TABLE 19.11.030(A) (USES IN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS)
(NOTE: The below is a portion of Table 19.11.030(A). Only covers Section 8.2) Use
C/M-1
M-1
M-2
*Notes and Exceptions
8.2 Other personal services (SIC codes 722, 723, 724, 725, 726*, 7291) P
P
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b. Parking lots and structures which are principal uses (SIC code 752) shall be subject to parking lot development standards contained in Chapter 19.21. b.1. For SIC code 7261, only one such facility is permitted in the city per 12,000 residents, as reported in the most recent U.S. Census SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect on the thirty-first (31st) day after its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 11th day of October, 2022 __________________________
Oralia Rebollo, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Lena Shumway
Secretary/City Clerk
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