Agenda packet — Pico Rivera City Council, December 9, 2025 (part 2 of 4)

2. Height of Freestanding Signs. The height of any freestanding sign shall be measured from the uppermost point of the sign/frame, structure to the finished grade immediately below such point.

3. Double-Faced Freestanding Identification Signs. Each face of a double-faced sign shall be counted in computing the permitted area of the sign.

4. Ascending and descending shapes will be allowed to extend up to 25% beyond the envelop limits provided that the overall allocated square footage is not exceeded. Descender is the part of the lowercase letters, such as “g”, “p”, and “q”, that extends below the other lowercase letters these areas shall be calculated individually and added to the “boxed” area for the main sign body as shown in Figure 18.20.060.A.

Tenant Copy
Figure 18.20.060.A. Ascending and Descending Shapes.

18.20.070. Regulations for Permitted Signs by Zone
A. O-S, Public Facilities and P Zones.

Descender
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1. In the O-S, public facilities and P zones, all signs and other advertising of any type or kind whatsoever are hereby expressly prohibited, except those specifically approved by the zoning administrator or other pertinent reviewing body.

B. Residential Zones

1. Table 18.20.070.A. (Sign and Advertising for Residential Zones) provides regulations for the size, height, number, and location by type of sign in all residential zones.

Table 18.20.070.A Sign and Advertising Standards for Residential Zones Nameplate
Size 1 sq. ft.

Height 42 inches
Number R-M-M and R-M-H Zones: 1 per dwelling unit
Other residential zones: 2 per lot
Real Estate
Size 9 sq. ft.

Height 6 feet
Number 2 per lot
Subdivision
Size 150 sq. ft.

Height 12 feet
Number 2 per tract map
Location and
Additional
Regulations
Shall be located within the boundaries of the recorded tract map.

Construction
Size R-M-H zone: 16 sq. ft.

Other Residential zones: 12 sq. ft.

Height 6 feet
Number 1 per lot
Building Identification
Size 20 sq. ft.

Height 6 feet
Number 1 per lot
Location and
Additional
Regulations
Permitted for the following uses only: churches and related facilities, educational institutions, hospitals, mobile home parks, rest homes, private recreation and PUD Associations.

Only allowed on lots with 3 units or more and shall be located on the wall of a building fronting a dedicated public street.

For corner lots, one sign shall be allowed for each street frontage located on an exterior building wall, facing a public street or right-of-way or located on the side of the building facing off-street parking facilities or vehicular entrance. Church/school combinations may be allowed to have one building identification sign for each use.

Monument Signage
Size 40 sq. ft.

Height 5 feet
Number 1 per lot
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Location and
Additional
Regulations
Permitted for the following uses only: churches and related facilities, educational institutions, hospitals, mobile home parks, rest homes, private recreation and PUD Associations.

Structure to be centered in landscape planter of equal or greater size than total monument structure face area (total of largest two surfaces). The landscape planter must consist of a minimum two feet in depth around perimeter of monument structure.

Monument to maintain a minimum of five feet from any right-of-way or sidewalk, and ten feet from any driveway. Internal illumination permitted, provided no light spillover occurs off-site. A graffiti resistant finish is required for the monument base.

Church/school combinations, where the school is accredited for primary or secondary education by a state of California recognized accrediting agency, may have one of the following freestanding signage options:
1) A maximum of two monument signs, one for each use, separated by a minimum distance of fifty feet; or
2) A pylon type sign instead of a monument sign for the school portion of the site, consisting of a maximum height of fifteen feet, with a two-sided sign face not exceeding eight feet in width and five feet in height. Pylon base to be a minimum of twenty percent of sign width and designed to conceal structural support of a sign. Internal illumination acceptable. Sign to be located in a planter area consisting of a minimum two feet in depth around sign perimeter. Building identification signage would be limited to school name only.

C. Commercial Zones

1. Table 18.20.070.B (Sign and Advertising for the P-A, C-C, CPD, C-G and C-M Zones) provides regulations for the size, height, number, and location by type of sign in the P-A, C-C, CPD, C-G and C-M zones. The size, location, and design of the sign shall be visually complementary and uniform with other signs within the commercial center.

Table 18.20.070.B Sign and Advertising for the P-A, C-C, CPD, C-G and C-M Zones Nameplate
Size 4 sq. ft.

Height Business Name, Address and Credit Card Accepted: Maximum 4 inches Hours of Operation: 2 inches
Number 1 per business
Location and
Additional
Regulations
Located on store front window and front and/or rear doors fronting off-street parking facilities.

Real Estate
Size 24 sq. ft.

Height 6 feet
Number 2 per lot
Subdivision
Size 150 sq. ft.

Height 6 feet
Number 2 per tract map
Location and
Additional
Regulations
Shall be located within the boundaries of the recorded tract map.

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Construction
Size 50 sq. ft.

Height 6 feet
Number 1 per lot
Directional
Size 6 sq. ft.

Height 42 inches
Number 1
Location and
Additional
Regulations
Shall be located next to each driveway entrance or exit from off-street parking facilities Pedestrian-Oriented
Size 4 sq. ft. (sign copy area 3 sq. ft. maximum)
Number 1 per public entrance of business
Location and
Additional
Regulations
Located within 5 feet horizontal of public entrance sign is intended to serve. Shall not be closer than 15 feet from any other pedestrian-oriented sign.

Shall maintain minimum of eight feet vertical height clearance from the bottom of the sign to the level of pedestrian walkway and no portion of the sign shall project into any driveway, off-street parking area, public right-of-way, roadway, or alley.

Signs shall be double-faced and limited to ground floor tenants, all portions of the sign shall project out a maximum of five feet, sign support and brackets shall be compatible and architecturally integrated, and in cases where the minimum fifteen-foot distance requirement between pedestrian-oriented signs cannot be accommodated approval may be granted at the discretion of the zoning administrator.

Signs shall only indicate the name of the tenant for which the sign is intended to serve; all proposals to include signage relating to services rendered or to the use conducted in the building shall be approved for façades with lengths over fifty feet at the discretion of the zoning administrator.

Building Identification, Wall-Mounted or Parallel-Projecting Size 3 sq. ft. for each front linear foot of building. 175 sq. ft. maximum Number 1 per business
Location and
Additional
Regulations
Shall be located on an exterior building wall fronting a public street.

There shall be no more than one primary building identification sign located on the front elevation. Secondary signage may be located on the rear of such building and/or where an entrance opens onto improved off street parking facilities or onto a public alley. In the C-N, C-M and P-A zones secondary signage shall be no more than thirty-five square feet, in the C-G zone no more than one hundred square feet.

Secondary signage limited to allowable commercial uses for end tenants of a commercial center and the sides of a free-standing commercial building, provided that signage fronts on a public street.

Where there is more than one building used for the same business, under the same control or ownership, such building may have one building identification sign pertaining and relating to such business.

Signs shall only indicate the name of the tenant for which the sign is intended to serve; any and all proposals to include signage relating to services rendered or to the use City of Pico Rivera Comprehensive Zoning Code Update (CZCU) DIVISION 4 – SUPPLEMENTAL CITYWIDE STANDARDS
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conducted in the building shall be approved for façades with lengths over fifty feet at the discretion of the zoning administrator.

The primary tenant occupying a single user building with street facing frontage of at least one hundred fifty feet and building size of twenty-five thousand square feet or more will be considered an anchor tenant. Such an anchor tenant will be allowed up to two additional secondary signs located on primary frontage. Such signage must relate to the existing business located within the structure, (such as “Bakery” associated with a grocery store), or related to a separate subtenant located within the primary business (such as “XYZ Savings” with a grocery store) which has an approved office located within.

Each such sign is restricted in size to a maximum of one hundred square feet. Such signage must consist of single channel letter.

Freestanding Identification
Size One square foot of sign area per linear foot of street frontage to a maximum of 175 sq. ft. Maximum sign area to include the combined total of each sign face.

Height 25 feet
Number 1 per lot
Location and
Additional
Regulations
Shall be located on same lot with the business it is intended to serve. Freestanding identification allowed on corner lots or lots with street frontage of no less than one hundred fifty feet.

Freestanding identification signs are only permitted when there is no more than one business in a building on a separate lot or parcel of land.

Freestanding Complex
Size 2 sq. ft. for each 25 feet front linear foot of building. May increase 3 sq. ft. for each 1 foot setback from nearest property line to a maximum of 200 sq. ft.

Height 25 feet
Number 1 per lot
Location and
Additional
Regulations
Shall be located on same lot with business it is intended to serve.

Freestanding complex allowed on corner lots or lots with street frontage of no less than one hundred fifty feet.

Monument Signage
Size 30 sq. ft.

Height 5 feet
Number 1 per lot
Location and
Additional
Regulations
Monument signage shall not be permitted on lots with freestanding identification and complex signage.

Creative Signage
Regulations See section 18.20.080 (Creative Signage).

Shall be located on same lot with business it is intended to serve.

Such signs shall only indicate the name of the tenant for which the sign is intended to serve; any and all proposals to include signage relating to services rendered or to the use conducted in the building shall be approved for façades with lengths over fifty feet at the discretion of the zoning administrator.

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Window Signage
Size Not to exceed 25% of any window area of each building side fronting a public street or off-street parking facility.

Location and
Additional
Regulations
Shall be located within fifteen feet of window(s) fronting a public street or off-street parking facility. Signage must be consolidated within one area.

Merchandise display located within five feet of the face of the window is limited to fifty percent. If a combination of window signs and merchandise is displayed, the combined display shall not exceed twenty-five percent.

D. Industrial Zones

1. Table 18.20.070.C (Sign and Advertising for the Industrial Zones) provides regulations for the size, height, number, and location by type of sign in the industrial zones.

Table 18.20.070.C. Sign and Advertising for the Industrial Zones Nameplate
Size 4 sq. ft.

Number 1 per business
Location and
Additional
Regulations
Shall be located above entrance doorway.

Real Estate
Size 54 sq. ft.

Height 6 feet
Number 2 per lot
Subdivision
Size 150 sq. ft.

Height 12 feet
Number 2 per tract map
Construction
Size 54 sq. ft.

Height 6 feet
Number 1 per lot
Directional
Size 6 sq. ft.

Height 42 inches
Number 1
Location and
Additional
Regulations
Shall be located next to each driveway entrance or exit from off-street parking facilities.

Pedestrian-Oriented
Size 4 sq. ft. (sign copy area 3 sq. ft. maximum)
Number 1 per public entrance of business
Location and
Additional
Regulations
Shall be located within 5 ft. horizontal of public entrance sign is intended to serve and shall not be closer than 15 ft. from any other pedestrian oriented sign.

Pedestrian-oriented and parallel-projecting signs shall maintain minimum of eight feet vertical height clearance from the bottom of the sign to the level of pedestrian walkway and no portion of the sign shall project into any driveway, off-street parking area, public right-of-way, roadway, or alley.

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Such signs shall only indicate the name of the tenant for which the sign is intended to serve; all proposals to include signage relating to services rendered or to the use conducted in the building shall be approved for façades with lengths over fifty feet at the discretion of the zoning administrator.

Building Identification, Wall-Mounted or Parallel-Projecting Size 3 sq. ft. for each front linear foot of building. 300 sq. ft. maximum Number 1 per business
Location and
Additional
Regulations
Shall be located on an exterior building wall fronting a public street.

There shall be no more than one primary building identification sign located on the front elevation. Secondary signage may be located on the rear of such building and/or where an entrance opens onto improved off street parking facilities or onto a public alley. In the I-L and I-G zones secondary signage shall be no more than one hundred and fifty square feet.

Parallel-projecting signs shall be attached to, or an integral part of a projecting architectural feature, installed parallel to and confined within the limits of the façade of the business the subject sign is intended to serve with only one display surface. Cabinet signs are not permitted as parallel-projecting signs.

Freestanding Complex
Size 1 sq. ft. for each front linear foot of building. May increase 1 sq. ft. for each 1-foot setback from nearest property line to a maximum of 250 sq. ft.

Height 25 feet
Number 1 per lot
Location and
Additional
Regulations
Shall be located on the same lot with business it is intended to serve.

Freestanding complex allowed on corner lots or lots with street frontage of no less than two hundred fifty feet.

Such signs shall be located in a landscaped planting area equal in size to the total area of the sign, and such landscaped area shall be exclusive of any landscaped planting areas required for off-street parking facilities.

Freestanding complex signs are only permitted when there is more than one business in a building on a separate lot or parcel of land. Such sign is for the advertising of all the businesses within the complex. Individual businesses are not permitted on individual freestanding signs.

Monument Signage
Size 50 sq. ft.

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Height 6 feet
Number 1 per business
Location and
Additional
Regulations
Structure to be centered in landscape planter of equal or greater size than total monument structure face area (total of largest two surfaces). The landscape planter must consist of a minimum two feet in depth around perimeter of monument structure.

Creative Signage
Regulations See section 18.20.080 Creative Signage.

Shall be located on the same lot with business it is intended to serve.

Digital Billboard
Size Maximum of 1,200 total sq. ft. per sign face
Height 75 feet as measured from the bottom of the electronic billboard supports to the highest point of the sign face.

Number 1 digital billboard structure consisting of up to 2 faces Location and
Additional
Regulations
In any area within 60 feet of the 605 Freeway rights-of-way boundary.

See section 18.20.120 Digital Billboards.

18.20.080. Creative Signage
A. Intent. The intent of a creative sign is to encourage signs of unique design that exhibit a high degree of imagination, inventiveness, and spirit and provide a process that will allow creatively designed signs that make a positive visual contribution to the overall image of the city, while mitigating the impacts of large or unusually designed signs.

B. Design Criteria. When approving a creative sign, the approving authority shall ensure that a proposed sign meets the following:

1. Design Quality. The sign shall constitute a substantial aesthetic improvement to the site and shall have a positive visual impact on the surrounding area, be of unique design and exhibit a high degree of imagination, inventiveness, and spirit, and provide a strong graphic character through the imaginative use of color, graphics, proportion, quality materials, scale, and texture.

2. Contextual Criteria. The sign shall contain at least one of the following elements classic historic design style, demonstrated trademark or logo is integral to the business, creative image reflecting current or historic character of the city, or inventive representation of the use, name, or logo of the structure or business.

3. Architectural Criteria. The sign shall utilize the architectural elements of the building, be placed in a logical location in relation to the overall composition of the building’s façade and not cover any key architectural features or details of the façade.

4. Impact to Surrounding Uses. The sign shall be located and designed not to cause light and glare impacts nor a public nuisance on surrounding uses, especially residential uses, nor threaten the health, City of Pico Rivera Comprehensive Zoning Code Update (CZCU) DIVISION 4 – SUPPLEMENTAL CITYWIDE STANDARDS
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safety, and welfare of the public. Any and all impacts shall be mitigated to eliminate any possible public nuisance to surrounding uses.

C. Approval Authority. Subject to a Conditional Use Permit in accordance with Section 18.05.030 (Conditional Use Permits) and shall be subject to the findings as herein modified:

1. The proposed signage is consistent with the purpose of creative signage and meets all design criteria within Section 18.20.080(B)

2. The proposed project can be adequately conditioned so as not to endanger, jeopardize, or otherwise constitute a menace to the public convenience, health, interest, safety, or general welfare of persons residing or working in the neighborhood of the proposed use;

3. The new structure is compatible with the scale, bulk and mass of existing structures in the vicinity of the subject property, and does not impair the integrity and character of the zoning district in which it is to be located;

4. That the creative design is not close to other design features, signage that causes an over-bearing visual nuisance;

5. That adequate consideration for the protection of the environment has been satisfactorily demonstrated; and

6. The granting of such creative sign approval will be consistent with the provisions and objectives of the general plan.

18.20.090. Master Sign Program
A. Purpose. The purpose of a Master Sign Program is to ensure that a project's buildings and signs present a unified design statement. A Master Sign Program provides a means for the flexible application of sign regulations for projects that require multiple signs.

B. Applicability. A Master Sign Program shall be required whenever any of the following circumstances exist:

1. New developments and existing developments conducting site renovations, with more than three nonresidential tenants require submittal of a master sign program establishing criteria of uniform letter style, color, dimensions, area and placement.

2. Centers with more than three nonresidential tenants must first obtain approval of a master sign program.

C. Application. A completed application shall be submitted to the Community and Economic Development Department for review and approval. An application fee shall be paid at the time of submittal as established in the fee schedule set forth in resolution adopted by the City Council.

D. Program Information Requirements. The master sign program shall include, but is not limited to, the following information:

1. A site plan of the property with dimensions that identifies all proposed signs.

2. Building elevations drawn to scale that identify the location of all proposed building attached signs, tenant doors, windows and architectural building elements such as arches, columns etc.

3. A sign table that lists each tenant suite with storefront dimensions (length and height) that identifies the maximum area allotted for all building attached signs.

4. Written guidelines that include:
a. Purpose and intent
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b. Written general requirements and approval process by property owner or management company. c. Approved sign design styles, lighting and colors.
d. Description of prohibited signs.
e. Construction requirements.
f. Installation requirements.
g. Tenant guarantee and insurance requirements.

E. Approval.

1. Zoning Consistency Review. A sign program that complies with all the requirements of this chapter shall be processed as a Zoning Consistency Review.

2. Conditional Use Permit. A sign program that deviates from the standards of this chapter, and/or includes signs that are subject to the approval of a conditional use permit, shall be processed as a conditional use permit, pursuant to the requirements of Section 18.05.030 (Conditional Use Permits).

18.20.100. Promotional Advertisement
A. Applicability. All promotional advertising shall comply with the standards provided in this Section. Promotional Advertising shall only be permitted in the C-C, C-G, C-M and CPD zones provided that a Promotional Advertisement Permit shall be obtained from the Zoning Administrator prior to the display of the temporary sign.

B. Purpose. In addition to the purpose of the chapter, the purpose of this section is to ensure that promotional advertising does not create a distraction to the traveling public by limiting the proliferation of temporary signs.

Further, the purpose if this section includes eliminating aesthetic blight in Pico Rivera that is detrimental to public health, safety, and general welfare.

C. Fees. There shall be a permit issuance fee and cash bond in amounts established by a resolution of the city council posted with the city to guarantee the removal of such promotional advertising upon termination of the permit time period. The application fee for new businesses shall be waived for the initial promotional advertising banner permit within the first thirty days of business operations, all other regulations shall remain in effect and a cash bond is required for each application submitted.

D. General Standards for All Promotional Advertising.

1. Unless otherwise specified, the number, size, location and consecutive display days of promotional advertising shall be at the discretion of the zoning administrator subject to the condition that all promotional advertising is orderly, legible and kept in pristine conditions and constructed of durable material that will not deteriorate during the time period in which it is displayed.

2. Allowed Signs. Banners are allowed in the zones provided in this section.

3. Exemption. During December 1st through January 2nd holiday season businesses are allowed to display holiday greetings in windows without a permit provided that such window signage does not exceed twentyone consecutive days.

4. No banners shall be installed, placed, erected, constructed, painted, attached to or project above the roof of any building, or be located in any portion of the public rights-of-way. Such signs and/or other advertising, when determined to be an integral part of a building or which possess such architectural values and characteristics as to make or be impractical their being subject to the provisions of this chapter, shall be subject to the review, approval or conditional approval of the zoning administrator or other pertinent reviewing body.

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5. It shall be unlawful for any person doing business in California and advertising to consumers in California to make any false or misleading advertising claim as defined in Business and Professions Code Section 17508 as may be amended from time to time.

E. Time Limitation. No promotional advertising permit shall be issued for a period of time exceeding ninety consecutive days. The cumulative display days issued to the same business, permittee, or location during any one calendar year shall not exceed one hundred eighty days. A promotional advertising permit shall not be issued until a minimum of seven days has expired from the ending date of the last promotional advertising permit approval.

18.20.110. Nonconforming Signs
A. Any nonconforming sign and/or other advertising, or any portion thereof, which is removed or structurally altered, shall only be replaced or altered structurally with signs or other advertising which conform to the regulations as specified in this Chapter.

B. Every sign in existence on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, and which was legal at the time of installation, and which does not conform to the provisions of this chapter, is a legal, nonconforming sign. The following requirements shall apply to all legal, nonconforming signs.

C. A nonconforming sign shall not be:

1. Changed to another nonconforming sign;

2. Structurally altered to extend its useful life;

3. Expanded;

4. Reestablished after a business has been discontinued for sixty calendar days; D. No new sign shall be approved for a site, structure, building, or use that contains nonconforming signs unless such nonconforming signs are removed or modified to conform with the provisions of this chapter.

E. No building permit or discretionary permit shall be issued for any structures, building expansion, or new building construction on a site which contains nonconforming signs, unless all signs on the site are brought into conformance with this chapter. This does not apply to interior alterations which do not substantially change the character or intensity of the site.

F. Maintenance and Repair. Any sign currently in use that was legally installed but does not conform to the requirements of this chapter may continue with routine maintenance and repair, such as repainting, or replacement of the sign face or sign copy. No enlargement or physical change or the construction of additional sign area is permitted. For the purposes of this section "physical change" means any type of change to the structure of a sign.

G. Restoration of Damaged Signs. As determined by the Zoning Administrator, whenever fifty percent or less of a nonconforming sign is destroyed by fire or other calamity (not including intentional acts), the sign may be restored to its nonconforming condition and the sign modified as necessary to comply with current code requirements. Any nonconforming sign destroyed by more than fifty percent of its assessed value shall not be restored unless it is brought into compliance with the provisions of this chapter.

H. Abatement Procedures. A sign or other advertising device regulated by this chapter that is deemed by the Zoning Administrator or other authorized individual to be unsafe or hazardous to the public health, safety, or welfare or that has been constructed, erected, or maintained in violation of the provisions outlined in this chapter or other applicable code shall be considered a public nuisance. The property owner or responsible person(s) shall be given written notice to correct and/or remove the sign violation within 30 days from the date of receipt of a City of Pico Rivera Comprehensive Zoning Code Update (CZCU) DIVISION 4 – SUPPLEMENTAL CITYWIDE STANDARDS
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written order of abatement from the Zoning Administrator requiring the removal or alteration. If the responsible person(s) or property owner fails to alter or remove the structure to comply with the regulations detailed in this chapter within 10 days, the unsafe or unauthorized sign may be removed or altered by the City at the expense of the responsible person(s) or owner. A sign or advertising device that presents an immediate threat to the public safety may be removed without notice.

18.20.120. Digital Billboards
A. Purpose and Intent. Digital billboards are recognized as a legitimate form of commercial advertising in the city; however, the size, number, location, and illumination of digital billboards can have significant influence on the city’s visual character and quality of life and can, without appropriate controls, create or contribute to visual blight conditions. The purpose and intent of this section are to allow for development of digital billboards in a planned manner in accordance with the regulations and standards established herein.

B. General Requirements.

1. The requirements of this Chapter shall apply to the development and construction of any new digital billboard permitted under this code, the expansion, and the modification of an existing digital billboard, including the construction of additional face(s) and/or the digital conversion of an existing billboard.

2. Digital billboards shall be permitted within the identified areas along the California Interstate 605 Freeway only after a development agreement has been negotiated and executed between the digital billboard operator and city (“Agreement”) in accordance with the terms of this Section. The Agreement shall include specific public benefits to be provided to the city.

3. A billboard or digital billboard in existence on the effective date of the ordinance enacting this provision pursuant to a prior agreement (including any amendments or extensions thereof) may be relocated and rebuilt as a digital billboard within the area permitted under Section 18.20.120 of this Chapter. All digital billboards shall comply with this chapter and all applicable requirements of the California Business & Professions Code and the California Code of Regulations. Pursuant to Section 5412 of the California Business & Professions Code, the Agreement may include provisions related to the relocation or removal of billboards in areas inside or outside the boundaries of the City of Pico Rivera.

4. In accordance with the California Business and Professions Code Section 5440, digital billboards not associated with relocation as described in Subsection B,3 above shall only be allowed in those areas not designated as "landscaped freeways" as defined under California Business and Professions Code Section 5216, unless otherwise permitted by state law within Areas 1 and 2 as listed below.

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Area 1
Area 2

5. In the event of any conflict between any provision contained in this chapter and any other provisions contained elsewhere in this code, the provisions of this chapter shall govern.

6. No new digital billboard shall be approved, and no existing billboard shall be relocated, converted, or modified without the applicant first providing proof of legal or equitable interest in the site proposed for new construction, relocation or modification, including, but not limited to, a fee interest, lease, easement or other entitlement, demonstrating the right to install and operate the billboard on the subject property.

Information to be provided shall include the written consent of the property owner.

7. No digital billboard shall be approved for construction, modification, or expansion, and no digital billboard may be maintained, unless the applicant provides evidence that a designated maintenance service is City of Pico Rivera Comprehensive Zoning Code Update (CZCU) DIVISION 4 – SUPPLEMENTAL CITYWIDE STANDARDS
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available by telephone and able to respond to a repair call “24/7”in the event a digital billboard becomes damaged or is malfunctioning.

8. All digital billboard agreements shall include requirements that applicants obtain all additional federal and/or state permits for installation. Nothing contained in this chapter shall require the city to negotiate and/or approve an Agreement on terms that are unacceptable to the city.

9. The owner and operator of the digital billboard shall comply with all applicable federal, state, or local laws when constructing, operating, improving, maintaining, repairing, and removing the digital billboard, including the Highway Beautification Act of 1965 (23 U.S.C. Section 131), the Outdoor Advertising Act (California Business and Professions Code, Section 5200 et seq.), the regulations promulgated to implement the Outdoor Advertising Act (4 Cal. Code Regulations. Section 2242(c) et seq.).

C. Physical Requirements.

1. The minimum distance between digital billboards, static billboards, or digital billboards to static billboards shall be the same as the minimum distance and separation criteria established by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). All distances shall be measured along the nearest edge of the pavement between points directly opposite the signs along each side of the highway.

2. All utilities for a digital billboard shall be underground.

3. No digital billboard shall have more than one digital face (display surface) oriented in the same vertical plane.

4. The maximum total digital billboard face area on any vertical plane for any digital billboard shall be a maximum of one thousand two hundred square feet per sign face;

5. The maximum height of any digital billboard including non-digital sign faces shall be seventy-five feet as measured from the bottom of the billboard supports to the highest point of the sign face.

6. Digital billboards shall plainly display, and be visible from no less than one hundred feet, the name of the person or company owning or maintaining digital billboard and the digital billboard identification number.

7. Digital billboards projecting over a driveway or driving aisle shall have a minimum clearance of thirty feet between the lowest point of the sign and the finished driveway grade. Digital billboards shall comply with any California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) requirements for placement and operation. No part of any Digital Billboard shall cross onto an adjacent private or public property.

8. Digital billboards projecting over a pedestrian walkway shall have a minimum clearance of thirty feet between the lowest point of the sign and the walkway grade.

9. Digital billboards not projecting over drive areas shall have a minimum clearance of thirty feet between the lowest point of the digital billboard and finish grade level.

10. Digital billboard structures shall be free of any visible bracing, angle iron, guy wires, cable, and/or similar supporting elements. All exposed portions of a digital billboard, including backs, sides, structural support members and support poles, shall be screened to the satisfaction of the Zoning Administrator.

11. Digital billboards shall be placed at least two hundred fifty feet from any residential zone or residential use, unless it is determined by the Zoning Administrator that based on the photometric study required under Section 18.20.120(F)(1)(h) that there is no significant additional light intrusion than if the digital billboards are placed at least two hundred fifty feet away. The measurement shall be from the closest edge of the billboard to the closest edge of the residential zone or closest property line on which a residential use is located.

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D. Operational Requirements.

1. No digital billboard shall display any statement or words of an obscene, indecent, or immoral character, as that phrase is used in Business and Professions Code Section 5402 and judicial decisions interpreting the same.

2. Each digital billboard shall be connected to the National Emergency Network and provide emergency information, including child abduction alerts (i.e., "Amber Alerts"), in accordance with local and regional first responder protocols.

3. Digital Billboard Operating Requirements.
a. Each static message shall not include flashing lights or the varying of light intensity. b. Minimum display time. Each message shall be displayed for a minimum of four seconds. c. Digital billboards shall not operate at brightness levels of more than 0.3 foot candles above ambient light, as measured using a foot candle meter, at a pre-set distance as set forth under this section. d. Pre-set distances to measure the foot candles impact vary with the expected viewing distances of each size sign and shall comply with Table 18.20.120.A (Face Size/Distance to Point of Measurement).

Table 18.20.120.A Face Size/Distance to Point of Measurement Face Size Distance to Point of Measurement
12 feet ft. x 25 feet 150 feet

10.5 feet x 36 feet 200 feet
14 feet x 48 feet 250 feet
20 feet x 60 feet 350 feet
e. Each digital billboard shall have a light sensing device that will automatically adjust the brightness as ambient light conditions change.

4. Each digital billboard shall be designed and operated with systems and monitoring in place to either turn the display off or show full black screen in the event of a malfunction.

5. Walls or screens at the base of the digital billboard or other support structures shall not create a hazard to public safety or provide an attractive nuisance and shall be continually maintained free from graffiti.

6. Digital billboard shall not be operated in such a fashion as to constitute a hazard to safe and efficient operation of vehicles on streets or freeways and shall comply with all applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations. Digital billboards operating in accordance with the operating criteria in subsection (D)(3) above shall be deemed to be in compliance with this subsection.

7. Digital billboards shall not simulate or imitate any directional, warning, danger, or information sign, or any other display likely to be mistaken for any permitted sign intended or likely to be construed as giving warning to traffic, for example using such words or phrases as "stop" or "slow down."

8. Digital billboards shall not incorporate or involve any red or blinking or intermittent lighting that may be mistaken for warning or danger signals nor shall its illumination impair the vision of travelers on the adjacent freeway and for roadways.

9. Digital billboards shall be operated and maintained in compliance with Business and Professions Code Section 5403.

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E. The requirements set forth under Subsections B, C, and D of this Chapter shall be in addition to any other conditions and requirements contained in the Agreement provided they are not in conflict. If any condition or requirement imposed in an Agreement conflicts with the general requirements set forth in these Subsections B, C, and D, the general requirements of Subsections B, C, and D shall control. For purposes of this Subsection, conditions or requirements contained in an Agreement that are more restrictive than those contained in the general requirements of Subsections B, C, and D shall not be deemed in conflict.

F. Application Requirements and Review Procedures.

1. Application Requirements. An entity wishing to erect a new digital billboard, relocate an existing nonconforming or conforming billboard or modify and convert an existing billboard into a digital billboard shall submit a request in writing for approval of an Agreement as described under Subsection B of this Section that includes the following:
a. The name, address phone number and other contact information of the person or entity proposing the Agreement.
b. The location of the proposed digital billboard.
c. Information that establishes that the entity proposing the Agreement has legal or equitable interest in the proposed new or relocated billboard along with proof of legal or equitable interest in the site proposed for the above said purpose(s), including, but not limited to, a fee interest, lease, license, easement, or other entitlement demonstrating the right to install and operate the billboard on the subject property. Information to be provided shall include the written consent of the property owner if not readily ascertainable from the foregoing documents. d. Conceptual design drawings of the digital billboard that includes technical specifications to determine the digital billboard's compliance with this Section.
e. An explanation of the compensation to be paid or public benefits to be provided to the City. f. Photos of all existing signage, architectural renderings, and elevations of the proposed digital billboard and a scaled site plan and elevations showing the locations of all existing structures and improvements on the property, and the proposed digital billboard and related structures and improvements. g. Photo simulations shall be provided of the before and after physical site appearance from views as specified by the Zoning Administrator.
h. A photometric study prepared by a certified lighting engineer demonstrating the proposed digital billboard’s compliance with the operational requirements of this Section. i. The applicant shall pay a filing fee as set by resolution of the city council. This fee shall be in addition to any other required fees for permits relative to the development of the property and shall be for the purpose of defraying the costs associated with City’s review of the application. j. The applicant shall pay the cost of any environmental studies and reports necessary for the completion of the environmental review of the proposal pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act. k. Such other documents, materials, or information deemed reasonably necessary by the Zoning Administrator.

2. Review Authority.
a. The Agreement shall be reviewed by the Planning Commission at a duly noticed public hearing. The public hearing shall be noticed in accordance with Section 18.04.040 (Public Noticing and Hearings).

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whether the proposed digital billboard meets the required findings provided in Subsection (F)(3) (Required Findings) below.
b. The City Council shall conduct a duly noticed public hearing following the Planning Commission recommendation to consider approval of the Agreement by ordinance. The hearing before the City Council shall be noticed in accordance with Section 18.04.040 (Public Noticing and Hearings) of this Title and may be continued from time to time. In order to approve a digital billboard Agreement, the City Council shall make all of the findings contained in subsection (F)(3) below.

3. Required Findings. The City Council shall find that the proposed digital billboard identified in the Agreement satisfies all of the following findings:
i. The proposed Agreement is consistent with the goals, objectives, purposes and provisions of the General Plan, the Pico Rivera Municipal Code, and any applicable specific plans; ii. The proposed installation site is compatible with the uses and structures on the site and in the surrounding area;
iii. The proposed digital billboard would not create a traffic or safety problem, including problems associated with on-site access circulation or visibility; iv. The proposed digital billboard would not interfere with on-site parking or landscaping required by city ordinance or permit;
v. The proposed digital billboard would not otherwise result in a threat to the general health, safety and welfare of city residents; and
vi. The proposed digital billboard, in addition to its aesthetic treatment, provides substantial public benefits that would not otherwise accrue to the public in the absence of its installation. (Prior code § 9209.06; Ord. 765 § 44, 1989; Ord. 799 §§ 7, 8, 1991; Ord. 802 § 5, 1991; Ord. 849 §§ 7— 10, 1994; Ord. 852 §§ 46—48, 1994; Ord. 857 § 16, 1994; Ord. 959 § 5, 2000; Ord. 1032 § 4, 2007; Ord. 1070 §§ 6, 7, 2012; Ord. 1073 § 7, 2012; Ord. 1142 § 5, 2021) Chapter 18.21. Performance Standards for Non-Residential Uses

18.21.010. Applicability
The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to all non-residential uses in all zones, unless otherwise specified in this Chapter. Mitigation measures shall comply with applicable federal, state, and county laws and/or shall be determined by the Zoning Administrator after evaluation of any submitted risk assessment.

18.21.020. Performance Standards
A. Air Emissions. Non-residential uses shall comply with the regulations set forth by the South Coast Air Quality Management District and shall not generate or cause any visible dust, gasses, heat, odor, or smoke to be emitted into the atmosphere, except as permitted by the South Coast Air Quality Management District.

B. Groundborne Vibration. Non-residential uses within proximity of noise sensitive uses shall maintain interior vibration levels as established in Table 18.21.020.A (Groundborne Vibration Impact Criteria). Vibration levels are measured in or near the vibration-sensitive use.

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Table 18.21.020.A Groundborne Vibration Impact Criteria Land Use
Impact Levels (dB)
Frequent
Events (a)
Occasional
Events (b)
Infrequent
Events (c)
Uses where vibration would interfere with interior operations 65 (d) Residential uses 72 75 80
Institutional uses with primarily daytime uses 75 78 83 (a) Frequent events is defined as more than 70 vibration events of the same source per day. (b) Occasional events is defined as between 30 and 70 vibration events of the same source per day. (c) Infrequent events is defined as fewer than 30 vibration events of the same source per day. (d) This criterion limit is based on levels that are acceptable for most moderately sensitive equipment such as optical microscopes. Vibration-sensitive manufacturing or research will require detailed evaluation to define the acceptable vibration levels.

C. Hazardous Waste Facilities. Uses that store, generate, use, or transport hazardous materials shall comply with the Los Angeles County Hazardous Waste Management Plan and provide appropriate response and notification in the event of an emergency or violation.

D. Hours of Operation. Industrial uses shall limit their hours of operation to 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, unless noise generated by operation does not spill off-site.

E. Noise Standards. Maximum allowable environmental noise standards as established in Table 18.21.020.B (Maximum Allowable Environmental Noise Standards).

Table 18.21.020.B Maximum Allowable Environmental Noise Standards Land Use
Hours of Day
Exterior Noise Level
From Property Line
Ldn/CNEL, dB
Interior Noise Level
(1) Ldn/CNEL, dB
Residential (Low Density, Multi Family, Mixed-Use) 65 45 Transient Lodging (Motels/Hotels) 65 45
Schools, Libraries, Churches, Hospitals/Medical Facilities, Nursing Homes, Museums
70 45
Theaters, Auditoriums 70 N/A
Playgrounds, Parks 70 N/A
Golf Courses, Riding Stables, Water Recreation 75 N/A
Office Buildings, Business Commercial and Professional 70 N/A Industrial, Manufacturing, and Utilities 75 N/A
F. Noise Mitigation. Non-residential uses shall provide noise buffers and barriers, modifications to noisegenerating operations, and/or retrofitting of buildings housing noise-sensitive uses, including, but not limited to, the strategies listed in this Subsection, to limit the volume of noise generated by or resulting from the use to a maximum of 75 dB as measured from the property line of the noise source:

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2. Orienting buildings which are compatible with higher noise levels adjacent to noise generators or in clusters to shield more noise sensitive areas and uses;

3. Orienting delivery, loading docks, and outdoor work areas away from noise-sensitive uses;

4. Placing noise tolerant uses, such as parking areas, and noise tolerant structures, such as garages, between the noise source and sensitive receptor;

5. Clustering office, commercial, or multi-family residential buildings to reduce noise levels within interior open space areas; and/or

6. Providing double glazed and double paned windows on the side of the building or structure facing a major noise source, and placing building entries away from the noise source to the extent possible.

G. Noise Study. The Zoning Administrator may require the applicant to submit a noise study, prepared by a person/firm experienced in preparing such studies, for developments involving major noise sources and within proximity of noise sensitive uses to determine and implement appropriate mitigation measures that minimize noise-related annoyance, sleep disruption, speech interference, and other similar effects.

H. Public Nuisance. No operations or uses conducted on the premises shall be in violation of this Code, State laws, or environmental regulations by reason of noise, odor, dust, smoke, light, vibrations, or other similar public nuisances as outlined in Section 8.16.010. (Public Nuisance) of Title 8 (Health and Safety) of the Pico Rivera Municipal Code.

I. Screening. All activities, with the exception of employee amenities (such as outdoor seating, bicycle racks, or similar), incidental loading and unloading, and pedestrian and vehicular circulation, shall be conducted entirely within buildings, structures, or within outdoor areas entirely screened utilizing one or more of the following options, in compliance with Section 18.18.020. (Fences, Walls, and Hedges):

1. Landscaped. Hedges or closely planted evergreen shrubs, bushes, or trees; or

2. Built Structures. View-obscuring fences, walls, or other similar screening and enclosure structures as approved by the Zoning Administrator.

Chapter 18.22. Standards for Special Uses and Activities

18.22.010. Purpose and Applicability
The purpose of this Chapter is to provide for supplemental regulations for special uses and activities as permitted in Division 3 (Zones and Zone-Specific Standards) of this Title that require special standards to mitigate their potential adverse impacts. These standards shall be used in conjunction with any other applicable standard established in this Title. In the case of a conflict, the more stringent standard shall apply.

18.22.020. Accessory Uses
Accessory uses shall be subject to the same regulations as the principal use and any standards applicable in this Title and to specific uses and activities found in this Chapter.

18.22.030. Accessory Dwelling Units
Accessory dwelling units shall comply with the provisions of this Title and state law, Government Code Section 66310 through 66342 et seq., as may be amended. An accessory dwelling unit which conforms to the requirements of this Section and state law shall not be considered to exceed the allowable density for the base zone. Accessory Dwelling Units must meet the development standards of the underlying zone where the Government Code is silent.

The following shall apply to all accessory dwelling units:

A. Development Standards.

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1. General. All accessory dwelling units shall be clearly subordinate in location and size to the primary structure and consistent in exterior appearance with the primary structure through the use of similar/matching exterior paint colors, material types, roof slope and architectural styles. Accessory dwelling units shall have a defined and independent exterior access.

2. Location. An accessory dwelling unit is permitted on any residentially zoned property if a single-family dwelling or multifamily dwelling exists on the lot or will be constructed in conjunction with the accessory dwelling unit. An accessory dwelling unit may be either attached or detached to the existing dwelling unit or located within the living area of the existing dwelling. A junior accessory dwelling unit (JADU) may only be located within an existing or proposed single-family dwelling, including within an attached garage.

3. Maximum Floor Area and Lot Coverage. No accessory dwelling unit may exceed the lot coverage and floor area ratio of the underlying zone. If either requirement would preclude development of an accessory dwelling unit up to 800 square feet in size, the requirement does not apply.

4. Maximum Size.
a. Accessory Dwelling Unit. The maximum size of a detached or attached accessory dwelling unit is 1,000 square feet.
b. Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit. The maximum size within an existing or proposed single-family dwelling is 500 square feet.
c. The total square footage of an attached ADU shall not exceed 50 percent of the existing or proposed primary dwelling, if it does not prevent an accessory dwelling unit of at least 800 square feet.

5. Maximum Height and Story.
a. A detached ADU created on a lot with an existing or proposed single family or multifamily dwelling unit may not exceed 16 feet in height and one story or as otherwise provided in this Title. b. A detached ADU may be up to 18 feet in height if it is created on a lot with an existing or proposed single-family or multifamily dwelling unit that is located within one-half mile walking distance of a major transit stop or a high quality transit corridor, as those terms are defined in Section 21155 of the Public Resources Code, and the ADU may be up to two additional feet in height (for a maximum of 20 feet) if necessary to accommodate a roof pitch on the ADU that is aligned with the roof pitch of the primary dwelling unit. It may not exceed one story.
c. An ADU that is attached to the primary dwelling may not exceed 24 feet in height, or the height limitation imposed by the underlying zone that applies to the primary dwelling, whichever is lower.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, ADUs subject to this subsection (A)(4)(d)(5)(d) may not exceed two stories.
d. Height is measured between the finished grade and the highest point of the structure which shall be the peak of the highest roof.

6. Required Setbacks.
a. Detached and attached accessory dwelling units shall meet the minimum side and rear yard setbacks of at least four (4) feet.
b. An attached accessory dwelling unit shall meet the same front setback as required for the primary residence.

7. Required Parking.

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a. One parking space per ADU or per bedroom, whichever is less. These spaces may be provided as tandem parking on a legally permitted driveway.
b. Each parking space shall have a minimum width of 9 feet and length of 20 feet. c. Parking spaces shall not be located on portions of a shared driveway used by more than one lot. d. Exceptions to parking requirements:
i. The ADU is located within one-half mile walking distance of public transit. ii. The ADU is located within an architecturally and historically significant historic district. iii. The ADU is part of the proposed or existing primary residence or an accessory structure. iv. When on-street parking permits are required but not offered to the occupant of the ADU. v. When there is a car share vehicle located within one block of the ADU.

8. Impact Fees. No impact fee is required for an accessory dwelling unit that is less than 750 square feet in size. Impact fees will apply as adopted by resolution or ordinance.

9. Owner Occupancy. All junior accessory dwelling units are subject to an owner-occupancy requirement. A person with legal or equitable title to the property must reside on the property, in either the primary dwelling or junior accessory dwelling unit, as the person's legal and permanent residence.

10. Objective Design Standards for Accessory Dwelling Units. a. The materials and colors of the exterior walls, roof, windows and doors must match the appearance and architectural design of those of the primary dwelling. b. The roof slope must match that of the primary dwelling. c. The exterior lighting must be limited to Dark Sky Lighting standards. d. The ADU must have an independent exterior entrance, apart from that of the primary dwelling.

18.22.040. Adult-Oriented Businesses
A. All adult-oriented businesses are required to procure and maintain an adult business regulatory permit as mandated by Title 5 (Business Licenses and Regulations) of the Pico Rivera Municipal Code.

B. Notwithstanding the zones in which adult-oriented businesses may be permitted as identified in Table

18.12.020.A (Allowed Uses and Regulations in Commercial Zones), adult-oriented businesses shall only be permitted in the following locations:

1. Parcels fronting along the north side of Slauson Avenue commencing at a point 320 feet easterly of the centerline of Rosemead Boulevard, proceeding easterly to Reeve Road as indicated in Figure 1.

2. Parcels fronting along the north side of Bermudez Street, from Bequette Avenue easterly to Reeve Road as indicated in Figure 1.

3. Parcels fronting along both sides of Industry Avenue, north of Telegraph Road, and parcels fronting along both sides of Telegraph Road from Industry Avenue westerly to the Rio Hondo as indicated in Figure 2.

4. At a distance of at least 150 feet from any existing residential zone or school from the parcels listed above.

5. At a distance of at least 1,000 feet of any legally established adult business from the parcels listed above.

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residential zones or schools within the locational limitations set forth above. For purposes of this Section, a use shall be deemed to be subsequently located if it commences following the date an application for an adult business regulatory permit is filed pursuant to Section 5.22.030 (Adult business regulatory permit required) of Title 5 (Business Licenses and Regulations) of the Pico Rivera Municipal Code.

Figure 1
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18.22.050. Alcohol Sales
A. Purpose. This Section is intended to supplement Division 9, Alcoholic Beverages, of the California Business and Professions Code, as it pertains to sales of alcoholic beverages. Where this Section conflicts with state regulations, the more restrictive procedures shall apply.

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B. On-Sale and Off-Sale, Generally. Where not otherwise described, on-sale or off-sale alcohol sales that are subject to a CUP must obtain a valid license in accordance with Division 9 (Alcoholic Beverages) of the California Business and Professions Code.

C. On-Sale, Brewery. The following operations and property development regulations shall apply to brewery establishments:

1. The display of alcoholic beverages shall not be located outside of the brewery facility.

2. The purchase, consumption, tasting, and sales of alcoholic beverages shall be limited to only those fermented and manufactured on site.

3. Ancillary retail sales shall be limited to only those retail items directly associated with the on-site brewery facility and accessory tasting room.

4. A security plan, including a video surveillance system, and exterior lighting plan shall be submitted as part of the CUP application.

5. No persons under 21 shall be permitted in the brewery and associated tasting room.

6. A State of California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control permit shall be obtained prior to operation.

7. There shall be no admission fee, cover charge, or minimum purchase required.

D. Off-Sale, Instructional Tasting. Instructional tastings of alcoholic beverages via a Type 86 license from the State Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control may be conditionally permitted subject to an AUP pursuant to Section

18.05.020 (Administrative Use Permits) only in conjunction with a grocery store or supermarket which exceeds 12,500 square feet in gross floor area, or with specialty liquor stores which sell beer, wine, liquor, and alcoholic beverage accessories at a minimum of 95 percent of their total sales receipts.

1. Instructional tasting events shall not be permitted in conjunction with convenience stores or liquor stores which sell grocery items such as milk, eggs and bread, beauty items, or household goods, or which offer secondary services such as check cashing, utility bill payments, delicatessens, etc. Instructional tasting events shall be subject to compliance with the following:
a. Business establishment shall have a CUP approval for the sale of beer and wine, or for the sale of beer, wine, and distilled spirits, under a Type 20 or Type 21 alcohol license with a minimum of 1 year in operation under current ownership.
b. Business establishment shall be in good standing with the State of California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control with no history of disciplinary action. c. As determined by local law enforcement, the business establishment shall not be located within an area with high crime rates or have a history of alcohol-related offenses. d. Entertainment of any kind, including the playing of music or dancing, shall be prohibited.

E. Off-Sale, Concurrent with the Sale of Motor Fuels. The CUP for the off sale of alcoholic beverages concurrently with motor vehicle fuels including gasoline at automobile service stations shall be subject to the following standards:

1. The sale of beer and wine shall be allowed. The sale of distilled spirits shall be prohibited.

2. All alcoholic sales shall take place within an enclosed building.

3. The minimum sales area for in store retail products shall be 1,000 square feet.

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4. The sale of products, other than beer and wine, measured by gross receipts on an annual basis, shall exceed the annual sales of beer and wine products, measured by gross receipts.

5. No displays of beer and wine shall be located within 5 feet of the store’s entrance.

6. No displays of beer and wine shall be located on motor fuel islands, and no lighted advertising for beer or wine shall be located on buildings or windows.

7. No display or sale of beer or wine shall be made from an ice tub or any other ice-containing device as determined by the state of California Department of Alcohol Beverage Control.

8. No on-sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages shall be permitted on any portion of the premises or any portion adjacent thereto which is under the control of the applicant.

9. Beer and wine coolers shall be sold in minimum quantities of no less than six-pack lots and four-pack lots, respectively.

10. No off sale of alcoholic beverages shall take place after 12 a.m., midnight.

11. No employee under the age of 21 shall sell alcoholic beverages.

12. No alcoholic beverages shall be sold to any person while such person is in a motor vehicle.

13. The sale and delivery of all alcoholic beverages shall be made to persons within the enclosed building only and not through a pass-out window, or a slide-out tray to the exterior of the premises.

14. The proposed or existing automobile service station requesting approval to sell alcoholic beverages for offpremises consumption shall be a minimum of 300 feet measured from an existing off-sale establishment property line to property line unless the applicant can demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Planning Commission that:
a. The proposed off-sale alcohol sales are a necessary adjunct to the business; and b. A need exists for additional off-sale premises at the location proposed by the applicant.

15. All requirements of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control Board of the state of California shall be met.

16. All other conditions which may be imposed by the Planning Commission in granting the required CUP must be met.

18.22.060. Animal Keeping
A. Purpose. The following standards are intended to regulate how animals may be kept in the City, including household pets, small animals, and livestock, as defined in Division 5 (Definitions and Measurements) of this Title.

B. Dogs and Cats. No person shall keep or maintain more than four dogs and/or cats, or any combination thereof totaling four, being more than 3 months of age upon any lot located in any residential zone. Such dogs and/or cats shall be kept only for the personal use and enjoyment of the occupants of the property upon which they are kept or maintained.

C. Poultry or Small Animals. No person shall keep or maintain any combination of poultry or small animals exceeding nine, or more than three of each type, kind, or species upon any lot or premises in any residential zone, except in the R-E zone.

1. In the R-E zone, no person shall keep or maintain any combination of poultry, or small animals exceeding

10. These restrictions shall apply regardless of the age of such poultry, fowl, or small animals.

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D. Pigeons. No person shall keep or maintain more than three pigeons.

1. All feed shall be stored in containers which offer protection against rodents.

2. Housing. Lofts or pigeon houses shall be soundly constructed, properly maintained in sanitary conditions and in compliance with the City’s health regulations, and adequately landscaped to blend in with and conform to the surrounding area.

E. Horses. Horses shall only be allowed in the R-E zone. No person shall keep or maintain more than four horses on any lot. Such horses shall only be kept for the personal use and enjoyment of the occupants of the property.

Provisions for keeping horses in the R-E zone are as follows.

1. Minimum Area.
a. A minimum of 10,000 square feet of contiguous lot area shall be required to be maintained for one or up to two horses.
b. For each horse exceeding two, but not exceeding four, an additional 5,000 square feet of contiguous lot area shall be kept and maintained.

2. Wash Racks. Wash areas shall be located at a minimum of 11 feet from side and rear property line.

3. Corrals.
a. Minimum Dimensions. Every corral shall have a minimum dimension of not less than 20 feet and shall contain not less than 400 square feet of area.
b. Roofed Area. In conjunction with corrals, a solid roofed area shall be provided having minimum dimensions of not less than 8 feet in width and 12 feet in length.

4. Barns/Stables.
a. Each lot shall have a barn and/or stable to shelter the horse(s). b. Box Stalls. Each barn and/or stable shall contain box stalls. One box stall shall be provided for every horse kept or maintained on a lot, not to exceed the permitted number of horses. c. Minimum Box Stall Dimensions. Box stalls shall have a minimum of 12 feet of length and width.

5. Fencing. Fencing shall be subject to the following:
a. Materials and Construction. Fencing may be constructed of wood, chain-link, masonry, or metal equivalent in structural strength to the use and employment of 2-inch by 6-inch wood railings installed horizontally and spaced vertically 18 inches on center; for use in conjunction with stud stalls, such railings to be installed horizontally shall be spaced vertically 12 inches on center. b. Fence Posts. Fence posts may be constructed of wood, metal, or concrete, equivalent in structural strength to 4-inch by 6-inch wood posts installed vertically and spaced horizontally 6 feet on center; for use in conjunction with stud stalls, such posts to be installed vertically shall be spaced horizontally 4 feet on center.
c. Fence Height. Fences to be provided for enclosures shall be maintained not less than 5 feet in height.

For use in conjunction with stud stalls, such fence shall be maintained not less than 6 feet in height.

6. Water Facilities. Running, potable water facilities shall be provided within each stall and within 50 feet of the corral, and such facilities shall be maintained accessible by the animals to be served.

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7. Maintenance. All stalls and corrals shall be continuously maintained with preservatives, fasteners, and other materials to maintain appearance and prevent deterioration and animal escape.

8. Containment Devices. Substantial and acceptable locking and/or latching devices shall be provided and installed on all gates and doors to animal areas located in such a manner to be inaccessible to animals and small children for the prevention of animal escape and unauthorized entry.

9. Feeding Facilities. Feeding facilities and/or boxes shall be provided in each corral and/or box stall, located in such a manner to be maintained aboveground, and such facilities shall be maintained accessible by the animals to be served.

10. Hay and Grain Storage. The storage of hay shall take place on a Portland cement concrete slab floor or stored a minimum of 18 inches aboveground. Such storage of hay shall not exceed a height aboveground level greater than 12 feet and shall not be located less than 5 feet from any property line. The storage of grain shall be confined to rodent-proof containers only.

11. Drainage. All areas adjacent to any pen, coop, stable, stall, barn, corral, grazing, or workout or training areas, or other building structures and areas where animals are kept and maintained, shall be graded to drain away from such facilities to prevent ponding and insect harborage.

12. Dust Control. All areas used as arenas for exercising, training, or exhibition of animals shall be continuously maintained in a dust-free manner by dampening with an approved sprinkler system or other acceptable means for the prevention of detrimental and nuisance effects of dust emission to surrounding properties.

F. Sanitation and Health. The keeping and maintenance of animals, poultry, and/or fowl, as provided for in this Section, shall comply with all regulations and provisions of the health and sanitation laws of the City.

1. Distancing Requirements. All animals, including household pets, small animals, or poultry, and pens, coops, stables, barns, corrals, grazing areas, or other structures or areas where animals may be kept or maintained shall be at least:
a. 26 feet from any dwelling or public street.
b. 11 feet from any abutting residential zoned property, except when the abutting lot contains 20,000 square feet or more.

2. Maintenance. All premises and facilities upon which animals are permitted to be kept shall be maintained in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition at all times. All manure shall be removed at least once each week, and all premises and facilities shall be treated weekly with legally approved pesticides, as applicable, for the control of odors, insects, and rodents which in any way can be considered a clear and present nuisance or detriment to the health, safety, comfort, welfare, peace, and/or tranquility of the general public.

G. Noisy animals, or poultry. No person shall keep or maintain upon any property, any rooster, peacock, guinea fowl, goose, or any other animal, or poultry, which by any sound or cry shall unreasonably disturb the peace, quiet, urban environment, tranquility, or welfare of the public generally.

H. Prohibited animals designated. No person shall keep, maintain, cause, or otherwise permit to be kept or maintained any of the following on any property or premises within the City:

1. Bees. No person shall keep or maintain, or allow to be kept or maintained, a hive of bees on any property.

This provision shall not apply to the keeping of bees within an educational institution for study or observation, or within a physician’s office or laboratory for medical research, treatment, or other scientific purposes, provided they are not permitted to fly at large; or

2. Oxen or swine, or any other animals, poultry, or fowl not specifically provided for in this Section.

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18.22.070. Automated Teller Machine (ATM)
A. Interior ATMs. Interior ATMs shall be permitted as an accessory use to a permitted use subject to a building permit.

B. Exterior-Mounted ATMs. Exterior-mounted ATMS shall be subject to the following conditions:

1. Permit Requirements.
a. Shall be permitted in conjunction with a permitted commercial use subject to the approval of an AUP provided in Section 18.05.020 (Administrative Use Permits). b. Shall be permitted in conjunction with a permitted bank and financial service institution subject to the approval of a building permit.

2. Lighting. All exterior outdoor lighting shall be provided in an indirect manner, emanating from fixtures located under canopies and building eaves and at ground level in landscaped areas. Provide a minimum of ten (10) foot candle power at the face of the ATM or after-hour depository. Other types of lighting shall be subject to Zoning Administrator approval.

3. Design Features. Teller machines shall be flush-mounted with the exterior building wall and match the architectural style of existing building. Each machine shall be required to have an enclosed trash receptacle.

C. Freestanding Drive-Through ATMs.

1. Permit Requirements. Shall be permitted in conjunction with a permitted bank and financial service institution subject to the approval of an AUP provided in Section 18.05.020 (Administrative Use Permits).

2. Drive-Through regulations are subject to Section 18.22.100 (Drive-Through Establishments).

18.22.080. Automobile Service Stations and Repair Facilities A. Automobile Service Stations

1. Purpose. The following standards are intended to regulate automobile service stations, as defined in Division 5 (Definitions and Measurements) of this Title.

2. Operations. Operations outside of the permanent structure shall be limited to the dispensing of gasoline.,

3. Site Area Requirements. Unless otherwise noted, automobile service stations shall have a minimum site area of 18,500 square feet and a minimum frontage on a street of 115 feet.

4. Setbacks.
a. Service station buildings shall be set back 40 feet from all street property lines and shall not be closer than 20 feet to any residential zoned property.
b. Canopies may project up to 5 feet from all street property lines and shall not be closer than 15 feet to all other property lines.
c. Pump islands must be setback a minimum of 15 feet from any property line.

5. Driveway Standards.
a. Driveways shall be limited to a maximum of one per street for automobile service stations located at an intersection or two per street for locations not at an intersection. b. Driveways located on the same street shall be spaced at least 22 feet apart.

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c. No driveway shall exceed a width of 30 feet nor be less than 20 feet in the flat.

6. Landscaping. At least 7 percent of the total site area shall be used for landscaping and shall be continually maintained by the property owner.

7. Screening. A view-obscuring masonry wall of a minimum 6 feet in height shall be provided along all property lines, except within the front and street side setbacks and along required driveways, drive aisles, and walkways and shall comply with the applicable provisions of Section 18.18.020 (Fences, Walls, and Hedges) and Section 18.18.070 (Screening). Such screening may be omitted if the automobile service station is designed as a part of a commercial center.

8. Trash Enclosures. A minimum of one trash enclosure shall be provided on premises and shall comply with the applicable provisions of Section 18.18.100 (Trash and Recycling Areas).

9. Lighting. Outdoor lighting shall comply with the applicable provisions of Section 18.18.050 (Outdoor Lighting).

10. Outdoor Storage and Display. All storage shall be kept in a fully enclosed structure at all times.

11. Abandoned Service Stations and/or Revocation of Conditional Use Permit. If any service station is closed, vacated, abandoned, or not operated so as to engage in the sale of petroleum products or the dispensing of gasoline for a period of 6 months, any legal permits in effect at the end of the 6-month period shall become null and void, and no further sales or service from such service station shall be allowed. The presence of a service station that has been vacated or abandoned for a period of 6 months is declared to constitute a public nuisance and shall be cause for removal of all pumps, pump islands, tanks, canopies, signs, and other appurtenances related to the dispensing of gasoline after proper notification by the Zoning Administrator. Notification shall be made by the Zoning Administrator setting forth the intent to declare such abandoned service station a nuisance and to revoke any active permits.

12. Change of Use and/or Vacant or Abandoned Service Station Facilities. A change in the use of a service station facility to a use permitted within the appropriate zone and which does not operate for a principal purpose of dispensing gasoline shall constitute a closed, vacated, abandoned, or inoperative service station, which shall be declared a public nuisance and be abated pursuant to this Section.

B. Automobile Repair Facilities, Minor and Major

1. Purpose. The following standards are intended to regulate all minor and major automobile repair facilities.

2. Building Requirement. All repairs shall be conducted within a fully enclosed service building or service bay, leaving sufficient openings for ingress and egress of automobiles.

3. Parts and Sales Restriction. No sales or rental of vehicles, parts, or equipment shall be permitted on a vehicle repair site unless the business is licensed and has been approved for such activities.

4. Hours of Operation. Hours of operation shall be limited between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.

5. Setback. Minor and major automobile repair facilities shall be setback a minimum of 30 feet from any residential uses.

6. Screening. A view-obscuring masonry wall of a minimum 6 feet in height shall be provided along all property lines, except within the front and street side setbacks and along required driveways, drive aisles, and walkways and shall comply with the applicable provisions of Section 18.18.020 (Fences, Walls, and Hedges) and Section 18.18.070 (Screening).

7. On-Site Storage. All storage, including items such as discarded oil, flat tires, or used parts, shall be kept in a fully enclosed structure at all times.

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8. On-Site Parking and Storage of Vehicles. Repaired vehicles and/or vehicles waiting to be repaired shall be parked in service bays and not be parked on public streets or alleyways.

9. Noise. The facility, and all associated activities, shall be designed to minimize noise impacts to adjacent uses and shall not violate the contents of Chapter 8.40 (Noise) of Title 8 (Health and Safety) of the Pico Rivera Municipal Code or the permitted noise levels for the relevant land use designation as defined in the Noise Element of the City’s General Plan and as determined by a noise study.

10. Site Maintenance. All driveways, service areas, and other areas visible from the public right-of-way shall be maintained and kept free of oil, grease, and other litter associated with repair activities. No hazardous substances or chemicals shall spill into the public right-of-way.

18.22.090. Cottage Food Operations
A. Purpose. The following regulations are intended for all cottage food operations, as that term is defined in Health and Safety Code Section 113758(a), as may be replaced, or amended from time to time. Cottage food operations are permitted in accordance with the use regulations of the specific zones identified in Division 3 (Zones and Zone-Specific Standards) of this Title, subject to the procedures and requirements of this Section.

B. Applicant. The applicant shall be the “cottage food operator,” as that term is defined in Health and Safety Code Section 113758(b) as may be amended from time to time.

C. Permit Requirements.

1. Only one cottage food operation shall be permitted by address, subject to a Home Occupation Permit in accordance with Section 18.05.060 (Other Permits and Approvals).

2. The permit for the cottage food operation shall not be transferred, assigned, or used by any person other than the permittee, nor used at any location other than the one for which the permit is granted.

D. Location. Cottage food operations shall not be located within 1,000 feet of the property line of another cottage food operation or located within the same building, apartment complex, or other multifamily development.

E. Parking. Parking shall be available for the actual parking demand created by the use, including parking spaces for the household member’s vehicles and a parking space for an employee, if an employee is present. In addition:

1. For single-unit dwellings, parking shall be available in the property’s garage or carport and driveway.

2. For multifamily developments, parking shall be available in the cottage food operator’s designated space(s). On-site parking in an apartment complex or other multifamily residence requires written consent from all of the following that apply: the property owner, landlord, homeowners’ association, or property manager.

F. Traffic Control.

1. The cottage food operation shall not result in any appreciable increase in traffic, pedestrian or vehicular.

2. The cottage food operator shall only allow vehicular delivery or loading related to the cottage food operation between the hours of 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. and indicate where on-site loading and deliveries will be made. For multifamily developments, the cottage food operator shall obtain written consent from all that apply: the property owner, landlord, homeowners’ association, or property manager.

3. The cottage food operator shall not allow any vehicle making a delivery, being loaded, or being used by consumers or third-party retailers in relation to the cottage food operation to block or impede the public right-of-way, a vehicular drive aisle, or idle at any time.

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4. Visitation to the dwelling unit containing the cottage food operation for the purpose of direct or indirect sales shall be limited to the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

5. Visitors shall not be allowed to queue or wait outside of the dwelling unit containing the cottage food operation at any time, either on foot or in vehicles.

G. Prohibited Activities and Uses.

1. Outdoor sales at the dwelling unit containing the cottage food operation shall be prohibited.

2. Cottage food operators shall not conduct sales in an attached garage, detached accessory structure or outside of the dwelling unit.

3. On-site dining or tasting events for customers shall be prohibited.

4. On-site advertising shall be prohibited.

5. External use of material or equipment other than the types and quantities customarily found in connection with a dwelling unit shall be prohibited.

6. Equipment which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors, or electrical interference detectable to the normal senses shall be prohibited.

H. Noise. Cottage food operations shall not create noise levels in excess of those allowed in Chapter 8.40 (Noise) of Title 8 (Health and Safety) of the Pico Rivera Municipal Code and General Plan.

I. Conformance with Applicable Regulations. The cottage food operation shall conform to all applicable federal, state, and municipal laws and regulations applicable to the residential area or zone in which the cottage food operation is located.

J. Number of Employees. Only the cottage food operator and members of the household living in the dwelling unit, as well as one full-time equivalent cottage food employee, shall participate in a cottage food operation on the site.

K. Area Limitations.

1. Operations shall not exceed the use of more than 15 percent of the floor area of the dwelling in which it is located, or that area as permitted by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Environmental Health Division, whichever is greater.

2. No area outside the dwelling shall be used for the operations of a home occupation in any manner whatsoever, except that one parking space is allowed.

L. Vehicles. One 6,000-pound vehicle used in connection with the operation of the home occupation shall be allowed and is required to be completely stored in the garage.

M. Income Limit. Cottage food operations shall comply with the restrictions on gross annual sales as set forth in Health and Safety Code Section 113758. Class A cottage food operations shall not exceed 75,000 dollars in gross annual sales, and Class B cottage food operations shall not exceed 150,000 dollars in gross annual sales. Should at any time sales exceed the maximum, the permit shall be void, and sales may no longer be conducted at the property.

N. Income Verification. Cottage food operators shall continuously maintain applicable tax returns or other proof of gross annual income.

O. County Certification. A cottage food operation shall obtain and renew, as required, an operating permit with the Los Angeles Department of Public Health Environmental Health Division.

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P. Trash. Trash production shall not exceed that which is otherwise produced by normal residential activities.

Q. Inspection. Per the Health and Safety Code Section 114365, an initial and a maximum of one annual inspection shall be conducted for a Class B operator that conducts indirect sales. A Class A operator shall not be subject to initial or routine inspections. An inspection shall be conducted for any cottage food operation based on a consumer complaint or reason to suspect that adulterated or otherwise unsafe food has been produced by the cottage food operation or that the cottage food operation is in violation.

18.22.100. Drive-Through Establishments
A. Purpose. The following regulations are intended for the orderly operations of drive-through establishments.

B. Site Area and Dimensions. The minimum site area and dimensions shall be as follows:

1. Corner Lot. No drive-through establishment shall be developed on a corner lot or parcel of land with less than twelve thousand square feet in area, or less than one hundred ten linear feet of frontage on each street. Lots or parcels of land being extreme or irregular in shape shall be subject to determination by the Zoning Administrator.

2. Interior Lot. Drive-through establishments located on an interior lot or parcel of land shall have not less than ten thousand square feet of lot area, nor less than one hundred feet of street frontage.

C. On-site circulation. Drive-through establishments shall be provided with internal circulation and traffic control devices in accordance with the following:

1. Aisles. Drive-through aisles shall be located and designed as follows. a. The entrance and exit of any drive-through aisle shall be at least 100 feet from an intersection or as determined by a traffic analysis (measured at the closest intersecting curbs) and at least 25 feet from the edge of any driveway or as determined by a traffic study. b. Drive-through aisles shall have a minimum 10-foot interior radius at curves. c. Drive-through aisles shall have a minimum 12-foot width.

2. Queuing area. A clearly identified area shall be provided for vehicles waiting for drive-through service that is physically separated from other on-site traffic circulation. a. The queuing area shall be determined by a queuing study. b. The stacking area shall be located so that the queuing is before the menu board. c. Separation of the stacking area from other traffic shall be by concrete curbing or paint striping on at least one side of the lane.

3. Walkways. Pedestrian walkways shall have clear visibility and be emphasized by enhanced paving or marking.

D. Restroom Facilities. Whenever restroom facilities provide outside access, such access shall be screened from public view with decorative materials used and designed in the exterior appearance of the main building, or by suitable landscape material as may be approved by the Zoning Administrator.

E. Screening. Where a drive-through establishment shares a rear or interior side property line with any residential use, screening shall be provided in accordance with Section 18.18.070 (Screening).

F. Noise. Outdoor speakers shall be located at least 50 feet from any residentially zoned parcel and should be directed away from adjacent residential uses.

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G. Site Design. Drive-through establishments shall be designed with respect to pedestrian movement and spaces between buildings and parking areas. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:

1. Walk-up windows shall be located near outdoor dining areas or other pedestrian areas in a manner that limits vehicle and pedestrian conflicts.

2. Service or loading areas shall not face the public right-of-way.

H. Facility Design within Shopping Centers. Drive-through establishments within an integrated shopping center shall have an architectural style consistent with the established shopping center. The architecture of any drivethrough establishment shall be compatible with surrounding uses in terms of color, form, materials, and scale.

18.22.110. Family Day Care Homes
A. Family day care homes operated under the standards of state law and located in a residentially zoned area shall be considered a residential use of property and shall not require a business license, fee, or tax for the privilege of operating a small or large family daycare home. Restrictions on building heights, setback, or lot dimensions of a family daycare home must be identical to those applied to all other residences with the same zoning designation as the family daycare home.

B. Family day care homes must be developed in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 3.6 (Family Day Care Homes) of the Health and Safety Code.

18.22.120. Group Homes
A. Purpose. This section is intended to preserve the residential character of residential neighborhoods and to further the purposes of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), the Fair Housing Act Amendments (FHAA), and the Lanterman Act by, among other things:

1. Ensuring that group homes are entitled to the special accommodation and/or additional accommodation provided under the Pico Rivera Municipal Code;

2. Limiting the secondary impacts of group homes by reducing noise and traffic, preserving safety, and providing adequate on-street parking;

3. Providing an accommodation for the handicapped that is reasonable to the opportunities afforded nonhandicapped individuals to use and enjoy a dwelling unit in a single-family neighborhood; and

4. To provide comfortable living environments that will enhance the opportunity for the handicapped and for recovering addicts to be successful in their programs.

B. Group Home Permit Required. A group home that may otherwise be considered an unpermitted use shall be permitted in any district, planned community, or specific plan area zoned for residential purposes with a Group Home Permit provided:

1. An application for a group home is submitted to the Zoning Administrator by the owner/operator of the group home. The application shall provide the following:
a. The name, address, phone number and driver's license number of the owner/operator; b. The name, address, phone number and driver's license number of the house manager; c. a copy of the group home rules and regulations;
d. written intake procedures;
e. the relapse policy;
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f. an affirmation by the owner/operator that only residents (other than the house manager) who are handicapped as defined by state and federal law shall reside at the group home; g. blank copies of all forms that all residents and potential residents are required to complete; h. if the group home operator is not the property owner, written approval from the property owner to operate a group home shall be submitted with the application; and i. A fee for the cost of processing of the application as set by resolution of the City Council. No person shall open a group home prior to issuance of a Group Home Permit.

2. If the home is located in a single-family residential zone, the group home shall have six or fewer residents, not counting a house manager, but in no event shall have more than seven residents. If the dwelling unit has an accessory dwelling unit, residents of both units shall be combined to determine whether or not the limit of six (6) residents has been exceeded.

3. The group home shall not be located in an accessory dwelling unit unless the primary dwelling unit is used for the same purpose.

4. The group home shall have a house manager who resides at the group home or any multiple of persons acting as a house manager who are present at the group home on a 24-hour basis and who are responsible for the day-to-day operation of the group home.

5. All garage and driveway spaces associated with the dwelling unit shall, at all times, be available for the parking of vehicles. Residents and the house manager may each only store or park a single vehicle at the dwelling unit or on any street within three hundred (300) feet of the dwelling unit. The vehicle shall be operable and currently used as a primary form of transportation for a resident of the group home.

6. Residents shall not require and operators shall not provide "care and supervision" as those terms are defined by Section 80001(c)(3) of title 22, California Code of Regulations, as may be amended.

7. Integral facilities shall not be permitted. Applicants shall declare, under penalty of perjury, that the group home does not operate as an integral facility.

8. The property shall be fully in compliance with all building codes, codified ordinances and Zoning Code of the City of Pico Rivera.

9. At least forty-eight (48) hours prior to a resident's emergency eviction from or involuntary termination of residency in a group home, the operator shall:
a. Notify the person designated as the resident's emergency contact or contact of record that the resident will no longer be residing at the home.
b. Contact the County of Los Angeles Public Health and/or another entity designated by the City to determine the services available to the resident, including, but not limited to, alcohol and drug inpatient and outpatient treatment.
c. Provide the information obtained regarding services available to the resident (see paragraph

18.22.120(B)(9)(b) of this subsection) and any other treatment provider or service to the resident prior to his or her release on a form provided by the City and obtain the resident's signed acknowledgement thereon.
d. Provided, however, that if the resident's behavior results in immediate termination of residency pursuant to rules approved by the City as part of the Group Home Permit for that facility, the operator shall comply with paragraphs a. through c. of subsection 18.22.120(B)(9) as soon as possible.

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10. Prior to a resident’s eviction from or involuntary termination of residency in a group home, the operator thereof shall also:
a. Make available to the resident transportation to the address listed on the resident's driver license, state-issued identification card, or the permanent address identified in the resident's application or referral to the group home.
b. Provided, however, that should the resident decline transportation to his or her permanent address or otherwise has no permanent address, then the operator shall make available to the resident transportation to another group home or residential care facility that has agreed to accept the resident.

11. The group home operator shall maintain records for a period of one (1) year following eviction from or involuntary termination of residency of a resident that documents compliance with subsections

18.22.120(B)(9) and (B)(10) of this section; provided, however, that nothing herein shall require an operator of a group home to violate any provision of State or Federal law regarding confidentiality of health care information. The group home operator may not satisfy the obligations set forth in subsection

18.22.120(B)(11) of this section by providing remuneration to the resident for the cost of transportation.

12. In addition to the regulations outlined above, in subsection 18.22.120(B)(1) and (B)(11) of this section, the following shall also apply to sober living homes;
a. The sober living home shall not be located within 650 feet, as measured from the closet property lines, of any other sober living home or from any state licensed and/or certified alcoholism or drug abuse recovery/treatment facility.
b. All residents, other than the house manager, shall be actively participating in legitimate recovery programs, including, but not limited to, Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous, and the sober living home shall maintain current records of meeting attendance. Under the sober living home's rules and regulations, refusal to actively participate in such a program shall be cause for eviction. c. The sober living home's rules and regulations shall prohibit the use of any alcohol or any nonprescription drugs at the sober living home or by any resident either on- or off-site. The sober living home shall also have a written policy regarding the possession, use, and storage of prescription medications. The facility cannot dispense medications but shall make them available to the residents.

The possession or use of prescription medications is prohibited except for the person to whom they are prescribed, and in the amounts/dosages prescribed. These rules and regulations shall be posted onsite in a common area inside the dwelling unit. Any violation of this rule shall be cause for eviction under the sober living home's rules for residency and the violator cannot be re-admitted for at least ninety (90) days. Any second violation of this rule shall result in permanent eviction. Alternatively, the sober living home shall have provisions in place to remove the violator from contact with the other residents until the violation is resolved.
d. The number of residents subject to the sex offender registration requirements of Penal Code Section 290, as may be amended, shall not exceed the limit set forth in Penal Code Section 3003.5, as may be amended, and shall not violate the distance provisions set forth in Penal Code Section 3003, as may be amended.
e. The sober living home shall have a written visitation policy that shall preclude any visitors who are under the influence of any drug or alcohol.
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enjoyment of their dwelling unit. The good neighbor policy shall establish a written protocol for the house manager/operator to follow when a neighbor complaint is received. g. The sober living home shall not provide any of the following services as they are defined by Section 10501(a) of Title 9, California Code of Regulations, as may be amended: detoxification; educational counseling; individual or group counseling sessions; and treatment or recovery planning.

C. Reasonable Accommodation. An applicant for a Group Home Permit may seek relief from the strict application of this section by submitting an application to the Zoning Administrator setting forth specific reasons as to why accommodation over and above this section is necessary under State and Federal laws, pursuant to Section

18.05.070 (Reasonable Accommodations).

D. Group Home Permit. Group Home Permit shall be issued by the Zoning Administrator as a ministerial matter if the applicant is in compliance or has agreed to comply with subsections 18.22.120(B)(1) through (B)(11) above, and (B)(12), if applicable. The Group Home Permit shall be denied or revoked, by the Zoning Administrator under any of the following circumstances:

1. Any owner/operator or staff person has provided materially false or misleading information on the application or omitted any pertinent information.

2. Any owner/operator or staff person has an employment history in which he or she was terminated during the past two (2) years because of physical assault, sexual harassment, embezzlement or theft; falsifying a drug test; and selling or furnishing illegal drugs or alcohol.

3. Any owner/operator or staff person has been convicted of or pleaded nolo contendere, within the previous seven (7) to ten (10) years, to any of the following offenses:
a. Any sex offense for which the person is required to register as a sex offender under California Penal Code Section 290, as may be amended, (previous ten (10) years). b. Arson offenses violations of Penal Code Sections 451-455, as may be amended, (previous seven (7) years.
c. Violent felonies, as defined in Penal Code Section 667.5, as may be amended, which involve doing bodily harm to another person (previous ten (10) years). d. The unlawful sale or furnishing of any controlled substances (previous seven (7) years).

4. Any owner/operator or staff person is on parole or formal probation supervision on the date of the submittal of the application or at any time thereafter.

5. The owner/operator accepts residents, other than a house manager, who are not handicapped as defined by the FHAA and FEHA.

6. A Group Home Permit for a sober living home shall also be denied or revoked by the Zoning Administrator under any of the following additional circumstances:
a. Any owner/operator or staff person of a sober living home is a recovering drug or alcohol abuser and upon the date of application or employment has had less than one (1) full year of sobriety. b. The owner/operator of a sober living home fails to immediately take measures to remove any resident who uses alcohol or illegally uses prescription or non-prescription drugs, or who is not actively participating in a legitimate recovery program from contact with all other sober residents. c. The sober living home, as measured from the closest property lines, shall not be located within 650 feet of any other sober living home or state licensed and/or certified alcoholism or drug abuse City of Pico Rivera Comprehensive Zoning Code Update (CZCU) DIVISION 4 – SUPPLEMENTAL CITYWIDE STANDARDS
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recovery/treatment facility. If a state licensed and/or certified alcoholism or drug abuse recovery/treatment facility moves within 650 feet of an existing sober living home this shall not cause the revocation of the sober living home's permit.

7. For any other significant and/or repeated violations of this section and/or any other applicable laws and/or regulations.

8. Revocation shall not apply to any group home, which otherwise would cause it to be in violation of this section, that has obtained a reasonable accommodation pursuant to Section 18.05.070 (Reasonable Accommodations).

E. Conditional Use Permit Required. Group and sober living homes serving more than seven (7) persons shall be permitted in any district, planned community, or specific plan area zoned for multifamily residential uses subject to the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit by the Planning Commission per Section 18.05.030, subject to the following conditions;

1. Sober living homes shall be located at least 650 feet, as measured from the closest property lines, from any other sober living home, or from any state-licensed and/or certified alcoholism or drug abuse recovery/treatment facility serving seven (7) or more persons, unless the reviewing authority determines that such location will not result in an over- concentration of similar uses.

F. Compliance of Existing Group Homes.

1. Existing group homes shall apply for a Group Home Permit within ninety (90) days of the effective date of the group home regulations.

2. Existing group homes shall have one (1) year from the effective date of the group home regulations to comply with its provisions, provided that any existing group home, which is serving more than six (6) residents, shall first comply with the six (6) resident maximum.

3. Existing group homes obligated by a written lease exceeding one (1) year from the effective date of the ordinance, or whose activity involves investment of money in leasehold or improvements such that a longer period is necessary to prevent undue financial hardship, are eligible for up to one (1) additional year grace period pursuant to approval of a Group Home Permit.

G. Expiration. A Group Home Permit shall expire and be of no further force or effect if after establishment, the use or activity for which the permit was approved is discontinued or abandoned for a period of six (6) months.

H. Severability. Should any section, subsection, clause, or provision of this chapter for any reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this chapter; it being hereby expressly declared that this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase hereof would have been prepared, proposed, approved and ratified irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional. This chapter shall be prospective in application from its effective date.

18.22.130. Home Occupations
A. Purpose. The intent and purpose of this Section is to provide regulations for home occupations in the City. Home occupations are permitted in accordance with the use regulations in Division 3 (Zones and Zone-Specific Standards) of this Title, subject to the procedures and requirements of this Section.

B. Permit Requirements. Home occupations shall be permitted only as an accessory use to a residential dwelling subject to a Home Occupation Permit in accordance with Section 18.05.060 (Other Permits and Approvals).

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1. A permit to operate a home occupation shall only be issued to the owner or occupant of the property, and such permit shall only be applicable and remain in effect so long as the applicant is a resident of the premises for which such permit is issued and shall not be transferable to any other person or property.

2. The following businesses shall not operate out of a home and shall not be permitted by home occupation permits: alcohol sales, firearm and ammunition sales and services, on-site massage therapists, hairdressers, retail sales, vehicle storage, vehicle sales and vehicle repair, vehicle dispatch, furniture or cabinet making, commercial kennels, commercial stables, breeding facilities, forensic testing or as determined by the Zoning Administrator.

C. Operational Standards.

1. Nuisances. The operation of the home occupation shall not create any conditions that amount to a public nuisance and shall not be detrimental to the residential neighborhood by causing increased noise, traffic, lighting, odor, or by violating any applicable ordinances or laws.

2. Employees. No employees or independent contractors other than residents of the dwelling unit shall be permitted to work at the location of a home occupation except as otherwise allowed for cottage food operations.

3. On-Premises Standards.
a. Home occupations shall not have:
i. On-premises sales, displays, or consultation, except by phone or mail and as allowed under Subsection D (On-Premises Consultation Exception) of this Section. ii. On-premises manufacturing fabrication or processing with the exception of small-scale crafts as determined by the Zoning Administrator

4. Area Limitations.
a. Operations shall not exceed the use of a maximum of 15 percent of the floor area of the dwelling in which it is located.
b. No area outside the dwelling shall be used for the operations of a home occupation in any manner whatsoever, except that one parking space is allowed.

5. Vehicles. One 6,000-pound vehicle used in connection with the operation of the home occupation shall be allowed and shall be required to be completely stored in the garage.

6. Alterations or Remodeling. No interior or exterior alterations or remodeling of any type whatsoever shall be permitted in connection with a home occupation.

7. Noise. Cottage food operations shall not create noise levels in excess of those allowed in Chapter 8.40 (Noise) of Title 8 (Health and Safety) of the Pico Rivera Municipal Code and the General Plan.

8. Signs and Advertising. No signs or other advertising of any form or nature whatsoever shall be displayed anywhere on the premises in connection with a home occupation.

D. On-Premises Consultation Exception. On-premises consultation shall be permitted in connection with a home occupation if the following conditions and restrictions are met:

1. Location.
a. Dwelling is located on a property whose front property line directly abuts a major arterial as designated within the Circulation Element of the City’s General Plan or whose street-adjacent side property line City of Pico Rivera Comprehensive Zoning Code Update (CZCU) DIVISION 4 – SUPPLEMENTAL CITYWIDE STANDARDS
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abuts a major arterial as designated within the Circulation Element of the City’s General Plan and provides direct legally permitted vehicular access via a driveway from the major arterial. On-premises consultation shall be prohibited within dwellings located on properties whose front and or streetadjacent side property lines directly abut a frontage road that runs parallel to a major arterial and is separated from the major arterial by a median.
b. Dwelling is not located within an apartment complex or condominium.

2. Parking.
a. Property complies with current off-street parking requirements pursuant to Chapter 18.19 (Off-Street Parking and Loading Standards).
b. Dwelling possesses a minimum of one off-street parking space for customer/client parking provided on a legally permitted driveway or within a legally permitted carport or garage that does not impede any required drive aisles.

3. On-Premises Client Consultation.
a. A maximum of one customer/client may receive on-premises consultation at any one time. A family unit, such as a parent and one or more children, is considered one client or customer for purposes of this restriction.
b. On-premises consultation shall be restricted to services typically rendered within a business office.

4. Hours of Operation. On-premises consultation shall be permitted between the hours of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

18.22.140. Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations
A. Purpose. The purpose of this Section is to regulate Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations (MEHKO) and incorporate by reference Health and Safety Code section 114367.5. and Los Angeles County Code Chapter

11.17 Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations. Unless otherwise specified in this Section, a MEHKO shall comply with all the requirements of California Health and Safety Code, Division 104, Part 7 and Los Angeles County Code Chapter 11.17 Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations.

B. Requirement.

1. No person, either for themselves or any other person, shall engage in any Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations within the city without first applying and maintaining at all times in full force and effect a business license pursuant to Chapter 5.08 of this code, and any other permits, acknowledgment form, authorizations, or approvals required by law from the city or other governmental agency that is applicable to MEHKO.

2. MEHKO operator shall provide written authorization signed by the property owner to conduct a Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation.

C. Operational requirements and prohibitions applicable to MEHKO operators.

1. Operation shall be permitted between the hours of seven a.m. to seven p.m.

2. MEHKO operator shall comply with the noise standards provided in the Pico Rivera Municipal Code, and shall not utilize any amplifying or sound-generating equipment or devices in connection with the operation.

3. No signage or outdoor advertisement shall be displayed on the property.

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4. Pushcarts, stands, displays, pedal-driven carts, wagons, showcases, racks, or other nonmotorized unenclosed conveyance used for a Compact Mobile Food Operation (CMFO) shall be prohibited from being stored on the property.

18.22.150. Massage Establishments
A. Purpose. The following provisions are intended for the orderly regulation and safe operations of massage establishments.

B. Applicability. The provisions of this Section shall apply to all massage establishments, in any of the following scenarios:

1. The opening or commencement of any massage establishment.

2. The conversion of any other existing business to a massage establishment.

3. The addition of a massage establishment to any other existing business.

4. The relocation of any existing massage establishment.

C. Licensing. It is unlawful for any person to perform, practice, or administer a massage within the City without first obtaining a certificate issued by the California Massage Therapy Council pursuant to the Massage Therapy Act of Chapter 10.5 of Division 2 of the California Business and Professions Code (or successor provision or provisions).

D. Employee Register The massage establishment must maintain a register of all people employed as a massage technician by the establishment. The register shall be maintained on the premises for a minimum period of two years after massage technicians cease their employment. The register must be updated when a massage technician is added or discontinues services at the establishment. Notification shall be provided to the city within ten calendar days of the date an employee, massage technician, or independent contractor is added or discontinues service at the establishment. The register shall also be made available for inspection by representatives of the city at any time during the establishment's business hours. The register must include the following information:

1. The proper name of each massage technician, including his or her first, middle, and last names.

2. Any nicknames, pseudonyms, or aliases used by each massage technician.

3. Each massage technician's current residence address and relevant phone numbers.

4. All information contained in a massage technician's California Massage Therapy Council (CAMTC) certificate, including certificate number, date of issuance, and expiration date.

5. The date of hire and, if applicable, termination.

E. Building Requirements. All massage activities shall be administered within an enclosed building or space and may not be permitted as a home occupation use.

F. Transparency. Transparency shall be required in accordance with the zoning regulations of the applicable zone.

Transparent features shall not be blocked unless necessary to protect privacy; however, nothing in the adopted regulations shall be interpreted to require transparency in a manner that interferes with a client’s reasonable expectation of privacy. The storefront windows of the massage establishment shall be transparent to provide clear visibility into the unit, and the windows shall not be obscured by curtains, blinds, or other temporary devices during operating hours; however, if the storefront windows are for a room where massage will occur this requirement shall not apply.

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G. Conditional Operations. All massage practitioners and employees shall be fully clothed at all times. No massage practitioner or employee shall massage any patron unless all specified anatomical areas, as defined in Section

5.22.020 of the Pico Rivera Municipal Code and in California Business and Professions Code Section 4609(a)(1),are fully covered at all times while any employee is present in the same room. No person shall give, or assist in giving, any massage or other body treatment to any other person under the age of eighteen years, unless the parent or guardian of the minor person has consented thereto in writing.

H. Advertisement of Services. A list of services available and the cost of such services shall be posted on premises or provided to clients before services are rendered. The services shall be described in English and may also be described in other languages. No massage establishment shall permit any person employed or retained by the massage establishment to perform any services or request or demand fees other than those posted or advertised.

I. Recording and Monitoring. No device of any kind shall be used for the purposes of recording or monitoring of the services performed at the massage establishment.

J. Prohibited Merchandise. No sexually oriented merchandise, as defined in Section 5.22.020 (Definitions) of Title 5 (Business Licenses and Regulations) of the Pico Rivera Municipal Code, shall be used, stored, or otherwise kept on the premises of the massage establishment.

K. Prohibited Sexual Activities. Under no circumstances shall any specified sexual activities, as defined by Section

5.22.020 (Definitions) of Title 5 (Business Licenses and Regulations) of the Pico Rivera Municipal Code, be administered at the massage establishment.

L. Other Requirements. All massage establishments shall be operated in compliance with Government Code Section 51034 and California Business and Professions Code 4600 et seq. as may be amended from time to time.

18.22.160. Outdoor Dining
A. Purpose. This Section provides regulations for outdoor dining areas on privately owned property and in the public right-of-way.

B. Permit Requirements.

1. Outdoor Dining on Privately Owned Property. Outdoor dining on privately owned property shall be permitted as an accessory use to any eating and drinking establishment subject to the approval of a Zoning Consistency Review in accordance with Section 18.05.060 (Other Permits and Approvals).

C. Outdoor Dining within the Public Right-of-Way. Outdoor dining within the public right-of-way shall be permitted as an accessory use to any eating and drinking establishment subject to an AUP in accordance with Section

18.05.020 (Administrative Use Permits) and an encroachment permit or similar approval from the Public Works Director.

D. Accessibility. Outdoor dining areas shall meet current Building Code and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility requirements and shall comply with the following where they are more restrictive than Building Code and ADA requirements:

1. The surface of the outdoor dining area shall be level and shall not be located on a raised platform or in a sunken area unless an accessible ramp is provided.

2. A minimum of one wheelchair accessible seating space shall be provided for every 20 seats.

3. Access to designated wheelchair seating spaces shall be provided through an accessible path with not less than 36 inches of unobstructed width.

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E. Food and Beverages. All food and beverages served in the outdoor dining area shall be prepared within the building associated with the primary use. Outdoor dining areas serving alcoholic beverages shall comply with the applicable provisions of Section 18.22.050 (Alcohol Sales) and applicable requirements of the State’s Alcohol Beverage Control Board.

F. Hours of Operation. The hours of operation of the outdoor dining area shall not exceed those of the indoor eating and drinking establishment.

G. Standards.

1. Delineation of Area. Any outdoor dining area shall be delineated by a barrier consisting of walls and/or hedges that are between 30 and 42 inches in height, subject to applicable provisions in Section 18.18.020 (Fences, Walls, and Hedges).
a. A clear, transparent, shatterproof glass or similar material may be used on top of the barrier to enclose the outdoor dining area to minimize windy or cold climatic conditions. The height of the barrier plus the clear enclosure shall not exceed 60 inches in height.
b. Outdoor dining providing a maximum of one row of tables and chairs within 48 inches of the building façade that does not block ingress or egress from the eating and drinking establishment shall not be required to provide a barrier.

2. Menu Board. One freestanding, mounted menu board no greater than 15 inches in width and 24 inches in length permitted adjacent to entranceway.

3. Outdoor Furniture. Commercial grade tables, chairs, umbrellas, serving stations or similar equipment to be located outside must be architecturally compatible with existing structure subject to zoning administrator approval.

4. Clear Path of Travel. Pedestrian or vehicular traffic flow shall not be obstructed and a clear path of travel at least 36 inches in width shall be maintained in the public right-of-way, as applicable.

5. Awnings or umbrellas may be used in conjunction with an outdoor dining area but shall not be used as a permanent roof or shelter over the area for eating and drinking.

H. Site Compatibility. All outdoor dining and seating structures and furniture, including tables, chairs, umbrellas, and planters, shall be compatible with the design of the primary use. Additionally, all outdoor dining and seating furniture shall be moveable and of commercial quality to withstand outdoor use.

I. Parking. No required vehicle parking spaces shall be eliminated to accommodate outdoor dining areas, unless replaced. Outdoor dining and seating areas shall not violate any of the parking provisions of Chapter 18.19 (OffStreet Parking and Loading Standards).

J. Maintenance. All outdoor dining areas shall be kept in a clean condition and remain clear of litter at all times.

All umbrellas and awning shall be kept in pristine condition.

K. Revocation. The zoning administrator may revoke the outdoor dining permit upon violation of any imposed condition. Upon termination of said permit the sidewalk shall be returned to its original condition.

18.22.170. Recycling Facilities
A. Purpose. The following regulations are intended for all recycling facilities – Recycling Collection Centers, including Collection Storage Units and Mobile Recycling Units, and Reverse Vending Machines – as defined in Chapter 18.25 (Definitions) of this Title.

B. General Provisions.

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1. Recycling facilities shall be located, developed, licensed, and operated in compliance with the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act (Public Resources Code Section 14500) and the standards provided in this Title.

2. A maximum of one recycling facility in any convenience zone established by the California State Department of Conservation shall be permitted to avoid an over-concentration of recycling facilities.

3. Recycling uses to be conducted entirely within an enclosed building.

4. Public Information. All recycling facilities shall display the following to the public, as applicable:
a. City licenses and phone contact for site maintenance and operation. b. The name and phone number of the person responsible for the recycling facility. c. The facility’s hours of operation.

5. Signage.
a. Except for permitted signage, no advertisement for any product or use other than material(s) to be recycled shall be affixed to a machine, collection unit, or other recycling facility visible to the public. b. One directional and informational sign for each recycling facility shall be permitted. The sign may measure no more than 1 foot by 3 feet and be placed, or otherwise permanently affixed to the recycling facility.

6. Site Maintenance.
a. All facilities shall be maintained in a clean and litter-free manner and shall be swept daily. A trash receptacle may be provided at each recycling facility as determined by the Zoning Administrator. b. The operator and primary business of any recycling facility shall remove all recyclable materials which have accumulated or are deposited outside a designated container, bin, or enclosure intended as receptacles for such materials within a 24-hour period. Upon failure to immediately remove said material, the City may deem them to be abandoned and may enter the site to remove the materials.

The property owner(s) of the premises and the operator of the facility shall be liable for full costs of such clean-up work completed by the City.

7. Facility Sanitation. All buildings and structures within the site shall be rodent-proofed, and any rodent infestation or accumulation of flies or other insects of public health significance shall be controlled immediately.

8. Plan of Operations. A plan of operation including correctly dimensioned site plans of the facility, days and hours of operation, anticipated volume of recyclable and nonrecyclable materials to be collected, and any other information as requested by the Zoning Administrator shall be submitted for review and approval.

9. Litter and Debris Plan. As necessary, a litter and debris plan for on- and off-site impacts shall be reviewed and approved by the Zoning Administrator.

10. Periodic Reporting. As determined by the Zoning Administrator, a periodic report providing such information as the weight, volume, and type of recyclable material and nonrecyclable material received shall be provided to the Community and Economic Development Department.

11. Parking. No additional parking spaces are required for customers of a collection storage unit, mobile recycling unit, or reverse vending machine located on the same lot as the established primary use.

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12. Collections. Recycling facilities shall be limited to the collection of recyclable materials as defined in Chapter

18.25 (Definitions) of this Title, or as otherwise permitted by the Zoning Administrator.

C. Recycling Collection Centers. In addition to the General Provisions of Subsection B (General Provisions) of this Section, recycling collection centers shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

1. Location Requirements. The site shall not be located on a property within 400 feet of a parcel zoned for residential or open space purposes, or any property containing a sensitive land use.

2. Use Regulations.
a. Recycling collection centers shall be contained within a fully enclosed building structure, unless otherwise specified.
b. Hours of operation shall be those between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. c. Recyclable material delivered to the site shall be presorted. d. No processing activities shall be permitted on the property.

3. Storage Requirements.
a. All storage of recycled materials shall be contained within a fully enclosed building. No open, loose, bulk, or aggregate storage shall be permitted.

4. Collection Storage Units. Collection storage units shall be established in conjunction with the permitted primary use.
a. Size. Collection storage unit coverage shall not exceed 125 square feet. b. Location.
i. The collection storage unit shall be located within an enclosed building.

5. Mobile Recycling Unit. Mobile recycling units shall be established in conjunction with the permitted primary use.
a. Location. Mobile recycling units shall be located within an enclosed building. b. Use Regulations.
i. All storage shall be completely enclosed in a mobile recycling unit. ii. An attendant shall be present at all times when operating the mobile recycling unit.

D. Reverse Vending Machines. In addition to the General Provisions of Subsection B (General Provisions) of this Section, reverse vending machines shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

1. Reverse vending machines shall be located inside an enclosed building and within 25 feet of the primary entrance.

2. Reverse vending machines shall be permitted as an accessory use to a primary use.

18.22.180. Retail/Shopping Centers
A. Purpose. This Section provides regulations for the operation and maintenance of retail, shopping, and other commercial centers.

B. Design within Shopping Centers. Any new use within an integrated shopping center shall have an architectural style consistent with the theme established in the center. The architecture shall provide compatibility with surrounding uses in terms of color, form, materials, and scale.

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C. Shopping Cart Containment.

1. Containment Options. Each business establishment shall be required to incorporate one of the following containment measures for shopping carts to prevent their removal from the premises:
a. Equipping all carts with self-locking wheels in conjunction with an electronic or magnetic barrier running along or within the perimeter of the premises. The locking mechanism shall activate when the shopping cart crosses the electronic or magnetic barrier.
b. Providing proof of contract with a qualified shopping cart retrieval service.

2. Cart Collection. All shopping carts located on the outdoor premises of the business establishment shall be collected at the end of each business day and be securely stored at a designated storage area until the beginning of the following business day. For business establishments that operate 24 hours a day, off-site shopping carts must be retrieved hourly.

3. Cart Corrals. All business establishments providing shopping carts shall provide cart corrals for the purposes of temporary storage and shall provide a sufficient number of cart corrals to accommodate all shopping carts and comply with the following:
a. For business establishments providing 30 or fewer shopping carts, the business shall provide a minimum of two cart corrals within the parking area.
b. For business establishments providing more than 30 shopping carts, the business shall provide a minimum of two cart corrals within the parking area, as well as an additional cart corral for every additional 25 shopping carts.
c. At least one permanent cart corral shall be provided within 30 feet of the establishment entrance.

Permanent corrals shall be enclosed by a wall or fence between 12 and 18 inches in height.

4. Cart Identification. To facilitate retrieval services, every shopping cart shall include identifiable information on a sign permanently affixed to the shopping cart. The information must be written in English, and additional languages may be provided, and shall include:
a. The identity of the owner and/or the establishment.
b. The address and phone number of the owner and/or establishment for cart return. c. Public information stating that removal of the shopping cart is a violation of state and local law.

18.22.190. Single Room Occupancy
A. Purpose. Pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 17958.1, single room occupancy housing shall be subject to the following standards.

B. Unit Size and Occupancy. The minimum size of a unit shall be 150 square feet, and the maximum size shall be 400 square feet, which may include bathroom and/or kitchen facilities.

C. Common Area. A minimum of 10 square feet for each unit shall be provided for a common area. All common areas shall be within the structure. Dining rooms, meeting rooms, recreational rooms, or other similar areas approved by the Zoning Administrator shall be considered common areas. Shared bathrooms and kitchens shall not be considered as common areas.

D. Management. The operator shall maintain a management plan that addresses management policies and operations, rental procedures and rates, maintenance plans, residency and guest rules and procedures, security procedures, and staffing needs, including job descriptions. A 24-hour resident manager shall be City of Pico Rivera Comprehensive Zoning Code Update (CZCU) DIVISION 4 – SUPPLEMENTAL CITYWIDE STANDARDS
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provided for any single-room occupancy use with 12 or more units. The management plan is subject to approval by the Zoning Administrator prior to issuance of Certificate of Occupancy.

E. Parking. Parking shall be provided as set forth in section 18.19.030 Parking F. Kitchen Facilities. Each unit shall contain a kitchen sink with a garbage disposal, serviced with hot and cold water, and a countertop measuring a minimum of 18 inches wide by 24 inches deep. If each individual unit does not contain a refrigerator and a microwave oven, a complete kitchen facility with at least a refrigerator, microwave oven, and sink with garbage disposal available for residents shall be provided on each floor of the structure.

G. Bathroom Facilities. For each unit a private toilet in an enclosed compartment with a door shall be provided.

This compartment shall be a minimum of 15 square feet. If private bathing facilities are not provided for each unit, shared shower or bathtub facilities shall be provided at a ratio of one for every seven units or fraction thereof. The shared shower or bathtub facility shall be on the same floor as the units it is intended to serve and shall be accessible from a common area or hallway. Each shared shower or bathtub facility shall be provided with an interior lockable door.

18.22.200. Telecommunication Facilities
A. Purpose. The intent and purpose of this Section is to provide regulations for the development of wireless telecommunication facilities in the City as defined in Chapter 18.25 (Definitions). The regulations are designed to allow for the orderly development of wireless telecommunication facilities while protecting and promoting the safety, welfare, image, and aesthetic values of the community as set forth in the goals, objectives, and policies of the Pico Rivera General Plan. The specific objectives of this Section are as follows:

1. Encourage wireless telecommunication facilities in appropriate locations throughout the City;

2. Protect local interests and maintain an aesthetically pleasing community environment through setbacks and aesthetic enhancements.

B. General Requirements. All wireless telecommunication facility proposals shall comply with the provisions of this Section and all other provisions of this Title not in conflict with this Section.

1. Proof of Compliance. An applicant shall provide proof of compliance with existing federal or ANSI (American National Standards Institute) standards relative to RF (Radio Frequency) or EMF (Electromagnetic Field) transmissions. A letter from a certified RF engineer fulfills this requirement. Additional compliance verification may be required should federal standards be modified.

2. Transmissions Interference. Interference caused by facility or transmissions to TV, ham radio, or similar uses to be rectified within 30 days by facility operator upon notification by the City. Facility operator to be responsible for any expense involved in rectifying problems arising from such interference.

3. Colocation Required Where Feasible. The applicant and owner of any lot on which a telecommunication facility is located shall cooperate and exercise good faith in co-locating telecommunication facilities on the same support structures or site. Subject to Zoning Administrator requirements, the applicant and/or existing provider may be required to provide written verifiable proof why colocation is not structurally or technically feasible. Lease agreements may not preclude prohibition of colocation or contain an exclusivity clause. Violation of this provision shall be subject to the provisions of Section 18.04.090 (Revocation of Permits or Entitlements). Colocation facilities that do not substantially change the physical dimensions of an eligible support structure per 47 C.F.R. § 1.6100(b)(7) shall be a permitted use not subject to a discretionary permit when consistent with Government Code Section 65850.6, as may be amended from time to time.

C. Development Standards.

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1. General Standards. The following standards apply to telecommunication facilities in all zones, except as otherwise provided for in this Section or in Division 3 (Zones and Zone-Specific Standards) of this Title. a. Maintenance. All improvements associated with the telecommunication facility, such as equipment shelters, towers, antennas, fencing, and landscaping, shall be maintained in good condition at all times, free from trash, debris, graffiti, and any form of vandalism. Design, color, and textural requirements under the approved conditions shall be maintained to ensure a consistent appearance over time. b. Concealment. Wireless facilities must incorporate concealment elements, measures and techniques that blend the equipment and other improvements into the natural and/or built environment in a manner consistent and/or compatible with the uses germane to the underlying zoning district and existing in the immediate vicinity. As an illustration and not a limitation, a wireless facility designed to mimic a native tree species to provide effective camouflaging and/or concealment or completely concealed and architecturally integrated into the existing façade or rooftop features with no visible impacts from any publicly accessible areas.
i. When a mono-tree is proposed as part of a wireless telecommunication facility, the selection of the type of mono-tree shall be based on the existing or proposed type and size of trees on the site it is being developed on. Such mono-trees shall be placed within a grove or windrow of similar living trees that will have a complementary height and appearance at maturity. ii. When possible, the maximum tree branch/frown density shall be used and incorporated within the design of all mono-trees for concealment purposes. In addition, all cellular antennas mounted to a mono-tree shall incorporate the use of "sock covers" (except on mono-palms) over each antenna to simulate tree branches/leaves/needles etc. for additional concealment. c. Signs and Advertising. Non-safety-related signage or advertising shall be prohibited.. d. Lighting. Lighting shall be kept to a minimum level of illumination as necessary for safety purposes in accordance with Section 18.18.050 (Outdoor Lighting). Lighting plan shall be submitted for review and approval prior to permit issuance.
e. Structures to be Removed if No Longer in Use. Should a wireless telecommunications facility become unused for a continuous period of 180 days, then the property owner shall be responsible for removing the structure and equipment within 60 days of notification from City, should purveyor fail to do so.

Lease agreement between purveyor and property owner cannot prohibit property owners’ ability to remove equipment should above condition occur. Lease agreements to be drafted to fit within “commercial lease” provisions of federal bankruptcy law. Applicant may be required to verify compliance with these provisions.

2. Zone-Specific Standards.
a. Residential Zones. The following standards apply in all residential zones, except for the PUD zone:
i. Height. Structures shall be a maximum height of 55 feet. ii. Orientation. Antenna and associated accessory equipment should be oriented away from neighboring properties or public right-of-way.
iii. Location. Telecommunication facilities shall not be located on any parcel with a residential use, except for roof-mounted antennas and equipment, which may be allowed on multifamily dwellings. b. PUD, P, C-C, SP-301, CPD and P-A Zones. In the CPD and P-A zones, the following standards apply:

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i. Height. Freestanding structures shall be a maximum height of 55 feet. ii. P-A Zone. Structures shall not be located in conjunction with a residential use. c. I-G, I-L, and IPD Zones. In the I-G, I-L, and IPD zones, the following standards apply:
i. Distancing Requirements. Freestanding monopole-type structures or roof-mounted panel antennas shall be located a minimum distance of 200 feet from any residential property and a minimum of 100 feet from public right-of-way.

18.22.210. Thrift Stores
A. The following shall apply to new secondhand/thrift shops and as a requirement for approval of any increase in the floor area of an existing shop:

1. All sales and display of merchandise shall be permitted only within a building;

2. Exterior alterations to the premises and all signage must be designed and installed in compliance with all applicable City regulations and guidelines;

3. The building and site shall be maintained in a neat, clean and orderly condition;

4. Outside storage shall not be permitted;

5. The store shall not authorize the donation or drop-off of any goods while the store is closed; and

6. All donations and sorting activities shall take place indoors.

7. The operator shall post a notice in a visible location at any public entrance, which states that goods may not be deposited when the store is closed and listing hours when and where donations will be accepted.

18.22.220. Vending Machines and Lockers
A. The following shall apply to Vending Machines and Lockers:

1. Movie rental vending machines shall be only placed inside a building within a commercial business.

2. Self-service parcel delivery service lockers shall only be placed inside a building within a commercial business.

3. Collection containers, boxes, bins, or receptacles for clothing and other personal property shall only be placed inside a building within a commercial business.

4. Water vending machines shall only be placed inside a building within a commercial business.

5. Propane tanks within lockers for retail sale are permitted at the exterior of a commercial business with a square footage of over ten thousand square feet or automobile service stations (gas stations). The applicant shall submit a site plan and elevation to be approved by the planning division.

Chapter 18.23. Affordable Housing Density Bonus

18.23.010. Purpose and Applicability.

A. Purpose. This purpose and intent of this Chapter is to implement the State Density Bonus Law, Government Code Section 65915 et. Seq., as may be amended. In enacting this Chapter, the City also intends to implement the goals, objectives and policies of the adopted General Plan Housing Element to encourage the production of affordable housing in the city.

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B. Applicability. This Chapter shall apply to housing developments as defined in this chapter in all zones that allow residential uses.

18.23.020. General Provisions
A. This chapter references Chapter 4.3 (Density Bonuses and Other Incentives) of California Government Code Division 1, Title 7 (Planning and Land Use), relating to density bonuses. Terms used in this chapter shall have the meanings as set forth in the State Density Bonus Law.

B. Housing Development as set forth in Government Code Section 65915(i).

C. In accordance with state law, neither the granting of a concession or incentive, nor the granting of a density bonus, shall be interpreted, in and of itself, to require a general plan amendment, zoning map amendment, or other discretionary approval.

18.23.030. Density Bonus
The City shall grant a density bonus and/or incentives or concessions, waivers or reductions of development standards, and/or parking ratios as described in state density bonus law to a qualifying project pursuant to state density bonus law.

18.23.040. Types of incentives and concessions allowed.

A. An applicant for a density bonus shall be granted the incentive(s) or concession(s) requested by the applicant unless the approving body makes a written finding required by Cal. Gov’t Code § 65915(d)(1).

B. The applicant shall be entitled to receive the number of incentives or concessions as provided by Cal. Gov’t Code § 65915(d)(2).

C. Upon written request to the city, an applicant for a housing development that is eligible for a density bonus based upon the contribution of affordable units, may receive a higher amount of density bonus if the percentage of very low, lower, and moderate income housing units exceeds the base percentage established.

18.23.050. Standards for Housing Developments.

A. The city shall not apply any development standard that will have the effect of precluding the construction of a development meeting the criteria described in state density bonus law at the densities or with the concessions or incentives permitted by this subchapter unless it makes one or more of the findings required by Cal. Gov’t Code § 65915(e)(1).

B. Affordable units qualifying a housing development for a density bonus shall be reasonably dispersed throughout the housing development and compatible with the design of market rate units in terms of appearance, materials, and finished quality. The applicant may reduce the interior amenities and square footage of inclusionary units, provided all units conform to all other requirements of this municipal code.

C. For developments with multiple market rate units containing differing numbers of bedrooms, affordable units qualifying a housing development for a density bonus shall be representative of the market rate unit mix.

18.23.060. Procedures
A. Concurrent Review. The applicant for a density bonus shall submit the request to Zoning Administrator in conjunction with the first approval of the housing development and processed concurrently with all other applications required for the housing development.

B. Completeness Review. The Zoning Administrator shall notify the applicant for a density bonus whether the application is complete in accordance with the procedures found in Section 18.04.020 (Application and Fees).

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If the Zoning Administrator notifies the applicant that the application is deemed complete, the Zoning Administrator shall include the information required by California Government Code Section 65915(a).

C. Modifications. A request for a minor modification of an approved application may be granted by the Zoning Administrator if the modification is substantially in compliance with the original application and the conditions of approval. Other modifications to the density bonus development shall be processed in the same manner as the original application.

D. Application Requirements.

1. Applications for a density bonus housing development shall include the following information:

2. A site plan identifying the base project without the density bonus, number and location of all inclusionary units, affordable units qualifying for the project for a density bonus, and proposed density bonus units; and

3. Proposed categories qualifying the housing development for a density bonus; and

4. Level of affordability of all affordable and inclusionary units and proposals for ensuring affordability, if applicable; and

5. A description of any requested incentives, concessions, waivers or modifications of development standards, or modified parking standards;

6. Provide a written statement describing that the development meets the qualifications and findings required under Government Code for the applicable density bonus.

7. If a density bonus or concession is requested for a land donation, the application shall show the location of the land to be dedicated

8. If a density bonus or concession is requested for a childcare facility, the application shall show the location and square footage of the childcare facility
E. Permit Issuance. Building permits for affordable units qualifying a housing development for a density bonus shall be issued concurrently with, or prior to, issuance of building permits for the market rate units, and the affordable units shall be constructed concurrently with, or prior to, construction of the market rate units.

Occupancy permits and final inspections for affordable units qualifying a housing development for a density bonus shall be approved concurrently with, or prior to, approval of occupancy permits and final inspections for the market rate units.

18.23.070. Preapplication Review
A. An applicant proposing a housing development in accordance with this chapter may submit a preliminary application prior to the submittal of any formal request for approval of a density bonus housing development.

B. Within 90 days of receipt of the preliminary application the city shall provide to an applicant, a letter which identifies project issues of concern and the procedures for compliance. The zoning administrator shall inform the applicant that the requested additional incentives shall be recommended for consideration with the proposed housing development, or that alternative or modified additional incentives for consideration in lieu of the requested incentives. If alternative or modified incentives are recommended by the Zoning Administrator, the recommendation shall establish how the alternative or modified incentives can be expected to have an equivalent affordability effect as the requested incentives.

18.23.080. Developer Affordable Housing Agreement
A. To ensure density bonus housing developments remain available and affordable as described in the approved density bonus application, the applicant shall enter into an agreement with the City. The terms of the draft City of Pico Rivera Comprehensive Zoning Code Update (CZCU) DIVISION 4 – SUPPLEMENTAL CITYWIDE STANDARDS
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agreement shall be reviewed and revised as appropriate by the Zoning Administrator and be approved by the City Attorney.

B. The density bonus housing agreement shall be recorded prior to final or parcel map approval, or, where the housing development does not include a map, prior to issuance of a building permit for any structure in the housing development. The density bonus housing agreement shall run with the land and bind future owners and successors in interest.

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Division 5. Definitions and Measurements
Chapter 18.24. Purpose
The purpose of this Divisions is to provide and establish definitions and rules of measurement to implement the provisions of this Title.

Chapter 18.25. Definitions
Language commonly used throughout this Title is defined in this Chapter.

18.25.010. Definitions, “A”
Accessory.

A building, structure, or use of land which is clearly incidental and subordinate to the primary building, structure, or use of land located on the same lot.

Accessory Dwelling Unit.

Shall have the same meaning as defined in California Government Code Section 65852.2, as may be replaced or amended from time to time, and shall mean an attached or a detached residential dwelling unit that provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons and is located on a lot with a proposed or existing primary residence. It shall include permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation on the same parcel as the single-unit or multi-unit dwelling is or will be situated. An accessory dwelling unit also includes the following: an efficiency unit; and a manufactured home, as defined in Section 18007 of the California Health and Safety Code.

Accessory Structure.

A structure which is attached or detached from, but related to, the structure containing the permitted primary use of the property on which said accessory structure is located.

Accessory Uses.

A use that is clearly subordinate, incidental, and related to the primary use of the lot that does not alter the primary use of the subject lot.

Adult Business.

Shall be defined as set forth in Section 5.22.020.

Alley.

A publicly dedicated and improved right-of-way, not exceeding a uniform width of 20 feet or as determined by the City Engineer, which affords a secondary means of access from a street or highway to an abutting lot.

Amendment.

A change or modification in the wording, context or substance of this Title 18 or any portion thereof, and including the Official Zone Map.

Antique Shop.

A commercial establishment predominantly engaged in conducting, managing or carrying on the business of buying, selling or otherwise dealing in antiques. An antique, for the purposes of this title, shall be a work of art, piece of furniture, decorative object, or the like, of or belonging to the past, and at least 50 years old. However, antique City of Pico Rivera Comprehensive Zoning Code Update (CZCU) DIVISION 5 – DEFINITIONS AND MEASUREMENTS
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shops shall specifically exclude secondhand goods, thrift, vintage stores, discount stores, liquidator store and pawn shops.

Amateur Radio Antenna.

An antenna utilized by a federally licensed operator to permit amateur radio communication.

Apartment.

A building or group of buildings in which each such building contains three or more dwelling units.

Assisted Living.

Shall have the same meaning as “residential care facility for the elderly” as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 1569.2, as may be replaced, or amended from time to time, and shall mean a housing arrangement chosen voluntarily by persons 60 years of age or over, or their authorized representative, where varying levels and intensities of care and supervision, protective supervision, or personal care are provided, based upon their varying needs, as determined in order to be admitted and to remain in the facility. Persons under 60 years of age with compatible needs may be allowed to be admitted or retained in a residential care facility for the elderly as specified in Health and Safety Code Section 1569.316.

Automated Teller Machine.

A point-of-sale terminal designed to facilitate financial transactions. Services provided include, but may not be limited to, cash withdrawals, deposits, transfers, payments and other similar financial transactions.

Automobile Repair Facilities, Major.

A facility that offers any of the vehicle maintenance and repairs as defined in Automobile Repair Facility, Minor, and also includes major repairs conducted within a fully enclosed service building or service bay, such as engine and transmission overhauls, vehicle restorations, upholstering, convertible top repairs and installations, paint and body work, and other similar services as determined by the Zoning Administrator or their designee.

Automobile Repair Facilities, Minor.

A facility that offers maintenance of and minor repairs to motor vehicles, limited to the repair of passenger vehicles, conducted within a fully enclosed service building or service bay, including mechanical repairs, maintenance, and other services, including lubrication, battery service, brake and wheel service, accessory and tire installation and service, engine adjustments, tune-ups, electrical work, front-end alignment, exhaust system repair, brake servicing, stereo installation, vehicle detailing, window tinting, spray-on bed lining, the repair and servicing of transmissions, and other similar services as determined by the Zoning Administrator or their designee.

Automobile Gas Station.

A retail business for the purpose of selling and dispensing gasoline or other petroleum products and motor vehicle fuels to the users of motor vehicles.

Automobile Renting.

A lot used by a business licensed to rent automobiles, generally for short periods of time, and where no on-premises repair work is done.

Automobile Trailer.

A vehicle incapable of movement under its own motor power, designed to be drawn or towed for the purpose of carrying or transporting property, but specifically excluding the use for human habitation, transportation or for dwelling purposes.

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Awning.

A permanent or temporary roof-like structure designed to provide protection from weather conditions such as intense sunlight and rain.

18.25.020. Definition, “B”
Biodegradable Refuse.

Waste materials that decompose naturally through biological processes and are generally organic in nature.

Block.

All property abutting or having frontage along one side of the right-of-way of a public street or highway between a street or highway and a railroad right-of-way or waterway, terminus or dead-end street or highway, or city boundary.

An intersecting street or highway shall only determine the boundary of the block on the side of the street or highway which it intersects.

Brewery.

An establishment that ferments and manufactures specialty beers. A brewery may sell alcohol fermented and manufactured on the business’s licensed premises for on-sale or off-sale consumption. Tasting rooms may be included in conjunction with the manufacturing.

Building.

A roofed structure supported by columns or walls, built for the shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels, vehicles or other property of any kind or type whatsoever, but excluding any and all forms of other vehicles which could be used for human habitation even though immobilized or mobilized.

Building Height.

Building height shall be defined by Section 18.26.040 (Measuring Height).

Building Materials Supply Store.

A retail establishment primarily engaged in retailing specialized lines or new building materials and supplies, including ceramic, stone, and tile projects, but does not include home centers.

Building-Mounted.

Mounted to the side of a building or to another structure such as a water tank, billboard, church steeple, transmission tower, freestanding sign, etc.

Building Setback.

That certain portion of land upon which no portion of any building or structure shall be located, and shall include yards.

Building Site.

The ground area of a lot or parcel of land upon which a building or group of buildings may be erected, together with all yards and other open spaces as required by this title, and the provisions of Chapter 12.44 (Street Improvements) of Title 12 (Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places) and Chapters 15.04 through 15.40 of Title 15 (Building Code) of the Pico Rivera Municipal Code. See also “Site.”

18.25.030. Definitions, “C”
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Carport.

A building open on one or more sides used or intended to be used for the shelter, parking and/or storage of an automobile or vehicle. See also “Porte Cochere”.

Cart Corral.

Any designated area or structure within a retail or shopping center intended for temporary and/or permanent storage of shopping carts.

Check Cashing Establishment.

Shall have the same meaning as defined in California Civil Code Section 1789.31, as may be replaced, or amended from time to time, and shall mean a person or entity that for compensation engages, in whole or in part, in the business of cashing checks, warrants, drafts, money orders, or other commercial paper serving the same purpose.

Collocation.

The locating of wireless telecommunications equipment from more than one provider on a single building-mounted, roof-mounted or monopole-mounted structure.

Commercial Recreation.

Establishments providing participant or spectator recreation, either indoors or outdoors, for a fee or admission charge. Examples of these uses include, bowling alleys, skating rinks, electronic game centers, or similar facilities.

Community Assembly.

A facility for public or private meetings and gatherings, including community centers, religious facilities, houses of worship, union halls, meeting halls, private clubs, membership organizations, and lodges and institutions of nonprofit or charitable nature. Permitted ancillary uses include business offices, and related facilities for the use of members and attendees, such as multi-purpose rooms, kitchens, classrooms, daycare center, and storage.

Community Care Facility.

As defined in Section 1502 of the Health and Safety Code for “residential facility”, as may be replaced or amended from time to time, and shall mean any facility, place, or building that is maintained and operated to provide nonmedical residential care, day treatment, adult day care, or foster family agency services for children, adults, or children and adults, including, but not limited to, the physically handicapped, mentally impaired, incompetent persons, and abused or neglected children, and includes, but is not limited to the following as included in Health and Safety Code Section 1502, residential facility, foster family agency, and adult day program. See also “Residential Care Facility.”
Community Clinic
A clinic licensed pursuant to Section 1204 of the Health and Safety Code that provides reproductive health services as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 423.1 of the Penal Code.

Compact Mobile Food Operation (CMFO)
Means a food facility as defined in California Health and Safety Code section 113831(c).

Compatible Use.

A use of land that may not be specifically listed as a permitted use in any zone, but which, upon review and written determination by the zoning administrator, is similar to and possesses the characteristics of those uses first permitted in a zone that it would be most closely associated and identifiable therewith.

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Concealment
Concealment means the installation of structures or equipment in such a manner as to architecturally blend into a building or other structure so as not to be seen or recognized. As applied to wireless telecommunication facilities, examples would include structures disguised as church or clock towers, roof-mounted equipment located behind a parapet wall that appears as a normal architectural appendage, or building-mounted panels that are architecturally compatible with the existing structure and painted to match the building. Visible roof-mounted panel antennas or monopole type structures are not considered to be concealed.

Condominium.

Shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 783 of the Civil Code of the state of California, as may be replaced, or amended from time to time.

Conforming Building.

A building which has been designed and constructed in full compliance with this Title and all of the city building laws relative to its use and the zone in which it is located.

Conforming Use.

A use of land which fully conforms to the provisions of this Title with respect to the zone in which it is located.

Cottage Food Operations.

Shall have the same meaning as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 113758(a), as may be replaced, or amended from time to time, and shall refer to a home-based business that prepares and packages non-potentially hazardous foods in a private-home kitchen.

Cottage Food Operator.

Shall have the same meaning as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 113758(b), as may be replaced, or amended from time to time.

Cross Dock.

Loading docks on opposite sides of a relatively shallow distribution facility that allow for quick loading, sorting or unloading from one vehicle to another (i.e., materials from one truck at a loading dock are unloaded, sorted and reloaded onto one or more trucks).

18.25.040. Definitions, “D”
Day Care Center.

Shall have the same definition as Health and Safety Code Section 1596.750, as may be replaced or amended from time to time, and shall mean a child day care facility other than a “family day care home”, that provides nonmedical care to children under 18 years of age in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the individual on less than a 24-hour basis, and includes infant centers, preschools, extended day care facilities, and school age child care centers, and includes child care centers licensed pursuant to Section 1596.951. Also see “Family Day Care Home.” Digital Billboard.

Any sign, signboard, or outdoor advertising display utilizing digital message technology where the message, copy, or graphic on the sign changes more than once every two minutes, but no more than once every four seconds.

Director of Community and Economic Development.

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The Director of Community and Economic Development of the City of Pico Rivera, or designated representative duly authorized to act on the Director’s behalf.

Director of Public Works.

The Director of Public Works of the City of Pico Rivera, or designated representative duly authorized to act on the Director’s behalf.

Discount Stores.

Retail establishments that sell a broad range of outlet, close-out, discontinued, liquidation, or overstock and general merchandise, primarily at a single discount price and/or in the low and very low-price ranges.

Distribution Plant.

A facility primarily used for distribution and order consolidation. The purpose of the facility is to receive, store, and redistribute products to retailers or other businesses. They typically serve retail stores or regional markets. They may include packaging, labeling, or assembly and may include incidental “fulfillment center,” “parcel hub,” and “logistics” activities that are not the primary use.

Dollar Store.

A store that primarily sells inexpensive items, typically priced at one dollar or a few dollars operating in a commercial space.

Drainage.

The control of the flow of water on a property to avoid flooding, erosion, and other water-related issues.

Drive-Through Aisle.

A designated lane within the premises of a drive-through establishment intended for vehicles to access the establishment’s services without the need to park or exit the vehicle.

Drive-Through Business.

Any business or portion thereof (other than an “automobile service station”) that sells products or provides services directly to the occupant of a vehicle where such occupant is not required to leave the vehicle for a rendered service, including drive-in or drive-up windows and drive-through services.

Driveway.

Improved vehicle access from a street or alley to off-street parking facilities.

Drug Store.

A retail store that sells medications along with general merchandise such as cosmetics, toiletries, snacks, and household items (e.g., CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid, etc.). May include a pharmacy section where prescriptions are filled. This is distinguished from a pharmacy which primarily focuses on the preparation, dispensing, and sale of prescription and non-prescription medications, medical supplies, and health-related products and has a pharmacist present during operating hours.

Dwelling.

A building, or structure, designed and constructed exclusively for permanent residential purposes, but not including hotels, motels, or similar such commercial facilities.

Dwelling Unit.

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One or more habitable rooms which are occupied, or which are intended or designed to be occupied by one household with facilities for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.

Dwelling, Multifamily.

A building designed and constructed containing two attached dwelling units on a site (i.e. duplex, triplex, apartments, townhomes etc.). Does not include a single-unit dwelling with an attached accessory dwelling unit and/or two-unit project (SB 9).

Dwelling, Single-Unit.

A detached building designed and constructed exclusively for the use and occupancy by one family for living purposes, and includes individual “mobilehomes” and “manufactured housing”.

Dwelling Types.

Apartments.

Three or more dwelling units attached within a single building, where three or more families live independently of each other.

Townhouse or Townhome.

A single-family dwelling that shares a demising wall with another of the same type placed side-by-side with dedicated private open space for each unit. Each unit has its own front access located at the ground floor.

18.25.050. Definitions, “E”
Educational Institution, Private.

A school or other institution in which instruction or general academic instruction in the several branches of learning is taught, controlled, and operated solely by a private agency, and may include elementary and secondary levels of academic education, colleges, and universities, as may be governed by the regulations of the State Education Code.

Educational Institution, Public.

The same as private educational institution, except that such public institution is controlled and operated by a public agency.

Efficiency Unit.

Shall have the same definition as Health and Safety Code Section 17958.1, as may be replaced or amended from time to time and shall be a dwelling unit occupied by no more than two persons which has a minimum floor area of 150 square feet, and which may also have partial kitchen or bathroom facilities.

Electric Distribution Substation.

An assembly of equipment, including microwave facilities, which is part of a system for distribution of electric power where electric energy is received at a subtransmission voltage for general consumer use.

Electric Generating Facility.

An assembly of equipment, including microwave facilities, which is part of a system for the transmission of electric power where electric energy is received at very high voltage from its source of generation by means of a network of high-voltage lines and transformed to lower subtransmission voltage for purposes of supplying electric power to large individual consumers, interchange connections with other power producing agencies, or electric distribution substations for transformation to lower voltage for distribution to smaller individual users.

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Electronic Game Center.

An establishment that provides more than four amusement devices, whether or not the devices constitute the primary use or an accessory or incidental use of the premises. Amusement devices mean an electronic or mechanical equipment, game, or machine that is played or used for amusement, which, when so played or used involves skill and which is activated by coin, key, or token, or for which the player or user pays money for the privilege of playing or using.

Emergency Shelter.

As defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 50801, as may be replaced or amended from time to time, and shall mean a facility that provides housing with minimal supportive services for people experiencing homelessness that is limited to occupancy of six months or less. No individual or household may be denied emergency shelter because of an inability to pay.

Employee Housing.

Shall have the same definition as the Employee Housing Act, beginning with Health and Safety Code Section 17000, as may be replaced or amended from time to time.

Energy Support Facilities.

An installation containing prime movers, electric generators, auxiliary equipment, fuel storage, and microwave facilities, incorporated as part of the installation for converting mechanical and chemical energy into electric energy.

18.25.060. Definitions. “F”
Family.

One or more persons, related or unrelated, living together as a single household in a dwelling unit.

Family Day Care Home.

Shall have the same definition as Health and Safety Code Section 1596.78, as may be replaced or amended from time to time, and shall mean a facility that regularly provides care, protection, and supervision for 14 or fewer children, in the provider’s own home, for periods of less than 24 hours per day, while the parents or guardians are away, and is either a large family day care home or a small family day care home.

Family Day Care Home, Large.

A facility that provides care, protection, and supervision for 9 to 14 children, including children under 10 years of age who reside at the home, as set forth in Section Health and Safety Code Section 1597.465.

Family Day Care Home, Small.

A facility that provides care, protection, and supervision for eight or fewer children, including children under 10 years of age who reside at the home, as set forth in Section 1597.44.

Farm.

The noncommercial use of property for the purposes of cultivating, raising and producing agricultural crops, including orchards and field and gardening crops, and in which such crops may be produced for personal use only.

Fence.

A vertical structure, typically constructed of wood, metal, or manufactured material that resembles wood or metal, that forms a physical vertical barrier, separates and/or encloses a space open from the ground to the sky, and which may be either view-obscuring or non-view-obscuring. See also “View-obscuring.” City of Pico Rivera Comprehensive Zoning Code Update (CZCU) DIVISION 5 – DEFINITIONS AND MEASUREMENTS
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Financial Institutions.

Establishments primarily engaged in accepting monetary deposits from the general public, lending funds, financial transactions, financial liquidations, making mortgage and real-estate loans, and change in ownership of financial assets and/or in facilitating financial transactions. These establishments must be federally, or state chartered.

Floor Area, Gross.

The total space in a building enclosed by exterior walls.

Floor Area, Net.

The total space in a building enclosed by exterior walls, excluding the exterior walls, stairwells, elevator shafts, equipment rooms, utility rooms, common hallways, restrooms and other similar areas as determined by the Zoning Administrator.

Floor Area Ratio (FAR).

The gross floor area of a building(s) on a lot divided by the lot area.

Flower Tower.

A structure that integrates a monopole into a tapered light pole or similar utility pole, utilizing curved support arms for the antennas.

Food and Beverage Sales.

Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of food and beverages for off-site consumption. Typical uses include bakeries, delicatessens, donut shops, convenience stores, and similar retail businesses that primarily sell food or beverages exclusively for off-site consumption. Also see “Grocery Store.” Fortune Telling Business.

Every person engaged in the activity of, or advertising by sign, circular, handbill, newspaper, periodical, magazine or other publication, or by any other means whatsoever, the telling of fortunes, forecasting of futures or furnishing any information not otherwise obtainable by the ordinary processes of knowledge, for or without pay, by means of any occult or psychic power, faculty or force, clairvoyance, clairaudience, cartomancy, psychology, psychometry, phrenology, spirits, mediumship, seership, prophecy, augury, astrology, palmistry, necromancy, mind-reading, telepathy or other craft, art, science, cards, talisman, charm, potion, magnetism, magnetized article or substance, gypsy cunning or foresight, crystal gazing, mysteries or magic of any kind or nature, or engaging in, practicing or carrying on any art, profession or business, the advertisement and practice of which is regulated by Title 17 (Subdivisions) and this Title of the Pico Rivera Municipal Code. However, excluded from the provisions of this section are:
• Entertaining the public by demonstrations of mindreading, mental telepathy, thought conveyance, or the giving of horoscopic readings, at public places and in the presence of and within the hearing of other persons and at which no questions are answered, as part of such entertainment, except in a manner to permit all persons present at such public place to hear such answers, when not conducted in connection with the business of telling fortunes;
• Conducting or participating in any religious ceremony or service, when such person holds a certificate of ordination as a minister, missionary, medium, healer or clairvoyant from any bona fide church or religious association maintaining a church and holding regular services and having a creed or set of religious principles that is recognized by all churches of like faith; provided, further, that the fees, gratuities, emoluments and profits thereof shall be regularly accounted for and paid solely to or for the benefit of the church or religious association; provided, further, that the person holding a certificate of ordination from City of Pico Rivera Comprehensive Zoning Code Update (CZCU) DIVISION 5 – DEFINITIONS AND MEASUREMENTS
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such bona fide church or religious association, as set forth in this section, shall, before practicing the profession specified in this title, file with the city clerk a certified copy of his or her certificate of ordination with his or her name, age and street address in this city where he or she intends to carry on the business.

Such bona fide church or religious association, as defined in this section, may, however, pay to its ministers, missionaries, mediums or workers a salary or compensation based upon a percentage basis, provided that the agreement between the church and the minister, missionary, medium or worker is embodied in a resolution and transcribed in the minutes of such church or religious association; • The art of reading tea leaves in any bona fide, regularly established restaurant, for the purpose of amusement to the patrons of the restaurant, where no charge for such readings is made.

Foster Care Home.

A single-unit dwelling appropriately licensed for the daytime care of not more than six children at any one time, with or without compensation, limited to not more than eight persons, including the resident family.

Freight and Trucking Facilities.

Facilities used for freight, courier, and postal services; freight transfer truck terminals; transfer, loading, and unloading points for trucks and automobiles carrying goods and products; or for the operations of a “common carrier trucking company,” including the parking, or servicing, or repairing, or storage of trucks, truck tractors, and/or truck trailers.

Frontage.

That portion of a lot or parcel of land which abuts the right-of-way of an improved public street.

Fuel Cell Generator.

A public utility facility operating a fuel cell that generates electricity by converting the chemical energy in fuel directly into current electricity by means of an electrochemical process, and includes an inverter that converts direct current electricity to alternating current electricity.

Fulfillment Center.

A facility primarily used for E-commerce order processing. The purpose of the facility is to handle direct-to-consumer orders placed online. The facility is highly automated; focused on picking, packing, and shipping individual orders.

They are characterized by short-term storage — inventory turns over quickly; handles returns and order tracking. For example, when an order is placed through Amazon, the item is likely picked, packed, and shipped from a fulfillment center.

18.25.070. Definitions., “G”
Garage.

An entirely enclosed accessory building, either attached to or detached from a main building, designed and to be solely used for the shelter, parking and/or storage of automobiles.

Garage Sales.

Any sale held for the purpose of selling, trading or otherwise disposing of unwanted, used household furnishings, personal goods or other tangible properties of the person holding such sale and conducted on premises in a residential zone. This includes moving sales, estate sales, rummage sales, community yard sales, neighborhood yard sales and the like.

Gas Metering and Control Station.

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A facility operated by a public utility to measure, regulate, and limit pressure in a natural gas transmission or distribution pipeline system.

Gate.

A portion of a fence or wall that provides a through opening for pedestrian or vehicular access, and which may be either view-obscuring or non-view-obscuring. See also “Fence,” “Wall” and “View-obscuring.” General Plan.

The Comprehensive General Plan of the City of Pico Rivera (Pico Rivera General Plan), duly adopted and in full force and effect.

Grade.

The average of the finished ground level or elevation of a lot or parcel of land.

Grocery Store.

A retail establishment containing more than 3,500 square feet of gross floor area where the majority of the floor area open to the public is occupied by food products packaged for preparation and consumption away from the site of the store. Establishments containing 3,500 square feet of gross floor area or less shall be classified as a Food and Beverage Sales use. Also see “Food and Beverage Sales.” Group Home.

A facility that is being used as a supportive living environment for persons who are considered handicapped under State or Federal law. A group home operated by a single operator or service provider (whether licensed or unlicensed) constitutes a single facility, whether the facility occupies one (1) or more dwelling units. Group homes shall not include the following: (1) community care facilities; (2) any group home that operates as a single housekeeping unit.

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Hardscaping.

The hard materials associated with landscaping used for the paving of walkways, driveways, drive aisles, and other exterior paved areas. Hardscaping includes the use of concrete, brick, stone, wood, pavers, tile, decomposed granite, or other similar exterior paving material in compliance with the Building Code.

Hazardous Waste.

Any waste, or combination of wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration, physical or chemical characteristic may cause, or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or may pose a substantial risk or potential hazard to human health or environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed. Hazardous waste may be toxic, corrosive, flammable or an irritant. Hazardous waste includes a wide range of wastes from household wastes such as pesticides, paint and industrial wastes such as cleaning solvents and plating shop waste. Hazardous waste includes all materials as defined by the Los Angeles County Public Works Environmental Services’ Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program.

Hazardous Waste Facility, Off-Site.

Operations involving the handling, treatment, storage or disposal of a hazardous waste in one or more of the following situations:
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• The hazardous waste is at a site which is not owned by, or leased to, the producer of the waste; • The hazardous waste is at a site which receives hazardous waste from more than one producer.

Hazardous Waste Facility, On-Site.

Operations involving handling, treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste on land owned by, or leased to, a waste producer, and which receives hazardous waste produced only by that producer. An operation that occurs after waste is transported by commercial railroad, or on public waters or on a public road is considered to be an onsite operation only if the producer of the waste owns or leases at least ninety percent of the linear site and the area where the hazardous wastes are generated are on the same contiguous property.

Hedge.

A row of closely spaced shrubs or plants, that forms a physical vertical barrier, separates and/or encloses a space open from the ground to the sky, and which may either be view-obscuring or non-view-obscuring. See also “Viewobscuring.” Home Occupation.

The use of a dwelling for the purposes of maintaining a mailing address for business and business license purposes only, which is clearly incidental to the residential use, and which does not change the character of or adversely affect the permitted uses of the zone in which it is located.

Hospital, Animal.

An institution specializing in clinical, temporary, and emergency care services of a medical or surgical nature to household pets and small animals, licensed in accordance with the laws of the state. Animal hospitals shall be controlled and operated by a veterinarian licensed by the state and shall apply to the treatment of household pets and small animals only. See also “Household Pets” and “Small Animals.” Hotel.

A lodging use including a commercial building or group of buildings designed, constructed, and used for the purpose of occupancy by transient persons, containing six or more guestrooms or suites of rooms, or a combination thereof, and which may contain other incidental commercial uses and services as may be permitted in the zone in which it is located, but excluding dwelling units. Also see “Lodging.” Household.

One or more persons who occupy a housing unit.

Household Pets.

Domesticated dogs, cats, canaries, parrots, pigeons, and such other similar kindred birds and animals as may be kept as household pets.

18.25.090. Definitions, “I”
General Industrial.

Establishments engaged in assembly, manufacturing, or processing of nonedible products from extracted or raw materials or recycled or secondary materials, or bulk storage and handling of such products and materials. This classification includes automobile assembly plants, electrical and gas appliances, machine and metal shops, and film, and the like.

Light Industrial.

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"Light industrial" means industrial uses that do not create smoke, gas, odor, dust, noise, vibration of earth, soot, lighting, traffic impacts, or other similar output. The facilities have an emphasis on activities other than manufacturing and typically have minimal office space. Typical light industrial activities include printing, material testing, and assembly of data processing equipment. Other examples include, textiles, apparel and furniture upholstery, leather and leather products, appliance repair shops, and mechanical assembly cleaning.

Integral Facilities.

Any combination of two (2) or more group homes which may or may not be located on the same or contiguous parcels of land, that are under the control and management of the same owner, operator, management company or licensee or any affiliate of any of them, and are integrated components of one (1) operation shall be referred to as Integral Facilities and shall be considered one (1) facility for purposes of applying Federal, State and local laws to its operation. Examples of such Integral Facilities include, but are not limited to, the provision of housing in one (1) facility and recovery programming, treatment, meals, or any other service or services to program participants in another facility or facilities or by assigning staff or a consultant or consultants to provide services to the same program participants in more than one (1) licensed or unlicensed facility.

18.25.100. Reserved.

18.25.110. Definitions, “K”
Kitchen.

Any room or space within a building designed and used for the purposes of cooking, storage and/or preparation of food.

18.25.120. Definitions, “L”
Landscaping.

The planting, configuration, and maintenance of natural planting elements, including trees, plants, and groundcover, such as lawn, shrubs, flowers, soil, mulch, and gravel. Landscaping may include associated structural features if they are integrated with and directly related to planting materials, such as walls, fences, hedges, planters, water features, and seating. Landscaping shall not include buildings, walkways, driveways, parking or loading areas, decks, patios, terraces, utilities and mechanical equipment, and other non-irrigated areas. See also “Hardscaping.” Livestock.

Domesticated animals, including horses and poultry.

Live-Work.

A dwelling unit and workspace designed to accommodate joint residential occupancy and work/business activity.

The “live” component must be a permitted dwelling unit, and the “work” component conducted by a person or persons making the dwelling unit their principal residence.

Loading Areas, Off-Street.

A site or portion of a site outside of the public right-of-way reserved for the loading or unloading of vehicles, people, and/or goods, and is not intended for parking.

Lodging.

An establishment providing overnight accommodations to transient patrons for payment for periods of less than thirty consecutive calendar days.

Logistics.

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The process of planning, implementing, and controlling the flow of resources and materials between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet the needs of customers or clients. It includes coordinating transportation, storage, distribution, and other activities related to the movement of goods. Logistics includes uses such as parcel hub, fulfillment center, freight and trucking, etc.

Lot.

A parcel of real property shown, delineated, and designated as a numbered lot on a parcel or tract map, or record of survey recorded in the office of county recorder of Los Angeles County, containing not less than the minimum area and dimensions required by the zone in which it is located, and abutting at least one improved street or highway. The provisions of Section 18.07.040 (Nonconforming Lots) shall also apply.

Lot Area.

The total area within the lot lines of a lot, excluding any street rights-of-way.

Lot, Corner.

A lot located at and abutting the intersecting rights-of-way of two or more streets. ( Lot Coverage/ Building Area.

The ratio of the portion of land surface which is or may be occupied by a building or structures on a lot to total lot area, typically expressed as a percentage.

Lot Depth.

Lot depth shall be defined by Section 18.26.030 (Measuring Area, Lot Width and Depth).

Lot, Interior.

A lot other than a corner or reverse corner lot.

Lot, Key.

An interior lot where its side lot line is congruent with the rear lot line of a reverse corner lot.

Lot Line, Front.

In the case of an interior lot, that boundary of the lot along the street; and, in the case of a corner or reverse corner lot, the shortest boundary of the lot along the street. (See Diagram No. 5 at the end of this chapter.) Lot Line, Rear.

That boundary of a lot which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line and may consist of one or more lot lines.

Lot Line, Side.

Any other lot lines of a lot which are not a front or rear lot line.

Lot Line, Side Street.

Side lot line that abuts a street.

Lot Line, Side Interior.

Side lot line that abuts another lot.

Lot of Record.

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A lot as shown on maps in the office of the county recorder of Los Angeles County which legally existed prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this zoning code.

Lot, Reverse Corner.

A corner lot where its rear lot line is congruent with the side lot line of a key lot, whether or not it is or may be separated therefrom by an alley.

Lot, Through.

Any lot not having a rear lot line but which has two front lot lines opposite each other.

Lot Width.

Lot width shall be defined by Section 18.26.030 (Measuring Area, Lot Width and Depth).

Lot, Flag
A lot which has at least six lot lines, at least three of which form a staff which abuts a public or private access way and provides access to the rest of the lot.

18.25.130. Definitions, “M”
Manufactured Home.

Shall have the same definition as Health and Safety Code Section 18007, as may be replaced or amended from time to time, and shall mean a structure that was constructed on or after June 15, 1976, is transportable in one or more sections, is eight body feet or more in width, or 40 body feet or more in length, in the traveling mode, or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet, is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a singleunit dwelling with or without a foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein. Does not include “recreational vehicles” without a permanent foundation. See also “Mobilehome.”
Massage.

The application of pressure, or similar techniques, including manipulation, kneading, or compression of muscles, joints, and body tissue on the external surfaces of the body, including body contouring treatment and lymphatic massage, by a licensed practitioner to provide increased relaxation or pain relief; however, any actions to perform on or engage in any “specified anatomical areas” or “specified sexual activities” shall be strictly prohibited.

Massage Establishment.

A licensed, therapeutic, and nonsexual business establishment where licensed massage therapists administer massages to another person for compensation; however, any actions to perform on or engage in any “specified anatomical areas” or “specified sexual activities” shall be strictly prohibited.

Medical Clinic.

A facility of less than 5,000 square feet, providing medical, psychiatric, or surgical service for sick or injured persons exclusively on an out-patient basis including emergency treatment, diagnostic services, administration, and related services to patients who are not lodged overnight. This classification includes licensed facilities offering substance abuse treatment, blood banks and plasma centers, and emergency medical services offered exclusively on an outpatient basis. Services may be available without a prior appointment.

Medical Facilities/Hospital.

An institution, in a facility of 5,000 square feet or more, specializing in clinical, temporary and emergency care services of a medical or surgical nature to human patients and injured persons, licensed in accordance with the City of Pico Rivera Comprehensive Zoning Code Update (CZCU) DIVISION 5 – DEFINITIONS AND MEASUREMENTS
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laws of the state, providing facilities and services in surgery, obstetrics, skilled nursing and supportive care, and other general medical care practices, and may include diagnostic, pharmaceutical and research facilities under the direct control of the hospital administration. The institutions are to be licensed by the state of California to provide surgical and medical services.

Medical Offices – Specialist Services.

Offices providing consultation, diagnosis, therapeutic, preventive, or corrective personal treatment services provided by physicians, dentists, chiropractors, acupuncturists, physical therapists, optometrists; and similar medical practitioners licensed for such practice by the state of California. Offices may include incidental medical and/or dental laboratories within medical office buildings if they support the on-site patient services, but excludes medical clinics, medical and dental laboratories or scientific research centers, or hospital/medical facilities.

Medical and Dental Laboratories.

Establishments primarily engaged in providing professional analytic or designated services to the patient of a physician.

Microcell.

A small wireless telecommunication sending and receiving base station, typically involving one or two small antennas less than one square foot in size attached to an existing utility pole, traffic signal or light pole within the public right-of-way that is typically connected to either a fiber optic cable located along the public right-of-way, or a wire telephone line.

Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations (MEHKO).

Shall have the same definition as Health and Safety Code Section 113825, as may be replaced or amended from time to time, and shall mean a food facility that is operated by a resident in a private home where food is stored, handled, and prepared for, and may be served to, consumers, and that meets all of the requirements as provided in the Health and Safety Code.

Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations Operator
MEHKO Operator means the resident of the private home where the MEHKO will be operating, who is the permitholder for the MEHKO and, who is responsible for the operation.

Minor Manufacturing.

Establishments engaged in manufacturing processes specifically involving and/or producing furniture, upholstery, cabinets, wrought iron.

Mixed-Use Development.

The combination of commercial and residential uses in the same structure, where the residential component is located either above, (vertical mixed-use) or behind (horizontal mixed-use) the non-residential component.

Mobile Billboard
Mobile billboard advertising display means an advertising display that is attached to a mobile, motorized or nonmotorized vehicle, device, or bicycle that carries, pulls, or transports a sign or billboard, and is for the primary purpose of advertising. It shall be unlawful for any person to park a mobile billboard advertising display, as defined under Section 395.5 of the California Vehicle Code, either standing alone or attached to a motor vehicle or any other device in the City of Pico Rivera.

Mobilehome.

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Shall have the same definition as Health and Safety Code Section 18008, as may be replaced or amended from time to time, and shall mean a structure that was constructed prior to June 15, 1976, is transportable in one or more sections, is eight body feet or more in width, or 40 body feet or more in length, in the traveling mode, or, when erected onsite, is 320 or more square feet, is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a singleunit dwelling with or without a foundation system when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein. Does not include “recreational vehicles” without a permanent foundation. See also “Manufactured Home.” Mobilehome Park.

A parcel of land designed and used exclusively for the residential occupancy of mobilehomes.

Monopole.

A structure composed of a single spire used to support antennas and related communication equipment.

Motel.

A lodging use including a commercial building or group of buildings designed, constructed and used for the purpose of occupancy by transient persons, containing separate guestrooms, suites of rooms, guest houses, dwelling units, or any combination thereof, and where the name and address of all guests, their vehicle make, year, license number and state of registration are obtained and recorded pursuant to the State Health and Safety Code, and where all utility services are provided by a single master metering system only. Also see “Lodging.” Motorhome.

See “Recreational Vehicle.”
Moving Storage Facilities.

Moving company businesses which offer transfer, storage, and moving services for furniture and household goods only.

18.25.140. Definitions, “N”
Nonconforming Use.

A use of land, building, and/or a condition that legally existed at the time the ordinance codified in this Title was adopted, but which, because of this Title application, no longer conforms or complies with the regulations of the zone classification in which such use, building and/or condition exists, or is located or no longer conforms or complies with any other provisions of this Title.

Nurseries, Retail.

A use for the growing and raising of plants for retail purposes only.

18.25.150. Definitions, “O”
Off-Sale Alcoholic Beverage Establishments.

Any establishment which has obtained an alcoholic beverage control license type 20 (off-sale beer and wine) or type 21 (off-sale general), selling alcoholic beverages in an unopened container for consumption off the premises.

Typical off-sale uses include, but are not limited to, the following establishments: food markets, supermarkets, drugstores, liquor stores and convenience markets.

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Any establishment wherein alcoholic beverages are sold, served or given away for consumption on the premises including but not limited to any facility which has obtained an alcoholic beverage control license type 40 (on-sale beer eating place), type 41 (on-sale beer and wine eating place), type 42 (on-sale general bar), type 51 (club), type 52 (veteran club) and type 63 (beer and wine hospital). Typical on-sale uses include, but are not limited to, the following establishments: beer bars, restaurants, ballrooms, dance bars, piano bars, billiard and/or game parlors, night clubs, or other private clubs, and veterans’ organizations.

Open Space.

An indoor or outdoor open area, either private or common, which is designed and intended to be used for outdoor living and/or recreation and which excludes walkways, parking areas, loading areas, vehicular turnaround areas, streets, driveways, trash/recycling areas, and mechanical equipment areas. Open space areas shall only be counted once in satisfying the requirements of multiple types of open space, and may count toward other site requirements such as landscaping if the open space also meets the criteria of those individual requirements. Open space areas shall not exceed 10 percent in slope. See also, “Recreational Facility.” Open Space, Common.

An indoor or outdoor open space area that is for the common use of all residents of the dwelling units in a project and which may include, but is not limited to terraces, courtyards, plazas, usable landscaped areas, swimming pools, picnic/barbeque areas, sports courts, recreational rooms, game areas, playgrounds, or other similar common open space areas deemed adequate by the Zoning Administrator. Common open space areas shall be conveniently located and accessible to all residents of the dwelling units in a project. Common open space does not include walkways, landscape setbacks, and all non-usable space for recreation.

Open Space, Private.

An outdoor open space area that is for the exclusive use of a single dwelling unit and which may include, but is not limited to balconies, decks, terraces, patios, fenced/gated setbacks, and other similar private open space areas deemed adequate by the Zoning Administrator. Private open space areas shall be contiguous to and directly accessible from the dwelling unit.

Open Space, Publicly Accessible.

A privately-owned outdoor open space area that is open and accessible to all residents, tenants, patrons, and the general public in a development, and which may include, but is not limited to parks, plazas, courtyards, paseos, or other similar open space areas that allow for public leisure, recreation, and/or gathering, as deemed adequate by the Zoning Administrator. Publicly accessible open spaces shall provide access to public rights-ofway and shall be open and accessible to the general public, at a minimum, during daylight hours.

Outdoor Dining Area
The area or space, used in conjunction with a restaurant or food service establishment, intended for eating or drinking in an open-air, outdoor setting. The area may include tables, chairs, umbrellas, or other furniture.

Outdoor Storage.

The use of open-air areas for the purposes of storage.

18.25.160. Definitions, “P”
Parcel Hub.

A facility primarily used for parcel sorting and routing. The purpose of the facility is to sort packages by destination for final delivery. They are operated by carriers (FedEx, UPS, USPS, Amazon Logistics) that sort through a wide range of parcels per hour. They offer minimal storage as packages move through in hours. They connect regional City of Pico Rivera Comprehensive Zoning Code Update (CZCU) DIVISION 5 – DEFINITIONS AND MEASUREMENTS
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fulfillment centers or distribution centers to last-mile delivery routes. For example, a FedEx Ground hub sorts packages from multiple fulfillment centers and dispatches them to local delivery stations.

Parcel of Land.

Shall have the same definition as “Lot.”
Park, Open Space
A public park owned and/or controlled by the City of Pico Rivera.

Active Recreation
Parks that contain sports facilities for youth and team sports Passive Recreation
Passive recreation are those parks which do not have sports facilities.

Parking Aisle.

A designated pathway within a parking lot intended for the circulation of vehicles.

Parking Areas, Off-Street
A site or portion of a site outside of the public right-of-way reserved for the parking of vehicles, and is not intended for loading. Parking areas shall include parking lots, parking garages, parking spaces, and related driveways and drive aisles.

Physical Fitness Clubs
Establishments primarily engaged in operating a gymnasium, athletic or health club, yoga studio, or other similar physical training or active physical fitness use.

Places of Public Assembly.

A use of land, building and/or portion of a building used for the gathering and/or assembly for purposes such as, but not limited to, deliberation, educational instruction, religious gathering, entertainment, amusement, , and onpremises consumption of foods and beverages (including alcoholic beverages).

Planning Commission.

The Planning Commission of the City of Pico Rivera.

Porte Cochere.

An accessory roofed structure open on two or more sides and attached to the side or wall of a dwelling through which vehicles pass, and designed for the convenience of loading and unloading of passengers and property from a vehicle, but shall not be construed in any way as providing required off-street parking facilities or outdoor living space. See also “Carport”.

Primary Structure.

A structure where the primary or predominant use of the lot and/or building site is conducted.

Primary Use.

The predominant or principal use of any lot, building site, or structure.

Professional Offices.

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Offices maintained and used as a place of business, conducted, and operated by persons engaged in the recognized professions, and others whose business activity consists principally of rendering services rather than the dispensing of commodities.

Property Line.

The boundary of a lot closed by lot lines.

Public Services, General.

Includes uses provided by public or semi-public agencies which are necessary to support the community’s health, safety, and welfare. Typical general public services include but are not limited to government offices and facilities; libraries; police and fire stations; and post offices.

Public Utility Service Yard.

Any building, lot, parcel of land or premises used for offices and warehousing, storage, servicing and maintenance of vehicles and equipment, testing and development of materials and equipment, and including microwave and communications facilities and associated equipment in the conduct of public utility servicing and business.

18.25.170. Definitions, “Q”
Queuing Area.

An area located within the premises of a drive-through establishment intended for vehicles waiting to access the drive-through aisle that is physically separated from other on-site traffic circulation.

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Recreational Facility.

A public or private facility providing recreational opportunities, including, but not limited to, tennis courts, paddle tennis courts, swimming pools, and other similar uses as determined by the Zoning Administrator (includes recreational membership clubs).

Recyclable Materials.

Shall have the same meaning as “Materials” defined in Title 14 § 2000 of the California Code of Regulations, as may be replaced, or amended from time to time, and shall mean the physical substance used to manufacture a beverage container or food and drink package including, but not limited to, aluminum, bimetal, glass, and plastic.

Recycling Collection Center.

Shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 14520 of the Public Resources Code, as may be replaced, or amended from time to time, and shall mean an operation which is certified by the Department of Conservation, and which accepts from consumers, and pays or provides the refund value pursuant to state law for, redeemable empty beverage containers intended to be recycled. Purchases from consumers, dropoff or collection programs, community service programs, curbside programs, and other certified recycling centers are permitted. Recycling centers may include a mobile recycling unit, collection storage containers, reverse vending machine, or other device or location where a certified recycling center accepts one or more types of empty beverage containers from consumers and pays or provides the refund value, but does not include Recycling Processing Plants.

Recycling Collection Storage Container.

Storage containers manufactured specifically for the purpose of receiving redeemable beverage containers and redeemable paper without the use of a mechanical device. Collection storage units fitted with reverse vending machines will be considered as collection storage container facilities.

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Recycling Facility.

Shall have the same meaning as “Facility” defined in Title 14 § 2000 of the California Code of Regulations, as may be replaced, or amended from time to time, and shall mean a recycling or processing operation that has been built, installed, or established to serve as a collection center or processing point for redeemable beverage containers.

Recycling, Reverse Vending Machine.

Shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 14525.5 of the Public Resources Code, as may be replaced, or amended from time to time, and shall mean a mechanical device which accepts one or more types of empty beverage containers and issues a cash refund or a redeemable credit slip with a value not less than the container’s refund value. The refund value payments shall be aggregated and then paid, if more than one container is redeemed in a single transaction.

Recycling Processing Plant.

A processing plant for the receipt, storage, processing, and/or collection for redistribution or sale of presorted paper, iron, metal, glass, plastic, newspaper, and other nonbiodegradable recyclable materials deemed appropriate by the Review Authority, can occur for the purpose of reutilization of such materials. Recyclable materials may not be directly purchased from consumers. Purchases from drop-off collection program operators, curbside program operators, community service program operators, vendors, recycling centers and other similarly managed agencies are permitted. Hazardous and biodegradable materials including, but not limited to, food, beverages, drugs, cosmetics, hazardous chemicals, poisons, medical wastes, syringes, needles, pesticides, and other similar materials shall not be brought into or handled by a recycling plant. Processing shall mean the preparation of recycled material for efficient shipment by such means as baling, briquetting, compacting, conversion, flattening, grinding, crushing, separation, sorting, shredding, smelting, cleaning, or any other similar activity. Operation shall occur within a totally enclosed building or structure.

Recycling Unit, Mobile.

An automobile, truck, trailer, or van licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles which is used for the collection of redeemable beverage containers. A mobile recycling units shall also mean the bins, boxes or containers transported by trucks, vans, or trailers, and used for the collection of recyclable materials.

Research and Development.

A facility for the scientific research and the design, development, and testing of electrical, electronic, magnetic, optical, pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology components and products in advance of product manufacturing. This classification includes assembly of related products from parts produced off site, where the manufacturing activity is secondary to the research and development activities, in addition to involving the production of experimental products.

Residential Care Facility.

A residential facility licensed by the state where care, services, or treatment is provided to persons living in a supportive community residential setting. Residential care facilities include, but may not be limited to, the following:
intermediate care facilities for the developmentally disabled (Health & Safety Code §§ 1267.8, 1267.9); community care facilities (Health & Safety Code § 1500 et seq.); residential care facilities for the elderly (Health & Safety Code § 1569 et seq.); residential care facilities for the chronically ill (22 C.C.R. § 87801(a)(5); Health & Safety Code § 1568.02); alcoholism and drug abuse facilities (Health & Safety Code §§ 11834.02—11834.30); pediatric day health and respite care facilities (Health & Safety Code § 1760 et seq.); residential health care facilities, including congregate living health facilities (Health & Safety Code §§ 1265—1271.1, 1250(i), 1250(e), (h)); family care home, foster home, group home for the mentally disordered or otherwise handicapped persons or dependent and neglected children (Wel. & Inst. Code §§ 5115—5120).

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Restaurant.

A bona fide public eating place, that prepares meals, snacks, and beverages to customer order for immediate onpremises or off-premises consumption.

Restaurant, Full-Service.

Establishments primarily engaged in providing food services to patrons who order and are served while seated (i.e., waiter/waitress service) and pay after eating.

Restaurant, Limited Services (Fast Food).

Establishments primarily engaged in providing food services where patrons generally order or select items and pay before eating, also referred to as a quick-service restaurant. Food and drink may be consumed on premises, taken out, or delivered to the customer's location.

Retail and Merchandise, General.

A commercial enterprise that sells new goods or merchandise directly to the consumer, where such goods are normally available for immediate purchase and removal from the premises by the purchaser. Examples of these establishments and lines of merchandise include:
• Bicycle shops;
• Bookstores;
• Clothing and accessories of new retail merchandise only; • Confectionary stores;
• Craft and hobby shops;
• Department stores;
• Fabrics and sewing supplies;
• Florists and houseplant stores (indoor sales only);
• General stores;
• Home centers and hardware stores;
• Jewelry stores;
• Stationary stores, including incidental printing;
• Musical instruments, parts and accessories;
• Nurseries, retail;
• Specialty shop;
• Sporting goods and equipment.

Retail Store.

A building in which a commercial business is located and conducting the selling of goods, or other merchandise.

Roof.

A supported structure designed and constructed in such a manner so as to cover a space, preventing the vertical passage through its surface of fifty percent or more light, air and ventilation.

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School.

Any institution of learning for minors, whether public or private, offering instruction in those courses of study required by the California Education Code and/or which is maintained pursuant to standards set by the Board of Education of the State of California. This definition includes a nursery school, kindergarten, elementary school, middle or junior high school, senior high school, or any special institution of education under the jurisdiction of the City of Pico Rivera Comprehensive Zoning Code Update (CZCU) DIVISION 5 – DEFINITIONS AND MEASUREMENTS
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California Department of Education. For the purposes of this section, “school” does not include a vocational or professional institution of higher education, including a community or junior college, college, or university.

Screening.

The effect of locating the object(s) to be screened behind a building, wall, fence, landscaping, berm, and/or other specially designed device or architectural elements as provided in Section 18.18.070 (Screening) so that view of the object(s) from adjoining and nearby public rights-of-way and private properties is precluded or minimized.

Self-Storage Facilities.

Facilities offering enclosed storage with individual access that are rented and/or leased for personal effects and household goods, including mini-storage. A facility may contain various sized, individual compartmentalized and controlled access stalls or spaces. This use excludes hazardous materials, workshops, warehousing, hobby shops, manufacturing, or other commercial activity.

Sensitive Land Use.

Refers to a type of land use that is particularly sensitive to industrial and commercial activities and includes, but is not limited to, residential developments, and educational institutions, religious facilities, parks and open spaces, hospitals, day cares, and residential care facilities for the elderly.

Service Bay.

The designated area on a commercial or industrial use, generally in automobile repair shops and service stations, where maintenance, servicing and repairs of vehicles are conducted.

Setback.

The distance by which a structure or other development feature shall be separated from a property line or other building. See Section 18.26.060 (Measuring Setbacks).

Sexually-Oriented Merchandise.

Shall be defined as set forth in Section 5.22.020.

Sign.

A display board, screen, structure, object, or portion thereof, used to announce, declare, demonstrate, display and/or otherwise advertise and attract the attention of the public, constructed of any material whatsoever, and maintained, erected, installed, and/or placed on a building or structure or property for the principal purpose of identification of property, business, services, the sale of goods and wares or any other merchandise, fully intended to serve as the principal means of advertisement and identification.

Sign Area.

The combined total of each sign face consisting of the surface space within a single contiguous rectangle containing words, letters, figures, or symbols, together with any frame, material or color forming an integral part of the display but excluding support structures, face of building, and incidental parts not drawing attention to the subject matter.

Sign Structure.

A structure which supports or is capable of supporting any sign. A sign structure may be a single pole or may or may not be an integral part of the building.

Single Housekeeping Unit.

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Means that the occupants of a dwelling unit have established ties and familiarity with each other, jointly use common areas, interact with each other, share meals, household activities, and expenses and responsibilities; membership in the single housekeeping unit is fairly stable as opposed to transient, members have some control over who becomes a member of the household, and the residential activities of the household are conducted on a nonprofit basis. There is a rebuttable presumption that integral facilities do not constitute single housekeeping units. Additional indications that a household is not operating as a single housekeeping unit include but are not limited to: the occupants do not share a lease agreement or ownership of the property; members of the household have separate, private entrances from other members; members of the household have locks on their bedroom doors; members of the household have separate food storage facilities, such as separate refrigerators.

Single-Room Occupancy (SRO) Housing.

A residential facility providing individual secure room(s) for one- or two-person households, which may have individual or shared kitchen and/or bathroom facilities. SRO units are rented on a monthly basis or longer.

Site.

A lot or lots under single ownership or single control, considered a unit for the purposes of development or other use. See also “Building Site.”
Small Animals.

Includes rabbits, hares, hamsters, chinchillas, guinea pigs, domestic mice and rats, and any other types of rodents and similar animal species whatsoever.

Sober Living Home.

A type of group home operated as a cooperative living environment providing an alcohol and drug-free home for persons recovering from alcoholism and/or drug abuse, which are not required to be licensed by the State. Sober living homes for six (6) or fewer residents are allowed in residential districts, subject to a Group Home Permit. Sober living homes of seven (7) or more residents shall be permitted in any district, planned community, or specific plan area zoned for multifamily residential uses subject to the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit by the Planning Commission and compliance with certain conditions. Residents may actively participate in recovery programs outside of the home such as detoxification, educational counseling, individual or group counseling sessions, or treatment/recovery planning. A sober living home may provide services to the residents such as dining, housekeeping, security, medical, transportation, and recreation, but shall not dispense medications to the residents. Sober living homes shall not include the following: (1) community care facilities; (2) any sober living home that operates as a single housekeeping unit.

Specialty Shops.

Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of specialized lines of merchandise, not elsewhere classified.

Specified Anatomical Areas.

Shall be defined as set forth in Section 5.22.020.

Specified Sexual Activities.

Shall be defined as set forth in Section 5.22.020.

Story.

That portion of the entire interior space between the exterior walls of a building and between the upper surface of any floor and the surface of a ceiling and floor next above.

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Street or Highway.

A publicly or privately owned or controlled way which provides the principal means of access to abutting land.

Street Frontage.

The length of a lot of land along, fronting, or having frontage on a street.

Street Right-of-Way.

The legal boundary separating a street from abutting private property.

Structure.

Anything constructed or built, any edifice or building of any kind whatsoever, or any piece of work artificially built or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner, or anything else so constructed or built in the ground or erected, which requires location on the ground, or is attached to something located on the ground or in the ground.

Structural alteration.

Any change in the supporting members of a building or structure, such as, but not limited to, foundations, bearing walls, nonbearing walls, partition walls, columns, beams, floor, ceiling or roof joists, girders, rafters or trusses, or any change or addition in the dimensions of a building or structure.

Studio, Commercial.

Facility where individual and group instruction, training, and practice, or production are offered in the arts, including martial arts, music, dance, and photography. This use excludes motion picture studios.

Supportive Housing.

Dwelling units with no limit on length of stay that are occupied by the target population as defined in Section 50675.14 of the California Health and Safety Code, and that are linked to on-site or off-site services that assist the supportive housing resident in retaining the housing, improving their health status, and maximizing their ability to live and, where possible, work in the community.

Swimming Pool.

Shall have the same meaning as defined in California Government Code Section 115921, as may be replaced, or amended from time to time, and shall mean any structure intended for swimming or recreational bathing that contains water over 18 inches deep. “Swimming pool” includes in-ground and aboveground structures and includes, but is not limited to, hot tubs, spas, portable spas, and nonportable wading pools.

18.25.200. Definitions, “T”
Third-party Logistics.

Businesses that provide one or more logistics services such as multiclient warehousing, contract warehousing, transportation management, distribution management, inventory management and freight consolidation.

Thrift store.

Means a retail store and related donation facilities engaged primarily in the sale of secondhand clothing, shoes, apparel, toys, and standard household goods, including furniture, fixtures, and small household appliances, and the collection of those goods for resale. “Thrift retail store” does not include the sale of large household appliances such as refrigerators or stoves and does not include the sale of cars or anything automotive-related Trade Schools.

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A business conducted for profit consisting of a place for training and instruction in a specific field, skill, trade, or occupation including business colleges, vocational schools, and similar facilities.

Trailer.

Any wheeled vehicle incapable of movement under its own power, designed to be drawn or towed by a motor vehicle for the purpose of carrying or transporting property and/or chattels of any kind whatsoever, but specifically excluding the use for human habitation and/or the transporting thereof.

Transitional Housing.

Shall have the same meaning as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 50675.2, as may be replaced or amended from time to time, and shall mean buildings configured as rental housing developments but operated under program requirements that call for the termination of assistance and recirculation of the assisted unit to another eligible program recipient at some predetermined future point in time, which shall be no less than six months.

Trash Enclosures.

A designated area or structure where garbage and other waste are stored.

Truck Terminal.

This specialized distribution building for redistributing goods from one truck to another serves as an intermediate transfer point. The facilities are primarily used for staging loads (rather than long-term storage) and possess little, if any, storage area.

18.25.210. Definitions, “U”

18.25.220. Definitions, “V”
Variance.

A permit procedure for major and/or minor modifications of the development standards of a zone may be granted by the Review Authority pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 18.05 (Permits and Approval).

Vehicle.

Automobile, truck, tractor, trailer, and similar motorized vehicle used as a means of transportation of persons or property that move or roll on one or more wheels.

Commercial Vehicle.

Per California Vehicle Code Section 260, as may be replaced or amended from time to time, and shall mean a vehicle required to be registered which is used or maintained for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation, or profit or designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.

Recreational Vehicle.

A motor home, travel trailer, or camping trailer, with or without motive power, to be used without a permanent foundation, designed for human habitation for recreational, emergency, or other occupancy; or a park trailer, as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 18009.3.

View-Obscuring.

Relative to walls, fences, and hedges, means constructed in such a manner to prevent the passage of more than twenty-five percent of light, air, and visibility through its overall vertical surface.

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18.25.230. Definitions, “W”
Wall.

A vertical structure, typically constructed of concrete or masonry, that forms a physical vertical barrier, separates and/or encloses a space open from the ground to the sky, and which is view-obscuring. See also “View-obscuring.” Wall, Common.

A wall five feet or greater in length designed and/or constructed which forms a physical barrier separation between two or more spaces in a building or buildings.

Warehouse.

A facility primarily used for inventory storage of materials, goods, and merchandise. The purpose of the facility is to store goods and materials for medium-to-long periods, not rapid movement. Products are often palletized and stored in bulk. The facility is used by manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and importers to hold stock until needed and may include incidental “fulfillment center,” “parcel hub,” and “logistics” activities that are not the primary use.

Window Sign.

A professionally painted, attached, glued, or otherwise affixed sign within 15 feet of a window designed to be viewed from adjoining streets or parking lot entrances, relating to the business name, services rendered, sales and available products.

Wheel Stop.

A low, sturdy block, typically made of concrete, placed at the edge of a parking space within a parking lot or parking structure to prevent vehicles from encroaching into other parking spaces, walkways, curbs, or other areas.

Wholesaling and Warehousing.

Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in selling merchandise to retailers; to industrial, commercial, institutional, farm, construction contractors or professional business users; or to other wholesalers.

Facilities include the on-site storage of material and branch or sales offices (but no retail sales) that have little or no display of merchandise and are not designed to solicit walk-in traffic.

Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
An unstaffed facility which consists of equipment and network components such as towers, utility poles, transmitters, base stations, and emergency power systems that are integral to providing wireless telecommunications services. Such facilities generally include antennas, and equipment cabinet or structure, and related equipment, for public, commercial and private electromagnetic and photoelectrical transmission, broadcast, repeater and receiving stations for radio, television, telegraph, telephone, data network, and wireless communications, including stationary commercial earth stations for satellite-based communications. Such facility may include elevated transmitting and receiving antennae, base station equipment and interconnection equipment.

Facility types include roof-mounted, building-mounted, or freestanding structures.

Wireless Telecommunications Services.

The provision of services using a wireless telecommunications facility or a wireless telecommunications co-location facility, and shall include, but not be limited to, the following services: personal wireless services as defined in the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 at 47 U.S.C. Section 332(c)(7)(C) or its successor statute, cellular service, personal communication service, and/or data radio telecommunications.

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18.25.240. Reserved

18.25.250. Definitions, “Y”
Yard.

See “Setback,”

18.25.260. Definitions, “Z”
Zone.

The land use category or classification as set forth in Division 1 (General Provisions) and Division 3 (Zones and Zone-Specific Standards) of this Title.

Zone Change.

A change in the zone classification of property pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 18.06. (Amendments to the General Plan, Zoning Map and Text).

Zoning Administrator.

The "Director of Community and Economic Development" or designee shall serve as the Zoning Administrator.

Chapter 18.26. Rules of Measurement
The purpose of this Chapter is to explain how various measurements this Title refers shall be calculated.

18.26.010. Fractions
Whenever this Title requires consideration of parking spaces or other aspects of development or the physical environment expressed in numerical quantities, and the result of a calculation contains a fraction of a whole number, the results will be rounded as follows:

A. General Rounding. Fractions of one-half (0.5) or greater shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number, and fractions of less than one-half (0.5) shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number, except as otherwise provided.

B. Parking Spaces. Provisions on how to calculate the quantity of parking spaces are detailed in Section 18.19.030 (Parking).

18.26.020. Measuring Distances
A. Measurements Are Shortest Distance. When measuring a required distance, such as the minimum distance between a structure and a lot line, the measurement is made from 90 degrees from the property line at the closest or shortest distance between the two objects.

B. Measuring Distances Between Land Uses. When a specified land use is required to be located a minimum distance from another land use, the minimum distance is measured horizontally in a straight line between the two closest points of the properties without regard to topography or structures that would interfere with a straight-line measurement.

C. Measuring Building Separation. Measurements of distance to a structure are measured to and from the closest exterior wall of the structures. Structures or portions of structures that are entirely underground are not included in measuring required distances.

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18.26.030. Measuring Area, Lot Width, and Depth
A. Lot Width. The lot width is measured between the midpoints of the side lot lines.

B. Lot Depth. The lot depth is measured between the midpoints of the front and rear lot lines.

C. Lot Area. The lot area is calculated by multiplying the lot width by the lot depth.

D. Cul de Sacs or Irregular-Shaped Lots. For lots located in a cul-de-sac or that are irregularly shaped, the lot depth and width dimensions shall be considered compliant if the dimensions for the majority of the area of the lot meet the minimum lot width and depth provided in Table 18.11.030.A (Development Standards – Residential Zones), as shown in Figure 18.26.030.C.

Figure 18.26.030.C, Cul de Sacs or Irregular-Shaped Lots.

18.26.040. Measuring Height
A. Building Height. The height of a structure shall be measured as the vertical distance between the finished grade and the highest point of the structure which shall be the peak of the highest roof.

B. Height Between Floors. For the ground-floor, the height is measured from finished ground floor to the bottom of the finished second floor. Height for all other floors is measured from the bottom to bottom of the finished floors.

18.26.050. Measuring Street Frontage
A. Interior Lots. The street frontage is measured between side property lines of a lot.

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B. Corner Lots. The street frontage is measured in the same manner as interior lots as shown in Figure

18.26.050.B.

Figure 18.26.050.B Measuring Street Frontage.

18.26.060. Measuring Setbacks
A. Front. The front setback shall be measured from the front lot line to the nearest point of the structure along a line at a right angle to the property line, as shown in Figure 18.26.060.A. Front setbacks shall maintain the required depth across the full width of a lot as regulated by each applicable zone provided in Division 3 (Zones and Zone-Specific Standards) of this Title.

B. Rear. The rear setback shall be measured from the rear lot line to the nearest point of the structure along a line at a right angle to the property line, as shown in Figure 18.26.060.A.Rear setbacks shall maintain the required depth across the full width of a lot as regulated by each applicable zone provided in Division 3 (Zones and Zone-Specific Standards) of this Title.

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C. Side. The side setback shall be measured from the interior or street lot line to the nearest point of the structure along a line at a right angle to the property line, as shown in Figure 18.26.060.A.Side setbacks shall maintain the required depth across the full width of a lot as regulated by each applicable zone provided in Division 3 (Zones and Zone-Specific Standards) of this Title.

Figure 18.26.060.A. Measuring Setbacks.

18.26.070. Calculating Lot Coverage
The footprints of all primary and accessory structures, including garages, carports, and enclosed patios and porches shall be summed and divided by the total lot area.

The following structures shall be excluded from the calculation: permitted projections as set forth in Section

18.18.060 (Projections Into Setbacks), balconies, roof decks, porte-cochere, unenclosed patios, swimming pools, and trellises and similar structures with roofs that are at least 50% open to the sky.

18.26.080. Calculating Floor Area Ratio (FAR)
The maximum building area allowed on any lot shall be determined by the product of the lot area, in square feet, and the floor area ratio (FAR) permitted in the zone in which the site is located as provided in Division 3 (Zones and Zone-Specific Standards) of this Title, and as shown in Figure 18.26.080.A. The maximum building area subject to this calculation includes all habitable living space and excludes garages, carports, and enclosed patios and porches.

For example, if the maximum FAR of a zone is 0.5, and the lot is 10,000 square-feet, the maximum permitted building area is 5,000 square feet.

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Figure 18.26.080.A. Calculating Floor Area Ratio.

18.26.090. Calculating Dwelling Unit Density
The maximum number of dwelling units allowed on any lot shall be determined by dividing the lot area by the number of dwelling units permitted in the zone in which the site is located as provided in Division 3 (Zones and Zone-Specific Standards) of this Title.

Addendum to the 2014 General Plan EIR
Pico Rivera Comprehensive
Zoning Code Update Project
AUGUST 2025
Prepared for:

CITY OF PICO RIVERA
6615 Passons Blvd,
Pico Rivera, CA 90660
Prepared by:
225 South Lake Avenue M210
Pasadena, CA 91101
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Table of Contents

SECTION PAGE
Acronyms and Abbreviations............................................................................................................................................ iii 1 Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................6

1.1 Project Background................................................................................................................................6

1.2 CEQA Compliance...................................................................................................................................6

1.3 Previously Certified EIR..........................................................................................................................8 2 Project Description............................................................................................................................................ 24

2.1 Project Location and Setting............................................................................................................... 24

2.2 Project Description .............................................................................................................................. 25

2.2.1 Comprehensive Zoning Code Update ................................................................................... 25

2.2.2 Zone Changes ........................................................................................................................ 28

2.2.3 General Plan Amendment..................................................................................................... 28

2.2.4 Updates Applicable References to Title 18.............................................................................. 29

2.2.5 Project-Related Growth.......................................................................................................... 29

2.3 Discretionary Actions........................................................................................................................... 30 3 Environmental Analysis..................................................................................................................................... 31

3.1 Aesthetics ............................................................................................................................................ 37

3.2 Agriculture and Forestry Resources ................................................................................................... 40

3.3 Air Quality ............................................................................................................................................. 43

3.4 Biological Resources ........................................................................................................................... 49

3.5 Cultural Resources .............................................................................................................................. 53

3.6 Energy .................................................................................................................................................. 55

3.7 Geology and Soils ................................................................................................................................ 57

3.8 Greenhouse Gas Emissions................................................................................................................ 62

3.9 Hazards and Hazardous Materials..................................................................................................... 64

3.10 Hydrology and Water Quality............................................................................................................... 68

3.11 Land Use and Planning ....................................................................................................................... 77

3.12 Mineral Resources .............................................................................................................................. 79

3.13 Noise .................................................................................................................................................... 81

3.14 Population and Housing...................................................................................................................... 88

3.15 Public Services .................................................................................................................................... 90

3.16 Recreation............................................................................................................................................ 94

3.17 Transportation ..................................................................................................................................... 96

3.18 Tribal Cultural Resources..................................................................................................................100

3.19 Utilities and Service Systems............................................................................................................103

3.20 Wildfire ...............................................................................................................................................107

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3.21 Mandatory Findings of Significance .................................................................................................110 4 Addendum Conclusion....................................................................................................................................113 5 References and Preparers..............................................................................................................................114

5.1 References Cited...............................................................................................................................114

5.2 List of Preparers ................................................................................................................................115

ATTACHMENTS
General Plan Appendix A, Zoning Compatibility Matrix
General Plan Table 3-2, General Plan Land Use Categories

FIGURES
Figure 1 Regional Location and Local Vicinity Map .......................................................................................117 Figure 2 Project Site.........................................................................................................................................119 Figure 3 Proposed Zoning Map .......................................................................................................................121 TABLES
Table 1. Summary of Impacts and Mitigation from the 2014 General Plan EIR ........................................................ 10 Table 2. Zone Name Changes........................................................................................................................................ 28 Table 3. General Plan Development Potential (2035) ................................................................................................. 29 Table 4. General Plan Compared to Existing Conditions.............................................................................................. 30 14873 iii
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Acronyms and Abbreviations
Acronym/Abbreviation Definition
AB Assembly Bill
AF Acre-feet
ALUP Airport land use plan
APA Allowable Pumping Allocation
AQMP Air Quality Management Plan
BMPs Best management practices
CalARP California Accidental Release Prevention Program CalEEMod California Emissions Estimator Model
CARB California Air Resources Board
CCR California Code of Regulations
CEQA California Environmental Quality Act
CMP Congestion Management Plan
CNDDB California Natural Diversity Database
CO Carbon monoxide
CUPA Certified Unified Program Agency
dBA A-weighted decibels
EIR Environmental Impact Report
EOP Emergency Operations Plan
ERE Environmental Resources Element
ERUSD El Rancho Unified School District
GCCOG Gateway Cities Council of Governments
GHG Greenhouse gases
gpd Gallons per day
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FTA Federal Transit Administration
HMP Hazard Mitigation Plan
HVAC Heating, ventilation, air conditioning
KWh Kilowatt-hours
LACSD Los Angeles County Sanitation District
LID Low Impact Development
LOS Level of service
LSTs Localized significance thresholds
MFSG Montebello Forebay Spreading Grounds
NOP Notice of Preparation
NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
ppd Pounds per day
PPV Peak particle velocity
PRWA Pico Rivera Water Authority
PWD Pico Water District
RMS Root mean square

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RWQCB Regional Water Quality Control Board
SB Senate Bill
SCAB South Coast Air Basin
SCAG Southern California Association of Governments
SCAQMD South Coast Air Quality Management District
SCE Southern California Edison
sf Square feet
SUSMP Standard Urban Stormwater Mitigation Plan
SWPPP Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan
TACs Toxic air contaminants
USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency
UWMP Urban Water Management Plan
VdB Vibration velocity level in decibels
VMT Vehicle miles traveled
WNRA Whittier Narrows Recreation Area
WSA Water Supply Assessment

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1 Introduction
This document is an Addendum to the City of Pico Rivera 2014 General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report (EIR). This Addendum analyzes primarily proposed changes to the Pico Rivera Zoning Code in order to be consistent with the General Plan. As such, in accordance with Section 15164 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, this Addendum demonstrates the Comprehensive Zoning Code Update Project (proposed Project or Project) would not result in any new significant environmental impacts and would not substantially increase the severity of any previously identified impacts under the 2014 General Plan EIR.

1.1 Project Background
In November 2022, the City of Pico Rivera (City) began efforts to prepare citywide design standards and guidelines for residential, commercial, industrial, and mixed-use development. The project expanded to include a comprehensive zoning code update. Currently, the City’s Zoning Code contains several challenges, including redundant and wordy text, an inefficient note system used for development regulations and land uses and an antiquated approach to current development standards. Limited text amendments notwithstanding, the Zoning Code was last updated in 1993. Given this, implementation of an older code with outdated terminology was cumbersome to navigate. The purpose of the proposed Project is to create a more user-friendly zoning code that is consistent with the City’s vision and goals within the General Plan. As further detailed in Section 2, Project Description, of this Addendum, the Project proposes comprehensive revisions to the Zoning Code with clear development and design standards to better serve City staff, development applicants, and the greater community.

The Project’s objectives are aimed to address State policies to facilitate housing development; set clear expectations for the design of new development; organize the structure of the zoning code; and streamline the development review and approvals process.

1.2 CEQA Compliance
Under CEQA, the Lead Agency is required to prepare an Addendum to a previously adopted EIR if some changes or additions are necessary to a previously adopted EIR, but none of the conditions calling for preparation of a Subsequent CEQA document have occurred (CEQA Guidelines Section 15162). Once an EIR has been adopted, a Subsequent EIR is only required when the Lead Agency determines that one of the following conditions has been met:

1. Substantial changes are proposed in the project which will require major revisions of the previous EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects;

2. Substantial changes occur with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken which will require major revisions of the previous EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; or

3. New information of substantial importance, which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time of the previous EIR was adopted, shows any of the following:

A. The project will have one or more significant effects not discussed in the previous EIR;

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B. Significant effects previously examined will be substantially more severe than shown in the previous EIR;
C. Mitigation measures or alternative previously found not to be feasible would in fact be feasible, and would substantially reduce one or more significant effects of the project, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative; or D. Mitigation measures or alternatives which are considerably different from those analyzed in the previous EIR would substantially reduce one or more significant effects on the environment, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative.

CEQA recommends that a brief explanation of the decision to prepare an Addendum rather than a Subsequent CEQA document be included in the record for a proposed project (CEQA Guidelines Section 15164(e)). This Addendum has been prepared because the proposed Project, as shown by the analysis herein, does not include substantial Project changes, new information, or changed circumstances leading to new or substantially worse significant environmental impacts. In all respects, as the analysis herein demonstrates, the Project would not result in new or substantially worse significant environmental impacts.

The Project does not require major revisions to the EIR because no new significant impacts or substantial increases in the severity of previously identified significant impacts would occur. The anticipated environmental impacts of the proposed Project, as explained in detail in the following analysis and checklist (see Section 3 of this document), have been analyzed and mitigated accordingly in the previously certified EIR prepared for the 2014 General Plan Update, and there have been no new circumstances since that time that would result in new or more severe significant environmental impacts. Lastly, as evaluated in the supporting analysis of this Addendum, mitigation measures that have been previously identified would adequately reduce impacts to less than significant levels.

Those mitigation measures that have been identified in the EIR and are applicable to the Project are identified within this analysis.

Per CEQA Guidelines Section 15164(c), an Addendum need not be circulated for public review but can be included in or attached to the final CEQA document. Prior to approval of the Project, the City will consider this Addendum with the EIR when making a decision regarding the Project.

As demonstrated by the analysis in this document, the Project would not result in any new significant impacts and would not substantially increase the severity of any previously identified impacts. Furthermore, there is not new information requiring new analysis or verification, and no new project design features or mitigation measures are required for any new impacts. As such, pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21166 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15164, an Addendum to the 2014 General Plan EIR is the appropriate CEQA-compliant document for the proposed Project.

CEQA Guidelines Revisions
Since certification of the 2014 General Plan EIR, the State adopted updates to the CEQA Guidelines to add efficiency and clarity to aspects of the guidelines and to incorporate recent case law and legislation that had not yet been reflected in the text of the guidelines. The adopted updates also include revisions to Appendix G of the CEQA Guidelines, which consists of environmental checklist questions that are used by many lead agencies as the framework for environmental documents prepared pursuant to CEQA.

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The most recent comprehensive revisions of the State CEQA Guidelines were adopted on December 28, 2018.

Additionally, provisions of Senate Bill (SB) 743 applied statewide beginning on July 1, 2020. The recent updates to Appendix G can be summarized as follows: narrowing the scope of aesthetic impacts; moving the topic of paleontology from the cultural resources section to the geology section; adding threshold questions to address the topic of energy; expanding wildfire issues; combining airport safety and noise into one threshold question; deleting the reference to private airstrips; incorporating vehicle miles traveled analysis into the transportation section; making the hydrology and utilities questions more concise and applicable to modern issues; clarifying that land use conflicts must relate to a physical impact; and adding “unplanned” to the population growth question, so that the question now focuses only on unplanned growth. In addition to these revisions, a prior revision was made that involved the addition of the topic of tribal cultural resources as a separate section in Appendix G. The tribal cultural resources section was added to Appendix G after passage of Assembly Bill (AB) 52, which required an update to the CEQA Guidelines to ensure that the topic of tribal cultural resources was addressed in CEQA documents.

The environmental checklist questions used in the 2014 General Plan EIR were based on the version of the CEQA Guidelines and Appendix G that was in place when the Notice of Preparation (NOP) was released for public review on April 7, 2014 (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Section 15007(c) of the CEQA Guidelines states that “[i]f a document meets the content requirements in effect when the document is sent out for public review, the document shall not need to be revised to conform to any new content requirements in guideline amendments taking effect before the document is finally approved.” Because the 2014 EIR was released for public review prior to adoption of the 2018 guideline amendments, the analysis for the proposed Project does not need to be updated to conform with the revised guidelines. Furthermore, the EIR was finalized and certified prior to adoption of the guidelines’ amendments. As such, changes pertaining to the CEQA Guidelines amendments do not need to be addressed in this Addendum. The adoption of these CEQA guidelines updates does not constitute substantial changes with respect to the circumstances under which the Project will be undertaken, nor does it constitute new information of substantial importance that would change the impact conclusions in the certified 2014 EIR.

Nevertheless, since this Addendum is prepared after the CEQA amendments went into effect and in the interest of providing the public and decision makers as much information on the environmental consequences as possible, this document includes discussions, for informational purposes only, of the proposed Project’s potential effects in the environmental categories that were added to Appendix G of the CEQA Guidelines in 2018 (i.e., energy, wildfire, and vehicle miles traveled).

1.3 Previously Certified EIR
The City, as the lead agency, adopted the General Plan Update and certified the EIR on October 28, 2014. The EIR (State Clearinghouse No. 2014041021) was prepared pursuant to CEQA and contains a disclosure and analysis of potential environmental effects associated with implementation of the General Plan. Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21081.6 and Section 15097 of the CEQA Guidelines, the City also adopted a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, which has been incorporated by reference (City of Pico Rivera 2014b).

The 2014 General Plan was a comprehensive update of the City’s 1993 General Plan, resulting in similar goals, policies and components to prior versions of the General Plan along with an update to the needs of the City and the community.

The purpose of the General Plan is to guide the City’s decision-making and development process through a future horizon year of 2035. The 2014 General Plan Update set forth a statement of core values and guiding principles to inform development of the land use plan and the identification of 16 opportunity areas within the City. The 2014 General Plan Update includes a Land Use Element, Housing Element, Circulation Element, Community Facilities Element, Economic

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Prosperity Element, Environmental Resources Element, Safety Element, Health Community Element, and a Noise Element (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

As discussed in the 2014 General Plan EIR, an Initial Study was not prepared. Instead, under Section 15063(a) of the CEQA Guidelines, a lead agency may skip initial review when it is determined an EIR is required. Given this, certain impacts were found to be less than significant due to the inability of a project of this scope to create such impacts or the absence of project characteristics producing effects of this type (i.e., General Plan Update). The following environmental topic areas would be less than significant or to have no impact: Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Geology and Soils, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, Mineral Resources, Population and Housing. In addition, as a result of the EIR’s analysis, impacts related to Aesthetics, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Land Use and Planning, and Recreation were found to be less than significant. Impacts related to Hydrology and Water Quality, Public Services, Traffic and Circulation (including Cumulative Impacts), and Utilities and Service Systems (including Cumulative Impacts) were found to be less than significant with the incorporation of mitigation measures. Impacts related to Air Quality and Noise were determined to be significant and unavoidable even with mitigation. See Table 1 for a summary of the 2014 EIR’s impact conclusions and mitigation measures.

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Table 1. Summary of Impacts and Mitigation from the 2014 General Plan EIR Environmental Impact
Level of
Significance
Prior to
Mitigation Mitigation
Significance
after Mitigation

3.1. Land Use and Planning
Implementation of the General Plan Update would not result in significant impacts.

3.2. Aesthetics
Implementation of the General Plan Update would not result in significant impacts.

3.3. Traffic and Circulation
Impact CIRC-1: Implementation of the 2014
General Plan Update would result in
unsatisfactory levels of service at the following
intersections:

4. Paramount Boulevard/Washington
Boulevard (A.M. and P.M. peak hours).

8. Rosemead Boulevard/Gallatin Road
(P.M. peak hour).

9. Rosemead Boulevard/Beverly
Boulevard (P.M. peak hour).

10. Rosemead Boulevard/Whittier
Boulevard (P.M. peak hour).

12. Rosemead Boulevard/Washington
Boulevard (P.M. peak hour).

14. Rosemead Boulevard/Slauson
Avenue (P.M. peak hour).

Potentially
Significant
MM-CIRC-1: Upon adoption of the proposed General Plan Update, the City shall pursue funding options, such as
transportation and growth management grants, to
implement the system-wide signal timing
improvements at all intersections within the City.

MM-CIRC-2: The City shall monitor the performance of the intersections listed below on an on-going basis and
ensure that the specified improvements occur at these
intersections prior to or concurrent with development
occurring under the General Plan that would increase
the peak-hour delay and cause the intersection LOS to
deteriorate to unsatisfactory levels:

4. Paramount Boulevard/Washington
Boulevard: Convert the eastbound and
westbound left turn signal phases to
protected-permitted phasing.

8. Rosemead Boulevard/Gallatin Road:

Convert one receiving lane on the west leg to a
second left turn lane. The resulting
Less than
Significant with
Mitigation

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15. Rosemead Boulevard/Telegraph
Road (A.M. and P.M. peak hours).

24. San Gabriel River Parkway/Beverly
Boulevard (A.M. peak hour).
intersection geometry west of Rosemead
Boulevard will include one westbound lane,
two eastbound left turn lanes (of 100 feet of
storage or more), one eastbound through lane,
and an eastbound right turn lane.

9. Rosemead Boulevard/Beverly Boulevard:

Convert signal phasing to provide protected
left turns for eastbound and westbound left
turns. Prohibit U-turns for the southbound and
westbound directions and provide right turn
overlap phases for the westbound and
northbound right turns.

10. Rosemead Boulevard/Whittier Boulevard:

Convert signal phasing to provide permittedprotected phasing for all left turns. Provide right turn overlap phase for the westbound
right turn and prohibit U-turns in the
southbound direction.

12. Rosemead Boulevard/Washington
Boulevard: Convert the northbound and
westbound left turn signal phases to
protected-permitted phasing.

14. Rosemead Boulevard/Slauson Avenue:

Convert the eastbound and westbound left
turn signal phases to protected-permitted
phasing.

15. Rosemead Boulevard/Telegraph Road:

Convert signal phasing to provide permittedprotected phasing for all left turns. Provide

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right turn overlap phase for the northbound
right turn and prohibit U-turns in the
westbound direction. Restripe to provide an
eastbound right turn lane.

24. San Gabriel River Parkway/Beverly
Boulevard: Convert the eastbound and
westbound left turn signal phases to
protected-permitted phasing. Convert the
westbound right turn lane to a shared throughright turn lane and convert the southbound free right-turn lane to provide a right turn
overlap phasing. The receiving lane for the
southbound free right turn will become the
receiving lane for the additional westbound
through lane.

3.4 Air Quality
Impact AQ-1: Implementation of the 2014
General Plan Update would result in
construction-related emissions that exceed
SCAQMD’s regional thresholds of significance
for criteria pollutants.

Potentially
Significant
MM-AQ-1: The following mitigation measures shall be
incorporated for all discretionary projects in the
Planning Area associated with implementation of the
proposed General Plan Update to minimize pollutant
emissions associated with construction activities:
• Construction activities shall require the
use of 2010 and newer diesel haul trucks
(e.g., material delivery trucks and soil
import/export) to the extent feasible.

Under conditions where it is determined
that 2010 model year or newer diesel
trucks are not readily available or
obtainable for a project, the applicant
shall be required to provide this evidence
to the City and shall instead use trucks
Significant and
Unavoidable

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that meet USEPA 2007 model year
emissions requirements.
• Prior to January 1, 2015, all off-road
diesel-powered construction equipment
greater than 50 horsepower shall meet
Tier 3 off-road emissions standards. In
addition, all stationary construction
equipment shall be outfitted with the BACT
devices certified by CARB. Any emissions
control device used by the contractor shall
achieve emissions reductions that are no
less than what could be achieved by a
Level 3 diesel emissions control strategy
for a similarly sized engine as defined by
CARB regulations. A copy of each
equipment unit’s certified tier
specification, BACT documentation, and
CARB or SCAQMD operating permit shall
be provided to the City at the time of
mobilization of each applicable unit of
equipment.
• Post January 1, 2015, all off-road dieselpowered construction equipment greater than 50 horsepower shall meet Tier 4
emission standards, where available. In
addition, all stationary construction
equipment shall be outfitted with the BACT
devices certified by CARB. Any emissions
control device used by the contractor shall
achieve emissions reductions that are no
less than what could be achieved by a

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Level 3 diesel emissions control strategy
for a similarly sized engine as defined by
CARB regulations. A copy of each
equipment unit’s certified tier
specification, BACT documentation, and
CARB or SCAQMD operating permit shall
be provided to the City at the time of
mobilization of each applicable unit of
equipment.

MM-AQ-2: For all future discretionary projects in the Planning Area associated with implementation of the proposed
General Plan Update, the applicant for each individual
development project shall require by contract
specifications that construction-related equipment,
including heavy-duty equipment, motor vehicles, and
portable equipment, shall be turned off when not in
use for more than five minutes. Contract specification
language shall be reviewed by the City prior to
issuance of a grading permit.

MM-AQ-3: For all future discretionary projects in the Planning Area associated with implementation of the proposed
General Plan Update, the applicant for each individual
development project shall require by contract
specifications that construction operations rely on the electricity infrastructure surrounding the construction site rather than electrical generators powered by
internal combustion engines to the extent feasible.

Contract specification language shall be reviewed by
the City prior to issuance of a grading permit.

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MM-AQ-4: For all future discretionary projects in the Planning Area associated with implementation of the proposed
General Plan Update, the applicant for each individual
development project shall require by contract
specifications that all off-road construction equipment engines shall be maintained in good condition and in
proper tune per manufacturer’s specifications, to the
satisfaction of the City Engineer. Equipment
maintenance records and equipment design
specifications data sheets shall be kept onsite during
construction for periodic review by the City Inspector.

Contract specification language shall be reviewed by
the City prior to issuance of a grading permit.

MM-AQ-5: Future project-level development shall document project construction emissions prior to City approval of a project. If it is shown that a development would
generate construction-related VOC emissions
exceeding SCAQMD’s threshold, the architectural
coatings phase for that project shall use coatings and
solvents with a VOC content lower than that required
under SCAQMD Rule 1113.

MM-AQ-6: The City shall encourage all construction contractors to apply for SCAQMD “SOON” funds, which provides
funds to accelerate clean up of off-road diesel vehicles such as heavy-duty construction equipment.

Impact AQ-2: Implementation of the General
Plan Update would result in a cumulatively
considerable contribution to air quality impacts
associated with construction-related pollutant
emissions.

Potentially
Significant
Implement mitigation measures MM-AQ-1 through MM-AQ-6 listed above.

Significant and
Unavoidable

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Impact AQ-3: Implementation of the General
Plan Update could result in localized
construction-related emissions that exceed the
most stringent applicable federal and state
ambient air quality standards at nearby
sensitive receptors.

Potentially
Significant
MM-AQ-7: All future discretionary projects in the Planning Area subject to CEQA environmental review shall conduct a
project-specific localized emissions analysis that
identifies the project’s construction emissions using
either SCAQMD’s LST screening tables (for projects
that are less than five acres) or dispersion modeling
(for projects that exceed five acres in size). Where it is determined that construction emissions would exceed
the applicable LSTs or the most stringent applicable
federal or state ambient air quality standards, the
project shall reduce its daily construction intensity
(e.g., reducing the amount of equipment used daily,
reducing the amount of soil graded/excavated daily,
etc.) and/or use off-road construction equipment
outfitted with the most stringent emissions control
technology (e.g., equipment meeting Tier 4 emissions
standards) such that the project’s resulting
construction emissions would no longer exceed
SCAQMD’s LSTs or result in pollutant emissions that
would cause or contribute to an exceedance of the
most stringent applicable federal or state ambient air
quality standards.

Less than
Significant
Impact AQ-4: Implementation of the General
Plan Update could result in the exposure of
existing and new sensitive land uses to localized
TAC emissions from industrial uses.

Potentially
Significant
MM-AQ-8: New sensitive land uses occurring in the Planning Area under the proposed General Plan Update shall not be
located within a 1,000-feet distance from any existing
or proposed distribution center/warehouse facility that generates more than 100 trucks per day, more than
40 trucks with operating TRUs per day, or where TRU
unit operations exceed 300 hours per week. Under
conditions where the 1,000-feet siting distance cannot
be met, a health risk assessment (HRA) shall be
conducted to evaluate the health risks to the new
Less than
Significant

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sensitive land uses from the TAC emissions generated
from the mobile sources associated with the
distribution center/warehouse facility. Based on the
findings in the HRA, appropriate measures shall be
taken, if necessary, to reduce the cancer risk resulting from TAC-exposure from mobile sources to below 10 in
one million for the maximally-exposed individual.

These measures may include, but are not limited to,
implementation of appropriate Minimum Efficiency
Reporting Value (MERV) filters at the new sensitive
land use development.

Impact AQ-5: Implementation of the General
Plan Update would result in cumulative air
quality impacts associated with constructionrelated pollutant emissions.

Potentially
Significant
Implement mitigation measures MM-AQ-1 through MM-AQ-6 listed above.

Significant and
Unavoidable

3.5. Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Implementation of the General Plan Update would not result in significant impacts.

3.6. Noise
Impact NOI-1: New development occurring
under implementation of the General Plan
Update could exceed City noise standards under
operational conditions.

Potentially
Significant
MM-NOI-1: The City shall consider all future developments within the Planning Area to ensure their compliance with
Policies 11.1-1 through 11.2-6 in the Noise Element of
the General Plan Update and determine if operational
noise levels generated by the development would
exceed the City’s permissible noise standards for
transportation and stationary noise sources
established in the Noise Element. If City noise
standards would be exceeded, design measures shall
be taken to ensure that operational noise levels would
be reduced to levels that comply with the permissible
City noise standards to the extent feasible. These
measures may include, but are not limited to, the
erection of noise walls, use of landscaping, and/or the Significant and
Unavoidable

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design of adequate setback distances for the new
developments.

MM-NOI-2: Approval of development permits shall ensure that the operating hours of all future industrial-related
developments that are located adjacent to residential
properties within the Planning Area be restricted from
7 A.M. to 7 P.M., Sunday through Saturday, and that
noise levels generated by the industrial operation be
prohibited from exceeding 65 dBA at all times when
measured from an adjacent residential property line
pursuant to Section 18.40.050 of the City’s Municipal
Code.

Impact NOI-2: New development occurring as
part of implementation of the General Plan
Update could result in excessive groundborne
vibration levels at sensitive receptors during
construction activities.

Potentially
Significant
MM-NOI-3: Approval of development permits shall ensure that the operation of construction equipment that generates
high levels of vibration, such as large bulldozers,
loaded trucks, and caisson drills, shall be prohibited
within 45 feet of residential structures and 35 feet of institutional structures during construction of any
project-specific development in the Planning Area to
the extent feasible. Small, rubber-tired construction
equipment shall be used within this area during
demolition and/or grading operations to reduce
vibration effects, where feasible.

MM-NOI-4: Approval of development permits shall ensure that the operation of jackhammers shall be prohibited within
25 feet of existing residential structures and 20 feet of institutional structures during construction activities associated with any project-specific development in
the Planning Area, to the extent feasible.

Significant and
Unavoidable

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MM-NOI-5: Approval of development permits shall ensure that where pile driving activities are required during the
construction of any project-specific development that
is located adjacent to a sensitive receptor (e.g.,
residence, school, hospital, etc.) in the Planning Area, alternative installation methods that generates less
vibration levels (e.g., use of sonic/vibratory pile
drivers, screw piles, cast-in-place systems, pre-loading, etc.) shall be used where possible.

MM-NOI-6: Approval of development permits shall ensure that where a new development would be constructed
adjacent to an existing historic building within the
Planning Area, the project developer shall require by
contract specifications that a certified structural
engineer be retained to submit evidence that the
operation of vibration-generating equipment
associated with the new development would not result
in any structural damage to the adjacent historic
building. Contract specifications shall be included in
the construction documents for the new development,
which shall be reviewed by the City prior to issuance of a construction permit.

Impact NOI-3: Implementation of the General
Plan Update could result in substantial
temporary or periodic increases in ambient
noise levels in the project vicinity above existing
levels during construction activities.

Potentially
Significant
MM-NOI-7: The City shall ensure that project approvals within the Planning Area require that construction activities
whose specific location on a construction site may be
flexible (e.g., operation of compressors and
generators, cement mixing, general truck idling) be
conducted as far as possible from the nearest noisesensitive land uses.

Significant and
Unavoidable

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MM-NOI-8: The City shall ensure that project approvals within the Planning Area require that the use of construction
equipment or construction methods with the greatest
peak noise generation potential will be minimized.

Examples include the use of drills and jackhammers.

When impact tools (e.g., jack hammers, pavement
breakers, and caisson drills) are necessary, they shall be hydraulically or electrically powered wherever
possible.

MM-NOI-9: The City shall ensure that project approvals within the Planning Area require that stationary construction
noise sources be located as far from adjacent
receptors as possible, and they shall be muffled and
enclosed within temporary sheds, incorporate
insulation barriers, or other measures to the extent
feasible.

MM-NOI-10: The City shall ensure that project approvals within the Planning Area require that all construction truck traffic be restricted to routes approved by the City of Pico
Rivera, which shall avoid residential areas and other
sensitive receptors to the extent feasible.

MM-NOI-11: The City shall ensure that project approvals within the Planning Area require project applicants to designate a construction relations officer to serve as a liaison with surrounding residents and property owners who is
responsible for responding to any concerns regarding
construction noise and vibration. The liaison’s
telephone number(s) shall be prominently displayed at
construction locations.

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MM-NOI-12: The City shall ensure that project approvals within the Planning Area require a preconstruction meeting with
the City’s job inspector(s) and the general contractor
or onsite project manager to confirm that noise and
vibration mitigation and practices (including
construction hours, sound mufflers on equipment,
neighborhood notification, posted signs, etc.) are
implemented.

Impact NOI-4: Implementation of the General
Plan Update could expose sensitive receptors to
excessive noise under operational conditions.

Potentially
Significant
MM-NOI-13: Approval of development permits shall ensure that individual developments occurring within the Planning
Area shall minimize noise impacts from mechanical
equipment, such as ventilation and air conditioning
units, by locating equipment away from receptor
areas, installing proper acoustical shielding for the
equipment, and incorporating the use of parapets into
building design to ensure that noise levels shall not
exceed the noise level standards for stationary noise
sources in the Noise Element of the General Plan
Update.

MM-NOI-14: All new commercial and industrial uses occurring within the Planning Area shall locate, to the extent
feasible, their respective loading areas on the opposite side of the building where an adjacent noise-sensitive
land use (e.g., residential, school, hospital, etc.) is located in order to direct the truck-related noise levels away from these uses.

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ensure that truck-related noise levels shall not exceed the ambient noise level on the premises of adjacent
residential properties by more than five decibels.

3.7. Hydrology and Water Quality
Impact GRW-1: Implementation of the General
Plan Update could result in an exceedance of
PRWA and PWD allowable pumping allocation
rights from the Central Basin and could result in
a water supply shortfall within the Planning
Area.

Potentially
Significant
MM-GRW-1: The City shall not approve development beyond anticipated 2025 growth projections until securing
additional water supplies or demonstrating in the
UWMPs or project-specific Water Supply Assessment
that water supply amounts are available to meet
existing and project water demand.

Less than
Significant

3.8. Public Services
Impact PS-1: Implementation of the General
Plan Update could result in increased demands
for police resources, including additional patrol
deputies, other sworn personnel, support staff,
and attendant equipment, which would exceed
the capacity of the existing Pico Rivera Sheriff
Station requiring new or expanded facilities for
police protection.

Potentially
Significant
MM-PS-1: The City shall explore the feasibility of adopting development impact fees that require new
development to fund its fair share of improvements
that are needed to maintain law enforcement service
standards, facilities, and equipment.

MM-PS-2: City staff shall coordinate with LASD to plan upgrades and expansion of their existing facility, or to identify sites for a new facility, in order to accommodate the
additional police protection resources that will be
required to adequately meet the demand generated by
the proposed General Plan Update.

Less than
Significant

3.9. Recreation
Implementation of the General Plan Update would not result in significant impacts.

3.10. Utilities and Service Systems
Impact Util-1: Implementation of the proposed
General Plan Update could result in an
exceedance of PRWA and PWD allowable
pumping allocation rights from the Central Basin
Potentially
Significant
Implement mitigation measure MM-GRW-1 listed above. Less than Significant

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and could result in a water supply shortfall
within the Planning Area.

Impact Util-2: Without demonstration of
adequate water supply, implementation of the
proposed General Plan Update could result
cumulatively considerable water supply and
infrastructure impacts.

Potentially
Significant
Implement mitigation measure MM-GRW-1 listed above. Less than Significant
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2 Project Description
The City initiated a comprehensive update to its Zoning Code (Title 18 of the Municipal Code) for the primary purpose of ensuring consistency with the 2014 General Plan. The Comprehensive Zoning Code Update (proposed Project or Project) includes both text and map amendments to reflect the goals, policies, and implementation measures in the City’s General Plan. In addition to changes for General Plan consistency, the Project reflects updates to comply with relevant State and federal laws. The Project adds permitted uses and development and design standards to better reflect current conditions, desired trends, and best planning practices. The Project restructures and reorganizes the existing Zoning Code and creates new chapters within a 5-division organization system to improve navigability and legibility. Throughout the Zoning Code update, new chapters, tables, and figures have been included to simplify and organize existing regulations. Overall, the Project would be adopted through an ordinance repealing and replacing Title 18.

2.1 Project Location and Setting
Project Site
The Project is proposed within the City of Pico Rivera, a city located in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, as shown in Figure 1, Regional Location and Local Vicinity Map. Given the citywide nature of the Project, the “Project Site” herein refers to the entire City limits, which is approximately 5,670 acres in size (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

As shown in Figure 2, Project Site, the City is surrounded by the City of Downey to the south, the City of Montebello to the west, and the cities of Whittier and Santa Fe Springs to the east. Regional access to the City is available from Interstate 5 (I-5) to the south, and the I-605 freeway to the east.

Additionally, for informational purposes, the City’s designated Sphere of Influence (SOI) roughly matches the City’s municipal boundaries except on the eastern edge of the city where the SOI extends east of the San Gabriel River to approximately the I-605 freeway, between Washington Boulevard and Beverly Boulevard. For the purposes this Addendum, the Project would not apply to the City’s SOI. While properties within the SOI are critical to the City’s planning efforts and integrated infrastructure, this area is under the jurisdiction of the County of Los Angeles as unincorporated areas (City of Pico Rivera 2014c).

Existing Conditions
Under existing conditions, the City is characterized as a suburban residential community with major commercial development along east-west corridors and industrial areas. The City’s General Plan designates land throughout the city with 12 different land use designations that regulate residential land uses, business-oriented land uses, community and public land uses, and mixed-use development. The City’s existing Zoning Code includes 25 different zones, including 16 base zones, three planned unit development zones, three Specific Plan zones, and three overlay districts.

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2.2 Project Description

2.2.1 Comprehensive Zoning Code Update
The Project proposes the restructuring of the City’s Zoning Code into a 5-division organizational system. The following discussion summarizes the scope of changes within each division.

Division I. General Provisions
This new division includes a chapter that addresses legislative intent, authority, and severability. The new chapter (Chapter 18.01) more specifically compiles various chapters and sections within the existing municipal code that relate to general provisions of the municipal and zoning code, including interpretation of regulations, applicability, and purpose and authority. This division includes minor modification and text revisions to clean up the language.

No physical changes to the environment would occur with the adoption of this division.

Division 2. Administrative Provisions
This new division includes chapters that establish provisions for the administration of the Zoning Code and zoning actions, processes, and procedures.

Chapter 18.03 (Administration). This chapter establishes a decision-making section which clean ups existing language and expands on the powers and duties of bodies and officials like the City Council, Planning Commission, and Zoning Administrator to expand, clarify, and identify the review authority for permits and approvals.

Chapter 18.04 (Procedures). This new chapter establishes fees, application procedures (processing, criteria to determine if complete or incomplete, etc.), and revises public noticing requirements to streamline and simplify implementation for permits and approvals.

Chapter 18.05 (Permits and Approvals). This new chapter consolidates permits and approvals into one chapter, replaces the Precise Plan of Design with an Administrative Use Permit, and revises the required findings for the Administrative Use Permit and Conditional Use Permit to simplify and standardize. This chapter also establishes the Zoning Consistency Review process, which is silent in the existing code.

Chapter 18.08 (Development Agreements). This new chapter would establish the applicability, review authority, and procedures for development agreements consistent with procedures outlined in State law. Additional minor text revisions include updates for consistency with State law for certain nonconforming uses, reasonable accommodations procedures, and timing limits for review of permits and other approvals.

Division 3. Zones and Zone-Specific Standards
This new division details zone-specific regulations for all zones, including overlays and specific plans. These regulations cover permitted land uses, development standards, and design guidelines.

Chapter 18.11 (Residential Zones). This chapter updates the allowed use listing and development standards for residential zones to clean up language describing the intent and purpose of the residential zones, update antiquated regulations, and reflect best practices in its land uses and design and development standards. The allowed use table for residential zones identifies which uses are allowed by right, require administrative review,

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require a use permit, or are not allowed. This table also includes references to the special use provisions listed in Division 4 (Citywide and Supplemental Regulations). There are no significant changes in use or zone classifications other than name modifications to distinguish between the two residential medium zones, as follows:
 “Multiple-Family Residential, Variable” has been renamed to “Multiple-Family Residential Medium Density” (R-M-M) zone; and
 “Multiple-Family Residential” has been renamed to “Multiple-Family Residential High Density” (R-M-H) zone Chapter 18.12 (Commercial Zones). This chapter updates the allowed use listing and development standards for commercial zones to clean up language describing the intent and purpose of the commercial zones, update antiquated regulations, and reflect best practices in its land uses and design and development standards. The allowed use table for commercial zones identifies which uses are allowed by right, require administrative review, require a use permit, or are not allowed. This table also includes references to the special use provisions listed in Division 4 (Citywide and Supplemental Regulations). New design standards for commercial buildings have been included. This chapter also removed the Neighborhood Commercial (C-N) zone.

Chapter 18.13 (Industrial Zones). This chapter updates the allowed use listing and development standards for industrial zones to clean up language describing the intent and purpose of the industrial zones, update antiquated regulations, and reflect best practices in its land uses and design and development standards. The allowed use table for industrial zones identifies which uses are allowed by right, require administrative review, require a use permit, or are not allowed. New design standards for industrial building have been included. There are no significant changes proposed in use or zone classifications.

Chapter 18.15 (Overlay Zones). This chapter compiles various zones that are applied as an overlay to a base zone, including the Emergency Shelter Overlay zone and Mixed-Use Overlay zone. Updates include deferring to the base zone for uses and development and design standards as well as clarifying any additional uses and/or development and design standards that apply. There are no significant changes proposed in use or overlay zone classifications other than name modifications to the two Mixed Use Overlay zones, as follows:
 The Mixed-Use Overlay (MUO) zone and Residential-40 zones are intended to implement the City’s Housing Element. The zones have been renamed to the Mixed-Use (MU) zone and are instead distinguished by the permitted maximum density permitted, such as the M-U-30 and M-U-40 zones.

Division 4. Citywide and Supplemental Standards
This new division includes chapters that establish Citywide regulations for parking, signs, density bonus, regardless of zones. This division also includes regulations specific to special uses, such as animals, drive-thru establishments, and telecommunication facilities. See the Public Review Draft of the City of Pico Rivera Title 18 Zoning Code, as circulated in December 2024 and incorporated by referenced, for more details (City of Pico Rivera 2024).

Chapter 18.17 (Purpose and Applicability). This new chapter establishes the application of the division and clarifies in the case of a conflict, the more stringent standards apply.

Chapter 18.18 (General Site Standards). This chapter provides new and revised general site standard regulations related to access and circulation, requirements for fences, walls, and hedges, landscaping, lighting, and projections into setbacks. Updates to general site standards include general clean up language, removing

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antiquated regulations, and to address existing problems and reflect best practices. See the Public Review Draft of the City of Pico Rivera Title 18 Zoning Code, as circulated in December 2024 and incorporated by referenced, for more details (City of Pico Rivera 2024).

Chapter 18.19 (Off-Street Parking and Loading Standards). This chapter has been updated to simplify parking requirements, align with land use changes in Division 3, and adopt industry best practices for parking space dimensions and loading areas. See the Public Review Draft of the City of Pico Rivera Title 18 Zoning Code, as circulated in December 2024 and incorporated by referenced, for more details (City of Pico Rivera 2024).

Chapter 18.20 (Sign Standards). This chapter has been reformatted and revised to make it easier to read and understand. Most of the existing sign standards remained the same. New sections were added to clarify the information to be included in a master sign program and calculating the area of signs. See the Public Review Draft of the City of Pico Rivera Title 18 Zoning Code, as circulated in December 2024 and incorporated by referenced, for more details (City of Pico Rivera 2024).

Chapter 18.21 (Performance Standards). This new chapter compiles regulations embedded within the current zoning code and notes system which apply to performance standards. Additional regulations and revisions have been included based on best practices.

Chapter 18.22 (Standards for Special Uses and Activities). This chapter includes supplemental regulations for special uses and activities as permitted in Division 3 (Zones and Zone-Specific Standards) that require special standards to mitigate their potential adverse impacts. This chapter updates existing regulations or incorporates recently adopted regulations for compliance with state or federal law, address existing issues, and to reflect best practices for the following uses:
 Accessory uses
 Accessory dwelling units
 Adult-oriented businesses
 Alcohol sales
 Antennas
 Animal keeping
 Automated teller machine
 Automobile Service and repair facilities
 Cottage food operations
 Drive-through establishments
 Family day care homes
 Group Homes
 Home occupations
 Massage Establishments
 Outdoor dining
 Recycling facilities
 Retail/Shopping Centers
 Efficiency Units

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 Telecommunications Facilities
 Thrift Stores
Chapter 18.23 (Affordable Housing Density Bonus). This chapter revises the existing regulations for compliance with recent updates to state law.

Division 5. Definitions And Measurements
This new division includes two chapters, one for definitions for both terms and uses, and another chapter for rules of measurement or calculations for items such as FAR, setbacks, and height. See the Public Review Draft of the City of Pico Rivera Title 18 Zoning Code, as circulated in December 2024 and incorporated by referenced, for more details (City of Pico Rivera 2024). No physical changes to the environment would occur with the adoption of this division.

Chapter 18.25 (Definition). This chapter updates and expands existing definitions to include new terms used in the updated Zoning Code, including updated use type/class listing to consolidate uses in Division 3.

Chapter 18.26 (Rules of Measurement). This chapter provides existing and new regulations for how various measurements referred to within this Title shall be calculated. This measurement practice is consistent with current practice but was silent in the previous code.

2.2.2 Zone Changes
As discussed under the proposed changes to Division 3 of the Zoning Code, select zones would be amended for ease of use and land use consistency with the General Plan land use designations. Table 2 and Figure 3, Proposed Zoning Map, demonstrate the proposed changes. No physical changes to the environment would occur with the adoption of these name changes.

Table 2. Zone Name Changes and Deletions
Existing Zone Name New Zone Name or Deletion
Multiple-Family Residential Multiple-Family Residential High Density (R-M-H) zone Multiple-Family Residential, Variable Multiple-Family Residential Medium Density (R-M-M) zone Mixed-Use Overlay Mixed-Use 30 (M-U-30) zone
R-40 Overlay Mixed-Use 40 (M-U-40) zone
Neighborhood Commercial (C-N) Deleted- No longer in use Source: City of Pico Rivera 2024 (Table 18.10.010.A)

2.2.3 General Plan Amendment
Implementation of the proposed Project would require a General Plan amendment, specifically to General Plan Appendix A, Zoning Compatibility Matrix, which would be updated to reflect the new zone names (see Attachment A). In addition, General Plan Table 3-2, General Plan Land Use Categories, would be updated to include a 0.5 floor area ratio standard for Rural Residential and Low Density Residential (see Attachment B).

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2.2.4 Updates Applicable References to Title 18
The Project would update references in Title 5 (Business Licenses and Regulations), Title 8 (Health and Safety), Title 9 (Public Peace, Morals and Welfare), Title 12 (Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places), Title 15 (Buildings and Construction), and Title 17 (Subdivisions) to reflect updated chapter and section references in Title 18 as a result of the Project. No physical changes to the environment would occur with the adoption of these text references.

2.2.5 Project-Related Growth
Given that the primary purpose of the proposed Project is to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan, implementation of the Project is assumed to be consistent with the General Plan’s development potential as planned for the year 2035. Table 3, below, details the proposed buildout of the General Plan.

Table 3. General Plan Development Potential (2035)
Land Use Designation
Acres
Density (du/ac)/
Intensity (FAR) Development Capacity

Units/ Square
Feet
Population/
Employees
Residential
Rural Residential (RR) 78 2 156 588 residents
Low Density Residential
(LDR)
1,837 6 11,022 41,553 residents
Medium Density Residential
(MDR)
60 14 840 3,167 residents
High Density Residential
(HDR)
179 30 4,475 16,871 residents
Business Oriented
Commercial (C) 152 0.75 3,310,560 4,555 employees
Light Industrial (LI) 172 0.6 2,996,928 2,757 employees General Industrial (I) 366 0.6 7,971,480 6,696 employees Community and Public Land Uses
Parks/Open Space (P-OS) 252 -- -- --
Public Facilities (PF) 1,382 -- -- --
Mixed-Use Development
Mixed-Use (MU)
Housing Element Sites 73 1.0 FAR – 50%
30 du/ac – 50%
1,414 du
557,241 sf
5,331 residents
947 employees
Other MU Sites 27 1.0 FAR – 50%
30 du/ac – 50%
242 du
351,529 sf
913 residents
325 employees
Specific Plan (SP)
SP 301 12 Per SP 301 159 409 residents

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Table 3. General Plan Development Potential (2035)
SP 400 216 Per SP 400 3,611,847 3,910 employees
Right-of-Way 864 -- -- --
Total 5,670 -- 18,308 units
22,513,076 sf
68,831 residents
22,905 employees
Source: City of Pico Rivera 2014 (Table 2-4)
Notes: du = dwelling unit. du/ac = dwelling unit per acre. FAR = Floor Area Ratio. “—” represents not applicable data.

As shown above, the General Plan is anticipated to have a buildout of 18,308 housing units, 22,513,076 square feet of non-residential development, and a total of 68,831 residents and 22,905 employees within the City by 2035. Since the adoption of the General Plan in 2014, existing conditions have changed. As such, Table 4 details the buildout assumptions from Table 4 and compares them to 2024 existing conditions. As shown below, existing conditions in 2024 are within 2035 projections for housing and population. However, the City is exceeding employment projections as anticipated under the General Plan.

Table 4. General Plan Compared to Existing Conditions
Existing Conditions (2024) General Plan Buildout (2035) c Comparison
(2035-2024)
Dwelling Units 17,557 a 18,308 751
Residents 60,820 a 68,831 8,011
Employment 29,700 b 22,905 (6,795)
Source:
a DOF 2024
b California Open Data Portal 2024
c Table 4 of this document
Notes: du = dwelling unit. du/ac = dwelling unit per acre. FAR = Floor Area Ratio. “—” represents not applicable data.

2.3 Discretionary Actions
The City of Pico Rivera as the lead agency is seeking the following approvals for the Project.  Repeal and Replace Title 18, Zoning of the Pico Rivera Municipal Code  Code Amendment to update several titles of the Pico Rivera Municipal Code  Adoption of General Plan Amendment No 63
 Adoption of Zone Reclassification No. 330
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3 Environmental Analysis

1. Project title:

Comprehensive Zoning Code Update Project

2. Lead agency name and address:

City of Pico Rivera
Community and Economic Development Department
Planning Division
6615 Passons Blvd.

Pico Rivera, CA 90660

3. Contact person and contact information:

Estefany Franco
Planner
Planning Division
(562) 801-4026
[email protected]

4. Project location:

The Project Site encompasses the entire City of Pico Rivera as the Project is citywide in nature.

5. Project sponsor’s name and address:

City of Pico Rivera
Community and Economic Development Department
6615 Passons Blvd.

Pico Rivera, CA 90660

6. General plan designation:

Multiple

7. Zoning:

Multiple

8. Description of project. (Describe the whole action involved, including but not limited to later phases of the project, and any secondary, support, or off-site features necessary for its implementation. Attach additional sheets if necessary):

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan and includes both text and map amendments to reflect the goals, policies, and implementation measures in

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the City’s General Plan. In addition to changes for General Plan consistency, the Project reflects updates to comply with relevant State and federal laws. The Project adds permitted uses and development and design standards to better reflect current conditions, desired trends, and best planning practices. The Project restructures and reorganizes the existing Zoning Code and creates new chapters within a 5-division organization system to improve navigability and legibility.

9. Surrounding land uses and setting (Briefly describe the project’s surroundings):

North: Bosque Del Rio Hondo, Whittier Narrows Natural Area, Whittier Narrows Recreation Area, State Route 60 South: City of Downey, Interstate 5
East: City of Whittier, City of Santa Fe Springs, Interstate 605 West: City of Montebello, City of Commerce

10. Other public agencies whose approval is required (e.g., permits, financing approval, or participation agreement):

None required.

11. Have California Native American tribes traditionally and culturally affiliated with the project area requested consultation pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21080.3.1? If so, is there a plan for consultation that includes, for example, the determination of significance of impacts to tribal cultural resources, procedures regarding confidentiality, etc.?
Not Applicable. AB 52 requires that tribal cultural resources be evaluated under CEQA. However, pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080.3.1(b), AB 52 consultation does not apply in this case because the environmental document is not a Negative Declaration, Mitigated Negative Declaration, or Environmental Impact Report and is instead an Addendum to a previously prepared CEQA document.

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Environmental Factors Potentially Affected
New significant environmental effects or substantially more severe significant environmental effects compared to those identified in the previous CEQA document. The subject areas checked below were determined to be new significant environmental effects or to be previously identified effects that have a substantial increase in severity either due to a change in project, change in circumstances or new information of substantial importance, as indicated by the checklist and discussion on the following pages.

Aesthetics Agriculture and
Forestry Resources
Air Quality
Biological Resources Cultural Resources Energy
Geology and Soils Greenhouse Gas
Emissions
Hazards and Hazardous
Materials
Hydrology and Water Quality Land Use and
Planning
Mineral Resources
Noise Population and
Housing
Public Services
Recreation Transportation Tribal Cultural Resources
Utilities and Service Systems Wildfire Mandatory Findings of Significance

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Determination
On the basis of this initial evaluation:

No substantial changes are proposed in the project and there are no substantial changes in the circumstances under which the project will be undertaken that will require major revisions to the previous approved ND or MND or certified EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects. In addition, there is no "new information of substantial importance" as defined in CEQA Guidelines Section 15162(a)(3). Therefore, the previously adopted ND or MND or previously certified EIR adequately discusses the potential impacts of the project without modification.

No substantial changes are proposed in the project and there are no substantial changes in the circumstances under which the project will be undertaken that will require major revisions to the previous approved ND or MND or certified EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects. In addition, there is no "new information of substantial importance" as defined in CEQA Guidelines Section 15162(a)(3). Therefore, the previously adopted ND, MND or previously certified EIR adequately discusses the potential impacts of the project; however, minor changes require the preparation of an ADDENDUM.

Substantial changes are proposed in the project or there are substantial changes in the circumstances under which the project will be undertaken that will require major revisions to the previous adopted ND, MND or certified EIR due to the involvement of significant new environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects. Or, there is "new information of substantial importance," as defined in CEQA Guidelines Section 15162(a)(3). However, all new potentially significant environmental effects or substantial increases in the severity of previously identified significant effects are clearly reduced to below a level of significance through the incorporation of mitigation measures agreed to by the project applicant. Therefore, a SUBSEQUENT MND is required.

Substantial changes are proposed in the project or there are substantial changes in the circumstances under which the project will be undertaken that will require major revisions to the previously certified EIR due to the involvement of significant new environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects. Or, there is "new information of substantial importance," as defined in CEQA Guidelines Section 15162(a)(3). However, only minor changes or additions or changes would be necessary to make the previously certified EIR adequate for the project in the changed situation. Therefore, a SUPPLEMENTAL EIR is required.

Signature Date

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Evaluation of Environmental Impacts
A finding of “No New Impact/No Impact” means that the potential impact was fully analyzed and/or mitigated in the prior CEQA document and no new or different impacts will result from the proposed activity.

A brief explanation is required for all answers except "No New Impact/No Impact" answers that are adequately supported by the information sources a lead agency cites in the parentheses following each question. A "No New Impact/No Impact" answer is adequately supported if the referenced information sources show that the impact simply does not apply to projects like the one involved (e.g. the project falls outside a fault rupture zone). A "No New Impact/No Impact" answer should be explained where it is based on project-specific factors as well as general standards (e.g. the project will not expose sensitive receptors to pollutants, based on a project-specific screening analysis).

A finding of “New Mitigation is Required” means that the project have a new potentially significant impact on the environment or a substantially more severe impact than analyzed in the previously approved or certified CEQA document and that new mitigation is required to address the impact.

A finding of “New Potentially Significant Impact” means that the project may have a new potentially significant impact on the environment or a substantially more severe impact than analyzed in the previously approved or certified CEQA document that cannot be mitigated to below a level of significance or be avoided.

A finding of “Reduced Impact” means that a previously infeasible mitigation measure is now available, or a previously infeasible alternative is now available that will reduce a significant impact identified in the previously prepared environmental document.

All answers must take account of the whole action involved, including off-site as well as on-site, cumulative as well as project-level, indirect as well as direct, and construction as well as operational impacts.

Earlier analyses may be used where, pursuant to the tiering, program EIR, or other CEQA process, an effect has been adequately analyzed in an earlier EIR or negative declaration. Section 15063(c)(3)(D). In this case, a brief discussion should identify the following:
a. Earlier Analysis Used. Identify and state where they are available for review. b. Impacts Adequately Addressed. Identify which effects from the above checklist were within the scope of and adequately analyzed in an earlier document pursuant to applicable legal standards, and state whether such effects were addressed by mitigation measures based on the earlier analysis. Describe the mitigation measures which were incorporated or refined from the earlier document and the extent to which they address site-specific conditions for the proposed action. c. Infeasible Mitigation Measures. Since the previous EIR was certified or previous ND or MND was adopted, discuss any mitigation measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible that would in fact be feasible or that are considerably different from those previously analyzed and would substantially reduce one or more significant effects of the project, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measures or alternatives.
d. Changes in Circumstances. Since the previous EIR was certified or previous ND or MND was adopted, discuss any changes in the project, changes in circumstances under which the project is undertaken and/or “new information of substantial importance” that cause a change in conclusion regarding one or more effects discussed in the original document.

Lead agencies are encouraged to incorporate into the checklist references to information sources for potential impacts (e.g., general plans, zoning ordinances). Reference to a previously prepared or outside

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document should, where appropriate, include a reference to the page or pages where the statement is substantiated.

Supporting Information Sources: A source list should be attached, and other sources used or individuals contacted should be cited in the discussion.

This is only a suggested form, and lead agencies are free to use different formats; however, lead agencies should normally address the questions from this checklist that are relevant to a project’s environmental effects in whatever format is selected.

The explanation of each issue should identify:
a. The significance criteria or threshold, if any, used to evaluate each question; b. Differences between the proposed activity and the previously approved project described in the approved ND or MND or certified EIR; and
c. The previously approved mitigation measure identified, if any, to reduce the impact to less than significance.

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3.1 Aesthetics

New
Potentially
Significant
Impact
New Mitigation
is Required
No New/ No
Impact
Reduced
Impact
I. AESTHETICS – Except as provided in Public Resources Code Section 21099, would the project:
a) Have a substantial adverse effect on a
scenic vista?
b) Substantially damage scenic
resources, including, but not limited to,
trees, rock outcroppings, and historic
buildings within a state scenic
highway?
c) In non-urbanized areas, substantially
degrade the existing visual character or
quality of public views of the site and
its surroundings? (Public views are
those that are experienced from
publicly accessible vantage point). If
the project is in an urbanized area,
would the project conflict with
applicable zoning and other regulations
governing scenic quality?
d) Create a new source of substantial light
or glare which would adversely affect
day or nighttime views in the area?
General Plan EIR Analysis Summary
Aesthetic impacts were analyzed in the General Plan EIR on pages 3.2-1 through 3.2-9. Potential impacts on scenic vistas and resources, degradation of the existing visual character or quality of the site, sources of light and glare, and cumulative impacts were evaluated. The EIR concluded that the General Plan’s aesthetic impacts on scenic vistas, scenic resources within a State scenic highway, degradation of existing visual character or quality, or sources of light and glare, and cumulative impacts would be less than significant.

Zoning Code Update Analysis
a) Would the project have a substantial adverse effect on a scenic vista? No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, scenic resources within the City include views of the spreading ground of the Rio Hondo and the San Gabriel River from adjacent roads and intermittent views of the San Gabriel Mountains from major thoroughfares. The City is almost entirely developed with urban uses, and includes developed open space with parks and recreational facilities (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Given this, the EIR anticipates that future development allowed under the General Plan would primarily consist of infill and redevelopment projects and would be of similar scale and design that is predominant in the City where building heights are not expected to encroach upon views of the mountains or of the spreading grounds.

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Furthermore, the General Plan includes goals and policies that would enhance and reinforce the contribution to community character that the spreading grounds provide, and that would ensure that impacts to scenic vistas would be less than significant (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). As such, the EIR determined that impacts to scenic vistas would be less than significant.

The Project is proposed to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan.

There are no significant changes proposed in use or zoning classifications. The Project would not directly result impacts to aesthetics. However, implementation of the Project could indirectly impact existing scenic vistas. Future development projects facilitated under the proposed Project would be consistent with the development assumptions under the General Plan. In addition, the Project would require projects to comply with the new divisions of the Zoning Code, which would reduce impacts to scenic vistas. New Divisions 3 and 4 of the Zoning Code would require specific standards prior to City approval. Thus, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts to scenic vistas from those previously identified. No further analysis is required.
b) Would the project substantially damage scenic resources, including, but not limited to, trees, rock outcroppings, and historic buildings within a state scenic highway? No New Impact. The EIR determined there would be no impact to scenic resources within a State scenic highway as State scenic highways do not currently exist in the City or in the vicinity of the City (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

Under existing conditions, there are no officially designated State scenic highways within the City or in the vicinity of the City (Caltrans 2019). As such, there are no changes in conditions, new information, or change of circumstances leading to new or substantially worse significant impacts to a State scenic highway. The proposed Project would not result in new or different impacts as presented within the impact analysis of the 2014 General Plan EIR. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in no impact. Implementation of proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts related to scenic resources within a State scenic highway from those previously identified. No further analysis required.
c) In non-urbanized areas, substantially degrade the existing visual character or quality of public views of the site and its surroundings? (Public views are those that are experienced from publicly accessible vantage point). If the project is in an urbanized area, would the project conflict with applicable zoning and other regulations governing scenic quality?
No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, the 2014 General Plan would result in redevelopment and infill development throughout the City. Within areas where new development or redevelopment would occur, implementation of the General Plan would gradually alter the visual character of the City especially for undeveloped lands that would be replaced with urban improvements. Within areas proposed for redevelopment, the appearance of underutilized sites would also be altered as they are replaced within newer developments and/or different uses. The General Plan Update also proposed improvements aimed to enhance the visual quality of the City through the utilization of design standards that would create more identity and better define the community character of the City (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Additionally, the General Plan includes policies to ensure that impacts relating to visual character and quality would be reduced.

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California Public Resources Code Section 21071 defines an “urbanized area” as “(a) an incorporated city that meets either of the following criteria: (1) Has a population of at least 100,000 persons, or (2) Has a population of less than 100,000 persons if the population of that city and not more than two contiguous incorporated cities combined equals at least 100,000 persons.” As detailed in Table 4, above, 60,820 people reside in the City (DOF 2024). As shown in Figure 2, Project Site, the City is surrounded by the City of Downey to the south, the City of Montebello to the west, and the cities of Whittier and Santa Fe Springs to the east. As such, the City’s existing population in combination with the cities of Whittier (30,791 residents) and Downey (36,477 residents) total over 100,000 persons (DOF 2024). As such, the City is considered an urbanized area. Therefore, a significant impact would occur in the event the Project conflicts with applicable zoning and other regulations governing scenic quality.

The Project would not conflict with applicable zoning and other regulations governing scenic quality. Future development projects would be required to comply with the regulations proposed under the Project, which includes design standards to better reflect current conditions, desired trends, and best planning practices.

As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the 2014 General Plan EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Implementation of the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts related to applicable zoning governing scenic quality from those identified. No further analysis required.
d) Would the project create a new source of substantial light or glare which would adversely affect day or nighttime views in the area?
No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, the General Plan would allow for future development of residential and non-residential land uses throughout the City which could introduce new sources of light and glare. These potential new sources of light and glare would be visible from development along adjacent roadways and to light-sensitive receptors such as residents and traveling motorists. However, all lighting installed with future developments would be required to comply with the lighting standards identified in the City’s Municipal Code (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). The EIR determined that compliance with the City’s Municipal Code would ensure proper design, installation, and operation of all exterior lighting, thereby reducing the potential for glare effects, light spillover onto adjacent properties, and conflicts with adjacent land uses. Therefore, the EIR determined that impacts relating to light and glare would be less than significant.

Under the proposed Project, future development would continue to adhere to the requirements of the City’s Municipal Code (such as the proposed Zoning Code Update) that would reduce light and glare impacts. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would be less than significant. The proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts related to light and glare from those previously identified. No further analysis required.

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3.2 Agriculture and Forestry Resources

New
Potentially
Significant
Impact
New Mitigation
is Required
No New/ No
Impact
Reduced
Impact
II. AGRICLTURE AND FORESTRY RESOURCES – In determining whether impacts to agricultural resources are significant environmental effects, lead agencies may refer to the California Agricultural Land Evaluation and Site Assessment Model (1997) prepared by the California Dept. Conservation as an optional model to use in assessing impacts on agriculture and farmland. In determining whether impacts to forest resources, including timberland, are significant environmental effects, lead agencies may refer to information compiled by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection regarding the state’s inventory of forest land, including the Forest and Range Assessment Project and the Forest Legacy Assessment project; and forest carbon measurement methodology provided in Forest Protocols adopted by the California Air Resources Board. Would the project:
a) Convert Prime Farmland, Unique
Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide
Importance (Farmland), as shown on
the maps prepared pursuant to the
Farmland Mapping and Monitoring
Program of the California Resources
Agency, to non-agricultural use?
b) Conflict with existing zoning for
agricultural use, or a Williamson Act
contract?
c) Conflict with existing zoning for, or
cause rezoning of, forest land (as
defined in Public Resources Code
section 12220(g)), timberland (as
defined by Public Resources Code
section 4526), or timberland zoned
Timberland Production (as defined by
Government Code section 51104(g))?
d) Result in the loss of forest land or
conversion of forest land to non-forest
use?
e) Involve other changes in the existing
environment which, due to their
location or nature, could result in
conversion of Farmland, to nonagricultural use or conversion of forest land to non-forest use?
General Plan EIR Analysis Summary
Impacts to agricultural and forestry resources were analyzed in Chapter 5, CEQA-Mandated Sections, of the General Plan EIR on page 5-1. The EIR determined that the General Plan does not include any zoning or resources related to agricultural, forestry, or timberland uses, and that there are no lands subject to

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Williamson Act contracts within the City, and therefore there would be no impact regarding agricultural and forestry resources.

Zoning Code Update Analysis
a) Would the project convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide Importance (Farmland), as shown on the maps prepared pursuant to the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program of the California Resources Agency, to non-agricultural use? No New Impact. The EIR states that the City is not located in an area that consists of Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide Importance designations and that the City is largely built out with residential, commercial, and industrial uses. Therefore, the EIR determined there would be no impact to agricultural and forestry resources (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

The Project would not result in the conversion of farmland to non-agricultural uses. As such, the Project would not create a new or substantially worse significant impact with respect to farmland. Furthermore, there are no changes in circumstances or new information related to farmland within the City. Therefore, the Project would result in no impacts to farmland, consistent with the EIR. Given this, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts from those previously identified in the EIR. No further analysis required.
b) Would the project conflict with existing zoning for agricultural use, or a Williamson Act contract? No New Impact. The EIR identified that Williamson Act contracts do not exist within the City and that the City does not include zoning for agricultural use. As such, there would be no impact (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

The Project, which serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan, would not create new agricultural zones nor would it conflict with existing zoning for agricultural use.

Additionally, there are no Williamson Act contracts within the City under existing conditions (DOC 2023). No impact would occur under the proposed Project. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts from those previously identified in the EIR. No further analysis required. c) Would the project conflict with existing zoning for, or cause rezoning of, forest land (as defined in Public Resources Code section 12220(g)), timberland (as defined by Public Resources Code section 4526), or timberland zoned Timberland Production (as defined by Government Code section 51104(g))? No New Impact. The EIR identified that that the City does not contain land zoned for forestry uses and that the City is largely built out with residential, commercial, and industrial uses. As such, the EIR determined there would be no impact with respect to zoning for forest land, timberland, or timberland zoned Timberland Production (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

The analysis within the EIR is consistent with the impacts associated with the proposed Project. The Project, which serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update, would not create a new or substantially worse significant impact with respect to zoning for forest land, timberland, or timberland zoned Timberland Production. Furthermore, there would be no change in circumstances or new information related to zoning of forest land, timberland, or timberland zoned

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Timberland Production. The City does not contain forest land or timberland, and no conflicts with forest land zoning would occur as part of implementation of the Project. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to forest land or timberland zoning from those previously identified in the EIR. No further analysis required.
d) Would the project result in the loss of forest land or conversion of forest land to non-forest use? No New Impact. The EIR identified that that the City does not have any land dedicated to or zoned for forestry uses and that the City is largely built out with residential, commercial, and industrial uses. As such, the EIR identified that there would be no impact (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

The City does not contain forest land or timberland, and no loss of forest land would occur as part of the proposed Project. As such, the analysis within the EIR remains accurate with respect to the proposed Project. The Project, which serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update, would not create a new or substantially worse significant impact with respect to the loss of forest land or conversion of forest land to non-forest use. Furthermore, there would be no changed circumstances or new information related to the loss of forest land or conversion of forest land to nonforest use. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to loss or conversion of forest land from those previously identified. No further analysis required. e) Would the project involve other changes in the existing environment which, due to their location or nature, could result in conversion of Farmland, to non-agricultural use or conversion of forest land to non-forest use?
No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, the City does not have any land dedicated to or zoned for any agricultural or forestry uses and is largely built out with residential, commercial, and industrial uses.

Implementation of the General Plan would not create conflicts involving agricultural or forest zoning and would not result in other changes to the existing environment which, due to their location or nature, could result in conversion of farmland or forests, to non-agricultural or non-forestry use. As such, no impact was determined (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. .The proposed action would not create a new or substantially worse significant impact with respect to conversion of Farmland to non-agricultural use or conversion of forest land to non-forest use. Neither would there be changed circumstances or new information related to conversion of Farmland, to nonagricultural use or conversion of forest land to non-forest use. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR, and no impacts would occur. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to other changes in the environment that could result in conversion of farmland or forest land from those previously identified. No further analysis required.

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3.3 Air Quality

New
Potentially
Significant
Impact
New Mitigation
is Required
No New/ No
Impact
Reduced
Impact
III. AIR QUALITY – Where available, the significance criteria established by the applicable air quality management district or air pollution control district may be relied upon to make the following determinations. Would the project:
a) Conflict with or obstruct
implementation of the applicable air
quality plan?
b) Result in a cumulatively considerable
net increase of any criteria pollutant for
which the project region is
nonattainment under an applicable
federal or state ambient air quality
standard (including releasing
emissions that exceed quantitative
thresholds for ozone precursors)?
c) Expose sensitive receptors to
substantial pollutant concentrations?
d) Result in other emissions (such as
those leading to odors) adversely
affecting a substantial number of
people?
General Plan EIR Analysis Summary
Air quality impacts were analyzed in the General Plan EIR on pages 3.4-1 through 3.4-35. The EIR evaluated potential impacts relating to whether buildout of the General Plan would conflict with or obstruct implementation of an applicable air quality plan, violate any air quality standards or contribute to an existing or projected air quality violation, result in cumulatively considerable increases in criteria air pollutants, expose sensitive receptors to substantial pollutant concentrations, or create objectionable odors. The EIR determined that impacts relating to conflicts with an applicable air quality plan and the creation of objectionable odors would be less than significant while impacts relating to exposure of sensitive receptors to substantial pollutant concentrations would be less than significant after mitigation, and while impacts relating to violations of air quality standards, cumulatively considerable increases in criteria air pollutants, and cumulative impacts would be significant and unavoidable even after mitigation.

The EIR incorporated the following mitigation measures, which are included below:

MM-AQ-1: The following mitigation measures shall be incorporated for all discretionary projects in the Planning Area associated with implementation of the proposed General Plan Update to minimize pollutant emissions associated with construction activities:
• Construction activities shall require the use of 2010 and newer diesel haul trucks (e.g., material delivery trucks and soil import/export) to the extent feasible. Under conditions

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where it is determined that 2010 model year or newer diesel trucks are not readily available or obtainable for a project, the applicant shall be required to provide this evidence to the City and shall instead use trucks that meet USEPA 2007 model year emissions requirements.
• Prior to January 1, 2015, all off-road diesel-powered construction equipment greater than 50 horsepower shall meet Tier 3 off-road emissions standards. In addition, all stationary construction equipment shall be outfitted with the BACT devices certified by CARB. Any emissions control device used by the contractor shall achieve emissions reductions that are no less than what could be achieved by a Level 3 diesel emissions control strategy for a similarly sized engine as defined by CARB regulations. A copy of each equipment unit’s certified tier specification, BACT documentation, and CARB or SCAQMD operating permit shall be provided to the City at the time of mobilization of each applicable unit of equipment.
• Post January 1, 2015, all off-road diesel-powered construction equipment greater than 50 horsepower shall meet Tier 4 emission standards, where available. In addition, all stationary construction equipment shall be outfitted with the BACT devices certified by CARB. Any emissions control device used by the contractor shall achieve emissions reductions that are no less than what could be achieved by a Level 3 diesel emissions control strategy for a similarly sized engine as defined by CARB regulations. A copy of each equipment unit’s certified tier specification, BACT documentation, and CARB or SCAQMD operating permit shall be provided to the City at the time of mobilization of each applicable unit of equipment.

MM-AQ-2: For all future discretionary projects in the Planning Area associated with implementation of the proposed General Plan Update, the applicant for each individual development project shall require by contract specifications that construction-related equipment, including heavy-duty equipment, motor vehicles, and portable equipment, shall be turned off when not in use for more than five minutes. Contract specification language shall be reviewed by the City prior to issuance of a grading permit.

MM-AQ-3: For all future discretionary projects in the Planning Area associated with implementation of the proposed General Plan Update, the applicant for each individual development project shall require by contract specifications that construction operations rely on the electricity infrastructure surrounding the construction site rather than electrical generators powered by internal combustion engines to the extent feasible. Contract specification language shall be reviewed by the City prior to issuance of a grading permit.

MM-AQ-4: For all future discretionary projects in the Planning Area associated with implementation of the proposed General Plan Update, the applicant for each individual development project shall require by contract specifications that all off-road construction equipment engines shall be maintained in good condition and in proper tune per manufacturer’s specifications, to the satisfaction of the City Engineer. Equipment maintenance records and equipment design specifications data sheets shall be kept onsite during construction for periodic review by the City Inspector. Contract specification language shall be reviewed by the City prior to issuance of a grading permit.

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MM-AQ-5: Future project-level development shall document project construction emissions prior to City approval of a project. If it is shown that a development would generate constructionrelated VOC emissions exceeding SCAQMD’s threshold, the architectural coatings phase for that project shall use coatings and solvents with a VOC content lower than that required under SCAQMD Rule 1113.

MM-AQ-6: The City shall encourage all construction contractors to apply for SCAQMD “SOON” funds, which provides funds to accelerate clean up of off-road diesel vehicles such as heavy-duty construction equipment.

MM-AQ-7: All future discretionary projects in the Planning Area subject to CEQA environmental review shall conduct a project-specific localized emissions analysis that identifies the project’s construction emissions using either SCAQMD’s LST screening tables (for projects that are less than five acres) or dispersion modeling (for projects that exceed five acres in size).

Where it is determined that construction emissions would exceed the applicable LSTs or the most stringent applicable federal or state ambient air quality standards, the project shall reduce its daily construction intensity (e.g., reducing the amount of equipment used daily, reducing the amount of soil graded/excavated daily, etc.) and/or use off-road construction equipment outfitted with the most stringent emissions control technology (e.g., equipment meeting Tier 4 emissions standards) such that the project’s resulting construction emissions would no longer exceed SCAQMD’s LSTs or result in pollutant emissions that would cause or contribute to an exceedance of the most stringent applicable federal or state ambient air quality standards.

MM-AQ-8: New sensitive land uses occurring in the Planning Area under the proposed General Plan Update shall not be located within a 1,000-feet distance from any existing or proposed distribution center/warehouse facility that generates more than 100 trucks per day, more than 40 trucks with operating TRUs per day, or where TRU unit operations exceed 300 hours per week. Under conditions where the 1,000-feet siting distance cannot be met, a health risk assessment (HRA) shall be conducted to evaluate the health risks to the new sensitive land uses from the TAC emissions generated from the mobile sources associated with the distribution center/warehouse facility. Based on the findings in the HRA, appropriate measures shall be taken, if necessary, to reduce the cancer risk resulting from TAC-exposure from mobile sources to below 10 in one million for the maximally-exposed individual. These measures may include, but are not limited to, implementation of appropriate Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (MERV) filters at the new sensitive land use development.

Zoning Code Update Analysis
a) Would the project conflict with or obstruct implementation of the applicable air quality plan? No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, the City is built out and vacant land comprises a very small portion of the community; thus, to realize the City’s growth potential, the General Plan Update primarily proposed redevelopment of existing parcels with new land uses. If the new designated land uses under the General Plan Update were to be fully implemented, it would result in a net increase of 27 single-family units and 1,095 multi-family units, and a net reduction of 233,000 sf of commercial uses and 951,000 sf of industrial-related uses. Under the General Plan Update at buildout, the total residential population for the

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City is estimated to be 68,831 residents, within SCAG’s population projection for the City at 70,100 residents in 2035 (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). In addition, the EIR’s traffic impact analysis estimated a net reduction of 3,212 vehicle trips within the City after implementation of the General Plan Update which can be attributed in part to the introduction of mixed-use developments to the area. Because buildout of the General Plan Update would not exceed SCAG’s population growth projections and would result in a net reduction of daily vehicle trips, the General Plan Update would not conflict with SCAQMD’s 2012 AQMP (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Therefore, the EIR determined that impacts relating to conflicts with the applicable air quality plan would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The proposed action would not conflict with the AQMP. Given the Project would be consistent with the General Plan, there would be no change in circumstances or new information relating to conflicts with or obstruction of implementation of the AQMP. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to conflicts with the applicable AQMP from those previously identified. No further analysis required. b) Would the project result in a cumulatively considerable net increase of any criteria pollutant for which the project region is nonattainment under an applicable federal or state ambient air quality standard (including releasing emissions that exceed quantitative thresholds for ozone precursors)? No New Impact. As detailed within the EIR, the South Coast Air Basin (SCAB) was in non-attainment for ozone, PM10, and PM2.5, and development facilitated under the General Plan Update could violate an air quality standard or contribute to an existing or projected air quality violation which would represent a significant cumulative impact. The EIR states that given the unknown factors involving future construction activities facilitated under the General Plan Update, it is conservatively anticipated that future constructionrelated emissions of individual development projects could lead to a significant impact. Even with the implementation of MM-AQ-1 through MM-AQ-6, the resulting emissions may not be reduced to levels below the SCAQMD thresholds for each development project (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Thus, the EIR determined that construction-related emissions would be significant and unavoidable and that the pollutants associated with future development under the General Plan Update for which the SCAB is in non-attainment could exceed SCAQMD’s thresholds of significance. As such, these pollutant emissions would, in conjunction with other past, present, and probably future projects, be cumulatively considerable and cumulative impacts would be significant and unavoidable. Operational emissions were determined to not exceed the SCAQMD thresholds (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not result in a cumulatively considerable contribution to air quality impacts related to the proposed zone changes. As shown in Table 4, existing conditions in 2024 are within 2035 projections for housing and population. However, the City is currently exceeding employment projections.

Although employment projections are beyond anticipated growth, the proposed Project would exacerbate conditions, nor would this represent a change in circumstances or new information as compared to the EIR.

As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would be less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to a violation of any air quality standards or relating to a cumulatively considerable net increase of any criteria pollutant for which the project region is nonattainment from those previously identified. No further analysis required.

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c) Would the project expose sensitive receptors to substantial pollutant concentrations? No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, new development facilitated under the General Plan could expose sensitive receptors in the City to carbon monoxide (CO) hotspots and localized air quality impacts from criteria pollutants and TACs (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). The EIR’s traffic impact analysis determined that of the intersections that were anticipated to exceed an acceptable level of service (LOS), the intersection with the greatest peak hour traffic volume would not be substantial enough to result in a CO hotspot (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Thus, implementation of the General Plan Update would not result in an air quality impact associated with CO hotspots. Furthermore, with implementation of the MM-CIRC-2, the traffic conditions would improve to acceptable levels (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). The EIR determined impacts would be less than significant, and no mitigation is required.

The EIR also states that construction of new development associated with the General Plan City could expose nearby sensitive receptors to significant adverse localized air quality impacts from criteria air pollutants. The localized air quality impacts associated with construction of each future development on its nearby sensitive receptors would be short-term in nature and would occur only during construction. Further, the City would review each new development project on an individual basis to determine the localized air quality impacts on nearby sensitive receptors during construction. Construction emissions generated by a new development could potentially cause or contribute to an exceedance of the most stringent federal or State ambient air quality standards at the existing sensitive land uses in the vicinity of that development.

Further, most remaining vacant parcels in the City are relatively small and it is therefore not anticipated that localized emissions of criteria pollutants generated during construction would cause or contribute to an exceedance of the most stringent federal or State ambient air quality standards. Nonetheless, MM-AQ7 was incorporated to require a localized air quality analysis of construction emissions to ensure that the most stringent federal or State ambient air quality standards are not exceeded (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

The EIR determined that impacts relating to criteria air pollutants would be less than significant with mitigation.

As discussed in the EIR, intermittent construction occurring throughout the City over a 20-year period would result in short-term emissions of diesel PM, which is a TAC. During general construction activities of each new development project, the exhaust of off-road, heavy-duty diesel equipment would emit diesel PM.

These emissions would be short-term and would only affect its own remote group of nearby sensitive receptors. Because the diesel equipment would only be used temporarily during construction, sensitive receptors would not be exposed to substantial emissions of TACs, and construction impacts would be less than significant (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

The EIR states that during operations, aside from future industrial developments, all other types of land uses that would be introduced to the Project Site are not anticipated to emit TAC emissions in appreciable quantities. Future heavy- and light- industrial developments would be required to obtain permits from SCAQMD which are granted after operations demonstrates compliance with applicable regulations, including new source review standards and air toxics control measures. Any commercial use that would be a stationary source of TAC emissions would also be subject to SCAQMD rules and regulations. With compliance of existing regulations, TAC emissions associated with the General Plan Update would be less than significant (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

Due to the unknown factors regarding future development within the City, the EIR anticipated new development, such as a distribution center could be located within 1,000 of an existing sensitive receptor,

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which would create a potentially significant impact. However, implementation of General Plan policies would avoid locating uses, facilities, and operations that produce TACs near sensitive receptors. In addition to General Plan policies, MM-AQ-8 will be implemented to ensure that new sensitive uses occurring within the City would not be exposed to substantial TAC emissions generated from an existing or new distribution center or warehouse facility (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Therefore, the EIR determined that impacts would be less than significant with mitigation.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. Implementation of the Project would not expose sensitive receptors to substantial pollutant concentrations. Further, there is no new information or changed circumstances. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in an impact of less than significant with mitigation. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to exposure of sensitive receptors from those previously identified. No further analysis required.
d) Would the project result in other emissions (such as those leading to odors) adversely affecting a substantial number of people?
No New Impact. As detailed within the EIR, aside from certain industrial-related uses that could generate and release odors, the other land uses proposed as part of the General Plan Update are not identified by SCAQMD as being associated with objectionable odors. Regarding odors from industrial land uses, the General Plan contains policies that would ensure adequate buffer distances between the industrial uses and sensitive receptors would be implemented to minimize potential impacts. During construction for each new development, exhaust from equipment and activities associated with the application of architectural coatings and other interior and exterior finishes may produce odors typical of construction sites. Such odors would be temporary and intermittent in nature and therefore would not be considered a significant impact (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Thus, the EIR determined that odor impacts overall would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not expose a substantial number of people to odors or other emissions. There is no new information or changed circumstances. As such, impacts associated with the development of the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to objectionable odors from those previously identified. No further analysis required.

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3.4 Biological Resources

New
Potentially
Significant
Impact
New Mitigation
is Required
No New/ No
Impact
Reduced
Impact
IV. BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES – Would the project:
a) Have a substantial adverse effect,
either directly or through habitat
modifications, on any species identified
as a candidate, sensitive, or specialstatus species in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations, or by the
California Department of Fish and
Wildlife or U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service?
b) Have a substantial adverse effect on
any riparian habitat or other sensitive
natural community identified in local or
regional plans, policies, regulations or
by the California Department of Fish
and Wildlife or U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service?
c) Have a substantial adverse effect on
state or federally protected wetlands
(including, but not limited to, marsh,
vernal pool, coastal, etc.) through
direct removal, filling, hydrological
interruption, or other means?
d) Interfere substantially with the
movement of any native resident or
migratory fish or wildlife species or with
established native resident or
migratory wildlife corridors, or impede
the use of native wildlife nursery sites?
e) Conflict with any local policies or
ordinances protecting biological
resources, such as a tree preservation
policy or ordinance?
f) Conflict with the provisions of an
adopted Habitat Conservation Plan,
Natural Community Conservation Plan,
or other approved local, regional, or
state habitat conservation plan?
g) Affect a Significant Ecological Area
(SEA) or Significant Natural Area (SNA)
as identified on the City of Santa Clarita
ESA Delineation Map?

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General Plan EIR Analysis Summary
Impacts to biological resources were analyzed in Chapter 5, CEQA-Mandated Sections, of the General Plan EIR on pages 5-2 through 5-4. All potential impacts to biological resources were determined to be less than significant.

Zoning Code Update Analysis
a) Would the project have a substantial adverse effect, either directly or through habitat modifications, on any species identified as a candidate, sensitive, or special-status species in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations, or by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service? No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, the City is a highly urbanized environment with a majority of the City already being developed or disturbed vacant land. The City does not contain any migratory wildlife corridors or native wildlife nursery sites. The Rio Hondo and San Gabriel River within the City remain in a fairly natural state, supporting stream-side vegetation, while the Rio Hondo Spreading Grounds provide refuge for many species of birds, with the open water serving as an important resting and feeding site for migrating and withering waterfowl. The Spreading Grounds do not contain significant natural vegetation. At the time of drafting the EIR, there was a potential for the coast horned lizard and the Coastal California Gnatcatcher to be present in the City based on the California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB) (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). The 2014 General Plan EIR states, the Whittier Narrows Recreation Area (WNRA) effectively isolates the City from significant wildlife habitats on the dam’s upstream side and has minimized the amount of wildlife within the City. However, vacant and undeveloped lots within the City support a variety of weedy or introduced plant species in addition to small rodents, rabbits, moles, crows, mourning doves, and lizards typical of an urban setting (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). The EIR states that no rare or endangered species are known to be present.

The EIR states some special-status species are expected to be present in the City. However, future development facilitated under the General Plan Update would primarily involve infill development of developed parcels and would not include any development within or adjacent to rivers or within the spreading grounds of the rivers, in accordance with Chapter 15.50, Floodplain Management, of the City’s Municipal Code. Thus, no special-status species, migratory fish, or wildlife would be affected in those areas.

Furthermore, the General Plan Update includes goals and policies which would reduce impacts to biological resources. As such, the EIR determined that impacts to biological resources would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The proposed action would not affect biological resources, including special-status species.

Further, there are no change in circumstances or new information related to biological resources. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to any candidate, sensitive, or special-status species from those previously identified. No further analysis required.

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b) Would the project have a substantial adverse effect on any riparian habitat or other sensitive natural community identified in local or regional plans, policies, regulations or by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service?
No New Impact. As described in the EIR and in Section 3.4(a) above, the WNRA isolates the City from significant wildlife habitats on the dam’s upstream side and the Rio Hondo Spreading Grounds provide refuge for many species of birds and do not contain significant natural vegetation (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). The General Plan Update would not include any development within or adjacent to the rivers or the spreading grounds of the rivers, in accordance with Chapter 15.50 of the City’s Municipal Code. Thus, no special-status species, migratory fish, or wildlife would be affected in those areas. Furthermore, the General Plan Update includes goals and policies which would reduce impacts to biological resources (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Therefore, the EIR determined that impacts to biological resources would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not affect biological resources, including riparian habitats or sensitive natural communities. There are no changed circumstances or new information. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to any riparian habitat or other sensitive natural community from those previously identified. No further analysis required.
c) Would the project have a substantial adverse effect on state or federally protected wetlands (including, but not limited to, marsh, vernal pool, coastal, etc.) through direct removal, filling, hydrological interruption, or other means?
No New Impact. As described in the EIR and in Sections 3.4(a) and 3.4(b) above, the WNRA isolates the City from significant wildlife habitats on the dam’s upstream side. Additionally, the General Plan Update includes goals and policies to ensure that development would result in a less than significant impact to biological resources (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Therefore, the EIR determined that impacts to biological resources would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not affect biological resources, including wetlands. Further, there are no changed circumstances or new information relating to federally protected wetlands as defined by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to protected wetlands from those previously identified.

No further analysis required.
d) Would the project interfere substantially with the movement of any native resident or migratory fish or wildlife species or with established native resident or migratory wildlife corridors, or impede the use of native wildlife nursery sites?
No New Impact. As stated in the EIR and in Section 3.4(a) above, the City does not contain significant migratory wildlife corridors or native wildlife nursery sites, and the General Plan Update includes goals and policies which would reduce future development’s potential to impact biological resources (City of Pico

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Rivera 2014a). Therefore, the EIR determined that impacts to biological resources would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not affect biological resources. Further, there would be no changed circumstances and no new information. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to movement of any native resident or migratory fish or wildlife species from those previously identified. No further analysis required. e) Would the project conflict with any local policies or ordinances protecting biological resources, such as a tree preservation policy or ordinance?
No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, the City does not maintain any ordinances protecting biological resources. However, the General Plan Update includes goals and policies, including a tree preservation policy, which would reduce future development’s potential to impact biological resources (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Therefore, the EIR determined that impacts to biological resources would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not conflict with existing local policies or ordinances protecting biological resources. There are no changed circumstances and no new information. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to conflicts with any local policies protecting biological resources from those previously identified. No further analysis required.
f) Would the project conflict with the provisions of an adopted Habitat Conservation Plan, Natural Community Conservation Plan, or other approved local, regional, or state habitat conservation plan? No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, the City does not maintain habitat conservation plans or natural community conservation plans protecting biological resources (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Therefore, the EIR determined that impacts to biological resources would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. There are no changed circumstances and no new information. As such, The Project would not conflict with provisions of an approved local, regional, or state habitat conservation plan. Impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to conflicts with an adopted habitat conservation plan or natural community conservation plan from those previously identified. No further analysis required.

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3.5 Cultural Resources

New
Potentially
Significant
Impact
New Mitigation
is Required
No New/ No
Impact
Reduced
Impact
V. CULTURAL RESOURCES – Would the project:
a) Cause a substantial adverse change in
the significance of a historical resource
pursuant to §15064.5?
b) Cause a substantial adverse change in
the significance of an archaeological
resource pursuant to §15064.5?
c) Disturb any human remains, including
those interred outside of formal
cemeteries?
General Plan EIR Analysis Summary
Impacts to cultural resources were analyzed in Chapter 5, CEQA-Mandated Sections, of the General Plan EIR on pages 5-4 through 5-8. The EIR determined impacts relating to the historical resources, archaeological resources, and to disturbance of human remains would be less than significant with implementation of policies to protect cultural resources included in the EIR.

Zoning Code Update Analysis
a) Would the project cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource pursuant to §15064.5?
No New Impact. The EIR states that the City has identified potential historically significant buildings and sites within the City; however, none of the sites listed have been formally evaluated for their significance and are not listed on local, State, or federal registers of historical places. At the time of drafting the EIR, none of the sites identified would be affected by the proposed land use designation changes and therefore the General Plan Update would not directly result in the demolition or alteration of a historic resource in Pico Rivera (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Additionally, the General Plan includes policies which would reduce impacts to cultural resources, including historical resources. Therefore, the EIR concluded impacts would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not directly impact historical resources within the City. There are no changed circumstances and no new information. As such, impacts associated with the development of the Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in impacts that are less than significant.

The proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to historical resources from those previously identified. No further analysis required.

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b) Would the project cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of an archaeological resource pursuant to §15064.5?
No New Impact. Regarding archaeological resources, the EIR states that a map and records search conducted by UCLA identified two prehistoric sites within the City. Furthermore, the EIR determined that due to the majority of the City being developed with very little undisturbed land, the potential to encounter archaeological resources is very low (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Additionally, the General Plan includes policies which would reduce impacts to cultural resources, including archaeological resources. Therefore, the EIR concluded impacts would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not directly impact archaeological resources in the City. Additionally, there are no changed circumstances or new information. As such, impacts associated with the Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in an impact of less than significant. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to archaeological resources from those previously identified. No further analysis required. c) Would the project disturb any human remains, including those interred outside of formal cemeteries? No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, the likelihood of encountering human remains during future development activities is low. In the unlikely event that human remains are encountered during construction, California Health and Safety Code Section 7050.5 requires projects to halt until the county coroner has examined the remains, and if the coroner determines that the remains may be Native American, Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 5097.98 requires that the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) be notified within 24 hours and that they notify those persons it believes to be the most likely descendant (MLD) of the deceased Native American who will then complete their inspection within 48 hours and determine the disposition of the human remains (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). As stated in the EIR, compliance with these regulations would reduce any potential impacts to a level of less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not disturb human remains. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact.

Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to human remains from those previously identified. No further analysis required.

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3.6 Energy

New
Potentially
Significant
Impact
New Mitigation
is Required
No New/ No
Impact
Reduced
Impact
VI. ENERGY – Would the project:
a) Result in potentially significant
environmental impact due to wasteful,
inefficient, or unnecessary
consumption of energy resources,
during project construction or
operation?
b) Conflict with or obstruct a state or local
plan for renewable energy or energy
efficiency?
General Plan EIR Analysis Summary
Impacts related to energy were analyzed in Section 3.10, Utilities and Service Systems, of the General Plan EIR on pages 3.10-26 through 3.10-29. The EIR determined impacts relating to the energy would be less than significant.

Zoning Code Update Analysis
a) Would the project result in potentially significant environmental impact due to wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy resources, during project construction or operation? No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, implementation of the General Plan Update would result in an overall reduction of non-residential uses and would therefore result in a reduction of electricity demand of approximately 7,972,354 kWh/year, as shown in Table 3.10-15 of the EIR. As such, it is anticipated that Southern California Edison (SCE) would be able to accommodate the General Plan Update (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). SCE would update and add facilities in the City based on specific requests from end users which would be financed by developers paying applicable fees. The EIR states that the General Plan Update would include changes to land use designations in areas near or within parcels currently occupied by SCE electricity facilities; however, the land use designation changes would not affect these facilities.

Furthermore, the General Plan Update includes goals and policies that support energy conservation and efficiency throughout the City, potentially reducing electricity demand (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). As such, the EIR determined that impacts would be less than significant.

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or different impacts relating to wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy resources from those previously identified. No further analysis required. b) Would the project conflict with or obstruct a state or local plan for renewable energy or energy efficiency? No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR and above in Section 3.6(a), SCE would be able to accommodate implementation of the General Plan Update, electrical facilities in the City would not be affected, and the General Plan Update contains goals and policies to reduce electricity demand (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

Thus, the EIR determined that energy impacts would be less than significant.

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3.7 Geology and Soils

New
Potentially
Significant
Impact
New Mitigation
is Required
No New/ No
Impact
Reduced
Impact
VII. GEOLOGY AND SOILS – Would the project:
a) Directly or indirectly cause potential
substantial adverse effects, including
the risk of loss, injury, or death
involving:
i) Rupture of a known earthquake
fault, as delineated on the most
recent Alquist-Priolo Earthquake
Fault Zoning Map issued by the
State Geologist for the area or
based on other substantial
evidence of a known fault? Refer to
Division of Mines and Geology
Special Publication 42.
ii) Strong seismic ground shaking?
iii) Seismic-related ground failure,
including liquefaction?
iv) Landslides?
b) Result in substantial soil erosion or the
loss of topsoil?
c) Be located on a geologic unit or soil
that is unstable, or that would become
unstable as a result of the project, and
potentially result in on- or off-site
landslide, lateral spreading,
subsidence, liquefaction, or collapse?
d) Be located on expansive soil, as
defined in Table 18-1-B of the Uniform
Building Code (1994), creating
substantial risks to life or property?
e) Have soils incapable of adequately
supporting the use of septic tanks or
alternative wastewater disposal
systems where sewers are not
available for the disposal of
wastewater?
f) Directly or indirectly destroy a unique
paleontological resource or site or
unique geologic feature?

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General Plan EIR Analysis Summary
Potential impacts to geology and soils were analyzed in Chapter 5, CEQA-Mandated Sections, of the General Plan EIR on pages 5-8 through 5-10. Potential impacts relating to geology and soils were determined to be less than significant.

Zoning Code Update Analysis
a) Would the project directly or indirectly cause potential substantial adverse effects, including the risk of loss, injury, or death involving:
i) Rupture of a known earthquake fault, as delineated on the most recent Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Map issued by the State Geologist for the area or based on other substantial evidence of a known fault? Refer to Division of Mines and Geology Special Publication 42.

No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, the Los Angeles Basin is home to numerous regional fault lines, several of which fall in the vicinity of the City. The most likely faults to affect the City as a result of seismic activity are the San Andreas, the Sierra Madre, or the Raymond Hill Fault Zones. However, the City requires all development to be built in accordance with applicable City ordinances and policies relating to protection against seismic activity, the latest California Building Code (CBC) standards, and policies included in the General Plan Update (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). As stated in the EIR, compliance with these building safety design standards would ensure that potential geology and soils impacts would be less than significant.

Therefore, the General Plan Update would not expose people or structures to potentially substantial adverse effects, and the EIR determined that impacts would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. Under the proposed Project, future development would comply with all applicable City standards and the CBC. There are no changed circumstances or new information relating to geology and soils. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in impacts that are less than significant. Therefore, the Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to rupture of a known earthquake fault from those previously identified. No further analysis required.
ii) Strong seismic ground shaking?
No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, the Los Angeles Basin is home to numerous regional fault lines, several of which fall in the vicinity of the City. However, the City requires all development to be built in accordance with applicable City ordinances and policies relating to protection against seismic activity, the latest CBC standards, and policies included in the General Plan (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). As stated in the EIR, compliance with these building safety design standards would ensure that potential geology and soils impacts would be less than significant. Therefore, the General Plan would not expose people or structures to potentially substantial adverse effects, and impacts would be less than significant (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. Future development would continue to be required to comply with all applicable City standards and the CBC. The Project would not result in any ground-shaking impacts. Further, there are no changed

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circumstances or new information relating to geology and soils. As such, impacts associated with the Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to strong seismic ground shaking from those previously identified. No further analysis required. iii) Seismic-related ground failure, including liquefaction? No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, the City is also at a low risk for secondary effects associated with ground shaking, including liquefaction, due to the area’s relatively flat topography; however, the State of California does identify the City as within an area of potential liquefaction. According to the City’s 2004 Hazard Mitigation Plan, the central portion of the City and the Whittier Narrows Dam area has a medium liquefaction potential, although no historic liquefaction has been reported within the City, while the remainder of the area has a low liquefaction potential (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Regardless, all development would be required to be built in accordance with applicable City ordinances and policies relating to protection against seismic activity, the latest CBC standards, and policies included in the General Plan Update. As stated in the EIR, compliance with these building safety design standards would ensure that potential geology and soils impacts would be less than significant.

The proposed Project would continue to comply with City standards, the latest standards of the CBC, and the policies included in the General Plan Update. The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not result in any seismic-related ground failure impacts. Further, there are no changed circumstances or new information. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to seismic-related ground failure from those previously identified. No further analysis required.
iv) Landslides?
No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, the City is also at a low risk for secondary effects associated with ground shaking, including landslides, due to the area’s relatively flat topography. Regardless, all development would be required to be built in accordance with applicable City ordinances and policies relating to protection against seismic activity, the latest CBC standards, and policies included in the General Plan Update (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). As stated in the EIR, compliance with these building safety design standards would ensure that potential geology and soils impacts would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. Development under the proposed Project would continue to comply with City standards, the latest standards of the CBC, and the policies included in the General Plan Update. There are no changed circumstances nor any new information relating to geology and soils. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in impacts that are less than significant. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to landslides from those previously identified. No further analysis required.

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b) Would the project result in substantial soil erosion or the loss of topsoil? No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, the City is also at a low risk for secondary effects associated with ground shaking due to the area’s relatively flat topography. Further, the City requires all development to be built in accordance with applicable City ordinances and policies relating to protection against seismic activity, the latest CBC standards, and policies included in the General Plan Update (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). As stated in the EIR, compliance with these building safety design standards would ensure that potential geology and soils impacts would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. Development under the proposed Project would not conflict with existing regulations to protect against seismic activity and its effects, including City standards, the latest CBC standards, and the policies included in the General Plan Update. There are no changed circumstances or new information relating to geology and soils. As such, impacts associated with the Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to substantial soil erosion or the loss of topsoil from those previously identified. No further analysis required.
c) Would the project be located on a geologic unit or soil that is unstable, or that would become unstable as a result of the project, and potentially result in on- or off-site landslide, lateral spreading, subsidence, liquefaction, or collapse?
No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, the City is also at a low risk for secondary effects associated with ground shaking, including landslides and liquefaction, due to the area’s relatively flat topography.

Regardless, all development would be required to be built in accordance with applicable City ordinances and policies relating to protection against seismic activity, the latest CBC standards, and policies included in the General Plan Update (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). As stated in the EIR, compliance with these building safety design standards would ensure that potential geology and soils impacts would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. Development under the proposed Project would not conflict with existing regulations to reduce impacts associated with unstable soil. Further, there are no changed circumstances or new information relating to geology and soils. As such, impacts associated with the Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to unstable soils from those previously identified. No further analysis required.
d) Would the project be located on expansive soil, as defined in Table 18-1-B of the Uniform Building Code (1994), creating substantial risks to life or property? No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, the City is also at a low risk for secondary effects associated with ground shaking due to the area’s relatively flat topography and is characterized as generally having soils of low shrink-swell potential. A limited portion of the City in the northeast is known to have high shrink-swell potential (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Regardless, the all development would be required to be built in accordance with applicable City ordinances and policies relating to protection against seismic activity, the latest CBC standards, and policies included in the General Plan Update. As stated in the EIR, compliance

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with these building safety design standards would ensure that potential geology and soils impacts would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. Development under the proposed Project would not conflict with existing regulations to reduce impacts associated with expansive soil. There are also no changed circumstances or new information. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to expansive soils from those previously identified. No further analysis required. e) Would the project have soils incapable of adequately supporting the use of septic tanks or alternative wastewater disposal systems where sewers are not available for the disposal of wastewater? No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, the City requires all development to be built in accordance with applicable City ordinances and policies, the latest CBC standards, and policies included in the General Plan Update. As stated in the EIR, compliance with these building safety design standards would ensure that potential geology and soils impacts would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. Development under the proposed Project would not conflict with existing regulations associated with septic tanks or alternative wastewater disposal systems. There are no changed circumstances or new information. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in impacts that are less than significant. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to septic tanks or alternative wastewater disposal systems from those previously identified. No further analysis required. f) Would the project directly or indirectly destroy a unique paleontological resource or site or unique geologic feature?
No New Impact. As discussed within the Cultural Resources section of Chapter 5, CEQA-Mandated Sections, the General Plan Update includes numerous policies to protect cultural resources, including historical, archaeological, and paleontological resources, which would reduce potential impacts to cultural resources. Impacts to cultural resources were determined to be less than significant (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. Development under the proposed Project would not conflict with existing General Plan policies to reduce impacts to paleontological resources. There are no changed circumstances or new information. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in impacts that are less than significant. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to paleontological resources from those previously identified. No further analysis required.

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3.8 Greenhouse Gas Emissions

New
Potentially
Significant
Impact
New Mitigation
is Required
No New/ No
Impact
Reduced
Impact
VIII. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS – Would the project:
a) Generate greenhouse gas emissions,
either directly or indirectly, that may
have a significant impact on the
environment?
b) Conflict with an applicable plan, policy
or regulation adopted for the purpose
of reducing the emissions of
greenhouse gases?
General Plan EIR Analysis Summary
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions impacts were analyzed in the General Plan EIR on pages 3.5-1 through

3.5-26. The EIR did not identify any significant impacts related to GHG emissions and was found to be consistent with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) 2017 State Scoping Plan, and therefore would not substantially contribute to global climate change impacts. Impacts were determined to be less than significant.

Zoning Code Update Analysis
a) Would the project generate greenhouse gas emissions, either directly or indirectly, that may have a significant impact on the environment?
No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, the City is built out and vacant land comprises a very small portion of the community; thus, to realize the City’s growth potential, the General Plan Update anticipated redevelopment of existing parcels with new land uses. The EIR compared the estimated operational GHG emissions of the new land uses to the operational GHG emissions of the land uses designated for redevelopment were calculated using CalEEMod. Implementation of the new land uses under the General Plan Update would result in an overall net reduction of GHG emissions within the City, consistent with the finding of the traffic impact analysis that estimated a net reduction of vehicle trips within the area (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). In addition, the operational GHG emissions associated with the new land uses did not account for additional GHG reductions anticipated from compliance with the Title 24 building requirements that went into effect in 2014. As building standards continue to be updated over time, the energy efficiencies of new buildings within the City would continue to improve. Furthermore, the General Plan Update includes goals, policies, and implementation programs in the Environmental Resources Element (ERE) that would reduce GHG emissions (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Therefore, the EIR determined that impacts relating to GHG emissions would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not result in significant GHG emissions. There are no changed circumstances or

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new information. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to significant GHG emissions from those previously identified. No further analysis required. b) Would the project conflict with an applicable plan, policy or regulation adopted for the purpose of reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases?
No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, the GHG emissions generated by the General Plan Update’s new land uses would be less than the emissions generated by the land uses designated for replacement. As a net reduction of GHG emissions would occur, the EIR stated that implementation of the General Plan Update would not hinder the State’s ability to achieve the requirements of AB 32. Further, implementation of the General Plan Update’s proposed mixed-use land uses would serve to reduce vehicle travel compared to the land uses designated for replacement. In addition, the General Plan Update’s ERE includes numerous goals, policies, and implementation programs to incorporate land uses and transportation improvements to reduce GHG emissions generated (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Therefore, the EIR determined that impacts would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not conflict with an applicable plan, policy or regulation to reduce GHG emissions. Future development under the General Plan Update would continue to be consistent with AB 32 and the goals, policies, and implementation programs of the ERE. There are no changed circumstances or new information. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to conflicts with an applicable plan, policy or regulation to reduce GHG emissions from those previously identified. No further analysis required.

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3.9 Hazards and Hazardous Materials

New
Potentially
Significant
Impact
New Mitigation
is Required
No New/ No
Impact
Reduced
Impact
IX. HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS – Would the project:
a) Create a significant hazard to the
public or the environment through the
routine transport, use, or disposal of
hazardous materials?
b) Create a significant hazard to the
public or the environment through
reasonably foreseeable upset and
accident conditions involving the
release of hazardous materials into the
environment?
c) Emit hazardous emissions or handle
hazardous or acutely hazardous
materials, substances, or waste within
one-quarter mile of an existing or
proposed school?
d) Be located on a site which is included
on a list of hazardous materials sites
compiled pursuant to Government
Code Section 65962.5 and, as a result,
would it create a significant hazard to
the public or the environment?
e) For a project located within an airport
land use plan or, where such a plan
has not been adopted, within 2 miles of
a public airport or public use airport,
would the project result in a safety
hazard for people residing or working in
the project area?
f) Impair implementation of or physically
interfere with an adopted emergency
response plan or emergency
evacuation plan?
g) Expose people or structures, either
directly or indirectly, to a significant risk
of loss, injury or death involving
wildland fires?
General Plan EIR Analysis Summary
Potential impacts to hazards and hazardous materials were analyzed in Chapter 5, CEQA-Mandated Sections, of the General Plan EIR on pages 5-10 through 5-13. All potential hazards and hazardous materials impacts were determined to be less than significant.

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Zoning Code Update Analysis
a) Would the project create a significant hazard to the public or the environment through the routine transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials?
No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, regulation and enforcement of safety measures for the storage and use of hazardous materials is the responsibility of federal, State, and local agencies, including the Los Angeles County Fire Department, where national, State, and local fire codes serve as guidelines for local enforcement. The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health regulates the proper use of hazardous materials and the transport of hazardous materials by truck or rail is regulated by the United States Department of Transportation through the National Safety Standards as well as by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). The Los Angeles County Fire Department serves as both the City’s Fire Department and the Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) for the City of Pico Rivera and is therefore the responsible agency for administering hazardous waste management programs, including the California Accidental Release Prevention Program (CalARP).

Furthermore, in addition to the numerous existing codes and regulations regarding the use, transport, disposal, and accidental release of hazardous materials, the General Plan Update also includes its own goals and policies to further minimize risks associated with hazardous materials (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

The EIR determined that with adherence to existing regulations and to the goals, policies, and implementation programs included in the General Plan Update, impacts relating to hazardous and hazardous materials would be less than significant.

Because the Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update, the Project would be consistent with the analysis within the EIR and impacts would be less than significant. There are no changed circumstances or new information. Therefore, the Project would not result in any new or different impact relating to the transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials from those previously identified. No further analysis required. b) Would the project create a significant hazard to the public or the environment through reasonably foreseeable upset and accident conditions involving the release of hazardous materials into the environment?
No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR and described in Section 3.9(a) above, the EIR determined that with adherence to existing regulations and to the goals, policies, and implementation programs included in the EIR, impacts relating to hazardous and hazardous materials would be less than significant (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

The proposed Project would adhere to all applicable federal, State, and local laws and regulations related to the release of hazardous materials into the environment and those included in the General Plan, as the Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update and resolve existing inconsistencies with the General Plan land use designations. There are no changed circumstances or new information. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to reasonably foreseeable upset and accident conditions from those previously identified. No further analysis required.

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c) Would the project emit hazardous emissions or handle hazardous or acutely hazardous materials, substances, or waste within one-quarter mile of an existing or proposed school?

No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR and described in Section 3.9(a) above, the EIR determined that with adherence to existing regulations and to the goals, policies, and implementation programs included in the EIR, impacts relating to hazardous and hazardous materials would be less than significant (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

The proposed Project would continue to adhere to all applicable federal, State, and local laws and regulations related to emissions of or the handling of hazardous substances and those included in the EIR as the Project would only update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update and resolve existing inconsistencies with the General Plan land use designations. Further, there are no changed circumstances or new information. As such, impacts associated with the Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to hazardous emissions or handling of hazardous materials within one-quarter mile of an existing or proposed school from those previously identified. No further analysis required.
d) Would the project be located on a site which is included on a list of hazardous materials sites compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5 and, as a result, would it create a significant hazard to the public or the environment?
No New Impact. At the time of drafting the EIR, there were two active hazardous materials sites within the City and are listed pursuant to Government Code 65962.5. The EIR determined that with adherence to existing regulations and to the goals, policies, and implementation programs included in the General Plan Update, impacts relating to hazardous and hazardous materials would be less than significant (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

The Project Site has not changed, and there are no changed circumstances or new information as the Project would only update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update.

As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to a hazardous materials site from those previously identified. No further analysis required.
e) For a project located within an airport land use plan or, where such a plan has not been adopted, within 2 miles of a public airport or public use airport, would the project result in a safety hazard for people residing or working in the project area?
No New Impact. The EIR determined that with adherence to existing regulations and to the goals, policies, and implementation programs included in the General Plan Update, impacts relating to hazardous and hazardous materials would be less than significant (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

The Project Site is not located within any airport land use plan or within 2 miles of any airport. There are no changed circumstances nor new information. The Project would only update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact.

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Therefore, the Project would not result in any new or different impacts from those previously identified. No further analysis required.
f) Would the project impair implementation of or physically interfere with an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan?
No New Impact. The EIR determined that with adherence to existing regulations and to the goals, policies, and implementation programs included in the General Plan Update, impacts relating to hazardous and hazardous materials would be less than significant (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

There are no changed circumstances nor new information. The Project would only update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to conflicts with an adopted emergency response or evacuation plan from those previously identified. No further analysis required.
g) Would the project expose people or structures, either directly or indirectly, to a significant risk of loss, injury or death involving wildland fires?
No New Impact. The EIR determined that with adherence to existing regulations and to the goals, policies, and implementation programs included in the General Plan Update, impacts relating to hazardous and hazardous materials would be less than significant (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

The Project Site has not changed; thus, no changed circumstances nor new information have occurred. The proposed Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. As such, impacts associated with the Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to exposure of people or structures to wildland fires from those previously identified. No further analysis required.

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3.10 Hydrology and Water Quality

New
Potentially
Significant
Impact
New Mitigation
is Required
No New/ No
Impact
Reduced
Impact
X. HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY – Would the project:
a) Violate any water quality standards or
waste discharge requirements or
otherwise substantially degrade
surface or ground water quality?
b) Substantially decrease groundwater
supplies or interfere substantially with
groundwater recharge such that the
project may impede sustainable
groundwater management of the
basin?
c) Substantially alter the existing drainage
pattern of the site or area, including
through the alteration of the course of
a stream or river or through the
addition of impervious surfaces, in a
manner which would:
i) Result in a substantial erosion or
siltation on- or off-site;
ii) Substantially increase the rate or
amount of surface runoff in a
manner which would result in
flooding on- or offsite;
iii) Create or contribute runoff water
which would exceed the capacity of
existing or planned stormwater
drainage systems or provide
substantial additional sources of
polluted runoff; or
iv) Impede or redirect flood flows?
d) In flood hazard, tsunami, or seiche
zones, risk release of pollutants due to
project inundation?
e) Conflict with or obstruct
implementation of a water quality
control plan or sustainable
groundwater management plan?
General Plan EIR Analysis Summary
Potential impacts to hydrology and water quality were analyzed in the General Plan EIR on pages 3.7-1 through 3.7-35. Impacts relating to groundwater supply would be less than significant with mitigation upon

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implementation of MM-GRW-1, while all other impacts were determined to be less than significant. This mitigation measure is included below:

MM-GRW-1: The City shall not approve development beyond anticipated 2025 growth projections until securing additional water supplies or demonstrating in the UWMPs or project-specific Water Supply Assessment that water supply amounts are available to meet existing and project water demand.

Zoning Code Update Analysis
a) Would the project violate any water quality standards or waste discharge requirements or otherwise substantially degrade surface or ground water quality?
Construction
No New Impact. As described in the EIR, future development associated with the General Plan Update and Zoning Code amendments may contribute to water quality degradation within the City. Future developments may require demolition of structures and supporting infrastructure, removal of vegetation and trees, pavement and concrete breaching, ditching, excavation, and more; these activities could expose and loosen sediment and building materials which have the potential to mix with storm water and urban runoff and degrade surface water quality. Further, construction may also require the use of heavy equipment and chemicals, such as concrete, cement, asphalt, fuels, and more which could also be accidentally spilled or improperly disposed of during construction and could wash into and pollute surface waters or groundwater, resulting in a significant impact to water quality (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

However, the General Plan Update includes goals, policies, and actions to reduce water quality impacts.

The goals included consist of protection of the City’s water resources and quality with implementation of sustainable water use practices that meet the needs of its residents and businesses. In addition, Policy

8.4-5 requires construction activities to incorporate stormwater protection measures and Best Management Practices (BMPs) in accordance with the City’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Construction General Permit or Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit. All future development under the General Plan Update would be assessed individually for compliance with the applicable NPDES requirements (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). The statewide NPDES Construction General Permit, required when the total construction disturbance is greater than one acre, requires the development and implementation of a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) which would address site-specific construction conditions, identify the sources of sediment and other pollutants that may affect the quality of storm water discharges during construction, and would describe the implementation and maintenance of erosion control and sediment control BMPs to reduce or eliminate sediment, pollutants adhering to sediment, and non-sediment pollutants in storm water as well as nonstorm water discharges. Developments disturbing less than one acre are required to comply with the construction requirements specified in the MS4 permit in effect at that time (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). As discussed in the EIR, compliance with the MS4 permit and Construction General Permit, as stated in the General Plan Update’s goals, policies, and actions to reduce water quality impacts, would ensure that construction water quality impacts would be minimized to a level of less than significant. No further analysis required.

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Operations
No New Impact. The intensification of land uses and the introduction of new land uses to an area not previously used for that same land use as proposed within the General Plan Update may introduce new or additional pollutants to the area. Chemicals used during operation of the new and/or redeveloped uses could potentially discharge into surface waters directly or during storm water runoff events, resulting in degradation of water quality. The two bodies of water near the Project site, the Rio Hondo and San Gabriel River, are both currently listed as impaired on the USEPA’s 303(d) list by point, nonpoint, and urban runoff sources (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). The EIR found that operation could create new or exacerbate existing impairments within these bodies of water, which would result in a significant impact to water quality. The General Plan Update includes goals, policies, and actions to reduce water quality impacts. The goals include protection of the City’s water resources and quality by implementing sustainable water use practices that meet the needs of its residents and businesses. Policy 8.4-5 requires compliance with NPDES during construction and operation, while Policy 8.4-8 requires new development to protect the quality of surface and groundwater bodies and natural drainage systems through site design, stormwater retention and treatment, and low impact development (LID) measures. As part of compliance with the applicable MS4 Permit, operation of future development and redevelopment projects would be required to comply with the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) MS4 Permit, and the City’s floodplain management and stormwater management ordinances in the Municipal Code (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

Specific types of new development and redevelopment would be required to comply with the design requirements of the County Standard Urban Stormwater Mitigation Plan (SUSMP) which includes nonstructural, structural, source control, and treatment control BMPs. In addition, Policy 8.4-6 requires that discharge from industrial users is regulated in accordance with local, regional, and State regulations to protect the Project Site’s bodies of water. All new industrial development would be required to comply with the Industrial General Permit through development of a site-specific SWPPP and appropriate reporting of water quality threshold exceedances (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). As such, upon adherence to the RWQCB’s MS4 Permit, the City’s floodplain management and stormwater management ordinances, applicable LID standards, the industrial and construction NPDES program requirements, and incorporation of the General Plan Update’s goals, policies, and implementation actions, the EIR determined that impacts would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. Future development facilitated under the proposed Project would continue to comply with all applicable standards to reduce sediment and erosion, obtain coverage under the NPDES Construction General Permit and County MS4 Permit, and implement a SWPPP with erosion and sediment control measures to eliminate or control pollutants discharged from the Project Site. Further, there are no changed circumstances or any new information. As such, impacts associated with the Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to violations of any water quality standards or waste discharge requirements from those previously identified. No further analysis required. b) Would the project substantially decrease groundwater supplies or interfere substantially with groundwater recharge such that the project may impede sustainable groundwater management of the basin? No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, a Water Supply Assessment (WSA) was prepared for the General Plan Update, and water demand projections determined that water demand for both water service areas, the Pico Rivera Water Authority (PRWA) area and the Pico Water District (PWD) area, would increase by

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2035. The PRWA service area would exceed its Allowable Pumping Allocation (APA) and its total water supply in 2033. In 2033 and beyond, supply would fall short of demand of the total supply required (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). The applicable UWMPs identify these shortfalls and anticipate that demands would be met through a combination of water conservation management approaches, implementation of several Demand Management Measures, and the purchase of available APAs from the Water Replenishment District (WRD). Although, the growth projections within the UWMPs take a conservative approach and may be slightly overestimating the future 2030 demands or potential shortages. In addition, both UWMPs identify opportunities to increase water supply and reduce overall demands through conservation (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

The EIR identified that implementation of the General Plan Update would involve new development and redevelopment within the City, and water would be required for the corresponding construction and operation of those developments. The General Plan Update’s anticipated population growth is consistent with the anticipated growth in the UWMPs; however, impacts to groundwater could still occur as the City depends entirely on groundwater for water supplies (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). As such, the General Plan Update includes various policies related to water conservation. The EIR also noted that larger future development or redevelopment projects would also be required to comply with SB 610 to consider the availability of adequate water supplies for certain new large development projects and to prepare a WSA if the project meets the applicable criteria. The EIR determined that with adherence to the policies included in the General Plan Update, regulatory driven updates to the UWMPs, and implementation of MM-GWR-1, impacts to groundwater supplies would be less than significant (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

As it relates to groundwater recharge, the EIR states that buildout of the General Plan Update would occur in already developed areas and would therefore not result in a direct loss of pervious surfaces used for groundwater recharge. The 53 acres of vacant land within the City do not represent areas used for recharge (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Furthermore, as described in the EIR, the Montebello Forebay Spreading Grounds (MFSG) are entirely within the City and collect imported purchase water and recycled water for artificial recharge. These off-channel percolation basins would not be affected as part of the General Plan Update. As such, the EIR determined that impacts relating to groundwater recharge would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not affect groundwater supplies or groundwater recharge. Future development projects under the Project would continue to comply with the NPDES Construction General Permit, the requirements of the Los Angeles RWQCB and the UWMPs, the policies included in the General Plan Update, and SB 610, if applicable. Further, there are no changed circumstances or new information. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to groundwater supplies from those previously identified. No further analysis required.

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c) Would the project substantially alter the existing drainage pattern of the site or area, including through the alteration of the course of a stream or river or through the addition of impervious surfaces, in a manner which would:
i) Result in a substantial erosion or siltation on- or off-site? No New Impact. As mentioned above and in the EIR, the City is largely built out and the majority of the development under the General Plan Update would consist of redevelopment of existing sites. As such, the EIR states that the existing drainage pattern of the San Gabriel River and the Rio Hondo would not be altered, and that the General Plan Update does not propose any alteration of drainage patterns. All future development would adhere to applicable standards to ensure that they do not alter a stream or river or result in substantial erosion. Further, because the City is largely built out and paved with storm drains being the primary flood control facilities, the area has a low erosion potential (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). The MS4 Permit requires new development and redevelopment to be designed to mimic and/or preserve the natural drainage patterns which would ensure there would be no substantial erosion or siltation. In addition, the General Plan Update includes goals, policies, and implementation measures to reduce water quality impacts by protecting the area’s water resources and quality utilizing sustainable water use practices. Policy

8.4-5 requires compliance with NPDES during construction and operation, while Policy 8.4-8 requires new development to protect the quality of surface and groundwater bodies and natural drainage systems through site design, stormwater retention and treatment, and LID measures (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

Adherence to the NPDES Construction General Permit or MS4 construction requirements, as required by Policy 8.4-5, would ensure erosion or siltation does not occur through implementation of erosion and sediment control BMPs during construction and would ensure that potential water quality degradation from construction of future developments would be minimized. With implementation of erosion and sediment control BMPs, construction-related water quality impacts would be less than significant, while compliance with the Los Angeles RWQCB MS4 Permit, the City’s floodplain management and stormwater management ordinances, and LID standards would ensure that new development and redevelopment does not substantially alter the existing drainage patterns that could cause substantial erosion or siltation on- or offsite, and impacts would therefore be less than significant (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not affect drainage patterns. Future development under the Project would continue to be required to comply with the NPDES Construction General Permit or RWQCB MS4 requirements, City standards, and the goals, policies and implementation actions within the General Plan Update relating to water quality impacts and would continue to implement erosion and sediment control BMPs. There are no changed circumstances or new information. As such, impacts associated with the development of the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to alteration of the existing drainage pattern of the area that would result in substantial erosion or siltation from those previously identified. No further analysis required. ii) Substantially increase the rate or amount of surface runoff in a manner which would result in flooding on- or offsite?
No New Impact. The EIR states that the construction of new development within the City and changes in the amount of permeable and impermeable surfaces may alter the direction, volume, and rate of overland flows during wet and dry periods. However, the General Plan Update includes goals, policies, and

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implementation measures to reduce water quality impacts by protecting the area’s water resources and quality utilizing sustainable water use practices. Policy 8.4-5 requires compliance with NPDES during construction and operation, while Policy 8.4-8 requires new development to protect the quality of surface and groundwater bodies and natural drainage systems through site design, stormwater retention and treatment, and LID measures (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Furthermore, as part of the County SUSMP and MS4 Permit requirements, overland flows, drainage volumes and rates of future developments would be assessed, and drainage facilities would be designed such that each priority development project would implement hydromodification features or LID BMPs designed to retain the volume of storm water runoff produced from a 24-hour 85th percentile storm event on site. In addition, post-project runoff conditions must not exceed pre-development runoff condition by more than 10% (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). The EIR determined that adherence to General Plan Update policies and the requirements of the County SUSMP and MS4 Permit in effect at the time of construction would ensure that no substantial increases in on- or off-site flooding would occur, and impacts would therefore be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not affect the rate or amount of surface runoff. Future development under the Project would continue to be required to comply with the County SUSMP and MS4 requirements and the goals, policies and implementation actions within the General Plan Update relating to water quality impacts and would continue to implement erosion and sediment control BMPs. Further, there is no change in circumstances nor any new information. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to alteration of the existing drainage pattern of the area or relating to a substantial increase in the rate of surface runoff that would result in flooding from those previously identified. No further analysis required. iii) Create or contribute runoff water which would exceed the capacity of existing or planned stormwater drainage systems or provide substantial additional sources of polluted runoff? No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, the construction of new development within the City and changes in the amount of permeable and impermeable surfaces may alter the direction, volume, and rate of overland flows during wet and dry periods. The development has the potential to continue excess runoff that could exceed storm drain capacity (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Due to the General Plan Update largely proposing redevelopment of existing parcels and the City being largely built out, the amount of park/open space or pervious surfaces is expected to remain relatively the same; thus, development under the General Plan Update is not expected to contribute to a significant increase of runoff as the areas to be redeveloped are largely impermeable with existing development (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Further, as analyzed within the EIR, most storm drains within the City are functioning properly and are able to accommodate storm water flow. Although, new development and redevelopment in the few areas that contain deficient drainage may require additional flood control measures so that the storm drain system is not overwhelmed or may be required to improve the deficient drainage.

As stated above, the General Plan Update includes goals, policies, and implementation measures to reduce water quality impacts by protecting the area’s water resources and quality utilizing sustainable water use practices. Furthermore, as required by the MS4 Permit, overland flows, drainage volumes and rates of future developments would be assessed, and drainage facilities would be designed such that each priority development project would implement hydromodification features or LID BMPs designed to retain the volume of storm water runoff produced from a 24-hour 85th percentile storm event on site. In addition,

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post-project runoff conditions must not exceed pre-development runoff condition by more than 10% (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). The EIR determined that adherence to General Plan Update policies and the requirements of the County SUSMP and MS4 Permit in effect at the time of construction would ensure that no substantial increases in on- or off-site flooding would occur, and that the capacity of the existing stormwater drainage systems would not be exceeded. Therefore, the EIR determined impacts to be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not create or contribute runoff water. Future development under the Project would continue to be required to comply with the County SUSMP and MS4 requirements and the goals, policies and implementation actions within the General Plan Update relating to water quality impacts and would continue to implement erosion and sediment control BMPs. Further, there is no change in circumstances nor any new information. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to alteration of the existing drainage pattern of the area or relating to a substantial increase in the rate of surface runoff that would result in flooding from those previously identified. No further analysis required. iv) Impede or redirect flood flows?
No New Impact. As discussed above and in the EIR, the construction of new development within the City and changes in the amount of permeable and impermeable surfaces may alter the direction, volume, and rate of overland flows during wet and dry periods. However, the General Plan Update includes goals, policies, and implementation measures to reduce water quality impacts by protecting the area’s water resources and quality utilizing sustainable water use practices. Policy 8.4-5 requires compliance with NPDES during construction and operation, while Policy 8.4-8 requires new development to protect the quality of surface and groundwater bodies and natural drainage systems through site design, stormwater retention and treatment, and LID measures (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Furthermore, as part of the County SUSMP and MS4 Permit requirements, overland flows, drainage volumes and rates of future developments would be assessed, and drainage facilities would be designed such that each priority development project would implement hydromodification features or LID BMPs designed to retain the volume of storm water runoff produced from a 24-hour 85th percentile storm event on site (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). In addition, post-project runoff conditions must not exceed pre-development runoff condition by more than 10%. The MS4 Permit requires new development and redevelopment to be designed to mimic and/or preserve the natural drainage patterns which would ensure there would be no alteration of flood flows. With adherence to General Plan Update policies and the requirements of the County SUSMP and MS4 Permit in effect at the time of construction and the City’s floodplain management and stormwater management ordinances, no alteration of flood flows would occur, and impacts would therefore be less than significant (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

The proposed Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not directly result in any development that could affect drainage patterns or impede or redirect flood flows. Future development under the Project would continue to be required to comply with the County SUSMP and MS4 requirements, the City’s floodplain management and stormwater management ordinances, and the goals, policies and implementation actions within the General Plan Update relating to water quality impacts and would continue to implement erosion and sediment control BMPs. Further, there is no change in circumstances nor any new information. As such, impacts associated

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with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to alteration of the existing drainage pattern of the area or relating to a substantial increase in the rate of surface runoff that would result in flooding from those previously identified. No further analysis required. d) In flood hazard, tsunami, or seiche zones, risk release of pollutants due to project inundation? No New Impact. The EIR states that the majority of the City is located within a 500-year flood zone while 100-year flood zones are generally adjacent to the Rio Hondo and San Gabriel River channels that pass through the City. City Municipal Code Chapter 15.50, Floodplain Management, prohibits new development from occurring adjacent to the City channels and within the 100-year flood zones, thereby limiting the risk of flood damage to the 500-year storm event (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Due to the General Plan Update largely proposing redevelopment of existing parcels and the City being largely built out, an increase in the exposure of people to the risk of flooding is not anticipated, the amount of pervious surfaces is expected to remain relatively the same, and redevelopment of existing parcels would not exacerbate flood hazards.

Furthermore, the Floodplain Management Ordinance required by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is integrated into Chapter 15.50 of the City’s Municipal Code and includes specific construction and design standards to prevent flooding and to reduce potential flood damage (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). As stated in the EIR, all future development under the General Plan Update would be reviewed by the Director of Public Works to ensure compliance with Chapter 15.50 of the City’s Municipal Code; thus, impacts were determined to be less than significant.

In addition, the EIR states that the City is located approximately 20 miles from the Pacific Ocean and is not within a tsunami hazard zone. The Rio Hondo and San Gabriel spreading grounds, located within the Project Site and adjacent to the Rio Hondo and San Gabriel River, could result in a potential seiche event should a large enough earthquake occur. The City has an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) that plans the City’s response and recovery during an emergency situation and the City updated its Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) which was designed to assist the City in reducing risk from hazards and to help guide and coordinate mitigation activities (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). As such, the EIR determined that implementation of the General Plan Update is not expected to be subject to inundation by tsunami or seiche, and impacts would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not risk release of pollutants. Future development under the Project would continue to be required to comply with Chapter 15.50 of the City’s Municipal Code and be subject to the City’s HMP and EOP, as applicable. Further, there are no changed circumstances nor any new information.

As such, impacts associated with the development of the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to release of pollutants in flood hazard, tsunami, or seiche zones from those previously identified. No further analysis required. e) Would the project conflict with or obstruct implementation of a water quality control plan or sustainable groundwater management plan?
No New Impact. As described in the EIR and above in Section 3.10(a), compliance with the RWQCB’s MS4 permit, the NPDES Construction General Permit, the City’s floodplain management and stormwater management ordinances, and implementation of applicable BMPs and LID standards and the General Plan

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Update’s goals, policies, and implementation actions, would ensure that impacts from future development under the General Plan Update relating to water quality standards, and thus relating to water quality control plans, would be less than significant (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Furthermore, as described in the EIR and above in Section 3.10(b), adherence to the policies included in the General Plan Update, regulatory driven updates to the applicable UWMPs, and implementation of MM-GWR-1 would ensure that impacts relating to groundwater supplies, and thus sustainable groundwater management plans, would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not conflict with or obstruct implementation of a water quality control plan or sustainable groundwater management plan. Future development under the Project would continue to comply with all the standards and requirements listed above. There are no changed circumstances or new information. As such, impacts associated with the development of the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to conflicts with water quality control or sustainable groundwater management plans from those previously identified. No further analysis required.

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3.11 Land Use and Planning

New
Potentially
Significant
Impact
New Mitigation
is Required
No New/ No
Impact
Reduced
Impact
XI. LAND USE AND PLANNING – Would the project:
a) Physically divide an established
community?
b) Cause a significant environmental
impact due to a conflict with any land
use plan, policy, or regulation adopted
for the purpose of avoiding or
mitigating an environmental effect?
General Plan EIR Analysis Summary
Potential impacts to land use and planning were analyzed in the General Plan EIR on pages 3.1-1 through

3.1-14. Potential impacts related to physically dividing an existing community, conflicts with any applicable land use plan, policy, or regulation, and conflicts with any applicable habitat conservation plan were determined be less than significant or were determined to have no impact.

Zoning Code Update Analysis
a) Would the project physically divide an established community? No New Impact. As mentioned in the EIR, the City is built out and it is expected that future development facilitated by the 2014 General Plan Update would primarily consist of redevelopment and infill development. The General Plan Update also proposed a new mixed-use land use designation that would allow for some intensification of uses within existing parcels and identifies 16 Opportunity Areas where land is being underutilized and where development opportunity exist, and design improvements could occur (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Development occurring in areas designated for mixed-use development or in one of the Opportunity Areas would be infill development and would not result in the division of an established community. In addition, the General Plan Update sought to address land use incompatibilities and remove physical divisions of community in those areas (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Therefore, the EIR determined that the General Plan Update would not physically divide an established community, and impacts would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not physically divide an established community. There are no changed circumstances or new information. As such, impacts associated with the Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to disruption or division of an established community from those previously identified. No further analysis required.

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b) Would the project cause a significant environmental impact due to a conflict with any land use plan, policy, or regulation adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect? No New Impact. As analyzed in the EIR, the General Plan Update was found to be consistent with all the goals of the SCAG 2012-2035 RTP/SCS. The General Plan Update sought to improve access to alternative modes of transportation, including by making the City more walkable and increasing bicycle routes and access to transit options (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Furthermore, the General Plan Update included a new mixed-use land use designation that would locate higher density residential uses in proximity to commercial uses and transit options. In addition, the General Plan Update incorporated many of the Sustainable Communities Strategies developed by SCAG and the Gateway Cities Council of Governments and includes goals and policies to reduce air quality and GHG emissions and to become more energy efficient overall (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Furthermore, Goal 3.13 of the General Plan Update’s Land Use Element directs the City to continue to coordinate land use planning programs with the regional planning agencies. In addition, the projected buildout residential population and housing units anticipated by the City would be within SCAG’s adopted projections. The General Plan Update was determined to result in an employment population that exceeds SCAG’s projections; however, these projections are based on intensification in commercial land use designations in order to encourage more job creation in the City to accomplish a greater jobs-housing balance in the City and to reduce the number of residents who commute longer distances for work (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Thus, the General Plan Update was determined to be consistent with regional plans and policies and impacts were determined to be less than significant (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. Additionally, there are no changed circumstances nor any new information. As such, the Project would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to conflicts with an applicable land use plan, policy, or regulation from those previously identified. No further analysis required.

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3.12 Mineral Resources

New
Potentially
Significant
Impact
New Mitigation
is Required
No New/ No
Impact
Reduced
Impact
XII. MINERAL RESOURCES – Would the project:
a) Result in the loss of availability of a
known mineral resource that would be
a value to the region and the residents
of the state?
b) Result in the loss of availability of a
locally important mineral resource
recovery site delineated on a local
general plan, specific plan or other
land use plan?
General Plan EIR Analysis Summary
Potential impacts to mineral resources were analyzed in Chapter 5, CEQA-Mandated Sections, of the General Plan EIR on pages 5-13 through 5-14. All potential mineral resources impacts were determined to be less than significant.

Zoning Code Update Analysis
a) Would the project result in the loss of availability of a known mineral resource that would be a value to the region and the residents of the state?
No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, while the San Gabriel Valley remains an important source of aggregate material, substantial mineral resources have not been identified within the City of Pico Rivera and, according to the California Department of Conservation, there is a low potential for radon to occur.

Thus, the EIR determined that impacts to mineral resources would be less than significant (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. There are no changed circumstances or new information. The analysis within the EIR remains accurate with respect to the proposed Project, and impacts would be less than significant. Therefore, the Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to availability of a known mineral resource of value to the region or State from those previously identified. No further analysis required. b) Would the project result in the loss of availability of a locally important mineral resource recovery site delineated on a local general plan, specific plan or other land use plan? No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, while the San Gabriel Valley remains an important source of aggregate material, substantial mineral resources have not been identified within the City of Pico Rivera and, according to the California Department of Conservation, there is a low potential for radon to occur.

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Thus, the EIR determined that impacts to mineral resources would be less than significant (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

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3.13 Noise

New
Potentially
Significant
Impact
New Mitigation
is Required
No New/ No
Impact
Reduced
Impact
XIII. NOISE – Would the project result in:
a) Generation of a substantial temporary
or permanent increase in ambient
noise levels in the vicinity of the project
in excess of standards established in
the local general plan or noise
ordinance, or applicable standards of
other agencies?
b) Generation of excessive groundborne
vibration or groundborne noise levels?
c) For a project located within the vicinity
of a private airstrip or an airport land
use plan or, where such a plan has not
been adopted, within two miles of a
public airport or public use airport,
would the project expose people
residing or working in the project area
to excessive noise levels?
General Plan EIR Analysis Summary
Potential impacts regarding noise were analyzed in the General Plan EIR on pages 3.6-1 through 3.6-50.

Impacts relating to the exceedance of standards established in the General Plan or Noise ordinance during operations, groundborne vibrational impacts during construction, increases in ambient noise levels during construction, and cumulative construction noise and vibration impacts were determined to be significant and unavoidable even after mitigation. All other noise impacts were determined to be less than significant with mitigation, less than significant, or were determined to have no impact. These mitigation measures are included below:

MM-NOI-1: The City shall consider all future developments within the Planning Area to ensure their compliance with Policies 11.1-1 through 11.2-6 in the Noise Element of the General Plan Update and determine if operational noise levels generated by the development would exceed the City’s permissible noise standards for transportation and stationary noise sources established in the Noise Element. If City noise standards would be exceeded, design measures shall be taken to ensure that operational noise levels would be reduced to levels that comply with the permissible City noise standards to the extent feasible. These measures may include, but are not limited to, the erection of noise walls, use of landscaping, and/or the design of adequate setback distances for the new developments.

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noise levels generated by the industrial operation be prohibited from exceeding 65 dBA at all times when measured from an adjacent residential property line pursuant to Section

18.40.050 of the City’s Municipal Code.

MM-NOI-3: Approval of development permits shall ensure that the operation of construction equipment that generates high levels of vibration, such as large bulldozers, loaded trucks, and caisson drills, shall be prohibited within 45 feet of residential structures and 35 feet of institutional structures during construction of any project-specific development in the Planning Area to the extent feasible. Small, rubber-tired construction equipment shall be used within this area during demolition and/or grading operations to reduce vibration effects, where feasible.

MM-NOI-4: Approval of development permits shall ensure that the operation of jackhammers shall be prohibited within 25 feet of existing residential structures and 20 feet of institutional structures during construction activities associated with any project-specific development in the Planning Area, to the extent feasible.

MM-NOI-5: Approval of development permits shall ensure that where pile driving activities are required during the construction of any project-specific development that is located adjacent to a sensitive receptor (e.g., residence, school, hospital, etc.) in the Planning Area, alternative installation methods that generates less vibration levels (e.g., use of sonic/vibratory pile drivers, screw piles, cast-in-place systems, pre-loading, etc.) shall be used where possible.

MM-NOI-6: Approval of development permits shall ensure that where a new development would be constructed adjacent to an existing historic building within the Planning Area, the project developer shall require by contract specifications that a certified structural engineer be retained to submit evidence that the operation of vibration-generating equipment associated with the new development would not result in any structural damage to the adjacent historic building. Contract specifications shall be included in the construction documents for the new development, which shall be reviewed by the City prior to issuance of a construction permit.

MM-NOI-7: The City shall ensure that project approvals within the Planning Area require that construction activities whose specific location on a construction site may be flexible (e.g., operation of compressors and generators, cement mixing, general truck idling) be conducted as far as possible from the nearest noise-sensitive land uses.

MM-NOI-8: The City shall ensure that project approvals within the Planning Area require that the use of construction equipment or construction methods with the greatest peak noise generation potential will be minimized. Examples include the use of drills and jackhammers. When impact tools (e.g., jack hammers, pavement breakers, and caisson drills) are necessary, they shall be hydraulically or electrically powered wherever possible.

MM-NOI-9: The City shall ensure that project approvals within the Planning Area require that stationary construction noise sources be located as far from adjacent receptors as possible, and they shall be muffled and enclosed within temporary sheds, incorporate insulation barriers, or other measures to the extent feasible.

MM-NOI-10: The City shall ensure that project approvals within the Planning Area require that all construction truck traffic be restricted to routes approved by the City of Pico Rivera, which shall avoid residential areas and other sensitive receptors to the extent feasible.

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MM-NOI-11: The City shall ensure that project approvals within the Planning Area require project applicants to designate a construction relations officer to serve as a liaison with surrounding residents and property owners who is responsible for responding to any concerns regarding construction noise and vibration. The liaison’s telephone number(s) shall be prominently displayed at construction locations.

MM-NOI-12: The City shall ensure that project approvals within the Planning Area require a preconstruction meeting with the City’s job inspector(s) and the general contractor or onsite project manager to confirm that noise and vibration mitigation and practices (including construction hours, sound mufflers on equipment, neighborhood notification, posted signs, etc.) are implemented.

MM-NOI-13: Approval of development permits shall ensure that individual developments occurring within the Planning Area shall minimize noise impacts from mechanical equipment, such as ventilation and air conditioning units, by locating equipment away from receptor areas, installing proper acoustical shielding for the equipment, and incorporating the use of parapets into building design to ensure that noise levels shall not exceed the noise level standards for stationary noise sources in the Noise Element of the General Plan Update.

MM-NOI-14: All new commercial and industrial uses occurring within the Planning Area shall locate, to the extent feasible, their respective loading areas on the opposite side of the building where an adjacent noise-sensitive land use (e.g., residential, school, hospital, etc.) is located in order to direct the truck-related noise levels away from these uses.

MM-NOI-15: All loading docks associated with the new commercial and industrial uses occurring in the Planning Area that are located adjacent to noise-sensitive uses shall be designed with proper and sufficient shielding to ensure that truck-related noise levels shall not exceed the ambient noise level on the premises of adjacent residential properties by more than five decibels.

Zoning Code Update Analysis
a) Would the project result in generation of a substantial temporary or permanent increase in ambient noise levels in the vicinity of the project in excess of standards established in the local general plan or noise ordinance, or applicable standards of other agencies?
No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, it is expected that development under the General Plan Update would occur over a 20-year period and expected that construction noise impacts associated with each new development would be short-term in nature and limited only to the period of time when construction activity is occurring for that particular development. Construction activity noise levels at or near construction areas would fluctuate depending on the particular type, number, and duration of uses of various pieces of construction equipment. Generally, each new development within the City would require the use of heavy construction equipment for various activities and the use of smaller power tools, generators, and other sources of noise, as well (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Given that the City is built out and that the General Plan Update consists primarily of infill development of developed parcels, new developments would likely be constructed immediately adjacent to existing structures and receptors. Thus, there would likely be scenarios where new developments would be constructed within 50 feet of existing land uses.

Consequently, these existing land uses would be exposed to substantial construction-related increases in ambient noise levels (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Noise levels at adjacent off-site receptors located within

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50 feet of a future construction site could reach up to 89 dBA (A-weighted decibels) Leq (equivalent continuous sound level) or above. This noise level is not anticipated to occur throughout a whole construction day as construction equipment is typically turned and off over the course of a day. Additionally, construction equipment is generally used for one or two minutes of full power operation followed by three or four minutes at lower power settings (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

As the EIR states, neither the General Plan nor the City’s Municipal Code establish a numerical standard to regulate construction noise. However, Section 18.42.050 of the City’s Municipal Code requires that all construction activities be restricted to the hours of 7 A.M. and 7 P.M. except for purposes of emergencies.

In addition, the General Plan Update includes Goal 11.3 and Policy 11.3-1 to minimize construction-related noise on sensitive receptors. Implementation of Policy 11.3-1 would ensure that all future developments that do occur in proximity to sensitive receptors would be subject to even more restrictive hours of construction than required by the Municipal Code (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Furthermore, the City will consider all future developments on an individual basis to determine whether the project would generate a substantial temporary or periodic increase in ambient noise levels on its surrounding off-site uses (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). For the purposes of conducting a conservative analysis, the EIR assumed there would be scenarios where new developments would be located in close enough proximity to existing land uses such that the generated construction noise level would represent a substantial temporary increase in ambient noise levels. In addition to Policy 11.3-1, the EIR includes MM-NOI-7 through MM-NOI-12 to further reduce construction noise impacts on existing sensitive receptors in the City. However, under circumstances where future construction sites are located adjacent to existing sensitive receptors, noise impacts related to a substantial temporary or periodic increase in ambient noise levels would remain significant (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Thus, the EIR determined that this construction noise impact would be significant and unavoidable.

As discussed in the EIR, operational noise sources in the City are primarily transportation-related, with local traffic being the most significant source of community noise. With respect to operational noise, the City has established both interior and exterior noise standards for different land uses with regards to mobile-source noises. The traffic noise levels resulting from implementation of the General Plan Update could potentially exceed the City’s noise standards shown in Table 3.6-9 within the EIR for various land use types. Based on noise levels projections of the General Plan Update buildout, a majority of the study roadway segments analyzed would exceed 60 dBA at 50 feet from their respective centerline, which is the City’s exterior noise standard for residential land uses which are the land uses that most of the roadways pass in front of or are located in proximity of (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). It is also likely that other existing land uses in the City will have their respective exterior noise standards exceeded (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). However, as stated in the EIR, the roadway noise levels occurring under existing baseline conditions are fairly similar to the levels expected under the General Plan Update at buildout, and some roadway segments would even experience a slight reduction in traffic noise levels. Furthermore, buildout of the General Plan Update would increase local traffic noise levels by a maximum of 1.5 dBA CNEL (community noise level equivalent) at the intersection of Rosemead Boulevard, south of Telegraph Road. As this increase is below 3 dBA, the minimum change in noise levels that is discernible by human hearing, this impact would be less than significant (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

In addition, for the purposes of conducting a conservative analysis, the EIR anticipated that there would be scenarios where new developments would be constructed adjacent to sensitive receptors which would result in a violation of both interior and exterior standards. Further, other transportation-related noise

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sources such as new transit stations and rail lines could further add to the existing noise environment from train engines, rail wheels, warning horns, exhaust systems, and by crossing bells at at-grade crossings (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Overall, the EIR determined that transportation-related noise impacts would be potentially significant.

The EIR states that future developments within the Project Site could also introduce stationary noise sources, such as heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) units and exhaust fans which could potentially disturb existing land uses adjacent to new developments. However, on-site HVAC units and other noisegenerating mechanical equipment would typically be equipped with noise muffling devices or shielding to reduce noise levels. In addition, all future developments would need to comply with Noise Element Policy

11.1-4 which requires new stationary noise sources to mitigate impacts on sensitive receptors (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Through the redevelopment of parcels, older and louder HVAC units would be replaced by newer units that are quieter and more efficient, and given the existing noise environment of the City, noise generated from HVAC units at new developments would likely not be perceptible at adjacent or nearby uses (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). However, the EIR incorporated MM-NOI-13 to ensure that all mechanical equipment associated with new developments would be shielded and located away from sensitive receptors, reducing impacts to a level of less than significant.

As discussed in the EIR, the City has not established any numerical standard with regards to stationary noise sources. However, Chapter 8.40 of the City’s Municipal Code serves as the City’s Noise Ordinance and Section 18.42.050 of the City’s Municipal Code restricts the hours of operation for industrial-zoned properties to the hours of 6 A.M. and 6 P.M., unless the noise generated by the industrial facility does not spill off site and prohibits noise levels from industrial properties from exceeding 65 dBA when measured from the adjacent residential property line (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). All future developments would be required to adhere to noise regulations in the City’s Municipal Code. In addition, the General Plan Update includes goals, policies, and implementation programs to minimize stationary source and transportationrelated noise on residential neighborhoods and businesses. Through the development permit process, the City would evaluate all future developments in the City on an individual basis to determine whether the operational noise levels generated would exceed the noise standards established in the Noise Element of the General Plan Update (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

Furthermore, the EIR states that implementation of MM-NOI-1 would require all future developments to be reviewed by the City on an individual basis against the goals, policies, and standards established in the Noise Element to ensure that their operational noise impacts on neighboring properties would be minimized. Implementation of MM-NOI-2 would further ensure that all future industrial development projects would be reviewed by the City to ensure that their hours of operation and noise levels would comply with Section 18.40.050 of the City’s Municipal Code when they are constructed adjacent to a residential property (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). While compliance with the General Plan Update’s goals, policies, and implementation programs, as well as implementation of MM-NOI-1 and MM-NOI-2 would minimize operational noise impacts within the Project Site, there would likely be scenarios where an individual development project would not be able to meet the City’s noise standards established in the Noise Element (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Therefore, the EIR determined that noise impacts relating to ambient noise levels would be significant and unavoidable.

The EIR also states that because new developments under the General Plan Update would include commercial and industrial uses, noise associated with loading docks would be generated and would adversely affect nearby noise-sensitive land uses. However, Noise Element Policy 11.1-5 encourages

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developments to orient delivery, loading docks, and outdoor work areas away from noise sensitive land uses. Further, incorporation of MM-NOI-14 and MM-NOI-15 would ensure that impacts relating to loading docks would be less than significant (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not affect ambient noise levels in the City. Further, there are no changed circumstances or new information. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a significant and unavoidable impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to exposure of people to or generation of noise levels in excess of established standards from those previously identified. No further analysis required.
b) Would the project result in generation of excessive groundborne vibration or groundborne noise levels? No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, construction activities associated with individual development projects would include demolition and grading activities, which would have the potential to generate low levels of groundborne vibration, and people residing or working in proximity to a construction site could be exposed to excessive vibration or groundborne noise levels. Based on the EIR, peak vibration levels could reach above approximately 0.089 PPV and 87 VdB during typical construction activities for new development projects. While most development projects under the General Plan Update would not require pile driving, in the scenarios where that is required, peak vibration levels of above 0.644 PPV and 104 VdB could occur at adjacent sensitive receptors that are located less than 25 feet from the activity (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). The EIR states that future development projects would be spread over the City throughout the buildout period and construction events would be short-term in nature and it is expected that they would result in an infrequent amount of vibration events per day at sensitive land use locations. However, depending on how close a sensitive receptor is to a construction site and the type of receptor, the vibration levels could exceed the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) vibration significance thresholds for building damage and human annoyance. Further, where pile driving activities would be required, a frequent amount of vibration events per day is expected to occur and the vibration levels experienced by a nearby sensitive receptor would be much greater, and vibration impacts during construction would be potentially significant (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

To minimize construction-related vibration levels on sensitive receptors in the City, the EIR states that the General Plan Update includes Goal 11.3 and Policy 11.3-2, Vibration Standards. The EIR also includes MMNOI-3 and MM-NOI-4 which would prohibit the use of off-road construction equipment that generates high levels of vibration within specified distances from existing land uses near new development sites and would ensure that the impacts associated with building damage and human annoyance at these nearby receptors would be reduced to the extent possible (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). The General Plan Update also includes MM-NOI-5, which would ensure that vibration levels generated by potential pile driving would be minimized to the extent possible, and MM-NOI-6, which would ensure the safety of existing historic buildings or structures. Even with implementation of MM-NOI-3 through MM-NOI-6, there could be potential scenarios where the application of the requirements under these mitigation measures would not be technically feasible, and temporary vibration impacts during construction would be remain significant. As such, construction-related vibration impacts would be significant and unavoidable (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

As discussed in the EIR, new industrial development under the General Plan Update could involve the operation of heavy equipment or machinery that could create elevated levels of vibration in the immediate

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vicinity. Based on the General Plan Update land use map, many of the designated locations for new light and general industrial within the City would be located adjacent to, or in proximity of, existing residential land uses. The EIR anticipated that there would likely be scenarios where existing sensitive receptors that are located adjacent to new industrial developments could be exposed to elevated vibration levels.

However, General Plan Update Policy 11.3-2 would minimize disruptions associated with noise and vibration to residential neighborhoods specifically by requiring that new developments generating a significant amount of vibration ensure that nearby noise-sensitive uses are exposed to acceptable vibration levels based on FTA’s criteria (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). The City would consider all future development projects on an individual basis to ensure operational vibration levels would comply with the vibration level standards established in the Noise Element. Aside from future industrial developments, the remainder of the proposed land uses would generally not include stationary equipment that would generate high vibration levels. Nonetheless, these projects would be required to meet the same standards as the industrial projects (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Therefore, the EIR determined that operational vibration impacts would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not result in generation of excessive groundborne vibration or noise levels.

Further, there are no changed circumstances or new information relating to vibration. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a significant and unavoidable impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to exposure of people to or generation of excessive groundborne vibration or noise levels from those previously identified. No further analysis required. c) For a project located within the vicinity of a private airstrip or an airport land use plan or, where such a plan has not been adopted, within two miles of a public airport or public use airport, would the project expose people residing or working in the project area to excessive noise levels? No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, the City is not within any airport land use plan (ALUP) nor located near any private airstrips. The nearest airport to the Project Site is the El Monte Airport, located approximately 4.4 miles to the northeast (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). As such, the EIR determined that the General Plan Update would not result in any impacts relating to exposure of people to excessive noise levels from an airport or airstrip, and therefore, no impact would occur.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not expose people residing or working in the project area to excessive noise levels as a result of a private airstrip or public use airport. There are no changed circumstances or new information. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in no impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new significant impacts relating to exposure of people to excessive noise levels from those previously identified.

No further analysis required.

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3.14 Population and Housing

New
Potentially
Significant
Impact
New Mitigation
is Required
No New/ No
Impact
Reduced
Impact
XIV. POPULATION AND HOUSING – Would the project:
a) Induce substantial unplanned
population growth in an area, either
directly (for example, by proposing new
homes and businesses) or indirectly
(for example, through extension of
roads or other infrastructure)?
b) Displace substantial numbers of
existing people or housing,
necessitating the construction of
replacement housing elsewhere?
General Plan EIR Analysis Summary
Impacts to population and housing were analyzed in Chapter 5, CEQA-Mandated Sections, of the General Plan EIR on page 5-14. Potential impacts related to inducing substantial population growth, displacement of existing housing, and displacement of people were determined to be less than significant.

Zoning Code Update Analysis
a) Would the project induce substantial unplanned population growth in an area, either directly (for example, by proposing new homes and businesses) or indirectly (for example, through extension of roads or other infrastructure)?
No New Impact. The EIR states that the anticipated projections of approximately 18,308 housing units, a new population of approximately 68,831 residents, and 22,905 employees by the buildout year of 2035 envisioned within the General Plan Update is within the Southern California Association of Government’s (SCAG) projections for the City of 70,100 residents and 18,700 housing units and therefore would not result in an unanticipated substantial increase in population. In addition, the EIR determined that the General Plan Update would not include road or other infrastructure expansions beyond those required to accommodate the already projected growth of the City and therefore would not result in infrastructure expansions that could indirectly result in substantial population growth. Although the employment population generated by the General Plan Update is higher than the number of employees projected by SCAG, the General Plan Update included policies to promote a greater number of jobs within the City for achieve a greater jobs-housing balance (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Thus, the EIR determined that impacts relating to population and housing would be less than significant.

Under existing conditions, the City has 6,795 more employees than the number of employees projected by the California Department of Finance (DOF) under the General Plan buildout. However, given that the General Plan envisioned a greater number of employees than projected by SCAG to promote a greater jobshousing balance and that the proposed Project serves to implement updates to the City’s Zoning Code to

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ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update, the proposed Project would not exacerbate planned growth. There are no changed circumstances nor new information. Consistent with the EIR, the proposed Project would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to substantial population growth from those previously identified. No further analysis required.
b) Would the project displace substantial numbers of existing people or housing, necessitating the construction of replacement housing elsewhere?
No New Impact. As discussed in the 2014 General Plan EIR and described in Section 3.14(a) above, the EIR determined that population and housing impacts would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. There are no changed circumstances nor new information relating to displacement of substantial numbers of existing housing. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to displacement of substantial numbers of existing housing from those previously identified. No further analysis required.

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3.15 Public Services

New
Potentially
Significant
Impact
New Mitigation
is Required
No New/ No
Impact
Reduced
Impact
XV. PUBLIC SERVICES – Would the project:
a) Result in substantial adverse physical impacts associated with the provision of new or physically altered governmental facilities, need for new or physically altered governmental facilities, the construction of which could cause significant environmental impacts, in order to maintain acceptable service ratios, response times, or other performance objectives for any of the public services:
i) Fire protection?
ii) Police protection?
iii) Schools?
iv) Parks?
v) Other public facilities?
General Plan EIR Analysis Summary
Potential impacts to fire protection, police protection, and school services were analyzed in the General Plan EIR on pages 3.8-1 through 3.8-15, while the impacts to parks and recreation were analyzed on pages

3.9-1 through 3.9-15. The EIR determined that impacts to police services would be less than significant with mitigation upon implementation of MM-PS-1 and MM-PS-2 while all other public services impacts would be less than significant. These mitigation measures are included below:

MM-PS-1: The City shall explore the feasibility of adopting development impact fees that require new development to fund its fair share of improvements that are needed to maintain law enforcement service standards, facilities, and equipment.

MM-PS-2: City staff shall coordinate with LASD to plan upgrades and expansion of their existing facility, or to identify sites for a new facility, in order to accommodate the additional police protection resources that will be required to adequately meet the demand generated by the proposed General Plan Update.

Zoning Code Update Analysis
a) Would the project result in substantial adverse physical impacts associated with the provision of new or physically altered governmental facilities, need for new or physically altered governmental facilities, the construction of which could cause significant environmental impacts, in order to maintain acceptable service ratios, response times, or other performance objectives for any of the public services:
i) Fire protection?
No New Impact. As described in the EIR, development of the General Plan Update would increase the overall demand on fire protection and emergency services in the City and is expected to increase the need for new fire facilities, apparatus, and personnel in order to maintain adequate response times. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD) indicated that at the time of drafting the EIR, fire protection

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services were adequate; however, each additional development within the City creates greater demand on existing resources, and future development within the area would be subject to individual review. During the review process, LACoFD would evaluate the service delivery impact of any additional development and would make appropriate recommendations which would result in additional staffing or resource allocations.

If improvements are deemed necessary, the demand for additional personnel, facilities, and operations costs would be funded and offset through the property tax and special tax revenues (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Furthermore, the EIR states that the City would also consider implementing new development impact fees pursuant to General Plan Update Policy 6.3-5 to help maintain adequate fire protection services within the City. Future development projects within the City would be reviewed by the City and LACoFD and would be required to comply with existing requirements, as well as the goals and policies related to fire protection included in the General Plan Update (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Thus, the EIR determined that impacts would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not increase the demand for fire protection or emergency services. There are no changed circumstances or new information relating to fire protection. As such, impacts associated with the Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact.

Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to fire protection services from those previously identified. No further analysis required. ii) Police protection?
No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, the City aims to maintain a police staffing standard of 1 officer per 1,000 residents and police protection services are provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD). At the time the General Plan EIR was drafted, LASD maintained a service ratio in the City of 1.68 officers per 1,000 residents. With implementation of the General Plan Update, LASD would need to provide an additional 9 officers at buildout of the General Plan Update (2035) to maintain the same level of service (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). There are currently no plans to update the existing Pico Rivera Station which is currently aged and is characterized by functional obsolescence, and no plans to construct a new facility. Without new or expanded space, the requirement for additional officers and equipment resulting from implementation of the General Plan Update would result in an exceedance of capacity at the Pico Rivera Station. However, the General Plan Update included MM-PS-1 and MM-PS-2, in addition to other policies relating to police services, to reduce this impact to a less than significant level (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not increase the demand for police protection services. There are no changed circumstances or new information. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to police protection services from those previously identified. No further analysis required. iii) Schools?
No New Impact. The EIR states that implementation of the General Plan Update would increase the residential population of the City and could increase the student population within the El Rancho Unified School District (ERUSD). Buildout of the General Plan Update could result in approximately 650 additional

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students in the district by 2035; however, the school district had an excess capacity of 4,945 seats at the time of drafting the EIR and it was determined that existing capacity within the ERUSD could accommodate the additional students generated by the General Plan Update (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Furthermore, ERUSD is anticipating the student population to continue to decrease. As discussed in the EIR, future developments under the General Plan Update would be required to pay development impact fees to offset the impact of their new student populations to serve as full and complete mitigation of the impacts (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). The EIR also includes policies to ensure continued coordination with school districts.

The EIR determined that impacts relating to schools would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not increase the demand for school services. There are no changed circumstances or new information relating to schools. As such, impacts associated with the development of the Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to schools from those previously identified. No further analysis required. iv) Parks?
No New Impact. The EIR states that the City provides approximately 102 acres of public neighborhood and community parks, creating approximately 1.6 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents. Upon buildout of the General Plan Update, the population of the City would increase by approximately 5,300 residents which would create a demand for an additional 110 acres of park space to continue to maintain the same ratio of 1.6 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents. Without the addition of any park space, the City’s ratio would fall to 1.5 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents. Due to the City being largely built-out, there is very limited capacity to increase existing acreage of parks; however, the City planned to upgrade and enhance many of their existing parks. Some of these renovations at parks include the addition of sports fields with lighting to increase the park’s hours of operation (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Furthermore, as part of the General Plan Update, the City would work with the Army Corps of Engineers to upgrade the existing 120-acre Sports Arena, including restoring the campgrounds, building new sports fields, and providing equestrian opportunities. With the addition of the Arena to the existing parkland acreage, the City would provide 3.5 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents. The General Plan Update also includes plans to expand trails and to provide greater connectivity to park and recreational resources within the City, and a policy to explore the potential for a new park within a remnant parcel of the Passons Grade separation (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). The General Plan Update also includes goals and policies to ensure the provision of adequate recreational opportunities and maintenance and enhancement of the existing parks system, and that would ensure that implementation of the General Plan Update would not result in substantial deterioration of the City’s parks system or the regional parks system (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Therefore, the EIR determined that impacts relating to parks and recreation would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not increase the demand for parks. Further, there are no changed circumstances or new information related to parks. As such, impacts associated with the Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to parks from those previously identified. No further analysis required.

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v) Other public facilities?
No New Impact. The EIR did not specifically mention other public facilities in its analysis within the Public Services section; however, all Public Services impacts were determined to be less than significant or less than significant with mitigation (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Thus, it is anticipated that impacts relating to other public facilities would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. Although the EIR did not specifically mention other public facilities, the proposed Project would not increase the demand on public facilities. There are also no changed circumstances or new information. As such, impacts associated with the Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to other public facilities from those previously identified. No further analysis required.

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3.16 Recreation

New
Potentially
Significant
Impact
New Mitigation
is Required
No New/ No
Impact
Reduced
Impact
XVI. RECREATION.
a) Would the project increase the use of
existing neighborhood and regional
parks or other recreational facilities
such that substantial physical
deterioration of the facility would occur
or be accelerated?
b) Does the project include recreational
facilities or require the construction or
expansion of recreational facilities
which might have an adverse physical
effect on the environment?
General Plan EIR Analysis Summary
Potential impacts to recreation were analyzed in the General Plan EIR on pages 3.9-1 through 3.9-15. The EIR determined that all potential impacts relating to recreation would be less than significant.

Zoning Code Update Analysis
a) Would the project increase the use of existing neighborhood and regional parks or other recreational facilities such that substantial physical deterioration of the facility would occur or be accelerated? No New Impact. The EIR states that the City provides approximately 102 acres of public neighborhood and community parks, creating approximately 1.6 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents. Upon buildout of the General Plan Update, the population of the City would increase by approximately 5,300 residents which would create a demand for an additional 110 acres of park space to continue to maintain the same ratio of 1.6 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents. Without the addition of any park space, the City’s ratio would fall to 1.5 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Due to the City being largely built-out, there is very limited capacity to increase existing acreage of parks; however, the City planned to upgrade and enhance many of their existing parks. Some of these renovations at parks include the addition of sports fields with lighting to increase the park’s hours of operation (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Furthermore, as part of the General Plan Update, the City would work with the Army Corps of Engineers to upgrade the existing 120-acre Sports Arena, including restoring the campgrounds, building new sports fields, and providing equestrian opportunities. With the addition of these Arena to the existing parkland acreage, the City would provide 3.5 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents. The General Plan Update also includes plans to expand trails and to provide greater connectivity to park and recreational resources within the City, and a policy to explore the potential for a new park within a remnant parcel of the Passons Grade separation (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). The General Plan also includes goals and policies to ensure the provision of adequate recreational opportunities and maintenance and enhancement of the existing parks system, and that

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would ensure that implementation of the General Plan Update would not result in substantial deterioration of the City’s parks system or the regional parks system (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

Therefore, the EIR determined that impacts relating to parks and recreation would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not increase the demand on recreational facilities. Further, there are no changed circumstances or new information related to parks. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to existing neighborhood and regional parks or other recreational facilities from those previously identified. No further analysis required.
b) Does the project include recreational facilities or require the construction or expansion of recreational facilities which might have an adverse physical effect on the environment? No New Impact. As detailed in the EIR, the City is largely build-out and opportunities for construction of new parks or the expansion of existing parks would be limited largely to restoration of the 120-acre Sports Arena area and the former Bicentennial Park Campground. These improvements would occur within already disturbed areas and any potential impacts would be assessed at the time the project moves forward. In addition, the General Plan Update includes a requirement for new development to provide 3 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents or pay an in-lieu fee that would be used by the City to build new park space or maintain and improve existing park space in order to offset the demand created by new development (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). The EIR therefore determined that this impact would be less than significant.

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3.17 Transportation

New
Potentially
Significant
Impact
New Mitigation
is Required
No New/ No
Impact
Reduced
Impact
XVII. TRANSPORTATION – Would the project:
a) Conflict with a program, plan,
ordinance or policy addressing the
circulation system, including transit,
roadway, bicycle and pedestrian
facilities?
b) Conflict or be inconsistent with CEQA
Guidelines § 15064.3, subdivision (b)?
c) Substantially increase hazards due to a
geometric design feature (e.g., sharp
curves or dangerous intersections) or
incompatible uses (e.g., farm
equipment)?
d) Result in inadequate emergency
access?
General Plan EIR Analysis Summary
As described in Section 1.4 of this Addendum, since certification of the 2014 General Plan EIR, the State has adopted updates to the CEQA Guidelines (including Appendix G) to add efficiency and clarity to aspects of the guidelines and to incorporate recent case law and legislation.

Potential impacts to traffic and circulation were analyzed in the General Plan EIR on pages 3.3-1 through

3.3-31. The EIR determined that impacts to the circulation system would be less than significant with mitigation upon implementation of MM-CIRC-1 and MM-CIRC-2, while all other impacts were determined to be less than significant or were determined to have no impact. These mitigation measures are included below:

MM-CIRC-1: Upon adoption of the proposed General Plan Update, the City shall pursue funding options, such as transportation and growth management grants, to implement the system-wide signal timing improvements at all intersections within the City.

MM-CIRC-2: The City shall monitor the performance of the intersections listed below on an on-going basis and ensure that the specified improvements occur at these intersections prior to or concurrent with development occurring under the General Plan that would increase the peak-hour delay and cause the intersection LOS to deteriorate to unsatisfactory levels:

4. Paramount Boulevard/Washington Boulevard: Convert the eastbound and westbound left turn signal phases to protected-permitted phasing.

8. Rosemead Boulevard/Gallatin Road: Convert one receiving lane on the west leg to a second left turn lane. The resulting intersection geometry west of Rosemead

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Boulevard will include one westbound lane, two eastbound left turn lanes (of 100 feet of storage or more), one eastbound through lane, and an eastbound right turn lane.

9. Rosemead Boulevard/Beverly Boulevard: Convert signal phasing to provide protected left turns for eastbound and westbound left turns. Prohibit U-turns for the southbound and westbound directions and provide right turn overlap phases for the westbound and northbound right turns.

10. Rosemead Boulevard/Whittier Boulevard: Convert signal phasing to provide permitted-protected phasing for all left turns. Provide right turn overlap phase for the westbound right turn and prohibit U-turns in the southbound direction.

12. Rosemead Boulevard/Washington Boulevard: Convert the northbound and westbound left turn signal phases to protected-permitted phasing.

14. Rosemead Boulevard/Slauson Avenue: Convert the eastbound and westbound left turn signal phases to protected-permitted phasing.

15. Rosemead Boulevard/Telegraph Road: Convert signal phasing to provide permitted-protected phasing for all left turns. Provide right turn overlap phase for the northbound right turn and prohibit U-turns in the westbound direction. Restripe to provide an eastbound right turn lane.

24. San Gabriel River Parkway/Beverly Boulevard: Convert the eastbound and westbound left turn signal phases to protected-permitted phasing. Convert the westbound right turn lane to a shared through-right turn lane and convert the southbound free right-turn lane to provide a right turn overlap phasing. The receiving lane for the southbound free right turn will become the receiving lane for the additional westbound through lane.

Zoning Code Update Analysis
a) Would the project conflict with a program, plan, ordinance or policy addressing the circulation system, including transit, roadway, bicycle and pedestrian facilities? No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, implementation of the General Plan Update is projected to generate 3,805 fewer daily vehicle trips, with 62 fewer trips in the A.M. peak hour and 294 fewer trips in the P.M. peak hour compared to the previously adopted General Plan. The EIR conducted an intersection level of service analysis for year 2035 to determine whether intersections would fall below the City’s standard of LOS D at intersections during peak hours. The EIR found that all study area intersections and pedestrian LOS at all signalized intersections are forecast to operate at satisfactory levels of service with the exception of 13 intersections for vehicles, creating a significant impact (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

Thus, the General Plan Update implemented MM-CIRC-1 which would require signal timing improvements and corridor-wide signal coordination and would result in all but 8 of the intersections operating at acceptable LOS. Therefore, the General Plan Update also incorporated MM-CIRC-2, which defines specific signal operations at the 8 intersections and would ensure that all intersections operate at LOS D and would reduce circulation-related impacts to less than significant. Further, the General Plan Update includes policies related to the circulation system that would further reduce impacts (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). As such, the EIR determined that this impact would be less than significant with mitigation.

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The EIR also stated that implementation of the General Plan Update would not conflict with the LA County Congestion Management Plan (CMP) or affect any CMP facilities and would not change the County’s LOS standards. Impacts relating to conflicts with a plan addressing the circulation system were determined to be less than significant. In addition, the EIR states that implementation of the General Plan Update would not remove or interfere with existing or planned transit service in the City and that policies included in the General Plan Update would also encourage expansion and enhancement of trans opportunities in the area (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). As such, the EIR determined that impacts relating to public transit plans and policies would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not affect roadway or transit conditions in the City. In addition, there are no changed circumstances or new information. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in an impact of less than significant with mitigation. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to conflicts with an applicable plan, ordinance, or policy establishing measures of effectiveness for the performance of the circulation system from those previously identified. No further analysis required. b) Would the project conflict or be inconsistent with CEQA Guidelines § 15064.3, subdivision (b)? No New Impact. The EIR did not specifically analyze this threshold (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). The General Plan Update would allow future development within the City which would result in indirect impacts associated with the construction and operation of future projects. While the General Plan Update would allow for the construction and operation of new developments, the location and design of such future projects are too speculative at this time to adequately evaluate their potential environmental effects.

Furthermore, changes to the State CEQA Guidelines no longer require automobile delay and traffic congestion be identified as impacts to be considered on the environment (California Public Resources Code Section 21099(b)(2)). As such, future subsequent projects would be subject to project-specific CEQA review at the time such projects are proposed. Potential impacts related to vehicle miles traveled (VMT), as defined in Section 15064.3(b) of the State CEQA Guidelines, would be examined in accordance with CEQA as part of the required project-specific CEQA review.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project also consists of updates to sections of the Zoning Code, additions of new Chapters and Divisions in the Zoning Code, and Zone name changes. There are no changed circumstances or new information. Given the above, the Project would result in less than significant impacts related to CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.3, subdivision (b). Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts from those previously identified. No further analysis is required. c) Would the project substantially increase hazards due to a geometric design feature (e.g., sharp curves or dangerous intersections) or incompatible uses (e.g., farm equipment)? No New Impact. The EIR states that all development under the General Plan Update within the City and its sphere of influence would be required to be designed consistent with City standards, including street design, and would be reviewed to ensure compliance with those standards that would ensure that streets are designed to substantially decrease hazards or dangerous design features. Further, it is not anticipated that land uses that result in incompatible uses or vehicles on City roadways would occur (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). As such, the EIR determined that this impact would be less than significant.

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The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not increase hazards due to a geometric design feature in the City. Further, there are no changed circumstances or new information. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to substantially increasing hazards due to a design feature from those previously identified. No further analysis required. d) Would the Modified Plan result in inadequate emergency access? No New Impact. As stated in the EIR, all development under the General Plan Update would be required to be designed so that adequate emergency access would be provided (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). As such, the EIR determined there would be no impact.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not result in inadequate emergency access in the City. Further, there are no changed circumstances or new information. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in no impact. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to inadequate emergency access from those previously identified. No further analysis required.

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3.18 Tribal Cultural Resources

New
Potentially
Significant
Impact
New Mitigation
is Required
No New/ No
Impact
Reduced
Impact
XVIII. TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES.
a) Would the project cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a tribal cultural resource, defined in Public Resources Code § 21074 as either a site, feature, place, cultural landscape that is geographically defined in terms of the size and scope of the landscape, sacred place, or object with cultural value to a California Native American tribe, and that is:
i) Listed or eligible for listing
in the California Register of
Historical Resources, or in
a local register of historical
resources as defined in
Public Resources Code
section 5020.1(k), or
ii) A resource determined by
the lead agency, in its
discretion and supported
by substantial evidence, to
be significant pursuant to
criteria set forth in
subdivision (c) of Public
Resources Code § 5024.1.

In applying the criteria set
forth in subdivision (c) of
Public Resource Code §
5024.1, the lead agency
shall consider the
significance of the
resource to a California
Native American tribe.

General Plan EIR Analysis Summary
Since certification of the 2014 General Plan EIR, updates to the State CEQA Guidelines have gone into effect. One of the revisions to Appendix G of the State CEQA Guidelines was made in 2016 that incorporated threshold questions for tribal cultural resources. The tribal cultural resources section was added to Appendix G after passage of AB 52, which required an updated to the State CEQA Guidelines to ensure that the topic of tribal cultural resources was addressed in CEQA documents. Regarding the topic of tribal cultural resources, AB 52 is applicable to projects that have a notice filed on or after July 1, 2015. As the EIR was certified in 2014, the NOP for the 2014 General Plan EIR was circulated before the adopted of these CEQA changes. As such, the provisions of AB 52, including the Native American Consultation process established since the preparation of the 2014 General Plan EIR, were not applicable to the General Plan Update.

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Zoning Code Update Analysis
a) Would the project cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a tribal cultural resource, defined in Public Resources Code § 21074 as either a site, feature, place, cultural landscape that is geographically defined in terms of the size and scope of the landscape, sacred place, or object with cultural value to a California Native American tribe, and that is listed or eligible for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources, or in a local register of historical resources as defined in Public Resources Code section 5020.1(k)?
No New Impact. The 2014 General Plan EIR did not evaluate potential impacts to tribal cultural resources (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). However, as described in Threshold 3.5(a) of this Addendum, potential impacts to historical resources were analyzed. As stated above in Section 3.5, the EIR identified potential historically significant buildings and sites within the City; however, none of the sites listed have been formally evaluated for their significance and are not listed on local, State, or federal registers of historical places. In summary, the EIR identified that compliance with applicable regulations would reduce potential impacts to a less than significant level.

However, the Project would allow future development within the City which would result in indirect impacts associated with the construction and operation of future projects. While the Project would allow for the construction and operation of new residential and non-residential development, the location and design of such future projects are too speculative at this time to adequately evaluate their potential environmental effects. As such, future subsequent projects would be subject to project-specific CEQA review at the time such projects are proposed. Potential impacts related to historical resources would be examined in accordance with CEQA as part of the required project-specific CEQA review.

Given the above, the proposed Project would result in less than significant impacts related to historical resources. No new or different impacts would occur than those previously identified in the 2014 General Plan EIR. No further analysis is required.
b) Would the project cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a tribal cultural resource, defined in Public Resources Code § 21074 as either a site, feature, place, cultural landscape that is geographically defined in terms of the size and scope of the landscape, sacred place, or object with cultural value to a California Native American tribe, and that is a resource determined by the lead agency, in its discretion and supported by substantial evidence, to be significant pursuant to criteria set forth in subdivision (c) of Public Resources Code § 5024.1. In applying the criteria set forth in subdivision (c) of Public Resource Code § 5024.1, the lead agency shall consider the significance of the resource to a California Native American tribe?
No New Impact. The 2014 General Plan EIR did not evaluate potential impacts to tribal cultural resources (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). However, the General Plan Update does not include additional locations not previously addressed in the EIR nor does the General Plan Update include new disturbances to previously investigated sites. Given that the provisions of AB 52 were not applicable to the 2014 General Plan EIR and no tribal cultural resource issues were raised at the time the 2014 General Plan EIR was certified, CEQA documents tiering from the 2014 General Plan EIR (such as this Addendum) are not required to address

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issues related to tribal cultural resources (Citizens for Responsible Equitable Environmental Development v. City of San Diego (2011) 196 Cal.App.4th 515). Therefore, no further analysis is required.

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3.19 Utilities and Service Systems

New
Potentially
Significant
Impact
New Mitigation
is Required
No New/ No
Impact
Reduced
Impact
XIX. UTILITIES AND SERVICE SYSTEMS – Would the project:
a) Require or result in the relocation or
construction of new or expanded water,
wastewater treatment or storm water
drainage, electric power, natural gas, or
telecommunications facilities, the
construction or relocation of which
could cause significant environmental
effects?
b) Have sufficient water supplies
available to serve the project and
reasonably foreseeable future
development during normal, dry and
multiple dry years?
c) Result in a determination by the waste
water treatment provider, which serves
or may serve the project that it has
adequate capacity to serve the
project’s projected demand in addition
to the provider’s existing
commitments?
d) Generate solid waste in excess of state
or local standards, or in excess of the
capacity of local infrastructure, or
otherwise impair the attainment of
solid waste reduction goals?
e) Comply with federal, state, and local
statutes and regulations related to
solid waste?
General Plan EIR Analysis Summary
Potential impacts to utilities and service systems were analyzed in the General Plan EIR on pages 3.10-1 through 3.10-32. The EIR determined that water supply impacts and cumulative water impacts would be less than significant with mitigation upon implementation of MM-GRW-1, while all other impacts were determined to be less than significant. This mitigation measure is included below:

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Zoning Code Update Analysis
a) Would the project require or result in the relocation or construction of new or expanded water, wastewater treatment or storm water drainage, electric power, natural gas, or telecommunications facilities, the construction or relocation of which could cause significant environmental effects? No New Impact. As stated in the EIR, the proposed General Plan Update would not require new or expanded solid waste disposal facilities. Although the EIR did not specifically address this threshold and given that the EIR identified that all other utilities impacts would be less than significant or less than significant with mitigation, this impact is also anticipated to be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not require or result in the relocation or construction of new or expanded utilities facilities. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would result in a less than significant impact. Further, there are no changed circumstances or new information. Thus, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to construction or expansion of water or wastewater treatment facilities from those previously identified. No further analysis required. b) Would the project have sufficient water supplies available to serve the project and reasonably foreseeable future development during normal, dry and multiple dry years? No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, overall water demand would increase in both the PRWA and PWD service areas by 2035. Single-family residential would continue to be the highest water user. The EIR states that the PRWA would exceed its APA and its total water supply including recycled water beginning in 2033, while the PWD would exceed its APA in 2015 and again from 2025 to 2035. In terms of groundwater supply, both agencies would exceed their APA at times over the 20-year planning period, although both agencies would have the option to lease available APAs from other Central Basin pumpers (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

The EIR states that in both UWMP’s, which take a conservative approach, the agencies are projected to pump enough groundwater to meet the estimated demand. Regarding recycled water, the EIR determined planned recycled water supplies exist, although the City has implemented additional recycled water uses since publication of the EIR. Overall, the EIR determined the projected supplies and demand for the PRWA and PWD service areas between the years of 2015 and 2035 (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). As identified in the UWMP, PRWA would have a surplus supply of water from 2015 to 2033 when supply is projected to fall short of demand; although, the UWMP anticipates the shortfall would be met through the purchase of available APAs. As identified in the UWMP, PWD water supply would fall short of demand every year except for 2020; although, the UWMP anticipates the shortfall would be met through the purchase of available APAs (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

Furthermore, the EIR determined that the total supply of both water agencies would fall short of Citywide demand in 2030. The year 2030 and beyond would require additional water supplies to support all proposed and existing uses. The UWMPs for both agencies include opportunities to increase water supply, and the General Plan Update includes policies for water conservation. While this does represent a shortfall in supply, the UWMPs are based on the maximum allowable densities or intensity on every parcel (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Existing local buildout levels have not achieved these maximum allowable densities or intensity on every parcel. As a result, the more conservative approach used in the UWMPs may also be slightly overestimating the future 2030 shortages (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). The EIR determined that total projected water supply in the City would be sufficient through the year 2030, while beyond that year would

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require purchase of additional APAs or surface water supplies. This shortfall was also anticipated by the UWMPs which anticipate it would be met through conservation and implementation of Demand Management Measures. Both agencies also have water shortage contingency plans to handle worst-case water supply availability. In addition, the UWMPs for both agencies identify opportunities to increase water supply and reduce overall demands through conservation. Because the UWMPs are updated every five years, both agencies will continue to track supply and demand and take the necessary steps to meet demand or limit new connections and development (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Overall, the EIR determined that with adherence to policies within the General Plan Update, regulatory driven UWMP updates, and implementation of MM-GRW-1, water supply impacts would be less than significant with mitigation.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not affect water supplies. Additionally, there are no changed circumstances or new information. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Thus, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to construction or expansion of stormwater drainage facilities from those previously identified. No further analysis required. c) Would the project result in a determination by the waste water treatment provider, which serves or may serve the project that it has adequate capacity to serve the project’s projected demand in addition to the provider’s existing commitments?
No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR, future development projects under the General Plan Update would be required to prepare and implement SUSMPs in compliance with the requirements of the MS4 Permit issued by the Los Angeles RWQCB. Projects of one acre or more in area would be required to prepare and implement Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans in accordance with the requirements of General Construction Permit, Order No. 2009-0009-DWQ. As demonstrated in EIR, implementation of the General Plan Update would result in an estimated increase in wastewater generation over the 20-year period, which would be within the capacity of the Los Coyotes Water Reclamation Plant (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

Therefore, the EIR determined that there is sufficient wastewater treatment capacity in the region for the estimated net increase in wastewater that would be generated by the General Plan Update. Los Angeles County Sanitation District (LACSD) would also review future projects to determine whether their facilities would be affected. In addition, policies within the General Plan Update and the ERE would also take actions to reduce potential future impacts on wastewater systems (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). As such, the EIR determined that wastewater impacts would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not affect wastewater systems or capacity. Additionally, there are no changed circumstances or new information. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Thus, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to sufficient water supplies from those previously identified. No further analysis required.
d) Would the project generate solid waste in excess of state or local standards, or in excess of the capacity of local infrastructure, or otherwise impair the attainment of solid waste reduction goals? No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR and shown in Table 3.10-14, implementation of the General Plan Update would increase solid waste generation within the City. At the time of drafting the EIR, the Puente

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Hills Transfer Station/MRF waste-by-rail system had a capacity of 8,000 tons per day and the Mesquite Regional Landfill (which is the receiving landfill) had capacity for 100 years disposal at that rate (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Thus, the EIR determined that LACSD would have adequate capacity to accommodate the General Plan Update. In addition, future development projects would be required to adhere to the provisions of the California Green Building Standards Code and the goals and policies of the General Plan regarding solid waste. The EIR determined that impacts would be less than significant (City of Pico Rivera 2014a).

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would not generate solid waste in excess of state or local standards or in excess of existing capacity. There are no changed circumstances or new information. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be consistent with the analysis in the EIR and would result in a less than significant impact. Thus, the proposed Project would not generate solid waste in excess of State or local standards from those previously identified. No further analysis required. e) Would the project comply with federal, state, and local statutes and regulations related to solid waste? No New Impact. As discussed in the EIR and above in Section 3.19(d), future development projects under the General Plan Update would be required to adhere to the provisions of the California Green Building Standards Code and the goals and policies of the General Plan regarding solid waste and all other applicable statues and regulations (City of Pico Rivera 2014a). Thus, the EIR determined that this impact would be less than significant.

The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project would comply with federal, state, and local statutes and regulations related to solid waste. There is no other new information or changed circumstances. As such, impacts associated with the proposed Project would result in a less than significant impact. Thus, the proposed Project would not result in any new or different impacts relating to compliance with applicable solid waste regulations from those previously identified. No further analysis required.

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3.20 Wildfire

New
Potentially
Significant
Impact
New Mitigation
is Required
No New/ No
Impact
Reduced
Impact
XX. WILDFIRE – If located in or near state responsibility areas or lands classified as very high fire hazard severity zones, would the project:
a) Substantially impair an adopted
emergency response plan or emergency
evacuation plan?
b) Due to slope, prevailing winds, and
other factors, exacerbate wildfire risks,
and thereby expose project occupants
to, pollutant concentrations from a
wildfire or the uncontrolled spread of a
wildfire?
c) Require the installation or
maintenance of associated
infrastructure (such as roads, fuel
breaks, emergency water sources,
power lines or other utilities) that may
exacerbate fire risk or that may result
in temporary or ongoing impacts to the
environment?
d) Expose people or structures to
significant risks, including downslope
or downstream flooding or landslides,
as a result of runoff, post-fire slope
instability, or drainage changes?
General Plan EIR Analysis Summary
Since certification of the 2014 General Plan EIR, updates to the State CEQA Guidelines have gone into effect. One of the revisions to Appendix G of the State CEQA Guidelines involves a more extensive wildfire analysis for projects located in or near State Responsibility Areas for firefighting or lands classified as very high fire hazard severity zones (14 CCR 15000 et seq., as amended December 28, 2018). Wildfire hazards were not specifically addressed in the 2014 General Plan EIR as thresholds of significance; however, the General Plan Update addressed wildfire in the Community Facilities Element, which includes policies and programs to minimize potential damage and hazards resulting from fire. Policies address fire protection service standards (response time and adequate resources), fire flows and water storage, enforcement of codes, and review of development proposals. As such, future development is required to be evaluated by the City and the Los Angeles County Fire Department for consistency with the fire hazard policies (City of Pico Rivera 2014c).

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Zoning Code Update Analysis
a) Would the project substantially impair an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan?
No New Impact. The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project also consists of updates to sections of the Zoning Code, additions of new chapters and divisions in the Zoning Code, and zone name changes. While the proposed Project would allow for the construction and operation of future development, the location and design of such future projects are too speculative at this time to adequately evaluate the potential environmental effects.

However, the Project Site is not located in a State Responsibility Area or in a State-designated Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone under existing conditions (CAL FIRE 2024). As such, future subsequent projects are not anticipated to result in significant impacts associated with the impairment of an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan. Moreover, future projects would be subject to project-specific CEQA review at the time such projects are proposed. Potential impacts related to emergency response plans or emergency evacuation plans would be examined in accordance with CEQA as part of the required project-specific CEQA review. Further, because the City is built out, fire risk from wildfires is limited (City of Pico Rivera 2014c). Given this, no new or different impacts would occur than those previously identified in the 2014 General Plan EIR. No further analysis is required. b) Due to slope, prevailing winds, and other factors, would the project exacerbate wildfire risks, and thereby expose project occupants to, pollutant concentrations from a wildfire or the uncontrolled spread of a wildfire?
No New Impact. Similar to the discussion in Threshold 3.20(a), the proposed Project would not result in direct physical changes to the environment. As such, future subsequent projects are too speculative at this time to adequately evaluate their potential environmental effects. The Project Site is not located in a State Responsibility Area or in a State-designated Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone under existing conditions (CAL FIRE 2024). Therefore, potential impacts related to wildfire exacerbation are not anticipated to result in significant impacts. Given this, no new or different impacts would occur than those previously identified in the 2014 General Plan EIR. No further analysis is required. c) Would the project require the installation or maintenance of associated infrastructure (such as roads, fuel breaks, emergency water sources, power lines, or other utilities) that may exacerbate fire risk or that may result in temporary or ongoing impacts to the environment? No New Impact. The Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update. The Project also consists of updates to sections of the Zoning Code, additions of new chapters and divisions in the Zoning Code, and zone name changes. The Project does not include the installation or maintenance of associated infrastructure (such as roads, fuel breaks, emergency water sources, power lines, or other utilities) that may exacerbate fire risk or that may result in temporary or ongoing impacts to the environment. Given this, no new or different impacts would occur than those previously identified in the 2014 General Plan EIR. No further analysis is required.

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d) Would the project expose people or structures to significant risks, including downslope or downstream flooding or landslides, as a result of runoff, post-fire slope instability, or drainage changes? No New Impact. The proposed Project would not result in direct physical changes to the environment, which would expose people or structures to significant risks, including downslope or downstream flooding or landslides, as a result of runoff, post-fire slope instability, or drainage changes. In addition, future subsequent projects, the location and design of such future projects are too speculative at this time, would be subject to project-specific CEQA review at the time such projects are proposed. As such, the Project would not result in new or different impacts than those previously identified in the 2014 General Plan EIR.

No further analysis is required.

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3.21 Mandatory Findings of Significance

New
Potentially
Significant
Impact
New Mitigation
is Required
No New/ No
Impact
Reduced
Impact
XXI. MANDATORY FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANCE
a) Does the project have the potential to
substantially degrade the quality of the
environment, substantially reduce the
habitat of a fish or wildlife species,
cause a fish or wildlife population to
drop below self-sustaining levels,
threaten to eliminate a plant or animal
community, substantially reduce the
number or restrict the range of a rare
or endangered plant or animal or
eliminate important examples of the
major periods of California history or
prehistory?
b) Does the project have impacts that are
individually limited, but cumulatively
considerable? (“Cumulatively
considerable” means that the
incremental effects of a project are
considerable when viewed in
connection with the effects of past
projects, the effects of other current
projects, and the effects of probable
future projects.)
c) Does the project have environmental
effects which will cause substantial
adverse effects on human beings,
either directly or indirectly?
General Plan EIR Analysis Summary
Impacts to biological resources were analyzed in Chapter 5, CEQA-Mandated Sections, of the General Plan EIR on pages 5-2 through 5-4, and all potential impacts to biological resources were determined to be less than significant. Impacts to cultural resources were analyzed in Chapter 5, CEQA-Mandated Sections, of the General Plan EIR on pages 5-4 through 5-8. The EIR determined impacts relating to the historical resources, archaeological resources, and to disturbance of human remains would be less than significant with implementation of policies to protect cultural resources included in the EIR. Further, cumulative impacts were analyzed in each environmental topic sections of Chapter 3, Impact Analysis, of the 2014 General Plan EIR. Cumulative impacts relating to air quality and noise and vibration during construction were determined to be significant and unavoidable, while all other cumulative impacts were determined to be less than significant with mitigation or less than significant.

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Zoning Code Update Analysis
a) Does the project have the potential to substantially degrade the quality of the environment, substantially reduce the habitat of a fish or wildlife species, cause a fish or wildlife population to drop below selfsustaining levels, threaten to eliminate a plant or animal community, substantially reduce the number or restrict the range of a rare or endangered plant or animal or eliminate important examples of the major periods of California history or prehistory?
No New Impact. The General Plan Update included components which would not result in direct biological resources or cultural resources impacts to the environment. Therefore, the EIR did not require incorporation of mitigation measures for these topics.

The proposed Project does not include modifications to the General Plan Update components. The proposed Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update and consists of updates to sections of the Zoning Code, additions of new Chapters and Divisions in the Zoning Code, and Zone name changes. Additionally, the Project would not result in direct physical changes to the environment. While the General Plan Update would allow for the construction and operation of new residential and non-residential development, the location and design of such future projects are too speculative at this time to adequately evaluate their potential environmental effects. As such, future subsequent projects would be subject to project-specific CEQA review at the time such projects are proposed. Potential impacts related to biological and cultural resources would be examined in accordance with CEQA as part of the required project-specific CEQA review.

No new or different impacts would occur than those previously identified in the 2014 General Plan EIR. No further analysis is required.
b) Does the project have impacts that are individually limited, but cumulatively considerable? (“Cumulatively considerable” means that the incremental effects of a project are considerable when viewed in connection with the effects of past projects, the effects of other current projects, and the effects of probable future projects.)
No New Impact. The 2014 General Plan EIR analyzed cumulative considerable impacts as a result of the General Plan Update, as further detailed throughout this Addendum. The proposed Project would not result in changes compared to the General Plan Update.

The proposed Project does not include modifications to the General Plan Update components. The proposed Project serves to update the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the 2014 General Plan Update and consists of updates to sections of the Zoning Code, additions of new Chapters and Divisions in the Zoning Code, and Zone name changes. Thus, the proposed Project would not result in impacts that are individually limited, but cumulatively considerable. No new or different impacts would occur than those previously identified in the 2014 General Plan EIR. No further analysis is required. c) Does the project have environmental effects which will cause substantial adverse effects on human beings, either directly or indirectly?
No New Impact. As further detailed throughout this Addendum, the proposed Project would not result in new or different impacts as compared to the General Plan as analyzed in the 2014 EIR. Therefore, the

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proposed Project would not cause substantial adverse effects on human beings, either directly or indirectly.

Moreover, the proposed Project would not result in direct physical changes to the environment. While the General Plan Update would allow for the construction and operation of new residential and non-residential development, the location and design of such future projects are too speculative at this time to adequately evaluate their potential environmental effects. As such, future subsequent projects would be subject to project-specific CEQA review at the time such projects are proposed. Potential impacts related to biological and cultural resources would be examined in accordance with CEQA as part of the required project-specific CEQA review.

No new or different impacts would occur than those previously identified in the 2014 General Plan EIR. No further analysis is required.

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4 Addendum Conclusion
As demonstrated by the analysis and discussion above, impacts associated with the proposed Project would be similar to or less than the impacts identified within the 2014 General Plan EIR. The Project would not create substantial changes that would require major revisions of the EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects. In addition, no change in circumstances or new information of substantial importance have become available relative to any of the environmental topic categories that would result in new or more severe significant environmental impacts related to the proposed Project. Furthermore, the applicable mitigation measures incorporated into the General Plan EIR would continue to be implemented under the implementation of the proposed Project. All Project impacts would be within the significance determination disclosed under the EIR, and none of the conditions described in PRC Section 21166 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15164 requiring a recirculated EIR would occur. Therefore, the Project would not create any potential adverse impacts beyond those evaluated within the 2014 General Plan EIR.

As such, the preparation of this Addendum to modify the City’s Zoning Code would be appropriate and fully complies with the requirements of PRC Section 21166 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15164.

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5 References and Preparers

5.1 References Cited
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE). 2024. Fire Hazard Severity Zones in State Responsibility Area. Prepared September 29, 2023. Effective April 1, 2024. Accessed January 2025. https://calfireforestry.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=988d431a42b242b29d89597ab693d00

8. California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). 2019. California State Scenic Highway System Map. Copyright 2019. Accessed January 2025.
https://caltrans.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=465dfd3d807c46cc8e8057116f1 aacaa.

City of Pico Rivera. 2014a. Pico Rivera General Plan Update. Draft Environmental Impact Report. State Clearinghouse No. 2014041021. July 2014. Accessed December 2024.

City of Pico Rivera. 2014b. Pico Rivera General Plan Update. Final Environmental Impact Report. State Clearinghouse No. 2014041021. October 2014. Accessed January 2025. https://www.picorivera.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Pico-Rivera-GP-Update-FEIR.pdf.

City of Pico Rivera. 2014c. Pico Rivera General Plan Update. Accessed December 2024. https://www.picorivera.org/general-plan/.

City of Pico Rivera. 2024. City of Pico Rivera Title 18 Zoning Code. Public Review Draft. Accessed December 2024. https://www.pico-rivera.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Title-18-CZCU-Public-Review-Draft.pdf.

Department of Finance (DOF). 2024. Estimates-E1. Population and Housing Estimates for Cities, Counties, and the State — January 1, 2023 and 2024. Accessed December 2024. https://dof.ca.gov/forecasting/demographics/estimates-e1/.

California Open Data Portal. 2024. Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS). Pico Rivera (ID 205059).

November 2024. Preliminary. Accessed December 2024. https://data.ca.gov/dataset/59218446-5760- 4683-b52e-f6210021840a/resource/b4bc4656-7866-420f-8d87- 4eda4c9996ed/download/laborforceandunemployment_monthly_20241220.csv.

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5.2 List of Preparers
City of Pico Rivera
Alvaro Betancourt, Community and Economic Development Director Estefany Franco, Planner
Dudek
Nicole Cobleigh, Senior Project Manager
Brandon Whalen-Castellanos, Deputy Project Manager
Gabe Romero, Environmental Planner

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Attachment A
General Plan Appendix A,
Zoning Compatibility Matrix

APPENDIX A
General Plan / Zoning Compatibility Matrix
This matrix identifies the zoning districts that will normally be considered consistent with the various land use designations of the General Plan.

LEGEND General Plan Designations
● - Zones that are consistent with General Plan Designations □ - Zones that may be consistent with General Plan designations in specific locations Residential Business
Community/
Public
Facilities
Mixed
Use Other
Zoning Districts
Rural ResidentialLow Density ResidentialMedium Density ResidentialHigh Density ResidentialCommercialLight IndustrialGeneral IndustrialPark/Open SpacePublic FacilitiesMixed UseSpecific Plan Residential
R-E Single Family Residential Estate ● □
S-F Single Family Residential ● □
R-I Residential Infill ● ● □
PUD Planned Residential Unit Development ● ● ● ● □
R-M-M Multiple-Family Residential Variable Density
Multiple-Family Residential, Medium Density
● ● □
R-M-H Multiple-Family Residential, High Density ●
Commercial
C-G General Commercial ● ● □
C-C Community Commercial ● ● □
C-N Neighborhood Commercial ● □
CM Commercial Manufacturing ● ● □
CPD Commercial Planned Development ● ● □
P-A Professional and Administrative ● ● □
Industrial
I-G General Industrial ● □
I-L Limited Industrial ● □
IPD Industrial Planned Development ● ● □
Specific Plan
SP 301 ●
SP 400 Rancho De Bartolo Specific Plan ●
SP
Mercury
Mercury Specific Plan ●
Park/Open Space O-S Open Space ● □
Parking P Parking ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Attachment A
Appendix A: General Plan / Zoning Compatibility Matrix
LEGEND General Plan Designations
● - Zones that are consistent with General Plan Designations □ - Zones that may be consistent with General Plan designations in specific locations Residential Business
Community/
Public
Facilities
Mixed
Use Other
Zoning Districts
Rural ResidentialLow Density ResidentialMedium Density ResidentialHigh Density ResidentialCommercialLight IndustrialGeneral IndustrialPark/Open SpacePublic FacilitiesMixed UseSpecific Plan Public Facilities
C-Z Civic Center ● □
P-F Public Facility ● □
Overlays
M-U-30 Mixed Use 30 Overlay □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □
M-U-40 Mixed Use 40 Overlay □ □ □ □ □
E-S Emergency Shelter □ □ □

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Attachment B
General Plan Table 3-2,
General Plan Land Use Categories
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Table 3-2:

General Plan Land Use Categories
Map
Symbol Intention
Maximum Density/
Land Use Intensity
Land Use Designations
Residential Land Uses
Densities are stated as the maximum permissible number of dwelling units per net acre that exists within the project site prior to any new dedication requirements. Density is assumed to accrue only to lands that are “developable.” Developable acres are those that are not encumbered by prior dedications of easements or rights-of-way, and are not flood-prone or subject to other hazards as to be unable to support new development.

Second units on a residential lot may be permitted subject to the provisions of the zoning ordinance, provided that second units are developed within the applicable maximum allowable density of lot they are being developed on and per State law.

Provision of density bonuses to facilitate the development of housing for lower income residents as allowed by State law and City ordinance may result in development densities in excess of the nominal maximum density for any land use designation.

RR The Rural Residential designation preserves large lot rural lifestyles, including the keeping of animals within an urban setting. Housing types range from large ranch
estate homes to several detached houses on a single
large lot when consistent with the maximum allowable land use intensity and permitted by the zoning ordinance.

Density: Up to 2
dwelling units per net
acre
LDR The Low Density Residential designation makes up the majority of the residential land use within the city. These areas typically consist of traditional suburban subdivisions with one house per lot or in some case, one house on a lot with an attached or detached rental unit. A mixture of
housing types may be developed within a single project
site consistent with Low Density Residential density
limits are not exceeded and a determination by the City that the proposed mix of dwelling units will be compatible with the surrounding neighborhood.

Density: 2-6 dwelling
units per net acre.

Intensity: Maximum
FAR of 0.5
MDR Lands designated Medium Density Residential are
typified by a wide range of living accommodations,
including conventional detached homes, detached
dwellings on small lots, mobile homes, duplexes,
townhouses, condominiums, and garden apartments. A
mixture of detached homes and attached for-sale or forrent dwelling units could also be permitted within a proposed development consistent with Medium Density
Residential density limits and a determination by the City that the proposed dwelling unit mix will be compatible with the surrounding neighborhood.

Density: 6-14 dwelling
units per net acre.

HDR The High Density Residential designation is typified by townhouses, condominiums and apartments. Since the Land Use Map designates density rather than specific housing types, a mixture of houses, condominiums, and apartments could also be permitted within a proposed development if High Density Residential density limits are not exceeded and a determination is made by the City that the proposed development will be compatible with the surrounding
neighborhood and General Plan policies. High Density
Residential designations are primarily located along major street corridors and near major activity centers.

Density: 14-30 dwelling
units per net acre.

Attachment B

3. Land Use Element
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Table 3-2 (continued):

General Plan Land Use Categories
Map
Symbol Intention
Maximum Density/
Land Use Intensity
Business-Oriented Land Uses
The General Plan identifies business-oriented land use designations to provide a broad range of shopping, commercial service, and employment opportunities for the community. Permitted maximum land use intensities for each designation are stated as maximum floor area ratios (FAR), which are determined by dividing the total proposed building area (square feet) of a development by the square footage of the development site prior to any new dedication requirements. Achievement of this maximum is neither guaranteed nor implied. The final density achieved by any particular development is dependent upon the project’s design, any constraints that might be present within the site, traffic and site access considerations, available infrastructure and services, and other factors. Applicable zoning standards may also limit attainment of maximum allowable intensities.

C The Commercial land use designation is intended to provide appropriately located areas for the general shopping,
commercial services, dining and entertainment, and
professional office needs of the community. Examples of the intended nature of development within the Commercial
designation include shopping centers, in-line shops,
specialty shops, stand-alone commercial uses, and office buildings. Within the Commercial designation, and subject to applicable General Plan policies and Pico Rivera
ordinance provisions, appropriate land uses include a broad range of commercial, retail, service, and office uses. Typical uses include general retail, markets, commercial services, restaurants, automotive repair and service, hardware and home improvement, durable goods sales, commercial
recreation, professional and business offices, financial institutions, and automotive sales.

Intensity: Maximum
FAR of 2.5
Density: 14-30
dwelling units per
net acre for parcels
with a Mixed Use
Overlay Zone
Mixed-Use 30
Overlay Zone
Density:20-40
dwelling units per
net acre for parcels
with an R-40
Overlay Zone a
Mixed-Use 40
Overlay Zone
LI The Light Industrial land use designation is characterized by a variety of light industrial uses, including
warehousing/distribution, assembly, light manufacturing, research and development, mini-storage, and repair
facilities conducted within enclosed structures as well as supporting retail and personal services. Light Industrial areas are intended for industrial uses compatible with a location in closer proximity to residential development than general industrial areas and are intended for businesses that do not generate substantial volumes of heavy truck traffic.

Intensity: Maximum
FAR of 0.60
Density: 14-30
dwelling units per
net acre for parcels
with a Mixed Use
Overlay Zone
Mixed-Use 30
Overlay Zone
Density:20-40
dwelling units per
net acre for parcels
with an R-40
Overlay Zone a
Mixed-Use 40
Overlay Zone
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I General Industrial designations are intended for a range of industrial businesses, including uses, which, because of their truck-intensive nature or for reasons of potential environmental effects, are best segregated from other,
more sensitive, land uses, such as residential
neighborhoods. These areas provide for a wide range and variety of manufacturing and assembly, large-scale
warehousing and distribution uses, contractors storage
yards, and wholesale activities.

Retail or service uses designed to meet the needs of
businesses may be permitted subject to applicable zoning regulations. General Industrial areas are intended to
make a positive contribution to the local economy and
municipal revenues, and furnish local employment
opportunities for area residents.

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Table 3-2 (continued):

General Plan Land Use Categories
Map
Symbol Intention
Maximum Density/
Land Use Intensity
Community and Public Land Uses
The General Plan identifies Community and Public land use designations to provide for public and institutional activities, as well as for the preservation of open space. Pico Rivera recognizes that the City might not have jurisdiction over certain public facilities, and that public entities might not be required to follow the City’s development standards. In such cases, the City’s land use policies, including maximum development intensity are intended as a guideline for the agency.

P/OS The primary purpose of areas designated Park/Open
Space is the provision of recreational facilities,
preservation of environmental resources, managed
production of resources, and protection of the public health and safety. Certain open space areas, such as those that exist to protect public health or sensitive environmental resources or those owned and managed by private
entities, might not be open to public use. The most
prevalent public open space uses are City parks. It is also the intent of this designation to include uses, such as utility corridors, that serve as interim and permanent open
space. Only uses consistent with the open space purposes of lands designated Park/Open Space are appropriate,
subject to the applicable General Plan policies and zoning ordinance provisions. This designation recognizes that
certain recreational uses such as the municipal golf course and equestrian centers may be of higher intensity use than typical parks and open space areas. In addition, wholesale nurseries and landscape growers may be permitted within public utility easements subject to General Plan policies and zoning ordinance provisions.

Intensity: The maximum
land use intensity is
governed by the open
space/recreation
purpose of the land so
designated.

PF The Public Facilities designation is intended to recognize existing publicly owned facilities, and to provide areas for the conduct of public and institutional activities, including but not limited to State and Federal agencies, special
districts, public schools and associated administrative offices, and public and private utilities. Uses within this designation include public and private schools, public
corporation yards, libraries, fire stations, civic center, and other governmental offices and facilities. Uses also include open space, parks, greenways and trails that are intended for public use.

Intensity: Maximum
FAR of 1.0
Mixed Use Development
Two unique land use designations provide for flexible land use in activity centers and provide for innovation in design. Whereas the other land use designations generally focus on a single type of land use, mixed land use categories produce a successful blend of land uses to create successful districts.

MU The primary purpose of areas designated Mixed Use is to provide a different style of development than traditional neighborhoods, commercial, and employment areas that
are physically separated from each other. The specific mix of uses and development density are to be appropriate to the site’s location, access, size, and adjacent land uses.

The intent is to create areas in which a mix of uses can come together to meet the community’s housing,
shopping, employment, and institutional needs through
efficient patterns of land use. The Mixed Use designation provides flexibility to develop standalone residential or Intensity: Maximum
FAR shall be 1.0 for
non-residential uses
and up to 30 dwelling
units per net acre for
residential uses in
the Mixed-Use 30
Overlay Zone
The scale, size and mix
of land uses vary by
area. Further direction
regarding land use
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General Plan Land Use Categories
Map
Symbol Intention
Maximum Density/
Land Use Intensity
commercial or a combination of both. Within the Mixed
Use designation, both “vertical mixed use” (various types of uses integrated within individual buildings, such as commercial on the ground floor with residential uses
above) and “horizontal mixed use” (individual buildings housing different types of uses within an integrated site plan) are appropriate.

The sites identified by the 6th Cycle Housing Element to meet the Regional Housing Needs Assessment are
zoned as Mixed-Use 40 (M-U-40). These sites were
subject to the rezoning program pursuant to Program 4A
in Section 4: Housing Plan of the 6th Cycle Housing
Element.
distributions, densities
and intensities within
each area is provided
by provisions of the
Opportunity Area within
which the development
is located.

Density:20-40
dwelling units per
net acre for parcels
with a Mixed-Use
40 Overlay Zone
SP The Specific Plan designation is intended to be used in combination with underlying General Plan land use
designations to allow for the creation of flexible standards in areas of the city which have unique characteristics, environmental constraints, or would not otherwise achieve General Plan goals and policies using the existing
designations.

Within the Specific Plan designated areas, all land uses which underlie the Specific Plan designation are considered to be appropriate subject to applicable General Plan policies and Zoning ordinance provisions. Development or
redevelopment within the Specific Plan designation will be subject to the requirements of Government Code Section
65450. In addition, Specific Plans must include:
• A land use plan incorporating high quality design
concepts and a consistent design theme;
• A circulation plan which shows appropriate access to
and from the development as well as how the project
roadways will be designed;
• A landscape plan providing a consistent planting
theme;
• A description (which includes illustrative examples) of techniques which will be used to buffer residential and non-residential uses;
• An implementation plan which includes a phasing plan
for the installation of capital improvements which is
consistent with area master plans, how increases in the level of public services such as sheriff, fire, and schools are to be addressed;
• An overall development phasing plan for the
development;
• An assessment of the fiscal and economic impacts of
the development; and
• When determined necessary by the City, a
development agreement which includes the elements
listed above and setting forth the terms and conditions agreeable to the City and the developer for
implementation of the project.

Upon adoption of a specific plan as defined above, the
underlying General Plan and Zoning Designations shall be represented by the “SP” Specific Plan designation.

Intensity: The maximum
overall intensity of
development within the
Specific Plan
designation shall be
consistent with the
provisions of the Pico
Rivera General Plan as
determined through the
development review
process. In all cases,
the intensity of Specific
Plan developments, and
each portion thereof,
shall be compatible with
the underlying General
Plan densities and
intensities and adjacent
and adjacent and
existing and planned
land uses.

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General Plan Land Use Categories
Map
Symbol Intention
Maximum Density/
Land Use Intensity
Special Planning Areas
Special Planning Areas provide additional direction for specific locations in Pico Rivera that supplements and is in addition to other general plan policies.

Opportunity
Area
Several areas within the city are identified as “Opportunity Areas,” and are intended to accommodate much of the
City’s anticipated redevelopment and potential new
growth. Each area has its own purpose and intent. The
identification of “Opportunity Areas” allows for flexibility in determining specific intentions for use, design and
character unique to each area that supplements and is in addition to other General Plan policies.

Intensity: The maximum
overall intensity of
development within
each Opportunity Area
shall be consistent with
the provisions of the
General Plan for the
Opportunity Area within
which the development
is located.

Housing
Element
Sites
These sites are identified by the Housing Element to meet the Regional Housing Needs Assessment. These sites
are subject to a rezoning program pursuant to Program 15 in Section 2, Housing Plan of the Housing Element.

The following density
standards shall apply to
residential
development:
6 to 14 dwelling units
per acre in MDR.

A minimum 30 dwelling
units per acre in HDR.

A 50% development
capacity and minimum
30 dwelling units per
acre in MU for
residential uses.

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To: Mayor and City Council
From: City Manager
Meeting Date: December 9, 2025
Subject: APPOINTMENTS FOR ALL COMMISSIONS FOR THE 2025-2027 TERM
Recommendation:

1. Approve resolutions ratifying City Council appointments to the Planning Commission, Parks and Recreation Commission, Sister City Commission and Veterans Commission for the 2025-2027 term.

Strategic Priority:
5 - Community Engagement - Foster a connected, collaborative, and actively participating City and workforce.

Strategy:

5.1 Increase community participation and inclusion to cultivate a powerful sense of community pride and public awareness.

Fiscal Impact:

There is no fiscal impact on the General Fund.

Discussion:

The current terms of office for commissioners serving on the Planning, Parks and Recreation, Sister City, and Veterans Commissions expire December 2025. To continue with the work of these Commissions and to facilitate future meetings, the City Council is being asked to consider appointments to these commissions.

Each of the members of the commissions shall be appointed for a two-year term in accordance with the provisions of the Pico Rivera Municipal Code.

Several applications for these commissions were received by the City Clerk’s Office and copies of the qualified applications were provided to the City Council for their 5 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT – MEETING OF DECEMBER 9, 2025 APPOINTMENTS FOR ALL COMMISSIONS FOR THE 2025-2027 TERM

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