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ORDINANCE NO. 20-1423
AN ORDINANCE REGARDING LIMITED LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
PERMITS AMENDING THE HERMOSA BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
AND DETERMINING THE ORDINANCE TO BE EXEMPT FROM
CEQA
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 17.42.190 of Chapter 17.42 of Title 17 of the Hermosa Beach
Municipal Code is amended:
B. Administrative Permit Required.
1. Limited live entertainment allowed pursuant to this section may be permitted with an
administrative permit pursuant to Chapter 17.55 in the C-1, C-2 and C-3 zones. No permit
term shall extend past four (4) years from the effective date of the ordinance codified in this
section, which was December 13, 2018.
SECTION 2. Section 17.42.190 of Chapter 17.42 of Title 17 of the Hermosa Beach
Municipal Code is amended:
C. Standards and Limitations.
4. Operations/Seating. The activity must be confined to completely enclosed premises and does not
result in the need for additional seating or change in an approved floor plan to accommodate the
limited live entertainment and/or accommodate a stage for the entertainment, dancing or hosting of
an activity or event. A minor temporary floor plan change may be allowed upon approval of the
Community Development Director for the duration of the Limited Live Entertainment, but must be
returned to the approved floor plan after the Limited Live Entertainment activity is completed.
SECTION 3. The proposed amendments to Title 17 of the Hermosa Beach Municipal Code
are to continue the Limited Live Entertainment Pilot Program. The amendments will not impede the
City’s ability to meet its General Plan goals and the amendments are necessary to carry out the
purposes of the Zoning Ordinance, including the orderly planned use of land resources.
SECTION 4. On November 17, 2020, the Planning Commission approved Resolution 20-
27 recommending TA 20-3 Text Amendment to the City Council.
SECTION 5. On December 8, 2020, the City Council conducted a public hearing to
consider TA 20-3 Text Amendment and introduced this ordinance regarding Limited Live
Entertainment Permits and amending the Hermosa Beach Municipal Code.
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SECTION 6. The City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach hereby finds, determines,
and declares the recitals and findings above are true and correct and are adopted as findings by the
City Council.
SECTION 7. The City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach hereby further finds,
determines, and declares the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) pursuant to California Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(1), because CEQA does
not apply to ministerial projects proposed to be carried out or approved by public agencies. The
project is statutorily exempt from CEQA in that it allows for approval of limited events within
approved businesses only. Additionally, the zone text changes are Categorically Exempt from the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061 of the CEQA Guidelines.
Section 15061 states that CEQA applies only to projects that have the potential for causing a
significant effect on the environment. No possibility exists that the proposed zone text amendments
will have a significant effect on the environment because the zone text amendments will continue
and modify standards for Limited Live Entertainment Permits.
SECTION 8. The City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach hereby further finds,
determines, and declares the Text Amendment is consistent with the goals and policies of PLAN
Hermosa (the City’s combined General Plan and Local Coastal Program) adopted in August 2017.
The Text Amendment supports PLAN Hermosa goals and policies that are listed below.
Specifically, the Text Amendment will implement, in part, the following policies in the Land Use
Element of the General Plan:
Goal 1. Create a sustainable urban form and land use patterns that support a robust economy
and high quality of life for residents.
Policies:
1.4 Diverse Commercial Areas. Promote the development of diversified and unique
commercial districts with locally owned businesses and job- or revenue-generating uses.
1.7 Compatibility of Uses. Ensure the placement of new uses does not create or exacerbate
nuisances between different types of land uses.
Goal 2. Neighborhoods provide for diverse needs of residents of all ages and abilities, and are
organized to support healthy and active lifestyles.
Policies:
2.9 Neighborhood-serving retail. Support the retention of existing neighborhood-serving retail
and services in key locations throughout the city.
Goal 3. A series of unique, destination-oriented districts throughout Hermosa Beach.
3.3 Diverse retail and office centers. Provide incentives to transform existing single-use
commercial properties that are accessible into retail destinations by adding a diversity of
uses, providing new pedestrian connections to adjacent residential areas, reducing the visual
prominence of parking lots, making the centers more pedestrian-friendly and enhancing the
definition and character of street frontage and associated streetscapes
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 8th day of December, 2020 by the following vote:
AYES: Armato, Detoy, Fangary, Mayor Pro Tem Massey, and Mayor Campbell
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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PRESIDENT of the City Council and MAYOR of the City of Hermosa Beach, California
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Eduardo Sarmiento, City Clerk Michael Jenkins, City Attorney
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