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ORDINANCE NO. 17-1379
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA,
REGARDING ROOF ELEMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL AND
INDUSTRIAL ZONES CITYWIDE TO STATE THAT ALL ROOF
ELEMENTS LISTED UNDER SECTION 17.46.010.A ARE GOVERNED BY
THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE AND MAY EXCEED THE HEIGHT
LIMIT ONLY BY THE MINIMUM AMOUNT NECESSARY TO COMPLY
WITH THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE STANDARDS, AND
AMENDING THE HERMOSA BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on July 18, 201
to consider amending Municipal Code Section 17.46.010 to state that for commercial and industrial
zones citywide, all roof elements listed under Section 17.46.010.A are governed by the California
Building Code and may exceed the height limit only by the minimum amount necessary to comply
with the California Building Code standards (TEXT 17-3).
SECTION 2. The City Council held a duly noticed public hearing on September 12, 2017
consider amending Municipal Code Section 17.46.010 to state that for commercial and it
zones Citywide, all roof elements listed under Section 17.46.010.A are governed by the G
Building Code and may exceed the height limit only by the minimum amount necessary to
with the California Building Code standards (TEXT 17-3).
SECTION 3. The project is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(2), because the project will not result in a direct or
reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. The zone text amendment
changes are not subject to CEQA as the project is procedural in nature and will in no way create
negative impacts to the environment. The amendment will reduce potential impacts compared to
existing conditions as it requires the reduction in height and massing when necessary and required
by the California Building Code. Therefore, there is no possibility that the activity in question may
have a significant effect on the environment.
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SECTION 4. Section 17.46.010.A of Chapter 17.46 of Title 17 of the Hermosa Beachl
Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
A. Commercial and Manufacturing Zones. The following elements may be constructed
above the height limit, provided they do not exceed the height limit by more than eight (8) feet and
cover no more than five (5) percent of the total roof area. All elements listed below are governed by
the California Building Code and may exceed the height limit only by the minimum amount
necessary to comply with the California Building Code standards.
1. Elevator housing;
2. Stairways;
3. Tanks;
4. Ventilating fans;
5. Parapet fire walls;
6. Towers;
7. Chimneys;
8. Flues;
9. Vents;
10. Smokestacks;
11. Wireless masts; and
12. Similar structures as determined by the Planning Commission.
SECTION 5. The proposed text amendment is consistent with the purposes of the General'
Plan, with Commercial and Specific Plan Areas which refer to Commercial zoning standards and Light
Manufacturing zones and will not create adverse impacts to the environment or surrounding area
because the amendment will result in reduced height in roof structures, as required by the California
Building Code, as listed in Section 17.46.01 O.A as substantiated in the Staff Report for this amendment.
SECTION 6. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion
this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court
or competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the invalidity of the remaining portions of
this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance, and
each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the
fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases or portions
might subsequently be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
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SECTION 7. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty days after its adoption.
SECTION 8. The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to be published in a newspaper of
general circulation published and circulated in the City within fifteen (15) days after its passage.
SECTION 9. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance,
shall enter the same in the book of original ordinances of said city; shall make minutes of the passage
and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City Council at which time is passed
and adopted.
vote:
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 26th day of September, 2017 by the following
AYES:
Armato, Duclos, Massey, Petty, Mayor Fangary
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTAIN:
None
PRESIDEN of the City Counc�nd MAYOR of the City of Hermosa Beach, California
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO� ORM:
City Clerk City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH
I, Elaine Doerfling, City Clerk of the City of Hermosa Beach, California,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 17-1379 was duly and regularly
passed, approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach at a
regular meeting held at the regular meeting place thereof on the 26th day of September,
2017, and the Ordinance to be published in the Easy Reader on October 5, 2017.
The vote was as follows:
AYES:
Armato, Duclos, Fangary, Petty, Mayor Massey
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTAIN:
None
Dated: September 26, 2017
Elaine Doerfling, City C rk