Hillside Management Zone Ordinance Update
3 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2006121090
Lead Agency
City of Sierra Madre
Document Title
Hillside Management Zone Ordinance Update
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
6/25/2009
Document Description
The Hillside Management Zone Ordinance Update is a revision and clarification of the existing Hillside Management Zone Ordinance, which includes an amendment to the City of Sierra Madre Zoning Map and amendments to the Municipal Code text. The HMZ Ordinance Update proposes to improve development standards relative to fire hazards, open space, aesthetics, grading limits, height limits, and to protect the natural habitat within the hillside area. This update also includes a Fire Prevention Plan that includes regulations on vegetation, roofing, eaves, exterior wall surfaces, overhangs, sprinkler systems, and fuel modification/brush control in order to reduce the potential for wildland fires. The HMZ Update also would allow only one dwelling unit per lot (and one second unity, per Municipal Code Chapter 17.22), thus increasing the amount of open space within the hillside area, improving the aesthetics of the hillside area by increasing lot sizes and increasing height restrictions on buildings so as not to impede on the view; and protect the natural habitat by implementing a suitability analysis that requires a census of biological resources located onsite. The requirement of landscaping and fencing plans also regulates the amount of space to be left in its natural state so as to not disturb natural habitats. The Ordinance would change the minimum lot size from 15,000 sf to two acres; extend the coverage of the hillside area to all areas of the City with significant slopes, including the area of the City north of Carter Avenue and Mira Monte Avenue; re-classify a number of ridgelines as prominent ridgelines; and change the zone from an overlay zone to a stand-alone zone. The HMZ Update would also reorganize information contained in the previous Ordinance.
Contact Information
Name
Danny Castro
Agency Name
City of Sierra Madre
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Sierra Madre
Counties
Los Angeles
Cross Streets
Sierra Madre Boulevard,Baldwin Avenue,Santa Anita Avenue
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
City of Sierra Madre
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
No
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
N/A
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
N/A
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