Public Hearing: City Council - Objective Design Standards

Published on October 08, 2025

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
City Council

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 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Glendora will hold a public hearing pursuant to §21.01.030(E) of the Glendora Municipal Code in the City Council Chamber of City Hall, 116 E. Foothill Boulevard, Glendora, California, to receive and consider all evidence and reports relating to the following matter:

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that in the event that a state of emergency is in effect and that COVID protocols are imposed that require masking, vaccination verification and/or social distancing are in effect at the time scheduled to conduct this public hearing, it may be necessary to conduct a virtual City Council meeting utilizing the Zoom Video Communications platform. Enter meeting ID# cityofglendora.gov/zoom.

Hearing Date:

Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at 7:00 p.m.

Case Number:

PLN22-0042

Subject Property:

Citywide

Request:

City Council adoption of an Ordinance Amending Title 21 (Zoning) of the Glendora Municipal Code to Establish Objective Design Standards and Streamline Existing Regulations in Alignment with the City’s Adopted Housing Element and State Law.

Applicant:

City of Glendora

General Plan / Zoning:

The ordinance applies to all General Plan Areas and zoning districts with the following exceptions:

  1. Rural Hillside Residential (RHR) zone;

  2. Glendora Commercial Specific Plan;

  3. The Village on the Green Specific Plan;

  4. Diamond Ridge Specific Plan;

  5. William Lyon Homes Arboreta Specific Plan;

  6. Monrovia Nursery Specific Plan; and

  7. Planned development (PD) and Planned redevelopment (PR) zones.

Environmental:

Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the adoption of the Ordinance implementing the City’s objective design standards does not constitute a “project” within the meaning of Public Resources Code Section 21065, 14 Cal. Code Regs. Section 15060(c)(2) because it has no potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. Even if the adoption of the Ordinance implementing the objective design standards did constitute a project under CEQA, the Ordinance is exempt from the CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) (the “common sense” exemption), which excludes projects where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment. The proposed Ordinance introduces objective design standards but does not alter any underlying density or height limitations, and will not allow any development that is not consistent with existing City codes, standards, or policies, and therefore it can be seen with certainty that the recommended Ordinance could not have a physical effect on the environment. Therefore the proposed Ordinance does not warrant further environmental review.

Contact Person:

Hans Friedel AICP, Principal Planner

hfriedel@cityofglendora.org / (626) 914-4818

                                       

All interested parties are invited to attend said hearing and express their views on this matter.  Should you be unable to attend the public hearing, your comments must be made in writing and delivered to the City Clerk prior to the scheduled hearing date.  Related documents are on file for public inspection and copying for the cost of duplication, at the office of the City Clerk, 116 E. Foothill Blvd, Glendora, California, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, exclusive of holidays.

Further information on this item may be obtained or viewed at the following locations commencing on (October 16, 2025):

1. OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK:

2. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPT:

Glendora City Hall
City Clerk’s Office
 116 E. Foothill Boulevard
 Glendora, CA 91741(626) 914-8210

Glendora City Hall
Planning Division
 116 E. Foothill Boulevard
 Glendora, CA 91741
 (626) 914-8292

 

If you challenge this action(s) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing.

Kathleen R. Sessman, MMC
City Clerk/Communications Director

Published:       October 16, 2025 (San Gabriel Valley Examiner)

CERTIFICATION

I, hereby certify that I posted a copy of this Notice on the bulletin board outside the City Hall Council Chamber, 116 E. Foothill Boulevard on Thursday, October 16, 2025.

Kathleen R. Sessman, MMC
City Clerk/Communications Director

 

 

 

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