San Fernando council adopts mixed-use overlay; amends recitals, adds capacity and fiscal analyses

The San Fernando City Council on Tuesday approved second reading of two ordinances to establish a mixed-use overlay zone and apply it to specified commercial parcels, voting to adopt the California Environmental Quality Act mitigated negative declaration addendum and sending the amended ordinances to the state for review.

Erica Ramirez, a city planning staff member, presented the ordinances — Ordinance 17-28 (a zoning text amendment to establish the mixed-use overlay) and Ordinance 17-30 (a zoning map amendment to add the overlay to certain C1 and C2 zone properties) — and described changes directed by the council after a Jan. 21 public hearing. Ramirez said the revisions add recitals expressing the council’s views on state housing requirements and add findings that require applicants to submit sewer and water capacity analyses and fiscal-impact evaluations of effects on municipal services.

The recitals added language noting the council’s…