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Montebello council advances zoning overhaul to implement Montebello 2040 and streamline mixed‑use housing
Summary
On Feb. 25 the Montebello City Council voted unanimously to introduce and waive first reading of four ordinances amending Title 17 to add mixed‑use development standards, objective design rules, raised site‑plan thresholds, and a zoning map rezoning of about 270 parcels to align with the Montebello 2040 General Plan and the city’s sixth‑cycle housing element.
Montebello’s City Council on Feb. 25 moved to amend the city’s zoning code to implement goals in the Montebello 2040 General Plan and the sixth‑cycle housing element, voting unanimously to introduce and waive first reading of four ordinances and adopt a companion zoning map resolution.
Planning staff told the council the package creates new mixed‑use development standards for C1 and C2 commercial zones, establishes objective design standards for multifamily and mixed‑use developments (new chapter 17.21), raises thresholds for site‑plan review and rezones about 270 parcels to match the General Plan. “All new mixed use projects are required to dedicate at least 50% of the total building square footage to residential use,” planning staff…
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