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Staff Report
July 23, 2013
Item No.: 8B
FILE NO: Ordinance 13-972
ATIACHMENT B
An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Temple City amending
the Temple City Zoning Code to implement the Housing Programs
outlined iii the 2008-2014 Housing Element.
APPLICANT: City ofTemple City
PROJECT PLANNER: Peter Sun, Management Analyst (J j
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: The environmental impacts of Ordinance 13-972 has been assessed in
the Mitigated Negative Declaration previously prepared for the
adopted City of Temple City 2008-2014 Housing Element.
RECOMMENDATlON: Adopt_ Resolution 13-2378 PC (Attachment 1) recommending that the
City Council adopt Ordinance 13-972
CRITICAL ISSUES:
• Modification of density and standards of development in the R-3 (high-density multi-family
residential) zone
• Modification of density bonus, affordable housing, and lot consolidation incentives
• Conditionally permitting single room occupancies in C-3 zone and establishing standards of
development
• Permitting emergency shelters in targeted C-3 areas and establishing standards of development
~ Permitting transitional housing, supportive housing, and community care facilities in R-1, R-2,
and R-3 zones
• Adopting a reasonable accommodation procedure
BACKGROUND:
On May 7, 2013, City Council approved and adopted the City of Temple City 2008-2014 Housing
Element (Housing Element). Adoption of the housing element commits the City to proceed with the ·
implementation of 18 programs that are designed to meet the City's housing-related goals in a manner
July 23, 2013 Planning Commission Meeting
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consistent with state requirements. Ordinance 13-972 (Attachment 2) makes key progressions towards
the complete implementation of those 18 programs by amending sections of the Zoning Code relating
to R-3 density, multi-family standards of development, and special needs housing.
ANALYSIS:
Ordinance 13-972 modifies sections of the Temple City Zoning Code to assist in the development of
housing to meet the needs of low-and moderate-income households, and to address or remove
constraints to the maintenance, improvement, and development of housing. Ordinance 13-972
implements the following programs broken down· into five categories outlined in Section 2 of the
adopted Housing Element (Attachment 3).
Category 1: Adequate Housing Sites
Category 2: Assist in the Development of Low and Moderate Income Housing
Category 3: Removal of Governmental Constraints
Category 4: Conserving Existing Affordable Housing
Category 5: Fair Housing
Category 1, Program 2: Multi-Family Sites Inventory and Development Incentives:
Section 9362; R-3 Standards of Development is amended to allow R-3 parcels not adjoining R-1
parcels to develop multi"family residential development at a density of 20-30 units per acre. The
amendments of this section also establishes special standards of development for these lots
including key changes in reduced parking standards, building height, and subterranean parking
Section 9362 allocates increased density to only R-3 properties not adjoining R-1 to meet the
regional housing needs projected by Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG),
shown in Table 2-7 of the Housing Element. An analysis of the City's underutilized properties in
Appendix D of the Housing Element demonstrates significant opportunities for development in the
R-2 and R-3 zones. As directed by Program 2 of the Housing Element, Section 9362 targets specific
R-3 parcels for increased density so that it would not directly impact single-family residential
neighborhoods. Section 9362 also amends the maximum number of stories and building height to
three (3) stories at 40 feet, and allows subterranean parking to make it more feasible to reach those
higher densities at the targeted parcels. Furthermore, Section 9362(1) and 9352(K) is removed to
eliminate the Conditional Use Permit (CUP) requirement for residential dwelling projects with two
(2) or more units and discretiona1y permit barriers of high density development. Multi-family
projects will be reviewed through a new administrative site plan review.
• R-3 lots not adjoining R-1 density is increased from 18 units per acre to 20-30 units per
acre.
• R-3 lots not adjoining R-1 maximum height is increased from 30 feet to 40 feet and
maximum number of stories is increased from 2 to 3.
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• Subterranean parking is permitted in R-3 lots not adjoining R-1.
• Conditional use permit requirement is removed for all multi-family dwelling units.
Section 9362.F: Special Development Criteria is amended to incorporate an air quality mitigation
measure included in the Mitigated Negative Declaration of the Housing Element. The new provision
requires all new residential developments within 500 feet of an arterial street or railway to be
installed with enhanced air filtration in a mechanical ventilation system. The provision is intended to
mitigate the potential health impacts caused by locating high density residential developments
along Rosemead Boulevard and other parcels near major thoroughfares. Section 9109 is also
amended to provide a definition for "arterial street" to clarify those parcels affected by the
provision.
• New dwellings within 500 feet of an arterial street or railway shall have installed a
mechanical ventilation system with air filtration with a Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
(MERV) of 14.
For reference, a tracked changes version of the amendments in Section 9362: R-3 Standards of
Development (Attachment 4) is attached as supplemental information.
Also for reference, attached is a map indicating the locations of R-3 zoned lots that are not
adjoining R-1 zoned lots, i.e., the areas designated by crosshatching on the map (Attachment 5).
Category 1, Program 3: Lot Consolidation Incentives:
Section 9362.1: R-3 Lot Consolidation Incentives is created to encourage consolidation of R-3 lots
into larger development sites in order to achieve the scale and quality of development envisioned
for the at-ea.
Existing lot widths of many R-3 parcels are the cause of inefficient use of land and poor design of
multi-family units. Section 9362.1 provides bonus density, parking reduction incentives, and other
potential incentives through development agreements for lot consolidation of 4 lots or more. By
incentivizing lot consolidation, the City hopes to achieve consolidated and comprehensive designs
of multi-family developments on lots ranging from 19,000 to 32,000 square feet.
Categ01y 1, Program 4: Zoning for Special Needs:
To facilitate the development of a variety of housing types for special needs persons, Ordinance 13-
972 makes the following amendments to the Zoning Code to permit or conditionally permit and
establish standards of development for single room occupancy, emergency shelters, supportive
housing, and transitional housing facilities.
• Section 9109: Definitions is amended to include definitions for "Single Room Occupancy
Buildings", "Emergency Shelter", "Supportive Housing", and "Transitional Housing". The
definitions provided are taken from the California Government Code.
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• Section 9202: Conditional Use Permit, When Required is amended to allow a single room
occupancy (SRO) building in the C-3 zone subject to approval of a CUP, and to allow la1·ge
community care facilities (seven or more residents) in the R-2, R-3, C-1, C-1-R, C-2, and C-3
zones, subject to approval of a CUP.
• Sections 9331, 9350, and 9360 a1·e amended to allow transitional and supportive housing,
and small community care facilities (six or fewer residents) in the R-1, R-2, and R-3 zones as
permitted uses.
• Section 9390 is amended to permit emergency shelters as a permitted use in the C-3 zone.
• Sections 9454.1, 9454.2 are created to establish standards of development for single room
occupancy buildings and emergency shelters, regulating the location, number of persons
admitted, length of stay, management, services provided, and parking.
• Section 9291: Parking Spaces Required is amended to include parking standards for
emergency shelter, single room occupancy, transitional housing, and supportive housing.
Category 2, Program 9: Revise Density Bonus Procedures:
Article V. Density Bonus is created to implement density bonus and parking reduction incentives to
encourage the development of affordable housing. Concessions and other incentives are available
to developments that meet affordable housing, child care, or land donation requirements. SB 1818,
adopted in 2004, requires cities to offer scaled density bonuses of up to 35% for offering affordable
housing, senior housing, and land donations. As promised by the recently adopted housing
element update, the proposed density bonus, parking reduction, and other concession incentives in
this article meet the requirements of SB 1818, which was adopted in 2004, and codified in California
Government Code Section 65915-65918. Procedures are also established in this article for
application and review of affordable and senior housing development incentives. Article V. Density
Bonus is organized in the following method:
• Article V. Density Bonus
• 9470: Purpose
• 9470.1: Density Bonus Allowance
• 9470.2: Concessions and Other Incentives
• 9470.3: Waiver of Development Standards
• 9470,4: Floor Area Bonus and Concessions for Child Day-Care Center
• 9470.5: Bonus for Donation of Land
• 9470.6 Alternative Parking Standards
• 9470.7: Enforcement of Affordability
• 9470.8: Administrative Procedures
Furthermore, Section 9109 is amended to include affordable housing definitions for "Concessions
and other Incentives", "Density Bonus", "Developer", "Development Standard", "Low-Income
Households", "Moderate-Income Households", "Very Low-Income Households".
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Category 3, Program 11: Multi-Family Residential Review Process:
Section 9202: Conditional Use Permit, When Required is amended to remove apartments and multi-
family residential developments of two (2) or more units from the requirements of a conditional use
permit. By removing the discretionary review process, the City is removing a degree of uncertainty
and a cost and time associated constraint, thereby streamlining the process for multi-family
developments. As a means of better facilitating housing development quality, the City will
implement a new administrative site plan review process for multi-family development focused on
site and design review.
Category 3, Program 12: Adopt a Reasonable Accommodation Procedure:
As a means of addressing the special needs of the disabled population, Article W Section 9475:
Reasonable Accommodations is created to allow exceptions to zoning code standards for a dwelling
unit when warranted so that a person with a disability may enjoy equal opportunity to utilize
housing of their choice. The section provides procedures for a request of modification or exception
to the rules, standards and practices for the siting, development and use of housing or housing-
related facilities in order to accommodate a disabled person or persons. Article W Reasonable
Accommodations is organized in the following method:
• Article W. Reasonable Accommodations
• 9475: Purpose
• 9475.1: Review Authority
• 9475.2: Application for a Reasonable Accommodation
• 9475.3: Decision
• 9475.4: Expiration, Time Extension, Violation, Discontinuance, and Revocation
• 9475.5: Amendments
Category 3, Program 13: Housing for the Disabled Zoning Code Amendments:
Section 9109: Definitions is amended to change the definition of "family" to remove the prerequisite
of relation and number of persons. "Family" is now defined simply as two or more individuals living
together as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit. However, there is also a new definition for
"single housekeeping unit" as "the functional equivalent of a traditional family whose members are
a norHransient interactive group of persons jointly occupying a dwelling unit ... ". By removing the
parameters of relation and number of persons from the definition of "family", the City removes
unnecessary impediments for persons seeking special living accommodations, as necessary to
comply with state and federal laws.
Ordinance 13-972 makes amendments to define and permit small community care facilities
providing. care to six persons or less and large community care facilities providing care to seven
persons or more.
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• Section 9109: Definitions is amended to define "commercial care facility I small" and
"commercial care facility I large".
• Section 9331, 9350, 9360 is amended to permit small community care facilities in tile R-1, R-
2, and R-3 zones subject to site plan review.
• Large community care facilities will be permitted in the R-2, R-3, C-1, C-1-R, C-2, and C-3
zones subject to a conditional use permit review.
REQUIRED FINDINGS:
There are no required findings to be made for considering a zoning ordinance.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:
The environmental impacts of Ordinance 13-972 have been assessed in the Mitigated Negative
Declaration (Attachment 6) previously prepared for the adopted City of Temple City 2008-2014 Housing
Element.
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL:
There are no conditions of approval to be made for a zoning ordinance.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Resolution 13-2378 PC
2. Draft Ordinance 13-972
3. Pages 2-13-2-37, City of Temple City 2008-2014 Housing Element
4. Tracked changes version of amendments to Section 9362: R-3 Standards of Development
5. Map of R-3 Zone Supplemental Density Eligible Areas (R-3 lots not adjoining R-11ots)
6. Mitigated Negative Declaration
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RESOLUTION NO. 13-2378PC
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY RECOMMENDING THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY
APPROVE ORDINANCE NO. 13-972 AMENDING THE
TEMPLE CITY ZONING CODE TO IMPLEMENT THE
HOUSING PROGRAMS OUTLINED IN 2008-2014
HOUSING ELEMENT
The Planning Commission of the City of Temple City does hereby resolve:
SECTION 1. The Planning Commission has considered all of the evidence submitted
into the administrative record which includes, but is not limited to:
1. A staff report prepared by the Community Development Department.
2. A draft of the proposed Ordinance 13-972.
3. Staff presentation at the public hearing held on July 23, 2013 before the Planning
Commission.
4. The mitigated negative declaration prepared for the adopted City of Temple City
2008-2014 Housing Element.
5. The City of Temple City Downtown Specific Plan, Zoning Code, and all other
applicable regulations and codes.
6. Public comments, written and oral, received and/or submitted at or prior to the
public hearing, supporting and/or opposing the applicant's request.
7. Testimony and/or comments from the applicant and its representatives submitted
to the City in both written and oral form at or prior to the public hearing.
8. All related documents received and/or submi\ted at or prior to the public hearing.
SECTION 2. Based on the foregoing evidence, the Planning Commission finds that:
1. Notice of the July 23, 2013 Planning Commission public hearing was posted at
the Council Chambers.
2. Notice of the Planning Commission public hearing was put in the newspaper
least ten (1 0) days prior to the hearing.
3. Notice of the Planning Commission public hearing included the notice
requirements set forth in Government Code Section 65009 (b)(2).
Resolution No. 13-2372 PC
Amendment to the Downtown Specific Plan
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SECTION 3. Based upon information presented in the staff report and public hearing on
July 23, 2013, the Planning Commission makes the following findings:
1. On May 7, 2013, the City Council adopted Resolution No: 13-4908,
approving an update of the City of Temple City 2008-2014 Housing Element
Adoption of the housing element commits the City to proceed with the
implementation of programs .that are designed to meet the City's housing-
related goals in a manner consistent with state requirements.
2. Ordinance 13-972 amends the Zoning Code according to the implementation
programs outlined in the Housing Element relating to R-3 density, multi-
family standards of development, and special needs housing.
3. Ordinance 13-972 will not result in any significant effects upon the
environment, and has already been reviewed as part of the initial study and
mitigated negative declaration that was prepared for the adopted Housing
Element. A notice of determination was filed on May 14, 2013. Amendments
of the ordinance that have not been studied in the Housing Element update
are Categorically Exempt per Section 15061 (b)(3) of the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
SECTION 4. The Planning Commission recommends that the City Council approve
Ordinance 13-972.
SECTION 5. The secretary shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
Chairman
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Planning
Commission of the City of Temple City at a regular meeting held on the 23'·d of July,
2013 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
Commissioner-
Commissioner -
Commissioner-
Commissioner-
Secretary
SECTION 2
Category 2
Assist in the Development of Low and
Moderate Income Housing
Removal of Governmental Constraints
HOUSING PROGRAM
Table 2-5
Conserving Existfng AffordablE? Housing
Fair Housiino
18. Fair Housing tnformatlon
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SECT/ON2
ADEQUAT~ Hou.siNG str~s
1. Downtown
Specific Plan (DSP)
2. Multi-family
Sites Inventory and
Deve!opment
Incentives
Community
Development
Departme11t
Community
Development
Department
Table 2-6
Housing Program Summary
Promote opportunity
sites and lot
consolidation incentives
to u-te development
community and on the
City•s website, Amend
residential development
standards in OSP to
bett~r facilitate
de"elopmenl.
Mainta[n inventory of
vacant /underuU!ized
multi·family residential
sites; p[ace on City's
website; disseminate to
de"elopers. Adopt
z·onlng text amendments
for non-R-1 adjacent R-3
parcels to facllitate
redevelopllleht at higher
Within six
months of
Housing
Element
adoption.
Within s[X
months of
Housing
Element
adoption.
HOUSING PROGRAM
General Fund for
Dept staff work
General Fund for·
Dept. staff work
densities. l-=--;-c~---;o-;-;-;-l~--,-----+-'2'7"~~,.----+.~;--;cc--l-;;:---c~cc:c·---3. Lot Consolidation Community Adopt R-3 lot Within six General Fund for
Incentives Development consolidation incentives months of Dept staff work
4. Zoning for
Special Needs
5. Energy
Conservation
Prog1·am
Department modeled after DSP HDusing
Community
De"elopmen!
Department
Community
Development
Department
program, including Element
increased denstty and adoption.
!leight, reduced parking,
reduced processing
t!me1 vacation of alleys,
and fee reductions.
Amend zoning ordinance
to: add emergency
shelters as a permitted
use and SROs as a
conditionaHy permitted
use ill the C-3 zone
along Rosemead Blvd;
make explicit provisions
to regulate transtt1onal
and supportive housing
as a residential use.
Adopt Energy Efficiency
Plan and provide
educational information
on City website.
Incorporate energy
lltl!lzaHo!l and
conservation polictes
within the General Plan,
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Within slx
months of
Housing
Element
adoption.
Adopt Energy
Plan by end of
2012, Include
in GenBral
Plan Update
scheduled for
2013.
General Fund fo1·
Dept staff work
General Fund for
Dept. staff work
SECTfON2 HOUSING PROGRAM
I I Fund;
Housing Development reguratory incentives to other public and
Development Department privata developers for private resources
Assistance development of quality
affordable housing for
fsmilies and sen\ors.
Seek additional funding
sources to meet City
on Fuhd for
Developtnent availability of second second unit Dept staff work
Department. units through outreach ln
development of 2013.
informational rnateria!s
for distribution at the
public counter, and
tllrough adverttsement
on the City's website.
Seek to achieve 34
second units for very to1N
and tow Income
I
9. Revise Density Community bonus Update zoning
Bonus Procedures Development code Dept. stt:~ff VJork
Department prov!slons for
density bonus
in 2013.
' 10, Prepare nexus
lnclusionary Development housing nexus study to study (in 2013) profes~ional
Housing Policy Department document the to assess basis consulting
relationship between for adoption of assistance \vlth
residential develapl11eHt an inclusionary nexus study, and
and demand fol' ordinance. ior Dept staff
affordable housing, and coordination and
to determine in~!ieu fee follow-up work
amount Based on study
results, consider
adoption of an
inc!usionary housing
I II
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REMOVAL OF GOVERNMENTAL CONSTRAINTS
11. MultHamily
Residential Review
Process
12. Adopt a
Reasonabfe
Accommodation
Procedure
13. Housing for the
Disabled Zoning
Code Amendments
Program
Community
Development
Department
Community
Development
Department
Community
Development
Department
Eliminate CUP
requirement fDr rnulti-
family within the
Oowntowh Specific Plan,
and for mutt!-famity in
R-2 and R-3 zones.
Replace with a non~
disc'retionary review
process conducted by
staff utilizing the existing
design guide!tnes,
tmpfentent a reasonable
accommodation
procedure through
adoption of a code
amendment. Advertise
the procedure through
City brochurefflyers and
the City's website,
Re\/ise the zoning code
definition of "family."
Allow small residential
care facillties "by right" in
all residential zones.
Streamltne application
process for residential
care facilities housing
seven or more disabled
persons.
coNsERVING .exisTING AFFoi<i:iAsLE HousiNG
14. Housing Code
Enforcement
Pmgram
15.Handyworker
Assistance
Program
16. Home
Improvement
Deferred Loan
Program
fAIR HOUSING
17. Fair Housing
Services
18.Fa!r Housing
Information
ProfJrarn
Community
Development
Department
Community
Development
.. Q~..§.tjtnent
Community
Developrnent
Department
---·· CommuniTy
Deve!oprnent
Deparl:rnent;
Housing Rights
Center
Community
Development
Department
·--
125 housing cases per
year
51 rehabilitated
housfng un!ts
38 rehabilitated
housing units
Refer fair housing-
complainfs to Housing
Rights Center
Disseminate f2fr housing
information in flyers at
key community locations
and on City's website.
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Zoning code
1·evfsions within
six months of
Housing
Element
adoption.
Jmpfementation
by the end of
2013.
Implementation
by the end of
2013.
2006-2014
-.. ··-·-·-
2006-2011
2006-2014
2006-2014
2010-2014
General Fund for
Dept. staff work
General Fund for
Dept staff work
Genar21l Fund fo1·
Dept. staff work
General Fund for
Dept staff wor-k
CDBG Funds
RDA Funds
CDBG Funds
CountyCDBG
Funds
General Fund for
Dept staff vvork
SECTION2 HOUSING PROGRAM
PROGRAM CATEGORY#-1:
ACTIONS TO MAKE SITES AVAILABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE RHNA
Section65583(c)(i).states that the housing program must:
"Identify actions that will be taken to make sites available during the plannthg
period of the general plan with appropriate zoning and development standards
and wit/J services and facilities to accommodate that portion of the city's ... share
of tire regional housing need for each income level that could not be
accommodated on sites identified in the inventory ... without rezoning ...
"Sites shall be identified as needed to facilitate and encoumge 1118 development
of a variety of types of housing for ail income levels, including multifamily rental
housing, f!Clclory,bui/1 housing, mobile lwmes, and housing for agricultural
employees, supportive housing single-room occupancy units, emergency
shelters, and transitional housing."
[emphasis 'lddecl}
·t. Housing Need Summary
Through the Regional Housing Needs Assessment, SCAG has allocated a new housing
construction need to the City of ar'most 1,000 Musing units. Table 2-7 shows the City's share of
the regional housing need by five income groups.
Table z,7
Regional Housing Need Allocation Plan, July 12, 2007.
2. Goals, Policies and Quantified Objectives
a. Goals
Accommodate a portion of the housing needs of all income groups as quantified
by the Regional Housing Needs Assessment.
Facilitate the construction of the maximum feasible number of housing units for
all income groups.
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SECTlON2 HOUSING PROGRAM
b. Policies
Implement the Land Use Element, Zoning .Code and Downtown Specific Plan to
achieve adequate sites for all income groups.
Facilitate and encourage residential development through lot consolidation
incentives including density and heigfJI increases, reduced processing tirne,
vacation of alleys, and fee reductions.
Designate sites that accommodate a variety of housing needs.
c. Quantified Objectives
Tile Sttes Inventory and Analysis (Technical Appendix D) shows sufficient sites to
accommodate the City's share of the regional housing need (RHNA) for all income categories.
Temple City's quantified objective for adequate sites is thus for the 987 units identified by the
RHNA, broken down by income categ01y as shown in Table 2-7.
3. Housing Programs
Program 1. Temple City Downtown Specific Plan
Temple Ciiy's commercial core was founded along Las Tunas Bo,ulevard in the 1920s. Over the
past several decades, numerous downtown businesses have been lost to competing
commercial areas, many of the buildings have become deteriorated and obsolete, and a la11Je
number of parcels are physically and economically underutillzed and functioning at well below
their market potential.
In December 2002, the City Council adopted the Temple City Downtown Specific Plan to guide
in the area's revitalization and to re-establish the downtown as a destination where residents
can live, work, shop, dine and attend community events. One ofthe Plan's land use strategies
is to introduce multi-family residential and mixed use development into tile downtown. The
Housing Element sites analysis (refer to Appendix D) identifies thirteen development opportunity
sites in the downtown as suitable for recycling to residential use within the planning period,
providing zoning capacity for over 300 new units. In order to better facilitate tha integration of
housing on these sites, the City will adopt the following adjustments to the development
standards within the Specific Plan:
• Allowance for horizontal (side-by-side) commercial/residential mixed use with ground
floor residential in all districts, with the exception of parcels fronting on Las Tunas Drive
in the City Center (CC) Commercial District
• Establishment of 30 unit/acre residential densities for non~senior housing, witl1 no
established density cap for senior housing
• Elimination of the conditional use penni!
• Elimination of one acre minimum lot size requ!rement for mixed use.
The presence of small, underutilized parcels and irTegularly shaped lots has been identified as
one of the constraints affecting future development in portions of the downtown. The Specific
Plan provides various density, height and parking incentives for tile consolidation of smaller lois
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into larger development sites as a means of achieving the scale and quality of development
envisioned for the area. For instance, for multifamily residential projects, the consolidation of
four to six lots will result in .a 15% increase in the number of allowable units and a one st01y
increase to the maximum height. Additional incentives within the Downtown Specific Plan for lot
consolidation include reductions in processing time, vacation of alleys, and fee reductions
including processing fees, in-lieu fess and utility connection fees.
2006-2014 Objective: Pmmote Identified opportunity sites and lot consolidation
incentives Ia the residential development community and on the City's website. Amend
residential development standards within the Specific Pian to better facilitate
development.
Program 2. Multi-family Sites Inventory and Development Incentives
The majority of residential development in Temple City occurs through redevelopment of
underulilized R-2 (medium density) and R-3 (high density) sites, either by adding to existing
units, or more commonly, through the demolition of existing units and I'Bplacement with a
greater number of units as permitted under zoning. As part of the City's Housing Element
update, City staff has conducled a vacant and underutilized land use survey of all parcels
located in the R-2 and R-3 zone districts (refer to Appendix D). In order to narrow the multi:
family sites inv'?ntory to those underutilized properties that have realistic development potential
within the 2006-2014 Housing Element planning period, the following crileria were applied
based on review of past Temple City projects:
• Ratio of existing building floor area to parcel size (FAR) of 0.30 or less in the R-2 zone
and 0.50 or less in the R-3 zone;
• Low building structure value, measured by a minimum 60% ratio of assessed land value
to total assessed property value;
• Age of improvements on site minimum of 30 years old;
• Visual checks to ascertain the actual build-out and visual conditions of buildings.
This systematic analysis of the City's multi-family zoned properties identifies 153 sites in the R-2
zone and 31 sites in !he R-3 zone that are underutilized per this criteria. Particularly along
Rosemead and Temple City boulevards, groupings of underutilized R-3 parcels developed with
only a single, older unft provide significant opportunilies for lot consolidation.
As a means of facilitating recycling, the Cl\y is supportive of allowing increased multi-family
densilies on parcels which do not directly impact single-family residential neighborhoods. An R-
3 by-right density allowar1ce of 30 units/acre would serve as a strong economic h1centive for
development, and by limiting these supplemental qensities to non-R-1 adjacent parcels, would
preserve Temple City's existing transition of densities from multi-family zoned areas to abutting
single-family neighborhoods. To this end, the City will adopt the following zoning text
amendments for R-3 parcels that do not border R-1 zoned properties:
• Establishment of a by-right' 30 unit/acre residential denstty, and 20 unit/acre density
floor
• Establishment of building heights to 3 stories
1 Consistent with Govn Code Section 65583,2(i), uby right" sha!l mean. the City's review shall not require a CUP, a
planned development permit, or other discretionary actfon that would constitute a "pro jeer Wider CEQA.
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• Allowance for reduced parking based on a parking study demonstrating reduced parking
demand resulting from transit accessibility or other factors
• Elimination of CUP requirement for projects with 3 or more units
• Lot consolidation incentives ( d.escribed fUiiher under Program 3).
2006-2014 Objective: Maintain an inventory of vacant and underutilized multi-family
residential sites and place on the City's website, and provide to developers in
conjunction with information on aval1ab!e development incentives. Adopt zoning text
amendments for R-3 parcels that do· not abut single family neighborhoods to facilitate
program implementation.
Program 3. Lot Consolidation Incentives
As described under Program 'I (Dow11town Specific Plan), the Specific Plan establishes a
variety of density, height and parking incentives for the consolidation of parcels into larger
development sites as a means of achieving the scale and quality of development envisioned for
the area. Within the City's R-3 zoning districts, the Housing Element sites inventory identifies
significant potential tor consolidation of adjacent underutilized parcels into larger development
sites, and specifically Identifies adjacent parcels under common ownership, Given the smsll lot
sizes in the R~ zone, the majority of apartment and condominium projects combine one or
more parcels, as illustrated by the four recent projects ev<Jiuated in Appendix D that all
combined parcels to achieve lot sizes ranging from 19,000 to 32,000 square feet.
In order to fu>iher facilitate Jot consolidation and achieve the necessary economies of scale for
affordable housing, the City will extend the Downtown Specific Plan lot consolidation program to
tl1e R~3 zone district
2006-2014 Objective: Adopt incentives for lot consolidation in the R-3 zone modeled
after the Downtown Specific Plan program, and contact property owners of 2 or more
adjacent underuti!ized parcels to encourage consolidation. The following incentives will
be provided: increased density and height, reduced park(ng, reduced processing !line,
vacation of alleys, and fee reductions.
Program 4. Zoning for Special Needs
The Zoning for Special Needs Program will meet the need to facilitate and encourage a variety
of housing types. More specifically, the program aims to facilitate and encourage the following
housing types: ·
~ Emergency she[fers
• Transitional and Supportive housing
Single Room Occupancy (SRO) Units.
Emergency Shelters: The municipal code will be amended to establish a zone whem
emergency shelters are a permitted use and with sufficient capacity to accommodate the City's
need for emergency shelter. This amendment will satisfy Govern1ner1t Code Section
65583(a)(4)(A) which requires the City to identify-
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" ... a zone or zones where emergency shelters are allowed as a permitted use
without a conditional use permit or other discretionary permit. The identified zone
or zones st1all Include sufficient capacity to accommodate the need for
emergency shelter. ... except that each local government shall identify a zone or
zones that can accommodate at least one year-round emergency shelter."
"If the local government cannot identi~; a zone or zones with sufficient capacity,
the local government shall include a program to amend its zoning ordinance to
meet the requirements of this paragraph within one year of the adoption of the
!Jousing element." [emphasis added]
The City's commercial zones are located along Rosemead Boulevard, Temple City Boulevard
and Las Tunas Drive. The Zoning Code establishes two commercial zones -a General
Commercial (C-2) Zone and a Heavy Commercial (C-3) Zone-plus commercial areas within
the Downtown Specific Plan. The C-3 Zone located along Rosemead Boulevard between Las
Tunas Drive and Broadway will be the zone where emergency shelters will be permitted by
right. Sites and buildings within this area can accommodate the City's homeless need of 28
persons (per the 2009 homeless count of the San Gabriel Valley Regional Homeless Services
Strategy).
Emergency shelters will be subject to the same development and management standards as
other permitted uses In the C-3 Zone. The City will, however, develop written, objective
standards for emergen>;y shelters to regulate the following, as permilted under SB 2 (which
amended Sections 65582, 65583 and 65589.5 of the California Government Code):
• The maximum number ofbedslpersons permitted to be s<etved nightly;
• Off-street parking based on demonstrated need; but not to exceed parking
requirements for other residential or commercial uses in the same zone;
• The sizellocation of exterior and interior onsite waiting and client intake areas;
• The provision of on site management;
• The proximity of other emergency shelters, provided that emergency shelters are not
required to be more than 300 feet apart;
• The length of stay for occupants;
• Lighting; ·
Security during hours that the emergency shelter is in operation.
:.W06·2014 Objective: Amend tile zoning ordinance within six montiJs of Housing
Element adoption to add emergency shelters as a permitted in the C-3 zone along
Rosemead Boulevard. Develop objective standards to regulate emergency shelters as
provided for under SB 2.
Transitional Housing and Supportive Housing: Another amendment to the municipal code
will identify. in-the .Zoning Code U1at transitional and supportive housing are considered a
residential use of property. This effoti will include definitions consistent with state law, as well as
development standards for these residential uses. Transitional and supportive housing in single-
family dwellings will be permitted in the R-1, R-2 and R-3 Zones. Transitional and supportive
housing in multi-family structures will be permitted in the R-2 and R·3 Zones.
HCD advises that transitional housing srres should be close to public services and facilities,
including transp01iation. HCD also states that development standards such as parking
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requirements, fire regulations, and design standards should not impede the efficient use of the
site as transitional housing.
2006-2014 Objective: Amend the zoning ordinance witllin six months of Housing
£/ement adopfion to make explicit provisions fortransifional and supportive housing.
Single-Room Occupancy Units: This Zoning Code amendment will identify single room
occupancy units as a conditionally permitted use within the C·3 zone district. This effort will
include a definition of SRO units consistent with state law as well as development standards for
this residential use; e.g., site area, unit size and occupancy, 'kitchen facilities, bathroom
facilities, parking, and management Tlle City will review SRO ordinances adopted by the City of
Santa Rosa as well as other cities.
2006-2014 Objective: Amend the zoning ordinance within six· months of Housing
Elenient adoption to define and establis/1 parameters for single room occupancy uses
within the C-3 zoning district. ·
Program 5. Energy Conservation Program
Temple City is one of 27 San Gabriel Valley cities participating in the development of an Energy
Efficiency Plan as part of a unified regional.framewort< for meeting long-term energy efficiency
goals. This framework will allow the Energy Efficiency Plan developed for each city to function
as a stand-alone document tailored to individual communities. The City and the San Gabriel
Council of Governments (SGVCOG) have developed an on-line resident survey and are hosting
a number of workshops and events to gather community input and guide the development of the
Energy Efficiency Plan.
The Energy Efficiency Plan will:
• Summarize the City's existing and future energy use
Project the City's existing future energy use (through 2020)
• Identify energy efficiency goals and targets
• Create an energy efficiency strategy to meet the City's energy reduction goals
• Assist in meeting State and regional goals of greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction and long-
term energy efficiency.
The Energy Efficiency Plan project is funded by California utility ratepayers and administered by
Southern California Edison (SCE). The funding was awarded to the SVGCOG to implement
activities to achieve statewide energy efficiency goals.
2006-2014 Objective: Adopt tile Energy Efficiency Plan by the end of 2012, and
continue to provide infonnation on the City's website to educate residents, businesses,
and visHors on actions they can take to reduce energy use and conserve energy.
Incorporate energy utilization and conservation policies wit11in the General Plan update,
targeted for a 2013 start date.
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PROGRAM GATEGORY#2:
ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADEQUATE: HOUSING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF
EXTREMELY LOW-, VERY LOW-, LOW-, AND MODERATE-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS
Government Code Section 65583[c)(2) states that a housing program shall:
''Assist in the development of adequate housing to meet the needs of extremely
low-, ve1y low-, low-and moderate-income households."
The term "development" includes providing for affordability covenants in existing housing and
construction of new affordable housing units.
The City's housing improvement programs, which are described in another section, also
contributes to "adequate housing" by helping !o improve housing quality and maintain
affordabil!ty.
1. Housing Need Summary
Overpaying is defined as the number of lower income households that spend 30% or more of
their income on housing costs. Severe overpaying occurs when households pay 50% or more of
their gross income for housing.
In 2000, overpaying -also known as cost burden-was adversely affecting an estimated 1,364
lower income renter households and 933 lower income owners. In addition, the City's was
allocated 405 housing units as its share of the regional housing need for lower income
households.
2. Goals, Policies and Quantified Objectives
a. Goals
Facilitate tile development of the maximum feasible number of housing units for
extremely low-, very low-, low-and moderate-income households_
Relieve the cost burdens of extremely low, vei'J low and low income households.
b. Policies
Provide rental assistance to extremely low and ve1y low income households
through pmgrams administered IJy the County of Los Angeles Housing Authority.
Continue to implement the second unit ordinance to facilitate and encourage the
development of new housing for extremely low and very low income households.
Enact a density /Jon us ordinance and consider implementation of an inclusionary
housing policy to encourage ancl facilitate the development of new housing for
low and moderate income households.
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c. Objectives
Provide Section 8 rental assistance to 59 extremely low and ve1y low households
Produce 34 housing units affordable to extremely low, very low and low Income
households through second units.
3. Housing Programs .
Program 6. Rental Assistance (for Existing Cost Burdened Households)
Temple City is a paliicipating city with the Housing Aul11ority of t11e County of Los Angeles. As a
result, the Housing Authority administers tile Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program within
the City limits.
The Housing Choice Voucher Program is HUD's major program for assisting very low~income
families, the elderly, and the disabled to afford decent, safe, and san italy housing in the private
market. Since housing assistance is provided on behalf of the family or individual, participants
are able to find their own housing, including single-family homes, townhouses and apa1tments.
In general, a family's income may not exceed the very low income limits (50% of the median
income) for Los Angeles County. By law, the Housing Authority must provide 75% of its
vouchers to applicants whose incomes do not exceed 30% of the County median income.
Under the provisions of the Voucher Program, !he tenant pays approximately 30% of ilislher
income towards rent, and tile Housing Authority pays ihe balance of the rent to the property
owner, who participates in the program on a voluntary basis. HUD annually sets rent ceilings by
bedroom size; Table 2-8 shows the FY 2012 rent ceilings.
Table 2~8
1 Bedroom $1 '159
2 Bedrooms $1,447
3 Bedrooms $1,943
4 Bedrooms $2,338
Within Temple City, the Housing Authority assists 59 lower income families, seniors and
disabled householders. The objective maintains this number of assisted households given the
uncmiainty of funding in the future for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program. The
income group objectives are based on 75% of the assisted households in the extremely low
income group (44) and 25% of tile assisted households in the ve1y low income group Cl5).
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In order to assist the Housing Authority staff in program implementation, the City will do all of
the following:
Transmit to the Housing Authority the completed Apartment Rental Survey and any
future updates of these surveys. [The completed survey is found atlhe end of Technical
Appendix C. The City will transmit the completed apa~iment rental survey to the Housing
Authority during 2012.]
Assist the Housing Authority in conducting its Landlord Outreach Program in Temple
City. The City will contact the Housing Authority staff to detennine a schedule for
conducting a Landlord Outreach eff01i. The City will attempt to complete the Landlord
Outreach Program in FY 2012-2013.
Explore with the Housing Authority staff, opportunities for use of U1e Section 8 program
in existing apartment housing. The City will explore these opportunities following
completion of the Landlord Outreach Program and the Authority's review of the
Apartment Rental Survey.
2006-2014 Objective: Mainla1il current levels of Section 8 assistance. Coordinate with
the Housing Authority in conducting landlord outreac!J and explore oppoJtunities to
expand usage of Section 8 in existing apmtment housing.
Program 7. Affordable Housing Development Assistance
The City can play an imporiant role in facilitating the development of quality, affordable housing
in the community through provision of regulatory incentives, land write-downs and direct
financial assistance. By utilizing various tools to faeUitate infill development, ihe City can help to
address the housing needs of its lower and moderate income residents and workforce. The
following are among the types of incentives the City can provide:
Reduction in development fees
• Flexible development standards
Density bonuses
• City support in affordable housing funding applications
Land write-down on City-owned property (such as public parking lots).
Due to the statewide elimination of redevelopment agencies, Temple City's primary local
funding source for affordable housing is no longer available. The City has been successful in
securing in non-redevelopment sources of funds to implement public projects, as evidenced by
the 14 different federal, state, county and other sources of funds being utilized for
implementation of 'the Rosemead Boulevard Safety Enhancement and Beautification project. In
an effort to meet its housing goals, the Ctty will identify and seGure creative funding sources that
may not have been considered previously, such as foundation and private banking resources,
as well as inclusionary housing in-lieu fees (refer to Program 10).
2006-2014 Objectives: Provide financial and regulato,y incentives to plivate developers
for the development of quality affordable housing for families and seniors. Seek
additional funding sources to meet City housing goals.
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Program 8. Second Units
A second unit is a self-contained living unit with cooking, eating, sleeping, and full sanitation
facilities, eiiher attached to or detached from tl1e primary residential unit on a single lot.
Second units offer several benems. First, they typically rent for less than apartments of
comparable size, and can offer affordable rental options for seniors and single persons.
Second, the primary homeowner receives supplementary income by renting out their second
unit, which can help many modest income and elderly homeowners remain in or afford tl1eir
homes.
Temple City permits second residential units "by right" in the R-1, R-2 and R-3 zoning districts,
providing significant additional capacity for second units throughout the community. The City
11as structured its second unit regulations to ensure t11eir· affordabili!y, requiring rents to be
maintained at levels affordable to very low income {<50% AMI) households and units to be
occupied by very low income households.
With 24 second units receiving final building permits during the planning period (2006-Apri12012
-refer to Attachment A for addresses), the market for second units in Temple City is robust.
Projecting a similar rate of second unit construction during the remaining 2012-2013 period, the
City anticipates an additional ten units to be developed.
2006-2014 Objective; Through implementation of the City's second unit ordinance,
provide additional sites for the provision of rental housing. Educate residents on the
availability of second units through development of infonnational materials for
distribution at ihe public counter, and through advertisement on l11e City's website by
2013. Seek to achieve a total of 34 second units during the planning period.
Program 9. Revise Density Bonus Procedures
SB 18)8, which took effect on January 1, 2005, revised the State density bonus law -
Government Code Section 65915-65918. Tile law requires all cities to adopt procedures thai
describe how compliance with Sections 65915-65918 will be implemenied. Density bonuses
may be given for affordable housing, senior housing, land donations for affordable housing, and
child care facilities. The City will prepare an ordinance describing its procedures for
implementing the revised density bonus law.
Pursuant to the SB 1818 provisions, density bonus units must be granted --when certain
conditions are met by the applicant-for very low-, low-, and moderate-income households as
well as senior citizen housin9 developments. The list below summarizes the SB 1818 density
provisions (refer to Attachment A at the end of this Section for a more detailed explanation):
A 20% bonus for developments with 5% very low-income units and increases that by
2.5% for every percentage of very low-Income units above 5%, up to a cap of 35%.
A 20% bonus for developments with 10% !ow-income units and increases that by 1.5%
for every percentage of low-income units above 10%~ up to a cap of 35%.
A 5% bonus for condo/PUD developments with 1 O% moderate-income units and
Increases that percentage by 1% for every percentage of moderate-Income units above
10%, up to a cap of35%.
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,"'.· 20% density for a senior citizen housing development. "Senior' and "affordable"
housing density bonuses cannot be combined. That is, an applicant only may seek a
density bonus from one of the very-low, low, moderate or senior categories.
In addition to the density bonus, eligible projects may receive 1-3 additional development
incentives, depending on the proportion of affordable units and level of Income targeting. The
following development incentives may be requested:
.f Reduced site development standards or design requirements .
.f Approval of mixed-use zoning irr conjunction with the housing project
.f other regulatmy incentives or concessions proposed by the app\ieant or the City that
·would result in identifiable cost reductions.
Applicants are also eligible to utilize the State's alternative parking ratio (inclusive of
handicapped and guest spaces) of 1 space for 0-1 bedroom units, 2. spaces for 2-3 bedroom
~hits, and 2,5 spaces for 4+ bedrooms.
· 2006-2014 Objective: Update the City's density bonus provisions consistent wit/7 State
requirements by 2013. Encourage the use of density bonus incentives by advertising on
Temple City's website and by providing infomJation on available density and regulatory
incentives in conjunction with discussions with development applfcants.
Program 10. Prepare !nclusionary Housing Policy
Temple City will pursue adoption of an inclusionary housing program to require a minimum
percent of units in development to be price-restricted as affordable to lower and moderate
income households. An inc\usionary housing ordinancewould typically require: (a) provision of
affordable housil)g on-site; or (b) provision of affordable units off·site; or (o) payment of an
affordable housing in-lieu fee. Current case law (Palmet!Sixth street Properties v. City of Los
Angeles) limits the application of inclusianary requirements to: 1) for-sale housing projects, 2)
rental projects receiving financial or regulatory assistance from the city subject to a Wlitten
development agreement.
The City will conduct arr inclusionary housing nexus study to document the relationship between
residential development and demand for affordable housing, and to determine both the
maximum supportable and recommended in-lieu fee amount. Based on the study's findings, the
City will develop and adopt an inc\usiona1y housing mdinance structured to offer incentives to
help offset the cost of providing affordable units. ,ln~lieu fees generated from the program will be
contributed to the City's Housing Trust Fund.
111Gentives offered under the lnc\usionary Housing program will be linked with incentives offered
under the City's Density Bonus program (Program #9). ·
2006-2014 Objective: Conduct an lnclusionary Housing Nexus and In-Lieu Fee Study
to esta!Jiish t!Je basis for con sideling adoption of an inclusionaty housing ordinance.
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PROGRAM CATEGORY#3:
ADDReSS AND, WHERE APPROPRIATE AND LEGALLY POSSIBL£, REMOVE
GOVERNMENTAL CONSTRAINT$ TO THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND
DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING
More specifically, Government Code Section 65583(c)(3) slates that a housing program must:
"Address and, where appropriate and legally possible, remove governmental constraints
to the maintenance, improvement, and development of housing, including housing for all
income levels and housing for persons with disabilities.
''The program shall remove constraints to, or wovide reasonable accommodations far
housing designed for, intended for occupancy by, or with supportive services fat;
persons with disabilities."
1. Housing Need Summary
Technical Appendix B contains an analysis of several governmental factors that affect the
maintenance, imwovement and development of housing. The analysis indicates that the City
should take certain actions to remove or ameliorate governmental constraints, as follows:
Adopt a reasonable accommodation procedure.
Allow residential care facilities for seven or more disabled persons to submit applications
through the adopted reasonable accommodation procedure.
Revise the Zoning Code definition of "family."
Include "residenlial care facilities" -as required by State law -among the uses
permftted in zones that allow single-family d\Vellings.
2. Goals~ Policies and Quantified Objectives
a. Goals
Remove governmental constraints to the maintenance, improvement, and
development of housing.
b. Policies
Provide Zomi1g Code provisions that address the fair lwusing needs of disab/ecl
persons.
Ensure that Zomi1g Code pro\'isions do not adversely impact the housing needs
of disabled persons.
c. Quantified Oblectlves
Accomplis!J the housing programs by the end of 2013.
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3. Housing Programs
Program 11. Mu!ti-fami!v Residential Review Process
Temple City currently requires a conditional use permit (CUP) for multi-family development of
three or more units in the R2 and R3 zone districts and for all multi-development within the
Downtown Specific Plan, necessitating a public hearing before the Planning Commission. While
the Housing Element constraints analysis (Appendix B) concludes that the City's processing
procedures are efficient and do not serve as a constraint to development, the added $1,000 fee
and processing time associated with the CUP does add cost arrd a degree of unceriainty to
development.
As a means of better facilitating housing, the City will implement a new administrative review
.process for multi-family development focused on site and architectural review that will be
permitted "by right" rather than subject to a discretionary review process. In administering the
process, staff will apply the City's existing detailed multi-family design guidelin&s, which are
specified in the zoning code, to regulate development consistent with the quality and character
of the Temple City community. With design guidelines in place, the City is in a position to
replace the current multi-family CUP review and approval process with a ministerial design and
site review process to be conducted by the Community Development Department's site plan
review commtttee.
2008-2014 Objective: El/rninate lhe CUP requirement for new nnr/ti-family residenUa/
development within the Downtown Specific Plan and in the R-2 and R-3 zones for
projects with greater than 2 units, and replace with a non-discretionary review process
based on compliance with existing code-based design guidelines.
Program 12, Adopt a Reasonable Accommodation Procedure
The adoption of a reasonable accommodation procedure is a means of addressing the special
needs of the disabled population. A request for reasonable accommodation may include a
modification or exception to the rules, standards and practices for the siting, development and
use of housing or housing"related facilities that would eliminate regulato1y barriers and provide a
person wtth a disability equal oppo·rtunity to housing of their choice. Technical Appendix 8
includes information on the nature and scope of a reasonable accommodation procedure.
The Federal Departments' of Justice (DOJ) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as well
as the California Attorney General all encourage ciiies to adopt a reasonable accommodation
procedure. For example, both the DOJ and HUD state that-
"Local governments are encouraged to provide mechanisms for requesting
reasonable accommodations that operate promptly and efficiently, without
imposing significant costs or delays. The local government should also make
efforts to insure that the availability of such mechanisms is well knovm within the
community."*
,. Joint Statement of the Department of Justice and the Deparf:rnent of Haus!ng and Urban
Development, Group Homes, Local Land Use 1 and the Fair Housfng Act, August 18,
1999, page 4.
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The Office of the State Attorney General ad~ises locplities to consider adoption of a reasonable
accommodation procedure. In 2.001, the Attorney General stated:
"Both the federal Fair Housing Act ('FHA') and the California Fair Employment·
and Housing Act ('FEHA') impose an affirmative duty on local governments to
make reasonable accommodations (i.e., modifications or exceptions) in their
zoning laws and other land use regulations and practices when such
acwmmodations 'may be necessary to afford' disabled persons 'an equal
opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling."
2006-2014 Objective: The City's Reasonable Accommodation Procedure Prograi11 will
accomplish the following by the end of 2013:
• Complete research on Federal and State Jaws and policies that require
adoption of a reasonable accommodation procedure. This task will be
completed by the end of 2009.
• Review and evaluate at least three reasonable accommodation procedures
adopted by California cities.
• Conduct outreach with the disabled populations to review initial drafts of the
procedure anc/ gather input. The outreach will include but not be limited to
Mental Health Adv!s01y Services, Inc.
Ptocess t!Je reasonable accommodation procedure lhrougl1 a Zoning Code
Amendment.
• Display brochures/flyers of the procedure at t11e Community Development
Depattment counier.
• Advertise the procedure and application requirements on the City's website.
Program 13, Housi129 for the Disabled Zoning Code Amendments
The analysis of governmental factors (Technical Appendix B) identiTies three amendments that
the City will adopt to affirmatively further adequate housing opportunities for disabled persons.
The Zoning Code amendments are to:
Revise the City's definition of "family," A definition of family should 1·efer to a
housekeeping unit or household instead of distinguishing betvveen related and
unrelated persons, as the City's current definition does.
Include the licensed residential care facilities that are required by state law to be
permitted uses in the zones that allow single-family dwellings.
Establish a streamlined procedure for applications for residential care facilities
housing seven or more disabled persons.
2006-2014 Objective: T!Je City will complete tile above zoning code amendments by
the end of 2013.
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PROGRAM CATEGORY #4: CONSERVE AND IMPROVE THE CONDITION OF THE
EXISTING STOCK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Government Code Section 65583(c)(4) states that a housing program shall describe actions to:
"Conserve and improve the condftion oft!Je existing affordable housing stock, which may
Include addressing ways to mitigate tile loss of dwelling units demolisfJed by public and
private actions."
1. Housing Need Summary
Based on a windshield survey, the p1ior Housing Element estimated 650 housing units were
substandard and suitable for rehabilitation. Since 2000, homeowners have made improyements
to the housing stock and some substandard housing units have been demolished. In addition,
the City's code enforcement actions have resulted In repairs ·and improvements to existing
housing. Taking into account the home improvements made since 2000, and that some
housing units have declined in quality during the past eight years, the current estimate is that
500 housing units are in need of rehabilitation. ·
According to the prior Housing Element, an estimated 100 housing units were beyond repair
and should be replaced. Census 2000 reported that 65 housing units lacked complete plumbing
facilities and 168 lacked complete kitchen facilities. The replacement housing need is estimated
to be between 100 and 125 housing units, based on estimates of the prior Housing Element,
Census :woo indicators, and demolition activity bet>veen 2000 and 2007.
2. Goals, Policies and Quantified Objectives
a. Goals
Achieve a housing stock free of substandard conditions.
b. Policies
Continue to implement the City's Housing Code Enforcement Program.
Coniinue to implement the Home improvement Deferred Loan Program.
c. Quantified Objectives
Housing code enforcement at an average level of 125 now cases pel' year for all
income levels.
Rehabilitation of 51 housing units through the Handyworker Assistance Program (2006-
2011).
Rehabilitation of 38 housing units through tl1e Home Improvement Deferred Loan
Program (2006·2014).
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3. Housing Programs
Program 14. Housing CodA Enforcement Pmgram
The City's Housing Code Enforcement Program involves the enforcement of all municipal codes
and ordinances, various State and local laws and health and safety regulations as they relate to
conditions or activity within !he City, The primary method that the City uses to obtain code
compliance is voluntary compliance. If this method does not attain compliance, then other legal
actions are taken to eliminate substandard conditions.
The City continuously conducts housing code enforcement through two approaches. The first
approach is drive by inspections focusing on fire hazards, nuisances and other violations of the
housing and building codes. The second approach is complaint driven and often results in stop
order·s on illegal building practices (construction without appropriate pennits).
A primary objective of the program is to achieve code compliance through rehabilitation. As a
result, code enforcement personnel are knowledgeable on the City's housing rehabilitation
efforts, and refer homeowners to the rehabilitation specialist for information on how the loan and
grant programs can help them to correct the code violations.
Program 15. !:fand'f\¥Drker Assistance Program
The Handyworker Program is geared to assisting lower income homeowner households. Eligible
improvements include exterior weatherization and the repair or replacement of obsolete or non-
functioning heating, plumbing, electrical, or stnJc!ural components of their owner-occupied
residence. The program provides grants up to $'10,000.
Tile City's objectives under the program for the 2006-201 i period are as follows:
Extremely Low Income
Very Low Income
Low Income
9 households/units
2.6 households/units
16 households/units
The program has been funded primarily through the City's Redevelopment Agency, with some
additional funding from the City's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds
allocation. However, due to the State of California's eliminaiion of redevelopment agencies, and
the federal government's ongoing reduction in annual CDBG allocations for cities, in 2011 the
City suspended the Handyworker Assistance Program until additional funding becomes
available.
2(}06·2014 Objective: Provide !JBndyworker assistance grants to 51 households.
Program Hl. Home Improvement Deferred Loan Program
This program offers assistance to owner-occupied households to· make repairs or replace
obsolete or non-functioning heating, plumbing, electrical, or structural components of the
r·esidence. The program features include:
Deferred loans up to a $25,000 maximum
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Interest accrues for 20 years
HOUSING PROGRAM
Principal and interest are not due and payable until sale or change in title
No prepayment penalty ·
Examples of eligible repairs include:
Bedroom additions to relieve overcrowding
Roof repalrfl·eplacement
Structural repair
Plumbillg/electrical repair
Furnace repair/replacement
Paintlnglstucco
Yard clean-up
Ten11ite repair
Insulation for energy/conservation
Other repairs as needed
The Deferred Loan Program has been expanded to include --as eligible expenditures of CDBG
funds --modifications and retrofits to homes occupied by one or more disabled persons. The
eligible modifications and retrofits include, but are not limited, to:
lnsiall8tion of grab bars
Wheelchair ramps
Lifts
Expanded/modified doorways
Railings
Modifications of steps
Outreach for the Deferred Loan Program involves the following:
Program announcements on the City's Website
Aval!ability of program flyers at the Community Development Department
Availability of program flyers at tlie Live Oak Park Community Center
Display ads in the local newspaper
Announcements in tha City's quarterly newsletter
Periodic workshops
Resident interest and participation in the program is high, with the number of applications
frequently exceeding available funds.
2006-2014 Objective: Continue to provide program outreach to achieve the following
levels of assistance through the 2006-2014 period;
Extremely Low Income
Ve1y Low Income
Low fncome
9 !Jouseflo/ds/units
9 households/units
20 households/units
SE.CTIONZ HOUSING PROGRAM
PROGRAM CATEGORY #5
PROMOTE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL PERSONS
Section 65583(c)(5) requires that !he housing program:
''Promote housing oppottunities for all persons regardless of race, religion, sex,
marital status, anceslty, national origin, color, familial status, or disability."
1. Housing Need Summary
In California, housing discrimination is against the law. The California Fair Employment and
Housing Act-
> Provides protection from harassment or discrimination in housing because of:
o Race
o Color
o Religion
o Sex
o Sexual Orientation
o Marital Status
o National Origin
. o Ancestry
o Familial Status
o Source of Income
o Disability
> Pmhibits discrimination and harassment in all aspec1s of housing including sales and
rentals, evictions, terms and conditions, mortgage loans and insurance, and land use
a~~~~-.
> Requires housing providers to make reasonable accommodation in rules and
practices to permit persons with disabilities to use and enjoy a dwelling and to allow
persons with disabilities to make reasonable modifications of the premises.
> Prohibits retaliation against any person who has filed a complaint wrth the
Departiilent, participated in a Depaliment investigation or opposed any activity
prohibtlecf by the Act.
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) enforces the Fair
Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), Unruh Civil Rights Act, and Ralph Civil Rights Act. In
2006, the DFEH received i ,095 FEHA housing complaints, 39 Ralph Civil Rights Act complaints
and 12.5 Unruh Civil Rights Act Complaints. The Ralph Civil Rights Act provides protection from
hate crimes based on characteristics such as race, color, disability and age. The Umuh Civil
Rights Act provides protection from discrimination by all business establisl1ments based on
characteristics of color, disability, national origin and race.
The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) governing the Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) Program requires that en!ltlement jurisdictions prepare an assessment of impediments
to providing fair housing choice within their jurisdiction (CFR 570.904 [c]l1]), "Fair housing
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choicE!' means the ability of persons of similar income levels regardless of race, color, religion,
sex, national origin, handicap and familial status to have available to them the same housing
choices.
Temple City is a participating city in the County of Los Angeles GDBG Program. The County's
Community Development Commission is the entity responsible for preparation of the Analysis of
Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI). The County's 2006 AI made the following conclusion:
Evidence demonstrates that households with protected classes, such as familial
status, the disabled, and race· and national origin, are still affected by
discriminatory terms and conditions as well as discriminatory refusal and lack of
reasonable accommodation, including advertising activities by housing providem.
The AI recommends that the County Community Development Commission encourage
participating cities to undertake the following actions:
Adopt procedures for reasonable accommodation
Remove. or modi!'! the definition of family in zoning ordinances to eliminate restrictions
based on whether household occupants are related or unrelated
Ensure zoning ordinances are in compliance with the Lanterman Development
Disabilities Services Act
The Temple City Housing Element sets forth programs to address each of these three AI
recommendations (refer to Programs #12 and #13). A summary of the Al's complete findings
and recommendations is included in Attachment Bat the end of this section.
Z. Goals, Policies and Quantified Objectives
a. Goals
Attain a housing market wit/1 "fair housing choice" meaning the ability of persons
of similar income levels regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin,
handicap and familial status to have available to them tl1e same housing choices.
b. Policies
Continue to promote fair housing oppolfunities througiJ the City's palficipation in
the County's Community Development Block Grant Program.
Promote fair housing by providing infonnation to residents on agencies t/Jat can
help them with their fair housing needs.
c. . puantified Oblective
Quantified objectives are not established for this program category because a projection of the
cases and clients to be served cannot be made at this time.
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3. Housing Programs
Program 17. Fair Housin~ Services
Through the City's participation in the County's COBG Program, the Housing Rights Center
provides fair housing services to Temple City's residents. The Cehter offers the farrowing
services to city residents:
Housing Discrimination Complaints: HRC investigates housing discrimination complaints
brought under both State and Federal fair housing laws. A housing discrimination complaint can
be investigated through testing, the. gathering of witness statements, or through research
surveys. HRC ,·esolves cases in· a number of ways including conciliation, litigation or 1·eferrals.
Outreac!J and Education: HRC has established an effective and comprehensive outreach and
education program. The Center continuously develops and distributes written materials that
describe the applicable laws that protect against l1ousing discrimination and ways to prevent
housing injustices.
Additionally, HRC presents fair housing Jaw workshops and programs to target audiences to
teach communities how to stop housing inequity. The Center's materials and programs are
offered to a variety of audiences such as property personnel (e.g. landlords, properiy managers,
and realtors), tenants, prospective homebuyers, code enforcement personnel, police officers,
city employees, and other non-profit organizations. Depending on ihe audience, the written
materials and presentations can be translated by HRC slalf into Armenian, Korean, Mandarin,
Spanish, or Russian.
Tenant/Landlord Counseling: HRC provides telephone and in-person counseling to both tenants
and landlords regarding their respective rights and responsibilities under California law and local
city ordinances. In addition to answering basic housing questions, counselors commonly cite
specific civil codes that pertain to the client's matter and/or provide sample letters that discuss a
particular issue.
Wl1en a client's malter is outside the scope of HRC's services, the Center provides appropriate
referral information. These referrals include, but are not limited to local housing authorities,
health and building & safety departments .. legal assistance agencies, and other social service
providers.
Beginning in FY 2012-2013, l11e City will co-sponsor an annual Temple City Fair Housing
Workshop and Temple City Walk-in Clinic. The Walk-in Clinic will be held at the Community
Center.
2006-2014 Objee;tlve; Continue to promote fair housing practices, and refer fair housing
and tenant/landlord complaints to the Housing Nghts Center.
Program 13. Fair Housing Information
The City furthers fair housing education and outreach in the local community by making fair
housing information available at City Hall, Chamber of Commerce, Live Oak Park Community
Center, the Temple City Library and the City's Newsletter, Information includes brochures and
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other written information obtained from the Housing Rights. Center, HUD, DFEH and other
sources.
In addition, the City wiil make information available on its Website and provide links to additional
resources such as the following:
Reasonable Accommodations
State Department of Fair Employment and Housing's (DFEH) video on reasonable
accommodations for tenants htlp:/lvNJW.dfeh.ca.gov/fairHousingVideo.aspx
Fair /-lousing lnfonnation for New Developments
Accessibility Requirements for Buildings-
h!tp://www.hud.govlofficeslfheoldisabilities/accessibilrtvR.cfm
HUD Fair Housing Act Design Manual-
http:llwww.huduser.orqlpublicationsldestechlfairhousing.html
"Fair Housing Accessibilily First Website"-
http:llwww.falrhousingfirst.orqflndex.asQ
Zoning Activiti&s Covered Under Fair /-lousing Laws
Information on the Fair Housing Act as it relates to Group Homes and Local Land Use
Additional /-IUD Fair /-lousing Information
HUD Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
HUD information on Fair Housing as il relates to Senior Housing
2006·2014 Objective: Advertise se1vices available through the fair housing program
t!Jroug/1 distribution of fair housing brochures in community locations, and provide
information oli fair housing resources on the Temple City Website.
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PART 3. ZONE R~3
9360: PERMITTED USES:
No person sl1alluse, nor shall any property owner permit the use of an R-3 zoned lot for any use,
other than the following:
A. Principal Uses:
1. One preexisting single--family residential dwelling unit, ifthe following conditions exist:
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a. That sucl1 single-family residential structure, together witl1 all accessory uses, was constructed
in conformity with the zoning regulations in effect at the time of such construction; and
b. That no other uses exist upon the premises than those permitted by the regulations applicable
to R-1 zoned properiy as set forth herein; provided that subsection A 1a of this section shall not
be construed to prohibit the construction of any accessory building or structure, or the
reconstruction of any existing building or structure if the same complies with the existing zoning
regulations applicable to zone R-1 as set forth herein.
2. Single-family dwellings shall bo permitted, provided:
a. That for such use the regulations contained in pari 1, "Zone R-1" of tl1is article shall apply to the
exclusion of the regulations hereinafter set forth; and
b. That when an R-3 zoned lot is improved with an R-1 use after September 15, 1989, no otl1er
uses shall be permitted thereon. Prior to the issuance of a building permit for a single-family (R-
1) use to be built to applicable R-1 development standards, a deed restriction, covenant or
comparable legal instrument, approved as to form by the city attorney, sl1all be recorded with
the county recorder's office including all pertinent restrictions and limitations so as to assure the
continued use of the properiy for R-1 purposes.
c, Second units shall be permitted as set fortl1 in section 9332 of this article.
3. Preexisting multiple units.
4. New or reconstructed multiple dwelling units, if the following conditions exist:
a. Such lot or parcel has a lot width of at least fifty feet (50').
b. The abutting public street has been dedicated to a width of at least thirty feet (30') from
centerline abutting such lot or parcel; and
c. Such public street has been improved by standard street construction to a width of at least
twenty feet (20') from centerline abutting such lot or parcel-street improvements to include
pavement, curb, gutter, sidewalk, utilities, drainage and lighting. (1960 Code; amd. Ord. 89-
654; Ord. 03-888)
5. Community Care Facility /small
6. Supportive housing
7. Transitional housing
B. Accessory Uses:
Accessory buildings or structures.
Animals:
1. The maximum number of household pets over four (4) months of age shall not exceed the
limitations set forth below; "household pet" shall mean any domesticated animal commonly
maintained in residence with man, but not including any animal which is capable of and inclined
to, infiict harm or discomfort to or upon any persons; and
a. If there is only one residential dwelling unit on said lot, then the limitation shall be three (3)
such household pets, and if there are two (2) such units on said lot, then the limitation shall
be two (2) household pets per unit, and if there are three (3) or more such units on said lot,
then the limitation shall be one household pet per unit
2. Not more than two (2) rabbits or chickens (excluding roosters) or ducks over three (3) months of
age; and
3. Except as otherwise provided, compliance shall be had with the provisions of this use within a
period of sixty (60) days from and after the effective date hereof; and
4. Nothing contained in this use shall prevent the keeping of animals or fowl by a tax supported
eleemosynary or public educational institution, which are utilized as a part of such institution's
curriculum; and
5. All the regulations herein shall be subject to the general nuisance ordinances of the city and it
shall be unlawful for any person to maintain any animal which constitutes a public nuisance.
Daycare home, large family, subject to guidelines as contained in section 9458 of this cl1apter.
Daycare home, small family.
Home occupation, subject to the limitations contained in section 9109, "Definitions", of this title.
Off street parking spaces, accesso1y to principal R-3 uses.
Open spaces.
Storage of building materials during the construction of any building or part thereof, and for a period
thirty (30) days after construction is completed. (1960 Code; amd. 01·d. 92-7'17; Ord. 94-762; 01·d. 90-
679)
9361: LIMITATIONS OF USES:
The following regulations shall be limitations on, and be applicable to, all uses in zone R-3:
A. Vehicles:
1. Parking Of Vehicles: No person shall park any vehicle or any component thereof, for any purpose,
in front or side yard areas on any R zoned lot, except in driveway areas.
2. Repair, Dismantling Or Storage Of Vehicles, Prohibited: No person shall assemble, repair,
dismantle or store any vehicle, other than as herein provided, on any part of R zoned lot, unless
such work is done:
a. Within an enclosed building; or
b. In an open area which is completely enclosed by view obscuring walls, not less than six feet
(6') in height, or by the exterior walls of a building or buildings.
3. Exception: Provided, that the pmhibition imposed by subsection A2.b of this section shall not be
deemed to apply to the occasional and incidental assembly or repair of vehicles owned by tho
person in possession of the premises on which such takes place; provided that a disabled vehicle
which is being repaired or assembled, shall not be stored except as provided in subsection A2b of
this section for a period longer than seven (7) consecutive days with any thirty (30) day period.
4. Commercial Vehicle: No vehicle which is registered for commercial purposes pursuant to the
applicable provisions of the Vehicle Code of the state of California and which exceeds three (3)
tons in unladen weight shall be parked or left standing on any part of any R zoned property, in
excess of thirty (30) consecutive minutes unless actual loading or unloading of said vehicle is in
progress on said property.
B. Exterior Lighting: All exterior lighting operated or maintained in conjunction with any activity or purpose
on the premises, shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from any premises upon which
a dwelling unit is located. Tire lighting elements thereof shall be directed or shielded so as to not
be directly visible from any dwelling unit on tire same or adjacent premises.
C. Parking Within Driveways:
1. "No Parking" signs with lettering not Jess than two inches (2") in height shall be placed conspicuously
at the entrance to, and at intervals of not less than fifty feet (50') along every required driveway.
2.. Where a driveway serves parking facilities of five (5) or more vehicles, no person shall park, stand or
leave any vehicle in any portion of said driveway, except for the purpose, and during the process, of
loading and unloading passengers or goods and only while such vehicle is attended by the operator
thereof. (1960 Code; amd. Ord. 77-452)
9362: STANDARDS OF DEVELOPMENT:
All premises in the R-3 zone shall comply with the standards prescribed herein:
A. Lots:
1. Area: The minimum required area of each lot hereinafter created in the R-3 zone shall be ten
thousand (1 0,000) square feet.
2. Width: The minimum lot width of R-3 zoned lots shall be fifty feet (50'); provided that no new lot shall
be created after the effective date of this regulation having less than the following number of
minimum widths:
a. Interior lots shall have a width of not less than eighty feet (80').
b. Corner lots shall have a width of not less than one hundred feet (100').
3. Permissible Lot Coverage: Buildings, including accessory buildings and structures, shall not cover
more than fifty percent (50%) of the area of any lot. Fwihermore, at least twenty percent (20%) of
the lot area shall be permeable; these areas may be maintained with landscaping, appropriate
ground cover, permeable pavers or other acceptable pervious materials, but may not be covered
with structures, concrete or asphalt.
B. Buildings:
·1. Length: No building or structure shall exceed a length of one hundred fifty feet (150').
2. Height Limits: ~Jo building Of-sl:Ftleturo $hall e;meed \'NO (2) Glories or a height o4tlifty-feet (30')
Subterranean or .somisub\erfanean parking shall b. a considei"Cd a story-an4sll<lll l:)e prohibited. (For
purposes of this section, subterranean or somisublerra.nea.Afaffilng shall rnean any eonstruetien
p~wtlieh pmposos mmavatiellriJfading.ancllor mounding of earth so as. to change the mdsting
§rade of the lot by more !haH-'l<HRohes-f-o~~&f)UfpflSe ofaec-emmoEiatiR!}J3arldng beneath
liviRfl-are&.t
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a. R-3 zoned lots except those adjoining R-1 zoned lots: Buildings shall not exceed a maximum
height of three (3) stories or foJiV feet (40'), whichever is less.
b. R-3 zoned lots adjoining R-1 zoned lots: Buildings shall not exceed a maximum height of two
(2) stories or thirty feet {30'), whichever is less
3. Lot Area Per Dwelling Unit: Minimum lot area per dwellin§-tfnit shall be4we-thousand-four hundreel I (2,400) square feet.
a, R-.3 zoned lots except those adjoining R-1 zoned lots: Lot area per dwelling unit shall not
exceed one thousand four hundred fifty-two (1 ,452) square feet nor be less than two
thousand one hundred and seventy-eight (2, 178) square feet,
b. R-3 zoned lots adjoining R,1 zoned lots: Minimum lot area per 'dwelling unit shall be two.
thousand four hundred (2.400) square feet.
4. Minimum Gross Floor Area for Dwelling Units:
a. Bachelor units shall contain not less than six hundred (600) square feet.
b. One bedroom units shall contain not less than seven hundred fifty (750) square feet.
c. Two (2) bedroom or one bedroom and den units sl1all contain not less than nine hundred (900)
square feet
d. Three (3) bedroom or two (2) bedroom and den units shall contain not less than one thousand one
hundred (1, 1 00) square feet.
e. Each additional bedroom aver three (3) shall require that one hundred fifty (150) additional square
feet of floor area be added to the dwelling unit.
f. Nat more than forty percent (40%) of the total building complex shall be composed of bachelor
and/or one bedroom units.
5. Stairways: No exterior stairway shall be placed in front of, and within ten feet (1 0'), of any door or
window.
6. Elevators: All buildings containing dwelling units above the third floor shall be served with elevators
in addition to the stairways otherwise required by law. For purposes of this section the number of
floors, In a building shall be counted from the lowermost floor to the uppermost floor and shall
include subterranean off street parking areas.
7. Off Street Parking: Each lot In the R-3 zone shall have, on the same Jot or parcel of land, parking
spaces as provided in section 9291 as amended. At least two (2) parking spaces per dwelling unit,
each of which shall be located In a garage, plus one space, which shall be open and unenclosed, for
each two (2) units or any fraction thereof. Such parking facilities shall be conveniently accessible
and located only on such portions of the lot or parcel of land upon which structures may be erected.
The off street parking spaces which are required to be located in a garage shall be located upon the
lot so that the vehicular access thereto is not directly visible from a public street.
8. Off Street Parking Reduction: For R-3 zoned lots that do not adjoin R-1 zoned lots the off street
Parking standard may be reduced subject to approval by the director of a study adequately
demonstrating reduced parking demand resulting from transit accessibility or other factors.
9. Subterranean and semi-subterranean parking shall be allowed only on R-3 zoned lots not
adjoining R-1 zoned lots and shall not be considered as a story of the building. For purposes of
this section, subterranean and semi-subterranean parking shall mean any construction project
which entails excavation, grading and/or mounding or earth so as to change the existing grade
of the tot by more than 1 B inches for the specific purpose of providing off street parking beneath
living area."
C. Yards And Courts: Except as provided In this part 3 no building or structure sl1all occupy any part of
any required yard.
1. Front Yards: Each lot in the R-3 zone shall maintain a front yard of not Jess than twenty feet (20') in
depth.
a. Front Yard Determination: In any of the following situations at the time of any new construction or
development or at the request of any property owner seeking clarification the front yard and front
yard setback shall be determined by the community development director. Any decision of the
director may be appealed to the planning commission and any decision of the planning
commission may be appealed to the city council in accordance with the procedures established
by sections 9208 through 9212 of this chapter:
(1) Any lot which abuts two (2) separate streets, such as a corner Jot or a double frontage Jot.
(2) Any lot which is noncontiguous to any public street but has access thereto by private
easement
(3) Any lot which has less than thirty five feet (35') of frontage on a public street.
b. Off Street Parking Or Garages: No off street parking spaces or garages shall be located within
the required front or side yard areas or in front of the main building, unless completely
subterranean.
2. Side Yards: In the R-3 zone every lot shall have and maintain side yards as follows:
a. Interior lots shall have a side yard on each side of the lot of not less than the following:
story Is
structures
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2-story ·J 0 feet for the first story. An average second story side yard setback
structures of 1S feet shall be provided; however, at no time and no point shall
the second st01y setback on any side be less than 10 feet or less
than the first floor setback.
b. Corner lots and reversed corner lots shall have and maintain the following side yards:
(1) On the side lot line which adjoins another lot, the side yard requirement shall be as
follows:
Single story IS
structures
2-story 10 feet for the first story. An average second story side yard setback
structures of 1S feet shall be provided; however, at no time and 110 point shall
the second story setback on any side be less than 10 feet or less
than the first floor setback.
(2) On the side street side, tile width of the required side yard sha II be as follows:
Single story 10 feet
structures
2-story 0 feet for the first story. An average second story side yard setback
structures ·of 15 feet shall be provided; however, at no time and no point shall
·the second story setback on any side be less than 10 feet or less
• than the first floor setback.
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3. Rear Yards: Eve1y lot in the R-3 zone shall have a rear yard as follows:
a. Interior And Corner Lots: Interior lots and corner lots shall have a rear yard of not less than fifteen
feet (15'), except where such lots rear upon an alley, the rear yard shall be not less than five feet
(5').
b. Reverse Corner Lots: Reverse corner lots shall have a rear yard of not less than fifteen feet (15').
c. Accessory Buildings And Uses:
(1) Accessory buildings and uses shall be permitted in rear yard areas.
(2) Exceptions:
(A) Where the rear of a lot abuts an alley, no building or structure, excepting a fence, shall be
located in the rear five feet (5') of such lot.
(B) Where accessory buildings are permitted and located in a rear yard area, a passageway not
less than five feet (5') in width, with twelve feet (12') of overhead clearance shall be
maintained.
(C) On reversed corner lots, no building or structure, except permitted fences, shall be located
in that portion of a required rear yard directly to the rear of the required side yard area
abutting the street.
4. Courts: All courts requit·ed hereunder, shall be open and unobstructed from the ground to t11e sl<y,
except as herein provided:
a. Each court upon which dwelling units face, which have door or window access on only one side
thereof, shall be not less than fifteen feet (15') in width from the front building line to the rearmost
of any such doors or windows.
D. Open Space: Each lot in the R-3 zone shall be maintained with usable, landscaped open space and
developed open space areas, provided that the requirements of this subsection shall apply only to R-3
lots upon which new residential structure(s) are erected after the effective date of these regulations.
1. Required Usable Landscaped Open Space: There shall be a minimum of five hundred (500) square
feet of landscaped open space per dwelling unit.
2. Access: All dwelling units for which open space is required shall have and maintain suitable access
thereto.
3. Development Details For Open Space:
a. A maximum of fifty percent (50%) of the required landscaped open space may be covered by a
cabana or patio cover.
b. A maximum of fifty percent (50%) of the required landscaped open space may be provided in the
form of common recreational areas.
c. All open areas except driveways, parking areas, walkways, swimming pools, utility areas,
improved decks, patios, porches or play areas, between the front lot line and the rear line of the
main building, or buildings if tl1ere is more than one, shall be maintained with appropriate
landscaping.
d. Whenever a driveway is located within a required side yard, and when dwelling units face said
yard, a landscaped area at least five feet (5') wide shall be maintained between such a driveway
and any dwelling on the same lot. Walkways may encroach not more than thirty inches (30") into
this landscaped area.
E. Storage, Trash And Utility Areas:
1. Accessory Storage Space: Not less than sixty (60) cubic feet of enclosed accessory storage space
shall be provided for each dwelling unit.
2. Trash Areas:
a. All outside trash and garbage collection areas shall be enclosed or screened.
b. Trash containers shall provide the equivalent of not less than fifty (50) gallons capacity per
dwelling unit and shall be located within one hundred fifty feet (150') thereof. Where "bulk type"
trash containers (3 cubic yard capacity or more) are used, there shall be not less than one such
container for each dwelling units.
c. All trash, rubbish and garbage receptacles shall be regularly cleaned, inspected and maintained in
a clean, safe, and sanitary condition. All containers shall be provided with tightfitting lids.
d. All trash storage areas shall be located for convenient vehicular access for pickup and disposal.
F. Special Development Criteria:
1. For an attached multi-unit structure, no linear wall along the side of a second st01y building shall
extend longer than twenty feet (20') without an offset of four feet (4') or, alternatively, twenty four feet
(24') without an offset of five feet (5') for a distance of not less than eight feet (8').
2. For a detached single unit, no linear wall along the side of a second story building shall extend
longer than twenty four feet (24') without an offset of two feet (2') for a distance of not less than eight
feet (8').
3. Balconies may be placed along a front elevation or along a central driveway, where dwelling units on
the same parcel are situated on both sides of a so called double loaded driveway. Balconies shall be
prohibited on the side and rear elevations where a unit faces a structure on an adjacent property.
4. Any guest parking space which is abutted by a single wall shall be twelve feet (12') in width; any
guest parking space whicll is abutted on both sides by a wall shall be fourteen feet (14') in width.
5. Guest parking spaces shall be improved with grasscrete, turf block or similar material to allow better
permeability and less runoff.
6. At least forty percent (40%) of the lot area shall be permeable. Furthermore, at least twenty five
percent (25%) of the lot area shall be landscaped. The required landscaped area shall not include
permeable pavers, turf block, or grasscrete, but shall include lawn area, shrubs, or flowerbeds.
7. At the terminus of an access driveway that serves two (2) or more dwelling units, there shall be
extensive tall growing shrubbery, such as American arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis). Alternatively, an
architectural enhancement, such as a decorative trellis combined with appropriate vines or
comparable landscaping could be provided to enhance the view of multiple-family development
projects from the street.
8. Chainlink fencing shall not be allowed in the front yard setback or any yard area between a dwelling
and a public right of way.
9. Portable shade structures shall be prohibited in the front yard and in the street side yard.
10. (Rep. by Ord. 07-916)
11. Compliance with the requirements of the fire department regarding matters such as fire flow,
hydrant location and driveway width.
12. The following parking requirements shall be made:
a. For each unit: Two and one-half (2 1
/2) spaces of which two (2) shall be enclosed and one-half ('12 )
open.
b. Tandem parking shall be prohibited, exception: Guest parking shall be permitted in tandem for
individual dwelling units in instances where the proposed dwelling unit is a detached dwelling unit
with a private two (2) car garage, equipped with roll up type garage door(s) and automatic garage
door opener and where vehicular access is provided directly from a public street.
c. Underground parking may be required to have special safety provisions as required by the fire
department and building and safety department.
d. No use shall be made of any parking area or access thereto, other than for the parking of
vehicles; such spaces shall be used for no other purpose at any time.
13. All utilities shall be placed underground.
14. The following minimum gross floor area shall be required:
'i=3achelor units 600 square feet •1
1 bedroom units 750 square feet rl
2 bedroom units [900 sq~~;~ feet ij
'3-b~m unl;;--------~1,100~~u~-r~-feet -,~
F~r _each -~dd-lt~~a~ bedroom I_ soo_·~~u_a~e feet~\
15. Adequate trash and garbage collection and pic!\ up areas shall be provided for use within one
hundred fifty feet (150') of each unit in a location or locations accessible to a public street or alley,
and enclosed on three (3) sides by a five foot (5') high masonry, brick or concrete wall. Such areas
may be for individual dwelling units. Areas for group use shall be set back or otherwise protected
from adjacent properties and streets.
16. Plumbing (gas and water) shutoff valves. Separate fullway shutoff valves shall be provided to each
dwelling unit.
17. Common wall and floor-ceiling assemblies shall be required to conform to tl1e sound insulation
performance criteria.
1 S. All permanent mechanical equipment, which is determined to be a source of potential vibration or
noise, shall be shock mounted as determined by the building officials.
19. Landscaping and exterior lighting plans must be submitted to the planning director for review and
approval with the site plan.
20. A single area having a minimum of one hundred sixty (160) cubic feet of private and secure storage
space shall be provided for each unit exclusive of closets and cupboards, within the dwelling unit.
Said storage may be located within the garage, provided it does not interfere with automobile
parking.
21. A dwelling unit(s) nearest the front property line shall have a "front elevation" as viewed from the
street as opposed to a "side elevation" and shall have the front door situated along the building wall I nearest the street.
22.New dweltings constructed within 500 feeLof ar1 arterial street or a railwav shall be provided
with a meohanicalventilatioh system designed to aftain enhanced air filtration with the use of
air filters that have a filtration efficiency equivalent to a Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
(MERV) of 14 or higher as <:!etermined by testing methods established by the American
Society of Heating, Refrigerating ant! Alr-Conditio!:Jing Engineers {ASH RAE) Standard 52.2,
as· .periodically amended. All such ventilation system equipment and air filters shall be
installed, operated. maintained and replaced in a manner consistent with applicable building
code requirements and . with. the manufacturer's specifications and · recommendations.
Altemative .air pollution mitigation measures {e.g., setbacks, landscaped buffers, etc.) may be
utilized where feasible if they can be shown to have a mitigating effect that is equal to or
greater ll1an the enhanced air filtration measures specified herein.
G. Floor Area Ratio Requirements: No multiple-family residential project consisting of more than one
dwelling unit shall exceed a total fioor area ratio (FAR) of 0.70, including enclosed garages.
1. The second story floor area of any dwelling unit shall not exceed seventy five percent (75%) of the
first sto1y floor area, including the garage area of an attached garage.
H. Dish Antennas: The standards of development for dish antennas shall be subject to the limitations set
forth in subsection 9333J of this article. ·
I. Cenditional Use PeFffi~
j. The approval of a eonditieftai-Bse permit, pUFStffint to seolion 9202 of this chapter, is required for
three (3) or more dwellifl§-lffiits located on the same lot (in£ltldiRg.BJ3aflmeR!stc
2. A conditional use permit shall be required whOR-Bfr&eHnefe-Rew dwelllfl§-!'Rit{<>)car-e-Being..adOOcl
on an R 3 >:a ned lot that currently-f\a&ef\6-dwel!lfl§-unit and one or more of the following criteria are
met-for the second uRil(s);
a-Ynit ol(Ceods one hundrG<!-pereeRt+tH&%)-BHhe-floor-area-ef tfleprlmmyHnit,
b~Ril-B*Geeds-twotheHs<:md·-{~000) square feet, including a garage.
3. i\ conditional use permit shall also be-requlffiE!..fef-acpoo4Hl-greataHhaA-twelve-iHshes+t~~-in-heig.ht
from the natuml grade-
J. Automatic Fire Sprinkler System: An automatic fire sprinkler system shall be installed throughout all
new attached residential dwellings, including attached garages, in the R-3 zone. Said sprinkler system
shall comply with the requirements of NFPA 13 or NFPA 130 as determined by the fire department.
('1960 Code; amd. Ord. 76-431; Ord. 80-496; Ord. 85-562; Ord. 85-579; Ord. 87-621; Ord. 88-630;
Ord. 89-654; Ord. 90-663; Ord. 90-680; Ord. 90-681; Ord. 91-704; Ord. 93-74"1; Ord. 05-896; Ord. 07·
916)
9362.1: R-3 Zone Lot Consolidation Incentives:
A. The following incentives are intended to encourage tho consolidation of smaller R-3
zoned lots into larger development sites in order to achieve the scale and quality of
development envisioned for the area.
4 to 6 lots: 15% increase in number of allowable units
10% reduction in guest parking
7 or more lots: 20% increase in number of allowable units
10% reduction in quest parking"
B. Through the development agreement process, the city may consider other lot
consolidation incentive bonuses such as increased building height vacation of alleys,
reductions in processing fees, in-lieu fees, or utility connection fees. The extent of such
bonuses may vary on a case-by-case basis subject to agreement between a project
applicant and the city.
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CITY OF TEMPLE CITY
Notice of Public Hearing and Notice of Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Ne~ative Declaration
UPDATE OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT OF THE TEMPLE CITY GENERAL PLAN,
AND DRAFT INITJAL STUDY /PROPOSED MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION
NOTICE ]S HEREBY GIVEN thai the City Council of the City of Temple City will hold a public hearing to consider the proposed
CHy of Temple City 200B-20f4 Housing Element, an amendment of the City's general plan, and the related Drall Initial
Study/Proposed Mitigated Negetive Declaration. The hemlng will IJe held on the date and time described /Jelow and·will be
located in ihe Council Chambers, 593B Kauffman Avenue. Temple City, at which time .and place any and all interested persons
may appear and be l1eard on tl1is matter. 1 he scheduled public hearing date is as follows:
Date:
May 7, 2013
PROJECT
APPLICANT:
Time:
7:30PM
PROJECT LOCATION:
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT:
Public Hearing Topic~
City Council conside1·ation of adopting the City of Temple City 2008-2014 Housing
Element and related Initial StudyiMitigatec/ Negative Declaration.
City of Temple Cily 2008·2014 Housing Element
City of Temple City, (c/o Community Development Department), 9701 La> Tunas Drive,
Temple City, CA 91780 ,
Cityv;ide. As an element of the Temple City Ceneral Plan; the City of Temple City 2008-
2014 Housing Element would !Je applicable to the entire com111Lmity.
The proposed project entails a City-initiated general plan amendment to adopt the City of
Temple City 2008-2014 Housing Element.. This draft housing 'element update identifies
goals, objectives. and programs that are intended to address housing needs fo'1· all
segments of the Temple City community, and do so in a manner consistent with state
statutes on housiiig ele1i1ent content, and with state requirements for all cities to
accommod.ate their fair share of current regional demand for affordable housing. The
draft tlpdate of tl1e housing element includes policies and programs tl1at woul\1 apply
citywide, and. if implemented would, among other tl1ings, have the potential for increased
intensity of land use (higher residential density) on ce1tain properli~s in the Downtown
Specific Plan area and in tile R-3 zone. A copy of the drafi City of Temple City 2008-2014
Housing Element/Public Hearing Dmft is available for viewing on the City of Temple City
website at: htlp://www.templecity.us/houslng/HouslngE/ementUpdate.asp , and at the
City's offices at 970'1 Las Tunas Drive, Te'mple Citj, CA 91780.
As required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the City, as Lead
Agency for the environmental review of the draft City of Temple City 2008-2014 HousinrJ
Element,, has p1·epared ~n Initial Study of the draft .housing element's policies and
programs to determine whether or not implementation of these pol'cies anc/ programs
would entail any potentially significant enviromnental impacts; and if so, how they can be
mitigated. The "Draft Initial Study/Proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration" on the draft
hoLJsing element is available for public review at the City of Temple City website at:
h\!p:l/wwwJempleclty.us/housing/HousingE/ementUpdate.asp and at the City's offices at ·
9701 Las Tunas Drive, Temple City, CA 91780,
The City Council, at its hearing on the draft l1ousing element update, will also conside1·
tl1e Initial Study, along with any comments from the public, and any comments ami a
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recommendation from the Planiling Commission, If warranted, the City Council would
adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration indicating that it Is the City's assessment that
adoption of the draft hotising elenient and implementation of its policies and programs
will not have significant adverse effects on the environment, subject to implementation of
the mitigotion measures specified in ti1e Initial Study,
Public comments on the Draft lr1itial Study I Proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration will
be received by the City for a period of 20 days beginning on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. The
public comment period will end on Monday, April29, 2013, The public is invited to submit
writ!,en comments on tl1e City of Temple Cily 2008-2014 Housing Element, and the Draft
Initial Study/Proposed Negative Declaration to the Community Development Department,
City of Temple City, 9701 Las Tunas Drive, Temple City, CA 91780 or phone (626) 285-
2171. <
If you wish to challenge the action taken on this matter in court, you may b'e limited to raising only those i~sues you or someone else
raised at the public hearings descr'rbed in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to tl1e City of Temple City at, or prior to, the
public hearings.
Note; Copies ofthe braft City of Temple City 2008-2014flousing Element and dl·aft imvironmentat assessment document are
available for review at:
• Temple City City Hall, Community D,evelopment Depa1tment, 9701 Las Tunas Drive, Temple Ciiy; CA 91780
• City of Temple City Internet website at: htlp:l/www.templecity,Us/housing/HousingEiementUpdilte,asp
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ORAI'T INITIAL STUDY I PROPOSED MITIGATED NEGATNE DECLARATION
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION CHECKUST FORM
Date:
t. Pmi~ct ti!!e:
2. Lead &geney name anct address:
3. Contact person and phone number:
4. Project locatton:
5. Project sponsor's name and address:
6. General Plan land use design~tion:
7. Existing zoning designation:
8. Descripllonol project
March 26, 2013
Citv of Temple City 2Q08-20l4 Hou:eing .~len1ent
City of temple City, 9701 Las Tunas Drive, remple City,
CA 91780
Paul Deib.Eil, AICP, Project Manager, Community
Development Depaiim~nt, City of Temple Clly, 9701 Las
Tunas Drive, Temple City, CA 91780, {626)285-2171.
City of Temple City (please refer to Figure i)
City of Temple City
All designations cityWide
All zones citywide
The. housing eiemen\ is one of 1he six elertlents ol Temple' City's gener~l plan and must be updated
pursuant to California Government Code Section ()5588 for the 200()-2014 pl~nrling period. The proposed
housing element update, tilled City ol Temple City 2008-2014 Housing Element (Housing Element),
identlll~s and assesses projeqted ho,usjng ne~~~ and. provide~ an in~~ntory of con$1[~1nts and resources
rel.evant to meeting these.neects. Components of the d[~ft Housing Element Include: a housing needs
assessment with population <tlid household characteristics; identlflc.aiion oi constraints tq providing
housing; an Inventory of available site,s for the provision of housing for all econoli]io segnj~tits of the
community; and .a statement of goals, quantified objectives, pollclos, and an implementation progr<Jm for
meeting tl1e CitY's housing needs: T~mple City's draft housing elenwnt ~p~a!e goals focus oh:
1. Accommodating a portion of the housing needs of all income groups as quantilied by the Regional
Housing Needs Assessment. . .
2. Facilitating the construction of the maximum feasible number of housing units for all income
groups.
3. Facilitating the development ol the maximum feasible number of housing unfls for extremely low-
income, venj low-income, low-income, and moderate-Income households. .
4. Relieving the housing cost burdens of extremely low, very low, and low-income households.
5. Removing governmental constraints to the maintenance, Improvement, and development of
housing.
6. Achieving a housing stock free of substandard conditions.
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7. Attaining a housing 111arlcet with ''fair housing choice,'' meaning the ability of persons of similar
Income levels regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, and familial status
to have available to them the same housing choices.
As described in the draft Housing Element (Section 2, Housing Program), Temple City's shareol regional
housing growth need (as Identified by the Southern California Association of Governments througl1 its
Regional Housing Needs Analysis (RHNA)) Is a total of 987 housing unils for the 2006-2014 plai1nlng
period. The c!r~ft Housing Element al.so Illustrates (Technical Appendix D, Sites Inventory and An'llysls)
that, under curl!lnt Gerniral Pian designations and with sorne planned moditications to development
stand.ard.s for multi·!llffiiiY. development In the residential zones and the Downtown Sp~ciflc Plan, the City
has an estimated additional capacity for 1,238 residential units that can be developed oh vacant and
underutilized sites. (See attached Figures 2 and 3.} Therefore, Temple City has sufficient zoned capacity
to accornrnodat~t.pe overaJtRHNA allqcatiQD and there is no need to change any General Plan or zoning
designation~ fll ~flyj\)cation in !h~poiniJlunity In_ order to accommodate the housing growth needs Identified
in the draft hdU~lng element update.
Temple City plans to fu1fiil its RHNA allocation using a combination of the methods listed below and shown
on F!gures2 and 3:
1. Housing units built or Issued permits during the planning period;
2. Residential development within the Downtown Specific Plan;
3. Underutlllzed sites zoned for residential use;
4. Residential second units
The majority of available sites identified in the draft Housing Element are within the R·2 and R-3 zones,
with the second largest portion located In the Downtown Specific Plan area. This spedlio plan, adopt<;Jd by
the City In 2002, e~tablishes t;I~ndards, gu_[dal!nes and regulations fQr four districts In the City -The las
Tun~s East Comnwrcl~l pl~trlqi, Temple Qliy Blvd. Coininercifil District, Las Tunas West Commercial
District, and the G<Mway Coillmerclal District.
Analysis iq this doqument l? limite~ to the review o.f potenjlf\l environmenjal Impacts resulting from the
adoption an(! impJsmentetion pf the. dralt bwsl~g e_lernent and its programs, including the element's
consl~tmtcY Wilh the t;:ity's existing general plah ahd with the Downtown Specific Pian. The specific
environnient~l effebts.{)f any future development, including the methods described below, would vary on a
project-by-project bas~; but adherence to th? City's subdivi$1on ~ode, zoning code, building co~e, s!te plen
review process Md other applicable regulations will mitigate the potential for future residentlal development
to have an adverse impact on adjacent g~;es and on the e~vironment. •
9. Surrounding land uses: Citywide-not applicElble.
iO. Agencies whose appr.ov?l is required: The City ofTemple City.
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ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS POTENTIALLY AFFE;CTED
The envlronmenlallactors checlied below would be potentially affected by this project, involving at least, one Impact
that Is a "Potentially Significant Impact" as indicated by the checklist on the following pages.
Q Land Use and Planning Q
Q Population and Housing Q
Q Geological Problems 0
Q WaiN Q
0 Air Quality Q
Q Greenhouse Gas Emissions
T ransporialioniCirculalio n Q Public Services
Biological Recources Q Ulllilles and Sel1/lce Systems
Energy and Mineral Resources Q Aesthetics
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Q Recreation
Q Mandatory Findings of
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DETERMINATION: (To be completed by Lead Agency)
On the basis of this initial evaluation:
0 l lind that the proposed project COULD NOT have a significant effect on the envlronmerrt, and a
NEGATIVE DECLARATION will be prepaied.
ll!J · I lind that, although the project coUld have a significant effect on the environment, there will not be
<1 significant el(ecl in this cose because revisions in the project have been made by or agreed to by
the project proponent. A NEGATIVE DECLARATION wlll be prepared.
0 1 lind that the proposed project MA'{ have a slgnilicant eflect on the environment, and an
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT is required.
Cl · I lim~ .!hat the proposed project MAY have a "potentially slgnllicaht impacr' or "poten!ially significant
unless 11\l!fgated" impact on the environment, bvt at least one alfect 1) has bean adequately
onalyiiid · h1 an earlier documant pursuant to appllqabla legal standards, and 2) has been
addressed by mitig~tion measures based on the earlier analysis as described on attached sheets.
An ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT is required, but it must analyze only the effects that
remain to be addressed. ·
0 I lind that although the proposed project toufd have a significant effect on the environment,
because all potenially significant effects (a) have been analyzed adequately in an earlier EIH or
NEGATIVE DECLARATION pursuant to applicable standards, and (b) have been avoided or
mitigated pursuant to that earlier EIR or NEGATIVE DECLARATION, llicludlng revisions or
mitigation measures that are Imposed upon the proposed project, nothing further is required.
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EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
A. LAND USE ANti PLANNING. Would the proposal:
j_ Conflictwlth gene-ral ptan designatla.n or zoning? D 0 0 0
2. Conflict wilh applical:!le environmental plane or pplic.lea 0 0 0 0 adopted by agencies with jurisdiction over the project?
3. Be lncompallble with exlsllng land use In the vlolnily? 0 0 0 0
4. Alfecl agricultural resources or operations (e.g., lmpac!s to 0 0 0 0 soils or farmlands, or Impacts from incompatible land Uses)?
5. Disrupt or divide the physical arrangement of an established 0 0 D 0 community (Including a low-Income or minority community)?
(A 1-5) Ins prop 0sed Cily of Temple Clry 200U·2014 Housing Elemenrls en update of one of six eleniehls of the City a!
Temple City .G?ner~l Plen, ~01 its goals, qbjecuves and Policies )viii be consistent wilh,(ho~e 01 the L.~nd Use Elemont, the
Circulation Element; and all of the other olements o! the Gsneral Plan. The proposed Housing Element will also be oor.sis!ent
with the goals and objectives of the Downtown Specific Plan which sets lorth standards, guidelines and regulations for four
districts In the City: The Las Tunas East Commercial District, Temple City Blvd. Col]lm.ercial District, Las Tunas West
Cdlnmerclal Dlslrlct, and the Gajeway Commercial Dl,strict. An important goal of the specific pia~ Is to "develop a ~0wniown
wl1ich provid.es a vmi~ty of retail, olfica, financial, cullural, ancl residential opportunities" along wlth an objective to "designate
key site.$ Within iha Planning ~re.a for rnlxe~·Use (]evelopmenl" (Development Framework. 11·2). In the droll Housing Elemenl,
Housing Progratn CateQoJY #J (Section 2·18) f~rllws lite goals and objectiVes of the Downtown Specilic Plan by ldenlifylng
thirteen ·ctevelopmenl oppbrtunlly sites suitable for higher densily mui!Hamlly residential development and calling for
amendments to tho resldant.lal development standards In the Specific Pian to promote mixed-use and lnllll housing
development opporttmitles In tho downlown.
The Hdusing 8omenl plallS to accornmo.d 0te the community's residential growth needs as determined by the Southern
CaJIIornia Association o\ (;)qvernments (SQ[IG) through lhe Regional HoUsing Needs Assessment (RHNA). For the current
RHNA ptan~lng cycle, 2006 ~ 2014, the. RHNA estimates the CitY's share ol regional housing demand by ho~sel10lds of all
lnGome levels as a need to ·accOmmod.ate the development. of al leesl 9$7 new residential units. The residential sites
inventory, descn~ed In lechnicaiAppendlxD of the Housing Element, estimates the City's additional dwelling unil capacity,
based on existing zoning and land use, and subsequent to plann.ed modiffca\ions ollhe zoning code development standards
lor muliHamily residential development, e\1 ,233 units (refer to Figure 0·2 and Table D-3). This capacity was determined by
e~aml.nlng the realistic development potential of all silesin, tne R·2.and R-3 •ones, using criteria such as the ralio ol existing
building area to parcel size and the relative value ot any existing building on the parcel,
The sites identified on the reside.nllal sites Inventory consist ol. undarutilized parcels within the. R-2 and R-3 zones, and
opportunily sites located in lha Oowntown Specilic Plan area, that have the greatest feasibility for new hlgher-cten.jily
residential development by the privata sector. Multi-family residential development on these sites will be required to meet the
standards and design guidelines outlined for each aNa in the zoning coda arid the Downtown Specliic Plan, the subdivision
ordinance and the building coda. In light of th.is analysis, no land use or zoning deslg11atfon changes are necessary at any
losatl.on to aocorrrrnodate the community's share of regloiial housing need, and no such land use or zoning deslgnailon
changes are proposed as part altha Housing Element's programs.
As describ~d above, adoption of th~ Housing E!~ment and irnp!ernenialion ct fts policies and programs will not conflict wilh
any General Plan or zoning designations, not conlllcl with existing land uses In the vicinity, nor disrupt or divide Ute physical
arrangement ol an established community. All future development will be required to comply with all applicable City
environmental plans or policies as required lhrough compliance with the zoning, subdivision and building codes, and subject to
the site plan review process, No agricultural resources or operations will be impacted since ths silas ldenlllied In the Housing
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In summary, adoption of tha draft Housing !';Ieman! and implementation of lis policies and programs wiJI nQt <;onflict with or
have a negative impact on planned land uses in the commun\!y.
B. POPULATION AND HOUSING. Would the proposal:
1. Cumulativoly exceed official regional or toea\ population 0 0 0 0 projections?
2. Induce substantial growth In an area eilher diiedtly or 0 [] 0 0 indirectly (e.g., through piojecls In an undeveloped aroa or
exlen~ion of major lnfrastruclure)?
3. Dis~\ace eXjsting housing, especially affordable housing? 0 0 0 0
(B 1-3) The Housing Element Is one of\he six elements of !119 City's General Plan and must be updated pursuant to C~lllornta
Govenimenl Code Section 65588 (or the 2008-2014 pt.annlng perioq, The Housing Element is a policy docuro.ent thai ldenlfies
and assesses projected housing needs, as determined by the. south'lf.n Calilwnla Assoclallon of Governments lhrough the
Raglonal Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) process. The Cily's reside~ lie!· growth neeq, attqcallon per the RHNA for !his
planning period is 987 new residential units. As described In lhe Housing Element, the City's resjden!lal sHes Inventory provides
a rerutstlci capacity for development of 1,238 new unlls, and no land Uqe or zoning designation changes are necessaty to
eccommodate the community's share of regiohal housing need. Thus residential development pursuant to !he programs of the
Housing Element witt be in line with regional and local populallon projections.
MoreO'/er, the sites on the lnventoty aro located within an urbanlze\1 area ancf are surrouncted by extst~lg development. As
shown in Technical Appendix D, AUachmenl A of the Housing Element, ·tho majoriW o! elias ldanlilled to meet tho RHNA ara
currently under-developed R-2 and R-3 zoned properties. Th.erefore, adoption of the draft Houslna Element and implementation
of its pn:igrams and poiiCies will no! induce substanllal growth In any area of the Cl(y lhal is notalreaoy planned and zoned to
accomrnudate such growth.
111e Housing Etamant also includes policies and prbgra)11s to help conserve and improve housing within the communlly, Including
affordable i)ousing .. (See Program Ca!egoty #3 in Sec!ion 2 of the Housing P.rogtalll, with assoclaled goats. policies, and
objectiVes.} Whileli Is possible !hal some existing housing on underutiflzed,ttes In lhe R·2 and R·3 zones may be displaced by
ne'w higher density mutll-family development, the ne\ supply of housing avatl,ble to all income t~ve\s In lhe community would be
augmented, especially for affordable housing. Any displacement ol eKisling housing through !his process of devalopment would
be less 1han significant.
In s11mmaty, adoption of the Housing Element and implementation oll!s policies and programs wm not have a negative Impact
with respect to population growth or permanent displacement of housing In t.be community.
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expose people to potential Impacts Involving:
1. Fault rupture?
2. Seismic ground shaking?
3. Seismic ground failure, Including liquelaolion?.
4. Seismic, tsunatn1 1 or voloantc llazard?
5. landslides ormudllows?
6, Erosion changes in topography or unslable soli cond.iUdns
from excavallon, grading, or Jill?
7. Subsidence ·of the land?
8. Expansive soils?
9, Unique geologic or physical feelures?
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(C 1-9) Liko most of Soulhern California, there Is the poss!~lllly of strong ground motion In Temple Clly from earlhqualies. A
Seismic Hazards Zona has been designated by lhe Calilornla Department of Conservation in the soulherh portion of the city,
indicating ~ risk lor liquelaclion and requiring special mitigation measures as delired in Public Resources Cone, Section 2693
(c) •. Detailed geologic investigations are required prior lo development wllhin a Seismic Hazards Zone, and any such
development musl be designed to millgale such risks.
The Housing Elemenl includes idenlified sites and policies to accommodate regional housing demand for now housing
development~ wj\hin existing residential zones and the Downtown Specific Plan area and does not call lor land use or mning
designation changes. All such develo~ment will be subject Ia compliance wilh the zoning, subdivision and building codes, all of
w~lch includa requirements intended to rnlligale the ellecls of seismic ground shaking and other elfecls. Required cqmpllance in
partlc~lar wllh the seismic safety construcllon raqulrements of the California Administrative Coda Tille 24, Part 2, (California
Building Code) will substantially reduce !he risks of adverse impacts to human life safety and to properly loss from seismic
ground·shaMng.
Due to the Ciiy's inland location, the City Is not susce~tible to tsunamis, nor are there any known volcanic hazards In the vicinity.
The topography of lha community Ia relatively flat, and thJs area is nol prone to erosion, landslides or mudflows,
Any pplential impacts related to geologic haiards, including the potential lor liquefaction, erosion, subsidence or expansive soils,
will be anelyzed In conjunc!lon with the approval of a particular project. Any necessary project slle·speciflo mlllgallon measures
Will be ldenll!ied at that lime.
In addition, Program Category 114 in Section 2 of the Housing Element (page 2·31) calls lor lhe conlinued implemontation of the
City's Home Improvement Deferred Loan Program for low·, very low-, and e~tremely low·lncome owner·O!OCUpied households.
Tt)e program provid.es loans of up to $25,00D to perform major rehabilitation, including seismic retroliliing. Moreover, the City has
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several programs in place to handle seismic emergencies, including an Emergency Operations Plan and a Hazard Mitigation
Plan that is current~ being reviewed by CaiEMA and FEMA
In summary, adoption of the Housing Element and implementation ol its policies and programs will not expose people In !he
comrimnlly to slgnlllcanl unrniligaled risk related to selsmioaclivily or geologic hazards.
0. WATER. Would the proposal result in:
1. Changes in absorption rates, drainage patlems, or rate and 0 0 0 D amount of surtace run of!?
2 • EXposure of people or property to water related hazards such 0 0 0 0 as flooding?
3, DiscOarge Into surface watsrs or other alteration of surface 0 0 0 0 watarqualily (e.g., temperature, dissolved oxygen or
lurbldily)?
4. Changes in tha amount of surtace wator In any water body? D 0 0 0
5. Ql)anges fn currents, or the course or direction of water 0 0 0 0 movements?
6, Changes in lh$ quantity of ground waters, eilhor through 0 0 0 0 dlrectaddiUons or withdrawals, cr through lnlerception of an
aquifer by cuts or excaV!\tions, or through subslantlalloss of
grounctwa!er recharges capability?
7. Allererl direction orrate olllow of groundwater.? 0 0 0 0
a. Impacts lo groundwater quality? 0 0 0 0
9, Substantial reduolioli inlha amount of groundwater olhen,lsa 0 a a l~f available for public water supplies?
(D 1·9) As shown in Figure 0·1 of the Housing Element, the largest silesldenlilied in the residential. sites invenlol)' are currenUy
occupied by cnmmerclal uses located In the downtown sp<Jcillo plan area thai are at present largely co'ered by il)lpervious
surtaces. A conversion ol these sites to Include residential uses could poten!lally result in a reduction In surtace water runolf and
an Increase In absorption rates. Inversely, soma underuliiized R·2 and R·a zoned sites (Agure 0·2) could sea an increase In
surface wator r~nolf and a decrease in absorption rates, ilS a result of more Intense development. In total, 111• development
described in !he Housing Element is not anlicipaled to signllicanlly increase the amount ol storm watsr runol! on these siles
subject to oompiance with all appioable regu~tions.
The Housing Elemenl Includes ldenli!ied slles and policies to ac<ommodate regional housing demand lor new housing
devolopmenls within e~sling residential mnes and the Downtown Spedlio Plan area, and does nol call for land use or zoning
designation changes, All such development will be s~bjeotlo compliance with the zoning, subdivision ami building codes, all ol
whloh include iaqulrements Intended to mitigate the impacts of increased demand for water usage and the potentially neg alive
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effects of unconlrclled surface runoff, flooding, or other adverse imp&cts to water resources, including groundwater quality.
P.ny potential Impacts related to water resources, Including tilcreased use of.groundwater mid impacts.lo groundwater quality, will
be analyzed In conjunction with the approval of a particular project. A gradlni) plan and a drainage plan must be approved for any
developrnenl'slle prlot to Issuance ol ahy building permit. In addition a ''Water Avallabillty Leiter' Is requimd from the water
district or company that would be supplying potable water to the development. Any needed miligalign measures will be identified
through the subdivision and or building permit Issuance process, including compliance with National Pollutant Discharge
Elimlnalion System (NPDES) requirements and the City's storm water management guidelines.
In summary, adoption of""' Hou~ng Element and implementation oi its policies and programs will not have a negalive Impact o11
water resources or Increase exposure "Of peOple !n thetommunlty to waler related hazarr;ls.
~. AIR QUALITY. Would the proposal:
1. Violate any air qualily slanctard or conlribule to an existing or 0 0 0 lYI projected air quality violation?
2. Expose se·nsltive receptors to pollutants? 0 lYI 0 0
3. Alter air movement, mois!Uie, or temperature, or causa any 0 0 0 lYI changes In climate?
4. Create objectionable odors? 0 0 0 lYI
(E 1·4) The Cily of Temple City Is located within the South Coast Air Basin and is pari of the Southern California Air Quality
Management District's Regional Air Quality Management Plar\. Mixed· use development is one of !he slrategies ldenlllied In lhe
Housing Elemen! to meet the Cl!y's residential growth needs (see Program Cat~gory #1 in Sec.iion '2-Housing Program). This
lype ol development is seen as a P;Otenlial way to reduca air pollu!lon, as il places people near jobs, retail and other serilices and
promotes the use ol allemalive transportation and padeslrlan linkages,
The Housing Element includes identified sites and policiBs lo accommodate regional housing demand for new housing
developments wllhiti existing resldenllal zonas and 1!1e Downtown Specific Plan area, and does not call for land use or zoning
deeyignalion ch~hges, All such development will be sub)ect to compllimce with the. zoning, .supdlvislon end building codes, as well
as aw applicable requlrem.~DIS of the South Coast Air Qualjly Management p!s!rict, inCluding the mitigation ol potenllal air
quality impacts during eny construction activity. New re~denllaf development, per se, would not be e~pecled lo violate any air
quality stanctard or contribute \o an existing or projected air quality violation, nor alter air movement, moisture, or temperature, or
cause any changes in clima{e.
Apc 0mmodalioh of regional housing demand w.ould entail ne\V,resldential development' allocations adjacent to major highways
aDd anerlp\.stme.ts,.es i.s l~dicatgq on the resldantial sil.es inv~nlory which includes slles adjacent to Rosemead Boulevard and
L;>s Tunas. Drlv~. Residenllel dev~l 0 prrwnt al.lhesa loc.a.llon.s has the po!anlial to expose sensitive receptors (o,g., housing of
children, the elderly and the lnllrmj to lmr~asect levels of air pollution associated with toxic emissions from vel;lcular trallic on
heavily travelled sli'aa!s. There Is evidence that polenlially significant hazat'ds lo sensitive receptors may exiSt In proximity to
fr<:sw<\ys, major highways, arlenal streets, and railroads. (See discussion in SCAQMD Finel2012 Air Qualify Management Plan,
CDap\er ():"Near Roadway Exposures and Uljra Fine Particles".)
Implementation of the proposed Housing Eiamenl programs would entail amendments to the Oowntovm Specific Plan and \o the
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R-3 Zona, raspeslively, to increase \he maximum permissible density for multi-family residential development to 30 d.welling.u.nits
per acre In lhe Downtown Specllic Plan and on R-3 zoned siies not adjacent lo R-1 zoned sites, and lo eliminate the current
conditional usa permit dlscrellonmy revie~v process for such higher density deve)opnient at these locations. Implementation of
these programs would allow such development at soma locations along Rosemead Boulevard end las Tunas Drive without
discieiionaiy review and without say associated envirbnmantal as·sessriient of air qualily ls~ues pursuant to GEQA of each
individual project. However, the potential for a slgnilicanl impact from air pollution to sensitNe receptors can be millga!ed by
inoiuding a provision In the lmplemenling code amendmentslo the effect that any such residential development in the Vicinity of
an arterial street or railroad shall provide snhanced filtration in the ~wilding's heating, venlilalion and air cooling ("HVAC") system,
among other possible-on-site mitfgation measures:
• ~/ligation Mea5ut·e AQ-1: lhe zoning code amendmenls Implementing Housing Elemenl programs shall include
provisions to the effect lhat any new rasidenllal development within 500 feet of an arterial street or railroad shall
provide enh~nced filtrati0r1 in the building's healing, ventilation and air cooling ("HVAC") system equivalent to a
Minimum Ef~ciency Reporting Value (MEAV) of 14 or grea\81, and shall consider other air quality Impact mitigating
measures (e.g., setbacks, landscaping buffers, etc.) as determined to be feasible and 1varranted, all subject to further
study in conjunction with consideration of such code amendments,
Other steps lhe City has taken to address air quality environmenla/ issues inctude: (1) adoption and ong6ing Implementation of a
Bike.way Masl&r Plan; (2) ongolpg constru.ction of the Rosemead Boulevard SafelY Enhancements and Heaulilioation Pt~joct,
which includes tho transformation o! a major highway into a mulll·modalthoroughfare that will Include publio tninslt components
and a prolacted, dedicaled bi~eway; and, (3) adoption and ongoing Implementation of an Energy Action Plan (EAP) that Includes
a greenhouse gas inventory, energy profile, and energy erllclanoy aciibn plan.
In summery, a(lopllon vf the Housing Element and implamenla!lon of its programs and policies will not have a signilicant
neaaliVe impact on air resources, subject to Implementation of measures to mitigate the potentially sfgnl!ioant exposure of
sensiJivo receptors In proposed residential development In the vicinity of arterial streets in the community.
F. GREENHOUSE GAS EMiSSIONS. Would the project:
1. Generate greenhouse gas emissions, either dlrriOUy or
indirectly, that may (lave a significant Impact on the
environment?
2. Conllicl. wllh an applic 0b/e plan, policy, or raguletion
adopted for lho purpose of reducing the emlsslohS of
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(F 1·2) The Housing Element Includes idenUiied sites and policies to accommodate re(jonal housing demand for new housing
developments within existing residential zones and the Downtown Speoilic Plan area and doBS nof call for land usa or zoning
designation changes. All such development ivlll be. subje.Qilo 'compliimca with the zoning, s~bdivislon and building co.des.
Vehicles operated by residents of such re.sldenllal development will P.r6duce greenhouse·ga3·emisslons, bul the marginal impacl
of these emlsslqns on region~! levels o! greenho~sa gasses will be lass than sl~nillcant. ·
Moreover, the City of Temple Clly Is laking efforts !o reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the most prominent ef(ort being the
greenhouse gas invenlory that was Included in the reconlly adopted Energy AGUon Plan (EAP). T11e plan includes an energy
elficiency stralegy and an implemenlafton plan including actions that the City can take to reduce energy consumption and, with it,
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greenhouse gas emissions. Since 2006, \he Cily has implemented a numbnr o[·enargy-saving measures that have reduced the
City's greenhouse gas. emlssions.ln 2006 (baseline year), Temple City emilled appro~imately 1B6,32D MTCO,e ol greenhouse
gases. By 2010, einlsslons had~ropped to 176,420 MTCO,e, representing a 4% reduction, .
In suniniilry, aaopl!on of the Housing Element and iniplemenlalion of its policies and programs will not have a significant
negative lmpa_ct ori greenhouse gas emissions, nor will il co_nflic\ wlth any plan, policy, or regulation adopted for the purpose of
reducing the emissions of greenhouse gaseg In the community.
G. TRANSPORTATIONfGIRCULATIQN, Would the proposal
result In:
1. Increased vehicle trips or !raffle congestion? 0 0 0 0
2, Hazards to safely from design features (e.g., sharp curves or 0 0 0 0 dangerous inters.ections) orincompatlble uses (e.g., farm
equipment)?
3. Inadequate emergency access or ac{]ess to nearby uses? 0 0 0 0
4. lnsufliclent parking capacity on-site or o!l·site? 0 0 0 0
5. Hazards or barriers for pedestrians or bicycllsis? 0 0 0 0
6, Conflicts wilh adopted policies supporting alternate transportation 0 0 0 0 (e.g., bus turnouts, bicyC!o reeks)?
7. Alterations to rail, walerboma or alr traffic impacts? 0 0 0 0
(G i·7) The Clty's· !ranspo~ation system Is addressed in the General Plan Mobility Element. Temple Clly is a b~ll! out
comrnunity with an es!abllshe~ roadway systern. Local stree!B comprise the majority of the reslden!lal street networ~ In Temple
City, In con\rasllo major and secondary arterial streets. Current transit services includa Melropolilan Transit Authority (MTA)
Metro Bus access to tho nearby Metro Gold Line Sierra Madre Station and to the Ei Monte Metrolink Stallon,-adjacent to Temple
Cily.
The HousinQ Element Includes _Identified silas end pollcias lo aGCO!nmodate regional ho,uslng demand for new housing
developments within exls!lng reslde.ntlal zones and the Downtown Sp~oilic Plan area a~d does no! call for land Ue~ or zoning
d?SlQrialion changes. All suc\1 developrnsQIWill bs subje¢1to compliance v~th ,\he zoning, Subdivision and. building codes,
Inducting the site plan review ~pproval process, all o! which will provide lor conw.!lan~e. with Siandaids requiring adequate o\1·
street parking supply: safe desigh ofvehlcular, bicycle and pedes irian access to and from lhe sile end wi111 respeci to Interior
c!rcu!alion, provision ol bicycle racks and cornp\lanc.e lqr improvements to the public right of way related to transporlalion such
· as street and sidewalk Improvements where applicable. lmplementallon of the proposed Housing Element programs would enla\1
amendments lo the Downtown Spsdllc Plan and !o !he R·3 Zone, rospecllvely, to Increase !ha maximum permissible dansity for .
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multHamily residential development to 30 dwelling units per aar.e in the Qowntown Specific Plan and on R-3 zoned sites not
edjacB!lllo R-1 zoned sites, and to eliminate ti)) current conditional use permit discl)!lionary mvtey1 process for such higher
density oevolopment at these locallons • .While.nsw resl\lentlal developuwnt pursgan(!oJmpleme.P!atlon.of ,!hie program t)lay
entail some Increase to vehicle trips on loool streets, such increases will be marginal with respect to totaltraflio volumes In the
community, and any sucll project·related Impact will be at least partially o\!sst by a requ.ired trailio impact fee, \he Congestion
Management Program Fee, v,tlch Is proportional to the number of dwelling units proposed, and which m~st be. paid prior to
Issuance of building parmils. Thus any increase In vehicle trips from development pursuontto implementation of these Housing
Element programs is not expected to have a significant impact on trallic clrcutallon In the community.
A Traffic Calming Management Plan was recently adopted that will improve pedestrian ·safety throughout the City. Also, the
Bicycle Master Plan and Rosomead Blvd. Safety Enhancements and Beauti!ic~t!on Project ~~II promote alternative transit modes
and improve pedestrian safety to encourage watkabllly. Therefore, adoptloilof the Housing EfeQJent will not conflict with adopted
policies supporting alternallve transportallon or result fn alterations. to rail, waterborne or air traffic.
Any potential Impacts relaled to transportation, Including increased vehicle lrJps, hazards from design features, inadequate
emergency access, Insufficient parking, or hazards or barriers to pedestrians E\11d bjcycjlsts will be an~lyz~d lq co.nju 0ction with
the. ;ipproval of a·:parllcular project. Any n~edod mitigation measures or conditions of approval Will be identified at that lima,
includilig compliance with the policies and programs dascrib~d above.
tn summary, adoption of the Housing Eleinenland implernenialion ot its policies and programs will not have a negative impact on
mobility v~thln the community.
H. BIOLOGICAL ReSOURCES. Would the proposal
result in impacts to:
1. Endangered, threatened, or rare species or their habitats 0 0 D f0 Qncluding butnotlimlted lo plants, fish, insects, animals, and
birds]?
2. Locally designated spe~es (e.g., heritage trees)? D 0 0 0
3. Locally destgnated nalural communities (e.g, I oak forest~ 0 D D 0 coastal habitats, etc.)?
4. Weiland habitat (e.g., marsh, riparian and vernal pool)? 0 0 0 0
6. Wildlila dispersal or migration corridors? 0 0 0 0
(H 1·5) The t:;ily ofTempla City Is urbanfz'd and planllife Is limited to non.-natlv~, introduced, and ornamenlal speciesJhat are
used lor lands.c"Jllng. The future resldenl/a) development discussed in the Housing Element would occur on existing vacant lots
and underulilized site,s.VIiih exlstin9.development. No land usa or zonipg designation changes are inclUded as part of the
Housing Element. Tho City does not have any locally designated natural communities, wetland habitats or migration corrioors.
Due to this urban environment, adoption of t11a Housing Element and .lmplemanlatlons of its policies and programs would not
have a nagativs impact on biological resources.
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1. Confliclwilh adopted energy conse!Vatlon plan.o? 0 [J [J
2, lise non,renewable resources !n a wasteful and \nelllc\enl manner? 0 0 0
3, Result In loss of availability ol a known mineral resource that Would 0 D 0 be ol future value to lhe region and the residents of the Stale?
(1. 1-3) As desprlbed abPVGin Seclipn E, Air Quality, the Ci!Y has efforts undetWay lo promote energy conservation. Program 5.
(Ssdlon2) ol the Housing Element describes the Energy Eiliciency Plan which the City adopted in early 2013.
The Housing ~lament includes iden.lilied sites and policies to accommodate regional housing demand for now housing
developments wjthin existing residential zones and lhe Downtown Specilio Plan area and does not call for land use or zoning
designaiion changes. All such development will be subject lo compliance with the. zoning, subdivision. and building codes,
including the si:e plan review approval process, which will provide for compliance with standards requiring energy elliclenoy,
Required compliance in parilcularwilh lhe requirements ofihe California Administrative Code Title 24, Part 6, (California Energy
Code] will provide for energy conseiVation in the design and oonslruclion of all new developownl.
Nona of the sitos Identified In the Housing Elemenl's residential sites Inventory (Appendix D) are kn~wn to conlain mineral
resourc•s that would be o! future value to lhe region and the residents of the slate.
In summery, adoption ofihe Housing Element and implementation of its policies and programs will not have a negative Impact on
energy·and mineral resources,
J. HAZARDS. Would the proposal Involve:
1. A risk ol accidental explosion oi release of hazardous 0 0 0 0 substances (Including, but limited to: oil, pesticides,
chemicals, or radiation)?
2. Possible interference wHh an emergency response plan or 0 0 0 0 emergency ElVacuation plan?
3, The creation of any health hazard or potential health hazard? 0 0 0 0
4. Exposure ol people io existing sources ofpotenliallieaith 0 0 0 0 l1azards?
5. Increased lire hazard in areas with flamma91e brush, grass, or 0 D ,o 0 trees?
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(J 1-5) The Housing Elemen\ includes policies and programs to accommodate all new housing developmenls within existing
bullt·UP residenltat and commercial areas of the Cl\y .. As a result, many older slructures may be demolished lo accommodate
lhe new developmanl. Given lhe age of exisling structures In Temple City, the polential exists for asbestos and lead lobe
released as part a! demolition and construction. However, compliance with federal, state, City and South Coast Air Quality
Managernant District regulations applicaqle to !he capture, contalmne~t and disposal ol such hazardous materials is expected
to precluda SIJY significant adverse impacl. The City requires evidence that all such regulations wilt be adhered ro prior to
Issuance of any demolition permit.
Nevi residential uses may also increase the amount of household ha.zardous waste generaled in lila City. The County of Los
Angeles Public Worl<s Department, Environmental Programs Division currently has a /JOUsehold hazardous wasta disposal
prograni (SBe website al: htlp:l/dpw.lacountv.govlepdlcleanla) lim\ is available \o Temple Oily residents.
Many policies and programs In !he Housing Element address polentfaf hazards, UlCf~dlng public health hazards. Potlcy 2 (b) of
Program Category 114 in Section 2 of tho Housing Efell)ent (page 2~31) calls lor the cqnllnued implementalion of the Cily's
Housing Code Enforcement Program which involves the enforcement of all municipal codes and ordinances, various state and
focal laws and health and safety regulations as they relate to housing conditions and other ac\lvity within the community. The
same policy. also calls for the continued 1n1plemsntatlon of \he.CIIy's Home lmprowmenl Deferred loarrProgram which oilers
assistance to low·income homeowners to make repairs lo their properties. In addlllon, any demolition of bullillngs with
a.bes!os mus1 comply with exls\lng federal, state and focal regulations, including !hose of the South Coast Air Quality
Management Dislrtcl. ·
The sites Identified In !he Housing Element's resldenilal sites inven!ol)l are located in an urbanized area and, therefore, are
not susceptible to an increased lire hazard due to llammable brush, grass or trees.
The Housing Element includes idenlil!ecl sites and policies to accommodate regional housing demand for new housing
developments within exis!i 0g residential zones and the Downtown Specific Plan area and does no\ call for land use or zoning
designation c!1anges. All such development will be subJect to compliance with the zoning, subdivision and building codes,
Including the site plan review approval process, whicl1 will provide lor compliance with standards protecting human life safety
and prevention of hazardous conditions. Required compliance in particular with the requtmments of t.he California
Admlnlslrative Code Tille 24, Parl9, (California Fire Code) will provide safeguards to protect life safety and properly from lhe
hazards of fire 9-nO explosion as well as from dangerous conditions arising from the .storage, htlridling and use of hazardous
material and devices.
In summary, adoption of the Housing Elemeni and !mplernentatlon of its policies and programs will not have a significant
negative impact on \he potential for hazards in I he community.
1(. NOISE. Would the proposal result in:
1. Increases ih extsHng noise levels? 0 0 0 0
2. ExposUie ofpeopte to severe i\blse levels? 0 0 0 0
{t< 1&2) The Housing Element &ddresseslhe City's residential growth needs (RHNA) for this 2006·201A housing eyota, as
determined by t11e Southern California Association ol Governments {SCAG), as 987 new residential units. The residential sites
Inventory, described In Technical Appendix D of the Housing Element, estimates the City's additional dwelling unit capacity,
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based on existing zoning and land use, and subsequent to planned modlffcalions of the zoning code deva~pment standards
for multi-family residential development, a\ 1,238 units (refer lo Figure 0·2 and Table 0·3). The addition of these units has the
poien\ial to increase noise as a result of construction (tempormy ln'&rease), additional traffic and other typical urban activities.
As described In the Housiryg Elemenl_, many o[ the silas iden!ilied fn the residanlial silas inventory are located adjacent to
strBe·!~ Y1i1h eXisting co.mmBrclal 8nd i·Bsid8Titlafact!villAs, p'o'ssfb!y axjJOsirig re'slder\ls to hGighleiled rioise level~.
The Housing Element Includes identilied sites and policies to accommodate regional housing demand for ~ew housing
developments within exisling residential zones and the Downtown Specific Plan area and does not call for land use or zoning
designation changes, All such development will be subje.ct to compliance with the zoning, suodiv\slon and building codas,
including ihe site plan review approval process, Which will provide lor compliance with standards to minimize the exposure ol
peo~le to severe noise levels, Reqtiirad·eompllance by multi-lamily rssldehlial development in particular with ihe requirenwnts
6! the California Administrative Code Tille 24, Part 6 (California Energy Cede; Noise lrtsulatiori Siandards),wh!oh establishes
a maximum Interior noise level of 45 dBA ONEt, with 'Windows Closed, due.lo exterior noise sources \VIII reduca the potenilal
lor exposure to severe noiSB lovsls for extended periods to a less !han slgnillcant lavel.
With respect to ax\erlor noise sources, the City's z:oning code noise slandatds (no[sa ordinance} provides noise guid.ellnes and
stanQar~s for signlllcant noise generators. Th1slncludes constructi9n notSe and both exlerior and lhterlor op-erallonalli.oiBe
standards for residential uses. The allowable A-weighted decibel scale (dBA) llmll for creating noise In resldenllal 2ones
between 7:00AM to iO:OO PM Is an exterior limit of 5SdBA {Temple City Zoning Code Section 9281). In this regard, the City
conducts an active code enforcement prograni IIllich Includes enforcement ol the nolseor<Jinance.
In summa!)', adoption of the Housing Element and implementation of [Is policies and programs will not significantly increase
nolse tevsls in the community or-expose paopla to eXctiSSiv8 noise levels.
L PUBLIC SERVlCES. Would the proposal have an
effect upon, or result ltJ a need for new or altered
government services in any of the following areas:
1. Fire protection? 0 0 0 0
2. Police protection? [J 0 0 0
3. Schools? 0 0 0 0
4. Maintenance of public lacl\itles, Including roads? CJ 0 D 0
5. Other governmental organ~a\lons? 0 0 0 0
(L H) Fire protection In \he City of Temple City I~ provided through a conlrac.t ~~~~~ the Los Angeles County Fire Department,
Police pmtecllon Is provided through a contract with the Los. Angeles Counly iJhe(ifl's Departme~l. which operates lhe Temple
City Stalion In Temple City. Maintenance of roads is provided throijgh a contract wlln lhe ~o.e Angele.s Co~nty Public Wor.ks
Department, as well as ihrough contracts with private firms. Public educ.lion altho primary and secondary levels is provided to
Temple City resldBnts by three school districls: most ol the cotnmunily's area Is served by the Temple City Unliied School
District, alihough a slgnilicant portion of the res[dent eludenls attend schools In the Arcadia Unilied Schoo.! District and some
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Tlm City'sreslqentlal growth ne~ds (RHNA) forthe 2008-2014 planning period ~-987 new residential units. As described In the
Housing Element, \he Oily's resl9en\lal sit~s in.ventory PrOvides. a realis.lio capacity for development of 1,238 new units. These
silos are located within an urbanized area ana are surrounded by axisling developmenl, and developmenl of lhese silas would
nol signlficanily impact the setvice capabilities of affected public setvlce providers based on overall capacities thai have been
planned lor unoer existing land usa and zoning designations.
All such deVelopment Wilt be-SUbj~ct to compliance with the zoning, subdivision and building codes, Including the slleplan review
approval process, which wilt provide lor compliance with slandards to protect human life salety in general arid lo facilitate fire and
police ptole.ction In Particular. All such proposed projecls will be reviewed by applicable departmenls and agencies prior to
Issuance of building penni IS. Also, evlctence o! payment ol applicable development Impact mitlgallon teas to the school district in
which a development is located Is required prior 10 tbe Issuance of any building permil.
In suremary, adoption of the Housing Eleme.nl and Implementation of ils policies and programs v.;u nol havo a negatr1e Impact
on the provision of public setvlces in the communlly. •
M. U'fiLIJlES AND SEI'IVICE SYSTEMS. Woul(l th~. proppsal
resul! In a need fo'r new systems or supplies, or substantial
alferations lo the following utilities:
l. Power or nalural gas? 0 0 0 0
2, CommunlcaUons systems? 0 0 0 0
3. Local or regional water treatment or dislrlbuilon laciftlles? 0 0 0 0
5, Sewer or septic tanks? 0 0 0 0
5. Storrn waler drainage? 0 D 0 0
6. Solid waste dlsp6sal? 0 0 0 0
7. Local or regional water supplies? 0 D 0 0
(M 1-7) As a completely tirl>anlted cQ[Il[l\Unlly, th~ City o!Tql))plo Gily already has in pla~e all of the necessary ir.frastructure
to eupport !ulure develqpmen!. 'AI.I !ami desig-nated for resldenUal use is se!Ved by sewer and water lines, solid waste disposal,
storm drains, telephone, eieclrical, artd gas lines.
Water se!Vioe to ihe City Is provide a by the lhree main providers lhal are not governed by the City of Temple Cily. Aboul25% lo
33% of the City's water supply comes from the California American Water Company; anolhsr 33% Is provided by the
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The Housing Element includes ideritilied sites and policies io accommodate reoional housing demand for new housing
develop.menl~ Wilhln. ~x!sllng (esidenli.al zon.es and (he Downtown Specific Pian area and does not call for land use or zoning
ilesignation ch.a 0ges, AI! .such deyylopmant will be subject to compliance with the zoning, suhdlvlsion and building codes,
lncl~ding !ha,stt.e plan r~view approval process, all of Which will provide lorcompllance with standards requiring adequate utility
sery!oa. Tnes.~ raquirelllents ln?lu>le do.~umertalio~ of a.ctequata water supply for a residential development project UJrough
submlltal of a "Water Availabilityletler' prior lo issuance of building permits,
Nonelhola.ss, as an o.fder community, mu 0h of 111.e City's utilily infrastructure Is aging and will require lmprowments or
replacernehl over time. In order to millgaie this cumulaiive impact over time, the City requires ali new multi·famlly projects to
pay a Sewer Reconslrucliq~ Fee for prior tD Issuance of building permits: The lea Is necessary so !hat the Oily can fund
proJects to address any deficiencies in the City's sewer system.
In summary, adoption of the Housing Elemenl and implementation ol its policies and programs \~II no! have a negative Impact
on 8tilitles and se!VIc~ systems in the community,
N. NATIONAL POLLUTION . DISCHARGE EliMINATION
SVSTEM (STORMWATER), Would tile proposal result In:
1, Storm water system discharges from areas lor materials storage, 0
vehicle or equlpmenl fueling, vehicle or equipment malnlenance
(including washing), waste handling, hacardous materials handling
0r storage delivery or loading docks or ol.her work areas?
2. A slgni\icanUy envlrohmenlaf harrnfulinorease in the !!ow or volume
of slofm wafer runoff?
3. A signiHcanHy environmental harmful increase in eros[on of1hs.
p_ro]ect si16 or surrounding areas?
4. Storm water dfschafge.s llwl would sign!licen,lly Impair the
benellclal USeS ol receiving Wa(ets or areas that provide water
quaiity benefit$ (e:g. riparian corridors, \'ietlands, etc.)?
5, Harm to the blologicallntegrity ol drainage systems and water
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(N i-5) As discussed above in Section ·o, "Wale/', the largest sites identified in the Housing Element's residential silas inventory
are currently occupied by commercial uses located in \he downtown specific plan area, and are largely covered by impervious
surfaces. A convei'Sion of these sites to Include residenila\ uses could polentially result In a reduction in surface water runoff and
an i'nbrsa.se·in absorption rates, !nverse!y, soma underuti!ized R-2 and R'-3 zone~ sUes could see an increa~e in surface wat~r
runoff and a decrease in absorption roles, as a result of more intense development, In tolal, the development described in the
Hqusirg Element is no! anticipated to slgnillcanlly increase !he amount of storm water runoff on these siles subject to
compliance wllh all applicable regulations. ·
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The Housing Element includes idsntilisd sites and policies to accommodate regional housing demand for new !lousing
developmO!llswlthln existing reslc!enti~l zones and lhs,Downtown Spedflc pian area, and does not call tor-land use or zoning
designation changes, All sucl1 development will be subject to compliance with the zoning; subdivision and building codes, all of
which Include requirements Intended to mitigate the poisnlially negative effects of uncontrolled surtace runoff.
AlW pote~!ial impacts related to water, including jncrea~ed use of groundwater and Impacts to gmundwoter quality, will be
analyzed In conjunction with th.e approv.al of .a parliqular project. A grading plan a.nd a drainage plan must be approved f.or any
development site prior jo issuance of any buil(ling Permjl. AW ne.e~q mitigation measures. will pe. idenlili~d through t11e
subdivision and or building pennlt issuance process, Including compliance with National Pollutant Discharge Elimiliation System
(NPDES) requirements and the City's slomn water management guidelines.
In summatY, adoption of the Housing ElemeDt and implementation of Its policies and programs w;11 not have a negative impact
with respect to s\Qrln water runoff In the GO(r)munity.
0. AESTHETICS. Would the proposal:
1. Affecl a scenic vista or scenic highway? 0 0 D 0
2. Have a demonsUab!e negative aesthetic el!ect? 0 0 D 0
3. Create light or glare? 0 0 0 0
(0 1·3) Temple City is a buill·out community and the sites Identified In the Hou.s)ng El.enw.nfs residential sites Inventory are
surrounded by existing uses. The Housing Element Includes laentllled sites aM· polloles to" acconimo.date ali new 11ousing
dewlopments viithin existing residential and commercial areas of \!1e communlly. Several pollci9s.and ob)ective~.in tile Housing
Element address malnta!nlng or Improving the quality and character o! residential ~ses and revitalizing neighborhoods (see
Program Category 114, Section 2, Housing Plan).
All new residential development will ba subiect to compliance wfth the >oning, subtl'vlslon and bui!411g codes, includif19 the site
plan review approval process, which will provide for complience '{ilh de,slgn ?t~ndarqs and guld.eJI.nes conlain.ad· in the zoning
code for residential development and In the Downtown Speclllc Plan for all development. (hesa de~ign standards and
guidelines, Intended to create unifted themes, Include requlreroonts for bWdlng mase, arpllilectural styl.es, fa0ad 0 treatments,
and lighting (Including avoidance of glare). There are no scenic highways in this urbarilz£d area, but compliance viilh tho zoning
coda standards governing buildlrlg height and moss will avoid ~ndue blockage ol scenic views of the San Gabriel Mountain
Mountains fr6rit the community.
In sumtnaf)l, adoption of the Housing Element and Implementation ollts policies and programs will not have a negative impact on
aeslhetics In the community. ·
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P. Cultural Resources. Would the proposal:
1. Dlsturb paleof!totogical resources? 0 0 0 0
2. Disturb archaeological resources? 0 0 0 0
3. Affect 8ist0rlc.al resources? 0 0 0 0
4. Have the potential to cause.a;physical change, which would affect D 0 0 0 unique ethnic cultural values?
5. Reslrlol oxl?tlng religious or sacred uses within the potential impact [J 0 0 0 areas'?
(P 1·5) Temple Cily was founded in 1923, as an unlncorporaled.townsilo in Los Angeles County. As such, many of ihe City's
structures cta{e.bacl< to the early 20'" CentUiy and are slgnllicant hi:;torlcal and oul\~ral resources lor the community. In an ei101j
to sustain the community's historic character, lhe city conducted a comprohenslve survey of the community Ia identify and
document existing historic and cultural resources. This swvsy was recenlly completed and is posted on the city's websl\e. It
Includes a narrative of the community's !;~lory and a discussion olthe survey results-Including Information on each of tho 96
properties ldenlilled as having slgnillosnl historic value, and on a potential "conservation area" comprising the orlglnal1923town
site. The report also includes recommendations for possible future actions by lh~ city to p.roserva these historic and cultural
resources, which contribute Individually and cumulatively to \he communiiy's chanictar.
In 20!2, the oily council directed slalllo prepare measures to implement a historic preserva\lon program, such as a dr'111 historic
presarvalfon ordinance, for cohSi<!ara\lon bY \he planning commission and 01\y council. In lha meantime, lhe proposed demo/Ilion
'ol any struotur0 identified by the sutvey as having significant historical value will be subjec( ta an environmer.tal review pursuant
to the Calllornia Envlmnmental Quality Acl {Sec. 2!084.1) requirement to fully ass.ess the impact of suc11 demolition on the
community's historical and cultural resources.
There are no known pafeontologica! or anthropological r~source~ w!th[n the -comrn~n_.ity; howevet, a11 new residential
development will bs subject to compliance with applicable federal and stale laws and pro\oqo!e lor protecting 0ny paleonlological
or anthropological resources that may be discovered during sile preparation, grading, excavation and other construction
activilies.
In ~ummary, adoption of the Housing Element and implementation of its policies and programs Will not have a negalive Impact on
ciJIIUral resources In the coinmunily. ·
Q. Recrea\lon. Would the proposal:
6. Increase tho demand lor neighbnr11ooct or regional parks or other
recreational facilllies?
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7. Affect existing recreational oppOJ1unllles? 0 0 0 a
(Q 1&2) The City of Temple Ci!y Department of Pari<S and Recreation maintains two City parks totaling 19 acre~ provWing a
blend of sports and general recreatiDn opportunities to the public. ·
Tho City's residenllal growth needs per the RHNA for lhe 2006·2014 planning period Is 9~7 new re~ldentiel units, As described
in the Housing Element, the residential 'ites Inventory provides a reallsllc capacity lor development of 1,23B new units. These
sites are located within an urbanized area and are s.urrovndeq by el(isl[ng d[W.el0pment, erld'dawlopmert of t.hase sites .would
not significantly increase the demand foq).arks orreoreaiional facilities in light of overoll cap 0diie• thal,l!aVe been plam1ad for
under existing land use and zoolng des!giiations. Moreover~ current utilization and future de-mand for parks _arid recreational
facilities will be assessed throvgh a citywide Parks Master Plan fonnulaiion proCBss that is currently unaerway.
All new residential development will be subject to complia,nce with the zoning, ~ubdivislon and building cojes, including payment
ol an Impact mitigation fee, the Park Acqulslli9n fee, which Is pwpOI'IIonate to the number of dwelling units proposed, and which
must be paid priodo the issuanCil.ol any building permit ·
tn summary~ adoplibn of tile Housing Element. and Implementation of lis policies and programs will not have a negative impact on
parks and recreation facilities in the community. .
R. Mantiatory Findings of Significance.
1. Does the project have the potential to degrade the quality ol the [J 0 0 environment, substantially reduce the habitat of a llsh or wr1dlile
species, cause a !ish oni1ildlifa population to drop below sell-
sustalnlrig levels, threaten to eliminate a plant or animal
community, recllleil the number or restrlct.the range of a niroor
endange@ piMt or animal, eliminate Important examples of the
major'periods of California history?
2, Does the project have the potential to achieve short· term, I~ the 0 0 0 0 disadvantage of long-tann, en~ronmenlargoals?
3. Does the project have impao(s that are individually.iimited, ~ul [1 0 0 0 cumulatively considerable? ("Cumulatively considerable' means
that the Incremental effects of a project are consldemble when
viewed in connection with I he eflects of past projects, the eflects of
probable furore projects?
4. Does the pr 0ject have.envirornnental ellects, which will cause. 0 0 0 substantial adverse elfecls on human beings, either directly or
indirectly?
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and mu9t be updated pursuant to California. Government Code Section 65588 for the 2006·2014 planning parted, The Housing
Element Identifies and assesses projected housing needs lor all economic secto1s of the community and provides an lnvenlory of
constrainls and resources relevant to meeU~g lhese needs.
The City's residential growth needs allocati~n for the 2006-2014 planning period, as detarl)\lqed by th.e Southern California
Association of Governments (SCAG) through the Regional Housing Naeds.Assessrnen\ (RHNA) planning proceS{l is lor 987 new
residenlial units. As described in the Housing Element ·the City's residanllat si(es invehtory PrOVides a reqlisllo capacity for .
development of 1,238 new units without any need to change any General Plan or zoning designations, but suPlee\ lo
anwntJme0 t~Jo b~th the Downtown Specilio Plan anq to. the R·3.Zone to in9f.flf\S~)he ma~im~mp 0 rmissibl~ (Jonsily for nlUIIi·
family resldenllal devetopmBntto 30 dwelling units per acre in lhe Downtown.Sp~p!lio Plan .e.n~.QOR:3 zonel,l sljes no)ad/ao;e.nt
to R·1 zoned propS!ii~s, and to eliminate the current conditional use permit discrelionatY rnvlew process foi such hlgh~r density
cteveioprnept at tQos~ IO.C?!i9ns.
Alt~pygh impl.emenl~ll~n oj lois prpgrnm W2~1,~ ~llow $YC.11 ~eveloprnent without discretionary r~vle1v .?nd 1yithou1 ~ny ~ssQ10ia\ed
e~ylrorime~tal assessf<1~nl pur,uanl (o the Celiloinl~ EnvironiJ\eD!al Quality Act for _eac~ in.qivlg~al RroJ.ec.t, all s.UQh dey~lopr)lent
Will be subject to compliance with ihe zoning, suOdiVtsJon and building codes, lncludrng \he st\~ plan reVIeW approval process.
The PRtentlal for $lg~llican1.1Jl1Yirgnrnenlal ~fleet>; ol,suc\1 dov.efopnwn! will be evaluated a.nd mi!igatea through (he plans review
proces~ .subject t0 lh~sa regulations. Required compliance In particular with the requlrenwriis altha Cqli!0rnia Administrative
Code Title 24, Pa~s 1. 12, including the California Building Code, Fire Code, Energy Code ~Dd Green Building Si<!~dards Code,
will provide for such new resldentla,l development to 0ccur in a manner that protects hum.an heallh and safety as well as
promots.sefliclent use.of energy rasourqas. ·
In light .o!.fhe for~golt19 a_neylysl~, il maY be .concluded lha.t adopilon of t~e ~ousing .Elementano lmplem.eniatio"n of its polfclss
and progra,ms wlll.notoegrede th~ gua!iJY qf the envfronme,Jil, caus.e a dtsadvantage to long·jerrn envlromn 0ntelgoals, result In
CUmUlatively Considerable imr.at;\S Of OOUSO substantia] ad~Bf$9 effects oJi human beings, SUbject tO impier(ien\atiotl of ml\igalion
rne.asure AQ·1, as discussed above In Secllon E, "Air Qualily".
REPORT PREPARATION PERSONNEL: Andrew J. Coyne, CilyofTemple City
Paul A. Deibel, A!Cf', City ofTemple Cily
LEAD AGENCY: City of Temple City
Community Deveto·pment Department
9701 Las Tunas Drive
Temple City, CA 917BO
(626) 285·2171
Paul Deibel, A!CP, Pr.oject Manager
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All documents referenced dooumelits In the evaluatl011 are available for review at the City of Temple City, Community
Development Departmen), 9701 Las Tunas Drive, Ter~ple City, CA 9"1780. The office hours are Monday tllrough
Friday between 7:30a.m. and 6;00 p.m. ·
City ot Temple City General Plan. 1987.
C/ly of Temple oily 2008·2014 Housing Element. Public Hearings Draft, 2013. (See prior draft at City of Temple City
website lit hHp:llwww.temvleoitv,us/housina/HousinaEiementUpdale.asp )
Cily of Temple Cily Downtown Specific Plan. December 2002. (See at bftp://www.ci.temple-
city.ca.us!Downtown%20Spsclflc%20Pian.htm ) ·
City a/Temple City Municipal Code (see at http://www.ster/inqcodlliers.com/corfebooklindex.php7book ld=889.)
Clly of Temple City CompreiJ~nslve Downtown Parking Strategic Plan, November 2012. (See at
http://tcparkinC(study.rbfconsultind.lnfo/)
Cl/y of Temp/a City Tral/lo Calming Master Plan, November 2012. (See at http://tclrafflcstudv.rbfconsultln!].lnfo/)
Flna/2012 Air Quality Management Pilln, Chapter 9: Near Roadway Exposure and Ultrallne Particles. South Coast
Air Quality Management District. (See on· line document at: htlp://www.agmd.gov/agmp/2012agmp/FinaVCh9.pdf)
Final Program Environmental Impact Report on the 2012-203~ Regional Transportation Plan I Sustainable
Communifies Strategy; Appendix G. Southern California Association of Government:;, (See on-line document a!:
h l!p:l/rtpscs .scag .ca.qov /Documen ts/peir/2012lllnal/2012fPEI R Ap pe ndlxG ExampleM aasures. pdf )
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