Ordinance - 2025ORDINANCE NO.2025
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF
CHAPTER 26 (ZONING) OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE
TO REQUIRE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR HOTELS WITHIN
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA (CODE AMENDMENT NO. 282).
WHEREAS, Code Amendment No. 282 is a City -initiated project to require a conditional
use permit for hotels within the City of West Covina; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did, upon giving the required notice, did on the
13th day of October, 1998, conduct a duly advertised public hearing as prescribed by law, at
which time the Planning Commission adopted Resolution No. 10-98-4525, recommending to the
City Council approval of Code Amendment No. 282; and
WHEREAS, the City Council. considered evidence presented by the Planning
Commission, Planning Department, and other interested parties at a duly advertised public
hearing on the 17th day of November, 1998; and
WHEREAS, studies and investigations made by the City Council and in its behalf reveal
the following facts:
1. Chapter 26 of the West Covina Municipal Code (Zoning) should be amended to establish a
conditional use permit review process for the establishment and operation of hotels; and
2. There currently exists a discretionary review of "Motel" operations through the Conditional
Use Permit process while the operation of "Hotels" are currently permitted by right; and
3. There currently exists a discretionary review of the physical development of a hotel through
the Precise Plan process; and
4. Within recent years, there has been a growing trend in the lodging industry toward
specialized limited service hotels and specialized marketing techniques that target the
business traveler and/or extended stay client. Such new facilities tend to be a hybrid of
design and operation characteristics of hotels and motels; and
5. With the new trends in the lodging industry, there is an increasing need to establish
discretionary control over the operational aspects of hotels to ensure that hotels will not
create adverse impacts; and
6. One of the stated goals of the West Covina General Plan is to "arrange land uses with
regard to the health, safety, convenience and welfare of the residents of the City," and the
proposed code amendment will serve in the achievement of that goal; and
7. The proposed action is considered to be a Categorical Exemption, Class 8 (Section 15308 -
Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment) pursuant to the
provisions of the California Envitonmental Quality Act (CEQA), of 1970, since the City of
West Covina is establishing a conditional use permit review process for hotels.
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Ordinance No.
Code Amendment No. 282
Hotel CUP
December 1, 1998
Page 2 of 3
9 NOW, THERFORE, the City Council of the City of West Covina, California, does
hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION NO. 1: Based on the evidence and the findings set forth, Code Amendment
No. 282 is hereby found to be consistent with the West Covina General Plan and the
implementation thereof.
SECTION NO. 2: Based on the evidence presented and the findings set forth above, the
City Council of the City of West Covina hereby amends Section 26-597 of the West Covina
Municipal Code by deleting the "x" and adding a "c" preceding the listing of "Hotels" within the
matrix of permitted nonresidential uses, thereby requiring a conditional use permit for hotels within
the City of West Covina, as follows:
* Indicates stated use is prohibited in the Civic Center Overlay Zone.
x Indicates stated use is allowed by right.
c Indicates stated use is allowed by conditional use permit.
p Indicates stated use is allowed subject to administrative review and
approval by the planning director.
s Indicates stated use may be a specialized nonresidential use and may
require a conditional use permit approval if it is proposed in an existing,
planned, or proposed commercial center and the planning director finds the
conditional use permit necessary.
a Indicates stated use is allowed by administrative use permit.
b Indicates stated use is allowed by adult oriented business permit.
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SECTION NO. 3: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance and shall
cause the same to be published as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED on thiE
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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Ordinance No.
Code Amendment No. 282
Hotel CUP
December 1, 1998
Page 3 of 3
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF WEST COVINA
I, Janet Berry, .City Clerk of the City of West Covina, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 2025 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular
meeting of the City Council on the 17th day of November, 1998. That, thereafter, said
Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 1 st day of
December, 1998.
AYES: Herfert, Howard, Touhey, Wong, Melendez
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
City Clerk
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