06-16-2020 - AGENDA ITEM 07 CONSIDER INITIATION OF CODE AMENDMENT NO 20-06 REGARDING WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES WITHIN ALL LAND-USE ZONESAGENDA ITEM NO.7
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AGENDA STAFF REPORT
City of West Covina I Office of the City Manager
DATE: June 16, 2020
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: David Carmany
City Manager
SUBJECT: CONSIDER INITIATION OF CODE AMENDMENT NO 20-06 REGARDING WIRELESS
TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES WITHIN ALL LAND -USE ZONES
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council adopt the following resolution:
RESOLUTION NO.2020-58 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA, INITIATING CODE AMENDMENT NO. 20-06 RELATED TO
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES WITHIN ALL LAND USE ZONES
BACKGROUND:
At the May 19, 2020 City Council meeting, the City Council requested that standards for Wireless
Telecommunication Facilities on private property be revised to be made consistent with the review process for
Wireless Telecommunication Facilities in the Public Right -of -Way that the City Council adopted through
Ordinance No. 2470.
DISCUSSION:
If the City Council initiates the code amendment, the Planning Commission will schedule a study session to
evaluate the standards for wireless telecommunication facilities within all land -use zones in the West Covina
Municipal Code. Following the Planning Commission study session, staff will prepare the code amendment and
schedule a Planning Commission public hearing during which the Commission would make a formal
recommendation to the City Council.
LEGAL REVIEW:
The City Attorney's Office has reviewed the resolution and approved it as to form.
OPTIONS:
The City Council has the following options:
1. Adopt staffs recommendation;
2. Receive and file the report thereby declining to initiate a code amendment;
3. Provide alternative direction.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:
The proposed code amendment initiation is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines in that it consists of a code amendment
initiation, which does not have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment.
Prepared by: Jo -Anne Burns, Planning Manager
Attachments
Attachment No. 1 - Resolution No. 2020-58
CITY COUNCIL GOALS & OBJECTIVES: Enhance the City Image and Effectiveness
RESOLUTION NO.2020-58
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA, INITIATING CODE AMENDMENT NO. 20-06 RELATED TO
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES WITHIN ALL LAND USE
ZONES
WHEREAS, on May 19, 2020, the City Council requested that a code amendment be
initiated regarding standards for wireless facilities located on private property in the West Covina
Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, the studies and investigations made by the City Council and on its behalf reveal
the following facts:
Standards for wireless telecommunication facilities located on private property and
government property were last updated on February 1, 2011.
2. It is appropriate to consider updating development standards and the review process for
wireless telecommunication facilities within all land use zones.
3. The proposed action is considered to be exempt from the provisions of the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA
Guidelines, in that the proposed action consists of an initiation of a code amendment, which
does not have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of West Covina, in conformance with Section 26-
153(a)(2) of the West Covina Municipal Code, hereby initiates a code amendment related to wireless
telecommunication facilities within all land use zones of the City.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and shall enter
the same in the book of original resolutions and it shall become effective immediately.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of June, 2020.
Tony Wu
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
Thomas P. Duarte Lisa Sherrick
City Attorney Assistant City Clerk
I, LISA SHERRICK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK of the City of West Covina, California,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2020-58 was duly adopted by the City Council
of the City of West Covina, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 16th day of June,
2020, by the following vote of the City Council:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Lisa Sherrick
Assistant City Clerk