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RESOLUTION NO.2025-02
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
DIAMOND BAR RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF DIAMOND BAR ADOPT AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL
PLAN 2040 LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT
AND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF TITLE 22 (DEVELOPMENT CODE) OF
THE DIAMOND BAR CITY CODE TO IMPLEMENT HOUSING
PROGRAMS CONTAINED IN THE CITY'S CERTIFIED 2021-2029
HOUSING ELEMENT.
A. RECITALS
1. On November 3, 1998, the City of Diamond Bar adopted a Development Code
(Title 22 of the Diamond Bar City Code);
2. On December 17, 2019, the City Council adopted the Diamond Bar General
Plan 2040 and the Climate Action Plan 2040 to create a vision and blueprint for
development through 2040. The Diamond Bar General Plan 2040 establishes
the Town Center Mixed -Use, Neighborhood Mixed -Use, Transit Oriented
Mixed -Use, and Community Core Overlay focus areas and corresponding land
use designations, estimates that up to 3,750 new housing units could be built
in the city by 2040, and anticipates that much of this growth will occur within
these four focus areas;
August 11, 2022, the City Council adopted the City's 2021-2029 General
Plan Housing Element ("2021-2029 Housing Element"), which was
subsequently found by the California Department of Housing and Community
Development (HCD) to be in full compliance with State Housing Element Law
(Article 10.6 of the Gov. Code) on October 5, 2022. The 2021-2029 Housing
Element identifies sites to accommodate the City's Regional Housing Needs
Allocation (RHNA) of 2,516 residential units, including through rezoning of
underutilized sites in the Town Center Mixed -Use, Neighborhood Mixed -Use,
Transit Oriented Mixed -Use focus areas to allow residential development at a
minimum density of 20 dwelling units per acre and a maximum density of at
least 30 dwelling units per acre;
4. Pursuant to State law, the City is required to rezone adequate sites to
accommodate its RHNA pursuant to the 2021-2029 Housing Element by
February 12, 2025;
5, The City is in the process of developing specific plans for the Town Center
Mixed -Use, Neighborhood Mixed -Use, Transit Oriented Mixed -Use focus areas
to fully implement the Diamond Bar General Plan 2040; however, these specific
plans will not be completed before the February 12, 2025 deadline;
6. The City of Diamond Bar has initiated Planning Case No. 2024-87, which
includes proposed amendments to the General Plan Land Use and Economic
Development Element, Title 22 (Development Code) of the Diamond Bar City
Code, and the City's Official Zoning Map to implement Program H-8 of the
2021-2029 Housing Element (collectively, the "Housing Element Site Overlay")
to rezone sites within the Town Center Mixed -Use, Neighborhood Mixed -Use,
and Transit Oriented Mixed -Use focus areas to implement Program H-8 of the
2021-2029 Housing Element until specific plans for each of the focus areas that
fully implement the General Plan are adopted;
7. In conjunction with the adoption of the Diamond Bar General Plan 2040 and
the Climate Action Plan 2040, the City, as lead agency, prepared an
Environmental Impact Report, State Clearinghouse Number 2018051066, to
analyze the potential environmental impacts of those plans (the "EIR"). The
City Council certified the EIR on December 17, 2019, and the City filed a Notice
of Determination on December 18, 2019. In conjunction with adoption of the
2021-2029 Housing Element, the City, as lead agency, evaluated the potential
environmental impacts of the Housing Element in an addendum to the EIR, and
the City Council adopted the addendum on August 11, 2022. The proposed
Housing Element Site Overlay implements the densities established in the
General Plan Land Use Element and required by the 2021-2029 Housing
Element for the Town Center Mixed -Use, Neighborhood Mixed -Use, Transit
Oriented Mixed -Use focus areas. The Housing Element Site Overlay would not
result in any new significant impacts or a substantial increase in the severity of
previously identified significant impacts; therefore, no further environmental
analysis is required. (Public Resources Code § 21166; CEQA Guidelines §§
15168, 15162.);
8. On January 14, 2025, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public
hearing regarding the proposed Housing Element Site Overlay, reflected in the
proposed General Plan Amendment attached hereto as Exhibit "A", and the
proposed Development Code and Zoning Map Amendments reflected in the
draft ordinance attached hereto as Exhibit "B" and incorporated by reference
into this Resolution, and duly considered all public testimony, evidence, and
staff analysis; and
9. All legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Resolution have occurred
B. RESOLUTION
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby found, determined and resolved by the Planning
Commission of the City of Diamond Bar, as follows:
The Planning Commission hereby specifically finds that all of the facts set
forth in the Recitals, Part A, of this Resolution are true and correct.
Based on the findings and conclusions set forth above, the Planning
Commission hereby recommends that the City Council approve Planning
Case No. 2024-87 by adopting amendments to the General Plan 2040 Land
Use and Economic Development Element attached hereto as Exhibit "A"
and incorporated herein by reference, and the Development Code and
Zoning Map Amendments reflected in the draft ordinance attached hereto
as "Exhibit "B" and incorporated herein by reference.
The Planning Commission Secretary shall:
(a) Certify to the adoption of this Resolution; and
(b) Forthwith transmit a certified copy of this Resolution to the City
Council of the City of Diamond Bar.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 14TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2025, BY THE PLANNING
COMM:oaTSIN OF CITY OF DIAMOND BAR.
By:
ben Torres, Chairperson
I, Greg Gubman, Planning Commission Secretary, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution was duly introduced, passed, and adopted, at a regular meeting of the
Planning Commission held on the 14th day of January, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: 4 Commissioners: Barlas, Wolfe, V/C Garg, C/Torres
NOES: 0 Commissioners: None
ABSENT: 1 Commissioners: Rawlings
ABSTAIN: 0 Commissioners: None
ATTEST: �—
Greg Gubm n. retary
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