SUMMARY OF URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 22-1456U

AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH AMENDING SECTION 17.04.040 AND CHAPTER 17.21 OF THE HERMOSA BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND DETERMINING THE ORDINANCE TO BE EXEMPT FROM CEQA

Notice is hereby given that on December 13, 2022, the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach adopted Urgency Ordinance No. 22-1456U that amended section 17.04.040 and Chapter 17.21 of the Hermosa Beach Municipal Code Relating to Accessory Dwelling Units (“ADUs) and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units (“JADUs”). These amendments were necessary to align the City’s regulation of ADUs and JADUS to the recent changes in State law. Specifically, these amendments allow, in certain circumstances, for certain ADUs to be built higher, ADUs to be built closer to the property line in certain circumstances, that a front yard setback must yield to allow a minimum size ADU be built on the lot and to codify certain procedural requirements regarding the treatment of ADU/JADU applications.

The Urgency Ordinance was adopted on December 13, 2022 by the City Council by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Detoy, Saemann, Francois, Mayor Pro Tem Massey and Mayor Jackson; NOES: None; ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: None.

The Ordinance will take effect immediately. The above is simply a summary of the Ordinance.  To obtain a full understanding of the Ordinance, it should be read in its entirety.  A certified copy of the full text of the Ordinance is posted in the City Clerk’s office at Hermosa Beach City Hall, 1315 Valley Drive, 2nd floor, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254, and on the City’s website at http://www.hermosabeach.gov.

Myra Maravilla, MPA, CMC

City Clerk

Notice of Adoption and Summary | Urgency Ordinance 22-1456U - ADU's and JADU's