CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH 

NOTICE OF ADOPTION AND SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 23-1472

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA ADDING CHAPTER 12.09 TO TITLE 12 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE AND DETERMINING THE ORDINANCE TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on November 28, 2023 the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach (“City”) adopted Ordinance No. 23-1472 adding Chapter 12.09 to Title 12 of the Municipal Code and determining the ordinance to be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

Ordinance No. 23-1472 adds Chapter 12.09 to the Hermosa Beach Municipal Code providing for a moratorium on excavations in newly constructed or maintained roadways in the City, amends section 1.10..040 of the Hermosa Beach Municipal Code and finds the same exempt form the California Environmental Quality Act. The ordinance prescribes different time periods for the moratoria on City roadways (with exceptions), depending on the what work was down to the roadway. Further the ordinance makes violations of Chapter 12.09, among other things, subject to the City’s administrative citation process.

Ordinance No. 23-1472 was introduced for first reading by the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach at its regular meeting held on November 14, 2023, and adopted on November 28, 2023 by the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Detoy, Saemann, Jackson, Mayor Pro Tem Francois, and Mayor Massey; NOES: None; ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: None

The Ordinance will take effect thirty days after its adoption. 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
City Clerk

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