City of Hermosa Beach  
City Hall  
1315 Valley Drive  
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254  
Regular Meeting Agenda - Final  
Monday, December 11, 2023  
7:00 PM  
Council Chambers  
Planning Commission  
Chair  
Peter Hoffman  
Vice Chair  
Marie Rice  
Commissioners  
David Pedersen  
Kate Hirsh  
Stephen Izant  
City Treasurer  
Karen Nowicki  
City Attorney  
Patrick Donegan  
Executive Team  
Suja Lowenthal, City Manager  
Angela Crespi, Deputy City Manager  
Viki Copeland, Finance Director  
Myra Maravilla, City Clerk  
Joe SanClemente, Public Works Director  
Carrie Tai, Community Development Director  
Vanessa Godinez, Human Resources Manager  
Lisa Nichols, Community Resources Manager  
Paul LeBaron, Chief of Police  
PUBLIC MEETING VIEWING OPTIONS  
All Planning Commission meetings are open to the public. Please attend. Currently, meetings are being  
held in-person in the City Hall Council Chambers located at 1315 Valley Drive, Hermosa Beach, CA  
90254.  
Public comment will only be taken in-person at City Hall during the meeting or prior to the meeting by  
submitting a written comment via email or eComment. As a courtesy, the City will also plan to  
broadcast/make available the meeting via the following listed mediums. However, these are done as a  
courtesy only and are not guaranteed to be technically feasible. Thus, in order to guarantee live-time  
viewing or in order to make a verbal public comment, members of the public shall attend in Council  
Chambers.  
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To comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Assistive Listening Devices (ALD) are  
available for check out at the meeting. If you require special assistance to participate in this meeting,  
you must call or submit your request in writing to the Office of the City Clerk at (310) 318-0204 or at  
cityclerk@hermosabeach.gov at least 48 hours before the meeting.  
Written Communication & Public Comment  
Public participation is only provided via a written comment submitted in advance to Community  
Development or by attending in-person at City Hall.  
No public comment will be taken via Zoom  
or telephone unless mandated by law.  
Persons who wish to have written materials included in the agenda packet at the time the agenda is  
published on the City's website must submit their written communication to the Community  
Development Department’s office by noon, one week before the meeting date.  
Supplemental communications may be submitted via eComment or emailed to  
Planning@hermosabeach.gov. Supplemental materials must be received by 12:00 p.m. on the date of  
the meeting to be posted to the corresponding agenda item before the meeting begins. Supplemental  
materials submitted after 12:00 p.m. on the date of the meeting but before the meeting ends will be  
posted to the agenda packet the next business day.  
The Planning Commission receives a packet with detailed information for every agenda item. Planning  
Commission agenda packets are available for your review on the City's website located at  
www.hermosabeach.gov. Complete agenda packets are available for public inspection in the  
Community Development office at City Hall. Community Development hours are Monday through  
Thursday from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM. During the live meeting, a packet is also available in the Council  
Chambers foyer, or you can access the packet at our website, www.hermosabeach.gov.  
CERTIFICATION OF MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA POSTING  
I, Melanie Bristow, Community Development Administrative Assistant for the City of Hermosa Beach,  
California, state under penalty of perjury that this notice/agenda was posted on our website at  
https://www.hermosabeach.gov/our-community/agendas-minutes-video and it was posted on our  
bulletin board located at Hermosa Beach City Hall on Wednesday, December 6th at 5:15 p.m.  
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Note: Your comments will become part of the official meeting record. You must provide your full name,  
but please do not provide any other personal information (phone number, email, addresses, etc.) that  
you do not want to be published. Submit an eComment via Speak Up Hermosa at:  
hermosabeach.granicusideas.com by 12:00 p.m. on the meeting date.  
1. Go to the Agendas/Minutes/Video webpage and find the meeting you’d like to  
submit comments on. Click on the eComment button for your selected meeting.  
2. Find the agenda item for which you would like to provide a comment and select  
the comment button.  
3. Sign in to your SpeakUp Hermosa Account or as a guest, enter your name and  
comment in the fields provided. If you have an account, you may attach files before  
submitting your comment.  
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I. CALL TO ORDER  
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  
III. ROLL CALL  
IV. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION -- ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS  
This is the time for members of the public to address the Planning Commission on items within the  
Commission's jurisdiction not on this agenda; on items on this agenda as to which in-person public  
comment will not be taken (Verbal Reports, Staff Items, Commissioner items, Consent Calendar items  
and Future Agenda Items); on written communications; and to request the removal of an item from the  
consent calendar. In-Person Public comments on the agenda items called Verbal Reports, Staff Items,  
Commissioner items, Consent Calendar items that are not pulled for separate consideration and  
Future Agenda Items will only be heard at this time. Further, comments on public hearing items are  
heard only in-person in Chambers during the public hearing. Members of the in-person audience may  
also speak during discussion of items removed from the Consent Calendar for separate consideration  
and during Public Hearings. All in-person comments are limited to three minutes per speaker, but this  
time allotment may be reduced due to time constraints. The Planning Commission acknowledges  
receipt of the written communications listed below. No action will be taken on matters raised in oral and  
written communications, except that the Commission may take action to schedule issues raised in oral  
and written communications for a future agenda. Speakers with comments regarding City  
management or departmental operations are encouraged to submit those comments directly to the  
Community Development Department Director.  
V. CONSENT CALENDAR  
a.  
REPORT  
23-0719  
ACTION MINUTES OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION  
REGULAR MEETING OF NOVEMBER 13, 2023  
(Administrative Assistant Melanie Bristow)  
Staff recommends Planning Commission receive and file the action minutes of the  
Planning Commission regular meeting of November 13, 2023.  
Recommendation:  
VI. PUBLIC HEARING  
a.  
REPORT  
23-0683  
REQUEST FOR A PRECISE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AMENDMENT  
(PDP 23-05) FOR AN ATTACHED DUPLEX PROJECT AT 414  
MONTEREY BOULEVARD IN THE MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL  
(R-3) ZONE AND DETERMINE THE PROJECT IS CATEGORICALLY  
EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT  
(CEQA)  
(Associate Planner Maricela Guillean)  
Staff recommends the Planning Commission adopt Resolution 23-XX (Attachment 1)  
approving the Precise Development Plan amendment (PDP 23-05) for an attached duplex  
project located at 414 Monterey Boulevard, subject to conditions and determine the  
project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).  
Recommendation:  
b.  
REPORT  
23-0664  
REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT (CUP 23-10),  
PRECISE DEVELOPMENT PLAN (PDP23-07), AND VESTING  
TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP (VTPM NO. 84231) FOR A THREE-UNIT  
ATTACHED CONDOMINIUM PROJECT AT 620 9TH STREET IN THE  
TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (R-2) ZONE AND DETERMINE THE  
PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL  
QUALITY ACT (CEQA).  
(Assistant Planner Johnathon Masi)  
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission adopt Resolution #23-XX (Attachment  
1) and approve CUP23-10, PDP23-07, and VTPM No. 84231 for a three-unit-attached  
condominium at 620 9th Street, subject to conditions, and determine the project is  
categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).  
Recommendation:  
VII. STAFF ITEMS  
a. VERBAL REPORT ON CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS  
b. STATUS REPORT ON MAJOR PLANNING PROJECTS  
c.  
REPORT  
23-0749  
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING SCHEDULE FOR 2024  
(Administrative Assistant Melanie Bristow)  
Staff recommends Planning Commission receive and file the Planning Commission  
meeting schedule for 2024.  
Recommendation:  
d.  
REPORT  
23-0734  
PLANNING COMMISSION TENTATIVE FUTURE AGENDA  
(Administrative Assistant Melanie Bristow)  
Staff recommends Planning Commission receive and file the January 16, 2024 Planning  
Commission tentative future agenda.  
Recommendation:  
VIII. COMMISSIONER ITEMS  
a. PLANNING COMMISSION COMMENTS  
b. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS  
IX. ADJOURNMENT  
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CITY OFFICES CLOSED FRIDAY - SUNDAY AND ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS:  
• Monday, December 25, 2023 - Christmas Day  
• Monday, January 1, 2024 - New Year's Day  
• Monday, January 15, 2024 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day  
• Monday, February 15, 2024 - Presidents' Day  
• Monday, May 27, 2024 - Memorial Day  
• Wednesday, June 19, 2024 - Juneteenth  
• Thursday, July 4, 2024 - Independence Day  
• Monday, September 2, 2024 - Labor Day  
• Monday, November 11, 2024 - Veterans' Day  
• Thursday, November 28, 2024 - Thanksgiving Day  
• Wednesday, December 25, 2024 - Christmas Day  
• Wednesday, January 1, 2025 - New Year's Day  
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS:  
• Monday, December 11, 2023 - 7:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting  
• Tuesday, January 16, 2024 - 7:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting  
• Tuesday, February 20, 2024 - 7:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting  
• Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 7:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting  
• Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - 7:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting  
• Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - 7:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting  
• Tuesday, June 18, 2024 - 7:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting  
• Tuesday, July 16, 2024 - 7:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting  
• Tuesday, August 20, 2024 - 7:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting  
• Tuesday, September 17, 2024 - 7:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting  
• Tuesday, October 15, 2024 - 7:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting  
• Monday, November 18, 2024 - 7:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting  
• Monday, December 16, 2024 - 7:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting