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City of Hermosa Beach

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach shall hold a public hearing on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 to consider the following:

1. An ordinance amending Chapter 12.16 (Encroachments) of the Hermosa Beach Municipal Code to allow for commercial eating and drinking areas in specific areas of the public right-of-way in the City. Specifically: (i) allowing limited sized dinging decks in areas that were once on-street public parking spaces in certain areas of the City ;(ii) allowing for possible expansion of dining areas on Pier Plaza; and (iii) allowing for possible expansion of dining areas in other public rights-of-way not on Pier Plaza or not in areas that were once on-street public parking spaces. Further, the City Council will consider certain operational and design standards for all encroachments in the public right-of-way.
2. A resolution setting the rates for use of the public right-of-way for commercial encroachments on Pier Plaza and in other areas of the publicright-of-way.
3. Finding that all of the above actions are exempt for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

SAID PUBLIC MEETING shall be held in-person and virtually as a hybrid meeting. The public may attend in person at Council Chambers, 1315 Valley Drive, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 or virtually by Zoom using the meeting link provided on the agenda posted on the City’s Agendas/Minutes/Video webpage 72 hours before the meeting. The public may also view the hearing on Spectrum Channel 8, Frontier Channel 31, and https://www.youtube.com/c/CityofHermosaBeach90254. The City Council meeting begins at 6:00 P.M. and the matter will be heard in the order as listed on the posted agenda.

ANY AND ALL PERSONS interested are invited to participate and speak at these meetings. See the meeting agenda or contact the City Clerk’s office at cityclerk@hermosabeach.gov for participation details. All written testimony by any interested party will be accepted prior to or at the scheduled time on the agenda for the matter.

Written comments may also be submitted via e-Comment in 3 easy steps once the agenda has been posted on the City website:

1. Go to Agendas/Minutes/Video webpage and find the meeting on which you’d like to comment;
2. Find the agenda item on which you’d like to comment; and
3. Sign in to your SpeakUp Hermosa Account or sign in as a guest, enter your comment in the field provided, provide your name, and if applicable, attach files before submitting your comment.

IF YOU CHALLENGE the above matter(s) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the above-listed departments at, or prior to, the public meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, please contact the City Clerk’s office at (310) 318-0204 or cityclerk@hermosabeach.gov. A copy of the codes considered for adoption are on file with the City Clerk and available for public review. The Department operates from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Monday through Thursday. A copy of the agenda and staff report(s) will be available for public review 72 hours in advance of the meeting on the City’s website at www.hermosabeach.gov.  The above is a 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