Public hearing on Development Code Amendment for multifamily residential design standards.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR , that the City Council will conduct a public hearing on the following item to determine whether or not the subject request shall be approved under the provision of State law and the Diamond Bar City Code (DBCC). DATE AND TIME OF HEARING: Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 6:30 P.M. (or as soon thereafter that the matter can be heard) PLACE OF HEARING: South Coast Air Quality Management District Government Center Auditorium 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765 You can participate in the meeting by visiting the City's website at https://www.diamondbarca.gov/agendas select the March 17, 2026 City Council Meeting and click on Agenda. The first page of the agenda provides detailed instructions on how to observe or participate in the meeting remotely. To listen only, dial the phone number and enter the access code provided on the agenda. In addition to phone access, the meeting may be viewed on Spectrum Cable Channel 3, Frontier FiOS Channel 47, and on the City's YouTube Channel (diamondbarca.gov/youtube). To listen and provide public comment, join the webinar using the link posted on the agenda. You may also call the Community Development Department at (909) 8397030. Written comments may also be submitted in advance of the hearing via email to Planning@DiamondBarCA.gov and indicate in the Subject Line FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. Please note that the meeting will proceed in the South Coast Air Quality Management District/Government Center Auditorium. If you wish to make certain that your comments are heard, please attend the meeting in person or send an email by 4:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting, should comments by teleconferencing become infeasible due to an Internet outage, power outage, or other technical issue that may occur outside of the City's control. SUBJECT : Development Code Amendment No. PL202451 REQUEST : The City of Diamond Bar proposes to amend Title 22 of the Diamond Bar City Code (DBCC), adding Chapter 22.19 to establish multifamily and mixeduse residential Objective Design Standards (ODS) to implement State housing mandates. PROJECT ADDRESS: Citywide APPLICANT: City of Diamond Bar Community Development Department ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION : This Project has been reviewed for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Based on that assessment, the City prepared Addendum No. 2 to the General Plan EIR (No. SCH 2018051066), which demonstrates that adoption of the ODS would not result in a new significant impact or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant impacts analyzed in the Certified EIR for the City General Plan 2040. In addition, the information throughout the addendum affirms that there is no new information of substantial importance that was previously unknown and is now available. Therefore, a subsequent EIR would not be required pursuant to Section 15162 of the State CEQA Guidelines. The City has thus determined an addendum to the previously Certified EIR to be the appropriate environmental compliance document for the proposed project. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: On February 24, 2026, the Planning Commission conducted a public hearing to review the matter described above and recommended that the City Council approve Development Code Amendment Planning Case No. PL202451. Published in: San Gabriel Valley Tribune: Friday, March 6, 2026 If you are unable to attend the public hearing, but wish to send written comments, please write to the City of Diamond Bar Community Development Department/Planning Division at the address given below. To preview case materials or for further information on this subject, please contact Senior Planner, Mayuko Nakajima at (909) 8397033. If you challenge this application and project 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 Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing. CASE MATERIALS are available for review between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, at the Community Development Department/Planning Division, 21810 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765. San Gabriel Valley Tribune Published: 3/6/26