General Plan

General Plan Update

On March 1, an update on the General Plan and Downtown Specific Plan was provided to City Council. The consultant provided a high level overview on the City's vision and the Downtown Specific Plan.

To access the presentation, you may click on the following link: General Plan Update Presentation.

General Plan Update

Montebello is undergoing a comprehensive General Plan update.

The general plan is Montebello's blueprint for meeting the community’s long-term vision for the future.

The Plan will have seven focus areas:

Our Natural Community;
Our Prosperous Community;
Our Well Planned Community (CORE);
Our Accessible Community (CORE);
Our Healthy and Safe Community;
Our Creative Community; and
Our Active Community.

Each focus area will be reviewed with three lenses:

Resilience,
Social Equity, and
Vision Zero.

Please visit the project webpage to follow the City's efforts: PlanMontebello.com

General Plan
State law requires that every city and county adopt a comprehensive, long-term General Plan. A General Plan represents the community’s view of its future and is often referred to as a blueprint for growth and development. As a result, local decision makers oftentimes use the goals and policies of the General Plan as a basis on which to formulate land use decisions. The City's General Plan is considered “comprehensive” since it addresses a multitude of land use-related issues. It is also considered “long-term” since it is designed to provide policy guidance for the next 20 years and beyond.

Circulation Element.pdf

Conservation Element.pdf

Land Use Element.pdf

Noise Element.pdf

Open Space Element.pdf

Parks and Recreation Element.pdf

Population Element.pdf

Redevelopment Element.pdf

Safety Element (01-15-2017).pdf

Scenic Highways Element.pdf

Seismic Safety Element.pdf
Housing Element
Hazard Mitigation Plan
The Hazard Mitigation Plan (Mitigation Plan) was prepared in response to Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA 2000). DMA 2000 (also known as Public Law 106-390) requires state and local governments to prepare mitigation plans to document their mitigation planning process, and identify hazards, potential losses, mitigation needs, goals, and strategies. This type of planning supplements the City’s comprehensive land use planning and emergency management planning programs. This document is a federally mandated update to the City of Montebello 2004 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan and ensures continuing eligibility for Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funding.

DMA 2000 was designed to establish a national program for pre-disaster mitigation, streamline disaster relief at the federal and state levels, and control federal disaster assistance costs. Congress believed these requirements would produce the following benefits:
- Reduce loss of life and property, human suffering, economic disruption,
  and disaster costs.
- Prioritize hazard mitigation at the local level with increased emphasis on planning and public involvement, assessing risks, implementing loss reduction measures, and ensuring critical facilities/services survive a disaster.
- Promote education and economic incentives to form community-based partnerships and leverage non-federal resources to commit to and implement long-term hazard mitigation activities.
The following FEMA definitions are used throughout this plan (Source: FEMA, 2002, Getting Started, Building Support for Mitigation Planning, FEMA 386-1):

Hazard Mitigation – “Any sustained action taken to reduce or eliminate the long-term risk to human life and property from hazards."

Planning – “The act or process of making or carrying out plans; specifically, the establishment of goals, policies, and procedures for a social or economic unit."

Hazard Mitigation Plan (01-19-2017).pdf