Long Beach, CA
File #: 09-0687    Version: Name: DS - ORD Rancho Estates PD-11 (1)
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 6/25/2009 In control: City Council
On agenda: 7/21/2009 Final action: 7/21/2009
Title: Recommendation to declare ordinance amending and restating the Rancho Estates Planned Development District (PD-11), read and adopted as read; and
Attachments: 1. 071409-H-2sr&att 1.pdf, 2. 071409-H-2-att correspondence.pdf, 3. 072109-ORD-31att 1.pdf, 4. 071409-H-2-att J Sackett.pdf, 5. ORD-09-0018
Related files: 09-0688
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
7/21/20092 City Council approve recommendation and adoptPass Action details Meeting details Not available
7/14/20091 City Council declare ordinance read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final readingPass Action details Meeting details Not available
TITLE
Recommendation to declare ordinance amending and restating the Rancho Estates Planned Development District (PD-11), read and adopted as read; and
 
DISCUSSION
On October 16, 2007, in response to community concerns over neighborhood character stabilization, the Long Beach City Council adopted a one-year moratorium ordinance in the Rancho Estates Planned Development District (PD-11) (Exhibit A - Map). The moratorium prohibits the demolition and/or construction of second story additions in an effort to save homes designed by architect Cliff May. It was extended on November 18, 2008, to provide additional time for staff to work with the community.
 
After a series of community meetings and the distribution of a survey, staff drafted the following proposed amendments to PD-11 (Exhibit B - Proposed Amendments):
 
      · Limit of one-story and maximum height of 13'
      · No demolition of residential structures
      · Modification to the PD-11 boundaries to focus on Cliff May designed homes
      · Elimination of subareas
 
Approximately 90 people attended a community meeting on March 18, 2009 to review the proposed changes and the majority was in favor of the recommendations.
 
Planning Commission recommended City Council adopt the proposed changes to PD-11 at its meeting May 7, 2009 (Exhibit C - Planning Commission Staff Report).
 
This letter was reviewed by Assistant City Attorney Michael J. Mais on June 4, 2009 and by Performance Management Bureau Manager David Wodynski on June 29, 2009.
 
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
The Planning Commission hearing date was May 7,2009. The Municipal Code requires a City Council hearing within 60 days of positive action by the Planning Commission.
 
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with the requested action.
 
 
BODY
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AMENDING AND RESTATING THE RANCHO ESTATES PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT (PD-11)
 
Respectfully Submitted,
 
CRAIG BECK
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
 
NAME
APPROVED:
TITLE
 
 
                                                  
 
PATRICK H. WEST
 
CITY MANAGER