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Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing, accept Categorical Exemption CE-16-267, and consider appeals from Douglas Otto, Rick Ivey, Naphar Isley, Troy Carmon, and Allan Stevens;
Uphold the Planning Commission's decision to deny a request for a continuance by a third party at the Planning Commission hearing of March 30, 2017; and
Uphold the Planning Commission's decision to approve a Conditional Use Permit for a behavioral health urgent care center located at 3200-3220 Long Beach Boulevard (Application No. 1611-08). (District 7)
DISCUSSION
On March 30, 2017, the Planning Commission considered a request for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for a behavioral health urgent care center located at 3200-3220 Long Beach Boulevard. At the beginning of the item, prior to the public hearing, the Planning Commission denied a request by Attorney Douglas Otto for a continuance of the item. Mr. Otto represents a client who disputes the ownership of the property in pending litigation. After denying the request for the continuance, the Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on the CUP request, then approved the CUP. Within the ten-day appeal period, four appeals of the Planning Commission's approval were filed. In summary, the reasons indicated for the appeals included that approval of the CUP and operation of the behavioral health urgent care center will cause negative impacts upon the neighborhood, including congregation of homeless and mentally ill persons in the vicinity, and direct harm to residents by clients of the facility. The appellants also object to the general location of the facility within the neighborhood's area, and its hours of operation. Additionally, Mr. Otto appealed the Planning Commission's decision to deny the requested continuance (Exhibit A - Appeals).
The subject site is located at 3200-3220 Long Beach Boulevard, and is developed with a vacant 14,409-square-foot medical office bu...
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