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Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Use District Map of the City of Long Beach as said Map has been established and amended by amending portions of Part 10 of said Map from Community Commercial Automobile-Oriented (CCA) to Community R-4-N (CCN), read and adopted as read. (District 2)
DISCUSSION
On January 21, 2021, the Planning Commission held a public hearing and recommended that City Council approve a zone change for parcels located at 2200-2212 East 7th Street and 600-620 Dawson Avenue from the current Community Commercial Automobile-Oriented (CCA) zoning district to the Community R-4-N (CCN) zoning district (Attachment A - Planning Commission Report). Per the City’s Zoning Code, the Planning Commission acts in an advisory capacity on the zone change and makes a recommendation to the City Council.
At that time, the Planning Commission also conducted a public hearing and, after considering public testimony, approved by a vote of 7-0, a Site Plan Review, Vesting Tentative Tract Map, and Administrative Use Permit in association with a proposal to construct 23, three-story for-sale townhomes that would be 36-feet in height (Application No. 2004-04). The Planning Commission is the decision-making body on the Site Plan Review, Vesting Tentative Tract Map, and Administrative Use Permit. The final approval of the project is contingent on the zone change. As described in greater detail below, the proposed zone change is consistent with the 2019 General Plan Land Use Element (GPLUE) Update and is necessary to facilitate development of the townhome project.
The subject parcels are located in the Rose Park Neighborhood, on the south side of East 7th Street and the east side of Dawson Avenue (Attachment B - Location Map). There is a combination of retail, commercial, and higher density residential uses along the corridor. The proposed zone change area encompasses four parcels (2200-2212 East 7th Street and 600-620 Dawson Avenue), currently zoned Co...
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