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Recommendation to find that excavations are immediately required for the general health, safety, and welfare of the City and cannot be delayed; that alternatives to excavating, such as alternative routing, or construction methods, such as boring or excavation of the parkway, are not possible; approve a discretionary permit to excavate areas in certain City streets, such as the north/south alley, west of Bellflower Boulevard, between Stearns Street and Abbeyfield Street, which has been reconstructed within the previous 60 months, in accordance with Section 14.08.060 of the Long Beach Municipal Code. (District 4)
DISCUSSION
The Reynolds Group has filed for a discretionary permit for two excavations in the north/south alley west of Bellflower Boulevard between Stearns Street and Abbeyfield Street. The alley was reconstructed April 1, 2011, and is under an excavation moratorium for 60 months, until April 1, 2016. (See the attached map for the location of the two excavations.) They are requesting a discretionary permit so that they may excavate to abandon two groundwater monitoring wells in the concrete alley. The two wells monitored the groundwater adjacent to an underground storage tank (UST) site for a car wash located at 5470 Stearns Street.
Long Beach Municipal Code Section 14.08.060, Public Works permit-issuance requires that a permit for an excavation in a City street that has been reconstructed within the previous 60 months and is not for an emergency repair or for a new utility service connection, be deemed discretionary and subject to the approval of the City Council.
Section 14.08.060 further states that the City Council may authorize a discretionary permit if:
· The applicant can demonstrate that the permit for excavation is immediately required for the general health, safety, and welfare of the City and cannot be delayed until after the street’s moratorium has expired; and
· The applicant can demonstrate that alternatives to excavating, s...
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