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Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Land Use District Map of the City of Long Beach as said Map has been established and amended by amending portions of Part 6 of said Map from CNR (neighborhood commercial and residential) to R-2-I (two-family residential, intensified development), read and adopted as read. (District 3)
DISCUSSION
On October 20, 2016, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on this project and unanimously recommended that the City Council approve the requested actions including a Zone Change and Local Coastal Development Permit, a Resolution requesting the California Coastal Commission to certify an amendment to the Certified Local Coastal Program, and a Negative Declaration (ND-03-16).
The proposed project is located at 2 61st Place in The Peninsula neighborhood of Long Beach, south of Ocean Boulevard. The site is a 3,184-square-foot residential lot improved with a two-story single-family home and a garage. The site abuts Seaside Walk and the adjacent beach and the Pacific Ocean to the south. It abuts 61st Place on the west, a neighboring residential property in the CNR zoning district on the east, and a residential property in the R-2-I zoning district to the north (Exhibit A - Vicinity and Zoning Map). The applicant requests approval of a Zone Change from CNR to R-2-I (Exhibit B - Rezoning Map 1603-22), along with a Local Coastal Development Permit (LCDP) and a Local Coastal Program (LCP) Amendment triggered by this Zone Change, as well as adoption of a Negative Declaration.
The Zone Change would apply to the subject site only, for the purposes of demolishing the existing single-family dwelling and garage, and constructing a new three-story single-family dwelling and garage conforming to the R-2-I development standards (Exhibit C - Plans). The applicant requests a Zone Change from CNR to R-2-I so that the subject residential property would be consistent with the zoning of the majority of residential properties on...
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