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Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Douglas Park Planned Development District (PD-32-North) Development Standards Table 2 relating to the regulation of off-premises alcohol sales uses, read and adopted as read. (District 5)
DISCUSSION
In December 2004, the City Council approved the establishment of the Douglas Park Planned Development District (PD-32), which included PD-32 Development Standards, Design Guidelines, and a Development Agreement, for the build-out of the 261-acre former Douglas aircraft production site centered at Lakewood Boulevard and Cover Street, north of the Long Beach Airport. PD-32 aimed to integrate a variety of land uses including light industrial, office, retail, hotel, and residences. Amendments that split PD-32 into North and South segments, and converted the planned uses in the North segment - the area north of Cover Street - from residential to office, light industrial, and retail uses, were approved in 2008. PD-32: North was created with three subareas to optimize land use locations (Attachment A - PD-32: North Subarea Map). Subarea 1, located in the northeast corner of Douglas Park, was established as PD-32’s retail-commercial hub. Per Table 2, Uses by Subarea of the PD-32: North Development Standards, off-premises alcohol sales are prohibited in all subareas.
In October 2016, entitlements were approved for the Long Beach Exchange (LBX) project, a 266,000-square-foot retail-commercial development in Subarea 1. Currently under construction, the shopping center features a mixture of primarily retail and restaurant tenant spaces ranging from 3,000 square feet to 40,000 square feet in size. The largest of the center’s tenant spaces have been designed for retail occupancy, including a leasing area intended for a full-service grocery store. The current prohibition of off-premises alcohol sales applies to all LBX tenants, including the grocery store, a use that typically includes alcoholic beverages among thei...
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