TITLE
Adopt resolution approving a General Plan Amendment (GPA17-008), amending the Land Use Designation (LUD) of five lots fronting on Locust Street in the block generally bound by Locust Street to the west, 35th Street to the north, an alley to the east, and Wardlow Road and the 405 Freeway to the south, from LUD#1 (Single Family) to LUD#8 (Major Commercial Corridor);
DISCUSSION
On January 17, 2019, the Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on the Laserfiche Office project, Application No. 1804-14, as described above and considered public testimony. The Planning Commission then made a general plan conformity finding pertaining to the proposed alley vacation and forwarded a recommendation of approval on each of the requested actions to the City Council (Attachment A - Planning Commission Staff Report).
The project site is located at the southwest corner of Long Beach Boulevard and 35th Street and consists of ten existing lots separated by an unimproved alley, which runs north to south between Wardlow Road and 35th Street (Attachment B - Location Map). The five lots located east of the alley fronting on Long Beach Boulevard are zoned Community Commercial Automobile-Oriented Commercial (CCA) District and High-Rise Overlay (HR-4) District. This area of the site was previously developed with a variety of uses including oil wells, a cocktail lounge, a billboard, and contractor’s office. The five lots located west of the existing alley and fronting Locust Street are zoned Single-family Residential (R-1-N) District. This area of the site was previously developed with oil wells and a single-family residence. The surrounding area is developed with a range of commercial, residential, and oil extracting uses.
The project site’s existing lots, along with the portion of the alley proposed to be vacated, will be merged into a single 2.02-acre site and developed with a four-story office building and free-standing parking structure (Attachment C - Project Plans)...
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