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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 22 of said Map from R-1-L (Single-Family Residential, Large Lot) to CCA (Community Commercial Automobile-Oriented), read and adopted as read. (District 8)
DISCUSSION
On April 4, 2019, the Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on the proposed rezoning project (No. 1708-12), considered public testimony, and recommended approval on the requested actions to the City Council (Attachment A - Planning Commission staff report).
The project site is located on the west side of Long Beach Boulevard between E. 44th Street and E. San Antonio Drive. The adjacent use to the north is residential, to the west is a golf course, to the south is an office building, and to the east across Long Beach Boulevard is a shopping center. The site is located on the easterly border/boundary line of the Los Cerritos neighborhood to the west and the westerly border/boundary line of the Bixby Knolls neighborhood to the east (Attachment B - Location Map). The present development of the site consists of a demolished 6,354-square-foot restaurant building with two remaining walls partially dismantled down to the bare studs (Attachment C - Photos).
The proposed rezoning is not associated with any other discretionary action for the project site. The project site is currently zoned Single-Family Residential with Large Lots (R-1-L) and Community Automobile Oriented District (CCA) with a general land use designation of LUD No. 8P - Pedestrian Oriented Retail Strip. The approximate area of the R-1-L zoning designation measures approximately 25-feet by 150-feet. The R-1-L zoning designation on the site captures the northern driveway of the parking lot and northern portion of the former restaurant building. The remainder of this site is zoned CCA. The proposed zone change would result in the entirety of the parce...
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