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Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing, and approve an Interim Park Use (IPU) permit (IPU19-001) with Long Beach Organic, Inc., a local nonprofit organization, to establish a community garden at 914 Redondo Avenue in the Neighborhood Commercial and Residential (CNR) Zoning District; and
Accept Categorical Exemption CE19-239. (District 3)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to approve an Interim Park Use (IPU) permit (IPU19-001) to establish a community garden at 914 Redondo Avenue (Project Site). The Project Site is a 6,200-square-foot vacant lot located on the east side of Redondo Avenue between 10th Street to the north and 8th Street to the south, in the Neighborhood Commercial and Residential (CNR) Zoning District (Attachment A). The Project Site is surrounded by residences to the north and east, and offices to the west and south. The proposed community garden will consist of 22 ground-level planter beds, two raised planter beds, one 8-foot tall arbor for grapes, one storage shed 6 feet in height, and eight spigots accompanied with a hose to provide water to each of the plots. The pathways throughout the Project Site will be improved with decomposed granite and mulch (Attachment B).
Pursuant to the Zoning Code of the Long Beach Municipal Code (LBMC), community gardens in the CNR Zoning District are subject to compliance with special conditions (LBMC Section 21.52.260) and require approval of an IPU permit by the City Council subject to specific findings including its compatibility with the surrounding uses (Attachment C). The proposed community garden has been conditioned to ensure that it operates in a manner that will be compatible with the neighborhood. The conditions of approval and special development standards for community gardens includes limiting the types of allowable structures, setbacks, hours of operation, trash collection, and restricting the use of herbicides and pest...
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