Long Beach, CA
File #: 20-0523    Version: Name: DS - Extension of Planning Entitlements
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 5/14/2020 In control: City Council
On agenda: 6/9/2020 Final action: 6/16/2020
Title: Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach municipal code by amending Subsection 2.63.080.I, and Section 20.20.050; and by adding subsection 2.63.080.J, and Subsection 20.12.180.C, relating to the extension of the expiration period for certain Certificates of Appropriateness and modifying the expiration period for future approvals, read and adopted as read. (Citywide)
Sponsors: Development Services
Attachments: 1. 060920-H-5sr&att.pdf, 2. 061620-ORD-12att.pdf, 3. ORD-20-0022.pdf
Related files: 20-0525
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
6/16/20202 City Council approve recommendation and adoptPass Action details Meeting details Video Video
6/9/20201 City Council declare ordinance read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final readingPass Action details Meeting details Video Video
TITLE
Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach municipal code by amending Subsection 2.63.080.I, and Section 20.20.050; and by adding subsection 2.63.080.J, and Subsection 20.12.180.C, relating to the extension of the expiration period for certain Certificates of Appropriateness and modifying the expiration period for future approvals, read and adopted as read. (Citywide)

DISCUSSION
On March 4, 2020, the City of Long Beach (City) declared a public emergency related to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus among Long Beach residents. The worldwide pandemic related to the virus is an ongoing public health concern being addressed at all levels of government. On March 17, 2020, the City Council directed staff to develop resiliency measures to assist the City, its residents, and businesses in returning to normal life and economic vitality once the emergency has abated. This item, to extend existing land-use entitlements, was approved unanimously by the Planning Commission on April 16, 2020. As part of this approval, the Planning Commission made the appropriate findings, identified in Attachment A.

The recommendations by staff and the Planning Commission are to:

1) Extend the expiration date of all certificates of appropriateness, tract maps, lot line adjustments, entitlements, and other approvals, not expired on January 1, 2020, by 24 months; and,
2) Modify the entitlement expiration time for all new certificates of appropriateness, tract maps, lot line adjustments, entitlements, and other approvals to a uniform 36-month duration.

Upon City Council’s direction, Development Services staff immediately implemented other economic resilience measures that do not require the approval of the Planning Commission or the City Council, such as facilitating electronic entitlement submittals and plan check review, payment deferral options for entitlement filing, and abeyance of certain non-critical code enforcement actions. All of these measures are intended...

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