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Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by amending Table 32-1 of Chapter 21.32, Table 33-2 of Chapter 21.33, and Table 41-C of Chapter 21.44, all related to zoning code regulations, read and adopted as read. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On April 9, 2019, the City Council requested the City Manager evaluate and coordinate potential land use incentives and strategies to expand access to quality urgent care in neighborhoods with limited access to acute care facilities. On February 3, 2020, the Development Services Department provided a memorandum to the City Council (Attachment A - TFF) explaining potential land use changes and incentives that could assist in the opening and retention of urgent care facilities, particularly in communities of need. This item was combined with the Planning Bureau’s overall Zoning Code update work (omnibus), and adjusted to reflect the need for regulatory relief to assist in COVID-19-related economic recovery. These omnibus Zoning Code changes were approved by the Planning Commission on June 4, 2020.
These omnibus zoning updates fall into five groupings. They are all intended to further good zoning practice, which provides sufficient process to assure orderly development, limit potential impacts and externalities, and forward the public interest while also assuring the process is not so burdensome such that it inhibits investment and the delivery of needed goods and services. Collectively, these five changes modify the way land uses are approved without removing any development standards or contemplating a change in the total amount of development that may occur over time.
A hierarchy exists within the development process, with many projects, such as construction of a new single-family home, requiring only a building permit. Other projects such as construction of five apartments, require a multi-departmental staff review but no hearing. Uses with special impacts, such as laundromats, are subject...
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