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Recommendation to declare ordinance amending Ordinance No. C-1015 to repeal and remove five-foot-special setback along the west side of Long Beach Boulevard where it fronts the Fire Station No. 9 project at 4101 Long Beach Boulevard, read and adopted as read. (District 5)
DISCUSSION
On October 6, 2022, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on this project, and recommended (5-0, with two commissioners absent) that the City Council take the above-listed actions to approve the project (Attachment A).
The applicant, City of Long Beach (City), proposes clearance of an existing 0.4-acre site and construction of a new two-story (12,780 square foot) Fire Station No. 9 with three drive-through apparatus bays located at 4101 Long Beach Boulevard. The site improvements include concrete paving, site lighting, a trash enclosure, transformer, landscaping, fencing, and gates. Project approvals include zone change, general plan amendment, site plan review, standards variances, lot merger, and the repealing and removing of a special setback fronting the project site. The proposed project would serve as a replacement to the original Fire Station No. 9, which was located at 3917 Long Beach Boulevard, approximately two blocks south of the project site. The former fire station operated until summer 2019 when it was vacated due to the presence of toxic mold in the building and determined uninhabitable by the Long Beach Fire Department (LBFD). Under existing conditions (2022), a temporary Fire Station No. 9 location at 2019 East Wardlow Road would continue to operate under its three-year lease until a new fire station can be constructed within fire service area no. 9 in order to help meet the LBFD response time goals. The project before the City Council would not result in any approvals or changes to the former Fire Station No. 9 at 3917 Long Beach Boulevard, which remains a separate action that would require separate approval by the Planning Commission ...
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