City of Long Beach - File #: 11-1102

• File #: 11-1102
• Version: 2
• Name: CM - ORD annexation -boundary adjustment
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 10/24/2011
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 11/15/2011
• Final action: 11/15/2011
• Title: Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Use District Map of the City of Long Beach as said Map has been established and amended by prezoning previously undesignated land areas as PD-4 and PD-1, respectively, read and adopted as read. (Districts 3,5)
• Sponsors: City Manager
• Related files: 11-0784, 11-058PL, 11-0311, 10-0686

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/15/2011	2	City Council	approve recommendation and adopt	Pass
11/8/2011	1	City Council	declare ordinance read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading	Pass

TITLE
Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Use District Map of the City of Long Beach as said Map has been established and amended by prezoning previously undesignated land areas as PD-4 and PD-1, respectively, read and adopted as read. (Districts 3,5)

DISCUSSION
The cities of Long Beach, Seal Beach and Los Alamitos have been working cooperatively over the last few years to adjust the county and city limit lines along the San Gabriel River and the Los Coyotes flood control channel to better align them with service delivery boundaries and physical barriers. Originally, there were a total of seven areas included in the proposed adjustment. However, as the process progressed, one of the areas was dropped from consideration by the City Council due to concerns regarding potential land use issues. The other two areas are progressing under a different timeframe. For the remaining four areas, no residential neighborhoods are impacted, and the adjustment will effectively clean up the inconsistencies (Exhibit A - Adjustment Areas).

On April 5, 2011, the City Council adopted a resolution to make formal application and request the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) of Los Angeles County to initiate annexation/detachment proceedings for the adjustment. One of the last steps required in the process is to pre-zone areas 1, 2 and 3 that will be annexed to Long Beach from Seal Beach. Since Area 4 will be detached from Long Beach to Los Alamitos, no additional action is required.

The proposed pre-zoning for the areas to be annexed to Long Beach is as follows:

Area 1- A 10.54-acre area south of Marina Drive, east of Ocean Boulevard located in the San Gabriel River Channel water area with a small portion of the Alamitos Bay Marina and Khoury’s parking lot. The parking lot will be zoned PD-4 (Planned Development for Long Beach Marina) Subarea 1, to be consistent with the adjacent property. The channel area will not have a zoning designation, which is cons...