City of Long Beach - File #: 20-0747

• File #: 20-0747
• Version: 2
• Name: DS - 4800 LB Blvd. Project D8
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 7/17/2020
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 8/11/2020
• Final action: 8/18/2020
• 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 amending portions of Part 22 of said Map from CCA (Community Commercial Automobile-oriented) to R-4-N (Medium-Density, Multiple Residential) and CCA (Community Commercial Automobile-Oriented) to R-3-T (Multi-family Residential, Townhouse), read and adopted as read. (District 8)
• Sponsors: Development Services

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/18/2020	2	City Council	approve recommendation and adopt	Pass
8/11/2020	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 amending portions of Part 22 of said Map from CCA (Community Commercial Automobile-oriented) to R-4-N (Medium-Density, Multiple Residential) and CCA (Community Commercial Automobile-Oriented) to R-3-T (Multi-family Residential, Townhouse), read and adopted as read. (District 8)

DISCUSSION
On June 18, 2020, the Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on the proposed (Application No. 1707-10) (Attachment A - Location), considered public testimony, and recommended that the City Council approve the requested actions (Attachment B - Planning Commission Report).

The site is a former redevelopment property located on the east side of Long Beach Boulevard between East 49th Street to the north and the Union Pacific Railroad to the south. Long Beach Boulevard is primarily a commercial corridor with abutting residential uses. The site is located in the Addams Neighborhood area in North Long Beach. The site encompasses five parcels, for a total project area of 1.102 acres (approximately 48,003 square feet), and is zoned Community Commercial Automobile-Oriented (CCA). Two adjacent lots located east of the project site at 132 and 134 East 49th Street are also zoned CCA.

The five-parcel site that is proposed to be developed is currently vacant covered with ruderal vegetation. The developer seeks to construct 18 three-story townhomes within three buildings that are a maximum height of 38 feet (three-stories). The adjacent lots have a single-family residence per lot. No new development is proposed on the two adjacent lots. The proposed project includes a Zone Change from CCA to R-4-N (Medium-Density Multiple Residential) to facilitate the development of the townhomes. A Zone Change for the two adjacent lots (132 and 134 East 49th Street) from CCA to R-3-T (Multi-family Residential, Townhouse) is proposed for consistency wi...