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Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing, accept Categorical Exemption CE-17-078, and consider the Appeal from Siew New; and
Deny the Appeal and uphold the Planning Commission’s decision to approve a Conditional Use Permit (CUP17-006) permitting the operation of a bail bonds business at 1420 East Pacific Coast Highway in the Regional Highway (CHW) zoning district. (District 6)
DISCUSSION
On June 1, 2017, the Planning Commission held a public hearing and voted 5-0 to approve a Conditional Use Permit allowing the operation of a bail bonds business at 1420 E. Pacific Coast Highway. The subject site is located on the southeast corner of Long Beach Boulevard and Gundry Avenue within the Regional Highway District (CHW) zoning district (Exhibit A - Location Map).
Aladdin Bail Bonds (Aladdin) proposes to operate within an existing shopping center that totals 24,000 square feet of area and is developed with 2,906 square feet of commercial building with an attached 2,338-square-foot car wash. A total of 12 parking spaces are required for the retail/office uses and four parking spaces are required for the car wash (one space for every 18 feet of conveyor length). The site plan illustrates that the shopping center exceeds code-required onsite parking with a total of 19 parking stalls (Exhibit B - Site Plan).
According to the applicant, Triton Management Services, LLC, Aladdin is the largest bail service provider in the United States. Aladdin serves as the bail agent that posts a bond for the release of a defendant from the custody of law enforcement officials pending a subsequent court appearance. Aladdin is licensed by the California Department of Insurance, which regulates the bail bond industry (Exhibit C - Business Narrative). Aladdin states that they operate similar to an insurance office in that bail bonds are a form of insurance. The tenant space will consist of an open office/customer recepti...
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