City of Long Beach - File #: 18-0819

• File #: 18-0819
• Version: 2
• Name: DS - Amend Conditional Use Permit Ord
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 9/4/2018
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 9/18/2018
• Final action: 10/2/2018
• Title: Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by repealing Sections 21.52.204 and 21.52.281; amending Sections 21.15.1560, 21.15.2310, 21.15.2420, 21.15.3000, 21.15.3015, 21.21.302(B)(4), Table 31-1, Table 32-1, and 21.52.249, and by adding Sections 21.15.1576, 21.15.1859, 21.25.905, 21.52.200.1, 21.52.240.5, and 21.52.270.1, all relating to Conditional Use Permits, read and adopted as read. (Citywide)
• Sponsors: Development Services
• Related files: 18-0853

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/2/2018	2	City Council	approve recommendation and adopt	Pass
9/18/2018	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 Long Beach Municipal Code by repealing Sections 21.52.204 and 21.52.281; amending Sections 21.15.1560, 21.15.2310, 21.15.2420, 21.15.3000, 21.15.3015, 21.21.302(B)(4), Table 31-1, Table 32-1, and 21.52.249, and by adding Sections 21.15.1576, 21.15.1859, 21.25.905, 21.52.200.1, 21.52.240.5, and 21.52.270.1, all relating to Conditional Use Permits, read and adopted as read. (Citywide)

DISCUSSION
A Conditional Use Permit (CUP) is a discretionary application required for certain land uses that, due to their nature, require individual review by the Planning Commission to determine whether the type of use proposed, or the location of that use, is compatible with, or through the imposition of reasonable conditions, can be made compatible with surrounding uses. A similar process is an Administrative Use Permit (AUP) for projects with lesser potential impacts than uses that require a CUP, that is reviewed by the Zoning Administrator. Some of the uses requiring a CUP or AUP include laundromats, daycares, thrift stores, trucking uses, social service offices, special group residences, and the sale of alcohol.

Consideration of a CUP application involves a multi-departmental City review, public notification to occupants and property owners, a public hearing, and conditions of approval that govern the use in perpetuity. Unlike business licenses, which are issued annually, CUPs “run with the land” and is a right that is transferred to any and all successive business or property owners. The City has hundreds of “use permits” that are well over 60 years old and still valid. The City reviews about 30 to 35 CUPs annually.

On December 20, 2016, the City Council requested that the City Manager work with the City Attorney, the Economic Development Commission, and the Planning Commission to review and make recommendations regarding the City’s CUP and public notification processes to improve predictability, transparency, and cos...