City of Long Beach - File #: 20-0587

• File #: 20-0587
• Version: 2
• Name: DS - Religious Assembly, Cannabis, and WTCF Hearing
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 6/8/2020
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 6/23/2020
• Final action: 7/7/2020
• Title: Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by amending Section 21.25.903, Subsection 21.25.904.C, Section 21.31.110, Table 31-1, Table 32-1, Table 32-1A, Subsection 21.33.060.C, Table 33-2, Section 21.52.232, Section 21.52.260, Subsection 21.56.030.C, Subsection 21.56.100.J, Section 21.56.120, and Subsection 21.56.140.C, relating to various sections of Title 21 Zoning Regulations relating to assembly uses, urban agriculture, wireless telecommunication facilities, and adult-use cannabis incorporating the suggested modifications by the California coastal commission, read and adopted as read. (Citywide)
• Sponsors: Development Services

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/7/2020	2	City Council	approve recommendation and adopt	Pass
6/23/2020	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 Long Beach Municipal Code by amending Section 21.25.903, Subsection 21.25.904.C, Section 21.31.110, Table 31-1, Table 32-1, Table 32-1A, Subsection 21.33.060.C, Table 33-2, Section 21.52.232, Section 21.52.260, Subsection 21.56.030.C, Subsection 21.56.100.J, Section 21.56.120, and Subsection 21.56.140.C, relating to various sections of Title 21 Zoning Regulations relating to assembly uses, urban agriculture, wireless telecommunication facilities, and adult-use cannabis incorporating the suggested modifications by the California coastal commission, read and adopted as read. (Citywide)

DISCUSSION
The City Council amended various sections of the Zoning Code related to assembly uses (ORD 18-0030 adopted on December 11, 2018), urban agriculture (ORD-17-0024 adopted on October 10, 2017), Wireless Telecommunication Facilities (ORD-18-0012 adopted on May 1, 2018), and adult-use cannabis (ORD-18-015 adopted on July 10, 2018) and directed staff to submit the aforementioned Ordinances to the California Coastal Commission for certification. In accordance with the 1976 California Coastal Act, the City of Long Beach (City) has a certified Local Coastal Program (LCP), which consists of the Land Use Plan and Implementation Plan. The Implementation Plan includes the Zoning Code, the Zoning map, and Subdivision code. Therefore, modifications to the Zoning Ordinance, a part of Implementation Plan, must be certified by the California Coastal Commission.

The Ordinances were submitted as a LCP amendment to the California Coastal Commission on December 28, 2018 for certification. On February 12, 2020, the California Coastal Commission considered the LCP amendment and took action to approve 14 modifications (Attachment A).
The proposed modifications made by the California Coastal Commission are intended to provide consistency with the LCP and California Coastal Act and consist of the following types of changes:

· Expanding...