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Recommendation to request City Attorney to draft an urgency ordinance in accordance with Chapter 21.50 of the Long Beach Municipal Code establishing a moratorium on the issuance of building or construction permits for the construction of new stand-alone residential structures along transportation corridors in West Long Beach on Willow Street, west of the 710 freeway to the City terminus; and Santa Fe Avenue, between Pacific Coast Highway on the south and Wardlow Road on the north to ensure Land Use Element zoning changes occur prior to issuing building or construction permits, and
Request City Manager to work with the Economic Development Department to develop a plan and identify funding to conduct a market study including economic research and community outreach to attract investment and neighborhood serving uses to West Long Beach along the Santa Fe Avenue and Willow Street Corridors, consistent with the Land Use Element. This project would report back on strategies to attract neighborhood-serving businesses including but not limited to grocery, banking, pharmacy, and coffee, among other amenities, that have long been absent and are needed in West Long Beach.
DISCUSSION
BACKGROUND:
The City of Long Beach’s Land Use Element was adopted by the Long Beach City Council on December 3, 2019. The Land Use Element directs the long-term physical development of the City by guiding use, form and characteristics of improvements on the land. It designates the location, types and intensity of housing, businesses, industries, open spaces, public buildings, airports, ports, marinas and other uses in Long Beach.
West Long Beach is located west of the I-710 freeway and consists of the Westside and Arlington neighborhoods. These neighborhoods are historically working-class due to their proximity to the Port of Long Beach, refineries and other industrial uses in nearby Wilmington. Many single-family homes and other residences were built between the 1920’s and 1940’s. ...
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