Long Beach, CA
File #: 22-0061    Version: 1 Name: DS - 636 Locust Ave. Appeal D1
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 12/28/2021 In control: City Council
On agenda: 1/18/2022 Final action: 1/18/2022
Title: Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing, and consider a third-party appeal by Supporters Alliance for Environmental Responsibility (APL 21-006); Adopt resolution approving and adopting an Addendum (EIRA-06-20) to the Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) for the City of Long Beach Downtown Plan (PEIR-SCH# 2009071006) relating to the 636 Locust Development (Project) in the Downtown Plan (PD-30) Area and the Downtown Plan Program EIR Land Use Equivalency Program (Equivalency Program), in accordance with the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Section 15164 of the CEQA Guidelines and making certain CEQA Findings and Determinations relative thereto, including a finding that the adopted Downtown Plan Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program mitigates, to the extent feasible, impacts associated with Equivalency Program projects, in accordance with those measures set forth in the Downtown Plan, and that...
Sponsors: Development Services
Attachments: 1. 011822-H-21sr&att.pdf, 2. 011822-H-21 PowerPoint.pdf, 3. RES-22-0009.pdf, 4. 011822-H-21 Corresp. Metoyer, 5. 011822-H-21 Correspondence, 6. 011822-H-21 Corresp. Flynn, 7. 011822-H-21 Corresp. Greene
TITLE
Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing, and consider a third-party appeal by Supporters Alliance for Environmental Responsibility (APL 21-006);

Adopt resolution approving and adopting an Addendum (EIRA-06-20) to the Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) for the City of Long Beach Downtown Plan (PEIR-SCH# 2009071006) relating to the 636 Locust Development (Project) in the Downtown Plan (PD-30) Area and the Downtown Plan Program EIR Land Use Equivalency Program (Equivalency Program), in accordance with the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Section 15164 of the CEQA Guidelines and making certain CEQA Findings and Determinations relative thereto, including a finding that the adopted Downtown Plan Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program mitigates, to the extent feasible, impacts associated with Equivalency Program projects, in accordance with those measures set forth in the Downtown Plan, and that no new or different mitigation measures are required; and

Deny the appeal and approve a Site Plan Review (SPR 20-011) for a new seven-story mixed-use building containing 108 dwelling units and 1,188 square feet of ground floor commercial uses at 636 Locust Avenue in the Downtown Plan (PD-30) Zoning District. (District 1)

DISCUSSION
On September 16, 2021, the Planning Commission held a public hearing and conditionally approved a Site Plan Review (SPR) request for a new seven-story mixed-use building containing 108 dwelling units with ground floor commercial space, located at 636 Locust Avenue (Project) in the Downtown Plan (PD-30) Height Incentive Area within the Downtown (DT) General Plan Land Use Element (LUE) PlaceType. The Planning Commission found the Project within the scope of the previously certified Downtown Plan Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) and approved and adopted the Downtown Plan Program EIR Land Use Equivalency Program (Equivalency Program) and ...

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