City of Long Beach - File #: 22-1288

• File #: 22-1288
• Version: 2
• Name: DS - Ord Wetlands Fee D3
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 10/17/2022
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 11/1/2022
• Final action: 11/15/2022
• Title: Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by adding 18.19 to establish a Sensitive Coastal Resource Impact Fee, read and adopted as read. (Citywide)
• Sponsors: Development Services

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/15/2022	2	City Council	approve recommendation and adopt	Pass
11/1/2022	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 adding 18.19 to establish a Sensitive Coastal Resource Impact Fee, read and adopted as read. (Citywide)

DISCUSSION
On September 19, 2017, the City Council certified Environmental Impact Review 02-16, selecting the reduced intensity alternative, denied an appeal, amended the City’s Local Coastal Program (LCP), amended the Long Beach Municipal Code (LBMC) to establish the Southeast Area Specific Plan (SEASP) (SP-2) and repealed the Southeast Area Development and Improvement Plan (SEADIP) (PD-1), and amended the Land Use District Map, in the southeastern portion of Council District 3. On October 8, 2020, the California Coastal Commission (CCC) held a hearing for the Local Coastal Program Amendment (LCPA) (LCPA No. 1-19 [LCP-5-LOB-19-0008-1]). The CCC recommended certification of the LCPA with 16 modifications necessary to protect coastal resources including sensitive habitat, biological resources, cultural resources, lower-cost overnight accommodations, recreational opportunities, and public coastal views. The required CCC modifications were presented and adopted by the City Council on July 13, 2021. On September 8, 2021, the CCC certified the SEASP.

The SEASP represents tradeoffs and compromises that are inherent in a planning process with lengthy and complex efforts to fully engage residents, businesses, and property owners. The SEASP planned for the establishment of an impact fee on new development for certain parcels with the purpose of funding the monitoring and maintenance of sensitive coastal resources, along with improved public access. A study was prepared to estimate the cost to monitor and maintain sensitive coastal resources in the area subject to the SEASP, establish the nexus between new development and resource monitoring costs, and recommend a development impact fee (Sensitive Coastal Resource Impact Fee) to pay for costs (the study) (Attachment A). The study is...