Planning Commission

Agenda

1. FINAL AGENDA AND MINUTES
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3. CALL TO ORDER
4. ROLL CALL
5. FLAG SALUTE
6. SWEARING OF WITNESSES
7. MINUTES
8. 23-026PL Recommendation to receive and file the Planning Commission minutes of March 16, 2023.
   PL-Agenda Item
   Action: approve recommendation Passed

   A motion was made by Vice Chair Templin, seconded by Commissioner Castillo, to approve recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote:

9. DIRECTOR'S REPORT
10. REGULAR AGENDA
11. 1. Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing, deny the two (2) third-party appeals filed by 1) Kimberly Campenelli (APL23-003); and 2) Pamela Becker and Forrest Stewart (APL23-004); Accept Categorical Exemption (CE23-005); and Uphold the Zoning Administrator's approval of a Local Coastal Development Permit for the demolition of a detached one-story dwelling and garage and development of a 2,694-square-foot, two-story dwelling and four-car garage at 3119 E. Ocean Boulevard and located in the R-2-L Zoning District. (District 2)
    PL-Agenda Item
    Action: approve recommendation Passed

    A motion was made by Commissioner Lewis, seconded by Commissioner Christoffels, to approve recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote:

12. 2. Recommendation to recommend that the City Council approve and certify an Addendum (EIRA-01-23) to the Program Environmental Impact Report prepared for the General Plan LUE Update and Urban Design Element (PEIR) (EIR 03-16) relating to the implementation of the General Plan Land Use Element through an amendment to Title 22 and the rezoning of designated Neighborhood Serving Corridors or Centers Low (NSC-L) PlaceType 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 ("the Project"), in accordance with the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA" Section 15164 of the CEQA guidelines and making certain findings and determinations that the adopted Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program mitigates, to the extent reasonably feasible, impacts associated with the implementation of the Neighborhood Serving Corridors or Centers Low (NSC-L) Place Types as described above, in accordance with those measures set forth in the General Plan LUE Update and Urban Design Element EIR and that no new or different mitigation measures are required. And recommend that the City Council adopt an Ordinance amending Title 22 of the Municipal Code to establish a new zoning district to implement the Long Beach General Plan Land Use Element Update adopted in 2019; and, adopt an Ordinance to implement City-initiated rezoning of areas that are designated by the 2019 General Plan Land Use Element Update as the Neighborhood Serving Corridors or Centers Low (NSC-L) Place Type 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 implement the NSC-L PlaceType in West Long Beach and to end the existing moratorium on new development along said corridors. (Citywide)
    PL-Agenda Item
    Action: approve recommendation Passed

    A motion was made by Vice Chair Templin, seconded by Commissioner Christoffels, to approve recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote:

13. 3. Recommendation to accept Categorical Exemption CE22-022 and approve a Conditional Use Permit CUP22-005 to operate a new wireless telecommunication facility on the rooftop of an existing residential apartment building located at 1081 Long Beach Boulevard in the Downtown Plan (PD-30) Planned Development District. (District 1)
    PL-Agenda Item
    Action: approve recommendation Passed

    A motion was made by Commissioner Christoffels, seconded by Commissioner Castillo, to approve recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote:

14. 4. Recommendation to accept Categorical Exemption CE22-140 and approve a Tentative Tract Map (TTM22-004) to consolidate seven lots into a single 1.63-acre lot, at 5712 Cherry Avenue in the Industrial Light (IL) Zoning District. (District 8)
    PL-Agenda Item
    Action: approve recommendation Passed

    A motion was made by Vice Chair Templin, seconded by Commissioner Lewis, to approve recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote:

15. 5. Recommendation to determine that the project is within the scope of the project previously analyzed as part of the Southeast Area Specific Plan Program Environmental Impact Report (State Clearing House No. 2015101075) that was prepared for the previously approved project and warrants no further environmental review pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines 15162; and Approve a Site Plan Review (SPR 22-093) for a project consisting of the demolition of all existing structures on the site, and the construction of a new mixed-used project consisting of 281 residential dwelling units [thirteen of which are affordable very low income], 3,100 square feet of commercial/retail space in a building with 592,100 square feet of an area including 516 vehicular parking spaces, 142 bicycle parking spaces and 27,534 square feet of common and private open space area within the Southeast Area Specific Plan Mixed Use Community Core (SP-2 MUCC) Zoning District located at 6700 East Pacific Coast Highway. (District 3)
    PL-Agenda Item
    Action: approve recommendation Passed

    A motion was made by Vice Chair Templin, seconded by Commissioner Lewis, to approve recommendation with modified conditions. The motion carried by the following vote:

16. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: Members of the public are invited to address the Planning Commission on items of interest to the public within the Commission's jurisdiction. Each speaker will be limited to three minutes unless that time is extended by the Chair.
17. COMMENTS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION
18. ADJOURNMENT
19. NEXT MEETING - MAY 4, 2023 - 5:00 P.M. AM
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