Zone Text Amendment (ZTA) to
Establish Regulations and
Development Standards for
Firearm Retail Uses
City Council Meeting
May 21, 2024
1 COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
Background
• July 26, 2022:
o City Council adoption of Urgency Ordinance
imposing a temporary moratorium on new or
replacement firearms and ammunition retailers.
• August 23, 2022 and July 18, 2023:
o Extensions approved.
• July 26, 2024:
o Urgency Ordinance set to expire.
• Existing Zoning Regulations
• Firearms and ammunition retail uses are “retail
store/sales” and are approved by-right.
• Concentration of firearm retail uses along
commercial corridors .
• Community Concerns
• Neighborhood compatibility and proximity to
residential neighborhoods and sensitive uses.
Need for Zone Text Amendment
3 Approach Taken and Recommendations
4 Technical Working Group
City Staff and the consultant evaluated the following:
1. Best practices from other jurisdictions.
2. Feedback received from Stakeholder and
Community outreach.
3. Ensuring consistency with State and Federal Law.
Proposed Regulations Primary Focus
1. Updates to the Zoning Use List.
2. New Objective Standards for firearm and
ammunition retail uses.
Proposed Updates to Zoning Use List
5 BMC Section 10 -1-502 to be amended as shown:
Proposed Objective Development Standards
6 10-1-1119: FIREARM RETAIL USE REGULATIONS:
A. Purpose
B. Definitions
C. Permitting Process
D. Prohibition
E. Compliance by Existing Firearm Retailers
F. Location
G. Video Surveillance System
H. Secure Storage of Firearms
I. Barriers
J. Lighting
F. Location
7 OPTION 1
500 feet from Sensitive Uses
500 feet from Residential Uses
500 feet from Existing Firearm
Retailers
349 out of 28,942 parcels
3.4% of total land area
OPTION 2
1,000 feet from Sensitive Uses
500 feet from Residential Uses
500 feet from Existing Firearm
Retailers
233 out of 28,942 parcels
2.6% of total land area
Location – Distance Separation
OPTION 3
1,000 feet from Sensitive Uses
1,000 feet from Residential Uses
500 feet from Existing Firearm
Retailers
189 out of 28,942 parcels
2.1% of total land area
RESULTS:
• 349 out of 28,942
parcels
• 78 out of 2,098 blocks
• 3.4% of total land area
Note that all existing firearm retailers would not comply with this potential separation requirement. 8 • Removes parcels within
500 feet of sensitive uses
• Removes Residential (R1-
R4) and Institutional
zones
• Removes parcels within
500 feet of Residential
(R1-R4)
• Removes parcels within
500 feet of Existing
Firearm Retailers
Recommendation: Option 1
• Voted 4-0, recommending City Council approval.
• Planning Commission Established :
1. ZTA is consistent with the findings required to
add a use on a List of Permitted Uses.
2. ZTA is compatible with the objectives, policies,
general land uses and programs in the
Burbank2035 General Plan.
Planning Commission Recommendation
9 • City Council Report – December 5, 2023.
• Community Meeting – March 11, 2024.
• Stakeholder Meetings – August 23, 2023, November 2, 2023, and May 8, 2024 .
Community Outreach
10 • Exempt from CEQA
• The proposed ZTA is not a “project” subject to CEQA
Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), common–sense
exemption, no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment.
Environmental Assessment
11 • ZTA establishes new land use and zoning regulations for firearm and ammunition retail uses.
• ZTA Addresses Community Concerns :
o Concentration along commercial corridors.
o Location of use near schools and other sensitive uses. • ZTA is consistent with local, state, and federal law.
Conclusion
12 Contact:
Xjvirr Thomas
Associate Planner
(818) 238-5250
[email protected]
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
Zone Text Amendment (ZTA) to
Establish Regulations and
Development Standards for
Firearm Retail Uses
City Council Meeting
May 21, 2024
14 COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT