1 ORDINANCE NO. ORD-22-0016
2 3 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
4 CITY OF LONG BEACH AMENDING ORDINANCE NO.
5 ORD-21-0020 EXTENDING FOR TWELVE (12) MONTHS
6 INTERIM REGULATIONS (MORATORIUM) IN
ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 21.50 OF THE LONG
BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE ON THE ISSUANCE OF
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BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION, OCCUPANCY PERMITS, OR
10 OTHER ENTITLEMENTS FOR NEW STAND-ALONE
11 RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION ALONG
12 TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS IN AREAS THAT ARE
13 DESIGNATED BY THE 2019 GENERAL PLAN LAND USE
14 ELEMENT UPDATE AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD-SERVING
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY CHARLES PARKIN, City Attorney 411 West Ocean Boulevard, 9th Floor Lona Beach. CA 90802-4664 15 CORRIDORS OR CENTERS PLACETYPE ON WILLOW
16 STREET, WEST OF THE I-710 FREEWAY TO THE CITY
17 TERMINUS; AND SANTA FE AVENUE, BETWEEN PACIFIC
18 COAST HIGHWAY ON THE SOUTH AND WARDLOW ROAD
19 ON THE NORTH, IN THE WEST LONG BEACH AREA OF
20 THE CITY; DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF; AND
21 DECLARING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE
22 EFFECT IMMEDIATELY
23 24 WHEREAS, on June 15, 2021, the City Council of the City of Long Beach 25 imposed, on an urgency basis, interim regulations for twelve (12) months against the 26 issuance of building, construction, occupancy permits, or other entitlements for new 27 stand-alone residential construction along transportation corridors in areas that are 28 designated by the 2019 General Plan Land Use Element Update (LUE) as the DAM:kfa:kjm 5/24/22 A21-01392 01392532.DOCX 1
1 Neighborhood-Serving Corridors or centers PlaceType on Willow Street, West of the I- 2 710 Freeway to the City terminus; and Santa Fe Avenue, between Pacific Coast Highway 3 on the South and Wardlow Road on the North, in the City of Long Beach because the 4 City Council found that existing regulations contained in the City's Zoning and/or Building 5 regulations may be in conflict with the newly adopted and amended LUE and Urban Design Element (UDE) of the City; and
7 WHERAS, as a result of said conflict, without the adoption of interim land 8 use regulations (i.e. a moratorium), out of character development could and would be 9 | permitted resulting in "stand alone" single-use residential structures forestalling the ability 10 to create walkable mixed use "neighborhood serving centers" and corridors as 11 contemplated by the adoption of the current LUE and UDE Elements of the City's 12 General Plan; and
13 WHEREAS, the current LUE has designated the corridors of Santa Fe OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY CHARLES PARKIN, City Attorney 411 West Ocean Boulevard, 9th Floor Lona Beach. CA 90802-4664 14 Avenue between Pacific Coast Highway and Wardiow Road, and Willow Street from the 15 1-710 to the City terminus, as "neighborhood serving corridors and centers" designed to 16 meet resident and consumers daily needs for goods and services close to residential 17 areas providing such amenities as restaurants, cafes, retail shops, financial institutions 18 and other daily conveniences; and
19 WHEREAS, the subject interim regulations (moratorium) are providing the 20 City and City staff, together with input from the public, an opportunity to determine how 21 the current Zoning and/or Building regulations can best be amended to eliminate, to the 22 extent reasonably feasible, the conflict between the current regulations and the newly 23 adopted LUE and UDE; and
24 WHEREAS, maintaining the status quo with respect to residential 25 construction in the geographic areas described above by assuring that no new 26 applications for building or construction permits, or other entitlements are accepted, and 27 no new building or construction permits, or other entitlements are issued, while the City 28 conducts the necessary study along transportation corridors on Willow Street, west of the DAM:kfa:kjm 5/24/22 A21-01392 01392532.DOCX 2
1 1-710 freeway to the City terminus; and Santa Fe Avenue, between Pacific Coast 2 Highway on the south and Wardlow Road on the north, is consistent with good planning 3 practice and is likewise consistent with the goals and objectives of both the LUE and 4 UDE; and
5 WHEREAS, additional time is required for the Development Services 6 Department and the Planning Commission to study and complete the comprehensive 7 regulations amending the City's Zoning and/or Building regulations to address such 8 potential conflicts with the City's LUE and UDE and for the Economic Development 9 Department to conduct a market study; and
10 WHEREAS, a duly noticed public hearing was held on June 14, 2022, 11 regarding the extension of the moratorium.
12 NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Long Beach ordains as 13 follows:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY CHARLES PARKIN, City Attorney 411 West Ocean Boulevard, 9th Floor Lona Beach. CA 90802-4664 14 Section 1. Ordinance No. ORD-21-0020, Section 2, adopted as an 15 emergency ordinance on June 15, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
16 Section 2. Estimated Time for Completion of Study. It is 17 estimated that the study or studies undertaken in connection with the 18 adoption of this interim ordinance may take the Development Services 19 Department and the Planning Commission approximately twenty-four 20 (24) months to complete. For the purposes of this ordinance, this interim 21 moratorium study period shall expire no later than June 15, 2023. 22 Section 2. Ordinance No. ORD-21-0020, Section 3, adopted as an 23 emergency ordinance on June 15, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
24 Section 3. Prohibition.
25 Notwithstanding any provision of the Long Beach Municipal 26 Code to the contrary, for a period of twenty-four (24) months from the 27 effective date of this Ordinance, which would be June 15, 2023, or until a 28 permanent ordinance becomes effective, whichever occurs first:
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1 A. No application shall be accepted for a building or 2 construction permit, or other entitlement for new residential stand-alone 3 construction on the transportation corridors in West Long Beach on Willow 4 Street, west of the I-710 freeway to the City terminus; and Santa Fe Avenue, 5 between Pacific Coast Highway on the south and Wardlow Road on the 6 north, in the City of Long Beach.
7 B. No building or construction permit, or other entitlement 8 for new residential stand-alone construction on the transportation corridors 9 on in West Long Beach on Willow Street, west of the I-710 freeway to the 10 City terminus; and Santa Fe Avenue, between Pacific Coast Highway on the 11 south and Wardlow Road on the north, in the City, shall be issued. 12 Section 3. Declaration of Urgency. This ordinance is an emergency 13 measure, and it is urgently required for the reason that, pending completion of the OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY 411 West Ocean Boulevard, 9th Floor Lona Beach. CA 90802-4664 14 necessary planning policy study, and a determination relative to the potential need to CHARLES PARKIN, City Attorney
15 amend the Zoning or Building regulations of the City, it is necessary to temporarily 16 prohibit the issuance of construction or building permits or other entitlements related to 17 new residential stand-alone construction on Willow Street, west of the I-710 freeway to 18 the City terminus; and Santa Fe Avenue, between Pacific Coast Highway on the south 19 and Wardlow Road on the north, in order to avoid the adverse impacts that might arise 20 with the pending revisions to the Zoning or Building regulations of the City being 21 considered during the interim period.
22 Section 4. This ordinance is an emergency ordinance duly adopted by 23 the City Council on by a vote of at least five (5) of its members and shall take effect 24 immediately. The City Clerk shall certify to a separate roll call and vote on the question 25 of the emergency of this ordinance and to its passage by the vote of five members of the 26 City Council of the City of Long Beach, and cause the same to be posted in three 27 conspicuous places in the City of Long Beach.
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1 regular ordinance, to the end that in the event of any defect or invalidity in connection 2 with the adoption of this ordinance as an emergency ordinance, the same shall, 3 nevertheless, be and become effective on the thirty-first day after it is approved by the 4 Mayor.
5 Section 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance by 6 the City Council of the City of Long Beach and shall cause the same to be posted in three 7 (3) conspicuous places in the City of Long Beach.
8 I hereby certify that on a separate roll call and vote which was taken by the 9 City Council of the City of Long Beach upon the question of emergency of this 10 ordinance at its meeting of_ June 14 _ 2022, the ordinance was declared to be an 11 emergency by the following vote:
12 Ayes: Councilmembers: Zendejas, Allen, Price, Supernaw, 13 Mungo, Saro, Uranga, Austin,
14 Richardson.
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY CHARLES PARKIN, City Attorney 411 West Ocean Boulevard, 9th Floor Lona Beach. CA 90802-4664 15 Noes: Councilmembers: None.
16 17 Absent: Councilmembers: None.
18 19 Recusal(s): Councilmembers: None.
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1 I further certify that thereafter, at the same meeting, upon a roll call and 2 vote on adoption of the ordinance, it was adopted by the City Council of the City of Long 3 Beach by the following vote:
4 Ayes: Councilmembers: Zendejas, Allen, Price, Supernaw, 5 Mungo, Saro, Uranga, Austin,
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7 Noes: Councilmembers: None.
8 9 Absent: Councilmembers: None.
10 11 Recusal(s): Councilmembers: None.
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1 I further certify that the foregoing ordinance was thereafter adopted on final 2 reading by the City Council of the City of Long Beach at its meeting of 3 _ 2022, by the following vote:
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