2600 California Avenue - General Plan Amendment
City Council Public Hearing – January 17, 2023
1 Background
• October 28, 2020 – Site Plan Review approval to construct a 3,000-square-foot single-story medical office building. • November 3, 2022 – Planning Commission held a duly
noticed public hearing on this project, and recommended (4- 0, with three commissioners absent) that the City Council take action to approve the General Plan Amendment.
2 Project Location
3 Zoning District
Institutional (I)
Surrounding Uses
North: Urban Farm (Willow Springs)
East: Cemetery
West: Office/Industrial (Signal Hill)
South: Retail/office (Signal Hill)
Existing Land Use PlaceType
Open Space (OS)
Proposed Land Use PlaceType
Neo-Industrial (NI)
Legend
Subject Site (Existing Parking lot with landscaping)
City of Signal Hill
Existing Conditions
4 Subject Site
999 East
Willow Street
Legend
Subject Site
City of Signal Hill
Project Proposal – Site Plan Review
5 Project Proposal – General Plan Amendment
6 Founding and
Contemporary
Neighborhood
Uses - Single-family and low-
density housing;
Neighborhood-serving low-
intensity commercial uses
Open Space
Uses - Parks, beaches, golf courses, marinas, flood control channels and basins, rivers, utility rights-of-way, oil islands, inland bodies of water, nature preserves, marine habitats, estuaries, wetlands, lagoons; Limited commercial recreation uses
General Industrial
(City of Signal Hill)
Uses – Heavy industrial
uses that can coexist with
adjacent light industrial and
commercial development.
Commercial Industrial
(City of Signal Hill)
Uses - Light Industrial and
Retail
Commercial General
(City of Signal Hill)
Uses - development of
professional
offices and related supportive
retail and service commercial
uses
Neo-Industrial
Uses - Light industrial, clean manufacturing and
offices; Commercial uses accessory to creative
business endeavor(s); Repurposed buildings with
live/work artist studios.
Project Summary
7 • General Plan Amendment is required to
allow for any construction on private
property.
• The proposed General Plan Neo-Industrial
PlaceType is intended for light industrial,
clean manufacturing, offices and
commercial uses accessory to creative
business.
• Existing Open Space PlaceType is not
appropriate for this location and appears
to have been designated as such in error
due to the adjacent open space uses and
city boundary
Recommendation
8 Find that the Project is exempt from further environmental review and affirm the Planning Commission’s determination (Categorical exemption CE 21-156) and finding that the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15303 (Class 3 - New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures); and,
Adopt the Resolution approving a General Plan Amendment (GPA21-004) to change the Land Use Element PlaceType designation of 2600 California Avenue from Open Space (OS) to Neo-Industrial (NI). (District 5)
Thank you
Alison Spindler-Ruiz
Planning Bureau Manager
Development Services Department
[email protected]
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