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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
APRIL 2, 2024
J.1 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
• PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Planredondo Subject: BCHD Project Fast Facts with Citations
Date: Monday, April 1, 2024 10:55:22 AM
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Public Comment: Mayors, Councils, Planning Commissions of Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, and Torrance
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StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years. Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; Planredondo; Planning Redondo; Nils Nehrenheim; Scott Behrendt; Todd Loewenstein; Paige Kaluderovic; Zein Obagi Subject: Comments on Density of Public/Institution Land Use and Surrounding Property Value Protection (General Plan) Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 1:19:06 AM
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Public Comment: General Plan, Mayor, Council, Planning Commission, Planning Director 1) The proposed floor area ratio (FAR) of 0.75 as a base for P/I zoning is appropriate. It protects surrounding neighborhoods from the damages of excessive development. 2) The proposed FAR of 1.25 for selected City of Redondo Beach parcels is appropriate. When the City of Redondo Beach develops land, it is nearly always for the exclusive benefit of residents and taxpayers of the City. As such, the benefits are greater than other P/I development that is generally for non-residents and regional use.
3) The March, August and September 2022 GPAC meeting materials contained the FAR 0.75 and FAR 1.25 for P/I in the draft General Plan materials. The public and GPAC members all had ready availability. It is unfortunate that some GPAC members failed to read the draft plan for all 3 consecutive meetings. Others not only read it, but also provided public comments in a timely fashion. 4) FAR 0.75 has demonstrated that it causes significant property value degradation to surround landowners.
FAR 1.25 is inappropriate for P/I development that is not 100% (or very highly) focused on benefiting the residents and taxpayers of Redondo Beach.
5) As an example, the Redondo Beach residential properties within 1/2-mile of BCHD are worth nearly $100M less than they would otherwise be if they were not located near the FAR 0.72 BCHD campus. This is a high level of damage, and one can only expect further value damages to property owners from a 1.25 FAR.
The City should move forward with the P/I FAR of 0.75 as a base and FAR 1.25 for specific City of Redondo Beach owned parcels as called out in the Draft General Plan. Publication and public notice was provided for 3 consecutive meetings of the GPAC in 2022, and in the 2023 CEQA NOP for the General Plan. Ample time for comment was provided and all legal notices were properly noticed. --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years. Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: CityClerk; Planredondo; Planning Redondo; Nils Nehrenheim; Scott Behrendt; Todd Loewenstein; Paige Kaluderovic; Zein Obagi Subject: From Mark Nelson: Comments on Density of Redondo Beach Public/Institution Land Use and Surrounding Property Value Protection (RB General Plan)
Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 1:29:47 AM
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I concur with the comments below and request that the General Plan affirm the Public-Institutional FARs of
0.75 for non-City of Redondo Beach development and 1.25 for City of Redondo Beach development. I see Kensington as a good example of a P-CF parcel that has been lost from the use of Redondo Beach residents for 50 to 100 years for the benefit of a majority of non-resident tenants. That is an excellent example of why FARs should be kept low except for the special case of City of Redondo Beach development. ---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Stop BCHD <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Subject: Comments on Density of Redondo Beach Public/Institution Land Use and Surrounding Property Value Protection (RB General Plan)
To: Stop BCHD <[email protected]>
The following comments were supplied to the General Plan, Council and others. We recommend that you forward this email to the same email list below and add a private comment. ---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Stop BCHD <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Subject: Comments on Density of Public/Institution Land Use and Surrounding Property Value Protection (General Plan)
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Nils Nehrenheim <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Zein Obagi <[email protected]>
Public Comment: General Plan, Mayor, Council, Planning Commission, Planning Director 1) The proposed floor area ratio (FAR) of 0.75 as a base for P/I zoning is appropriate. It protects surrounding neighborhoods from the damages of excessive development. 2) The proposed FAR of 1.25 for selected City of Redondo Beach parcels is appropriate. When the City of Redondo Beach develops land, it is nearly always for the exclusive benefit of residents and taxpayers of the City. As such, the benefits are greater than other P/I development that is generally for non-residents and regional use.
3) The March, August and September 2022 GPAC meeting materials contained the FAR 0.75 and FAR 1.25 for P/I in the draft General Plan materials. The public and GPAC members all had ready availability. It is unfortunate that some GPAC members failed to read the draft plan for all 3 consecutive meetings. Others not only read it, but also provided public comments in a timely fashion. 4) FAR 0.75 has demonstrated that it causes significant property value degradation to surround landowners.
FAR 1.25 is inappropriate for P/I development that is not 100% (or very highly) focused on benefiting the residents and taxpayers of Redondo Beach.
5) As an example, the Redondo Beach residential properties within 1/2-mile of BCHD are worth nearly $100M less than they would otherwise be if they were not located near the FAR 0.72 BCHD campus. This is a high level of damage, and one can only expect further value damages to property owners from a 1.25 FAR.
The City should move forward with the P/I FAR of 0.75 as a base and FAR 1.25 for specific City of Redondo Beach owned parcels as called out in the Draft General Plan. Publication and public notice was provided for 3 consecutive meetings of the GPAC in 2022, and in the 2023 CEQA NOP for the General Plan. Ample time for comment was provided and all legal notices were properly noticed. --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years. Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
The City should move forward with the P/I FAR of 0.75 as a base and FAR 1.25 for specific City of Redondo Beach owned parcels as called out in the Draft General Plan. Publication and public notice was provided for 3 consecutive meetings of the GPAC in 2022, and in the 2023 CEQA NOP for the General Plan. Ample time for comment was provided and all legal notices were properly noticed.
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StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years. Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voterapproved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
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From: Stop BCHD <[email protected]>
Subject: Comments on Density of Redondo Beach Public/Institution Land Use and Surrounding Property Value Protection (RB General Plan)
Date: March 20, 2024 at 1:22:28 AM PDT
To: Stop BCHD <[email protected]>
The following comments were supplied to the General Plan, Council and others. We recommend that you forward this email to the same email list below and add a private comment.
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From: Stop BCHD <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Subject: Comments on Density of Public/Institution Land Use and Surrounding Property Value Protection (General Plan)
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Nils Nehrenheim
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Zein Obagi <[email protected]>
Public Comment: General Plan, Mayor, Council, Planning Commission, Planning Director
1) The proposed floor area ratio (FAR) of 0.75 as a base for P/I zoning is appropriate. It protects surrounding neighborhoods from the damages of excessive development.
2) The proposed FAR of 1.25 for selected City of Redondo Beach parcels is appropriate. When the City of Redondo Beach develops land, it is nearly always for the exclusive benefit of residents and taxpayers of the City. As such, the benefits are greater than other P/I development that is generally for non-residents and regional use.
3) The March, August and September 2022 GPAC meeting materials contained the FAR 0.75 and FAR 1.25 for P/I in the draft General Plan materials. The public and GPAC members all had ready availability. It is unfortunate that some GPAC members failed to read the draft plan for all 3 consecutive meetings. Others not only read it, but also provided public comments in a timely fashion. 4) FAR 0.75 has demonstrated that it causes significant property value degradation to surround landowners. FAR 1.25 is inappropriate for P/I development that is not 100% (or very highly) focused on benefiting the residents and taxpayers of Redondo Beach.
5) As an example, the Redondo Beach residential properties within 1/2-mile of BCHD are worth nearly $100M less than they would otherwise be if they were not located near the FAR 0.72 BCHD campus. This is a high level of damage, and one can only expect further value damages to property owners from a 1.25 FAR.
The City should move forward with the P/I FAR of 0.75 as a base and FAR
1.25 for specific City of Redondo Beach owned parcels as called out in the Draft General Plan. Publication and public notice was provided for 3 consecutive meetings of the GPAC in 2022, and in the 2023 CEQA NOP for the General Plan. Ample time for comment was provided and all legal notices were properly noticed.
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StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years. Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; Planredondo; Planning Redondo
Subject: Fwd: Fw: BCHD Planned expansion is bad for South Bay Residence Date: Sunday, March 31, 2024 5:17:14 PM
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Comments to Mayor, Council and General Plan Staff from Mr.Morse, forwarded at his request Subject: Re: BCHD Planned expansion is bad for South Bay Residents 50 yr beach cities taxpayer - mb & rb resident/business owner On Mar 20, 2024, at 1:14 PM, Steve Morse wrote:
1. Using our funds for 90-95% families, out of our area, seems inappropriate.
2. Overcrowding and increasing FAR also seem like abusing the system
3. Open space planned for free parking space to a company is not appropriate - it should be rented out to highest bidder, or even social services for volunteers , as an idea or other nonprofits, for the benefits of the South bay.
4. Isn't time to redirect the BCHD towards direct benefits for local paying communities and refocus on getting more local participation or reduce services and expenses to reflect actual activities benefitting us.
5. This reminds me of the beach expansion idea that research showed was an estravagant idea that could have put an unberable burden on our community.
Thanks, Steve Morse, 40-year resident of the South Bay
KEEP P/I FAR AT 0.75 BASE AND 1.25 FOR LIMITED CITY OWNED
PARCELS
Back in early 2022, City staff along with the City Council were forced by a State law change to add rigor and pre-published standards to development in the City. One of the few land use/zonings with significant Planning Commission discretion was in the public sector.
For example, P-CF (Public – Community Facilities) zoning had only subjective standards on how much building could be crammed onto a PCF zoned lot. The Planning Commission was free to allow only 1 story, or 10 stories. The Planning Commission could enforce an FAR (Floor Area Ratio) of 0.1 or 2.0. Essentially, there were no objective rules for P-CF development.
“A design standard that involves no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and are uniformly verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion available and knowable by both the development applicant or proponent and the public official prior to submittal.” (California Government Code, Section 65913.4) As a result, the Council provided a base FAR of 0.75 for P/I publicinstitutional land use and allowed for a 1.25 FAR in certain areas of City owned property for public services development. This was merely a conformance with the change in State law and provided the required objective standards.
BCHD has elected to claim this is “spot zoning” and is a taking from the District. By law, that is not true. The prior flexibility used by the Planning Commission no longer meets State law. Furthermore, the Planning Commission was free under the prior Redondo Beach Code to issue BCHD an FAR of 0.5 for future development. That would have been completely compliant with City Code. So BCHD is actually better off with
0.75 than with subjective standards.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL WAS REPEATED
MADE TO GPAC
City Staff and Council provided the FAR 0.75 base FAR and 1.25 limited FAR to the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) in March of 2022.
The draft document was provided to the members and the public three times, in March, August and September. How it could be that few GPAC members bothered to review the draft document throughout 2022 is simply astounded. Some did, and they even filed comments.
IF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL IS NOT SUSTAINABLE, ROLL BACK P/I to 0.75 FAR
For the protection of the surrounding public, the City should roll back the FAR for P/I to 0.75 uniformly if it concludes that FAR 1.25 for specific Redondo Beach resident-taxpayer owned is indefensible on the grounds of benefits to residents of Redondo Beach.
BCHD PLANS TO PRIVATIZE P/I LAND USE THROUGH 95 YEAR
CONTRACTS
It's not at all clear that BCHD intends to use the P-CF zoning for PUBLIC use. It appears that BCHD plans to lease 3 acres to a 100% private entity for 95 years for commercial use. BCHD's estimates show that 80% of the use will be by non-residents.https://www.stopbchd.com/post/only-bchdpreserve-public-space-by-leasing-it-to-a-100-private-developer-for-95- years
CURRENT P-CF INDUCED PROPERTY VALUE DAMAGES EXCEED
$150M
Consolidated property damage values from existing 0.72 FAR P-CF site on RB/Torrance border:
$97M Redondo Beach property value declines within 1/2-mile $65M Torrance property value declines within 1/2-mile
LOCAL REDONDO BEACH RESIDENTS SUFFER NEARLY $100M IN
PROPERTY VALUE DECLINE WITHIN ½-MILE OF THE BCHD
PARCEL AND HIGHER FAR DEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE MORE
DAMAGES
The property value decline ($97M) in Redondo Beach surrounding the 312,000 sf, 99.7% under 52-foot tall campus is estimated by econometric models and the dataset used by BCHD's MDS consultants for market analysis (purchased and licensed by
StopBCHD).
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-propertyvalue-loss-within-1-2-mile-of-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update The impact of being within 1/2-mile of BCHD campus has been estimated for Torrance residences, using the Redondo Beach model as a proxy. The property value damage from proximity to the 312,000 sf, 99.7% under 52- foot tall existing campus is $65M. Greater FARs and denser development will undoubtedly create larger losses for surrounding property values and property owners.
PCDR REQUIRES PROTECTION OF PROPERTY VALUES
The PCDR requires that new developments are subject to protecting property values. The 0.72 FAR of BCHD site damages surrounding property by $100M. The current 0.75 proposed FAR will result in increased property value damage.
P/I LAND USE SHOULD BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF REDONDO
BEACH RESIDENTS
From a policy perspective, P/I land should be used primarily for the benefit of Redondo Beach residents. Based on BCHD's consultant's work, Kensington (P-CF zoned) likely services 80% non-residents on 3 acres of P/I land. The use of Redondo Beach public land is unsustainable if it is consumed for non-resident use.
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 80% to 95% DISTRICT NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 91% to 97% REDONDO NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD's HLC is supermajority benefit of non-residents
RCFE - BCHD's MDS consultant demonstrates 91% non-Redondo Beach resident tenants by zip code for the assisted living
PACE - BCHD's PACE will be 97% non-Redondo Beach resident enrollees.
allcove - BCHD's allcove services LA County SPA8 (1.4M population) and is 95% non-Redondo Beach residents.
While the damages of P/I fall entirely to Redondo Beach, the benefits of BCHD proposed HLC accrue to 91% to 97% non-Redondo Beach residents.
Residents should NOT have damages to service NON-RESIDENTS on P/I land
CITY RESIDENT-TAXPAYER OWNED SITES SHOULD NOT REQUIRE
PCDR REVIEW
Sites developed by the City of Redondo Beach for the majority benefit of residents should not require a PCDR process. They should be assumed compliant.
It should be explicitly stated that P/I land use should be for at least a majority benefit of the residents of Redondo Beach. The damages accrue 100% to Redondo Beach residents, therefore, they should receive a minimum level of a majority of benefits from the land use.
THE CURRENT P-CF BCHD SITE IS NON-CONFORMING WITH ITS
CUP
At least one P/I site, the BCHD campus, no longer has a hospital, therefore, "associated medical" are no long permitted uses. The can be allowed to remain until their natural sunset lifespans.
OBJECTIVE NUMERCAL FARS ARE REQUIRED
The State mandate for objective (not subjective) standards requires the city abandon the PCDR chosen FAR and it be replaced by objective standards. This proposal is consistent with State mandate.
BCHD HAD A PAID CONSULTANT AS CHAIR OF THE GPAC
Nick Biro was the Chair of GPAC and a $10,000 to $15,000 per month retained consultant of BCHD. Mr. Biro had both a GPAC obligation and a fiduciary taxpayer obligation via his BCHD to review all draft General Plan documents and provide comments timely.
THREE GPAC MEETINGS PUBLICIZED THE FAR PROPOSAL
March, August and September 2022 GPAC meetings and 2024 CEQA NOP for GP all included public notice of the P/I proposed 0.75 and 1.25 FAR.
The full content of each of the following html links is also entered into the formal record, in the same way as attached files would be under California law:
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/the-redondo-beach-general-plan-far-for-pi-land-use-is-appropriate-and-should-not-be-changed https://www.stopbchd.com/post/where-is-the-city-s-or-bchd-s-analysis-ofthe-property-value-damages-from-the-current-bchd-developme https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-loss-within1-2-mile-of-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update https://www.stopbchd.com/post/torrance-property-value-loss-within-1-2- mile-of-bchd-campus-is-65m
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/stop-bchd-s-high-density-commercialdevelopment-on-public-zoned-land
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; Planredondo; Planning Redondo
Cc: r
Subject: Fwd: Public Comments - P/I FAR in Draft General Plan Date: Saturday, March 30, 2024 11:23:24 AM
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Filed at the request of RA Loeffler.
Dear Mayor, Council, Planning Commission, and General Plan Staff:
These comments are being filed at the request of the cc:d party on this email. Please add them to the record of the draft General Plan and the P/I FAR issue. Thank you.
KEEP P/I FAR AT 0.75 BASE AND 1.25 FOR LIMITED CITY OWNED PARCELS Back in early 2022, City staff along with the City Council were forced by a State law change to add rigor and pre-published standards to development in the City. One of the few land use/zonings with significant Planning Commission discretion was in the public sector.
For example, P-CF (Public – Community Facilities) zoning had only subjective standards on how much building could be crammed onto a P-CF zoned lot. The Planning Commission was free to allow only 1 story, or 10 stories. The Planning Commission could enforce an FAR (Floor Area Ratio) of 0.1 or 2.0. Essentially, there were no objective rules for P-CF development.
“A design standard that involves no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and are uniformly verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion available and knowable by both the development applicant or proponent and the public official prior to submittal.” (California Government Code, Section 65913.4)
As a result, the Council provided a base FAR of 0.75 for P/I public-institutional land use and allowed for a 1.25 FAR in certain areas of City owned property for public services development. This was merely a conformance with the change in State law and provided the required objective standards.
BCHD has elected to claim this is “spot zoning” and is a taking from the District. By law, that is not true. The prior flexibility used by the Planning Commission no longer meets State law. Furthermore, the Planning Commission was free under the prior Redondo Beach Code to issue BCHD an FAR of 0.5 for future development. That would have been completely compliant with City Code. So BCHD is actually better off with 0.75 than with subjective standards.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL WAS REPEATED MADE TO GPAC
City Staff and Council provided the FAR 0.75 base FAR and 1.25 limited FAR to the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) in March of 2022. The draft document was provided to the members and the public three times, in March, August and September. How it could be that few GPAC members bothered to review the draft document throughout 2022 is simply astounded. Some did, and they even filed comments.
IF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL IS NOT SUSTAINABLE, ROLL BACK P/I to 0.75 FAR
For the protection of the surrounding public, the City should roll back the FAR for P/I to 0.75 uniformly if it concludes that FAR 1.25 for specific Redondo Beach residenttaxpayer owned is indefensible on the grounds of benefits to residents of Redondo Beach.
BCHD PLANS TO PRIVATIZE P/I LAND USE THROUGH 95 YEAR CONTRACTS It's not at all clear that BCHD intends to use the P-CF zoning for PUBLIC use. It appears that BCHD plans to lease 3 acres to a 100% private entity for 95 years for commercial use. BCHD's estimates show that 80% of the use will be by nonresidents. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/only-bchd-preserve-public-space-byleasing-it-to-a-100-private-developer-for-95-years CURRENT P-CF INDUCED PROPERTY VALUE DAMAGES EXCEED $150M Consolidated property damage values from existing 0.72 FAR P-CF site on RB/Torrance border:
$97M Redondo Beach property value declines within 1/2-mile $65M Torrance property value declines within 1/2-mile
LOCAL REDONDO BEACH RESIDENTS SUFFER NEARLY $100M IN PROPERTY VALUE DECLINE WITHIN ½-MILE OF THE BCHD PARCEL AND HIGHER FAR
DEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE MORE DAMAGES
The property value decline ($97M) in Redondo Beach surrounding the 312,000 sf,
99.7% under 52-foot tall campus is estimated by econometric models and the dataset used by BCHD's MDS consultants for market analysis (purchased and licensed by StopBCHD).https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-losswithin-1-2-mile-of-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update The impact of being within 1/2-mile of BCHD campus has been estimated for Torrance residences, using the Redondo Beach model as a proxy. The property value damage from proximity to the 312,000 sf, 99.7% under 52-foot tall existing campus is $65M. Greater FARs and denser development will undoubtedly create larger losses for surrounding property values and property owners.
PCDR REQUIRES PROTECTION OF PROPERTY VALUES
The PCDR requires that new developments are subject to protecting property values.
The 0.72 FAR of BCHD site damages surrounding property by $100M. The current
0.75 proposed FAR will result in increased property value damage.
P/I LAND USE SHOULD BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF REDONDO BEACH
RESIDENTS
From a policy perspective, P/I land should be used primarily for the benefit of Redondo Beach residents. Based on BCHD's consultant's work, Kensington (P-CF zoned) likely services 80% non-residents on 3 acres of P/I land. The use of Redondo Beach public land is unsustainable if it is consumed for non-resident use.
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 80% to 95% DISTRICT NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 91% to 97% REDONDO NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD's HLC is supermajority benefit of non-residents
RCFE - BCHD's MDS consultant demonstrates 91% non-Redondo Beach resident tenants by zip code for the assisted living
PACE - BCHD's PACE will be 97% non-Redondo Beach resident enrollees. allcove - BCHD's allcove services LA County SPA8 (1.4M population) and is 95% non-Redondo Beach residents.
While the damages of P/I fall entirely to Redondo Beach, the benefits of BCHD proposed HLC accrue to 91% to 97% non-Redondo Beach residents.
Residents should NOT have damages to service NON-RESIDENTS on P/I land
CITY RESIDENT-TAXPAYER OWNED SITES SHOULD NOT REQUIRE PCDR REVIEW
Sites developed by the City of Redondo Beach for the majority benefit of residents should not require a PCDR process. They should be assumed compliant.
It should be explicitly stated that P/I land use should be for at least a majority benefit of the residents of Redondo Beach. The damages accrue 100% to Redondo Beach residents, therefore, they should receive a minimum level of a majority of benefits from the land use.
THE CURRENT P-CF BCHD SITE IS NON-CONFORMING WITH ITS CUP At least one P/I site, the BCHD campus, no longer has a hospital, therefore, "associated medical" are no long permitted uses. The can be allowed to remain until their natural sunset lifespans.
OBJECTIVE NUMERCAL FARS ARE REQUIRED
The State mandate for objective (not subjective) standards requires the city abandon the PCDR chosen FAR and it be replaced by objective standards. This proposal is consistent with State mandate.
BCHD HAD A PAID CONSULTANT AS CHAIR OF THE GPAC
Nick Biro was the Chair of GPAC and a $10,000 to $15,000 per month retained consultant of BCHD. Mr. Biro had both a GPAC obligation and a fiduciary taxpayer obligation via his BCHD to review all draft General Plan documents and provide comments timely.
THREE GPAC MEETINGS PUBLICIZED THE FAR PROPOSAL
March, August and September 2022 GPAC meetings and 2024 CEQA NOP for GP all included public notice of the P/I proposed 0.75 and 1.25 FAR.
The full content of each of the following html links is also entered into the formal record, in the same way as attached files would be under California law:
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/the-redondo-beach-general-plan-far-for-p-i-land-useis-appropriate-and-should-not-be-changed https://www.stopbchd.com/post/where-is-the-city-s-or-bchd-s-analysis-of-theproperty-value-damages-from-the-current-bchd-developme https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mileof-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update https://www.stopbchd.com/post/torrance-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mile-of-bchdcampus-is-65m https://www.stopbchd.com/post/stop-bchd-s-high-density-commercial-developmenton-public-zoned-land --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; Planredondo; Planning Redondo
Cc:
Subject: Fwd: Public Comments - P/I FAR in Draft General Plan Date: Saturday, March 30, 2024 1:05:51 PM
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This comment was requested by Mike Jamgochian. Please enter it into the record.
Dear Mayor, Council, Planning Commission, and General Plan Staff:
These comments are being filed at the request of the cc:d party on this email. Please add them to the record of the draft General Plan and the P/I FAR issue. Thank you.
KEEP P/I FAR AT 0.75 BASE AND 1.25 FOR LIMITED CITY OWNED PARCELS Back in early 2022, City staff along with the City Council were forced by a State law change to add rigor and pre-published standards to development in the City. One of the few land use/zonings with significant Planning Commission discretion was in the public sector.
For example, P-CF (Public – Community Facilities) zoning had only subjective standards on how much building could be crammed onto a P-CF zoned lot. The Planning Commission was free to allow only 1 story, or 10 stories. The Planning Commission could enforce an FAR (Floor Area Ratio) of 0.1 or 2.0. Essentially, there were no objective rules for P-CF development.
“A design standard that involves no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and are uniformly verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion available and knowable by both the development applicant or proponent and the public official prior to submittal.” (California Government Code, Section 65913.4)
As a result, the Council provided a base FAR of 0.75 for P/I public-institutional land use and allowed for a 1.25 FAR in certain areas of City owned property for public services development. This was merely a conformance with the change in State law and provided the required objective standards.
BCHD has elected to claim this is “spot zoning” and is a taking from the District. By law, that is not true. The prior flexibility used by the Planning Commission no longer meets State law. Furthermore, the Planning Commission was free under the prior Redondo Beach Code to issue BCHD an FAR of 0.5 for future development. That would have been completely compliant with City Code. So BCHD is actually better off with 0.75 than with subjective standards.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL WAS REPEATED MADE TO GPAC
City Staff and Council provided the FAR 0.75 base FAR and 1.25 limited FAR to the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) in March of 2022. The draft document was provided to the members and the public three times, in March, August and September. How it could be that few GPAC members bothered to review the draft document throughout 2022 is simply astounded. Some did, and they even filed comments.
IF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL IS NOT SUSTAINABLE, ROLL BACK P/I to 0.75 FAR
For the protection of the surrounding public, the City should roll back the FAR for P/I to 0.75 uniformly if it concludes that FAR 1.25 for specific Redondo Beach residenttaxpayer owned is indefensible on the grounds of benefits to residents of Redondo Beach.
BCHD PLANS TO PRIVATIZE P/I LAND USE THROUGH 95 YEAR CONTRACTS It's not at all clear that BCHD intends to use the P-CF zoning for PUBLIC use. It appears that BCHD plans to lease 3 acres to a 100% private entity for 95 years for commercial use. BCHD's estimates show that 80% of the use will be by nonresidents. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/only-bchd-preserve-public-space-byleasing-it-to-a-100-private-developer-for-95-years CURRENT P-CF INDUCED PROPERTY VALUE DAMAGES EXCEED $150M Consolidated property damage values from existing 0.72 FAR P-CF site on RB/Torrance border:
$97M Redondo Beach property value declines within 1/2-mile $65M Torrance property value declines within 1/2-mile
LOCAL REDONDO BEACH RESIDENTS SUFFER NEARLY $100M IN PROPERTY VALUE DECLINE WITHIN ½-MILE OF THE BCHD PARCEL AND HIGHER FAR
DEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE MORE DAMAGES
The property value decline ($97M) in Redondo Beach surrounding the 312,000 sf,
99.7% under 52-foot tall campus is estimated by econometric models and the dataset used by BCHD's MDS consultants for market analysis (purchased and licensed by StopBCHD).https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-losswithin-1-2-mile-of-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update The impact of being within 1/2-mile of BCHD campus has been estimated for Torrance residences, using the Redondo Beach model as a proxy. The property value damage from proximity to the 312,000 sf, 99.7% under 52-foot tall existing campus is $65M. Greater FARs and denser development will undoubtedly create larger losses for surrounding property values and property owners.
PCDR REQUIRES PROTECTION OF PROPERTY VALUES
The PCDR requires that new developments are subject to protecting property values.
The 0.72 FAR of BCHD site damages surrounding property by $100M. The current
0.75 proposed FAR will result in increased property value damage.
P/I LAND USE SHOULD BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF REDONDO BEACH
RESIDENTS
From a policy perspective, P/I land should be used primarily for the benefit of Redondo Beach residents. Based on BCHD's consultant's work, Kensington (P-CF zoned) likely services 80% non-residents on 3 acres of P/I land. The use of Redondo Beach public land is unsustainable if it is consumed for non-resident use.
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 80% to 95% DISTRICT NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 91% to 97% REDONDO NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD's HLC is supermajority benefit of non-residents
RCFE - BCHD's MDS consultant demonstrates 91% non-Redondo Beach resident tenants by zip code for the assisted living
PACE - BCHD's PACE will be 97% non-Redondo Beach resident enrollees. allcove - BCHD's allcove services LA County SPA8 (1.4M population) and is 95% non-Redondo Beach residents.
While the damages of P/I fall entirely to Redondo Beach, the benefits of BCHD proposed HLC accrue to 91% to 97% non-Redondo Beach residents.
Residents should NOT have damages to service NON-RESIDENTS on P/I land
CITY RESIDENT-TAXPAYER OWNED SITES SHOULD NOT REQUIRE PCDR REVIEW
Sites developed by the City of Redondo Beach for the majority benefit of residents should not require a PCDR process. They should be assumed compliant.
It should be explicitly stated that P/I land use should be for at least a majority benefit of the residents of Redondo Beach. The damages accrue 100% to Redondo Beach residents, therefore, they should receive a minimum level of a majority of benefits from the land use.
THE CURRENT P-CF BCHD SITE IS NON-CONFORMING WITH ITS CUP At least one P/I site, the BCHD campus, no longer has a hospital, therefore, "associated medical" are no long permitted uses. The can be allowed to remain until their natural sunset lifespans.
OBJECTIVE NUMERCAL FARS ARE REQUIRED
The State mandate for objective (not subjective) standards requires the city abandon the PCDR chosen FAR and it be replaced by objective standards. This proposal is consistent with State mandate.
BCHD HAD A PAID CONSULTANT AS CHAIR OF THE GPAC
Nick Biro was the Chair of GPAC and a $10,000 to $15,000 per month retained consultant of BCHD. Mr. Biro had both a GPAC obligation and a fiduciary taxpayer obligation via his BCHD to review all draft General Plan documents and provide comments timely.
THREE GPAC MEETINGS PUBLICIZED THE FAR PROPOSAL
March, August and September 2022 GPAC meetings and 2024 CEQA NOP for GP all included public notice of the P/I proposed 0.75 and 1.25 FAR.
The full content of each of the following html links is also entered into the formal record, in the same way as attached files would be under California law:
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/the-redondo-beach-general-plan-far-for-p-i-land-useis-appropriate-and-should-not-be-changed https://www.stopbchd.com/post/where-is-the-city-s-or-bchd-s-analysis-of-theproperty-value-damages-from-the-current-bchd-developme https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mileof-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update https://www.stopbchd.com/post/torrance-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mile-of-bchdcampus-is-65m https://www.stopbchd.com/post/stop-bchd-s-high-density-commercial-developmenton-public-zoned-land --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; Planredondo; Planning Redondo
Cc:
Subject: Fwd: Public Comments - P/I FAR in Draft General Plan Date: Saturday, March 30, 2024 2:07:14 PM
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The following comments were requested to be filed with the City and the General Plan by Ms Olmos on her behalf.
Dear Mayor, Council, Planning Commission, and General Plan Staff:
These comments are being filed at the request of the cc:d party on this email. Please add them to the record of the draft General Plan and the P/I FAR issue. Thank you.
KEEP P/I FAR AT 0.75 BASE AND 1.25 FOR LIMITED CITY OWNED PARCELS Back in early 2022, City staff along with the City Council were forced by a State law change to add rigor and pre-published standards to development in the City. One of the few land use/zonings with significant Planning Commission discretion was in the public sector.
For example, P-CF (Public – Community Facilities) zoning had only subjective standards on how much building could be crammed onto a P-CF zoned lot. The Planning Commission was free to allow only 1 story, or 10 stories. The Planning Commission could enforce an FAR (Floor Area Ratio) of 0.1 or 2.0. Essentially, there were no objective rules for P-CF development.
“A design standard that involves no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and are uniformly verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion available and knowable by both the development applicant or proponent and the public official prior to submittal.” (California Government Code, Section 65913.4)
As a result, the Council provided a base FAR of 0.75 for P/I public-institutional land use and allowed for a 1.25 FAR in certain areas of City owned property for public services development. This was merely a conformance with the change in State law and provided the required objective standards.
BCHD has elected to claim this is “spot zoning” and is a taking from the District. By law, that is not true. The prior flexibility used by the Planning Commission no longer meets State law. Furthermore, the Planning Commission was free under the prior Redondo Beach Code to issue BCHD an FAR of 0.5 for future development. That would have been completely compliant with City Code. So BCHD is actually better off with 0.75 than with subjective standards.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL WAS REPEATED MADE TO GPAC
City Staff and Council provided the FAR 0.75 base FAR and 1.25 limited FAR to the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) in March of 2022. The draft document was provided to the members and the public three times, in March, August and September. How it could be that few GPAC members bothered to review the draft document throughout 2022 is simply astounded. Some did, and they even filed comments.
IF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL IS NOT SUSTAINABLE, ROLL BACK P/I to 0.75 FAR
For the protection of the surrounding public, the City should roll back the FAR for P/I to 0.75 uniformly if it concludes that FAR 1.25 for specific Redondo Beach residenttaxpayer owned is indefensible on the grounds of benefits to residents of Redondo Beach.
BCHD PLANS TO PRIVATIZE P/I LAND USE THROUGH 95 YEAR CONTRACTS It's not at all clear that BCHD intends to use the P-CF zoning for PUBLIC use. It appears that BCHD plans to lease 3 acres to a 100% private entity for 95 years for commercial use. BCHD's estimates show that 80% of the use will be by nonresidents. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/only-bchd-preserve-public-space-byleasing-it-to-a-100-private-developer-for-95-years CURRENT P-CF INDUCED PROPERTY VALUE DAMAGES EXCEED $150M Consolidated property damage values from existing 0.72 FAR P-CF site on RB/Torrance border:
$97M Redondo Beach property value declines within 1/2-mile $65M Torrance property value declines within 1/2-mile
LOCAL REDONDO BEACH RESIDENTS SUFFER NEARLY $100M IN PROPERTY VALUE DECLINE WITHIN ½-MILE OF THE BCHD PARCEL AND HIGHER FAR
DEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE MORE DAMAGES
The property value decline ($97M) in Redondo Beach surrounding the 312,000 sf,
99.7% under 52-foot tall campus is estimated by econometric models and the dataset used by BCHD's MDS consultants for market analysis (purchased and licensed by StopBCHD).https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-losswithin-1-2-mile-of-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update The impact of being within 1/2-mile of BCHD campus has been estimated for Torrance residences, using the Redondo Beach model as a proxy. The property value damage from proximity to the 312,000 sf, 99.7% under 52-foot tall existing campus is $65M. Greater FARs and denser development will undoubtedly create larger losses for surrounding property values and property owners.
PCDR REQUIRES PROTECTION OF PROPERTY VALUES
The PCDR requires that new developments are subject to protecting property values.
The 0.72 FAR of BCHD site damages surrounding property by $100M. The current
0.75 proposed FAR will result in increased property value damage.
P/I LAND USE SHOULD BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF REDONDO BEACH
RESIDENTS
From a policy perspective, P/I land should be used primarily for the benefit of Redondo Beach residents. Based on BCHD's consultant's work, Kensington (P-CF zoned) likely services 80% non-residents on 3 acres of P/I land. The use of Redondo Beach public land is unsustainable if it is consumed for non-resident use.
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 80% to 95% DISTRICT NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 91% to 97% REDONDO NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD's HLC is supermajority benefit of non-residents
RCFE - BCHD's MDS consultant demonstrates 91% non-Redondo Beach resident tenants by zip code for the assisted living
PACE - BCHD's PACE will be 97% non-Redondo Beach resident enrollees. allcove - BCHD's allcove services LA County SPA8 (1.4M population) and is 95% non-Redondo Beach residents.
While the damages of P/I fall entirely to Redondo Beach, the benefits of BCHD proposed HLC accrue to 91% to 97% non-Redondo Beach residents.
Residents should NOT have damages to service NON-RESIDENTS on P/I land
CITY RESIDENT-TAXPAYER OWNED SITES SHOULD NOT REQUIRE PCDR REVIEW
Sites developed by the City of Redondo Beach for the majority benefit of residents should not require a PCDR process. They should be assumed compliant.
It should be explicitly stated that P/I land use should be for at least a majority benefit of the residents of Redondo Beach. The damages accrue 100% to Redondo Beach residents, therefore, they should receive a minimum level of a majority of benefits from the land use.
THE CURRENT P-CF BCHD SITE IS NON-CONFORMING WITH ITS CUP At least one P/I site, the BCHD campus, no longer has a hospital, therefore, "associated medical" are no long permitted uses. The can be allowed to remain until their natural sunset lifespans.
OBJECTIVE NUMERCAL FARS ARE REQUIRED
The State mandate for objective (not subjective) standards requires the city abandon the PCDR chosen FAR and it be replaced by objective standards. This proposal is consistent with State mandate.
BCHD HAD A PAID CONSULTANT AS CHAIR OF THE GPAC
Nick Biro was the Chair of GPAC and a $10,000 to $15,000 per month retained consultant of BCHD. Mr. Biro had both a GPAC obligation and a fiduciary taxpayer obligation via his BCHD to review all draft General Plan documents and provide comments timely.
THREE GPAC MEETINGS PUBLICIZED THE FAR PROPOSAL
March, August and September 2022 GPAC meetings and 2024 CEQA NOP for GP all included public notice of the P/I proposed 0.75 and 1.25 FAR.
The full content of each of the following html links is also entered into the formal record, in the same way as attached files would be under California law:
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/the-redondo-beach-general-plan-far-for-p-i-land-useis-appropriate-and-should-not-be-changed https://www.stopbchd.com/post/where-is-the-city-s-or-bchd-s-analysis-of-theproperty-value-damages-from-the-current-bchd-developme https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mileof-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update https://www.stopbchd.com/post/torrance-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mile-of-bchdcampus-is-65m https://www.stopbchd.com/post/stop-bchd-s-high-density-commercial-developmenton-public-zoned-land --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; Planredondo; Planning Redondo
Cc:
Subject: Fwd: Public Comments - P/I FAR in Draft General Plan Date: Saturday, March 30, 2024 2:12:00 PM
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Sent on behalf of Ms. Johnson
I think it is very unfair to build this massive BCHD project in Redondo Beach on Redondo Beach property. How can you give away city land to a private organization? Also the demolition and construction is going to be very unhealthy to residents. This proposed project should be stopped!
Bethany Johnson
Resident of Redondo Beach
Dear Mayor, Council, Planning Commission, and General Plan Staff:
These comments are being filed at the request of the cc:d party on this email. Please add them to the record of the draft General Plan and the P/I FAR issue. Thank you.
KEEP P/I FAR AT 0.75 BASE AND 1.25 FOR LIMITED CITY OWNED PARCELS Back in early 2022, City staff along with the City Council were forced by a State law change to add rigor and pre-published standards to development in the City. One of the few land use/zonings with significant Planning Commission discretion was in the public sector.
For example, P-CF (Public – Community Facilities) zoning had only subjective standards on how much building could be crammed onto a P-CF zoned lot. The Planning Commission was free to allow only 1 story, or 10 stories. The Planning Commission could enforce an FAR (Floor Area Ratio) of 0.1 or 2.0. Essentially, there were no objective rules for P-CF development.
“A design standard that involves no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and are uniformly verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion available and knowable by both the development applicant or proponent and the public official prior to submittal.” (California Government Code, Section 65913.4)
As a result, the Council provided a base FAR of 0.75 for P/I public-institutional land use and allowed for a 1.25 FAR in certain areas of City owned property for public services development. This was merely a conformance with the change in State law and provided the required objective standards.
BCHD has elected to claim this is “spot zoning” and is a taking from the District. By law, that is not true. The prior flexibility used by the Planning Commission no longer meets State law. Furthermore, the Planning Commission was free under the prior Redondo Beach Code to issue BCHD an FAR of 0.5 for future development. That would have been completely compliant with City Code. So BCHD is actually better off with 0.75 than with subjective standards.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL WAS REPEATED MADE TO GPAC
City Staff and Council provided the FAR 0.75 base FAR and 1.25 limited FAR to the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) in March of 2022. The draft document was provided to the members and the public three times, in March, August and September. How it could be that few GPAC members bothered to review the draft document throughout 2022 is simply astounded. Some did, and they even filed comments.
IF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL IS NOT SUSTAINABLE, ROLL BACK P/I to 0.75 FAR
For the protection of the surrounding public, the City should roll back the FAR for P/I to 0.75 uniformly if it concludes that FAR 1.25 for specific Redondo Beach residenttaxpayer owned is indefensible on the grounds of benefits to residents of Redondo Beach.
BCHD PLANS TO PRIVATIZE P/I LAND USE THROUGH 95 YEAR CONTRACTS It's not at all clear that BCHD intends to use the P-CF zoning for PUBLIC use. It appears that BCHD plans to lease 3 acres to a 100% private entity for 95 years for commercial use. BCHD's estimates show that 80% of the use will be by nonresidents. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/only-bchd-preserve-public-space-byleasing-it-to-a-100-private-developer-for-95-years CURRENT P-CF INDUCED PROPERTY VALUE DAMAGES EXCEED $150M Consolidated property damage values from existing 0.72 FAR P-CF site on RB/Torrance border:
$97M Redondo Beach property value declines within 1/2-mile $65M Torrance property value declines within 1/2-mile
LOCAL REDONDO BEACH RESIDENTS SUFFER NEARLY $100M IN PROPERTY VALUE DECLINE WITHIN ½-MILE OF THE BCHD PARCEL AND HIGHER FAR
DEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE MORE DAMAGES
The property value decline ($97M) in Redondo Beach surrounding the 312,000 sf,
99.7% under 52-foot tall campus is estimated by econometric models and the dataset used by BCHD's MDS consultants for market analysis (purchased and licensed by StopBCHD).
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-losswithin-1-2-mile-of-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update The impact of being within 1/2-mile of BCHD campus has been estimated for Torrance residences, using the Redondo Beach model as a proxy. The property value damage from proximity to the 312,000 sf, 99.7% under 52-foot tall existing campus is $65M. Greater FARs and denser development will undoubtedly create larger losses for surrounding property values and property owners.
PCDR REQUIRES PROTECTION OF PROPERTY VALUES
The PCDR requires that new developments are subject to protecting property values.
The 0.72 FAR of BCHD site damages surrounding property by $100M. The current
0.75 proposed FAR will result in increased property value damage.
P/I LAND USE SHOULD BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF REDONDO BEACH
RESIDENTS
From a policy perspective, P/I land should be used primarily for the benefit of Redondo Beach residents. Based on BCHD's consultant's work, Kensington (P-CF zoned) likely services 80% non-residents on 3 acres of P/I land. The use of Redondo Beach public land is unsustainable if it is consumed for non-resident use.
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 80% to 95% DISTRICT NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 91% to 97% REDONDO NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD's HLC is supermajority benefit of non-residents
RCFE - BCHD's MDS consultant demonstrates 91% non-Redondo Beach resident tenants by zip code for the assisted living
PACE - BCHD's PACE will be 97% non-Redondo Beach resident enrollees. allcove - BCHD's allcove services LA County SPA8 (1.4M population) and is 95% non-Redondo Beach residents.
While the damages of P/I fall entirely to Redondo Beach, the benefits of BCHD proposed HLC accrue to 91% to 97% non-Redondo Beach residents.
Residents should NOT have damages to service NON-RESIDENTS on P/I land
CITY RESIDENT-TAXPAYER OWNED SITES SHOULD NOT REQUIRE PCDR REVIEW
Sites developed by the City of Redondo Beach for the majority benefit of residents should not require a PCDR process. They should be assumed compliant.
It should be explicitly stated that P/I land use should be for at least a majority benefit of the residents of Redondo Beach. The damages accrue 100% to Redondo Beach residents, therefore, they should receive a minimum level of a majority of benefits from the land use.
THE CURRENT P-CF BCHD SITE IS NON-CONFORMING WITH ITS CUP At least one P/I site, the BCHD campus, no longer has a hospital, therefore, "associated medical" are no long permitted uses. The can be allowed to remain until their natural sunset lifespans.
OBJECTIVE NUMERCAL FARS ARE REQUIRED
The State mandate for objective (not subjective) standards requires the city abandon the PCDR chosen FAR and it be replaced by objective standards. This proposal is consistent with State mandate.
BCHD HAD A PAID CONSULTANT AS CHAIR OF THE GPAC
Nick Biro was the Chair of GPAC and a $10,000 to $15,000 per month retained consultant of BCHD. Mr. Biro had both a GPAC obligation and a fiduciary taxpayer obligation via his BCHD to review all draft General Plan documents and provide comments timely.
THREE GPAC MEETINGS PUBLICIZED THE FAR PROPOSAL
March, August and September 2022 GPAC meetings and 2024 CEQA NOP for GP all included public notice of the P/I proposed 0.75 and 1.25 FAR.
The full content of each of the following html links is also entered into the formal record, in the same way as attached files would be under California law:
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/the-redondo-beach-general-plan-far-for-p-i-land-useis-appropriate-and-should-not-be-changed https://www.stopbchd.com/post/where-is-the-city-s-or-bchd-s-analysis-of-theproperty-value-damages-from-the-current-bchd-developme https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mileof-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update https://www.stopbchd.com/post/torrance-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mile-of-bchdcampus-is-65m https://www.stopbchd.com/post/stop-bchd-s-high-density-commercial-developmenton-public-zoned-land --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; Planredondo; Planning Redondo
Cc:
Subject: Fwd: Public Comments - P/I FAR in Draft General Plan Date: Saturday, March 30, 2024 5:11:33 PM
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The following comment was requested to be filed with the City by Mr. Dickson:
Dear Mayor, Council, Planning Commission, and General Plan Staff:
For the life of me I can not understand how the BCHD can take land and a Charter that was Created to serve the residents of Redondo, Hermosa and Manhattan and change it to something different that what it was created for!
Dan Dickson
69 year resident of Redondo Beach
These comments are being filed at the request of the cc:d party on this email. Please add them to the record of the draft General Plan and the P/I FAR issue. Thank you.
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 80% to 95% DISTRICT NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 91% to 97% REDONDO NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD's HLC is supermajority benefit of non-residents with the damages accruing primarily to Redondo Beach resident taxpayers in order for BCHD to service the nonresidents.
RCFE - BCHD's MDS consultant demonstrates 91% non-Redondo Beach resident tenants by zip code for the assisted living
PACE - BCHD's PACE will be 97% non-Redondo Beach resident enrollees. allcove - BCHD's allcove services LA County SPA8 (1.4M population) and is 95% non-Redondo Beach residents.
While the damages of P/I fall entirely to Redondo Beach, the benefits of BCHD proposed HLC accrue to 91% to 97% non-Redondo Beach residents.
Residents should NOT have damages to service NON-RESIDENTS on P/I land KEEP P/I FAR AT 0.75 BASE AND 1.25 FOR LIMITED CITY OWNED PARCELS Back in early 2022, City staff along with the City Council were forced by a State law change to add rigor and pre-published standards to development in the City. One of the few land use/zonings with significant Planning Commission discretion was in the public sector.
For example, P-CF (Public – Community Facilities) zoning had only subjective standards on how much building could be crammed onto a P-CF zoned lot. The Planning Commission was free to allow only 1 story, or 10 stories. The Planning Commission could enforce an FAR (Floor Area Ratio) of 0.1 or 2.0. Essentially, there were no objective rules for P-CF development.
“A design standard that involves no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and are uniformly verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion available and knowable by both the development applicant or proponent and the public official prior to submittal.” (California Government Code, Section 65913.4)
As a result, the Council provided a base FAR of 0.75 for P/I public-institutional land use and allowed for a 1.25 FAR in certain areas of City owned property for public services development. This was merely a conformance with the change in State law and provided the required objective standards.
BCHD has elected to claim this is “spot zoning” and is a taking from the District. By law, that is not true. The prior flexibility used by the Planning Commission no longer meets State law. Furthermore, the Planning Commission was free under the prior Redondo Beach Code to issue BCHD an FAR of 0.5 for future development. That would have been completely compliant with City Code. So BCHD is actually better off with 0.75 than with subjective standards.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL WAS REPEATED MADE TO GPAC
City Staff and Council provided the FAR 0.75 base FAR and 1.25 limited FAR to the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) in March of 2022. The draft document was provided to the members and the public three times, in March, August and September. How it could be that few GPAC members bothered to review the draft document throughout 2022 is simply astounded. Some did, and they even filed comments.
IF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL IS NOT SUSTAINABLE, ROLL BACK P/I to 0.75 FAR
For the protection of the surrounding public, the City should roll back the FAR for P/I to 0.75 uniformly if it concludes that FAR 1.25 for specific Redondo Beach residenttaxpayer owned is indefensible on the grounds of benefits to residents of Redondo Beach.
BCHD PLANS TO PRIVATIZE P/I LAND USE THROUGH 95 YEAR CONTRACTS It's not at all clear that BCHD intends to use the P-CF zoning for PUBLIC use. It appears that BCHD plans to lease 3 acres to a 100% private entity for 95 years for commercial use. BCHD's estimates show that 80% of the use will be by nonresidents. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/only-bchd-preserve-public-space-byleasing-it-to-a-100-private-developer-for-95-years CURRENT P-CF INDUCED PROPERTY VALUE DAMAGES EXCEED $150M Consolidated property damage values from existing 0.72 FAR P-CF site on RB/Torrance border:
$97M Redondo Beach property value declines within 1/2-mile $65M Torrance property value declines within 1/2-mile
LOCAL REDONDO BEACH RESIDENTS SUFFER NEARLY $100M IN PROPERTY VALUE DECLINE WITHIN ½-MILE OF THE BCHD PARCEL AND HIGHER FAR
DEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE MORE DAMAGES
The property value decline ($97M) in Redondo Beach surrounding the 312,000 sf,
99.7% under 52-foot tall campus is estimated by econometric models and the dataset used by BCHD's MDS consultants for market analysis (purchased and licensed by StopBCHD).https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-losswithin-1-2-mile-of-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update The impact of being within 1/2-mile of BCHD campus has been estimated for Torrance residences, using the Redondo Beach model as a proxy. The property value damage from proximity to the 312,000 sf, 99.7% under 52-foot tall existing campus is $65M. Greater FARs and denser development will undoubtedly create larger losses for surrounding property values and property owners.
PCDR REQUIRES PROTECTION OF PROPERTY VALUES
The PCDR requires that new developments are subject to protecting property values.
The 0.72 FAR of BCHD site damages surrounding property by $100M. The current
0.75 proposed FAR will result in increased property value damage.
P/I LAND USE SHOULD BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF REDONDO BEACH
RESIDENTS
From a policy perspective, P/I land should be used primarily for the benefit of Redondo Beach residents. Based on BCHD's consultant's work, Kensington (P-CF zoned) likely services 80% non-residents on 3 acres of P/I land. The use of Redondo Beach public land is unsustainable if it is consumed for non-resident use.
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 80% to 95% DISTRICT NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 91% to 97% REDONDO NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD's HLC is supermajority benefit of non-residents
RCFE - BCHD's MDS consultant demonstrates 91% non-Redondo Beach resident tenants by zip code for the assisted living
PACE - BCHD's PACE will be 97% non-Redondo Beach resident enrollees. allcove - BCHD's allcove services LA County SPA8 (1.4M population) and is 95% non-Redondo Beach residents.
While the damages of P/I fall entirely to Redondo Beach, the benefits of BCHD proposed HLC accrue to 91% to 97% non-Redondo Beach residents.
Residents should NOT have damages to service NON-RESIDENTS on P/I land
CITY RESIDENT-TAXPAYER OWNED SITES SHOULD NOT REQUIRE PCDR REVIEW
Sites developed by the City of Redondo Beach for the majority benefit of residents should not require a PCDR process. They should be assumed compliant.
It should be explicitly stated that P/I land use should be for at least a majority benefit of the residents of Redondo Beach. The damages accrue 100% to Redondo Beach residents, therefore, they should receive a minimum level of a majority of benefits from the land use.
THE CURRENT P-CF BCHD SITE IS NON-CONFORMING WITH ITS CUP At least one P/I site, the BCHD campus, no longer has a hospital, therefore, "associated medical" are no long permitted uses. The can be allowed to remain until their natural sunset lifespans.
OBJECTIVE NUMERCAL FARS ARE REQUIRED
The State mandate for objective (not subjective) standards requires the city abandon the PCDR chosen FAR and it be replaced by objective standards. This proposal is consistent with State mandate.
BCHD HAD A PAID CONSULTANT AS CHAIR OF THE GPAC
Nick Biro was the Chair of GPAC and a $10,000 to $15,000 per month retained consultant of BCHD. Mr. Biro had both a GPAC obligation and a fiduciary taxpayer obligation via his BCHD to review all draft General Plan documents and provide comments timely.
THREE GPAC MEETINGS PUBLICIZED THE FAR PROPOSAL
March, August and September 2022 GPAC meetings and 2024 CEQA NOP for GP all included public notice of the P/I proposed 0.75 and 1.25 FAR.
The full content of each of the following html links is also entered into the formal record, in the same way as attached files would be under California law:
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/the-redondo-beach-general-plan-far-for-p-i-land-useis-appropriate-and-should-not-be-changed https://www.stopbchd.com/post/where-is-the-city-s-or-bchd-s-analysis-of-theproperty-value-damages-from-the-current-bchd-developme https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mileof-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update https://www.stopbchd.com/post/torrance-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mile-of-bchdcampus-is-65m https://www.stopbchd.com/post/stop-bchd-s-high-density-commercial-developmenton-public-zoned-land --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; Planredondo; Planning Redondo
Cc: Lisa Falk
Subject: Fwd: Public Comments - P/I FAR in Draft General Plan Date: Saturday, March 30, 2024 5:49:49 PM
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This comment is filed with the City at the request of Ms. Falk:
Dear Mayor, Council, Planning Commission, and General Plan Staff:
These comments are being filed at the request of the cc:d party on this email. Please add them to the record of the draft General Plan and the P/I FAR issue. Thank you.
KEEP P/I FAR AT 0.75 BASE AND 1.25 FOR LIMITED CITY OWNED PARCELS Back in early 2022, City staff along with the City Council were forced by a State law change to add rigor and pre-published standards to development in the City. One of the few land use/zonings with significant Planning Commission discretion was in the public sector.
For example, P-CF (Public – Community Facilities) zoning had only subjective standards on how much building could be crammed onto a P-CF zoned lot. The Planning Commission was free to allow only 1 story, or 10 stories. The Planning Commission could enforce an FAR (Floor Area Ratio) of 0.1 or 2.0. Essentially, there were no objective rules for P-CF development.
“A design standard that involves no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and are uniformly verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion available and knowable by both the development applicant or proponent and the public official prior to submittal.” (California Government Code, Section 65913.4)
As a result, the Council provided a base FAR of 0.75 for P/I public-institutional land use and allowed for a 1.25 FAR in certain areas of City owned property for public services development. This was merely a conformance with the change in State law and provided the required objective standards.
BCHD has elected to claim this is “spot zoning” and is a taking from the District. By law, that is not true. The prior flexibility used by the Planning Commission no longer meets State law. Furthermore, the Planning Commission was free under the prior Redondo Beach Code to issue BCHD an FAR of 0.5 for future development. That would have been completely compliant with City Code. So BCHD is actually better off with 0.75 than with subjective standards.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL WAS REPEATED MADE TO GPAC
City Staff and Council provided the FAR 0.75 base FAR and 1.25 limited FAR to the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) in March of 2022. The draft document was provided to the members and the public three times, in March, August and September. How it could be that few GPAC members bothered to review the draft document throughout 2022 is simply astounded. Some did, and they even filed comments.
IF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL IS NOT SUSTAINABLE, ROLL BACK P/I to 0.75 FAR
For the protection of the surrounding public, the City should roll back the FAR for P/I to 0.75 uniformly if it concludes that FAR 1.25 for specific Redondo Beach residenttaxpayer owned is indefensible on the grounds of benefits to residents of Redondo Beach.
BCHD PLANS TO PRIVATIZE P/I LAND USE THROUGH 95 YEAR CONTRACTS It's not at all clear that BCHD intends to use the P-CF zoning for PUBLIC use. It appears that BCHD plans to lease 3 acres to a 100% private entity for 95 years for commercial use. BCHD's estimates show that 80% of the use will be by nonresidents. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/only-bchd-preserve-public-space-byleasing-it-to-a-100-private-developer-for-95-years CURRENT P-CF INDUCED PROPERTY VALUE DAMAGES EXCEED $150M Consolidated property damage values from existing 0.72 FAR P-CF site on RB/Torrance border:
$97M Redondo Beach property value declines within 1/2-mile $65M Torrance property value declines within 1/2-mile
LOCAL REDONDO BEACH RESIDENTS SUFFER NEARLY $100M IN PROPERTY VALUE DECLINE WITHIN ½-MILE OF THE BCHD PARCEL AND HIGHER FAR
DEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE MORE DAMAGES
The property value decline ($97M) in Redondo Beach surrounding the 312,000 sf,
99.7% under 52-foot tall campus is estimated by econometric models and the dataset used by BCHD's MDS consultants for market analysis (purchased and licensed by StopBCHD).https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-losswithin-1-2-mile-of-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update The impact of being within 1/2-mile of BCHD campus has been estimated for Torrance residences, using the Redondo Beach model as a proxy. The property value damage from proximity to the 312,000 sf, 99.7% under 52-foot tall existing campus is $65M. Greater FARs and denser development will undoubtedly create larger losses for surrounding property values and property owners.
PCDR REQUIRES PROTECTION OF PROPERTY VALUES
The PCDR requires that new developments are subject to protecting property values.
The 0.72 FAR of BCHD site damages surrounding property by $100M. The current
0.75 proposed FAR will result in increased property value damage.
P/I LAND USE SHOULD BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF REDONDO BEACH
RESIDENTS
From a policy perspective, P/I land should be used primarily for the benefit of Redondo Beach residents. Based on BCHD's consultant's work, Kensington (P-CF zoned) likely services 80% non-residents on 3 acres of P/I land. The use of Redondo Beach public land is unsustainable if it is consumed for non-resident use.
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 80% to 95% DISTRICT NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 91% to 97% REDONDO NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD's HLC is supermajority benefit of non-residents
RCFE - BCHD's MDS consultant demonstrates 91% non-Redondo Beach resident tenants by zip code for the assisted living
PACE - BCHD's PACE will be 97% non-Redondo Beach resident enrollees. allcove - BCHD's allcove services LA County SPA8 (1.4M population) and is 95% non-Redondo Beach residents.
While the damages of P/I fall entirely to Redondo Beach, the benefits of BCHD proposed HLC accrue to 91% to 97% non-Redondo Beach residents.
Residents should NOT have damages to service NON-RESIDENTS on P/I land
CITY RESIDENT-TAXPAYER OWNED SITES SHOULD NOT REQUIRE PCDR REVIEW
Sites developed by the City of Redondo Beach for the majority benefit of residents should not require a PCDR process. They should be assumed compliant.
It should be explicitly stated that P/I land use should be for at least a majority benefit of the residents of Redondo Beach. The damages accrue 100% to Redondo Beach residents, therefore, they should receive a minimum level of a majority of benefits from the land use.
THE CURRENT P-CF BCHD SITE IS NON-CONFORMING WITH ITS CUP At least one P/I site, the BCHD campus, no longer has a hospital, therefore, "associated medical" are no long permitted uses. The can be allowed to remain until their natural sunset lifespans.
OBJECTIVE NUMERCAL FARS ARE REQUIRED
The State mandate for objective (not subjective) standards requires the city abandon the PCDR chosen FAR and it be replaced by objective standards. This proposal is consistent with State mandate.
BCHD HAD A PAID CONSULTANT AS CHAIR OF THE GPAC
Nick Biro was the Chair of GPAC and a $10,000 to $15,000 per month retained consultant of BCHD. Mr. Biro had both a GPAC obligation and a fiduciary taxpayer obligation via his BCHD to review all draft General Plan documents and provide comments timely.
THREE GPAC MEETINGS PUBLICIZED THE FAR PROPOSAL
March, August and September 2022 GPAC meetings and 2024 CEQA NOP for GP all included public notice of the P/I proposed 0.75 and 1.25 FAR.
The full content of each of the following html links is also entered into the formal record, in the same way as attached files would be under California law:
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/the-redondo-beach-general-plan-far-for-p-i-land-useis-appropriate-and-should-not-be-changed https://www.stopbchd.com/post/where-is-the-city-s-or-bchd-s-analysis-of-theproperty-value-damages-from-the-current-bchd-developme https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mileof-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update https://www.stopbchd.com/post/torrance-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mile-of-bchdcampus-is-65m https://www.stopbchd.com/post/stop-bchd-s-high-density-commercial-developmenton-public-zoned-land --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; Planredondo; Planning Redondo
Cc:
Subject: Fwd: Public Comments - P/I FAR in Draft General Plan Date: Saturday, March 30, 2024 7:58:10 PM
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Submitted as public comment regarding the draft General Plan at the request of Ms Yee.
Dear Mayor, Council, Planning Commission, and General Plan Staff:
These comments are being filed at the request of the cc:d party on this email. Please add them to the record of the draft General Plan and the P/I FAR issue. Thank you.
KEEP P/I FAR AT 0.75 BASE AND 1.25 FOR LIMITED CITY OWNED PARCELS Back in early 2022, City staff along with the City Council were forced by a State law change to add rigor and pre-published standards to development in the City. One of the few land use/zonings with significant Planning Commission discretion was in the public sector.
For example, P-CF (Public – Community Facilities) zoning had only subjective standards on how much building could be crammed onto a P-CF zoned lot. The Planning Commission was free to allow only 1 story, or 10 stories. The Planning Commission could enforce an FAR (Floor Area Ratio) of 0.1 or 2.0. Essentially, there were no objective rules for P-CF development.
“A design standard that involves no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and are uniformly verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion available and knowable by both the development applicant or proponent and the public official prior to submittal.” (California Government Code, Section 65913.4)
As a result, the Council provided a base FAR of 0.75 for P/I public-institutional land use and allowed for a 1.25 FAR in certain areas of City owned property for public services development. This was merely a conformance with the change in State law and provided the required objective standards.
BCHD has elected to claim this is “spot zoning” and is a taking from the District. By law, that is not true. The prior flexibility used by the Planning Commission no longer meets State law. Furthermore, the Planning Commission was free under the prior Redondo Beach Code to issue BCHD an FAR of 0.5 for future development. That would have been completely compliant with City Code. So BCHD is actually better off with 0.75 than with subjective standards.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL WAS REPEATED MADE TO GPAC
City Staff and Council provided the FAR 0.75 base FAR and 1.25 limited FAR to the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) in March of 2022. The draft document was provided to the members and the public three times, in March, August and September. How it could be that few GPAC members bothered to review the draft document throughout 2022 is simply astounded. Some did, and they even filed comments.
IF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL IS NOT SUSTAINABLE, ROLL BACK P/I to 0.75 FAR
For the protection of the surrounding public, the City should roll back the FAR for P/I to 0.75 uniformly if it concludes that FAR 1.25 for specific Redondo Beach residenttaxpayer owned is indefensible on the grounds of benefits to residents of Redondo Beach.
BCHD PLANS TO PRIVATIZE P/I LAND USE THROUGH 95 YEAR CONTRACTS It's not at all clear that BCHD intends to use the P-CF zoning for PUBLIC use. It appears that BCHD plans to lease 3 acres to a 100% private entity for 95 years for commercial use. BCHD's estimates show that 80% of the use will be by nonresidents. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/only-bchd-preserve-public-space-byleasing-it-to-a-100-private-developer-for-95-years CURRENT P-CF INDUCED PROPERTY VALUE DAMAGES EXCEED $150M Consolidated property damage values from existing 0.72 FAR P-CF site on RB/Torrance border:
$97M Redondo Beach property value declines within 1/2-mile $65M Torrance property value declines within 1/2-mile
LOCAL REDONDO BEACH RESIDENTS SUFFER NEARLY $100M IN PROPERTY VALUE DECLINE WITHIN ½-MILE OF THE BCHD PARCEL AND HIGHER FAR
DEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE MORE DAMAGES
The property value decline ($97M) in Redondo Beach surrounding the 312,000 sf,
99.7% under 52-foot tall campus is estimated by econometric models and the dataset used by BCHD's MDS consultants for market analysis (purchased and licensed by StopBCHD).https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-losswithin-1-2-mile-of-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update The impact of being within 1/2-mile of BCHD campus has been estimated for Torrance residences, using the Redondo Beach model as a proxy. The property value damage from proximity to the 312,000 sf, 99.7% under 52-foot tall existing campus is $65M. Greater FARs and denser development will undoubtedly create larger losses for surrounding property values and property owners.
PCDR REQUIRES PROTECTION OF PROPERTY VALUES
The PCDR requires that new developments are subject to protecting property values.
The 0.72 FAR of BCHD site damages surrounding property by $100M. The current
0.75 proposed FAR will result in increased property value damage.
P/I LAND USE SHOULD BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF REDONDO BEACH
RESIDENTS
From a policy perspective, P/I land should be used primarily for the benefit of Redondo Beach residents. Based on BCHD's consultant's work, Kensington (P-CF zoned) likely services 80% non-residents on 3 acres of P/I land. The use of Redondo Beach public land is unsustainable if it is consumed for non-resident use.
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 80% to 95% DISTRICT NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 91% to 97% REDONDO NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD's HLC is supermajority benefit of non-residents
RCFE - BCHD's MDS consultant demonstrates 91% non-Redondo Beach resident tenants by zip code for the assisted living
PACE - BCHD's PACE will be 97% non-Redondo Beach resident enrollees. allcove - BCHD's allcove services LA County SPA8 (1.4M population) and is 95% non-Redondo Beach residents.
While the damages of P/I fall entirely to Redondo Beach, the benefits of BCHD proposed HLC accrue to 91% to 97% non-Redondo Beach residents.
Residents should NOT have damages to service NON-RESIDENTS on P/I land
CITY RESIDENT-TAXPAYER OWNED SITES SHOULD NOT REQUIRE PCDR REVIEW
Sites developed by the City of Redondo Beach for the majority benefit of residents should not require a PCDR process. They should be assumed compliant.
It should be explicitly stated that P/I land use should be for at least a majority benefit of the residents of Redondo Beach. The damages accrue 100% to Redondo Beach residents, therefore, they should receive a minimum level of a majority of benefits from the land use.
THE CURRENT P-CF BCHD SITE IS NON-CONFORMING WITH ITS CUP At least one P/I site, the BCHD campus, no longer has a hospital, therefore, "associated medical" are no long permitted uses. The can be allowed to remain until their natural sunset lifespans.
OBJECTIVE NUMERCAL FARS ARE REQUIRED
The State mandate for objective (not subjective) standards requires the city abandon the PCDR chosen FAR and it be replaced by objective standards. This proposal is consistent with State mandate.
BCHD HAD A PAID CONSULTANT AS CHAIR OF THE GPAC
Nick Biro was the Chair of GPAC and a $10,000 to $15,000 per month retained consultant of BCHD. Mr. Biro had both a GPAC obligation and a fiduciary taxpayer obligation via his BCHD to review all draft General Plan documents and provide comments timely.
THREE GPAC MEETINGS PUBLICIZED THE FAR PROPOSAL
March, August and September 2022 GPAC meetings and 2024 CEQA NOP for GP all included public notice of the P/I proposed 0.75 and 1.25 FAR.
The full content of each of the following html links is also entered into the formal record, in the same way as attached files would be under California law:
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/the-redondo-beach-general-plan-far-for-p-i-land-useis-appropriate-and-should-not-be-changed https://www.stopbchd.com/post/where-is-the-city-s-or-bchd-s-analysis-of-theproperty-value-damages-from-the-current-bchd-developme https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mileof-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update https://www.stopbchd.com/post/torrance-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mile-of-bchdcampus-is-65m https://www.stopbchd.com/post/stop-bchd-s-high-density-commercial-developmenton-public-zoned-land --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; Planning Redondo; Planredondo
Cc:
Subject: Fwd: Public Comments - P/I FAR in Draft General Plan Date: Saturday, March 30, 2024 8:04:01 PM
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Submitted as comments to the General Plan and City Council at the request of Mr Burschinger Mr. Burschinger commented a desire for the following results in the General Plan:
FAR 0.75 as base for P/I parcels
FAR 1.25 for City of Redondo Beach facilities in P./I due to the direct benefit to residents offsetting the damages to surrounding neighborhood Mr. Burschinger cited the following as some reasons supporting the FAR's above:
Current loss of nearly $100M in property value in Redondo Beach within 1/2-mile of PCF zoned BCHD Estimated loss (work underway)f or Torrance within 1/2 mile also (expected to be about $50M)
Thank you for helping to stop what could be a $200M loss of property value of surrounding property in Torrance and Redondo if BCHD is allowed to expand from 300K to 792K SQFT and from 99% less than 52-feet high to at least 300,000 sqft of 110-feet above Beryl & Flagler Streets
Mr. Burschinger also supports the following comments:
Dear Mayor, Council, Planning Commission, and General Plan Staff:
These comments are being filed at the request of the cc:d party on this email. Please add them to the record of the draft General Plan and the P/I FAR issue. Thank you.
KEEP P/I FAR AT 0.75 BASE AND 1.25 FOR LIMITED CITY OWNED PARCELS Back in early 2022, City staff along with the City Council were forced by a State law change to add rigor and pre-published standards to development in the City. One of the few land use/zonings with significant Planning Commission discretion was in the public sector.
For example, P-CF (Public – Community Facilities) zoning had only subjective standards on how much building could be crammed onto a P-CF zoned lot. The Planning Commission was free to allow only 1 story, or 10 stories. The Planning Commission could enforce an FAR (Floor Area Ratio) of 0.1 or 2.0. Essentially, there were no objective rules for P-CF development.
“A design standard that involves no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and are uniformly verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion available and knowable by both the development applicant or proponent and the public official prior to submittal.” (California Government Code, Section 65913.4)
As a result, the Council provided a base FAR of 0.75 for P/I public-institutional land use and allowed for a 1.25 FAR in certain areas of City owned property for public services development. This was merely a conformance with the change in State law and provided the required objective standards.
BCHD has elected to claim this is “spot zoning” and is a taking from the District. By law, that is not true. The prior flexibility used by the Planning Commission no longer meets State law. Furthermore, the Planning Commission was free under the prior Redondo Beach Code to issue BCHD an FAR of 0.5 for future development. That would have been completely compliant with City Code. So BCHD is actually better off with 0.75 than with subjective standards.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL WAS REPEATED MADE TO GPAC
City Staff and Council provided the FAR 0.75 base FAR and 1.25 limited FAR to the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) in March of 2022. The draft document was provided to the members and the public three times, in March, August and September. How it could be that few GPAC members bothered to review the draft document throughout 2022 is simply astounded. Some did, and they even filed comments.
IF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL IS NOT SUSTAINABLE, ROLL BACK P/I to 0.75 FAR
For the protection of the surrounding public, the City should roll back the FAR for P/I to 0.75 uniformly if it concludes that FAR 1.25 for specific Redondo Beach residenttaxpayer owned is indefensible on the grounds of benefits to residents of Redondo Beach.
BCHD PLANS TO PRIVATIZE P/I LAND USE THROUGH 95 YEAR CONTRACTS It's not at all clear that BCHD intends to use the P-CF zoning for PUBLIC use. It appears that BCHD plans to lease 3 acres to a 100% private entity for 95 years for commercial use. BCHD's estimates show that 80% of the use will be by nonresidents. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/only-bchd-preserve-public-space-byleasing-it-to-a-100-private-developer-for-95-years CURRENT P-CF INDUCED PROPERTY VALUE DAMAGES EXCEED $150M Consolidated property damage values from existing 0.72 FAR P-CF site on RB/Torrance border:
$97M Redondo Beach property value declines within 1/2-mile $65M Torrance property value declines within 1/2-mile
LOCAL REDONDO BEACH RESIDENTS SUFFER NEARLY $100M IN PROPERTY VALUE DECLINE WITHIN ½-MILE OF THE BCHD PARCEL AND HIGHER FAR
DEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE MORE DAMAGES
The property value decline ($97M) in Redondo Beach surrounding the 312,000 sf,
99.7% under 52-foot tall campus is estimated by econometric models and the dataset used by BCHD's MDS consultants for market analysis (purchased and licensed by StopBCHD).https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-losswithin-1-2-mile-of-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update The impact of being within 1/2-mile of BCHD campus has been estimated for Torrance residences, using the Redondo Beach model as a proxy. The property value damage from proximity to the 312,000 sf, 99.7% under 52-foot tall existing campus is $65M. Greater FARs and denser development will undoubtedly create larger losses for surrounding property values and property owners.
PCDR REQUIRES PROTECTION OF PROPERTY VALUES
The PCDR requires that new developments are subject to protecting property values.
The 0.72 FAR of BCHD site damages surrounding property by $100M. The current
0.75 proposed FAR will result in increased property value damage.
P/I LAND USE SHOULD BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF REDONDO BEACH
RESIDENTS
From a policy perspective, P/I land should be used primarily for the benefit of Redondo Beach residents. Based on BCHD's consultant's work, Kensington (P-CF zoned) likely services 80% non-residents on 3 acres of P/I land. The use of Redondo Beach public land is unsustainable if it is consumed for non-resident use.
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 80% to 95% DISTRICT NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 91% to 97% REDONDO NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD's HLC is supermajority benefit of non-residents
RCFE - BCHD's MDS consultant demonstrates 91% non-Redondo Beach resident tenants by zip code for the assisted living
PACE - BCHD's PACE will be 97% non-Redondo Beach resident enrollees. allcove - BCHD's allcove services LA County SPA8 (1.4M population) and is 95% non-Redondo Beach residents.
While the damages of P/I fall entirely to Redondo Beach, the benefits of BCHD proposed HLC accrue to 91% to 97% non-Redondo Beach residents.
Residents should NOT have damages to service NON-RESIDENTS on P/I land
CITY RESIDENT-TAXPAYER OWNED SITES SHOULD NOT REQUIRE PCDR REVIEW
Sites developed by the City of Redondo Beach for the majority benefit of residents should not require a PCDR process. They should be assumed compliant.
It should be explicitly stated that P/I land use should be for at least a majority benefit of the residents of Redondo Beach. The damages accrue 100% to Redondo Beach residents, therefore, they should receive a minimum level of a majority of benefits from the land use.
THE CURRENT P-CF BCHD SITE IS NON-CONFORMING WITH ITS CUP At least one P/I site, the BCHD campus, no longer has a hospital, therefore, "associated medical" are no long permitted uses. The can be allowed to remain until their natural sunset lifespans.
OBJECTIVE NUMERCAL FARS ARE REQUIRED
The State mandate for objective (not subjective) standards requires the city abandon the PCDR chosen FAR and it be replaced by objective standards. This proposal is consistent with State mandate.
BCHD HAD A PAID CONSULTANT AS CHAIR OF THE GPAC
Nick Biro was the Chair of GPAC and a $10,000 to $15,000 per month retained consultant of BCHD. Mr. Biro had both a GPAC obligation and a fiduciary taxpayer obligation via his BCHD to review all draft General Plan documents and provide comments timely.
THREE GPAC MEETINGS PUBLICIZED THE FAR PROPOSAL
March, August and September 2022 GPAC meetings and 2024 CEQA NOP for GP all included public notice of the P/I proposed 0.75 and 1.25 FAR.
The full content of each of the following html links is also entered into the formal record, in the same way as attached files would be under California law:
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/the-redondo-beach-general-plan-far-for-p-i-land-useis-appropriate-and-should-not-be-changed https://www.stopbchd.com/post/where-is-the-city-s-or-bchd-s-analysis-of-theproperty-value-damages-from-the-current-bchd-developme https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mileof-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update https://www.stopbchd.com/post/torrance-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mile-of-bchdcampus-is-65m https://www.stopbchd.com/post/stop-bchd-s-high-density-commercial-developmenton-public-zoned-land --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; Planredondo; Planning Redondo
Cc:
Subject: Fwd: Public Comments - P/I FAR in Draft General Plan Date: Saturday, March 30, 2024 8:05:40 PM
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Mr. Earnest supports and files the following comments to the General Plan and Council:
Dear Mayor, Council, Planning Commission, and General Plan Staff:
These comments are being filed at the request of the cc:d party on this email. Please add them to the record of the draft General Plan and the P/I FAR issue. Thank you.
KEEP P/I FAR AT 0.75 BASE AND 1.25 FOR LIMITED CITY OWNED PARCELS Back in early 2022, City staff along with the City Council were forced by a State law change to add rigor and pre-published standards to development in the City. One of the few land use/zonings with significant Planning Commission discretion was in the public sector.
For example, P-CF (Public – Community Facilities) zoning had only subjective standards on how much building could be crammed onto a P-CF zoned lot. The Planning Commission was free to allow only 1 story, or 10 stories. The Planning Commission could enforce an FAR (Floor Area Ratio) of 0.1 or 2.0. Essentially, there were no objective rules for P-CF development.
“A design standard that involves no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and are uniformly verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion available and knowable by both the development applicant or proponent and the public official prior to submittal.” (California Government Code, Section 65913.4)
As a result, the Council provided a base FAR of 0.75 for P/I public-institutional land use and allowed for a 1.25 FAR in certain areas of City owned property for public services development. This was merely a conformance with the change in State law and provided the required objective standards.
BCHD has elected to claim this is “spot zoning” and is a taking from the District. By law, that is not true. The prior flexibility used by the Planning Commission no longer meets State law. Furthermore, the Planning Commission was free under the prior Redondo Beach Code to issue BCHD an FAR of 0.5 for future development. That would have been completely compliant with City Code. So BCHD is actually better off with 0.75 than with subjective standards.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL WAS REPEATED MADE TO GPAC
City Staff and Council provided the FAR 0.75 base FAR and 1.25 limited FAR to the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) in March of 2022. The draft document was provided to the members and the public three times, in March, August and September. How it could be that few GPAC members bothered to review the draft document throughout 2022 is simply astounded. Some did, and they even filed comments.
IF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL IS NOT SUSTAINABLE, ROLL BACK P/I to 0.75 FAR
For the protection of the surrounding public, the City should roll back the FAR for P/I to 0.75 uniformly if it concludes that FAR 1.25 for specific Redondo Beach residenttaxpayer owned is indefensible on the grounds of benefits to residents of Redondo Beach.
BCHD PLANS TO PRIVATIZE P/I LAND USE THROUGH 95 YEAR CONTRACTS It's not at all clear that BCHD intends to use the P-CF zoning for PUBLIC use. It appears that BCHD plans to lease 3 acres to a 100% private entity for 95 years for commercial use. BCHD's estimates show that 80% of the use will be by nonresidents. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/only-bchd-preserve-public-space-byleasing-it-to-a-100-private-developer-for-95-years CURRENT P-CF INDUCED PROPERTY VALUE DAMAGES EXCEED $150M Consolidated property damage values from existing 0.72 FAR P-CF site on RB/Torrance border:
$97M Redondo Beach property value declines within 1/2-mile $65M Torrance property value declines within 1/2-mile
LOCAL REDONDO BEACH RESIDENTS SUFFER NEARLY $100M IN PROPERTY VALUE DECLINE WITHIN ½-MILE OF THE BCHD PARCEL AND HIGHER FAR
DEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE MORE DAMAGES
The property value decline ($97M) in Redondo Beach surrounding the 312,000 sf,
99.7% under 52-foot tall campus is estimated by econometric models and the dataset used by BCHD's MDS consultants for market analysis (purchased and licensed by StopBCHD).https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-losswithin-1-2-mile-of-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update The impact of being within 1/2-mile of BCHD campus has been estimated for Torrance residences, using the Redondo Beach model as a proxy. The property value damage from proximity to the 312,000 sf, 99.7% under 52-foot tall existing campus is $65M. Greater FARs and denser development will undoubtedly create larger losses for surrounding property values and property owners.
PCDR REQUIRES PROTECTION OF PROPERTY VALUES
The PCDR requires that new developments are subject to protecting property values.
The 0.72 FAR of BCHD site damages surrounding property by $100M. The current
0.75 proposed FAR will result in increased property value damage.
P/I LAND USE SHOULD BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF REDONDO BEACH
RESIDENTS
From a policy perspective, P/I land should be used primarily for the benefit of Redondo Beach residents. Based on BCHD's consultant's work, Kensington (P-CF zoned) likely services 80% non-residents on 3 acres of P/I land. The use of Redondo Beach public land is unsustainable if it is consumed for non-resident use.
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 80% to 95% DISTRICT NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 91% to 97% REDONDO NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD's HLC is supermajority benefit of non-residents
RCFE - BCHD's MDS consultant demonstrates 91% non-Redondo Beach resident tenants by zip code for the assisted living
PACE - BCHD's PACE will be 97% non-Redondo Beach resident enrollees. allcove - BCHD's allcove services LA County SPA8 (1.4M population) and is 95% non-Redondo Beach residents.
While the damages of P/I fall entirely to Redondo Beach, the benefits of BCHD proposed HLC accrue to 91% to 97% non-Redondo Beach residents.
Residents should NOT have damages to service NON-RESIDENTS on P/I land
CITY RESIDENT-TAXPAYER OWNED SITES SHOULD NOT REQUIRE PCDR REVIEW
Sites developed by the City of Redondo Beach for the majority benefit of residents should not require a PCDR process. They should be assumed compliant.
It should be explicitly stated that P/I land use should be for at least a majority benefit of the residents of Redondo Beach. The damages accrue 100% to Redondo Beach residents, therefore, they should receive a minimum level of a majority of benefits from the land use.
THE CURRENT P-CF BCHD SITE IS NON-CONFORMING WITH ITS CUP At least one P/I site, the BCHD campus, no longer has a hospital, therefore, "associated medical" are no long permitted uses. The can be allowed to remain until their natural sunset lifespans.
OBJECTIVE NUMERCAL FARS ARE REQUIRED
The State mandate for objective (not subjective) standards requires the city abandon the PCDR chosen FAR and it be replaced by objective standards. This proposal is consistent with State mandate.
BCHD HAD A PAID CONSULTANT AS CHAIR OF THE GPAC
Nick Biro was the Chair of GPAC and a $10,000 to $15,000 per month retained consultant of BCHD. Mr. Biro had both a GPAC obligation and a fiduciary taxpayer obligation via his BCHD to review all draft General Plan documents and provide comments timely.
THREE GPAC MEETINGS PUBLICIZED THE FAR PROPOSAL
March, August and September 2022 GPAC meetings and 2024 CEQA NOP for GP all included public notice of the P/I proposed 0.75 and 1.25 FAR.
The full content of each of the following html links is also entered into the formal record, in the same way as attached files would be under California law:
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/the-redondo-beach-general-plan-far-for-p-i-land-useis-appropriate-and-should-not-be-changed https://www.stopbchd.com/post/where-is-the-city-s-or-bchd-s-analysis-of-theproperty-value-damages-from-the-current-bchd-developme https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mileof-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update https://www.stopbchd.com/post/torrance-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mile-of-bchdcampus-is-65m https://www.stopbchd.com/post/stop-bchd-s-high-density-commercial-developmenton-public-zoned-land --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; Planredondo; Planning Redondo
Cc: Lisa Falk
Subject: Fwd: Public Comments - P/I FAR in Draft General Plan Date: Sunday, March 31, 2024 1:54:26 PM
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The following comment to the City Council of Redondo Beach and the draft General Plan is provided at the request of Ms. Falk:
Dear Mayor, Council, Planning Commission, and General Plan Staff:
These comments are being filed at the request of the cc:d party on this email. Please add them to the record of the draft General Plan and the P/I FAR issue. Thank you.
KEEP P/I FAR AT 0.75 BASE AND 1.25 FOR LIMITED CITY OWNED PARCELS Back in early 2022, City staff along with the City Council were forced by a State law change to add rigor and pre-published standards to development in the City. One of the few land use/zonings with significant Planning Commission discretion was in the public sector.
For example, P-CF (Public – Community Facilities) zoning had only subjective standards on how much building could be crammed onto a P-CF zoned lot. The Planning Commission was free to allow only 1 story, or 10 stories. The Planning Commission could enforce an FAR (Floor Area Ratio) of 0.1 or 2.0. Essentially, there were no objective rules for P-CF development.
“A design standard that involves no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and are uniformly verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion available and knowable by both the development applicant or proponent and the public official prior to submittal.” (California Government Code, Section 65913.4)
As a result, the Council provided a base FAR of 0.75 for P/I public-institutional land use and allowed for a 1.25 FAR in certain areas of City owned property for public services development. This was merely a conformance with the change in State law and provided the required objective standards.
BCHD has elected to claim this is “spot zoning” and is a taking from the District. By law, that is not true. The prior flexibility used by the Planning Commission no longer meets State law. Furthermore, the Planning Commission was free under the prior Redondo Beach Code to issue BCHD an FAR of 0.5 for future development. That would have been completely compliant with City Code. So BCHD is actually better off with 0.75 than with subjective standards.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL WAS REPEATED MADE TO GPAC
City Staff and Council provided the FAR 0.75 base FAR and 1.25 limited FAR to the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) in March of 2022. The draft document was provided to the members and the public three times, in March, August and September. How it could be that few GPAC members bothered to review the draft document throughout 2022 is simply astounded. Some did, and they even filed comments.
IF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL IS NOT SUSTAINABLE, ROLL BACK P/I to 0.75 FAR
For the protection of the surrounding public, the City should roll back the FAR for P/I to 0.75 uniformly if it concludes that FAR 1.25 for specific Redondo Beach residenttaxpayer owned is indefensible on the grounds of benefits to residents of Redondo Beach.
BCHD PLANS TO PRIVATIZE P/I LAND USE THROUGH 95 YEAR CONTRACTS It's not at all clear that BCHD intends to use the P-CF zoning for PUBLIC use. It appears that BCHD plans to lease 3 acres to a 100% private entity for 95 years for commercial use. BCHD's estimates show that 80% of the use will be by nonresidents. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/only-bchd-preserve-public-space-byleasing-it-to-a-100-private-developer-for-95-years CURRENT P-CF INDUCED PROPERTY VALUE DAMAGES EXCEED $150M Consolidated property damage values from existing 0.72 FAR P-CF site on RB/Torrance border:
$97M Redondo Beach property value declines within 1/2-mile $65M Torrance property value declines within 1/2-mile
LOCAL REDONDO BEACH RESIDENTS SUFFER NEARLY $100M IN PROPERTY VALUE DECLINE WITHIN ½-MILE OF THE BCHD PARCEL AND HIGHER FAR
DEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE MORE DAMAGES
The property value decline ($97M) in Redondo Beach surrounding the 312,000 sf,
99.7% under 52-foot tall campus is estimated by econometric models and the dataset used by BCHD's MDS consultants for market analysis (purchased and licensed by StopBCHD).https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-losswithin-1-2-mile-of-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update The impact of being within 1/2-mile of BCHD campus has been estimated for Torrance residences, using the Redondo Beach model as a proxy. The property value damage from proximity to the 312,000 sf, 99.7% under 52-foot tall existing campus is $65M. Greater FARs and denser development will undoubtedly create larger losses for surrounding property values and property owners.
PCDR REQUIRES PROTECTION OF PROPERTY VALUES
The PCDR requires that new developments are subject to protecting property values.
The 0.72 FAR of BCHD site damages surrounding property by $100M. The current
0.75 proposed FAR will result in increased property value damage.
P/I LAND USE SHOULD BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF REDONDO BEACH
RESIDENTS
From a policy perspective, P/I land should be used primarily for the benefit of Redondo Beach residents. Based on BCHD's consultant's work, Kensington (P-CF zoned) likely services 80% non-residents on 3 acres of P/I land. The use of Redondo Beach public land is unsustainable if it is consumed for non-resident use.
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 80% to 95% DISTRICT NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 91% to 97% REDONDO NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD's HLC is supermajority benefit of non-residents
RCFE - BCHD's MDS consultant demonstrates 91% non-Redondo Beach resident tenants by zip code for the assisted living
PACE - BCHD's PACE will be 97% non-Redondo Beach resident enrollees. allcove - BCHD's allcove services LA County SPA8 (1.4M population) and is 95% non-Redondo Beach residents.
While the damages of P/I fall entirely to Redondo Beach, the benefits of BCHD proposed HLC accrue to 91% to 97% non-Redondo Beach residents.
Residents should NOT have damages to service NON-RESIDENTS on P/I land
CITY RESIDENT-TAXPAYER OWNED SITES SHOULD NOT REQUIRE PCDR REVIEW
Sites developed by the City of Redondo Beach for the majority benefit of residents should not require a PCDR process. They should be assumed compliant.
It should be explicitly stated that P/I land use should be for at least a majority benefit of the residents of Redondo Beach. The damages accrue 100% to Redondo Beach residents, therefore, they should receive a minimum level of a majority of benefits from the land use.
THE CURRENT P-CF BCHD SITE IS NON-CONFORMING WITH ITS CUP At least one P/I site, the BCHD campus, no longer has a hospital, therefore, "associated medical" are no long permitted uses. The can be allowed to remain until their natural sunset lifespans.
OBJECTIVE NUMERCAL FARS ARE REQUIRED
The State mandate for objective (not subjective) standards requires the city abandon the PCDR chosen FAR and it be replaced by objective standards. This proposal is consistent with State mandate.
BCHD HAD A PAID CONSULTANT AS CHAIR OF THE GPAC
Nick Biro was the Chair of GPAC and a $10,000 to $15,000 per month retained consultant of BCHD. Mr. Biro had both a GPAC obligation and a fiduciary taxpayer obligation via his BCHD to review all draft General Plan documents and provide comments timely.
THREE GPAC MEETINGS PUBLICIZED THE FAR PROPOSAL
March, August and September 2022 GPAC meetings and 2024 CEQA NOP for GP all included public notice of the P/I proposed 0.75 and 1.25 FAR.
The full content of each of the following html links is also entered into the formal record, in the same way as attached files would be under California law:
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/the-redondo-beach-general-plan-far-for-p-i-land-useis-appropriate-and-should-not-be-changed https://www.stopbchd.com/post/where-is-the-city-s-or-bchd-s-analysis-of-theproperty-value-damages-from-the-current-bchd-developme https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mileof-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update https://www.stopbchd.com/post/torrance-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mile-of-bchdcampus-is-65m https://www.stopbchd.com/post/stop-bchd-s-high-density-commercial-developmenton-public-zoned-land --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; Planredondo; Planning Redondo
Cc:
Subject: Fwd: Public Comments - P/I FAR in Draft General Plan Date: Sunday, March 31, 2024 1:59:19 PM
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The following comments to the Mayor, Council and General Plan are provided at the request of Ms. Biedenbender:
Dear Mayor, Council, Planning Commission, and General Plan Staff:
These comments are being filed at the request of the cc:d party on this email. Please add them to the record of the draft General Plan and the P/I FAR issue. Thank you.
KEEP P/I FAR AT 0.75 BASE AND 1.25 FOR LIMITED CITY OWNED PARCELS Back in early 2022, City staff along with the City Council were forced by a State law change to add rigor and pre-published standards to development in the City. One of the few land use/zonings with significant Planning Commission discretion was in the public sector.
For example, P-CF (Public – Community Facilities) zoning had only subjective standards on how much building could be crammed onto a P-CF zoned lot. The Planning Commission was free to allow only 1 story, or 10 stories. The Planning Commission could enforce an FAR (Floor Area Ratio) of 0.1 or 2.0. Essentially, there were no objective rules for P-CF development.
“A design standard that involves no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and are uniformly verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion available and knowable by both the development applicant or proponent and the public official prior to submittal.” (California Government Code, Section 65913.4)
As a result, the Council provided a base FAR of 0.75 for P/I public-institutional land use and allowed for a 1.25 FAR in certain areas of City owned property for public services development. This was merely a conformance with the change in State law and provided the required objective standards.
BCHD has elected to claim this is “spot zoning” and is a taking from the District. By law, that is not true. The prior flexibility used by the Planning Commission no longer meets State law. Furthermore, the Planning Commission was free under the prior Redondo Beach Code to issue BCHD an FAR of 0.5 for future development. That would have been completely compliant with City Code. So BCHD is actually better off with 0.75 than with subjective standards.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL WAS REPEATED MADE TO GPAC
City Staff and Council provided the FAR 0.75 base FAR and 1.25 limited FAR to the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) in March of 2022. The draft document was provided to the members and the public three times, in March, August and September. How it could be that few GPAC members bothered to review the draft document throughout 2022 is simply astounded. Some did, and they even filed comments.
IF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL IS NOT SUSTAINABLE, ROLL BACK P/I to 0.75 FAR
For the protection of the surrounding public, the City should roll back the FAR for P/I to 0.75 uniformly if it concludes that FAR 1.25 for specific Redondo Beach residenttaxpayer owned is indefensible on the grounds of benefits to residents of Redondo Beach.
BCHD PLANS TO PRIVATIZE P/I LAND USE THROUGH 95 YEAR CONTRACTS It's not at all clear that BCHD intends to use the P-CF zoning for PUBLIC use. It appears that BCHD plans to lease 3 acres to a 100% private entity for 95 years for commercial use. BCHD's estimates show that 80% of the use will be by nonresidents. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/only-bchd-preserve-public-space-byleasing-it-to-a-100-private-developer-for-95-years CURRENT P-CF INDUCED PROPERTY VALUE DAMAGES EXCEED $150M Consolidated property damage values from existing 0.72 FAR P-CF site on RB/Torrance border:
$97M Redondo Beach property value declines within 1/2-mile $65M Torrance property value declines within 1/2-mile
LOCAL REDONDO BEACH RESIDENTS SUFFER NEARLY $100M IN PROPERTY VALUE DECLINE WITHIN ½-MILE OF THE BCHD PARCEL AND HIGHER FAR
DEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE MORE DAMAGES
The property value decline ($97M) in Redondo Beach surrounding the 312,000 sf,
99.7% under 52-foot tall campus is estimated by econometric models and the dataset used by BCHD's MDS consultants for market analysis (purchased and licensed by StopBCHD).https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-losswithin-1-2-mile-of-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update The impact of being within 1/2-mile of BCHD campus has been estimated for Torrance residences, using the Redondo Beach model as a proxy. The property value damage from proximity to the 312,000 sf, 99.7% under 52-foot tall existing campus is $65M. Greater FARs and denser development will undoubtedly create larger losses for surrounding property values and property owners.
PCDR REQUIRES PROTECTION OF PROPERTY VALUES
The PCDR requires that new developments are subject to protecting property values.
The 0.72 FAR of BCHD site damages surrounding property by $100M. The current
0.75 proposed FAR will result in increased property value damage.
P/I LAND USE SHOULD BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF REDONDO BEACH
RESIDENTS
From a policy perspective, P/I land should be used primarily for the benefit of Redondo Beach residents. Based on BCHD's consultant's work, Kensington (P-CF zoned) likely services 80% non-residents on 3 acres of P/I land. The use of Redondo Beach public land is unsustainable if it is consumed for non-resident use.
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 80% to 95% DISTRICT NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 91% to 97% REDONDO NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD's HLC is supermajority benefit of non-residents
RCFE - BCHD's MDS consultant demonstrates 91% non-Redondo Beach resident tenants by zip code for the assisted living
PACE - BCHD's PACE will be 97% non-Redondo Beach resident enrollees. allcove - BCHD's allcove services LA County SPA8 (1.4M population) and is 95% non-Redondo Beach residents.
While the damages of P/I fall entirely to Redondo Beach, the benefits of BCHD proposed HLC accrue to 91% to 97% non-Redondo Beach residents.
Residents should NOT have damages to service NON-RESIDENTS on P/I land
CITY RESIDENT-TAXPAYER OWNED SITES SHOULD NOT REQUIRE PCDR REVIEW
Sites developed by the City of Redondo Beach for the majority benefit of residents should not require a PCDR process. They should be assumed compliant.
It should be explicitly stated that P/I land use should be for at least a majority benefit of the residents of Redondo Beach. The damages accrue 100% to Redondo Beach residents, therefore, they should receive a minimum level of a majority of benefits from the land use.
THE CURRENT P-CF BCHD SITE IS NON-CONFORMING WITH ITS CUP At least one P/I site, the BCHD campus, no longer has a hospital, therefore, "associated medical" are no long permitted uses. The can be allowed to remain until their natural sunset lifespans.
OBJECTIVE NUMERCAL FARS ARE REQUIRED
The State mandate for objective (not subjective) standards requires the city abandon the PCDR chosen FAR and it be replaced by objective standards. This proposal is consistent with State mandate.
BCHD HAD A PAID CONSULTANT AS CHAIR OF THE GPAC
Nick Biro was the Chair of GPAC and a $10,000 to $15,000 per month retained consultant of BCHD. Mr. Biro had both a GPAC obligation and a fiduciary taxpayer obligation via his BCHD to review all draft General Plan documents and provide comments timely.
THREE GPAC MEETINGS PUBLICIZED THE FAR PROPOSAL
March, August and September 2022 GPAC meetings and 2024 CEQA NOP for GP all included public notice of the P/I proposed 0.75 and 1.25 FAR.
The full content of each of the following html links is also entered into the formal record, in the same way as attached files would be under California law:
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/the-redondo-beach-general-plan-far-for-p-i-land-useis-appropriate-and-should-not-be-changed https://www.stopbchd.com/post/where-is-the-city-s-or-bchd-s-analysis-of-theproperty-value-damages-from-the-current-bchd-developme https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mileof-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update https://www.stopbchd.com/post/torrance-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mile-of-bchdcampus-is-65m https://www.stopbchd.com/post/stop-bchd-s-high-density-commercial-developmenton-public-zoned-land --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; Planredondo; Planning Redondo
Cc: joyce field
Subject: Fwd: Public Comments - P/I FAR in Draft General Plan Date: Sunday, March 31, 2024 2:01:28 PM
CAUTION: Email is from an external source; Stop, Look, and Think before opening attachments or links.
The following comment to the Mayor, City Council, and General Plan is provided at the request of the Fields.
Dear Mayor, Council, Planning Commission, and General Plan Staff:
These comments are being filed at the request of the cc:d party on this email. Please add them to the record of the draft General Plan and the P/I FAR issue. Thank you.
KEEP P/I FAR AT 0.75 BASE AND 1.25 FOR LIMITED CITY OWNED PARCELS Back in early 2022, City staff along with the City Council were forced by a State law change to add rigor and pre-published standards to development in the City. One of the few land use/zonings with significant Planning Commission discretion was in the public sector.
For example, P-CF (Public – Community Facilities) zoning had only subjective standards on how much building could be crammed onto a P-CF zoned lot. The Planning Commission was free to allow only 1 story, or 10 stories. The Planning Commission could enforce an FAR (Floor Area Ratio) of 0.1 or 2.0. Essentially, there were no objective rules for P-CF development.
“A design standard that involves no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and are uniformly verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion available and knowable by both the development applicant or proponent and the public official prior to submittal.” (California Government Code, Section 65913.4)
As a result, the Council provided a base FAR of 0.75 for P/I public-institutional land use and allowed for a 1.25 FAR in certain areas of City owned property for public services development. This was merely a conformance with the change in State law and provided the required objective standards.
BCHD has elected to claim this is “spot zoning” and is a taking from the District. By law, that is not true. The prior flexibility used by the Planning Commission no longer meets State law. Furthermore, the Planning Commission was free under the prior Redondo Beach Code to issue BCHD an FAR of 0.5 for future development. That would have been completely compliant with City Code. So BCHD is actually better off with 0.75 than with subjective standards.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL WAS REPEATED MADE TO GPAC
City Staff and Council provided the FAR 0.75 base FAR and 1.25 limited FAR to the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) in March of 2022. The draft document was provided to the members and the public three times, in March, August and September. How it could be that few GPAC members bothered to review the draft document throughout 2022 is simply astounded. Some did, and they even filed comments.
IF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL IS NOT SUSTAINABLE, ROLL BACK P/I to 0.75 FAR
For the protection of the surrounding public, the City should roll back the FAR for P/I to 0.75 uniformly if it concludes that FAR 1.25 for specific Redondo Beach residenttaxpayer owned is indefensible on the grounds of benefits to residents of Redondo Beach.
BCHD PLANS TO PRIVATIZE P/I LAND USE THROUGH 95 YEAR CONTRACTS It's not at all clear that BCHD intends to use the P-CF zoning for PUBLIC use. It appears that BCHD plans to lease 3 acres to a 100% private entity for 95 years for commercial use. BCHD's estimates show that 80% of the use will be by nonresidents. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/only-bchd-preserve-public-space-byleasing-it-to-a-100-private-developer-for-95-years CURRENT P-CF INDUCED PROPERTY VALUE DAMAGES EXCEED $150M Consolidated property damage values from existing 0.72 FAR P-CF site on RB/Torrance border:
$97M Redondo Beach property value declines within 1/2-mile $65M Torrance property value declines within 1/2-mile
LOCAL REDONDO BEACH RESIDENTS SUFFER NEARLY $100M IN PROPERTY VALUE DECLINE WITHIN ½-MILE OF THE BCHD PARCEL AND HIGHER FAR
DEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE MORE DAMAGES
The property value decline ($97M) in Redondo Beach surrounding the 312,000 sf,
99.7% under 52-foot tall campus is estimated by econometric models and the dataset used by BCHD's MDS consultants for market analysis (purchased and licensed by StopBCHD).https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-losswithin-1-2-mile-of-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update The impact of being within 1/2-mile of BCHD campus has been estimated for Torrance residences, using the Redondo Beach model as a proxy. The property value damage from proximity to the 312,000 sf, 99.7% under 52-foot tall existing campus is $65M. Greater FARs and denser development will undoubtedly create larger losses for surrounding property values and property owners.
PCDR REQUIRES PROTECTION OF PROPERTY VALUES
The PCDR requires that new developments are subject to protecting property values.
The 0.72 FAR of BCHD site damages surrounding property by $100M. The current
0.75 proposed FAR will result in increased property value damage.
P/I LAND USE SHOULD BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF REDONDO BEACH
RESIDENTS
From a policy perspective, P/I land should be used primarily for the benefit of Redondo Beach residents. Based on BCHD's consultant's work, Kensington (P-CF zoned) likely services 80% non-residents on 3 acres of P/I land. The use of Redondo Beach public land is unsustainable if it is consumed for non-resident use.
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 80% to 95% DISTRICT NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 91% to 97% REDONDO NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD's HLC is supermajority benefit of non-residents
RCFE - BCHD's MDS consultant demonstrates 91% non-Redondo Beach resident tenants by zip code for the assisted living
PACE - BCHD's PACE will be 97% non-Redondo Beach resident enrollees. allcove - BCHD's allcove services LA County SPA8 (1.4M population) and is 95% non-Redondo Beach residents.
While the damages of P/I fall entirely to Redondo Beach, the benefits of BCHD proposed HLC accrue to 91% to 97% non-Redondo Beach residents.
Residents should NOT have damages to service NON-RESIDENTS on P/I land
CITY RESIDENT-TAXPAYER OWNED SITES SHOULD NOT REQUIRE PCDR REVIEW
Sites developed by the City of Redondo Beach for the majority benefit of residents should not require a PCDR process. They should be assumed compliant.
It should be explicitly stated that P/I land use should be for at least a majority benefit of the residents of Redondo Beach. The damages accrue 100% to Redondo Beach residents, therefore, they should receive a minimum level of a majority of benefits from the land use.
THE CURRENT P-CF BCHD SITE IS NON-CONFORMING WITH ITS CUP At least one P/I site, the BCHD campus, no longer has a hospital, therefore, "associated medical" are no long permitted uses. The can be allowed to remain until their natural sunset lifespans.
OBJECTIVE NUMERCAL FARS ARE REQUIRED
The State mandate for objective (not subjective) standards requires the city abandon the PCDR chosen FAR and it be replaced by objective standards. This proposal is consistent with State mandate.
BCHD HAD A PAID CONSULTANT AS CHAIR OF THE GPAC
Nick Biro was the Chair of GPAC and a $10,000 to $15,000 per month retained consultant of BCHD. Mr. Biro had both a GPAC obligation and a fiduciary taxpayer obligation via his BCHD to review all draft General Plan documents and provide comments timely.
THREE GPAC MEETINGS PUBLICIZED THE FAR PROPOSAL
March, August and September 2022 GPAC meetings and 2024 CEQA NOP for GP all included public notice of the P/I proposed 0.75 and 1.25 FAR.
The full content of each of the following html links is also entered into the formal record, in the same way as attached files would be under California law:
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/the-redondo-beach-general-plan-far-for-p-i-land-useis-appropriate-and-should-not-be-changed https://www.stopbchd.com/post/where-is-the-city-s-or-bchd-s-analysis-of-theproperty-value-damages-from-the-current-bchd-developme https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mileof-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update https://www.stopbchd.com/post/torrance-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mile-of-bchdcampus-is-65m https://www.stopbchd.com/post/stop-bchd-s-high-density-commercial-developmenton-public-zoned-land --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; Planredondo; Planning Redondo
Cc:
Subject: Fwd: Public Comments - P/I FAR in Draft General Plan Date: Sunday, March 31, 2024 2:04:03 PM
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The following public comment is provided to the Mayor, Council and General Plan at the request of Ms. Pavlin:
Dear Mayor, Council, Planning Commission, and General Plan Staff:
These comments are being filed at the request of the cc:d party on this email. Please add them to the record of the draft General Plan and the P/I FAR issue. Thank you.
KEEP P/I FAR AT 0.75 BASE AND 1.25 FOR LIMITED CITY OWNED PARCELS Back in early 2022, City staff along with the City Council were forced by a State law change to add rigor and pre-published standards to development in the City. One of the few land use/zonings with significant Planning Commission discretion was in the public sector.
For example, P-CF (Public – Community Facilities) zoning had only subjective standards on how much building could be crammed onto a P-CF zoned lot. The Planning Commission was free to allow only 1 story, or 10 stories. The Planning Commission could enforce an FAR (Floor Area Ratio) of 0.1 or 2.0. Essentially, there were no objective rules for P-CF development.
“A design standard that involves no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and are uniformly verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion available and knowable by both the development applicant or proponent and the public official prior to submittal.” (California Government Code, Section 65913.4)
As a result, the Council provided a base FAR of 0.75 for P/I public-institutional land use and allowed for a 1.25 FAR in certain areas of City owned property for public services development. This was merely a conformance with the change in State law and provided the required objective standards.
BCHD has elected to claim this is “spot zoning” and is a taking from the District. By law, that is not true. The prior flexibility used by the Planning Commission no longer meets State law. Furthermore, the Planning Commission was free under the prior Redondo Beach Code to issue BCHD an FAR of 0.5 for future development. That would have been completely compliant with City Code. So BCHD is actually better off with 0.75 than with subjective standards.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL WAS REPEATED MADE TO GPAC
City Staff and Council provided the FAR 0.75 base FAR and 1.25 limited FAR to the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) in March of 2022. The draft document was provided to the members and the public three times, in March, August and September. How it could be that few GPAC members bothered to review the draft document throughout 2022 is simply astounded. Some did, and they even filed comments.
IF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL IS NOT SUSTAINABLE, ROLL BACK P/I to 0.75 FAR
For the protection of the surrounding public, the City should roll back the FAR for P/I to 0.75 uniformly if it concludes that FAR 1.25 for specific Redondo Beach residenttaxpayer owned is indefensible on the grounds of benefits to residents of Redondo Beach.
BCHD PLANS TO PRIVATIZE P/I LAND USE THROUGH 95 YEAR CONTRACTS It's not at all clear that BCHD intends to use the P-CF zoning for PUBLIC use. It appears that BCHD plans to lease 3 acres to a 100% private entity for 95 years for commercial use. BCHD's estimates show that 80% of the use will be by nonresidents. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/only-bchd-preserve-public-space-byleasing-it-to-a-100-private-developer-for-95-years CURRENT P-CF INDUCED PROPERTY VALUE DAMAGES EXCEED $150M Consolidated property damage values from existing 0.72 FAR P-CF site on RB/Torrance border:
$97M Redondo Beach property value declines within 1/2-mile $65M Torrance property value declines within 1/2-mile
LOCAL REDONDO BEACH RESIDENTS SUFFER NEARLY $100M IN PROPERTY VALUE DECLINE WITHIN ½-MILE OF THE BCHD PARCEL AND HIGHER FAR
DEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE MORE DAMAGES
The property value decline ($97M) in Redondo Beach surrounding the 312,000 sf,
99.7% under 52-foot tall campus is estimated by econometric models and the dataset used by BCHD's MDS consultants for market analysis (purchased and licensed by StopBCHD).https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-losswithin-1-2-mile-of-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update The impact of being within 1/2-mile of BCHD campus has been estimated for Torrance residences, using the Redondo Beach model as a proxy. The property value damage from proximity to the 312,000 sf, 99.7% under 52-foot tall existing campus is $65M. Greater FARs and denser development will undoubtedly create larger losses for surrounding property values and property owners.
PCDR REQUIRES PROTECTION OF PROPERTY VALUES
The PCDR requires that new developments are subject to protecting property values.
The 0.72 FAR of BCHD site damages surrounding property by $100M. The current
0.75 proposed FAR will result in increased property value damage.
P/I LAND USE SHOULD BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF REDONDO BEACH
RESIDENTS
From a policy perspective, P/I land should be used primarily for the benefit of Redondo Beach residents. Based on BCHD's consultant's work, Kensington (P-CF zoned) likely services 80% non-residents on 3 acres of P/I land. The use of Redondo Beach public land is unsustainable if it is consumed for non-resident use.
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 80% to 95% DISTRICT NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 91% to 97% REDONDO NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD's HLC is supermajority benefit of non-residents
RCFE - BCHD's MDS consultant demonstrates 91% non-Redondo Beach resident tenants by zip code for the assisted living
PACE - BCHD's PACE will be 97% non-Redondo Beach resident enrollees. allcove - BCHD's allcove services LA County SPA8 (1.4M population) and is 95% non-Redondo Beach residents.
While the damages of P/I fall entirely to Redondo Beach, the benefits of BCHD proposed HLC accrue to 91% to 97% non-Redondo Beach residents.
Residents should NOT have damages to service NON-RESIDENTS on P/I land
CITY RESIDENT-TAXPAYER OWNED SITES SHOULD NOT REQUIRE PCDR REVIEW
Sites developed by the City of Redondo Beach for the majority benefit of residents should not require a PCDR process. They should be assumed compliant.
It should be explicitly stated that P/I land use should be for at least a majority benefit of the residents of Redondo Beach. The damages accrue 100% to Redondo Beach residents, therefore, they should receive a minimum level of a majority of benefits from the land use.
THE CURRENT P-CF BCHD SITE IS NON-CONFORMING WITH ITS CUP At least one P/I site, the BCHD campus, no longer has a hospital, therefore, "associated medical" are no long permitted uses. The can be allowed to remain until their natural sunset lifespans.
OBJECTIVE NUMERCAL FARS ARE REQUIRED
The State mandate for objective (not subjective) standards requires the city abandon the PCDR chosen FAR and it be replaced by objective standards. This proposal is consistent with State mandate.
BCHD HAD A PAID CONSULTANT AS CHAIR OF THE GPAC
Nick Biro was the Chair of GPAC and a $10,000 to $15,000 per month retained consultant of BCHD. Mr. Biro had both a GPAC obligation and a fiduciary taxpayer obligation via his BCHD to review all draft General Plan documents and provide comments timely.
THREE GPAC MEETINGS PUBLICIZED THE FAR PROPOSAL
March, August and September 2022 GPAC meetings and 2024 CEQA NOP for GP all included public notice of the P/I proposed 0.75 and 1.25 FAR.
The full content of each of the following html links is also entered into the formal record, in the same way as attached files would be under California law:
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/the-redondo-beach-general-plan-far-for-p-i-land-useis-appropriate-and-should-not-be-changed https://www.stopbchd.com/post/where-is-the-city-s-or-bchd-s-analysis-of-theproperty-value-damages-from-the-current-bchd-developme https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mileof-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update https://www.stopbchd.com/post/torrance-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mile-of-bchdcampus-is-65m https://www.stopbchd.com/post/stop-bchd-s-high-density-commercial-developmenton-public-zoned-land --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; Planredondo; Planning Redondo
Cc: BARRY SINSHEIMER
Subject: Fwd: Public Comments - P/I FAR in Draft General Plan Date: Sunday, March 31, 2024 2:14:09 PM
CAUTION: Email is from an external source; Stop, Look, and Think before opening attachments or links.
This public comment to the Mayor, Council and General Plan was requested by the Sinsheimers:
Dear Mayor, Council, Planning Commission, and General Plan Staff:
These comments are being filed at the request of the cc:d party on this email. Please add them to the record of the draft General Plan and the P/I FAR issue. Thank you.
KEEP P/I FAR AT 0.75 BASE AND 1.25 FOR LIMITED CITY OWNED PARCELS Back in early 2022, City staff along with the City Council were forced by a State law change to add rigor and pre-published standards to development in the City. One of the few land use/zonings with significant Planning Commission discretion was in the public sector.
For example, P-CF (Public – Community Facilities) zoning had only subjective standards on how much building could be crammed onto a P-CF zoned lot. The Planning Commission was free to allow only 1 story, or 10 stories. The Planning Commission could enforce an FAR (Floor Area Ratio) of 0.1 or 2.0. Essentially, there were no objective rules for P-CF development.
“A design standard that involves no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and are uniformly verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion available and knowable by both the development applicant or proponent and the public official prior to submittal.” (California Government Code, Section 65913.4)
As a result, the Council provided a base FAR of 0.75 for P/I public-institutional land use and allowed for a 1.25 FAR in certain areas of City owned property for public services development. This was merely a conformance with the change in State law and provided the required objective standards.
BCHD has elected to claim this is “spot zoning” and is a taking from the District. By law, that is not true. The prior flexibility used by the Planning Commission no longer meets State law. Furthermore, the Planning Commission was free under the prior Redondo Beach Code to issue BCHD an FAR of 0.5 for future development. That would have been completely compliant with City Code. So BCHD is actually better off with 0.75 than with subjective standards.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL WAS REPEATED MADE TO GPAC
City Staff and Council provided the FAR 0.75 base FAR and 1.25 limited FAR to the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) in March of 2022. The draft document was provided to the members and the public three times, in March, August and September. How it could be that few GPAC members bothered to review the draft document throughout 2022 is simply astounded. Some did, and they even filed comments.
IF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL IS NOT SUSTAINABLE, ROLL BACK P/I to 0.75 FAR
For the protection of the surrounding public, the City should roll back the FAR for P/I to 0.75 uniformly if it concludes that FAR 1.25 for specific Redondo Beach residenttaxpayer owned is indefensible on the grounds of benefits to residents of Redondo Beach.
BCHD PLANS TO PRIVATIZE P/I LAND USE THROUGH 95 YEAR CONTRACTS It's not at all clear that BCHD intends to use the P-CF zoning for PUBLIC use. It appears that BCHD plans to lease 3 acres to a 100% private entity for 95 years for commercial use. BCHD's estimates show that 80% of the use will be by nonresidents. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/only-bchd-preserve-public-space-byleasing-it-to-a-100-private-developer-for-95-years CURRENT P-CF INDUCED PROPERTY VALUE DAMAGES EXCEED $150M Consolidated property damage values from existing 0.72 FAR P-CF site on RB/Torrance border:
$97M Redondo Beach property value declines within 1/2-mile $65M Torrance property value declines within 1/2-mile
LOCAL REDONDO BEACH RESIDENTS SUFFER NEARLY $100M IN PROPERTY VALUE DECLINE WITHIN ½-MILE OF THE BCHD PARCEL AND HIGHER FAR
DEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE MORE DAMAGES
The property value decline ($97M) in Redondo Beach surrounding the 312,000 sf,
99.7% under 52-foot tall campus is estimated by econometric models and the dataset used by BCHD's MDS consultants for market analysis (purchased and licensed by StopBCHD).https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-losswithin-1-2-mile-of-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update The impact of being within 1/2-mile of BCHD campus has been estimated for Torrance residences, using the Redondo Beach model as a proxy. The property value damage from proximity to the 312,000 sf, 99.7% under 52-foot tall existing campus is $65M. Greater FARs and denser development will undoubtedly create larger losses for surrounding property values and property owners.
PCDR REQUIRES PROTECTION OF PROPERTY VALUES
The PCDR requires that new developments are subject to protecting property values.
The 0.72 FAR of BCHD site damages surrounding property by $100M. The current
0.75 proposed FAR will result in increased property value damage.
P/I LAND USE SHOULD BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF REDONDO BEACH
RESIDENTS
From a policy perspective, P/I land should be used primarily for the benefit of Redondo Beach residents. Based on BCHD's consultant's work, Kensington (P-CF zoned) likely services 80% non-residents on 3 acres of P/I land. The use of Redondo Beach public land is unsustainable if it is consumed for non-resident use.
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 80% to 95% DISTRICT NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 91% to 97% REDONDO NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD's HLC is supermajority benefit of non-residents
RCFE - BCHD's MDS consultant demonstrates 91% non-Redondo Beach resident tenants by zip code for the assisted living
PACE - BCHD's PACE will be 97% non-Redondo Beach resident enrollees. allcove - BCHD's allcove services LA County SPA8 (1.4M population) and is 95% non-Redondo Beach residents.
While the damages of P/I fall entirely to Redondo Beach, the benefits of BCHD proposed HLC accrue to 91% to 97% non-Redondo Beach residents.
Residents should NOT have damages to service NON-RESIDENTS on P/I land
CITY RESIDENT-TAXPAYER OWNED SITES SHOULD NOT REQUIRE PCDR REVIEW
Sites developed by the City of Redondo Beach for the majority benefit of residents should not require a PCDR process. They should be assumed compliant.
It should be explicitly stated that P/I land use should be for at least a majority benefit of the residents of Redondo Beach. The damages accrue 100% to Redondo Beach residents, therefore, they should receive a minimum level of a majority of benefits from the land use.
THE CURRENT P-CF BCHD SITE IS NON-CONFORMING WITH ITS CUP At least one P/I site, the BCHD campus, no longer has a hospital, therefore, "associated medical" are no long permitted uses. The can be allowed to remain until their natural sunset lifespans.
OBJECTIVE NUMERCAL FARS ARE REQUIRED
The State mandate for objective (not subjective) standards requires the city abandon the PCDR chosen FAR and it be replaced by objective standards. This proposal is consistent with State mandate.
BCHD HAD A PAID CONSULTANT AS CHAIR OF THE GPAC
Nick Biro was the Chair of GPAC and a $10,000 to $15,000 per month retained consultant of BCHD. Mr. Biro had both a GPAC obligation and a fiduciary taxpayer obligation via his BCHD to review all draft General Plan documents and provide comments timely.
THREE GPAC MEETINGS PUBLICIZED THE FAR PROPOSAL
March, August and September 2022 GPAC meetings and 2024 CEQA NOP for GP all included public notice of the P/I proposed 0.75 and 1.25 FAR.
The full content of each of the following html links is also entered into the formal record, in the same way as attached files would be under California law:
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/the-redondo-beach-general-plan-far-for-p-i-land-useis-appropriate-and-should-not-be-changed https://www.stopbchd.com/post/where-is-the-city-s-or-bchd-s-analysis-of-theproperty-value-damages-from-the-current-bchd-developme https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mileof-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update https://www.stopbchd.com/post/torrance-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mile-of-bchdcampus-is-65m https://www.stopbchd.com/post/stop-bchd-s-high-density-commercial-developmenton-public-zoned-land --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; Planning Redondo; Planredondo
Cc:
Subject: Fwd: Public Comments - P/I FAR in Draft General Plan Date: Sunday, March 31, 2024 2:17:13 PM
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The following public comments to the Mayor, City Council and General Plan were provided at the request of Mr. Paquette:
Dear Mayor, Council, Planning Commission, and General Plan Staff:
These comments are being filed at the request of the cc:d party on this email. Please add them to the record of the draft General Plan and the P/I FAR issue. Thank you.
KEEP P/I FAR AT 0.75 BASE AND 1.25 FOR LIMITED CITY OWNED PARCELS Back in early 2022, City staff along with the City Council were forced by a State law change to add rigor and pre-published standards to development in the City. One of the few land use/zonings with significant Planning Commission discretion was in the public sector.
For example, P-CF (Public – Community Facilities) zoning had only subjective standards on how much building could be crammed onto a P-CF zoned lot. The Planning Commission was free to allow only 1 story, or 10 stories. The Planning Commission could enforce an FAR (Floor Area Ratio) of 0.1 or 2.0. Essentially, there were no objective rules for P-CF development.
“A design standard that involves no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and are uniformly verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion available and knowable by both the development applicant or proponent and the public official prior to submittal.” (California Government Code, Section 65913.4)
As a result, the Council provided a base FAR of 0.75 for P/I public-institutional land use and allowed for a 1.25 FAR in certain areas of City owned property for public services development. This was merely a conformance with the change in State law and provided the required objective standards.
BCHD has elected to claim this is “spot zoning” and is a taking from the District. By law, that is not true. The prior flexibility used by the Planning Commission no longer meets State law. Furthermore, the Planning Commission was free under the prior Redondo Beach Code to issue BCHD an FAR of 0.5 for future development. That would have been completely compliant with City Code. So BCHD is actually better off with 0.75 than with subjective standards.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL WAS REPEATED MADE TO GPAC
City Staff and Council provided the FAR 0.75 base FAR and 1.25 limited FAR to the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) in March of 2022. The draft document was provided to the members and the public three times, in March, August and September. How it could be that few GPAC members bothered to review the draft document throughout 2022 is simply astounded. Some did, and they even filed comments.
IF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL IS NOT SUSTAINABLE, ROLL BACK P/I to 0.75 FAR
For the protection of the surrounding public, the City should roll back the FAR for P/I to 0.75 uniformly if it concludes that FAR 1.25 for specific Redondo Beach residenttaxpayer owned is indefensible on the grounds of benefits to residents of Redondo Beach.
BCHD PLANS TO PRIVATIZE P/I LAND USE THROUGH 95 YEAR CONTRACTS It's not at all clear that BCHD intends to use the P-CF zoning for PUBLIC use. It appears that BCHD plans to lease 3 acres to a 100% private entity for 95 years for commercial use. BCHD's estimates show that 80% of the use will be by nonresidents. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/only-bchd-preserve-public-space-byleasing-it-to-a-100-private-developer-for-95-years CURRENT P-CF INDUCED PROPERTY VALUE DAMAGES EXCEED $150M Consolidated property damage values from existing 0.72 FAR P-CF site on RB/Torrance border:
$97M Redondo Beach property value declines within 1/2-mile $65M Torrance property value declines within 1/2-mile
LOCAL REDONDO BEACH RESIDENTS SUFFER NEARLY $100M IN PROPERTY VALUE DECLINE WITHIN ½-MILE OF THE BCHD PARCEL AND HIGHER FAR
DEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE MORE DAMAGES
The property value decline ($97M) in Redondo Beach surrounding the 312,000 sf,
99.7% under 52-foot tall campus is estimated by econometric models and the dataset used by BCHD's MDS consultants for market analysis (purchased and licensed by StopBCHD).https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-losswithin-1-2-mile-of-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update The impact of being within 1/2-mile of BCHD campus has been estimated for Torrance residences, using the Redondo Beach model as a proxy. The property value damage from proximity to the 312,000 sf, 99.7% under 52-foot tall existing campus is $65M. Greater FARs and denser development will undoubtedly create larger losses for surrounding property values and property owners.
PCDR REQUIRES PROTECTION OF PROPERTY VALUES
The PCDR requires that new developments are subject to protecting property values.
The 0.72 FAR of BCHD site damages surrounding property by $100M. The current
0.75 proposed FAR will result in increased property value damage.
P/I LAND USE SHOULD BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF REDONDO BEACH
RESIDENTS
From a policy perspective, P/I land should be used primarily for the benefit of Redondo Beach residents. Based on BCHD's consultant's work, Kensington (P-CF zoned) likely services 80% non-residents on 3 acres of P/I land. The use of Redondo Beach public land is unsustainable if it is consumed for non-resident use.
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 80% to 95% DISTRICT NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 91% to 97% REDONDO NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD's HLC is supermajority benefit of non-residents
RCFE - BCHD's MDS consultant demonstrates 91% non-Redondo Beach resident tenants by zip code for the assisted living
PACE - BCHD's PACE will be 97% non-Redondo Beach resident enrollees. allcove - BCHD's allcove services LA County SPA8 (1.4M population) and is 95% non-Redondo Beach residents.
While the damages of P/I fall entirely to Redondo Beach, the benefits of BCHD proposed HLC accrue to 91% to 97% non-Redondo Beach residents.
Residents should NOT have damages to service NON-RESIDENTS on P/I land
CITY RESIDENT-TAXPAYER OWNED SITES SHOULD NOT REQUIRE PCDR REVIEW
Sites developed by the City of Redondo Beach for the majority benefit of residents should not require a PCDR process. They should be assumed compliant.
It should be explicitly stated that P/I land use should be for at least a majority benefit of the residents of Redondo Beach. The damages accrue 100% to Redondo Beach residents, therefore, they should receive a minimum level of a majority of benefits from the land use.
THE CURRENT P-CF BCHD SITE IS NON-CONFORMING WITH ITS CUP At least one P/I site, the BCHD campus, no longer has a hospital, therefore, "associated medical" are no long permitted uses. The can be allowed to remain until their natural sunset lifespans.
OBJECTIVE NUMERCAL FARS ARE REQUIRED
The State mandate for objective (not subjective) standards requires the city abandon the PCDR chosen FAR and it be replaced by objective standards. This proposal is consistent with State mandate.
BCHD HAD A PAID CONSULTANT AS CHAIR OF THE GPAC
Nick Biro was the Chair of GPAC and a $10,000 to $15,000 per month retained consultant of BCHD. Mr. Biro had both a GPAC obligation and a fiduciary taxpayer obligation via his BCHD to review all draft General Plan documents and provide comments timely.
THREE GPAC MEETINGS PUBLICIZED THE FAR PROPOSAL
March, August and September 2022 GPAC meetings and 2024 CEQA NOP for GP all included public notice of the P/I proposed 0.75 and 1.25 FAR.
The full content of each of the following html links is also entered into the formal record, in the same way as attached files would be under California law:
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/the-redondo-beach-general-plan-far-for-p-i-land-useis-appropriate-and-should-not-be-changed https://www.stopbchd.com/post/where-is-the-city-s-or-bchd-s-analysis-of-theproperty-value-damages-from-the-current-bchd-developme https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mileof-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update https://www.stopbchd.com/post/torrance-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mile-of-bchdcampus-is-65m https://www.stopbchd.com/post/stop-bchd-s-high-density-commercial-developmenton-public-zoned-land --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; Planredondo; Planning Redondo
Cc:
Subject: Fwd: Public Comments - P/I FAR in Draft General Plan Date: Sunday, March 31, 2024 5:11:36 PM
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The comments below for the Mayor, Council, and General Plan Staff were requested by Edward Box and are below:
Dear Mayor, Council, Planning Commission, and General Plan Staff:
These comments are being filed at the request of the cc:d party on this email. Please add them to the record of the draft General Plan and the P/I FAR issue. Thank you.
KEEP P/I FAR AT 0.75 BASE AND 1.25 FOR LIMITED CITY OWNED PARCELS Back in early 2022, City staff along with the City Council were forced by a State law change to add rigor and pre-published standards to development in the City. One of the few land use/zonings with significant Planning Commission discretion was in the public sector.
For example, P-CF (Public – Community Facilities) zoning had only subjective standards on how much building could be crammed onto a P-CF zoned lot. The Planning Commission was free to allow only 1 story, or 10 stories. The Planning Commission could enforce an FAR (Floor Area Ratio) of 0.1 or 2.0. Essentially, there were no objective rules for P-CF development.
“A design standard that involves no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and are uniformly verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion available and knowable by both the development applicant or proponent and the public official prior to submittal.” (California Government Code, Section 65913.4)
As a result, the Council provided a base FAR of 0.75 for P/I public-institutional land use and allowed for a 1.25 FAR in certain areas of City owned property for public services development. This was merely a conformance with the change in State law and provided the required objective standards.
BCHD has elected to claim this is “spot zoning” and is a taking from the District. By law, that is not true. The prior flexibility used by the Planning Commission no longer meets State law. Furthermore, the Planning Commission was free under the prior Redondo Beach Code to issue BCHD an FAR of 0.5 for future development. That would have been completely compliant with City Code. So BCHD is actually better off with 0.75 than with subjective standards.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL WAS REPEATED MADE TO GPAC
City Staff and Council provided the FAR 0.75 base FAR and 1.25 limited FAR to the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) in March of 2022. The draft document was provided to the members and the public three times, in March, August and September. How it could be that few GPAC members bothered to review the draft document throughout 2022 is simply astounded. Some did, and they even filed comments.
IF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL IS NOT SUSTAINABLE, ROLL BACK P/I to 0.75 FAR
For the protection of the surrounding public, the City should roll back the FAR for P/I to 0.75 uniformly if it concludes that FAR 1.25 for specific Redondo Beach residenttaxpayer owned is indefensible on the grounds of benefits to residents of Redondo Beach.
BCHD PLANS TO PRIVATIZE P/I LAND USE THROUGH 95 YEAR CONTRACTS It's not at all clear that BCHD intends to use the P-CF zoning for PUBLIC use. It appears that BCHD plans to lease 3 acres to a 100% private entity for 95 years for commercial use. BCHD's estimates show that 80% of the use will be by nonresidents. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/only-bchd-preserve-public-space-byleasing-it-to-a-100-private-developer-for-95-years CURRENT P-CF INDUCED PROPERTY VALUE DAMAGES EXCEED $150M Consolidated property damage values from existing 0.72 FAR P-CF site on RB/Torrance border:
$97M Redondo Beach property value declines within 1/2-mile $65M Torrance property value declines within 1/2-mile
LOCAL REDONDO BEACH RESIDENTS SUFFER NEARLY $100M IN PROPERTY VALUE DECLINE WITHIN ½-MILE OF THE BCHD PARCEL AND HIGHER FAR
DEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE MORE DAMAGES
The property value decline ($97M) in Redondo Beach surrounding the 312,000 sf,
99.7% under 52-foot tall campus is estimated by econometric models and the dataset used by BCHD's MDS consultants for market analysis (purchased and licensed by StopBCHD).https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-losswithin-1-2-mile-of-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update The impact of being within 1/2-mile of BCHD campus has been estimated for Torrance residences, using the Redondo Beach model as a proxy. The property value damage from proximity to the 312,000 sf, 99.7% under 52-foot tall existing campus is $65M. Greater FARs and denser development will undoubtedly create larger losses for surrounding property values and property owners.
PCDR REQUIRES PROTECTION OF PROPERTY VALUES
The PCDR requires that new developments are subject to protecting property values.
The 0.72 FAR of BCHD site damages surrounding property by $100M. The current
0.75 proposed FAR will result in increased property value damage.
P/I LAND USE SHOULD BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF REDONDO BEACH
RESIDENTS
From a policy perspective, P/I land should be used primarily for the benefit of Redondo Beach residents. Based on BCHD's consultant's work, Kensington (P-CF zoned) likely services 80% non-residents on 3 acres of P/I land. The use of Redondo Beach public land is unsustainable if it is consumed for non-resident use.
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 80% to 95% DISTRICT NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 91% to 97% REDONDO NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD's HLC is supermajority benefit of non-residents
RCFE - BCHD's MDS consultant demonstrates 91% non-Redondo Beach resident tenants by zip code for the assisted living
PACE - BCHD's PACE will be 97% non-Redondo Beach resident enrollees. allcove - BCHD's allcove services LA County SPA8 (1.4M population) and is 95% non-Redondo Beach residents.
While the damages of P/I fall entirely to Redondo Beach, the benefits of BCHD proposed HLC accrue to 91% to 97% non-Redondo Beach residents.
Residents should NOT have damages to service NON-RESIDENTS on P/I land
CITY RESIDENT-TAXPAYER OWNED SITES SHOULD NOT REQUIRE PCDR REVIEW
Sites developed by the City of Redondo Beach for the majority benefit of residents should not require a PCDR process. They should be assumed compliant.
It should be explicitly stated that P/I land use should be for at least a majority benefit of the residents of Redondo Beach. The damages accrue 100% to Redondo Beach residents, therefore, they should receive a minimum level of a majority of benefits from the land use.
THE CURRENT P-CF BCHD SITE IS NON-CONFORMING WITH ITS CUP At least one P/I site, the BCHD campus, no longer has a hospital, therefore, "associated medical" are no long permitted uses. The can be allowed to remain until their natural sunset lifespans.
OBJECTIVE NUMERCAL FARS ARE REQUIRED
The State mandate for objective (not subjective) standards requires the city abandon the PCDR chosen FAR and it be replaced by objective standards. This proposal is consistent with State mandate.
BCHD HAD A PAID CONSULTANT AS CHAIR OF THE GPAC
Nick Biro was the Chair of GPAC and a $10,000 to $15,000 per month retained consultant of BCHD. Mr. Biro had both a GPAC obligation and a fiduciary taxpayer obligation via his BCHD to review all draft General Plan documents and provide comments timely.
THREE GPAC MEETINGS PUBLICIZED THE FAR PROPOSAL
March, August and September 2022 GPAC meetings and 2024 CEQA NOP for GP all included public notice of the P/I proposed 0.75 and 1.25 FAR.
The full content of each of the following html links is also entered into the formal record, in the same way as attached files would be under California law:
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/the-redondo-beach-general-plan-far-for-p-i-land-useis-appropriate-and-should-not-be-changed https://www.stopbchd.com/post/where-is-the-city-s-or-bchd-s-analysis-of-theproperty-value-damages-from-the-current-bchd-developme https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mileof-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update https://www.stopbchd.com/post/torrance-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mile-of-bchdcampus-is-65m https://www.stopbchd.com/post/stop-bchd-s-high-density-commercial-developmenton-public-zoned-land --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; Planredondo; Planning Redondo
Cc:
Subject: Fwd: Public Comments - P/I FAR in Draft General Plan Date: Sunday, March 31, 2024 5:14:17 PM
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The comments below were requested to be delivered to the Mayor, Council and Plan Redondo Staff by Ms. McLeod.
Dear Mayor, Council, Planning Commission, and General Plan Staff:
These comments are being filed at the request of the cc:d party on this email. Please add them to the record of the draft General Plan and the P/I FAR issue. Thank you.
KEEP P/I FAR AT 0.75 BASE AND 1.25 FOR LIMITED CITY OWNED PARCELS Back in early 2022, City staff along with the City Council were forced by a State law change to add rigor and pre-published standards to development in the City. One of the few land use/zonings with significant Planning Commission discretion was in the public sector.
For example, P-CF (Public – Community Facilities) zoning had only subjective standards on how much building could be crammed onto a P-CF zoned lot. The Planning Commission was free to allow only 1 story, or 10 stories. The Planning Commission could enforce an FAR (Floor Area Ratio) of 0.1 or 2.0. Essentially, there were no objective rules for P-CF development.
“A design standard that involves no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and are uniformly verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion available and knowable by both the development applicant or proponent and the public official prior to submittal.” (California Government Code, Section 65913.4)
As a result, the Council provided a base FAR of 0.75 for P/I public-institutional land use and allowed for a 1.25 FAR in certain areas of City owned property for public services development. This was merely a conformance with the change in State law and provided the required objective standards.
BCHD has elected to claim this is “spot zoning” and is a taking from the District. By law, that is not true. The prior flexibility used by the Planning Commission no longer meets State law. Furthermore, the Planning Commission was free under the prior Redondo Beach Code to issue BCHD an FAR of 0.5 for future development. That would have been completely compliant with City Code. So BCHD is actually better off with 0.75 than with subjective standards.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL WAS REPEATED MADE TO GPAC
City Staff and Council provided the FAR 0.75 base FAR and 1.25 limited FAR to the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) in March of 2022. The draft document was provided to the members and the public three times, in March, August and September. How it could be that few GPAC members bothered to review the draft document throughout 2022 is simply astounded. Some did, and they even filed comments.
IF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL IS NOT SUSTAINABLE, ROLL BACK P/I to 0.75 FAR
For the protection of the surrounding public, the City should roll back the FAR for P/I to 0.75 uniformly if it concludes that FAR 1.25 for specific Redondo Beach residenttaxpayer owned is indefensible on the grounds of benefits to residents of Redondo Beach.
BCHD PLANS TO PRIVATIZE P/I LAND USE THROUGH 95 YEAR CONTRACTS It's not at all clear that BCHD intends to use the P-CF zoning for PUBLIC use. It appears that BCHD plans to lease 3 acres to a 100% private entity for 95 years for commercial use. BCHD's estimates show that 80% of the use will be by nonresidents. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/only-bchd-preserve-public-space-byleasing-it-to-a-100-private-developer-for-95-years CURRENT P-CF INDUCED PROPERTY VALUE DAMAGES EXCEED $150M Consolidated property damage values from existing 0.72 FAR P-CF site on RB/Torrance border:
$97M Redondo Beach property value declines within 1/2-mile $65M Torrance property value declines within 1/2-mile
LOCAL REDONDO BEACH RESIDENTS SUFFER NEARLY $100M IN PROPERTY VALUE DECLINE WITHIN ½-MILE OF THE BCHD PARCEL AND HIGHER FAR
DEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE MORE DAMAGES
The property value decline ($97M) in Redondo Beach surrounding the 312,000 sf,
99.7% under 52-foot tall campus is estimated by econometric models and the dataset used by BCHD's MDS consultants for market analysis (purchased and licensed by StopBCHD).https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-losswithin-1-2-mile-of-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update The impact of being within 1/2-mile of BCHD campus has been estimated for Torrance residences, using the Redondo Beach model as a proxy. The property value damage from proximity to the 312,000 sf, 99.7% under 52-foot tall existing campus is $65M. Greater FARs and denser development will undoubtedly create larger losses for surrounding property values and property owners.
PCDR REQUIRES PROTECTION OF PROPERTY VALUES
The PCDR requires that new developments are subject to protecting property values.
The 0.72 FAR of BCHD site damages surrounding property by $100M. The current
0.75 proposed FAR will result in increased property value damage.
P/I LAND USE SHOULD BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF REDONDO BEACH
RESIDENTS
From a policy perspective, P/I land should be used primarily for the benefit of Redondo Beach residents. Based on BCHD's consultant's work, Kensington (P-CF zoned) likely services 80% non-residents on 3 acres of P/I land. The use of Redondo Beach public land is unsustainable if it is consumed for non-resident use.
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 80% to 95% DISTRICT NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 91% to 97% REDONDO NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD's HLC is supermajority benefit of non-residents
RCFE - BCHD's MDS consultant demonstrates 91% non-Redondo Beach resident tenants by zip code for the assisted living
PACE - BCHD's PACE will be 97% non-Redondo Beach resident enrollees. allcove - BCHD's allcove services LA County SPA8 (1.4M population) and is 95% non-Redondo Beach residents.
While the damages of P/I fall entirely to Redondo Beach, the benefits of BCHD proposed HLC accrue to 91% to 97% non-Redondo Beach residents.
Residents should NOT have damages to service NON-RESIDENTS on P/I land
CITY RESIDENT-TAXPAYER OWNED SITES SHOULD NOT REQUIRE PCDR REVIEW
Sites developed by the City of Redondo Beach for the majority benefit of residents should not require a PCDR process. They should be assumed compliant.
It should be explicitly stated that P/I land use should be for at least a majority benefit of the residents of Redondo Beach. The damages accrue 100% to Redondo Beach residents, therefore, they should receive a minimum level of a majority of benefits from the land use.
THE CURRENT P-CF BCHD SITE IS NON-CONFORMING WITH ITS CUP At least one P/I site, the BCHD campus, no longer has a hospital, therefore, "associated medical" are no long permitted uses. The can be allowed to remain until their natural sunset lifespans.
OBJECTIVE NUMERCAL FARS ARE REQUIRED
The State mandate for objective (not subjective) standards requires the city abandon the PCDR chosen FAR and it be replaced by objective standards. This proposal is consistent with State mandate.
BCHD HAD A PAID CONSULTANT AS CHAIR OF THE GPAC
Nick Biro was the Chair of GPAC and a $10,000 to $15,000 per month retained consultant of BCHD. Mr. Biro had both a GPAC obligation and a fiduciary taxpayer obligation via his BCHD to review all draft General Plan documents and provide comments timely.
THREE GPAC MEETINGS PUBLICIZED THE FAR PROPOSAL
March, August and September 2022 GPAC meetings and 2024 CEQA NOP for GP all included public notice of the P/I proposed 0.75 and 1.25 FAR.
The full content of each of the following html links is also entered into the formal record, in the same way as attached files would be under California law:
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/the-redondo-beach-general-plan-far-for-p-i-land-useis-appropriate-and-should-not-be-changed https://www.stopbchd.com/post/where-is-the-city-s-or-bchd-s-analysis-of-theproperty-value-damages-from-the-current-bchd-developme https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mileof-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update https://www.stopbchd.com/post/torrance-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mile-of-bchdcampus-is-65m https://www.stopbchd.com/post/stop-bchd-s-high-density-commercial-developmenton-public-zoned-land --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; Planredondo; Planning Redondo
Cc:
Subject: Fwd: Public Comments - P/I FAR in Draft General Plan Date: Sunday, March 31, 2024 5:19:55 PM
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These comments were requested to be filed with the Mayor, Council and General Plan staff by Ms. Rogers.
Dear Mayor, Council, Planning Commission, and General Plan Staff:
These comments are being filed at the request of the cc:d party on this email. Please add them to the record of the draft General Plan and the P/I FAR issue. Thank you.
KEEP P/I FAR AT 0.75 BASE AND 1.25 FOR LIMITED CITY OWNED PARCELS Back in early 2022, City staff along with the City Council were forced by a State law change to add rigor and pre-published standards to development in the City. One of the few land use/zonings with significant Planning Commission discretion was in the public sector.
For example, P-CF (Public – Community Facilities) zoning had only subjective standards on how much building could be crammed onto a P-CF zoned lot. The Planning Commission was free to allow only 1 story, or 10 stories. The Planning Commission could enforce an FAR (Floor Area Ratio) of 0.1 or 2.0. Essentially, there were no objective rules for P-CF development.
“A design standard that involves no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and are uniformly verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion available and knowable by both the development applicant or proponent and the public official prior to submittal.” (California Government Code, Section 65913.4)
As a result, the Council provided a base FAR of 0.75 for P/I public-institutional land use and allowed for a 1.25 FAR in certain areas of City owned property for public services development. This was merely a conformance with the change in State law and provided the required objective standards.
BCHD has elected to claim this is “spot zoning” and is a taking from the District. By law, that is not true. The prior flexibility used by the Planning Commission no longer meets State law. Furthermore, the Planning Commission was free under the prior Redondo Beach Code to issue BCHD an FAR of 0.5 for future development. That would have been completely compliant with City Code. So BCHD is actually better off with 0.75 than with subjective standards.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL WAS REPEATED MADE TO GPAC
City Staff and Council provided the FAR 0.75 base FAR and 1.25 limited FAR to the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) in March of 2022. The draft document was provided to the members and the public three times, in March, August and September. How it could be that few GPAC members bothered to review the draft document throughout 2022 is simply astounded. Some did, and they even filed comments.
IF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL IS NOT SUSTAINABLE, ROLL BACK P/I to 0.75 FAR
For the protection of the surrounding public, the City should roll back the FAR for P/I to 0.75 uniformly if it concludes that FAR 1.25 for specific Redondo Beach residenttaxpayer owned is indefensible on the grounds of benefits to residents of Redondo Beach.
BCHD PLANS TO PRIVATIZE P/I LAND USE THROUGH 95 YEAR CONTRACTS It's not at all clear that BCHD intends to use the P-CF zoning for PUBLIC use. It appears that BCHD plans to lease 3 acres to a 100% private entity for 95 years for commercial use. BCHD's estimates show that 80% of the use will be by nonresidents. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/only-bchd-preserve-public-space-byleasing-it-to-a-100-private-developer-for-95-years CURRENT P-CF INDUCED PROPERTY VALUE DAMAGES EXCEED $150M Consolidated property damage values from existing 0.72 FAR P-CF site on RB/Torrance border:
$97M Redondo Beach property value declines within 1/2-mile $65M Torrance property value declines within 1/2-mile
LOCAL REDONDO BEACH RESIDENTS SUFFER NEARLY $100M IN PROPERTY VALUE DECLINE WITHIN ½-MILE OF THE BCHD PARCEL AND HIGHER FAR
DEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE MORE DAMAGES
The property value decline ($97M) in Redondo Beach surrounding the 312,000 sf,
99.7% under 52-foot tall campus is estimated by econometric models and the dataset used by BCHD's MDS consultants for market analysis (purchased and licensed by StopBCHD).https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-losswithin-1-2-mile-of-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update The impact of being within 1/2-mile of BCHD campus has been estimated for Torrance residences, using the Redondo Beach model as a proxy. The property value damage from proximity to the 312,000 sf, 99.7% under 52-foot tall existing campus is $65M. Greater FARs and denser development will undoubtedly create larger losses for surrounding property values and property owners.
PCDR REQUIRES PROTECTION OF PROPERTY VALUES
The PCDR requires that new developments are subject to protecting property values.
The 0.72 FAR of BCHD site damages surrounding property by $100M. The current
0.75 proposed FAR will result in increased property value damage.
P/I LAND USE SHOULD BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF REDONDO BEACH
RESIDENTS
From a policy perspective, P/I land should be used primarily for the benefit of Redondo Beach residents. Based on BCHD's consultant's work, Kensington (P-CF zoned) likely services 80% non-residents on 3 acres of P/I land. The use of Redondo Beach public land is unsustainable if it is consumed for non-resident use.
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 80% to 95% DISTRICT NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 91% to 97% REDONDO NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD's HLC is supermajority benefit of non-residents
RCFE - BCHD's MDS consultant demonstrates 91% non-Redondo Beach resident tenants by zip code for the assisted living
PACE - BCHD's PACE will be 97% non-Redondo Beach resident enrollees. allcove - BCHD's allcove services LA County SPA8 (1.4M population) and is 95% non-Redondo Beach residents.
While the damages of P/I fall entirely to Redondo Beach, the benefits of BCHD proposed HLC accrue to 91% to 97% non-Redondo Beach residents.
Residents should NOT have damages to service NON-RESIDENTS on P/I land
CITY RESIDENT-TAXPAYER OWNED SITES SHOULD NOT REQUIRE PCDR REVIEW
Sites developed by the City of Redondo Beach for the majority benefit of residents should not require a PCDR process. They should be assumed compliant.
It should be explicitly stated that P/I land use should be for at least a majority benefit of the residents of Redondo Beach. The damages accrue 100% to Redondo Beach residents, therefore, they should receive a minimum level of a majority of benefits from the land use.
THE CURRENT P-CF BCHD SITE IS NON-CONFORMING WITH ITS CUP At least one P/I site, the BCHD campus, no longer has a hospital, therefore, "associated medical" are no long permitted uses. The can be allowed to remain until their natural sunset lifespans.
OBJECTIVE NUMERCAL FARS ARE REQUIRED
The State mandate for objective (not subjective) standards requires the city abandon the PCDR chosen FAR and it be replaced by objective standards. This proposal is consistent with State mandate.
BCHD HAD A PAID CONSULTANT AS CHAIR OF THE GPAC
Nick Biro was the Chair of GPAC and a $10,000 to $15,000 per month retained consultant of BCHD. Mr. Biro had both a GPAC obligation and a fiduciary taxpayer obligation via his BCHD to review all draft General Plan documents and provide comments timely.
THREE GPAC MEETINGS PUBLICIZED THE FAR PROPOSAL
March, August and September 2022 GPAC meetings and 2024 CEQA NOP for GP all included public notice of the P/I proposed 0.75 and 1.25 FAR.
The full content of each of the following html links is also entered into the formal record, in the same way as attached files would be under California law:
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/the-redondo-beach-general-plan-far-for-p-i-land-useis-appropriate-and-should-not-be-changed https://www.stopbchd.com/post/where-is-the-city-s-or-bchd-s-analysis-of-theproperty-value-damages-from-the-current-bchd-developme https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mileof-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update https://www.stopbchd.com/post/torrance-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mile-of-bchdcampus-is-65m https://www.stopbchd.com/post/stop-bchd-s-high-density-commercial-developmenton-public-zoned-land --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; Planredondo; Planning Redondo
Cc:
Subject: Fwd: Public Comments - P/I FAR in Draft General Plan Date: Sunday, March 31, 2024 6:54:46 PM
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The following public comment to the Mayor, Council and General Plan was requested by and is being submitted as a public comment on
her behalf.
Dear Mayor, Council, Planning Commission, and General Plan Staff:
These comments are being filed at the request of the cc:d party on this email. Please add them to the record of the draft General Plan and the P/I FAR issue. Thank you.
KEEP P/I FAR AT 0.75 BASE AND 1.25 FOR LIMITED CITY OWNED PARCELS Back in early 2022, City staff along with the City Council were forced by a State law change to add rigor and pre-published standards to development in the City. One of the few land use/zonings with significant Planning Commission discretion was in the public sector.
For example, P-CF (Public – Community Facilities) zoning had only subjective standards on how much building could be crammed onto a P-CF zoned lot. The Planning Commission was free to allow only 1 story, or 10 stories. The Planning Commission could enforce an FAR (Floor Area Ratio) of 0.1 or 2.0. Essentially, there were no objective rules for P-CF development.
“A design standard that involves no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and are uniformly verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion available and knowable by both the development applicant or proponent and the public official prior to submittal.” (California Government Code, Section 65913.4)
As a result, the Council provided a base FAR of 0.75 for P/I public-institutional land use and allowed for a 1.25 FAR in certain areas of City owned property for public services development. This was merely a conformance with the change in State law and provided the required objective standards.
BCHD has elected to claim this is “spot zoning” and is a taking from the District. By law, that is not true. The prior flexibility used by the Planning Commission no longer meets State law. Furthermore, the Planning Commission was free under the prior Redondo Beach Code to issue BCHD an FAR of 0.5 for future development. That would have been completely compliant with City Code. So BCHD is actually better off with 0.75 than with subjective standards.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL WAS REPEATED MADE TO GPAC
City Staff and Council provided the FAR 0.75 base FAR and 1.25 limited FAR to the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) in March of 2022. The draft document was provided to the members and the public three times, in March, August and September. How it could be that few GPAC members bothered to review the draft document throughout 2022 is simply astounded. Some did, and they even filed comments.
IF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL IS NOT SUSTAINABLE, ROLL BACK P/I to 0.75 FAR
For the protection of the surrounding public, the City should roll back the FAR for P/I to 0.75 uniformly if it concludes that FAR 1.25 for specific Redondo Beach residenttaxpayer owned is indefensible on the grounds of benefits to residents of Redondo Beach.
BCHD PLANS TO PRIVATIZE P/I LAND USE THROUGH 95 YEAR CONTRACTS It's not at all clear that BCHD intends to use the P-CF zoning for PUBLIC use. It appears that BCHD plans to lease 3 acres to a 100% private entity for 95 years for commercial use. BCHD's estimates show that 80% of the use will be by nonresidents. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/only-bchd-preserve-public-space-byleasing-it-to-a-100-private-developer-for-95-years CURRENT P-CF INDUCED PROPERTY VALUE DAMAGES EXCEED $150M Consolidated property damage values from existing 0.72 FAR P-CF site on RB/Torrance border:
$97M Redondo Beach property value declines within 1/2-mile $65M Torrance property value declines within 1/2-mile
LOCAL REDONDO BEACH RESIDENTS SUFFER NEARLY $100M IN PROPERTY VALUE DECLINE WITHIN ½-MILE OF THE BCHD PARCEL AND HIGHER FAR
DEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE MORE DAMAGES
The property value decline ($97M) in Redondo Beach surrounding the 312,000 sf,
99.7% under 52-foot tall campus is estimated by econometric models and the dataset used by BCHD's MDS consultants for market analysis (purchased and licensed by StopBCHD).https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-losswithin-1-2-mile-of-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update The impact of being within 1/2-mile of BCHD campus has been estimated for Torrance residences, using the Redondo Beach model as a proxy. The property value damage from proximity to the 312,000 sf, 99.7% under 52-foot tall existing campus is $65M. Greater FARs and denser development will undoubtedly create larger losses for surrounding property values and property owners.
PCDR REQUIRES PROTECTION OF PROPERTY VALUES
The PCDR requires that new developments are subject to protecting property values.
The 0.72 FAR of BCHD site damages surrounding property by $100M. The current
0.75 proposed FAR will result in increased property value damage.
P/I LAND USE SHOULD BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF REDONDO BEACH
RESIDENTS
From a policy perspective, P/I land should be used primarily for the benefit of Redondo Beach residents. Based on BCHD's consultant's work, Kensington (P-CF zoned) likely services 80% non-residents on 3 acres of P/I land. The use of Redondo Beach public land is unsustainable if it is consumed for non-resident use.
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 80% to 95% DISTRICT NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 91% to 97% REDONDO NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD's HLC is supermajority benefit of non-residents
RCFE - BCHD's MDS consultant demonstrates 91% non-Redondo Beach resident tenants by zip code for the assisted living
PACE - BCHD's PACE will be 97% non-Redondo Beach resident enrollees. allcove - BCHD's allcove services LA County SPA8 (1.4M population) and is 95% non-Redondo Beach residents.
While the damages of P/I fall entirely to Redondo Beach, the benefits of BCHD proposed HLC accrue to 91% to 97% non-Redondo Beach residents.
Residents should NOT have damages to service NON-RESIDENTS on P/I land
CITY RESIDENT-TAXPAYER OWNED SITES SHOULD NOT REQUIRE PCDR REVIEW
Sites developed by the City of Redondo Beach for the majority benefit of residents should not require a PCDR process. They should be assumed compliant.
It should be explicitly stated that P/I land use should be for at least a majority benefit of the residents of Redondo Beach. The damages accrue 100% to Redondo Beach residents, therefore, they should receive a minimum level of a majority of benefits from the land use.
THE CURRENT P-CF BCHD SITE IS NON-CONFORMING WITH ITS CUP At least one P/I site, the BCHD campus, no longer has a hospital, therefore, "associated medical" are no long permitted uses. The can be allowed to remain until their natural sunset lifespans.
OBJECTIVE NUMERCAL FARS ARE REQUIRED
The State mandate for objective (not subjective) standards requires the city abandon the PCDR chosen FAR and it be replaced by objective standards. This proposal is consistent with State mandate.
BCHD HAD A PAID CONSULTANT AS CHAIR OF THE GPAC
Nick Biro was the Chair of GPAC and a $10,000 to $15,000 per month retained consultant of BCHD. Mr. Biro had both a GPAC obligation and a fiduciary taxpayer obligation via his BCHD to review all draft General Plan documents and provide comments timely.
THREE GPAC MEETINGS PUBLICIZED THE FAR PROPOSAL
March, August and September 2022 GPAC meetings and 2024 CEQA NOP for GP all included public notice of the P/I proposed 0.75 and 1.25 FAR.
The full content of each of the following html links is also entered into the formal record, in the same way as attached files would be under California law:
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/the-redondo-beach-general-plan-far-for-p-i-land-useis-appropriate-and-should-not-be-changed https://www.stopbchd.com/post/where-is-the-city-s-or-bchd-s-analysis-of-theproperty-value-damages-from-the-current-bchd-developme https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mileof-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update https://www.stopbchd.com/post/torrance-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mile-of-bchdcampus-is-65m https://www.stopbchd.com/post/stop-bchd-s-high-density-commercial-developmenton-public-zoned-land --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; Planredondo; Planning Redondo
Cc:
Subject: Fwd: Public Comments - P/I FAR in Draft General Plan Date: Sunday, March 31, 2024 6:59:49 PM
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The following public comments to the Mayor, Council and General Plan Staff were requested by
and are hereby submitted as
comments:
Dear Mayor, Council, Planning Commission, and General Plan Staff:
These comments are being filed at the request of the cc:d party on this email. Please add them to the record of the draft General Plan and the P/I FAR issue. Thank you.
KEEP P/I FAR AT 0.75 BASE AND 1.25 FOR LIMITED CITY OWNED PARCELS Back in early 2022, City staff along with the City Council were forced by a State law change to add rigor and pre-published standards to development in the City. One of the few land use/zonings with significant Planning Commission discretion was in the public sector.
For example, P-CF (Public – Community Facilities) zoning had only subjective standards on how much building could be crammed onto a P-CF zoned lot. The Planning Commission was free to allow only 1 story, or 10 stories. The Planning Commission could enforce an FAR (Floor Area Ratio) of 0.1 or 2.0. Essentially, there were no objective rules for P-CF development.
“A design standard that involves no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and are uniformly verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion available and knowable by both the development applicant or proponent and the public official prior to submittal.” (California Government Code, Section 65913.4)
As a result, the Council provided a base FAR of 0.75 for P/I public-institutional land use and allowed for a 1.25 FAR in certain areas of City owned property for public services development. This was merely a conformance with the change in State law and provided the required objective standards.
BCHD has elected to claim this is “spot zoning” and is a taking from the District. By law, that is not true. The prior flexibility used by the Planning Commission no longer meets State law. Furthermore, the Planning Commission was free under the prior Redondo Beach Code to issue BCHD an FAR of 0.5 for future development. That would have been completely compliant with City Code. So BCHD is actually better off with 0.75 than with subjective standards.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL WAS REPEATED MADE TO GPAC
City Staff and Council provided the FAR 0.75 base FAR and 1.25 limited FAR to the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) in March of 2022. The draft document was provided to the members and the public three times, in March, August and September. How it could be that few GPAC members bothered to review the draft document throughout 2022 is simply astounded. Some did, and they even filed comments.
IF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL IS NOT SUSTAINABLE, ROLL BACK P/I to 0.75 FAR
For the protection of the surrounding public, the City should roll back the FAR for P/I to 0.75 uniformly if it concludes that FAR 1.25 for specific Redondo Beach residenttaxpayer owned is indefensible on the grounds of benefits to residents of Redondo Beach.
BCHD PLANS TO PRIVATIZE P/I LAND USE THROUGH 95 YEAR CONTRACTS It's not at all clear that BCHD intends to use the P-CF zoning for PUBLIC use. It appears that BCHD plans to lease 3 acres to a 100% private entity for 95 years for commercial use. BCHD's estimates show that 80% of the use will be by nonresidents. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/only-bchd-preserve-public-space-byleasing-it-to-a-100-private-developer-for-95-years CURRENT P-CF INDUCED PROPERTY VALUE DAMAGES EXCEED $150M Consolidated property damage values from existing 0.72 FAR P-CF site on RB/Torrance border:
$97M Redondo Beach property value declines within 1/2-mile $65M Torrance property value declines within 1/2-mile
LOCAL REDONDO BEACH RESIDENTS SUFFER NEARLY $100M IN PROPERTY VALUE DECLINE WITHIN ½-MILE OF THE BCHD PARCEL AND HIGHER FAR
DEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE MORE DAMAGES
The property value decline ($97M) in Redondo Beach surrounding the 312,000 sf,
99.7% under 52-foot tall campus is estimated by econometric models and the dataset used by BCHD's MDS consultants for market analysis (purchased and licensed by StopBCHD).https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-losswithin-1-2-mile-of-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update The impact of being within 1/2-mile of BCHD campus has been estimated for Torrance residences, using the Redondo Beach model as a proxy. The property value damage from proximity to the 312,000 sf, 99.7% under 52-foot tall existing campus is $65M. Greater FARs and denser development will undoubtedly create larger losses for surrounding property values and property owners.
PCDR REQUIRES PROTECTION OF PROPERTY VALUES
The PCDR requires that new developments are subject to protecting property values.
The 0.72 FAR of BCHD site damages surrounding property by $100M. The current
0.75 proposed FAR will result in increased property value damage.
P/I LAND USE SHOULD BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF REDONDO BEACH
RESIDENTS
From a policy perspective, P/I land should be used primarily for the benefit of Redondo Beach residents. Based on BCHD's consultant's work, Kensington (P-CF zoned) likely services 80% non-residents on 3 acres of P/I land. The use of Redondo Beach public land is unsustainable if it is consumed for non-resident use.
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 80% to 95% DISTRICT NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 91% to 97% REDONDO NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD's HLC is supermajority benefit of non-residents
RCFE - BCHD's MDS consultant demonstrates 91% non-Redondo Beach resident tenants by zip code for the assisted living
PACE - BCHD's PACE will be 97% non-Redondo Beach resident enrollees. allcove - BCHD's allcove services LA County SPA8 (1.4M population) and is 95% non-Redondo Beach residents.
While the damages of P/I fall entirely to Redondo Beach, the benefits of BCHD proposed HLC accrue to 91% to 97% non-Redondo Beach residents.
Residents should NOT have damages to service NON-RESIDENTS on P/I land
CITY RESIDENT-TAXPAYER OWNED SITES SHOULD NOT REQUIRE PCDR REVIEW
Sites developed by the City of Redondo Beach for the majority benefit of residents should not require a PCDR process. They should be assumed compliant.
It should be explicitly stated that P/I land use should be for at least a majority benefit of the residents of Redondo Beach. The damages accrue 100% to Redondo Beach residents, therefore, they should receive a minimum level of a majority of benefits from the land use.
THE CURRENT P-CF BCHD SITE IS NON-CONFORMING WITH ITS CUP At least one P/I site, the BCHD campus, no longer has a hospital, therefore, "associated medical" are no long permitted uses. The can be allowed to remain until their natural sunset lifespans.
OBJECTIVE NUMERCAL FARS ARE REQUIRED
The State mandate for objective (not subjective) standards requires the city abandon the PCDR chosen FAR and it be replaced by objective standards. This proposal is consistent with State mandate.
BCHD HAD A PAID CONSULTANT AS CHAIR OF THE GPAC
Nick Biro was the Chair of GPAC and a $10,000 to $15,000 per month retained consultant of BCHD. Mr. Biro had both a GPAC obligation and a fiduciary taxpayer obligation via his BCHD to review all draft General Plan documents and provide comments timely.
THREE GPAC MEETINGS PUBLICIZED THE FAR PROPOSAL
March, August and September 2022 GPAC meetings and 2024 CEQA NOP for GP all included public notice of the P/I proposed 0.75 and 1.25 FAR.
The full content of each of the following html links is also entered into the formal record, in the same way as attached files would be under California law:
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/the-redondo-beach-general-plan-far-for-p-i-land-useis-appropriate-and-should-not-be-changed https://www.stopbchd.com/post/where-is-the-city-s-or-bchd-s-analysis-of-theproperty-value-damages-from-the-current-bchd-developme https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mileof-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update https://www.stopbchd.com/post/torrance-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mile-of-bchdcampus-is-65m https://www.stopbchd.com/post/stop-bchd-s-high-density-commercial-developmenton-public-zoned-land --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
is actually better off with 0.75 than with subjective standards.
City Staff and Council provided the FAR 0.75 base FAR and 1.25 limited FAR to the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) in March of 2022. The draft document was provided to the members and the public three times, in March, August and September. How it could be that few GPAC members bothered to review the draft document throughout 2022 is simply astounded. Some did, and they even filed comments.
For the protection of the surrounding public, the City should roll back the FAR for P/I to 0.75 uniformly.
From: [email protected]
To: CityClerk; Planredondo; Planning Redondo; Nils Nehrenheim; Scott Behrendt; Todd Loewenstein; Paige Kaluderovic; Zein Obagi
Subject: Please consider us
Date: Friday, March 22, 2024 11:05:32 AM
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This over built BCHD development is excessive and too grand for the area. You aren't thinking of the surrounding properties and cities that butt up against it. My beautiful home, in a very quiet, safe neighborhood-friendly part of Torrance will be severely damaged. Not only will we have to live with the noise and pollution as it's being built, but property owners like me will be negatively affected for years to come.
We will be living in an over crowded area, there will be more traffic, and our properties will be worth less. No one will buy my house one day when something that big is overshadowing it. Please think about the size and scope of this project. Ask yourself, do you want this in your backyard? Would you like to be surrounded by the noise, pollution, and traffic that this will generate? How would you like your home that you bought with hard work, to be worth less because of something around it? Think about those questions when you go to sleep tonight.
Jennifer Sams
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: Communications; CityClerk; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Holly J. Mitchell Subject: Public Comment - BCHD"s Campaign Against Resident Use of P/I Zoned Land Date: Sunday, March 31, 2024 9:43:56 PM
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From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: CityClerk
Subject: Public Comment - City Council
Date: Saturday, March 30, 2024 8:13:23 PM
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As a participant in the Council's work session on the General Plan, I would like to offer that my recollection, and that our our team that was on the video conference, was that the 0.75 base FAR was proposed, and amendments were offered to increase the 2 specific City parcels.
There was not downzoning as suggested by a number of advocates for BCHD's development.
I have pasted Councilmember Obagi's quote from the Easy Reader below. While a fine point, I believe we need to accurately represent that the carve out for city property and a greater FAR was a change to the 0.75 base FAR for P/I. There was no downzoning. “We’re a built-out community. Land is a tough commodity in Redondo Beach,” said GPAC vice chairman Sanchez. “I think (the F.A.R.) needs to be the same throughout for Public Institutional zones. That’s my opinion.”
City Councilman Zein Obagi, Jr., concurred.
“It seems like all Public Institutional should be the same, not hand-selected for reduced F.A.R. (sic),” he said.
Furthermore, I can support a 0.75 FAR for all P/I land use, although we have a number of members and supports that prefer 0.5 FAR across all P/I Mark Nelson
Redondo Beach
From: Mark Nelson (Home Gmail)
To: CityClerk
Subject: Public Comment - Mayor and Council
Date: Saturday, March 30, 2024 8:35:29 PM
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I would like to point out the following from a review of the GPAC record demonstrating that any claim by a GPAC member that the P/I FAR had been "hidden" is erroneous. The FAR for P/I appeared throughout the assigned committee reading materials for the last 3 meetings of 2022.:
The P/I FAR of 0.75 base and 1.25 for specific City-owned parcels was first presented to the GPAC in the March 31, 2022 meeting materials. It appears in slide 10 of the meeting presentation from the Agenda packet.
The P/I FAR was presented and unchanged in both the August 31, 2022 and September 29, 2022 meeting materials.
In advance of the August 31, 2022 meeting, both member (now Mayor) Light and Member Lamb submitted comments on land use using the section that was presented to the GPAC that included the P/I FAR recommendation of 0.75 and 1.25. Neither submitted specific comments on P/I, however both did provide comments and section mark ups.
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; Planredondo; Nils Nehrenheim; Zein Obagi; [email protected]; Paige Kaluderovic; Todd Loewenstein
Cc: McGarry Family
Subject: Public Comment - P/I FAR in Draft General Plan Date: Saturday, March 30, 2024 11:12:08 AM
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Dear Mayor, Council, Planning Commission, and General Plan Staff:
These comments are being filed at the request of Mr. McGarry.. Please add them to the record of the draft General Plan and the P/I FAR issue. Thank you.
KEEP P/I FAR AT 0.75 BASE AND 1.25 FOR LIMITED CITY OWNED PARCELS Back in early 2022, City staff along with the City Council were forced by a State law change to add rigor and pre-published standards to development in the City. One of the few land use/zonings with significant Planning Commission discretion was in the public sector.
For example, P-CF (Public – Community Facilities) zoning had only subjective standards on how much building could be crammed onto a P-CF zoned lot. The Planning Commission was free to allow only 1 story, or 10 stories. The Planning Commission could enforce an FAR (Floor Area Ratio) of 0.1 or 2.0. Essentially, there were no objective rules for P-CF development.
“A design standard that involves no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and are uniformly verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion available and knowable by both the development applicant or proponent and the public official prior to submittal.” (California Government Code, Section 65913.4)
As a result, the Council provided a base FAR of 0.75 for P/I public-institutional land use and allowed for a 1.25 FAR in certain areas of City owned property for public services development. This was merely a conformance with the change in State law and provided the required objective standards.
BCHD has elected to claim this is “spot zoning” and is a taking from the District. By law, that is not true. The prior flexibility used by the Planning Commission no longer meets State law. Furthermore, the Planning Commission was free under the prior Redondo Beach Code to issue BCHD an FAR of 0.5 for future development. That would have been completely compliant with City Code. So BCHD is actually better off with 0.75 than with subjective standards.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL WAS REPEATED MADE TO GPAC
City Staff and Council provided the FAR 0.75 base FAR and 1.25 limited FAR to the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) in March of 2022. The draft document was provided to the members and the public three times, in March, August and September. How it could be that few GPAC members bothered to review the draft document throughout 2022 is simply astounded. Some did, and they even filed comments.
IF THE 0.75 / 1.25 PROPOSAL IS NOT SUSTAINABLE, ROLL BACK P/I to 0.75 FAR
For the protection of the surrounding public, the City should roll back the FAR for P/I to 0.75 uniformly if it concludes that FAR 1.25 for specific Redondo Beach residenttaxpayer owned is indefensible on the grounds of benefits to residents of Redondo Beach.
BCHD PLANS TO PRIVATIZE P/I LAND USE THROUGH 95 YEAR CONTRACTS It's not at all clear that BCHD intends to use the P-CF zoning for PUBLIC use. It appears that BCHD plans to lease 3 acres to a 100% private entity for 95 years for commercial use. BCHD's estimates show that 80% of the use will be by nonresidents. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/only-bchd-preserve-public-space-byleasing-it-to-a-100-private-developer-for-95-years CURRENT P-CF INDUCED PROPERTY VALUE DAMAGES EXCEED $150M Consolidated property damage values from existing 0.72 FAR P-CF site on RB/Torrance border:
$97M Redondo Beach property value declines within 1/2-mile $65M Torrance property value declines within 1/2-mile
LOCAL REDONDO BEACH RESIDENTS SUFFER NEARLY $100M IN PROPERTY VALUE DECLINE WITHIN ½-MILE OF THE BCHD PARCEL AND HIGHER FAR
DEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE MORE DAMAGES
The property value decline ($97M) in Redondo Beach surrounding the 312,000 sf,
99.7% under 52-foot tall campus is estimated by econometric models and the dataset used by BCHD's MDS consultants for market analysis (purchased and licensed by StopBCHD).https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-losswithin-1-2-mile-of-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update The impact of being within 1/2-mile of BCHD campus has been estimated for Torrance residences, using the Redondo Beach model as a proxy. The property value damage from proximity to the 312,000 sf, 99.7% under 52-foot tall existing campus is $65M. Greater FARs and denser development will undoubtedly create larger losses for surrounding property values and property owners.
PCDR REQUIRES PROTECTION OF PROPERTY VALUES
The PCDR requires that new developments are subject to protecting property values.
The 0.72 FAR of BCHD site damages surrounding property by $100M. The current
0.75 proposed FAR will result in increased property value damage.
P/I LAND USE SHOULD BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF REDONDO BEACH
RESIDENTS
From a policy perspective, P/I land should be used primarily for the benefit of Redondo Beach residents. Based on BCHD's consultant's work, Kensington (P-CF zoned) likely services 80% non-residents on 3 acres of P/I land. The use of Redondo Beach public land is unsustainable if it is consumed for non-resident use.
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 80% to 95% DISTRICT NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD PROPOSED HLC IS 91% to 97% REDONDO NON-RESIDENTS
BCHD's HLC is supermajority benefit of non-residents
RCFE - BCHD's MDS consultant demonstrates 91% non-Redondo Beach resident tenants by zip code for the assisted living
PACE - BCHD's PACE will be 97% non-Redondo Beach resident enrollees. allcove - BCHD's allcove services LA County SPA8 (1.4M population) and is 95% non-Redondo Beach residents.
While the damages of P/I fall entirely to Redondo Beach, the benefits of BCHD proposed HLC accrue to 91% to 97% non-Redondo Beach residents.
Residents should NOT have damages to service NON-RESIDENTS on P/I land
CITY RESIDENT-TAXPAYER OWNED SITES SHOULD NOT REQUIRE PCDR REVIEW
Sites developed by the City of Redondo Beach for the majority benefit of residents should not require a PCDR process. They should be assumed compliant.
It should be explicitly stated that P/I land use should be for at least a majority benefit of the residents of Redondo Beach. The damages accrue 100% to Redondo Beach residents, therefore, they should receive a minimum level of a majority of benefits from the land use.
THE CURRENT P-CF BCHD SITE IS NON-CONFORMING WITH ITS CUP At least one P/I site, the BCHD campus, no longer has a hospital, therefore, "associated medical" are no long permitted uses. The can be allowed to remain until their natural sunset lifespans.
OBJECTIVE NUMERCAL FARS ARE REQUIRED
The State mandate for objective (not subjective) standards requires the city abandon the PCDR chosen FAR and it be replaced by objective standards. This proposal is consistent with State mandate.
BCHD HAD A PAID CONSULTANT AS CHAIR OF THE GPAC
Nick Biro was the Chair of GPAC and a $10,000 to $15,000 per month retained consultant of BCHD. Mr. Biro had both a GPAC obligation and a fiduciary taxpayer obligation via his BCHD to review all draft General Plan documents and provide comments timely.
THREE GPAC MEETINGS PUBLICIZED THE FAR PROPOSAL
March, August and September 2022 GPAC meetings and 2024 CEQA NOP for GP all included public notice of the P/I proposed 0.75 and 1.25 FAR.
The full content of each of the following html links is also entered into the formal record, in the same way as attached files would be under California law:
https://www.stopbchd.com/post/the-redondo-beach-general-plan-far-for-p-i-land-useis-appropriate-and-should-not-be-changed https://www.stopbchd.com/post/where-is-the-city-s-or-bchd-s-analysis-of-theproperty-value-damages-from-the-current-bchd-developme https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mileof-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update https://www.stopbchd.com/post/torrance-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mile-of-bchdcampus-is-65m https://www.stopbchd.com/post/stop-bchd-s-high-density-commercial-developmenton-public-zoned-land --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: Planredondo; Planning Redondo; CityClerk; Nils Nehrenheim; Paige Kaluderovic; Todd Loewenstein; Scott Behrendt; Zein Obagi
Subject: Public Comment - P/I FAR OF 0.75 SHOULD BE UNIFORMLY INSTATED Date: Thursday, March 28, 2024 1:57:05 PM
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Back in early 2022, City staff along with the City Council were forced by a State law change to add rigor and pre-published standards to development in the City. One of the few land use/zonings with significant Planning Commission discretion was in the public sector.
For example, P-CF (Public – Community Facilities) zoning had only subjective standards on how much building could be crammed onto a P-CF zoned lot. The Planning Commission was free to allow only 1 story, or 10 stories. The Planning Commission could enforce an FAR (Floor Area Ratio) of 0.1 or 2.0. Essentially, there were no objective rules for P-CF development. “A design standard that involves no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and are uniformly verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion available and knowable by both the development applicant or proponent and the public official prior to submittal.” (California Government Code, Section 65913.4) As a result, the Council provided a base FAR of 0.75 for P/I public-institutional land use and allowed for a 1.25 FAR in certain areas of City owned property for public services development.
This was merely a conformance with the change in State law and provided the required objective standards.
BCHD has elected to claim this is “spot zoning” and is a taking from the District. By law, that is not true. The prior flexibility used by the Planning Commission no longer meets State law. Furthermore, the Planning Commission was free under the prior Redondo Beach Code to issue BCHD an FAR of
0.5 for future development. That would have been completely compliant with City Code. So BCHD is actually better off with 0.75 than with subjective standards.
City Staff and Council provided the FAR 0.75 base FAR and 1.25 limited FAR to the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) in March of 2022. The draft document was provided to the members and the public three times, in March, August and September. How it could be that few GPAC members bothered to review the draft document throughout 2022 is simply astounded. Some did, and they even filed comments.
For the protection of the surrounding public, the City should roll back the FAR for P/I to 0.75 uniformly.
--
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: Communications; CityClerk
Subject: Public Comment: BCHD FACT CHECK - FALSE
Date: Monday, April 1, 2024 9:16:46 AM
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Public Comment - Mayor, Council, Planning Commission, General Plan Staff BCHD ASSERTS:
THE FACTS STATE
BCHD's parcel current has no FAR based on antiquated subjective planning standards. The State-mandated objective standards require a numerical value.
All Public/Institutional Land Uses have a 0.75 FAR. In the case of two specific parcels owned by the City of Redondo Beach and its resident-taxpayers, the City is proposing a
1.25 FAR. Unlike BCHD which plans to service a supermajority of non-residents in the Healthy Living Campus, City of Redondo Beach development is for the benefit of resident-taxpayers, not non-resident/non-taxpayers.
BCHD NON-RESIDENT/NON-TAXPAYER TARGET SERVICE AREA
allcove - 91% non-District, 95% non-Redondo Beach Service Area (per LA County SPA8) PACE - 95% non-District, 97% non-Redondo Beach enrollees (per Natl PACE Assoc statistics and US Census) Assisted Living - 80% non-District, 91% non-Redondo Beach tenants (per BCHD MDS consultant report by zip code analysis) --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110- foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years. Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; Planredondo
Subject: Public Comments - Redondo Beach General Plan
Date: Thursday, March 28, 2024 6:33:36 PM
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"Comment"
StopBCHD Community Comment
It's not at all clear that BCHD intends to use the P-CF zoning for PUBLIC use. It appears that BCHD plans to lease 3 acres to a 100% private entity for 95 years for commercial use. BCHD's estimates show that 80% of the use will be by nonresidents. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/only-bchd-preserve-public-space-byleasing-it-to-a-100-private-developer-for-95-years StopBCHD Group Comment
Back in early 2022, City staff along with the City Council were forced by a State law change to add rigor and pre-published standards to development in the City.
One of the few land use/zonings with significant Planning Commission discretion was in the public sector.
For example, P-CF (Public – Community Facilities) zoning had only subjective standards on how much building could be crammed onto a P-CF zoned lot. The Planning Commission was free to allow only 1 story, or 10 stories. The Planning Commission could enforce an FAR (Floor Area Ratio) of 0.1 or 2.0. Essentially, there were no objective rules for P-CF development.
“A design standard that involves no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and are uniformly verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion available and knowable by both the development applicant or proponent and the public official prior to submittal.” (California Government Code, Section 65913.4)
As a result, the Council provided a base FAR of 0.75 for P/I public-institutional land use and allowed for a 1.25 FAR in certain areas of City owned property for public services development. This was merely a conformance with the change in State law and provided the required objective standards.
BCHD has elected to claim this is “spot zoning” and is a taking from the District.
By law, that is not true. The prior flexibility used by the Planning Commission no longer meets State law. Furthermore, the Planning Commission was free under the prior Redondo Beach Code to issue BCHD an FAR of 0.5 for future development. That would have been completely compliant with City Code. So BCHD is actually better off with 0.75 than with subjective standards.
City Staff and Council provided the FAR 0.75 base FAR and 1.25 limited FAR to the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) in March of 2022. The draft document was provided to the members and the public three times, in March, August and September. How it could be that few GPAC members bothered to review the draft document throughout 2022 is simply astounded. Some did, and they even filed comments.
For the protection of the surrounding public, the City should roll back the FAR for P/I to 0.75 uniformly.
StopBCHD Group Comment
Consolidated property damage values from existing 0.72 FAR P-CF site on RB/Torrance border:
$97M Redondo Beach property value declines within 1/2-mile $65M Torrance property value declines within 1/2-mile
StopBCHD Group Comment
The property value decline ($97M) in Redondo Beach surrounding the 312,000 sf, 99.7% under 52-foot tall campus is estimated by econometric models and the dataset used by BCHD's MDS consultants for market analysis (purchased and licensed by StopBCHD). https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beachproperty-value-loss-within-1-2-mile-of-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024-update StopBCHD Group Comment
The impact of being within 1/2-mile of BCHD campus has been estimated for Torrance residences, using the Redondo Beach model as a proxy. The property value damage from proximity to the 312,000 sf, 99.7% under 52-foot tall existing campus is $65M. Greater FARs and denser development will undoubtedly create larger losses for surrounding property values and property owners. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/torrance-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mile-ofbchd-campus-is-65m StopBCHD Group Comment
The PCDR requires that new developments are subject to protecting property values. The 0.72 FAR of BCHD site damages surrounding property by $100M.
The current 0.75 proposed FAR will result in increased property value damage.
StopBCHD Group Comment
From a policy perspective, P/I land should be used primarily for the benefit of Redondo Beach residents. Based on BCHD's consultant's work, Kensington (PCF zoned) likely services 80% non-residents on 3 acres of P/I land. The use of Redondo Beach public land is unsustainable if it is consumed for non-resident use.
StopBCHD Group Comment
BCHD's HLC is supermajority benefit of non-residents
RCFE - BCHD's MDS consultant demonstrates 91% non-Redondo Beach resident tenants by zip code for the assisted living
PACE - BCHD's PACE will be 97% non-Redondo Beach resident enrollees. allcove - BCHD's allcove services LA County SPA8 (1.4M population) and is 95% non-Redondo Beach residents.
While the damages of P/I fall entirely to Redondo Beach, the benefits of BCHD proposed HLC accrue to 91% to 97% non-Redondo Beach residents.
Residents should NOT have damages to service NON-RESIDENTS on P/I land StopBCHD Group Comment
Sites developed by the City of Redondo Beach for the majority benefit of residents should not require any an PCDR process. They should be assumed compliant.
StopBCHD Group Comment
It should be explicitly stated that P/I land use should be for at least a majority benefit of the residents of Redondo Beach. The damages accrue 100% to Redondo Beach residents, therefore, they should receive a minimum level of a majority of benefits from the land use.
StopBCHD Group Comment
At least one P/I site, the BCHD campus, no longer has a hospital, therefore, "associated medical" are no long permitted uses. The can be allowed to remain until their natural sunset lifespans.
StopBCHD Group Comment
The State mandate for objective (not subjective) standards requires the city abandon the PCDR chosen FAR and it be replaced by objective standards. This proposal is consistent with State mandate.
StopBCHD Group Comment
Nick Biro was the Chair of GPAC and a $10,000 to $15,000 per month retained consultant of BCHD. Mr. Biro had both a GPAC obligation and a fiduciary taxpayer obligation via his BCHD to review all draft General Plan documents and provide comments timely.
StopBCHD Group Comment
March, August and September 2022 GPAC meetings and 2024 CEQA NOP for GP all included public notice of the P/I proposed 0.75 and 1.25 FAR. --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-of-life, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years.
Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: Planredondo; CityClerk
Subject: Re: Public Comment supporting FAR 0.75 maximum for based P/I land use Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 8:12:32 PM
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Document link reproduced as a PUBLIC COMMENT.
The Redondo Beach General Plan FAR for P/I
Land Use is Appropriate and Should NOT BE
CHANGED
BCHD has made the FAR issue about itself.
Thus, it is appropriate to use BCHD as an example of how larger FARs damage local residents while providing benefits to a supermajority of non-residents.
The Redondo Beach General Plan should maintain 0.75 FAR for most P/I land uses and continue to allow
1.25 FAR for City of Redondo Beach development that benefits a majority or exclusivity of residenttaxpayers of Redondo Beach.
FAR is Floor Area Ratio and it is calculated as SQFT of building/SQFT of lot. For example, the current BCHD site has 312,000 sqft of buildings on a 433,422 sqft parcel with an FAR of 312000/433422 = 0.72. (BCHD data from BCHD's Notice of Preparation for its Environmental Impact Report.) Residential Torrance property within 1/2-mile of the exiting campus has a reduced value of $65M https://www.stopbchd.com/post/torrance-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mile-of-bchd-campus-is-65m Residential Redondo Beach property within 1/2-mile of the exiting campus has a reduced value of $97M https://www.stopbchd.com/post/redondo-beach-property-value-loss-within-1-2-mile-of-bchd-campus-over-97m-2024- update
BCHD acknowledges it damages surrounding neighborhoods, but has conducted no analysis. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/where-is-the-city-s-or-bchd-s-analysis-of-the-property-value-damages-from-thecurrent-bchd-developme https://www.stopbchd.com/post/bchd-ministry-of-propaganda-series-bchd-doesn-t-know-if-residents-can-afford-thepmb-assisted-livin Increasing P/I FAR will increase damages to surrounding property owners and property value.
As one example, BCHD is currently FAR 0.72. If allowed to increase to FAR 1.25 or greater, the value of surrounding property will decay further. BCHD's HLC will service 91% to 97% non-residents of Redondo Beach.
There is no spot zoning issue as BCHD is attempting to fabricate.
BCHD is not the only parcel to receive a base FAR of 0.75. All other parcels in the P/I land use are proposed as FAR 0.75, except two lone City Parcels that are reserved for City development for RESIDENT-TAXPAYER benefit.
BCHD's proposed Healthy Living Campus is for supermajority non-resident use.
Whether we consider non-residents of Redondo Beach or non-residents of the health district, BCHD's plan is for a supermajority of non-resident enrollees in PACE, a supermajority of non-resident service area in allcove, and a supermajority non-resident tenancy for the assisted living.
On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 8:10 PM Stop BCHD <[email protected]> wrote:
Public comment to PlanRedondo General Plan and Redondo Beach Council and Planning Commission See below. All content at all links are entered into the public record. ---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Stop BCHD <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Subject: Public Comment supporting FAR 0.75 maximum for based P/I land use To: Stop BCHD <[email protected]>
For convenience, we have published our comments as a link. Feel free to send this to [email protected] and [email protected] as a public comment for the Redondo Beach General Plan. https://www.stopbchd.com/post/the-redondo-beach-general-plan-far-for-p-i-land-use-is-appropriate-and-should-not-bechanged Also, feel free to email [email protected] and we'll file comments on your behalf.
Last, we have also filed comments on the Plan Redondo website in the interactive document at https://redondo.konveio.com/focused-general-plan-update. Those comments were exported and are attached to this email as a PDF.
THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR SUPPORTING REASONABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENT BENEFIT! Save our PUBLIC PROPERTY for the PUBLIC - not for LEASES TO PRIVATE COMPANIES for 95 years - not for FREE USE of 91% NON-RESIDENT service areas (that's the COUNTY'S job!) --
StopBCHD.com ([email protected]) is a Neighborhood Quality-of-Life Community concerned about the quality-oflife, health, and economic damages that BCHDs 110-foot above the street, 800,000 sqft commercial development will inflict for the next 50-100 years. Our neighborhoods have been burdened since 1960 by the failed South Bay Hospital project and have not received the benefit of the voter-approved acute care public hospital since 1984.Yet we still suffer 100% of the damages and we will suffer 100% of the damages of BCHDs proposal.
From: Stop BCHD
To: CityClerk; [email protected]; Planredondo; Planning Redondo Cc: Kevin Cody; [email protected]
Subject: Public Comment: Redondo Beach Interface with Torrance Hillside Overlay Area Date: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 11:36:56 AM
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TO: Redondo Beach and Torrance Mayors, Councils, Planning Commissions, City Counsel; Redondo Beach General Plan Comments
The attached comments highlight the Torrance Hillside Overlay (THO) that is a protective measure in the Torrance Municipal Code (TMC). In the specific case of Redondo Beach, the TMC THO is applied from Beryl St, south on Flagler and Flagler Alley, and continues south on Tomlee. A map is included in the attachment.
Specifically, there are a number of limits on development and development impacts on property in the THO that we recommend be incorporated into the Redondo Beach General Plan Update to create a Redondo Beach-Torrance interface overlay for non-residential property. This overlay would use THO development requirements and be applied to nonresidential parcels in Redondo Beach that adjoin the THO areas in Torrance.
Please include this email and the attached comments in full in the public record and in the public comments to the current draft Redondo Beach General Plan update.
ATTACHED COMMENTS PASTED BELOW FOR CONVENIENCE AND
SEARCHABILITY ONLY - PLEASE USE ATTACHED PDF FOR OFFICIAL
COMMENT
P/I, P-CF Specific Land Use Issues Under the Torrance Hillside Overlay
RECOMMENDATION
The City of Redondo Beach has indicated it seeks to consider the land use and zoning of adjoining cities as it revises its General Plan. In the case of at least one large Public/Institutional (P/I) land use that is a currently P-CF zoned parcel, the adjacent Torrance land is residential and in the Torrance Hillside Overlay (THO).
As a result of the THO, significant limitations should be considered for the P/I P-CF parcel, including:
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No adverse impact on view, light, air, or privacy
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Minimize intrusion
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Harmony with THO property
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No negative impact on property values
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No adverse cumulative impact
·Not exceed 14-feet in height
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No adverse impact or significant controversy
These considerations based on the adjoining THO area are recommended to be incorporated into a Redondo Beach overlay that is applied to non-residential Redondo Beach property adjacent to THO areas.
DISCUSSION
The Torrance Hillside Overlay (THO) map clearly shows that the entirety of Flagler from Beryl to Towers, and through Flagler Alley, is governed under the THO.
Development under the THO is constrained by the long-standing Torrance Municipal Code (TMC) section, the full text of which is available at ARTICLE 41 - R-H HILLSIDE AND LOCAL COASTAL OVERLAY ZONE. For convenience, the THO is reproduced at the end of this document and is thereby entered into the Redondo Beach General Plan, City Council, and Planning Commission records.
The THO has a number of specific requirements that are best extracted verbatim for discussion.
In summary, if the adjacent Redondo Beach P/I Land Use (P-CF zoning) were in Torrance, it would be required by the THO to conform to the following:
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No adverse impact on view, light, air, or privacy
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Minimize intrusion
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Harmony with other property
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No negative impact on property values
·No adverse cumulative impact
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Not exceed 14-feet in height
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No adverse impact or significant controversy
91.41.6 PLANNING AND DESIGN.
(Amended by O-3477)
No construction and no remodeling or enlargement of a building or structure shall be permitted unless the Planning Commission (or the City Council on appeal) shall find that the location and size of the building or structure, or the location and size of the remodeled or enlarged portions of the building or structure, have been planned and designed in such a manner as to comply with the following provisions:
NO ADVERSE IMPACT ON VIEW, LIGHT, AIR OR PRIVACY
a) The proposed development will not have an adverse impact upon the view, light, air and privacy of other properties in the vicinity;
MINIMIZE INTRUSION
b) The development has been located, planned and designed so as to cause the least intrusion on the views, light, air and privacy of other properties in the vicinity;
HARMONY WITH OTHER PROPERTY IN THE VICINITY
c) The design provides an orderly and attractive development in harmony with other properties in the vicinity;
NO HARMFUL IMPACT ON LAND VALUES IN THE VICINITY
d) The design will not have a harmful impact upon the land values and investment of other properties in the vicinity;
NOT DETRIMENTAL TO OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE VICINITY
e) Granting such application would not be materially detrimental to the public welfare and to other properties in the vicinity;
NO ADVERSE CUMULATIVE IMPACT
f) The proposed development will not cause or result in an adverse cumulative impact on other properties in the vicinity.
91.41.8 PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT - COMMERCIAL.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article, no Precise Plan shall be required if the proposed development within the Hillside and Coastal Overlay zone is for the purpose of constructing, remodeling or enlarging a commercial building, located in a commercial zone, if the following requirements are met:
a) In the case of remodeling or enlargement of a building, the net interior area of the resulting building will not be increased by more than fifty percent (50%) as a result of the remodeling or enlargement;
b) The commercial building (or in the case of remodeling or enlargement, the portion remodeled or enlarged) will be one (1) story; and provided, further, that in the event the commercially zoned lot adjoins any lot used for residential purposes, no portion of the roof (or in the event of remodeling or enlargement, no portion of the remodeled or enlarged roof) will be used as a deck, sun-deck or patio, nor will any equipment or appurtenances be mounted on the roof, protrude through the roof, or extend above the roof, or extend above the roof eave line (except for ordinary plumbing or heating vents);
NOT EXCEED 14-FEET IN HEIGHT
c)No portion of the building, in the case of new construction, will exceed fourteen (14) feet in height, measured from the ground at finished grade, but not including any berm. In the case of remodeling or enlargement, the portion remodeled or enlarged shall not exceed fourteen (14) feet in height, measured from finished grade, but not including any berm, or shall not exceed the height of the lowest portion of the remainder of the building, whichever is less. Ordinary plumbing or heating vents, as provided for in subsection b) of this section shall not be considered in the height measurement.
NO ADVERSE EFFECT OR CONTROVERSY
d) The Planning Director has determined that the proposed development will not have an adverse effect on other properties in the vicinity, and there is no significant public controversy thereon.
FULL TEXT OF THO
ARTICLE 41 - R-H HILLSIDE AND LOCAL COASTAL OVERLAY ZONE (Added by O-2747; Amended by O-2760; O-2961; O-2982; O-3027; O-3110, O-3126, O-3144)
91.41.1 HILLSIDE AND COASTAL ZONE.
a)The Hillside and Local Coastal Overlay Zone shall consist of the area designated in the maps attached following this Article, marked Exhibits A, B and C to this section, which are incorporated in this Code by this reference.
b)The provisions of this Article shall apply to all properties within the Overlay Zone in addition to the requirements of the underlying zone, except as provided in this Article. No permits shall be issued for development in the Hillside and Coastal Zone unless the requirements of this Article have been met.
91.41.2 APPLICATION OF PREEXISTING ZONE.
Nothing contained in this Article shall be deemed to repeal any provision of this Code, and the requirements of all preexisting zones in existence in the area encompassed by this Overlay Zone shall be and remain in full force and effect in addition to the requirements of the Overlay Zone, except that the requirements of the Overlay Zone shall be applied where the requirements and standards contained therein are more restrictive than those of the preexisting underlying zones.
91.41.3 LOT DIMENSIONS.
(Amended by O-3283)
Residential lots within the Overlay Zone shall provide a minimum lot width of fifty (50) feet for interior lots or sixty (60) feet for exterior lots, plus one (1) foot for each one percent (1%) slope in excess of fifteen percent (15%) based on existing grade or finished grade, whichever is more restrictive.
91.41.4 PUBLIC HEARING.
a)Upon receipt of the complete application, the Planning Director shall set a date, time and place for a public hearing thereon as soon as practicable and shall send notice thereof to the owners of land included within a three hundred (300) foot radius of the exterior boundaries of the land for which the permit is sought as shown on the last equalized assessment roll. The Planning Commission may conduct said hearing in an informal manner. The rules of evidence shall not apply. The hearing may be adjourned to a future time at the discretion of the Planning Commission without the giving of further notice, other than announcement by the Commission of the date, time and place of such adjourned meeting at the time of said adjournment. b)The applicant shall have the burden of proving that all the requirements of this Article have been met.
c)The Planning Commission may consider all measures which are proposed by the project proponents to be included in the project and other measures that are not included but could reasonably be expected to reduce the adverse impacts of the project, if required as conditions.
91.41.5 PRECISE PLAN.
a)Any development on a lot within the Hillside and Coastal Zone shall be subject to approval by the Planning Commission of a Precise Plan in accordance with Chapter 6 of this Division 9, except as provided in Sections 91.41.7, 91.41.8, and 91.41.14 of this Article.
b)Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to permit the restrictions which are less restrictive than established in the this Code, or in the California Coastal Act as to those properties lying westerly of Palos Verdes Boulevard in the Coastal Zone as defined by the California Coastal Act.
c)Nothing in this Article shall be construed to authorize the Planning Commission to impose conditions more restrictive than the express provisions of this Code or the California Coastal Act as to those properties lying westerly of Palos Verdes Boulevard in the Coastal Zone as defined in the California Coastal Act when so doing would render construction on any lot impossible where such construction would be possible in accordance with the Code as written.
d)The requirements, restrictions and conditions of the California Coastal Act, commencing at Section 30000 of the Public Resources Code of the State of California and any implementing regulations authorized by law, are incorporated by this reference as to the properties lying westerly of Palos Verdes Boulevard in the Coastal Zone as defined in the California Coastal Act.
91.41.6 PLANNING AND DESIGN.
(Amended by O-3477)
No construction and no remodeling or enlargement of a building or structure shall be permitted unless the Planning Commission (or the City Council on appeal) shall find that the location and size of the building or structure, or the location and size of the remodeled or enlarged portions of the building or structure, have been planned and designed in such a manner as to comply with the following provisions:
a)The proposed development will not have an adverse impact upon the view, light, air and privacy of other properties in the vicinity;
b)The development has been located, planned and designed so as to cause the least intrusion on the views, light, air and privacy of other properties in the vicinity; c)The design provides an orderly and attractive development in harmony with other properties in the vicinity;
d)The design will not have a harmful impact upon the land values and investment of other properties in the vicinity;
e)Granting such application would not be materially detrimental to the public welfare and to other properties in the vicinity;
f)The proposed development will not cause or result in an adverse cumulative impact on other properties in the vicinity.
91.41.7 PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT - RESIDENTIAL.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article, no Precise Plan shall be required if the proposed development within the Hillside and Coastal Overlay Zone is for the purpose of constructing, remodeling or enlarging a dwelling, provided the following requirements are met:
a)The net interior area of the completed dwelling, whether it is new construction or remodeled or enlarged, including the area of the garage, whether attached or detached, will not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the area of the lot or parcel on which the dwelling is located;
b)The dwelling (or in the case of remodeling or enlargement, the portion remodeled or enlarged) will be one (1) story; and provided further that no portion of the roof of the dwelling (or in the case of remodeling or enlargement, no portion of the remodeled or enlarged roof) will be used as a deck, sun-deck or patio, nor will any equipment or appurtenances be mounted on the roof or protrude through the roof (except for ordinary plumbing or heater vents) nor extend above the roof eave line; provided further that a chimney will be permitted if the portion extending above the roof eave line is no larger than the minimum dimensions required by the Torrance Building Code.
c)Except as provided in this subsection, no portion of the dwelling, in the case of new construction, will exceed fourteen (14) feet in height, measured from the ground at finished grade, but not including any berm. In the case of remodeling or enlargement, the portion remodeled or enlarged shall not exceed the height of the lowest portion of the remainder of the dwelling, or fourteen (14) feet measured from the ground at finished grade, but not including any berm, whichever is less. In the case of a down-sloping lot, no portion of the dwelling shall exceed fourteen (14) feet in height, measured from the top of the curb at the center point of the front property line. Vents and a chimney, as provided in subsection b) of this section, shall not be considered in the height measurements.
d)The Planning Director has determined that the proposed development will not have an adverse effect on other properties in the vicinity, and there is no significant public controversy thereon.
91.41.8 PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT - COMMERCIAL.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article, no Precise Plan shall be required if the proposed development within the Hillside and Coastal Overlay zone is for the purpose of constructing, remodeling or enlarging a commercial building, located in a commercial zone, if the following requirements are met:
a)In the case of remodeling or enlargement of a building, the net interior area of the resulting building will not be increased by more than fifty percent (50%) as a result of the remodeling or enlargement;
b)The commercial building (or in the case of remodeling or enlargement, the portion remodeled or enlarged) will be one (1) story; and provided, further, that in the event the commercially zoned lot adjoins any lot used for residential purposes, no portion of the roof (or in the event of remodeling or enlargement, no portion of the remodeled or enlarged roof) will be used as a deck, sun-deck or patio, nor will any equipment or appurtenances be mounted on the roof, protrude through the roof, or extend above the roof, or extend above the roof eave line (except for ordinary plumbing or heating vents);
c)No portion of the building, in the case of new construction, will exceed fourteen (14) feet in height, measured from the ground at finished grade, but not including any berm. In the case of remodeling or enlargement, the portion remodeled or enlarged shall not exceed fourteen (14) feet in height, measured from finished grade, but not including any berm, or shall not exceed the height of the lowest portion of the remainder of the building, whichever is less. Ordinary plumbing or heating vents, as provided for in subsection b) of this section shall not be considered in the height measurement;
d)The Planning Director has determined that the proposed development will not have an adverse effect on other properties in the vicinity, and there is no significant public controversy thereon.
91.41.9 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
a)For slope control:
1)All structures shall have roof drainage directed to the street or other approved drainageways by approved methods;
2)All excavations, paving, hillside and slope earthwork construction, landscaping and grading, including fills and embankments, shall meet building and grading Code requirements;
b)For safety, general welfare, aesthetic control, and to help stabilize land values and investments;
1)Stilt-type structures shall be constructed in such a way that there is no exposure to public view of plumbing, electrical, mechanical equipment, ducts, pipes or other construction appurtenances normally associated with a residential or commercial structure;
2)Swing-in garages and circular driveway are encouraged on wide lots to allow vehicles to enter the public way in a forward manner when such drives are landscaped appropriately;
3)There shall be a level setback of not less than five (5) feet on that portion of a hillside lot between the wall of any structure on such lot and any adjacent slope of greater than 15% of such lot;
4)The proposed development will not result in a substantial change in the physical conditions which exist in the area affected by the proposed project.
91.41.10 LIMITATION ON INCREASES IN HEIGHT.
No enlargement in any building or structure, or any remodeling of any building or structure, shall be permitted which causes the height of such building or structure or any part thereof, to be higher than before the remodeling or enlargement, unless the Planning Commission (or City Council on appeal) shall find that:
a)It is not feasible to increase the size of or rearrange the space within the existing building or structure for the purposes intended except by increasing the height; b)If such lack of feasibility is proved:
1)Denial of such application would result in an unreasonable hardship to the applicant; and
2)Granting the application would not be materially detrimental to the public welfare and to other properties in the vicinity.
91.41.11 LIMITATION ON INCREASES IN BUILDING SPACE LOT COVERAGE. a)No remodeling or enlargement shall be made to any building or structure, except for commercial uses in a commercial zone, which remodeling or addition increases the net interior floor area of the building or structure so that it exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the number of square feet in the lot or parcel of land upon which the building or structure is located unless the Planning Commission (or the City Council on appeal) shall find that:
1)Denial of such application would constitute an unreasonable hardship to the applicant; and
2)Granting of such application would not be materially detrimental to the public welfare, and to other property in the vicinity.
b)For purposes of this section, the term "commercial zone" shall mean any zone in which commercial uses are permitted, or are permitted with a Conditional Use Permit.
91.41.12 WAIVERS.
Waivers may be granted pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4, Article 2, of this Division; provided, however, that the building height requirements of this Article may be changed only pursuant to a Precise Plan. Where both a Waiver and a Precise Plan are necessary, both may be processed as a single matter.
91.41.13 GUIDELINES FOR REVIEW OF COASTAL DEVELOPMENT.
a)The following factors, in addition to the California Coastal Act, related State regulations and the other provisions of this Article, shall be considered by the Planning Commission when reviewing any development regardless of zone as to those properties lying westerly of Palos Verdes Boulevard in the Coastal Zone as defined in the California Coastal Act:
1)Multiple-family dwellings should not exceed thirty-five (35) feet above existing grade elevation;
2)Roof signs should not be permitted; and
3)Ground signs should be limited to monument-type signs with a maximum height of eight (8) feet above the front property line. b)The following factors should be considered during review of any development proposed for the coastal bluffs or adjacent to the sandy beach areas:
1)No improvements will be allowed west of the safe building line established by the Department of Building and Safety for Lots 149 through 164, Tract 18379; 2)No construction will be allowed between the safe building line and the west side of Paseo de la Playa, or on any lots north of Lot 148, Tract 18379, without a soils and geologic investigation being filed with the Department of Building and Safety;
3)No development will be allowed without supporting data showing proof of bluff and supporting soils stability being filed with the Department of Building and Safety;
4)Whether the proposed development impairs access to the beach areas for use by the general public;
5)Whether the proposed development is incompatible with recreational usage by the general public; and
6)Whether the proposed development will result in blockage of coastal views from public rights-of-way.
91.41.14 EXEMPTIONS.
a)Unless in the opinion of the Director of Building and Safety, based upon the criteria of Sections 91.41.6, 91.41.9, 91.41.10, 91.41.11 and 91.41.13 of this Article, such improvements may have a significant adverse effect on surrounding properties, the following shall be exempt from review under Section 91.41.9 of this Code, regardless of the valuation of improvements: retaining walls three (3) feet or less in height, interior modifications, maintenance or replacement of existing improvements, fences six (6) feet or less in height, grade walls, architectural appurtenances and nonoccupied areas, including but not limited to, uncovered decks, swimming pools, jacuzzis and open patios and those developments exempted by the California Coastal Act where applicable.
b)The Planning Director may exempt the following from review under Section 91.41.5 of this Article upon determining that there is no significant public controversy thereon unless in the opinion of the Planning Director or the Director of Building and Safety, based upon the criteria of
Sections 91.41.6, 91.41.9, 91.41.10, 91.41.11 and 91.41.13 of this Article, the improvements may have a significant adverse effect on such surrounding properties, regardless of the value of such improvements: retaining walls over three (3) feet in height, balconies, patios, covered decks or any other occupied areas or solar panels; and those developments exempted by the California Coastal Act where applicable. --
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P/I, P-CF Specific Land Use Issues Under the Torrance Hillside Overlay
RECOMMENDATION
The City of Redondo Beach has indicated it seeks to consider the land use and zoning of adjoining cities as it revises its General Plan. In the case of at least one large Public/Institutional (P/I) land use that is currently P-CF zoned parcel, the adjacent Torrance land is residential and in the Torrance Hillside Overlay (THO).
As a result of the THO, significant limitations should be considered for the P/I P-CF parcel, including:
• No adverse impact on view, light, air, or privacy
• Minimize intrusion
• Harmony with THO property
• No negative impact on property values
• No adverse cumulative impact
• Not exceed 14-feet in height
• No adverse impact or significant controversy
These considerations based on the adjoining THO area are recommended to be incorporated into a Redondo Beach overlay that is applied to nonresidential Redondo Beach property adjacent to THO areas.
DISCUSSION
The Torrance Hillside Overlay (THO) map clearly shows that the entirety of Flagler from Beryl to Towers, and through Flagler Alley, is governed under the THO.
Development under the THO is constrained by the long-standing Torrance Municipal Code (TMC) section, the full text of which is available at ARTICLE 41 - R-H HILLSIDE AND LOCAL COASTAL OVERLAY ZONE. For
convenience, the THO is reproduced at the end of this document and is thereby entered into the Redondo Beach General Plan, City Council, and Planning Commission records.
The THO has a number of specific requirements that are best extracted verbatim for discussion.
In summary, if the adjacent Redondo Beach P/I Land Use (P-CF zoning) were in Torrance, it would be required by the THO to conform to the following:
• No adverse impact on view, light, air, or privacy
• Minimize intrusion
• Harmony with other property
• No negative impact on property values
• No adverse cumulative impact
• Not exceed 14-feet in height
• No adverse impact or significant controversy
91.41.6 PLANNING AND DESIGN.
(Amended by O-3477)
No construction and no remodeling or enlargement of a building or structure shall be permitted unless the Planning Commission (or the City Council on appeal) shall find that the location and size of the building or structure, or the location and size of the remodeled or enlarged portions of the building or structure, have been planned and designed in such a manner as to comply with the following provisions:
NO ADVERSE IMPACT ON VIEW, LIGHT, AIR OR PRIVACY
a) The proposed development will not have an adverse impact upon the view, light, air and privacy of other properties in the vicinity;
MINIMIZE INTRUSION
b) The development has been located, planned and designed so as to cause the least intrusion on the views, light, air and privacy of other properties in the vicinity;
HARMONY WITH OTHER PROPERTY IN THE VICINITY
c) The design provides an orderly and attractive development in harmony with other properties in the vicinity;
NO HARMFUL IMPACT ON LAND VALUES IN THE VICINITY
d) The design will not have a harmful impact upon the land values and investment of other properties in the vicinity;
NOT DETRIMENTAL TO OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE VICINITY
e) Granting such application would not be materially detrimental to the public welfare and to other properties in the vicinity;
NO ADVERSE CUMULATIVE IMPACT
f) The proposed development will not cause or result in an adverse cumulative impact on other properties in the vicinity.
91.41.8 PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT - COMMERCIAL.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article, no Precise Plan shall be required if the proposed development within the Hillside and Coastal Overlay zone is for the purpose of constructing, remodeling or enlarging a commercial building, located in a commercial zone, if the following requirements are met:
a) In the case of remodeling or enlargement of a building, the net interior area of the resulting building will not be increased by more than fifty percent (50%) as a result of the remodeling or enlargement; b) The commercial building (or in the case of remodeling or enlargement, the portion remodeled or enlarged) will be one (1) story; and provided, further, that in the event the commercially zoned lot adjoins any lot used for residential purposes, no portion of the roof (or in the event of remodeling or enlargement, no portion of the remodeled or enlarged roof) will be used as a deck, sun-deck or patio, nor will any equipment or appurtenances be mounted on the roof, protrude through the roof, or extend above the roof, or extend above the roof eave line (except for ordinary plumbing or heating vents); NOT EXCEED 14-FEET IN HEIGHT
c) No portion of the building, in the case of new construction, will exceed fourteen (14) feet in height, measured from the ground at finished grade, but not including any berm. In the case of remodeling or enlargement, the portion remodeled or enlarged shall not exceed fourteen (14) feet in height, measured from finished grade, but not including any berm, or shall not exceed the height of the lowest portion of the remainder of the building, whichever is less. Ordinary plumbing or heating vents, as provided for in subsection b) of this section shall not be considered in the height measurement.
NO ADVERSE EFFECT OR CONTROVERSY
d) The Planning Director has determined that the proposed development will not have an adverse effect on other properties in the vicinity, and there is no significant public controversy thereon.
ARTICLE 41 - R-H HILLSIDE AND LOCAL COASTAL OVERLAY ZONE (Added by O-2747; Amended by O-2760; O-2961; O-2982; O-3027; O-3110, O-3126, O-3144)
91.41.1 HILLSIDE AND COASTAL ZONE.
a) The Hillside and Local Coastal Overlay Zone shall consist of the area designated in the maps attached following this Article, marked Exhibits A, B and C to this section, which are incorporated in this Code by this reference.
b) The provisions of this Article shall apply to all properties within the Overlay Zone in addition to the requirements of the underlying zone, except as provided in this Article.
No permits shall be issued for development in the Hillside and Coastal Zone unless the requirements of this Article have been met.
91.41.2 APPLICATION OF PREEXISTING ZONE.
Nothing contained in this Article shall be deemed to repeal any provision of this Code, and the requirements of all preexisting zones in existence in the area encompassed by this Overlay Zone shall be and remain in full force and effect in addition to the requirements of the Overlay Zone, except that the requirements of the Overlay Zone shall be applied where the requirements and standards contained therein are more restrictive than those of the preexisting underlying zones.
91.41.3 LOT DIMENSIONS.
(Amended by O-3283)
Residential lots within the Overlay Zone shall provide a minimum lot width of fifty (50) feet for interior lots or sixty (60) feet for exterior lots, plus one (1) foot for each one percent (1%) slope in excess of fifteen percent (15%) based on existing grade or finished grade, whichever is more restrictive.
91.41.4 PUBLIC HEARING.
a) Upon receipt of the complete application, the Planning Director shall set a date, time and place for a public hearing thereon as soon as practicable and shall send notice thereof to the owners of land included within a three hundred (300) foot radius of the exterior boundaries of the land for which the permit is sought as shown on the last equalized assessment roll. The Planning Commission may conduct said hearing in an informal manner. The rules of evidence shall not apply. The hearing may be adjourned to a future time at the discretion of the Planning Commission without the giving of further notice, other than announcement by the Commission of the date, time and place of such adjourned meeting at the time of said adjournment. b) The applicant shall have the burden of proving that all the requirements of this Article have been met.
c) The Planning Commission may consider all measures which are proposed by the project proponents to be included in the project and other measures that are not included but could reasonably be expected to reduce the adverse impacts of the project, if required as conditions.
91.41.5 PRECISE PLAN.
a) Any development on a lot within the Hillside and Coastal Zone shall be subject to approval by the Planning Commission of a Precise Plan in accordance with Chapter 6 of this Division 9, except as provided in Sections 91.41.7, 91.41.8, and 91.41.14 of this Article.
b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to permit the restrictions which are less restrictive than established in the this Code, or in the California Coastal Act as to those
properties lying westerly of Palos Verdes Boulevard in the Coastal Zone as defined by the California Coastal Act.
c) Nothing in this Article shall be construed to authorize the Planning Commission to impose conditions more restrictive than the express provisions of this Code or the California Coastal Act as to those properties lying westerly of Palos Verdes Boulevard in the Coastal Zone as defined in the California Coastal Act when so doing would render construction on any lot impossible where such construction would be possible in accordance with the Code as written.
d) The requirements, restrictions and conditions of the California Coastal Act, commencing at Section 30000 of the Public Resources Code of the State of California and any implementing regulations authorized by law, are incorporated by this reference as to the properties lying westerly of Palos Verdes Boulevard in the Coastal Zone as defined in the California Coastal Act.
91.41.6 PLANNING AND DESIGN.
(Amended by O-3477)
No construction and no remodeling or enlargement of a building or structure shall be permitted unless the Planning Commission (or the City Council on appeal) shall find that the location and size of the building or structure, or the location and size of the remodeled or enlarged portions of the building or structure, have been planned and designed in such a manner as to comply with the following provisions:
a) The proposed development will not have an adverse impact upon the view, light, air and privacy of other properties in the vicinity;
b) The development has been located, planned and designed so as to cause the least intrusion on the views, light, air and privacy of other properties in the vicinity; c) The design provides an orderly and attractive development in harmony with other properties in the vicinity;
d) The design will not have a harmful impact upon the land values and investment of other properties in the vicinity;
e) Granting such application would not be materially detrimental to the public welfare and to other properties in the vicinity;
f) The proposed development will not cause or result in an adverse cumulative impact on other properties in the vicinity.
91.41.7 PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT - RESIDENTIAL.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article, no Precise Plan shall be required if the proposed development within the Hillside and Coastal Overlay Zone is for the purpose of constructing, remodeling or enlarging a dwelling, provided the following requirements are met:
a) The net interior area of the completed dwelling, whether it is new construction or remodeled or enlarged, including the area of the garage, whether attached or detached, will not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the area of the lot or parcel on which the dwelling is located;
b) The dwelling (or in the case of remodeling or enlargement, the portion remodeled or enlarged) will be one (1) story; and provided further that no portion of the roof of the dwelling (or in the case of remodeling or enlargement, no portion of the remodeled or enlarged roof) will be used as a deck, sun-deck or patio, nor will any equipment or appurtenances be mounted on the roof or protrude through the roof (except for ordinary plumbing or heater vents) nor extend above the roof eave line; provided further that a
chimney will be permitted if the portion extending above the roof eave line is no larger than the minimum dimensions required by the Torrance Building Code. c) Except as provided in this subsection, no portion of the dwelling, in the case of new construction, will exceed fourteen (14) feet in height, measured from the ground at finished grade, but not including any berm. In the case of remodeling or enlargement, the portion remodeled or enlarged shall not exceed the height of the lowest portion of the remainder of the dwelling, or fourteen (14) feet measured from the ground at finished grade, but not including any berm, whichever is less. In the case of a downsloping lot, no portion of the dwelling shall exceed fourteen (14) feet in height, measured from the top of the curb at the center point of the front property line. Vents and a chimney, as provided in subsection b) of this section, shall not be considered in the height measurements.
d) The Planning Director has determined that the proposed development will not have an adverse effect on other properties in the vicinity, and there is no significant public controversy thereon.
91.41.8 PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT - COMMERCIAL.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article, no Precise Plan shall be required if the proposed development within the Hillside and Coastal Overlay zone is for the purpose of constructing, remodeling or enlarging a commercial building, located in a commercial zone, if the following requirements are met:
a) In the case of remodeling or enlargement of a building, the net interior area of the resulting building will not be increased by more than fifty percent (50%) as a result of the remodeling or enlargement;
b) The commercial building (or in the case of remodeling or enlargement, the portion remodeled or enlarged) will be one (1) story; and provided, further, that in the event the commercially zoned lot adjoins any lot used for residential purposes, no portion of the roof (or in the event of remodeling or enlargement, no portion of the remodeled or enlarged roof) will be used as a deck, sun-deck or patio, nor will any equipment or appurtenances be mounted on the roof, protrude through the roof, or extend above the roof, or extend above the roof eave line (except for ordinary plumbing or heating vents); c) No portion of the building, in the case of new construction, will exceed fourteen (14) feet in height, measured from the ground at finished grade, but not including any berm.
In the case of remodeling or enlargement, the portion remodeled or enlarged shall not exceed fourteen (14) feet in height, measured from finished grade, but not including any berm, or shall not exceed the height of the lowest portion of the remainder of the building, whichever is less. Ordinary plumbing or heating vents, as provided for in subsection b) of this section shall not be considered in the height measurement; d) The Planning Director has determined that the proposed development will not have an adverse effect on other properties in the vicinity, and there is no significant public controversy thereon.
91.41.9 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
a) For slope control:
1) All structures shall have roof drainage directed to the street or other approved drainageways by approved methods;
2) All excavations, paving, hillside and slope earthwork construction, landscaping and grading, including fills and embankments, shall meet building and grading Code requirements;
b) For safety, general welfare, aesthetic control, and to help stabilize land values and investments;
1) Stilt-type structures shall be constructed in such a way that there is no exposure to public view of plumbing, electrical, mechanical equipment, ducts, pipes or other construction appurtenances normally associated with a residential or commercial structure;
2) Swing-in garages and circular driveway are encouraged on wide lots to allow vehicles to enter the public way in a forward manner when such drives are landscaped appropriately;
3) There shall be a level setback of not less than five (5) feet on that portion of a hillside lot between the wall of any structure on such lot and any adjacent slope of greater than 15% of such lot;
4) The proposed development will not result in a substantial change in the physical conditions which exist in the area affected by the proposed project.
91.41.10 LIMITATION ON INCREASES IN HEIGHT.
No enlargement in any building or structure, or any remodeling of any building or structure, shall be permitted which causes the height of such building or structure or any part thereof, to be higher than before the remodeling or enlargement, unless the Planning Commission (or City Council on appeal) shall find that:
a) It is not feasible to increase the size of or rearrange the space within the existing building or structure for the purposes intended except by increasing the height; b) If such lack of feasibility is proved:
1) Denial of such application would result in an unreasonable hardship to the applicant; and
2) Granting the application would not be materially detrimental to the public welfare and to other properties in the vicinity.
91.41.11 LIMITATION ON INCREASES IN BUILDING SPACE LOT COVERAGE. a) No remodeling or enlargement shall be made to any building or structure, except for commercial uses in a commercial zone, which remodeling or addition increases the net interior floor area of the building or structure so that it exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the number of square feet in the lot or parcel of land upon which the building or structure is located unless the Planning Commission (or the City Council on appeal) shall find that:
1) Denial of such application would constitute an unreasonable hardship to the applicant; and
2) Granting of such application would not be materially detrimental to the public welfare, and to other property in the vicinity.
b) For purposes of this section, the term "commercial zone" shall mean any zone in which commercial uses are permitted, or are permitted with a Conditional Use Permit.
91.41.12 WAIVERS.
Waivers may be granted pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4, Article 2, of this Division; provided, however, that the building height requirements of this Article may be
changed only pursuant to a Precise Plan. Where both a Waiver and a Precise Plan are necessary, both may be processed as a single matter.
91.41.13 GUIDELINES FOR REVIEW OF COASTAL DEVELOPMENT.
a) The following factors, in addition to the California Coastal Act, related State regulations and the other provisions of this Article, shall be considered by the Planning Commission when reviewing any development regardless of zone as to those properties lying westerly of Palos Verdes Boulevard in the Coastal Zone as defined in the California Coastal Act:
1) Multiple-family dwellings should not exceed thirty-five (35) feet above existing grade elevation;
2) Roof signs should not be permitted; and
3) Ground signs should be limited to monument-type signs with a maximum height of eight (8) feet above the front property line. b) The following factors should be considered during review of any development proposed for the coastal bluffs or adjacent to the sandy beach areas:
1) No improvements will be allowed west of the safe building line established by the Department of Building and Safety for Lots 149 through 164, Tract 18379; 2) No construction will be allowed between the safe building line and the west side of Paseo de la Playa, or on any lots north of Lot 148, Tract 18379, without a soils and geologic investigation being filed with the Department of Building and Safety;
3) No development will be allowed without supporting data showing proof of bluff and supporting soils stability being filed with the Department of Building and Safety;
4) Whether the proposed development impairs access to the beach areas for use by the general public;
5) Whether the proposed development is incompatible with recreational usage by the general public; and
6) Whether the proposed development will result in blockage of coastal views from public rights-of-way.
91.41.14 EXEMPTIONS.
a) Unless in the opinion of the Director of Building and Safety, based upon the criteria of Sections 91.41.6, 91.41.9, 91.41.10, 91.41.11 and 91.41.13 of this Article, such improvements may have a significant adverse effect on surrounding properties, the following shall be exempt from review under Section 91.41.9 of this Code, regardless of the valuation of improvements: retaining walls three (3) feet or less in height, interior modifications, maintenance or replacement of existing improvements, fences six (6) feet or less in height, grade walls, architectural appurtenances and nonoccupied areas, including but not limited to, uncovered decks, swimming pools, jacuzzis and open patios and those developments exempted by the California Coastal Act where applicable. b) The Planning Director may exempt the following from review under Section 91.41.5 of this Article upon determining that there is no significant public controversy thereon unless in the opinion of the Planning Director or the Director of Building and Safety, based upon the criteria of
Sections 91.41.6, 91.41.9, 91.41.10, 91.41.11 and 91.41.13 of this Article, the improvements may have a significant adverse effect on such surrounding properties,
regardless of the value of such improvements: retaining walls over three (3) feet in height, balconies, patios, covered decks or any other occupied areas or solar panels; and those developments exempted by the California Coastal Act where applicable.