2 Background
• Comprehensive General Plan update
• City Council Oct 1 and 15 project overview
• Amendments only to the existing Land Use
Element and Zoning Ordinances
• Implement Housing Element to meet
statutory deadline of February 12, 2025
• Defer other updates to later date
• Certification of Program Environmental
Impact Report for entire update
3 Items for Adoption
1. Resolution No. CC-2410-105, Certifying the Final Program EIR
2. Resolution No. CC-2410-106, amending the existing General Plan Land Use Element
3. Resolution No. CC-2410-107, amending the Land Use Plan of the City’s Certified Local Coastal program
4. Ordinance No. CC-3281-24, amending Title 10, Chapter 1
5. Ordinance No. CC-3282-24, amending Title 10, Chapter 2
6. Ordinance No. CC-3283-24, amending Title 10, Chapter 5 4 Areas of Change (Housing)
5 a. North Tech (C-4-RO)
b. Kingsdale (C-4-RO & RH-RO)
c. South Bay Marketplace (IF-RO)
d. South of Transit Center (IF-RO)
e. 190th Street (C-2-RO & I-2-RO)
Program 8
Residential Overlay Sites
North Tech
Kingsdale
South Bay Marketplace
South of Transit Center
190th Street
6 FedEx
Program 8
Residential Overlay Sites
f. FedEx (MU-1-RO)
7 Zoning Ordinance
Parking Requirements
o Multi-family residential – Current Standard: 2 spaces for each unit. o New standard: 1 space for each studio/0-bedroom unit, 1.5 spaces for each 1-bedroom unit, and 2 spaces for each unit with 2 or more bedrooms.
RH Zones
o Increase the allowable density in RH zones from 28 du/ac to 30 du/ac. o In the RH-3 zone establish a minimum density of 20 du/ac for all sites identified on Table B-2 of the Housing Element.
State Housing Law
o Density Bonus program.
o Replacement housing requirements.
o Reasonable Accommodation requirements.
8 Zoning Ordinance
Special Needs Housing
o Specifically allow employee housing, supportive housing, and transitional housing as a residential use, subject to the same standards as other residential uses, in all districts where residential uses are allowed. o Allow low barrier navigation centers as permitted uses in all mixed-use zones, industrial, and/or commercial zones where the AHO is applied. o Conditionally allow Single Room Occupancy (SRO) housing in all C-4 zones.
By-Right Housing
o Multiple family projects up to 15 units.
o Projects identified in Table B-1, or Table B-2 of the Housing Element that provide at least 20 percent of units affordable to lower income households shall be permitted by right.
9 Zoning Map Amendments – RESIDENTIAL
NOT REQUIRED by the HE or State Law
• Change Residential and Mixed-Use to Commercial
• R-3 to C-2B and C-2 on a few properties in North
PCH SPA
• MU-3C to C-3B at the corner of PCH and Diamond
• R-1 to C-2 Zoning Along Torrance Boulevard
• RH to C-2 Zoning Along 2 Blocks of Central PCH
• MU-1 to C-2 on all but 1 existing mixed-use property
on Artesia Boulevard
10 Zoning Map Amendments – RESIDENTIAL
NOT REQUIRED by the HE or State Law
R-3 to C-2B
MU-3C to C-3B
RENAME: MU-2 as MU-1a
R-3A to C-2
11 Zoning Map Amendments – RESIDENTIAL
NOT REQUIRED by the HE or State Law
RH-1 to C-2
12 S. Pacific Coast Highway
13 Zoning Map Amendments – RESIDENTIAL
NOT REQUIRED by the HE or State Law
R-1 to C-2
14 Torrance Blvd.
15 Zoning Map Amendments – RESIDENTIAL
NOT REQUIRED by the HE or State Law
Change from
MU-1 to C-2
16 Zoning Ordinance Amendments – Residential
NOT REQUIRED by the HE or State Law
CR
• Reduce density from 35 to 30 du/ac
17 Zoning Standards –
Proposed Changes ARESIA BLVD
MU-3A, MU-3C
• Reduce density from 35 to 30 du/ac
• Establish a minimum density for MU-3A of
20 du/ac
18 Zoning Standards –
Proposed Changes
ARTESIA BLVD
MU-1
• Reduce density from 35 to 30 du/ac
MU-1a (Coastal Zoning Code Only)
• RENAME MU-2 to MU-1a
• Reduce density from 35 to 30 du/ac
19 Proposed LCP Amendments – RESIDENTIAL
NOT REQUIRED by the HE or State Law
MU-3C to C-3B
R-3A to C-2
Change in
standards only
Coastal Land Use Map Amendments
20 Proposed LCP Amendments – RESIDENTIAL
NOT REQUIRED by the HE or State Law
RH to CN
Change in
standards only
Coastal Land Use Map Amendments
21 Land Use Element
• Existing LUE being amended
(temporarily) for consistency
and HE implementation
• Will be replaced when updated
LUE is adopted at a later date
• Amended Land Use Definition
Table
• Amended the Land Use Plan
• Limited updates to goals and
policies for impacted area.
22 LUE Amendments
23 Program Environmental Impact Report
(PEIR)
• The PEIR allows the City to address environmental impacts on a comprehensive scale for the General Plan Update.
• Future projects may be within the PEIR’s scope and additional environmental review may not be required.
• Factors that allow for tiering may include a project’s land use, overall density and building intensity and location.
• Certification of the PEIR allows for the adoption of the General Plan, Zoning Ordinance, and Local Coastal Program amendments that are intended to implement the Housing Element and does not commit the City to taking specific policy actions.
24 CEQA Process
25 Significant and Unavoidable Impacts
Air Quality
• Construction and Operation
▪ AQ-1. Air Quality Assessment
(Construction)
▪ AQ-2. Air Quality Assessment
(Operation)
Energy
• Consistency with Plans
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Emissions and Consistency with Plans
▪ GHG-1. Climate Action Plan (CAP)
Land Use and Planning
• Consistency with Plans
Transportation
• Consistency with Plans and Vehicle Miles
Traveled (VMT)
Cultural Resources
• Historic Resources
▪ CUL-1. Historical Resources
Assessment
Noise
• Construction
▪ N-1. Construction Noise Measures
Population and Housing
• Population Growth
26 Notification of the Final PEIR
• The Final PEIR was posted to the City’s website:
https://www.redondo.org/departments/community_development/planredondo/index.php • The Final PEIR was uploaded to the California State Clearinghouse on October 17, 2024. • The availability of the Final PEIR was noticed in the Easy Reader newspaper on October 17, 2024. • Public agencies that commented on the Draft PEIR were notified of the Final PEIR via USPS on October 15, 2024.
• Hardcopies of the Final PEIR were made available at the City Planning Department and the two city libraries.
• The Final PEIR includes responses to comments received during the public review period on the Draft PEIR.
• The Final PEIR includes revisions and corrections to the Draft PEIR based on responses to comments and recommendations.
• The Final PEIR includes the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP). 27 Final PEIR – Response to Comments
A total of 18 comment letters were received on the Draft PEIR.
Summary of comments received and Staff recommended changes to the Draft PEIR:
• Four comment letters were received confirming receipt of the Notice of Availability (NOA) • One comment letter provided recommendations regarding tsunami considerations and references • 13 comments letters were submitted related to the proposed 0.75 Floor Area Ratio (FAR) for the BCHD campus under the proposed PI Land Use Designation
• Minor revisions to update tsunami considerations and references • Revisions to Appendix I General Plan Implementation
• Revisions to the proposed land use designations of Open Space (OS) to Public Institutional (PI) at applicable school sites.
• Revisions to revert all Utility (U) designation to Public (P).
No significant new information was presented that requires recirculation of the Draft PEIR.
No significant environmental impacts not previously disclosed in the Draft PEIR were identified.
28 Recommended Actions
1. Adopt Resolution No. CC-2410-105, certifying the Final Program EIR, adopting findings pursuant to CEQA, adopting a Statement of Overriding Considerations, and adopting a mitigation monitoring and reporting program
2. Adopt Resolution No. CC-2410-106, amending the General Plan Land Use Element
3. Adopt Resolution No. CC-2410-107, amending the Land Use Plan of the City’s Certified Local Coastal program
4. Introduce for first reading Ordinance No. CC-3281-24, amending Title 10, Chapter 1 5. Subdivisions of the Redondo Beach Municipal Code7. Introduce for first reading Ordinance No. CC-3282-24, amending Title 10, Chapter 2 Zoning and Land Use of the Redondo Beach Municipal Code
6. Introduce for first reading Ordinance No. CC-3283-24, amending Title 10, Chapter 5 Coastal Land Use Plan Implementing Ordinance of the Redondo Municipal Code
7. Provide staff with direction regarding the proposed re-zoning from R-1 to C-2 on Torrance Boulevard and RH to C-2 on Pacific Coast Highway