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ORDINANCE NO. 3324-26
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10,
CHAPTER 5, SECTION 10-5.1602 PERTAINING TO
SERVICE STATIONS AND DETERMINING SUCH
AMENDMENTS AS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
WHEREAS, at the November 1, 2022 Council Meeting, the Redondo Beach City Council considered whether to lift the City’s ban on general food sales, inclusive of beer and wine at service stations; and
WHEREAS, after the City Council discussed the matter, a motion was made to direct staff to return with options repealing the ban on general food sales, inclusive of beer and wine at service stations, including a conditional use permit process and associated conditions; and
WHEREAS, on February 21, 2023, staff returned to the City Council with the draft inland and coastal ordinances for consideration and City Council provided direction to finalize only the inland ordinance and forward to Planning Commission for review; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing, took public testimony, and considered the inland ordinance amendment on April 20, 2023 and recommended the City Council not adopt the inland ordinance for consideration; and WHEREAS, at a duly noticed public hearing on September 19, 2023, the City Council approved the amended inland ordinance for first reading and introduction; and WHEREAS, on October 3, 2023, the City Council approved the amended inland ordinance for second reading and adoption; and
WHEREAS, on January 14, 2026 City Council directed staff to forward the coastal ordinance for Planning Commission review and return to the City Council with the Planning Commission’s recommendation; and
WHEREAS, on May 21, 2026 Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing, took public testimony, and considered the coastal ordinance and recommended the City Council not adopt the coastal ordinance; and
WHEREAS, at a duly noticed public hearing on October 13, 2026, the City Council directed staff to modify the ordinance by implementing an administrative use permit process rather than a conditional use permit process and continued the hearing to October 20, 2026 ; and
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WHEREAS, staff revised the coastal ordinance by including an administrative use permit process; and
WHEREAS, at the duly continued public hearing on October 20. 2026, the City Council approved the coastal ordinance for first reading and introduction; and WHEREAS, on ____________, the City Council approved the coastal ordinance for second reading and adoption.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Title 10, Chapter 5, Section 10-5.1602(b)(12) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: (Note: Additions are noted as underlined and deletions are noted as strikeouts):
“(12) General food sales, Incidental tobacco or tobacco products sales and rentals. a. All applicants requesting an Administrative Use Permit for general food sales, inclusive of the sale of beer and wine for off-site consumption (off-site) shall comply with the requirements detailed in this section.
b. Subject to the approval of an Administrative Use Permit, general food sales, inclusive of the sale of beer and wine for off-site consumption (off-site), may be displayed and sold within an architecturally screened area that is an extension of the main structure and specifically designed for that purpose.
c. Application for Administrative Use Permit for General Food Sales, inclusive of the sale of beer and wine for off-site consumption (off-site). (1) The applicant shall file with the Community Development Department a completed application in a form provided by the Community Development Department. (2) The owner of record of the lot or parcel of property which is to be affected by the application shall file an affidavit authorizing the application on a form provided by the Community Development Department.
(3) Upon the filing of an application, the applicant shall pay a fee, as set forth by resolution of the City Council.
d. Criteria. The following criteria shall be used in determining a project's consistency with the intent and purpose of this section:
(1) General food sales, inclusive of the sale of beer and wine for off-site consumption, shall be ancillary to the primary use;
(2) The proposed use shall have no adverse effect on abutting property or the permitted use thereof; and
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(3) The conditions stated in the written decision and the design considerations integrated into the project shall be deemed necessary to protect the public health, safety, and general welfare. Such conditions must consist of, at a minimum, the following:
a) Applicant shall comply with all conditions required by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
b) Only beer and wine, not hard liquor, may be sold.
c) The display area of alcoholic beverages may not exceed 25% of the retail space.
d) Coolers containing beer and wine shall be locked during hours alcohol is not sold.
e) No displays of beer and wine shall be located within five (5) feet of the store’s entrance or cash register.
f) Cold beer or wine shall only be sold from, or displayed in, permanently affixed electrical coolers.
g) No display or sale of beer or wine shall be made from an ice tub. h) Single serve/individual containers of alcohol shall be prohibited. i) No beer or wine advertising shall be located on gasoline islands, and no lighted advertising for beer or wine shall be located on buildings or in windows.
j) No advertising or signage indicating the availability of beer and wine shall be visible from the exterior nor from entry of the retail establishment to the maximum extent possible.
k) No sales of beer or wine shall be made from a drive-in window. l) The proposed hours of operation for the use are complimentary to the business district in which the use is located, and will not negatively impact other uses.
m) Employees on duty between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age to sell beer and wine. n) No video or other electronic games shall be allowed on the premises. o) Coolers containing alcohol shall remain locked until cashier verifies customer is of age.
p) Construction of an architecturally screened area that is an extension of the main structure and specifically designed for the purpose of the display and sale of beer and wine for off-site consumption (off-sale). e. Decision on application.
(1) A notice of a pending decision by the Community Development Department shall be given as follows for Administrative Use Permits:
a. By mailing a written notice thereof, not less than 10 working days prior to the date of pending approval to the applicant, to the owner of the subject property and to the owners of properties within 100 feet of the exterior boundary of the subject property or properties; such notices shall be sent by first class mail, with postage prepaid, using the addresses from the last adopted tax roll, if available; and ORDINANCE NO. 3324-26
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b. By posting such notice in at least one prominent place on or about each parcel which is the subject of the proposed action or upon utility poles or sticks along or about the street line of such parcel.
c. The content of the notice of pending decision for an Administrative Use Permit shall contain the following information:
1. The date of filing of the application and the name of the applicant;
2. The file number assigned to the application;
3. A description of the proposed development and its location;
4. The date at which the application is expected to be approved; and
5. A statement that revisions to the proposed project will be considered by the Community Development Department upon the written request of any person provided that such written request is received by the Community Development Department within 10 working days from the date of sending the notice.
(2) If no written request for revisions is received, the Community Development Department shall make a final decision to approve, approve with conditions or to deny.
The final decision of the Community Development Department shall be made in writing and shall be mailed to the applicant by first class mail. (3) If a written request for revisions has been received prior to the deadline, the applicant and the person that provided the written request for revisions to the proposed project shall be notified by first class mail within seven days of the receipt of the written request that an Administrative Review Conference shall be scheduled. The final decision of the Community Development Department shall be made in writing and shall be mailed to the applicant and the person that provided the written request for revisions to the proposed project by first class mail.
(4) Where the decision is to deny the application, notice of the decision shall be in writing and shall recite the failure to meet the criteria upon which the decision is based and notice of the decision shall be mailed to the applicant by first class mail within seven days of the decision.
f. Appeal of decision. The decision of the Community Development Department shall be final and conclusive unless, within 10 days after the date of such decision, a written appeal is filed with the Community Development Department requesting a public hearing before the Planning Commission. g. Setting hearings. The Community Development Department shall set an appeal for a public hearing before the Planning Commission in a timely fashion. h. Notice of public hearing before the Planning Commission. Notice of public hearing before the Planning Commission to consider an appeal of the decision of the Community Development Department shall be given as follows:
(1) By publication at least once in a weekly newspaper of general circulation in the City not less than 10 calendar days prior to the date of the public hearing; and ORDINANCE NO. 3324-26
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(2) By mailing a written notice thereof, not less than 10 days prior to the date of such hearing to the applicant, to the owner of the subject property and to the owners of properties within 300 feet of the exterior boundary of the subject property or properties; such notices shall be sent by first class mail, with postage prepaid, using the addresses from the last adopted tax roll, if available; and
(3) By posting such notice in at least one prominent place on or about each parcel which is the subject of the proposed action or upon utility poles or sticks along or about the street line of such parcel. In the event more than one parcel is the subject of such hearing, and such parcels comprise 200 or more feet of street frontage, at least one such notice shall be posted on or about the street line at intervals of not less than 200 feet, starting at either end of the subject properties where the property line intersects the street line.
i. Decision of the Planning Commission. The decision of the Planning Commission on all applications shall be final and conclusive unless, by 5:00 p.m. of the tenth (10th) day following such decision (or of the next working day if the tenth (10th) day falls on a weekend or holiday):
(1) A written appeal on the form designated by the City is filed by any interested party with the City Clerk requesting a public hearing before the City Council stating the grounds for the appeal and all required fees for said appeal are paid in full; or (2) The Mayor or a member of the City Council requests a public hearing before the City Council stating the grounds for the appeal. Provided however that the City Council member or Mayor requesting the appeal shall disqualify him or herself from hearing the appeal unless he or she can certify in writing that the appeal is being requested as a result of public interest in the decision to be reviewed and he or she has no predisposition against or in favor of the project. The City Council as a whole shall be prohibited from voting to appeal any matter in which they will sit as the reviewing body.
Such appeal, or City Council request for a public hearing, shall be set for a public hearing by the City Clerk in a timely fashion.
j. Notice of public hearing before the City Council. Notice of public hearing before the City Council to consider an appeal of the decision of the Planning Commission shall be given pursuant to subsection (i) of this section. k. Decision of the City Council. The decision of the City Council on all applications shall be final and conclusive.
l. Expiration.
(1) An approval subject to Administrative Use Permit shall become null and void unless vested within 36 months after the date of the approval. Such time limits may be extended by the Community Development Department upon the written request of the ORDINANCE NO. 3324-26
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applicant and the presentation of proof of an unusual hardship not of the applicant's own making. If an established time limit for development expires, and no extension has been granted, the approval, and all rights and privileges established therein, shall be considered null and void.
(2) Any Administrative Use Permit granted pursuant to this section shall become null and void, and any use of the premises for off-sale beer and wine sales shall terminate immediately, if the establishment’s State off-sale beer and wine license has been terminated or suspended for a period of ninety (90) days or more. m. Revocation/Modification. After notice to the applicant and subject to appeal to the Planning Commission, the Community Development Department may revoke or modify any Administrative Use Permit approval issued on one or more of the following grounds:
(1) That the approval was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation; (2) That the use for which such approval was granted has ceased for a period of at least 18 consecutive calendar months;
(3) That changed circumstances have rendered exercise of the approval as originally granted infeasible or inimical to the health, safety and welfare of the community; (4) That there has not been substantial compliance with the terms and conditions of the approval;
(5) That exercise of the approval violates any State, Federal or local statute or regulation;
(6) That exercise of the rights under the approval is detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the community;
(7) That exercise of the rights under the approval constitutes a nuisance. Shall a nuisance arise from general food sales including, but not limited to, pan-handling, public intoxication, and noise generation such nuisance shall be the basis to take any and all regulatory action up to and including revocation, including the imposition of additional provisions and conditions to the Administrative Use Permit.
At any hearing on revocation or modification the permittee and any other person whose property right are affected by revocation, modification, or continuance of the exercise of rights under approval, shall have the right to produce any arguments and introduce any evidence in support of their position.
cn. Subject to approval of a Conditional Use Permit pursuant to Section 10-
5.2506, incidental convenience items (i.e. soft drinks, candy, cigarettes, etc.) tobacco and/or tobacco products (i.e., conventional cigars, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, or tobacco as ORDINANCE NO. 3324-26
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ancillary sales) for the immediate consumption of the motoring public may be displayed and sold within an architecturally screened area that is an extension of the main structure and specifically designed for that purpose.
do. Subject to approval of a Conditional Use Permit pursuant to Section 10-
5.2506, the rental of trucks and utility trailers within an architecturally screened area designed specifically for that purpose may be permitted as long as such truck and utility trailer rentals shall not interfere with the normal operation of the service station or the efficient circulation of automobiles on the site.”
SECTION 3. Any provisions of the Redondo Beach Municipal Code, or appendices thereto, or any other ordinances of the City inconsistent herewith, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no further, are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. CEQA. This Ordinance is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines because there is no possibility that this Ordinance or its implementation would have a significant negative effect on the environment. (14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15061(b)(3).) City staff shall cause a Notice of Exemption to be filed as authorized by CEQA and the State CEQA Guidelines.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall be published by one insertion in the official newspaper of said city, and same shall go into effect and be in full force and operation automatically upon certification and approval by the California Coastal Commission.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this __ day of November, 2026. ________________________
James A. Light, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
________________________________ ________________________________ Joy A. Ford, City Attorney Eleanor Manzano, CMC, City Clerk ORDINANCE NO. 3324-26
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF REDONDO BEACH )
I, Eleanor Manzano, City Clerk of the City of Redondo Beach, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 3324-26 was duly introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 20th day of October, 2026, and was duly approved and adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the __ day of November, 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Eleanor Manzano, CMC
City Clerk