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File #: 25-0095    Version: 1
Type: Public Hearing - Staff Report Status: Agenda Ready
In control: City Council Regular Meeting
On agenda: 3/18/2025 Final action: 3/18/2025
Title: Conduct a Public Hearing for Consideration of Introducing an Ordinance Amending Title 10 of the Manhattan Beach Municipal Code and Chapter A of the Manhattan Beach Local Coastal Program to Implement Five Programs Outlined in the City's 6th Cycle Housing Element, and Adopting a Resolution Authorizing City Staff to Submit Ordinance No. 25-0004 to the California Coastal Commission to Incorporate Said Amendments into the Local Coastal Program (No Budget Impact) (Community Development Heise). (Estimated Time: 1 Hr.) A) CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING B) INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NO. 25-0004 C) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 25-0028
Attachments: 1. Ordinance No. 25-0004 (Exhibit A, B, and C), 2. Resolution No. 25-0028, 3. Proposed MBMC and MBLCP Text Amendments (Redline Version), 4. 6th Cycle Housing Element (Web-Link Provided), 5. Negative Declaration and First Addendum (Web-Link Provided), 6. Planning Commission Staff Reports (Web-Link Provided), 7. PowerPoint Presentation
TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council

THROUGH:
Talyn Mirzakhanian, City Manager

FROM:
Ryan Heise, Acting Community Development Director
Adam Finestone, Planning Manager
Maricela Guillean, Associate Planner

SUBJECT:Title
Conduct a Public Hearing for Consideration of Introducing an Ordinance Amending Title 10 of the Manhattan Beach Municipal Code and Chapter A of the Manhattan Beach Local Coastal Program to Implement Five Programs Outlined in the City's 6th Cycle Housing Element, and Adopting a Resolution Authorizing City Staff to Submit Ordinance No. 25-0004 to the California Coastal Commission to Incorporate Said Amendments into the Local Coastal Program (No Budget Impact) (Community Development Heise).
(Estimated Time: 1 Hr.)
A) CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING
B) INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NO. 25-0004
C) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 25-0028
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council conduct a public hearing and introduce an ordinance to amend the Manhattan Beach Municipal Code and the Manhattan Beach Local Coastal Program to implement five programs outlined in the City's 6th Cycle Housing Element, and to adopt a resolution authorizing staff to submit said ordinance to the California Coastal Commission to incorporate said amendment into the Local Coastal Program.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
On September 23, 2022, the Manhattan Beach City Council amended the Manhattan Beach General Plan by adopting the 6th Cycle Housing Element Update (Housing Element). The Housing Element includes a number of programs designed to facilitate additional housing opportunities in the City. Several of these programs require amendments to the Manhattan Beach Municipal Code (MBMC) and Manhattan Beach Local Coastal Program (MBLCP). To implement these programs and ensure consistency with the General Plan, the proposed Ordinance aims to implement five programs outlined in the Housing Element. Specifically, zone text amendments...

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