TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Marisa Lundstedt, Community Development Director
Laurie Jester, Planning Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Council Consideration and Direction for a Hardship Exemption from the Downtown IZO to Allow a Change of Use for a Retail Use to Occupy a portion of a Vehicle Repair Space at 1140 Highland Avenue (Community Development Director Lundstedt).
DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council consider and provide direction on the hardship exemption from the Downtown IZO to allow a change of use for a retail use to occupy a portion of the auto repair space at 1140 Highland Avenue.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no known fiscal implications to the City of Manhattan Beach with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
An Interim Zoning Ordinance (IZO) was adopted in July 2014 and extended in August (Attachment 1) as an Urgency Ordinance for the Downtown area. The IZO, Ordinance No. ORDU 14-0016, is a "time-out" and does not allow a change from one use classification to another, such as the subject request to change a portion of the auto repair space to a retail use. The purpose of the IZO is to maintain the status quo of uses in the Downtown while the area is being studied and new guidelines and regulations are developed. The IZO allows for a Hardship Exemption as stated in Section 5 (Attachment 1). The IZO will expire on July 15, 2015, unless it is extended for up to another year. A separate report on the IZO, and the status of the Downtown Specific Plan, in accordance with the Government Code requirements, is included on the consent calendar of this agenda.
A Hardship Exemption for this location was requested on May 4, 2015 and was denied by the City Council. The request was to allow a retail use to temporarily occupy the vacant restaurant space at the sam...
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