TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Anne McIntosh, Community Development Director
Laurie B. Jester, Planning Manager
Ted Faturos, Assistance Planner
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration and Approval of a Hardship Exemption Request from the Sepulveda Boulevard Health Care Facilities Interim Zoning Ordinance (IZO) to Allow a New Medical/Massage Use at 2405 North Sepulveda Boulevard (Community Development Director McIntosh).
DISCUSS AND APPROVE REQUEST
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council consider and approve a hardship exemption from the Sepulveda Boulevard Health Care Facilities Interim Zoning Ordinance (IZO) to allow the owner of a new massage/day spa at 2405 N Sepulveda Boulevard to obtain planning approval without requiring a use permit.
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FISCAL IMPLICATION:
There are no known fiscal implications to the City of Manhattan Beach with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
A moratorium on new Health Care Facilities along Sepulveda Boulevard was adopted on August 7, 2017 with Ordinance No. 17-0015-U. On September 19, 2017 Ordinance No. 17-0020-U, amended and extended the IZO to require a use permit for any newly established Health Care Facility on Sepulveda Boulevard instead of an outright ban. (Attachment 1) This IZO expires on August 6, 2018.
A hardship exemption was requested on October 25, 2017 by Blossom Spa, a massage establishment with ancillary day spa services. Blossom Spa wishes to occupy a currently vacant tenant space located at 2405 N. Sepulveda Boulevard. MBMC 10.08.050 considers a massage establishment a medical office use and therefore subject to the Sepulveda IZO.
DISCUSSION:
Section 5 of the IZO allows review of a hardship exemption if an application is filed in writing, contains all documentation to support the hardship claim, and it is filed 10 days in advance of a regular meeting of...
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