TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Anne McIntosh, Community Development Director
Laurie Jester, Planning Manager
Ted Faturos, Assistant Planner
SUBJECT: Title
Conduct Public Hearing for Consideration of Amendments to the Municipal Code and Local Coastal Program (LCP) Related to Urgent Care Medical Uses (Community Development Director McIntosh).
CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING AND INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NOS. 17-0028 AND 17-0029
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that after conducting the public hearing, the City Council introduce Ordinance No. ORD 17-0028 (Attachment 1) amending the Manhattan Beach Municipal Code and Ordinance No. ORD 17-0029 (Attachment 2) amending the Local Coastal Program (LCP) to address the urgent care land use.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no direct fiscal impacts as a result of the adoption of the Municipal Code and Local Coastal Program Amendments.
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION:
On November 15, 2016 the City Council directed staff to research and gather data on the Urgent Care land use after hearing concerns from some residents regarding a new Exer Urgent Care at 3215 North Sepulveda Boulevard. Since then, the City Council has passed an Interim Zoning Ordinance (IZO) that requires any new Health Care facilities along Sepulveda Boulevard acquire a Use Permit (Ordinance No. 17-0020-U Attachment 3).
On September 13, 2017, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on the urgent care land use. Staff attempted to define the urgent care use and presented research on a range of potential neighbor impacts that some claim would accompany an urgent care office. Staff presented research showing little if any threat of increased impacts when compared to a traditional medical office use, specifically discussing ambulance noise, potential loitering drug addicts, extended hours, parking, traffic, and laboratories. The ...
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