TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Anne McIntosh, Community Development Director
Laurie B. 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 Residential Condominium Standards (Community Development Director McIntosh).
a) CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING
b) INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NOS. 18-0007 AND 18-0008
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that City Council conduct the public hearing and introduce Ordinance No. 18-0007 (Attachment 1) amending the Manhattan Beach Municipal Code (MBMC) and Ordinance No. 18-0008 (Attachment 2) amending the Local Coastal Program (LCP) to address residential condominium standards.
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 October 18, 2016, the City Council directed the Planning Commission to consider municipal code and Local Coastal Program (LCP) amendments to address the residential condominium standards which require that condominiums consisting of two units on a single lot be of approximately the same age and size. The applicant who proposed the amendments is Chris Carey, a property owner and resident. Staff has since spent considerable time researching the implications of the applicant's request, crafting alternative code language to address staff's and the applicant's concerns, and also researching and drafting other amendments to the residential condominium standards that are unrelated to the applicant's request, but are in need of updating.
On February 28, 2018, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on the proposal. The "same age" rule was adopted in 1980 to better regulate condominium conversions before comprehensive cond...
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