TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Anne McIntosh, Community Development Director
Nhung Madrid, Senior Management Analyst
Rafael Garcia, Assistant Planner
SUBJECT:Title
Consider Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 19-0004 Establishing a Sepulveda Boulevard Corridor Overlay District and Amending Commercial Development Standards to Provide a Height Bonus of 40 Feet for Hotel Developments in the General Commercial (CG) Zoning District Along Sepulveda Boulevard (Community Development Director McIntosh).
a) CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING
b) ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 19-0004
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that after conducting a public hearing, the City Council adopt Ordinance No. 19-0004 amending the Manhattan Beach Municipal Code as it relates to commercial development standards in the General Commercial (CG) Zoning District along Sepulveda Boulevard.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City Council conducted public hearings regarding proposed amendments to the CG zone on Sepulveda Boulevard. The amendments would allow increased height on certain larger properties for the purposes of encouraging hotel development. At the meeting of February 5, 2019, the City Council introduced Ordinance No. 19-0004 on first reading, and directed staff to send a notice to neighboring residential property owners for the final review and second reading of the ordinance.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications with the amendment of the zoning code. However, any hotel that is constructed pursuant to the revised ordinance would provide Transient Occupancy Tax revenue to the City.
BACKGROUND:
From January to March of 2018, the Sepulveda Initiatives Task Force comprised of residents, business owners, property owners and real estate professionals met to discuss the Sepulveda Corridor and possible policies for revitalizing properties, impr...
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