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File #: 20-0008    Version: 1
Type: Consent - Staff Report Status: Agenda Ready
In control: City Council Regular Meeting
On agenda: 1/7/2020 Final action:
Title: Consider Allowing Construction at 330 South Sepulveda Boulevard on Two City Recognized Holidays (Martin Luther King Jr.'s Day and Presidents' Day) (Community Development Director Tai). APPROVE
Attachments: 1. After-Hours Work Request (November 25, 2019), 2. MBMC Section 5.48.140 - Noise Disturbances
TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council

THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager

FROM:
Carrie Tai, Community Development Director
Ryan Heise, Building Official

SUBJECT:Title
Consider Allowing Construction at 330 South Sepulveda Boulevard on Two City Recognized Holidays (Martin Luther King Jr.'s Day and Presidents' Day) (Community Development Director Tai).
APPROVE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the request to modify construction hours for 330 South Sepulveda Boulevard.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.

BACKGROUND:
Skechers is expanding their existing two-story commercial building and subterranean parking garage at 330 South Sepulveda Boulevard which will extend an entire block length from Duncan Avenue to Longfellow Drive when completed. The block previously consisted of the Skechers' existing 55,000 square-foot office building, and land that previously contained a 14,000 square-foot car wash. Construction has commenced on the 20,000 square-foot addition and is currently occurring at the lower levels of the underground parking garage, the bottom of which is located four levels below grade.

The Manhattan Beach Municipal Code (MBMC) allows construction activity to occur between 7:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on weekdays, and between 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturdays. The MBMC also prohibits construction activity on Sundays and City-recognized holidays. MBMC section 9.44.030(F) allows the City Council to modify the hours for construction activity under limited circumstances.

DISCUSSION:
The contractor, McCarty Building Companies Inc., has requested to work on two Mondays that are City-recognized holidays per the Construction Rules section 9.44.030(B) of the MBMC. The two holidays are Martin Luther King Jr.'s Day, observed on Monday, January 20, 2020, and Presidents' Day, o...

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