TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Quinn M. Barrow, City Attorney
Talyn Mirzakhanian, Acting Community Development Director
SUBJECT:Title
Urgency Ordinance No. 23-0001-U:
An Interim Ordinance Of The City Of Manhattan Beach Extending Urgency Ordinance No. 22-0002-U, Which Amended The Manhattan Beach Municipal Code To Clarify Provisions For The Preservation Of Historic Resources (Acting Community Development Director Mirzakhanian).
(Estimated Time: 15 Mins.)
A) CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING
B) ADOPT URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 23-0001-U EXTENDING THE INTERIM ZONING ORDINANCE FOR A MAXIMUM OF ONE YEAR
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 23-0001-U extending Interim Ordinance No. 22-0002-U that clarified provisions for the preservation of historic resources in the existing Historic Preservation Ordinance.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There is no direct fiscal impact associated with the adoption of the attached Ordinance No. 23-0001-U. As the recommended action is an interim zoning ordinance, the City will need to review and update the existing Ordinance to ensure consistency with the City's intended historic preservation goals. This will incur costs associated with staff time.
BACKGROUND:
At the November 2, 2021, City Council meeting, the City Council requested a discussion the City's existing historic preservation ordinance, seeking clarity as to portions of the ordinance that were subject to property owner consent. On December 7, 2021, the City Council conducted a discussion of the existing historical preservation ordinance and found that the ordinance text differs from the intended policy direction during the 2016 adoption. The City Council confirmed that the intended policy direction was for the ordinance requirements to be voluntary, and directed staff to take action(s) to amend the ordinanc...
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