LA County Board

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Hearing on Project No. PRJ2022-004615-(2 and 4), South Bay Area Plan\nProject\nHearing on the South Bay Area Plan (SBAP) Project No. PRJ2022-004615-(2\nand 4), Advance Planning Case No. RPPL2022014508, Advance Planning\nCase No. RPPL2022014509, General Plan Amendment No. RPPL2023004724,\nZone Change No. RPPL2023004725, Environmental Assessment No.\nRPPL2022014512, and the associated amendments to the General Plan and its\naccompanying Land Use Policy Map, County Code, Title 22 - Planning Zoning,\nincluding the zoning map, and the West Carson Transit Oriented District (TOD)\nSpecific Plan, collectively known as the Project, the SBAP is a component of\nthe General Plan that guides development in the eight unincorporated\ncommunities within the South Bay Planning Area (Planning Area) over the next\n20 years, including Alondra Park/El Camino Village, Del Aire, Hawthorne\nIsland, La Rambla, Lennox, West Carson, Westfield/Academy Hills, and\nWiseburn; the associated amendments to the General Plan, County Code Title\n22 and West Carson TOD Specific Plan implement the goals and policies in the\nSBAP and maintain consistency between the General Plan, the SBAP, and the\nSBAP’s implementing documents, the proposed General Plan Land Use Policy\nMap amendments will establish the long-range vision for the general intended\nuses within the Planning Area, as well as development density, the proposed\nZoning Map amendments implement that vision on a parcel-level through zoning\nthat regulates specific allowable uses and development standards, State law\nrequires that the Zoning Map be consistent with the Land Use Policy Map, the\nProject proposes land use and zoning changes in the following categories:\nHousing Element land use and zoning changes, technical changes, and\nOpportunity Areas; the Housing Element identifies a list of sites in the South\nBay Planning Area that must be redesignated by 2025 in accordance with the\nCounty’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation shortfall, total of 94 properties are\nproposed to be redesignated to accommodate 5,361 potential units, technical\nchanges are proposed for 2,511 properties in the Planning Area to fix\ninconsistencies between land use and zoning designations, reflect existing\nconditions on the ground, and ensure consistency with the General Plan Land\nUse Policy legend, opportunity Areas implement the SBAP’s and General Plan’s\ngoals to increase housing opportunities, focus growth in areas near transit, and\ntransition underutilized sites to ensure compatibility with surrounding uses and\nreflect changing development patterns, the northeastern portion of the Del Aire\ncommunity is identified as an opportunity area in the General Plan and as such,\na total of 283 properties in the community of Del Aire are selected for land use\nand zoning changes because of their proximity to high quality transit, land use\nand zoning changes are proposed for an additional 13 properties identified as\nopportunity areas in the Planning Area as they are vacant, underutilized, and/or\nincompatible with adjacent established uses, these changes will facilitate the\ntransition of these sites to uses that reflect surrounding development patterns,\nthe Project also amends County Code, Title 22 to establish the South Bay\nPlanning Area Standards District (PASD) with two new Community Standards\nDistricts (CSDs) for the communities of Del Aire and Wiseburn and six\nreserved CSDs for potential future community-specific development standards\nfor the communities of Alondra Park/El Camino Village, Hawthorne Island, La\nRambla, Lennox, West Carson, and Westfield/Academy Hills, the PASD\nestablishes new areawide standards for residential, commercial, industrial, and\nmixed use development, addressing issues such as landscaping, lighting, and\nsetback requirements, the Project also amends the West Carson TOD Specific\nPlan to move regulations and development standards from the Specific Plan into\nCounty Code, Title 22, while other non-regulatory information remains in the\nSpecific Plan outside of County Code, Title 22, the northern boundary of the\nSpecific Plan is proposed to be expanded to include parcels associated with the\nAlpine Village property, along with this change, the existing Light Industrial land\nuse policy is proposed to be updated to General Commercial and the new\nAlpine Village Zone designation for the parcels is being established, these\nproposed changes are intended to help protect the existing historic landmark on\nthe site while also accommodating future commercial and non-residential uses,\nas a lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act, the Board will\nconsider the effects of the Project as shown in the Final Programmatic\nEnvironmental Impact Report (PEIR), will consider certification of the Final\nPEIR with Alternative E - Reduced Density in Del Aire (H30 to H18), and will\nconsider adoption of the associated Findings of Fact and Statement of\nOverriding Considerations, and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program.\n(On October 31, 2024, the Regional Planning Commission recommended\napproval of this project.) (Department of Regional Planning) (25-0028)