City Council

a. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT NO. 2023-07\nAMENDING LOMITA MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE XI (PLANNING AND ZONING) TO\nCREATE MIXED-USE OVERLAY DISTRICT REGULATIONS FOR FOUR OR FEWER\nRESIDENTIAL UNIT DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN, COMMERCIAL (D-\nC) ZONE WITHIN THE MIXED-USE OVERLAY DISTRICT\nPresented by Laura MacMorran, Associate Planner\nRECOMMENDED ACTION: After the City Attorney reads the title of the ordinance, accept\nthe recommendation of the Planning Commission and introduce on first reading an\nordinance amending Lomita’s Municipal Code Article 58 (Mixed Use Overlay District) to\nupdate regulations, remove the minimum lot size requirement for four-or-fewer-residential-\nunit developments within the D-C (Downtown, Commercial) Zone within the Mixed-Use\nOverlay District, and Article 15 (Definitions); find the project is categorically exempt from\nthe California Environmental Quality Act; and direct staff to schedule the second reading\nand adoption of the ordinance.\nORDINANCE NO. 856 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF\nLOMITA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT 2023-07\nAMENDING LOMITA MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE XI (PLANNING AND ZONING),\nCHAPTER 1 (ZONING), REVISING THE CITY’S REGULATIONS FOR MIXED-USE\nOVERLAY DISTRICT TO UPDATE STANDARDS; TO ALLOW MIXED-USE\nDEVELOPMENTS CONTAINING FOUR OR FEWER UNITS WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN\nCOMMERCIAL (D-C) ZONE; TO DEFINE A TERM AND A DETERMINATION THAT THE\nPROJECT IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA\nENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA)