City Council

L.1. PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN INITIAL STUDY - MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION, GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS, AND ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS THAT SERVE TO IMPLEMENT/ACTIVATE AND MAKE CONSISTENT THE ARTESIA & AVIATION CORRIDORS AREA PLAN (AACAP) WITH THE CITY’S GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING ORDINANCE. THE AACAP AND PROPOSED GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS, DEFINE A NUMBER OF STRATEGIES AND IMPLEMENTABLE ACTIONS THAT WILL GUIDE THE FUTURE REVITALIZATION OF THE AREA, INCLUDING AN INCREASE IN ALLOWED FLOOR AREA RATIO FROM 0.50 TO 0.60, PHYSICAL PLACEMAKING ENHANCEMENTS, CONNECTIVITY TO SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND NEW GATHERING SPACES TO CREATE A SENSE OF “PLACE AND CHARACTER.” INTRODUCE BY TITLE ONLY ORDINANCE NO. 3258-23, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, FOR A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO ACTIVATE AND MAKE CONSISTENT THE ARTESIA & AVIATION CORRIDORS AREA PLAN WITH THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH GENERAL PLAN CONCERNING FLOOR AREA RATIO AND PREFERRED LAND USES AND DESIGNS AND ADOPTION OF THE ASSOCIATED CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION; AND INTRODUCE BY TITLE ONLY ORDINANCE NO. 3257-23, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, TO ACTIVATE AND MAKE CONSISTENT THE ARTESIA & AVIATION CORRIDORS AREA PLAN WITH THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH ZONING ORDINANCE CONCERNING ENTITLEMENT PROCEDURES, FLOOR AREA RATIO, OFFICE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, SIGNAGE, ACCESS/WALL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, OUTDOOR RETAIL SALES, OUTDOOR DINING AND USABLE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AND ADOPTION OF THE ASSOCIATED CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION. PROCEDURES: a. Open the Public Hearing, take testimony; b. Close the Public Hearing; and c. Adopt by title only Ordinance No’s 3258-23 and 3257-23.