City Council

25. 25-56023 Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing and consider two third-party appeals from Benjamin Harris for Los Angeles Waterkeeper (APL25-004) and Sunjana Supekar with Carstens, Black & Minteer LLP for the Riverpark Coalition (APL25-005); Adopt resolution certifying the InSite Self Storage Project Environmental Impact Report (EIR-02-23, State Clearinghouse [SCH] Number 2023060250), making findings of fact related thereto and approving a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP); 25-56024 Adopt resolution approving a General Plan Map Amendment (GPA24-002), and adopt the proposed findings related thereto, to change land use PlaceType from Neo-Industrial (NI)/40 feet to Community Commercial (CC)/5 stories, 50 feet PlaceType; a. Amend Map LU-7 (PlaceTypes) to convert the project site from NI to CC PlaceType; b. Amend Map LU-8 (Heights) to increase the project’s height allowance from 40 feet to 5 stories, 50 feet; c. Amend Map LU-14 (CC PlaceType) to include the project site; Amend Map LU-16 (NI PlaceType) to exclude the project site; d. Amend Map LU-20 (Major Areas of Change) to change the project site’s “Area of Change Description” from “2-Convert to Neo-Industrial” to “4Transition from Industrial to Commercial Uses” and convert the color coding from NI to CC; and e. Amend Map LU-23 (Bixby Knolls) to convert the project site from NI to CC. 25-56025 Adopt ordinance approving a Zoning Code Amendment (ZCA24-002) to Section 21.39.030 of the Zoning Regulations in the Long Beach Municipal Code (LBMC), and adopt the proposed findings related thereto, to allow the Commercial Storage (CS) Zoning District to utilize height overlays pursuant to Chapter 21.39 of the Zoning Regulations, read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading; 25-56026 Adopt ordinance approving a Zoning Map Change (ZCHG24-004) request, and adopt the proposed findings related thereto, to amend the zoning designation from Light Industrial (IL) to CS, which also includes a high-rise overlay designation of fifty feet/5 stories (HR-50/5) in height, read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading; Deny the appeals and uphold the Planning Commission’s conditional approval of Site Plan Review (SPR24-054), and adopt the proposed findings and conditions of approval thereto, for site grading and the construction of a four-story (44 feet in height), 206,756 square foot self-storage facility with approximately 1,681 selfstorage units, with an ancillary lobby, leasing office and restrooms, 551 space covered recreational vehicle storage lot, 27 standard automobile stalls, five Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) parking stalls, on-site landscaping, and a 1,450 square foot private outdoor car wash for exclusive use of storage facility and recreational vehicle tenants at a 13.95 acre site located at 3701 Pacific Place in the Light Industrial (IL) Zoning District (pending approval of a zone change to CS Zoning District); and Deny the appeals and uphold the Planning Commission’s approval of Conditional Use Permits (CUP24-010) and adopt the proposed findings and conditions of approval thereto, to allow the operation of the self-storage facility, recreational vehicle storage, and private outdoor car wash in the CS Zoning District located at 3701 Pacific Place. (District 5) Levine Act: Yes