City Council

22. 26-56661 Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing, review and determine that the proposed Zoning Code Amendment and Local Coastal Program Amendment are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the State CEQA Guidelines, as it will not result directly or indirectly in significant environmental impacts (SE26-100); Declare the urgent need for an emergency ordinance establishing a local emergency coastal development permit process due to the existence of a local and state emergency caused by conditions and threatened conditions of the El Niño weather pattern and associated extreme storm event within the City of Long Beach (City), which if not corrected, constitutes an imminent and proximate threat to the safety of persons and property within the City; Declare ordinance approving a Zoning Code Amendment (ZCA26-003), and adopting the proposed findings related thereto, to amend Long Beach Municipal Code (LBMC) Chapters 21.25 of Title 21 (Zoning) by adding subsections 21.25.903(D), 21.25.903(E) and 21.25.904(H) to establish a local emergency coastal development permit process to support the proclaimed local emergency related to the result and impacts from Hurricane Marie and the imminent and proximate threats of the 2026-2027 El Niño and winter storm season; declaring the urgency thereof to make the ordinance effective immediately as an emergency ordinance; and read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading for regular ordinance; and Office or Department: Community Development Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. 26-56662 Adopt resolution supporting a Local Coastal Program Amendment (LCPA26-003) to implement the establishment of a local emergency coastal development permit process and authorizing City Manager, or designee, to submit LCPA26-003 and associated materials and findings related to changes to Title 21 of the LBMC to the California Coastal Commission for its review and certification in compliance with the Certified Local Coastal Program. (Districts 1, 2, 3) Office or Department: Community Development Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. REGULAR AGENDA