Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, March 05, 2019
Special Orders of the Day
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A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER: (1) INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 19-1925 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON TO APPROVE ZONE CHANGE NO. 178-17, BIRCH SPECIFIC PLAN NO. 15-17, MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM; AND (2) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 19-054 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON TO ADOPT GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 100-17, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION A FOUR STORY, 32-UNIT RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT ON A 0.78 ACRE SITE LOCATED AT 21809-21811 S. FIGUEROA STREET
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I. SUMMARY
This project proposes to construct 32 residential condominium units on S. Figueroa Street. The attached proposed ordinance would approve a new Specific Plan, the "Birch Specific Plan," and an associated zone change to change the zoning of the Specific Plan area from RM-18-D (Residential, Multifamily - 18 dwelling units per acre - Design Overlay) to Birch Specific Plan, to change the zoning to 41 dwelling units per acre for the 0.78 acre parcel, as well as a mitigated negative declaration and mitigation monitoring and reporting program.
The implementation of the proposed project also requires approval of a General Plan Amendment to change the existing land use designation from High Density Residential to Urban Residential. The current General Plan land use designation allows up to 20 units for this site. State law requires general plan amendments to be made by resolution. The attached proposed resolution would adopt the general plan amendment.
In approving the project, the Planning Commission (Commission) felt that in exchange for increasing the number of units by 12, the project should participate in a community benefit program fee that includes a $63,000 contribution to the City (see condition of approval number 19 to attached proposed ordinance). The Commission did not define what this amount should be used for. The amount is ...
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