Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Special Orders of the Day
SUBJECT:
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PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER CARSON 2040 GENERAL PLAN UPDATE AND ASSOCIATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
On February 15, 2023, the City Council held a workshop/study session regarding this matter, after a Planning Commission hearing was held and recommendation made on January 10, 2023. The workshop was noticed and conducted as a public hearing, and public testimony was provided during the hearing. City Council provided direction to staff on a number of significant issues. The following issues were discussed in detail:
* Legal Non-Conforming Uses
* Business Residential Mixed-Use
* Shell Property
* Economic Development Strategic Plan
* Community Outreach
* Prohibited Uses
* Flex District
The City Council provided clear direction to staff on the above issues on February 15; however, staff needs additional time to address all the issues per Council's direction. Therefore, staff is requesting that after opening tonight's hearing and taking any further public testimony, the hearing to be continued to the March 21, 2023 regular City Council meeting.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
1. OPEN the Public Hearing, TAKE public testimony, and CONTINUE the Public Hearing to the March 21, 2023 regular City Council meeting.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE another action the City Council deems appropriate, consistent with the requirements of the law.
IV. BACKGROUND
The City Council provided the following direction to staff:
* Legal Non-Conforming Uses:
Allow legal non-conforming uses created by the 2040 General Plan Update to continue to operate without being subject to amortization and to expand as needed (i.e., exempt them from nonconforming status), except that if a building or property stays vacant for longer than one year, all non-conforming exemption privileges terminate, whereas such privileges do not terminate if a use moves ...
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