REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Chief Eric Parra, Interim City Manager
VIA: Jennifer Villasenor, Director of Community Development
PREPARED BY: Hayden Beckman, Senior Planner
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Consider the Bolsa Chica Senior Living Community Project - Adoption of Resolution No. 2023-51 approving General Plan Amendment No. 21-004; introduction of Ordinance No. 4305 approving Zoning Map Amendment No. 21-003; adoption of Resolution No. 2023-53 approving Zoning Text Amendment No. 22-005; adoption of Resolution No. 2023-52 certifying Environmental Impact Report (EIR) No. 21-004; and, consider appeals by Council Member Burns and Brian Thienes of the Planning Commission's approval of Conditional Use Permit No. 21-024
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Statement of Issue:
Transmitted for City Council's consideration is a request by Hines to establish the Bolsa Chica Senior Living Community Specific Plan to enable the redevelopment of an approximately 3.10 acre project site consisting of two parcels into a new four-story 244,295 sq. ft. convalescent facility (at a maximum overall height of 52 ft.) with on-site alcohol sales and consumption. The facility would consist of 178 total units, a subterranean parking garage, and associated hardscape and landscape improvements on a site with an existing grade differential above 3 ft. involving the excavation of more than 25,000 cubic yards of soil. This request represents a reduced project that what was reviewed by the Planning Commission.
On September 26, 2023, the Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit (CUP) and recommended approval of a proposed Specific Plan and associated legislative amendments to the City Council, for the construction of a convalescent facility that consisted of five stories, 298,000 sq. ft. at an overall height of 65 ft. and included a total of 202 units (original project). The CUP for the original project was subsequently appealed to the ...
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