PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Ursula Luna-Reynosa, Community Development Director
BY: Hayden Beckman, Senior Planner
SUBJECT:
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GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 2019-001, ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT NO. 2018-002, ZONING MAP AMENDMENT NO. 2018-001 (COUNTY GOTHARD PROPERTY & RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY ZONING)
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REQUEST:
To review the draft legislative changes to three sections of the Huntington Beach Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance (HBZSO) that establish a set of zoning standards for the Research and Technology (RT) zoning district.
APPLICANT:
City of Huntington Beach
PROPERTY
OWNER:
County of Orange and Multiple Various Property Owners
BUSINESS
OWNER:
Multiple Various Business Owners
LOCATION:
APN 111-071-37 (West side of Gothard Street at Prodan Drive) and multiple existing Industrial zoning districts
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
To introduce a recommended set of new zoning land use and development standards for the Research and Technology (RT) zoning district (Attachments No. 1, 2, and 3).
PROJECT PROPOSAL:
One of three requests of the overall proposed project, Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) No. 18-002 will amend three chapters of the Huntington Beach Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to establish land use controls and development standards for the future RT land use designation. The three chapters to be amended are Chapter 204 (Use Classifications), Chapter 212 (Industrial Districts), and Chapter 231 (Off-Street Parking and Loading Provisions).
BACKGROUND
The 2017 General Plan Update identified target industries and opportunity areas in the Northwest Industrial and Gothard Corridor subareas where technology manufacturing and service industries provide a high potential for growth, and thus established the new Research and Technology (RT) land use designation to transform these areas. To complete the implementation of the General Plan's economic development strategies, the Planning Commission must review, consider, and ...
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