PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REPORT
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Jennifer Villasenor, Director of Community Development
BY: Joanna Cortez, Principal Planner
SUBJECT:
title
ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT NO. 23-002 (ZONING UPDATE)
REQUEST:
Amend eight chapters of the Huntington Beach Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance (HBZSO) to update definitions and processes, provide clarification by codifying existing policies and code interpretations, and introduce a process for space efficient parking such as mechanical parking lifts. The chapters to be amended are Chapter 203 (Definitions), Chapter 210 (Residential Districts), Chapter 211 (C Commercial Districts), Chapter 212 (I Industrial Districts), Chapter 218 (M Mixed-Use Transit Center District), Chapter 230 (Site Standards), Chapter 231 (Off-Street Parking and Loading Provisions), and Chapter 241 (Conditional Use Permits and Variances - Temporary Use Permits-Waiver of Development Standards). Additionally, amend Section 2.5: Street Regulations of the Beach and Edinger Corridors Specific Plan (BECSP) to update the process and provide clarification for street improvements within the specific plan.
LOCATION:
Citywide
body
APPLICANT:
City of Huntington Beach
PROPERTY
OWNER:
Not applicable
RECOMMENDATION:
recommendation
That the Planning Commission take the following actions:
A) Find the project exempt from additional environmental review pursuant to City Council Resolution No. 4501, Class 20, which supplements the California Environmental Quality Act because the request is a minor amendment to the zoning ordinance that does not change the development standards intensity or density and in accordance with the BECSP Program Environmental Impact Report No. 08-008 certified by the Planning Commission on December 8, 2009 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 and 15163, no subsequent EIR or supplement to the EIR need be prepared for this ZTA and no further environmental review or documentation is required; and
B) Recommend appr...
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