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| TO: | Commissioners and Interested Persons |
| FROM: | Deborah Lee, Deputy Director Pam Emerson, Los Angeles County Area Supervisor Charles Posner, Coastal Program Analyst |
| SUBJECT: | Major Amendment Request No. 2-98B to the City of Long Beach Certified Local Coastal Program (For Public Hearing and Commission Action at the October 13, 1998 meeting in Oceanside). |
The City of Long Beach Local Coastal Program (LCP) was certified by the Coastal Commission on July 22, 1980. The current proposal is the City's second major LCP amendment request for 1998. This LCP amendment request would affect both the Land Use Plan (LUP) policies and implementing ordinances (LIP) portions of the City's certified LCP that are contained in the City's Southeast Area Development and Improvement Plan (SEADIP). The uncertified provisions and geographic areas of SEADIP would not be affected by the current proposal (Exhibit #2). The recently annexed portions of the City (Los Cerritos Wetlands) are not subject to the currently certified City of Long Beach LCP. This LCP amendment request would not affect any of these currently uncertified portions of the coastal zone.
The City has requested this LCP amendment as one of the approvals necessary for the proposed "Marina Shores" shopping center in SEADIP Subarea 29 (Exhibits #3&4). The land use, height, and curb cut standards for Subarea 29 of SEADIP are proposed to be amended to allow the construction of a City-approved 67,930 square foot retail/commercial project [See Appeal File No. A-5-LOB-98-336/Local Coastal Development Permit No. 9702-18 (Exhibit #4)].
Staff is recommending that the Commission, after public hearing,
deny the amendment request to the LUP and LIP as submitted; and then approve, only if
modified, the amendment request to the LUP and LIP. The LUP modification is necessary to
protect wetlands in the certified LCP area from development not permitted by Chapter 30233
of the Coastal Act. The LIP modification is necessary to limit the proposed height
increase only to SEADIP Subarea 29. The suggested modifications begin on PAGE SIX. The
motions to accomplish this recommendation begin on PAGE THREE.
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