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P.C. RESOLUTION 97-55
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, TO
RECOMMEND AMENDING THE GENERAL PLAN FROM
COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR TO MEDIUM DENSITY
RESIDENTIAL AND A ZONE CHANGE FROM SPECIFIC
PLAN AREA #7 TO R-2 (TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL)
AND ADOPTION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL NEGATIVE
DECLARATION FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED ON
THE REAR PORTION OF TWO COMMERCIAL PARCELS
FRONTING ON PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY (635 AND 705
P.C.H.) AND INCLUDING THREE LOTS ON 6TH STREET
AS DESCRIBED BELOW AND SHOWN ON THE
ATTACHED MAP
The Planning Commission of the City of Hermosa Beach does hereby resolve and order as follows:
Section 1. An application was filed by Michael Learned, et al, and Anastasi Development
Corporation owners in escrow of real property at 63 5 and 705 Pacific Coast Highway and 709-
725 6th Street, seeking to amend the General Plan Map and Zoning Map.
Section 2. The Planning Commission conducted a duly noticed de novo public hearing to
consider the application for a Precise Development Plan on September 16, 1997, at which
testimony and evidence, both written and oral, was presented to and considered by the Planning
Commission
Section 3. Based on evidence received at the public hearing, the Planning Commission
makes the following factual findings:
1. The requested changes will reduce the depth of the commercial designated property, as
measured from P.C.H. westward, from 290 feet to 165 feet, and replacing the commercial
designations on the rear 125 feet to allow residential development consistent with the Medium
Density Residential classification of the General Plan and the R-2 Zoning district in the Zoning
Ordinance.
2. The existing commercial property at 635 P.C.H. has been in continuing use as a retail
lumber yard since the 1920's and contains a retail building supply hardware store and several
lumber stacks, and employee and customer parking on the properties that front on 6th Street.
The property at 705 P .C.H. contains commercial buildings on the front portion and is largely
vacant on the rear portion. The commercial buildings are currently vacated due to non
compliance with the City's seismic safety ordinance, and were most recently used commercially
for a Motel and restaurant and retail commercial uses.
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3. The subject properties have been designated for commercial use to the full depth of 290
feet since the adoption of the City's first zoning ordinance in 1956.
4. The adjacent property to the North is designated on the General Plan and Zoning Maps for
commercial purposes to a depth of 120 feet, and to the south to a depth of 3 00 feet.
5. Surrounding residential property to the west is designated Medium Density Residential on
the General Plan and Zoned R-2, which allows residential development up to a density of24 units
per acre, and is currently developed with a mix of single and multi-family uses in which the current
density ranges from 15 -24 units per acre.
Section 4 . Based on the foregoing factual findings, the Planning Commission makes the
following findings pertaining to the request General Plan Amendment and Zone Change
1. The General Plan Amendment and Zone Change will recognize current market conditions
which have not supported or created an interest in commercial development at this location at the
existing depth, and allow the development of a more appropriate residential land use.
2. The subject property to be redesignated is appropriate for residential use as it is abutted by
residential uses to the north, and located in an area which is predominantly residential in character.
A residential use of the subject properties will be more compatible to surrounding residential uses
than a potentially more intensive commercial use. The redesignation to Medium Density
Residential on the General Plan Map and R-2 on the Zoning Map will be consistent with
designations to the west of the subject property, and will allow a density of residential uses in a
range consistent with surrounding residential development.
3. The Planning Commission concurs with the Staff Environmental Review Committee's
recommendation, based on their Environmental Assessment/Initial Study, that this project will
result in a less than significant impact on the environment, and therefore qualifies for a
Negative Declaration.
Section 4 . Based on the foregoing , the Planning Commission hereby recommends that the
City Council amend the Land Use Map of the General Plan, and the City 's Official Zoning Map as
follows:
1. Amend the Land Use Map of the General Plan by changing the properties , as described
below and shown on the attached map , from Commercial Corridor to Medium Density
Residential, and amend the Zoning Map by changing the properties, as described below and
shown on the attached map, from S.P.A. 7 to R-2 Two-Family Residential:
635 Pacific Coast Highway, legally described as a portion oflot 27, Block 78 2nd Addition
to Hermosa Beach, M.B. 3-11-12
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705 Pacific Coast Highway, legally described as a portion of lot 28, Block 78, 2nd Addition
to Hermosa Beach, M.B. 3-11-12
709, 721, and 723 6th Street, legally described as lots 6, 7, and a portion oflot 8, Tract No.
8525
VOTE: AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN :
Cornms. Perrotti, Pizer, Schwartz, Chmn. Tucker
None
None
Comm. Merl
CERTIFICATION
I hereby certify the foregoing Resolution P.C. 97-55 is a true and complete record of the action
taken~ the Planning Commission of the City of Hermosa Beach, California , at their regular
mee mg' f S°7r I , 1997 .
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