SUBJECT: FINAL MAP #52508 (C.U.P. CON NO. 98-4 AND PDP NO. 98-4)

LOCATION: 635 and 705 Pacific Coast Highway

APPLICANT(S): JCC HERMOSA BEACH LLC

LEARNED LUMBER

 

REQUEST: TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING FINAL MAP FOR AN EIGHT-UNIT CONDOMINIUM PROJECT (LOT 1) AND THE RECONFIGURATION OF THE LEARNED LUMBER PROPERTY (LOT 2)

 

Recommendation

Staff recommends approval of Final Tract Map #52508 which is consistent with the approved Vesting Tentative Tract Map, and recommends the City Clerk be directed to endorse the certificate for said map.

 

Background

The Planning Commission approved a Conditional Use Permit and Vesting Tentative Tract Map #52508 at their April 21, 1998 meeting. The map involves the combination and resubdivision of two 290-foot deep lots on Pacific Coast Highway (the former Mar Vista Motel property and a portion of the Learned Lumber Property). The lots were approved to be combined into one commercial property with 256 feet of frontage on P.C.H and a depth of 170 feet, with the back portion (the rear 120 feet) split off for an eight-unit condominium project to be developed by JCC Homes. The Conditional Use Permit was initially approved with a condition that the map be recorded before and demolition or construction on the site. However, it was subsequently amended at the July 20, 1999 Planning Commission meeting to allow demolition work and site work to begin, with the modified condition that the final map be recorded prior to issuance of building permits for the condominiums.

 

As the Council is aware, the associated General Plan Amendment and Zone Change to allow the rear portion of this property to be developed residentially was approved by vote of the people.

 

Process

Once a map has been tentatively approved by the Planning Commission, copies of the tentatively approved map must be submitted to the L.A. County Engineer, who is contracted by the City, to review the map for its technical correctness (pursuant to Section 66442(a)(4)of the Subdivision Map Act).

 

An applicant has two years from the date of tentative map approval to submit for final map approval. Typically applicants have not submitted for final map approval until projects are near completion and ready to be sold. However, in this case, a specific condition of the C.U.P. and map approval requires that the map be recorded prior to issuance of building permits. Therefore, while the applicants have completed demolition and some of the site preparation work, and are in the process to relocating the lumber racks and lumber yard operations, no building permits have been obtained to begin construction of the condominiums.

 

Final maps must be submitted to the City Council and must be approved by the City Council, "...if it conforms to all the requirements of [Subdivision Map Act] and any local subdivision ordinance applicable at the time of approval or conditional approval of the tentative map and any rulings made thereunder...." pursuant to Section 66458(a) of the Subdivision Map Act.

 

Analysis

The L.A. County "City Engineer" and City Staff have reviewed the Final Map and found it substantially consistent with the Vesting Tentative Tract Map approved by the Planning Commission and in conformance with the State Subdivision Map Act.

 

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RESOLUTION NO. 00-

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING APPROVAL OF FINAL TRACT MAP #52508 to resubdivide the existing lots into two new lots FOR an 8-unit CONDOMINIUM PROJECT on lot 1, and commercial purposes on lot 2, LOCATED AT 635 and 705 Pacific Coast Highway, HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA.

WHEREAS, the City Council held a meeting on February 22, 2000 and made the following Findings:

A. This project will not violate any of the provisions of Sections 66427.1, 66474, 66474.1, and 66474.6 of the Subdivision Map Act;

B. The proposed subdivision, together with the provisions for its design and improvement, is consistent with the General Plan required by Article 5 (commencing with Section 65300) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of the Government Code, or any specific plan adopted pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 65450) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of the Government Code;

C. The development of the property in the manner set forth on the subject division of land will not unreasonably interfere with the free and complete exercise of any public entity and/or public utility rights-of-way and/or easements within the subject division of land;

D. The approval of said map is subject to all conditions outlined in Planning Commission Resolution P.C. No. 99-47 adopted after hearing on July 20, 1999;

E. This project is Categorically Exempt pursuant to 15268(b)(3), "Approval of final subdivision maps", of the California Environmental Quality Act.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach, California, does hereby resolve as follows:

1. Pursuant to the recommendation of the Planning Commission and to the recommendation of the County Engineer, the City Council does hereby grant final approval of Tract Map #52508 in the City of Hermosa Beach, State of California, being a Subdivision of a portion of Lots 27 and 28, Block 78, Second Addition to Hermosa Beach, as recorded in Book 3, Pages 11 and 12 of Maps in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, for a eight-unit condominium project on Lot 1, and commercial use on Lot 2, on land commonly known as 635 and 705 Pacific Coast Highway, Hermosa Beach, California.

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