MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Hermosa Beach, California, held on Tuesday, May 2, 2000, at the hour of 7:15 P.M.

 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Janet McHugh

 

ROLL CALL :

Present: Bowler, Dunbabin, Edgerton, Oakes, Mayor Reviczky
Absent: None

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS - None

 

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION - None

 

1. CONSIDERATION OF TEXT AMENDMENTS TO SINGLE-FAMILY AND MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR SINGLE-FAMILY AND MULTI-FAMILY PROJECTS; OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS AND SETBACKS IN R-2, R-2B, AND R-3 ZONES; AND ADOPTION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL NEGATIVE DECLARATION . Memorandum from Community Development Director Sol Blumenfeld dated April 25, 2000.

Community Development Director Blumenfeld presented the staff report and responded to Council questions. City Manager Burrell also responded to Council questions.

 

The public hearing opened at 8:04 P.M. Coming forward to address the Council on this issue were:

Jerry Compton - Hermosa Beach resident, 1200 Artesia (business), opposed increasing the parking, noting that condominium projects usually end up with three spaces per unit anyway due to the replacement parking requirement; said Redondo Beach requires a higher total amount of open space, so the 15-percent roof decks are larger;

Larry Peha - 67 14th Street, opposed the 15-percent open space proposal for roof decks and suggested requiring only one 7 ft. x 7 ft. deck; said he tried to create interesting entryways and was concerned about ending up with substandard dining rooms and living rooms too small to furnish; suggested checking how many lots have only five parking spaces; and

Nancy Schwappech - 3124 Hermosa Avenue, said she had a single family home in an R-3 area; referred to information she submitted this evening -- a chart summarizing zoning requirements in each of the City's residential zones and photographs of the area's residential structures; said 200 square feet of ground level open space would be a problem for her and others whose homes are currently surrounded by tall structures; suggested exempting single family/R-3 from whatever changes are made.

 

The public hearing closed at 8:34 P.M.

 

The meeting recessed at 8:34 P.M.
The meeting reconvened at 8:40 P.M.

 

Action : By consensus of the Council, it was determined that a definition of roof deck was needed to distinguish decks accessible only from the floor below from decks directly accessible to living area, and staff was directed to return with a definition for Council review.

 

Action: To direct staff to report back on the ramifications of making the following changes, including a comparison to existing procedures, with regard to condominium developments in multi-family zones: (1) with regard to the required 200 square feet of common open space - to allow a maximum of 100 square feet to be a roof deck, and the remaining 100 square feet to be located either on the ground or on decks; (2) with regard to the required 100 square feet of private open space - to require only one deck to be a minimum 7 ft. x 7 ft. and the remaining open space to be directly accessible from the building.
Motion Oakes, second Edgerton. The motion carried by a unanimous vote.

 

Action : To maintain the existing multi-family parking standards of two and one-half parking spaces per unit plus replacement parking but require that guest parking spaces be open and available to all units within a project, as recommended by staff.
Motion Bowler, second Dunbabin. The motion carried by a unanimous vote.

 

Action : By consensus of the Council, staff was directed to agendize for discussion at a future meeting the issue of the current Code provision that allows the development of more units with lot mergers than would otherwise be allowed, with various options to be considered, such as a maximum lot size or changing the number of units per acre.

 

ADJOURNMENT - The Adjourned Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach adjourned on Tuesday May 2, 2000, at the hour of 10:10 P.M. to the Regular Meeting of Tuesday, May 9, 2000, at the hour of 7:10 P.M.

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