Drive-Through Use Zoning Code Amendment

SCH Number: 2019029083
Lead Agency: Long Beach, City of (City of Long Beach)
Document Title: Drive-Through Use Zoning Code Amendment
Document Type: NEG - Negative Declaration
Received: 2/14/2019
Present Land Use: ZCA would cover all general LU and Z districts in the city

Document Description: The proposed project would consist of the following changes to Title 21 of the Long Beach Municipal Code (zoning ordinance) collectively referred to as the project: 1) create a zoning code definition for drive-through facilities; 2) update the commercial and industrial zones permitted use tables with the new drive-through facility definition; 3) require a CUP for new fast food drive-through and expansions in industrial zones and in all planned development districts for consistency with the existing review process in the commercial zones that allow this use; 4) make reference to the design guidelines that will be developed at a later time and will supplement the drive-through regulations in the zoning code; 5) include a provision to address the demolition and/or rebuilding of a drive-through facility approved under a previous CUP and subsequently, made legally nonconforming with the project; and 6) provide new required findings specific to the drive-through use.

Contact Information: Cynthia de la Torre
City of Long Beach
333 W. Ocean Boulevard, 5th fl
Long Beach, CA 92802
Phone : (562) 570-6559

Review Period Start: 2/14/2019
Review Period End: 3/15/2019
Development Type: Other (ZCA, No dev proposed)
Local Action: Other Action Other Action: ZCA
Reviewing Agencies: Air Resources Board, Transportation Projects California Department of Parks and Recreation Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 5 Department of Water Resources Native American Heritage Commission Regional Water Quality Control Board, Region 4 Resources Agency San Gabriel & Lower Los Angeles Rivers & Mountains Conservancy State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water Caltrans, District 7