Palos Verdes Estates 2021-2029 Housing Element Program 13 Rezoning Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025030159
Lead Agency
Palos Verdes Estates, City of
Document Title
Palos Verdes Estates 2021-2029 Housing Element Program 13 Rezoning Project
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Various. Malaga Cove (Site 1) and Lunada Bay (Site 2): Commercial; First Church of Christ, Scientist (Site 3): R-1
Document Description
The City's Housing Element identified Program 13: Zoning Code Review and Update; Program 13 provides ministerial approval of projects for three opportunity sites within five parcels that will be rezoned with either a Mixed-Use Overlay or Housing Opportunity Overlay designation to accommodate future housing to meet the City's RHNA target. Two candidate sites, Malaga Cove (Site 1) and Lunada Bay (Site 2), would be re-zoned to apply the MU-O designation. The First Church of Christ, Scientist (Site 3) would be rezoned to apply the HO-O overlay zone. Both overlay zones would allow for by-right residential uses with objective design standards. The overlay zone would allow Malaga Cove (Site 1) and Lunada Bay (Site 2) to develop at a maximum density of 30 dwelling units/acre (du/ac), resulting in a maximum of 20 units at each site and First Church of Christ, Scientist (Site 3) to develop at 25 du/ac, resulting in a maximum of 116 units, for a total of 156 maximum units. The proposed project would include a General Plan Amendment at First Church of Christ, Scientist (Site 3).
Contact Information
Name
Sheryl Brady
Agency Name
City of Palos Verdes Estates
Job Title
Community Development Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Name
Liza Debies
Agency Name
CSG Consultants
Job Title
Senior Consulting Environmental Planner
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Palos Verdes Estates
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Citywide, Southern California
Cross Streets
Various
Zip
Various
Total Acres
Not Applicable
Parcel #
7539-016-018, 7539-016-019; 7542-015-025; 7538-027-010, 7538-027-009
State Highways
Hwy 1 (Pacific Coast Highway)
Railways
N/A
Airports
Zamperini Field (Torrance)
Schools
Town and Country Nursery School, Palos Verdes HS, Silver Spur
Waterways
Olmstead Creek, Malaga Creek, Margate Canyon Creek, and Agua Amarga Canyon Creek
Other Location Info
Site 1: Township: 04s, Range: 14W, Section: 30
Site 2: Township: 05s, Range: 15W, Section: 1 and 2
Site 3: Township: 04s, Range: 14W, Section: 29
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), California Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy (SMMC), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), Colorado River Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 15, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 16, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 22, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 7, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, University of California Natural Reserve System (UCNRS)
Development Types
Other (Max 156 net new units and 401 new residents as part of RHNA)
Local Actions
General Plan Amendment, Rezone
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
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