Speaker 0: Thank you. We're going to go ahead and begin with our hearings. We have two hearings. Two will be done first. And if you want to read the first hearing.
Speaker 2: Report from Development Services recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing and find the project within the scope of the Pacific Center. IIR Addendum and Declare Ordinance Amending Table two of the Douglas Park Plan Development District 32 North Development Standards related to the regulation of off premises alcohol sales uses. Read the first time and lead over to the next regular meeting for Final Reading District five.
Speaker 1: Thank you. If I can.
Speaker 0: Please have our city staff take the hearing away.
Speaker 1: Sure. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
Speaker 4: We carry tie current planning officer.
Speaker 1: And Linda Tatum, planning bureau manager. We're doing a presentation tonight for us.
Speaker 2: Good evening, Mayor Garcia and members of the city council. Before you tonight is the zoning code amendment regarding the sale of alcohol for offsite consumption in PD 32 North, otherwise known as the north portion of Douglas Park. This is working on. Here we go. So on the map, on the screen shows the boundary of the northern half of Douglas Park, and that's Lakewood. The boundaries are Lakewood Boulevard on the top cover street to the south and then to the east of I'm sorry, Carson Street on the north Lakewood Boulevard on the western boundary, and then Cover Street on the south. And that sub area, one of P.D. 32 north, is the area that this zoning code amendment would affect, and that is highlighted in red on the screen. It's otherwise it's sub area one and it is coterminous with the site boundaries of the new L.B. ex retail development that is being constructed. And there are certain stores that have opened already. So just some background. When PD 32 was first adopted and the this was during the conversion of the Boeing uses to the new Douglas Park light industrial uses and then later on and later on as amended, the it was unclear as to what the configuration of the retail uses would be. And therefore PD 32 started off with a blanket prohibition on the off premises alcohol sales. That is not the same case with PD 32 South, which is where the hotels are and the existing some of the existing commercial developments. So this is an area that simply does not even allow people to apply for the sale of alcohol, for offsite consumption. And that is inconsistent with every other retail zone in the entire city. And I did mention that this is the site of the Long Beach Exchange, L.B. X retail development. This is a shopping center of over 260,000 square feet that is currently being constructed. There is a pretty large tenant mix, but one of the anchors is a 28,000 square foot Whole Foods 365. It's a grocery store. And based on today's zoning, this grocery store would not be able to sell any alcohol for offsite consumption. And grocery stores all over the city typically do provide that service, and it's part of the products that grocery stores are able to provide. So the proposed zoning code amendment for PD 32 would allow for alcohol sales in sub area one only of PD 32 North with a conditional use permit. This is a same as the other commercial zones in the city, and also certain businesses would also will be eligible for the city's conditional use permit exemption process, which extends the exemption for getting a conditional use permit to certain businesses. And some of those businesses include supermarkets that are over 20,000 square feet, restaurants that serve food, that don't have a fixed bar, department stores or florists that sell wine and a few others. So I should note that this sub area does currently allow the sale of alcohol for on site consumption, provided that the business obtains a conditional use permit. The proposed amendment would make the process of permitting alcohol sales in this sub area one the same as other areas that allow retail uses. This also allows for requests for off sale of alcohol. Go through the Planning Commission process, where the Planning Commission may evaluate the request on a case by case basis, and that is the same as with other locations in the city. The Planning Commission heard this item on February 15th and voted unanimously to recommend that the City Council adopt this amendment to PD 32. With that staff is that's a staff report and we can answer any questions you have.
Speaker 1: Is any public comment on this item in an environment that you would like to speak on?
Speaker 0: Oh, yeah.
Speaker 1: So last step, of course. And so speaking on behalf of Grassroots Government Services, LLC, last year I tried to put a dispensary in this particular area and was told that I could not do so because of a development. Because of development give. For me, it created a green space that was within, I believe, 1500 feet of this of this particular development, thus knocking it out with really funny. Now, as I'm finding out that you're trying to put a Whole Foods that sells alcohol in this particular area, unlike, say, my clients, my dispensary workers who would have been unionized, you have CW members of the CW you're trying to put in. People are going to be just. Beating alcohol, a drug that kills 50,000 people a year. Instead of priority. Instead of allowing my particular business, which has a body count of zero. So just want that to be heard by the council. Thank you. Fine. Okay, Mr. Monk.
Speaker 2: Thank you. You'd mentioned that the process is going forward. Should this be approved, would be streamlined, would there still be opportunities? Should the violations come without the CFP that those businesses and their permits would be able to be rolled back? Oh, thank you for your question, Councilwoman. Woman Mongo. Yes. In addition to any local regulations, the sale of alcohol is regulated by the California Department of Alcohol and Beverage Control. And so there would be the same criteria that the state criteria for anyone to have, for anyone to have an alcohol license. Furthermore, the exemption to the conditional use permit process does come with operational criteria that businesses must operate under, and therefore, if they are in violation of that, that is cause for us to essentially remove that as well. There's also recently been a trend of a request for a variance to the ABC permitting where people can sell single bottles of beer. Are we clear on whether or not this form of exemption allows for that or not, or if that would be a separate process? As the IPA craft beer world has gotten more creative, this has become a higher demand and I've heard a lot of that. I thank you for your question. So the so the off sale of alcohol for offsite consumption, if it does not require a local conditional use permit, would allow for single sales of craft craft beer, if you will, because it's exempt from a conditional use permit. It doesn't is does not have a local criteria. However, if you have certain if you have any uses that proposed the sale of alcohol for offsite consumption, that is subject to the conditional use permit. The city does have the ability to condition the business so that they cannot do that. And so there's a if it's a local regulation, we can control that. However, the state regulations do allow for single sales. Wonderful. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Councilmember Chippenham.
Speaker 1: I stand in support.
Speaker 0: Okay. I'm not sure if public comment was called for this hearing at him yet. It was. Okay.
Speaker 1: So we we already did the.
Speaker 0: Public comment and we deliberated. There was a motion and a second on the floor. Members Prescott and Castro votes.
Speaker 2: Motion carries.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Item. On hearing number two.
Speaker 2: Report from Development Services recommendation or receive supporting documentation under the record. Conclude the public hearing and adopt a resolution approving an addendum to Midtown's specific plan IIR for the purpose of analyzing potential impacts related to General Plan Amendment and adopt resolution approving General Plan Amendment 18 Dash 001 to amend the land use element to change the land
Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Douglas Park Planned Development District (PD-32-North) Development Standards Table 2 relating to the regulation of off-premises alcohol sales uses, read and adopted as read.  (District 5)