2023-10-17 CC Agenda Packet - PRESENTATION - ITEM C10 - Smoky Hollow Specific Plan UpdateCITY OF
ELSEGUNDO
Smoky Hollow Specific Plan
Update
City Council Public Hearing
October 17, 2023
Tonight's Hearing
• Background
• Identify key changes made
• Discuss revised approach to
Community Benefits Plan
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Background
• Specific Plan Goals:
• Creative office, R&D, and
tech business incubator
• Pedestrian environment
• Make public improvements
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Proposed Changes
• Permitted uses
• Options for El Segundo Boulevard
• Misc. Provisions (i.e. caretaker units, "changes of
occupancy," etc.)
• Community Benefits Plan process
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Update Permitted Uses
• Small fitness centers (<2,500 sf) by right;
• Large fitness centers with CUP
• Tutoring uses
• Eliminate CUP requirement for restaurants
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Clarifications
• Change outdoor dining parking exemption to match
Downtown language
• Clarify only one caretaker unit allowed per building
• Change in "use", not "occupancy", will trigger
compliance with parking standards
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DDflons for EI Segundo Bc
Figure 3-2: Possible Configuration for El Segundo Boulevard
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require additional analysis based on existing
conditions prior to implementation.
3.2.1 EI Segundo 13ouleomd
EI Segundo Boulevard is classified as a "minor
arterial." running easVwest along the south
edge of the Specific Plan area, bordering the
Chevron Oil Pehnery.E1 Segundo Boulevard
links the Smoky Hollow area to downtown El
Segundo to the west and the office parks east
of Pacific Coast Highway. and beyond to the
Metro C Line El Segundo stations and
1-405 freeway.
Transformative strategies for El Segundo
Boulevard aim to improve mobility for
pedestrians and cyclists and potentially
address parking shortages in the district.
Understanding that change is incremental.
the Specific Plan identifies easy -to -implement
improvements for the near term as well as
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longer -ter m solutions. In the short term.
the City will undertake pilot projects to
explore a preferred configuration. This may
include providing parallel parking, installing
a protected bike lane, widening sidewalks. or
some combination of these improvements. The
changes in the short and Iona terms will not
require any street widening and will maintain
four travel lanes. The final configuration will
be based on feedback from residents and
business owners. together with a scheme that
works with other citywide mobility objectives.
In adchhon, high -visibility crosswalks will be
added along EI Segundo Boulevard. marked
with Liaddional continental stripes (sometimes
referred to as zebra striping). Contrasting and
high -visibility crosswalks indicate pedestrian
pathways and have been shown to improve
safety behavior of motorists. Complete Streets
provide options for modes of travel.
Design Standards and Community
Benefits
• Current Community Benefits Plan policy awards points
for quality architecture
• Community benefits plans generally focus on amenities
that enhance the public realm for all users:
• Improved pedestrian and bicycle mobility
• Street furniture
• Landscaping
• Open spaces and parklets
• Public art
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Changing Design Guidelines to
Design Standards
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Table 2-7: Design Standards
1 Pedestrian Entry Orientation and Treatment
2 Ground Floor Ceiling Height
1 Universal Accessibility
2 Surfacing Materials for Pedestrian Routes
a Buildings adjacent to a street shall provide a minimum of one primary entry oriented to the sidewalk or publicly
accessible pedestrian path
b Secondary entries. where provided. shall be clearly identified and provided with an unobstructed path of travel
from a sidewalk or parking lot
c. Where pedestrian access to an alley is provided, such access shall include safety lighting. Doors shall open inward
from the alley
The minimum interior floor -to -ceiling height of the ground floor shall be i2 feet
a. Where necessary to accommodate ADA-accessible sidewalks, streetscapes, and amenities in constrained rights -
of -way. an easement shall be provided on private property between the sidewalk and building edge The easement
may be used for pedestrian circulation or to accommodate street trees, furniture, and utilities
b Ease of access shall be provided along and across sites through leveling outdoor and indoor height differences,
providing accessible ramps and handrails. removing obstacles along inter or pedestr an paths, and minimizing curb
cuts
In parking lots. pedestrian circulation routes shall be clearly distinguished through the use o paving materials.
colors, and textures that contrast with the driveways and drive aisles
For new buildings or additions of 1,000 square feet or more of gross floor area fronting Franklin Avenue. a minimum
15% facade transparency shall be provided at the ground level or first 12 feet of height above grade, whichever is
1 Transparency
less. through the utilization of windows, entries, or similar openings (see Figure 2-3: Building Transparency, Franklin
Avenue Frontages)
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LSO Use this slide and the next to highlight the new provisions, esp. for C. Bldg Design.
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Along any street, no wall shall extend more than 20 feet without including doors, windows, non-commercial murals,
2. No Blank Walls or landscaping that cover at least 20 percent of the facade. The purpose is to avoid blank walls.
3.360° Architecture I All building facades shall include detailing consistent with the overall building design.
4. Materials and Colors I A combination of at least three different materials and/or colors shall be used on all facades facing the right-of-way.
Any building that is located at the intersection of two streets shall have a distinctive corner treatment that includes,
for example:
a. Windows that meet at the corner
S. Corner Buildings b. A building edge cut back from the comer at a 45-degree angle
c. A distinctive non-commercial mural
d. A change in building material
e- A small plaza
1. Plant Palette Drought -tolerant and native plants and trees shall be used and selected from the plant palette established in this
ISpecific Plan (see Figure 3-9: Tree/Stormwater Planter Design and Plant Palette).
2. Stormwater Facilities
Note(s):
sf = square feet: ft = feet
To the maximum extent practical, stormwater facilities shall be incorporated into landscaped areas. Where such
incorporation is not practical, such facilities shall be integrated into site and building design, including through the
use of rain barrels.
Revised Community Benefits Plan
Process
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SMOKY HOLLOW COMMUNITY BENEFITS FINDINGS WORKSHEET
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moved to Design Stds - e.g., corner plazas, enhanced surfacing, 360-degree architecture.
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Proposed Community Benefits Policy
1. Project architecture does not count as a community benefit,
but project must comply with at least 50% of the guidelines.
2. Community benefits are precisely defined as the public realm
improvements identified in Chapters 3 and 5.
3. Benefits will bear a relationship to "added project value."
4. Required benefit value is 20% of overall added project value.
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Recommendations
1. Adopt resolution No. 2940 recommending City Council
approve an amendment to the Smoky Hollow Specific Plan
updating permitted uses, development standards and design
guidelines, simplifying the community benefit plan process,
and clarifying various specific plan provisions.
2. Adopt resolution No. 2942 recommending City Council
approve an amendment to the Community Benefits Plan
Policy.
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The End
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Parking In -lieu fee usage.
• Revenue Collected: $338,352
• Designated for expenses: $317,866 (two pilot projects)
• Funds available: $20,486 ($425421)
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