ORDINANCE 1580 ORDINANCE NO. 1580
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL
SEGUNDO APPROVING ZONE TEXT AMENDMENT NO. ZTA 18-05
AMENDING ARTICLE A (MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (MDR)
ZONE) OF CHAPTER 7 (OVERLAY DISTRICTS) TO TITLE 15 (ZONING
REGULATIONS) OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE
The City Council of the City of El Segundo does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: The City Council finds and declares as follows:
A. Since the original Smoky Hollow Specific Plan was developed, certain properties
at the northern edge of the specific plan area were designated for future
conversion from commercial to residential use. These properties were
designated with the Medium Density Residential (MDR) overlay.
B. The MDR overlay was designed to convert properties from the underlying base
zone (formerly Medium Manufacturing, now Smoky Hollow East) to MDR at some
unspecified future date.
C. The MDR overlay chapter of the ESMC contains development standards that are
very closely aligned to Multi-family residential (R-3) zone development standards.
Therefore, activating the overlay and applying the MDR standards as a zone
creates two nearly identical zones.
D. Several MDR overlay properties were activated prior to the new Smoky Hollow
Specific Plan taking effect on November 1, 2018, and were shown on the City's
official zoning map as "MDR Activated."
E. Previously activated MDR properties were rezoned as part of the Smoky Hollow
update in 2018. Their current zone is now R-3 and the "MDR Activated"
designation no longer exists on the zoning map.
F. For the remaining properties in the MDR overlay, activation after the effective
date of this ordinance will result in the activated properties zoning becoming R-3
and the properties simultaneously being removed from the Smoky Hollow
Specific Plan area.
G. On December 13, 2018, the Planning Commission held a duly-noticed hearing on
the proposed Ordinance, received and considered a staff report and oral and
written testimony from the public, and adopted Planning Commission Resolution
No. 2855 recommending that the City Council adopt the proposed Ordinance as
set forth herein.
H. On January 15, 2019, the City Council held a duly-noticed hearing where it
received and considered a staff report, the Planning Commission's
recommendation, and oral and written testimony from the public.
SECTION 2: General Plan Findings. As required pursuant to Government Code
section 65860, the City Council finds that the proposed amendments to the EI Segundo
Municipal Code are consistent with the General Plan as follows:
A. This ordinance makes very minor changes to zoning or development
standards in the existing MDR overlay.
B. Considering all its aspects, the proposed ordinance will further the objectives
and policies of the General Plan and will not obstruct their attainment.
SECTION 3: Zone Text Amendment Findings. In accordance with ESMC Chapter 15-
26 (Amendments), and based on the findings set forth in Sections 1 and 2, the City
Council finds that the proposed ordinance is consistent with and necessary to carry out
the purpose of the ESMC as follows.-
A.
ollows:A. The ordinance is consistent with the purpose of the ESMC, which is to serve
the public health, safety, and general welfare and to provide the economic
and social advantages resulting from an orderly planned use of land
resources.
B. The ordinance changes the future activated MDR properties from attaining a
zone of "MDR Activated" to "R-3," which is consistent with previously
activated MDR properties, which are all currently zoned R-3.
SECTION 4: Article A of Chapter 7 of Title 15 is amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
ARTICLE A. MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (MDR) OVERLAY ZONE
15-7A-1: PURPOSE
A. The purpose of the medium density residential (MDR) zone is to provide for
an area within the Smoky Hollow Specific Plan area that is appropriate for
and capable of sustaining residential uses.
B. Moreover, it is the intent in identifying the long-term potential for residential
use in the area designated to establish that residential use is explicitly
excluded from the remainder of the Smoky Hollow specific plan area, except
for single caretaker dwelling units provided for elsewhere in the plan.
C. The MDR zone shall be considered a "floating zone" in that once a need is
identified, this zone can be activated. This floating zone for the Smoky Hollow
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Specific Plan area attempts to recognize that future residential market forces
are anticipated in certain portions of the specific plan area and sensible land
use planning dictates their exact locations given adjacent land uses and
proximity to arterial streets.
D. In effect, this zone is not a true "floating zone" in that it does not add more
regulations over the existing Smoky Hollow East base zone. Rather, it is a
"holding zone" which can be activated and used in place of the base zone.
15-7A-2: ACTIVATION
The following processes activate the MDR zone:
A. A General Plan Amendment to change the designation for proposed activated
property from Smoky Hollow Specific Plan to Multi-Family Residential;
B. A Specific Plan Amendment to remove the proposed activated property from
the Smoky Hollow Specific Plan; and
C. A Zone Change application to change the zone of the proposed activated
property from Smoky Hollow East with MDR overlay to Multi-family
Residential (R-3) without MDR overlay.
15-7A-3: DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
The development standards that apply to the underlying base zone shall apply
unless and until the MDR is activated. If the MDR is properly activated, Multi-
family Residential (R-3) zoning standards shall apply to the activated property
along with the following additional standards:
A. The setback along Grand Avenue shall be 30 feet minimum for properties
east of Kansas Street, whether it is for a front or side yard.
B. Vehicular access to MDR activated properties may not be taken directly from
Grand Avenue.
SECTION 5. California Environmental Quality Act. The City Council finds that this
Ordinance does not have the potential to cause significant effects on the environment
and, therefore, the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) pursuant to 14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15061(b)(3).
SECTION 6. Construction. This Ordinance must be broadly construed in order to
achieve the purposes stated herein. It is the City Council's intent that the provisions of
this Ordinance be interpreted or implemented by the City and others in a manner that
facilitates the purposes set forth herein.
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SECTION 7. Severability. If any part of this Ordinance or its application is deemed
invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the City Council intended that such invalidity
will not affect the effectiveness of the remaining provisions or applications and, to this
end, the provisions of this Ordinance are severable.
SECTION 8. The City Clerk is directed to certify the passage and adoption of this
Ordinance, cause it to be entered into the City of EI Segundo's book of original
ordinances, make a note of the passage and adoption in the records of this meeting,
and, within 15 days after the passage and adoption of this Ordinance, cause a summary
thereof to be published or posted in accordance with California law.
SECTION 9. This Ordinance will go into effect thirty days after its passage and
adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED ORDINANCE No. 1580, this 5th day of February,
2019.
Drew BZ—yl Mayor
ATTEST:
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Tracy Weaver ity Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Mark D. Hensley, City rney
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Tracy Weaver, City Clerk of the City of EI Segundo, California, do hereby certify that
the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 1580 was duly introduced by said City Council at a regular meeting held
on the 15th day of January, 2019, and was duly passed, and adopted by said City Council,
approved and signed by the Mayor, and attested to by the City Clerk, all at a regular
meeting of said Council held on the 5th day of February, 2019, and the same was so
passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Boyles, Mayor Pro Tem Pirsztuk, Council Member Brann, Council
Member Pimentel, and Council Member Nicol
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
WITNESS MY HAND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY this j&day of February,
2019.
Trcy Weaver, City Clerk
of the City of EI Segundo,
California