Council approves broad parking waivers to encourage redevelopment along Artesia and Aviation

The Redondo Beach City Council voted unanimously to direct staff to prepare an ordinance that removes minimum off‑street parking requirements for nonresidential uses in the Artesia–Aviation Corridor (ACAP) and establishes design controls for any parking provided in front of stores or at ground level.

Community Development Director Mark Weiner told the council the change responds to the corridor’s low floor‑area‑ratio limits and existing code parking burdens. He said a 2019 parking study by Fair & Peers showed typical public parking occupancies around 68 percent and private parking around 50 percent, leaving an estimated surplus of roughly 1,300 spaces on an average day. Weiner said, and staff modeling showed, that achieving a higher FAR (for example 1.5 FAR) under current code often would require multi‑level subterranean parking on small lots, a heavy cost barrier for…