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Planning Commission reviews City Council strategic plan items including ACAP follow‑ups and General Plan updates
Summary
The commission discussed how to feed items into the City Council’s strategic plan, reviewed staff’s list of ongoing initiatives (ACAP follow‑ups, Artesia FAR, general plan update, parking standards, environmental and preservation items) and suggested topics the commission may request be added.
At its March 20 meeting the Redondo Beach Planning Commission discussed the City Council’s strategic plan and a staff briefing on multiple ongoing planning initiatives, including follow‑up work to the Artesia Corridor Area Plan (ACAP) and the citywide General Plan update.
Planning Manager Sean Scully and Senior Planner Andrew Spytek summarized items on the strategic plan that involve the Community Development Department. Scully listed active initiatives including ACAP implementation (rooftop dining, lot merger incentives, new signage standards), an Artesia FAR increase, parking regulation updates for transit and aviation areas, the General Plan update with an intent to complete land‑use changes this year, marina parking standards, a Pacific Coast Highway corridor area plan, and revisions to temporary use permits.
Scully said other topics on the plan include environmental sustainability work—native planting and pollinator requirements—historic preservation ordinance and a survey of historic resources, development impact fee and fee‑study updates, and a co‑living and single‑room occupancy policy under consideration. He told commissioners those items would come to the commission when amendments to development standards or the municipal code were needed.
Commissioners suggested additional items or clarifications for the strategic plan process. Ideas raised during discussion included tree‑canopy requirements, private‑property water capture standards for new construction and substantial remodels, bicycle parking requirements for new businesses, and examining whether ACAP‑style incentives should be extended to the Pacific Coast Highway corridor. Commissioners also discussed the timeline for council action and the need to coordinate suggestions from the commission rather than submit multiple individual requests.
Scully said the department is staffing up, launching a new permit tracking system and finishing a fee‑study; he invited commissioners to submit a consolidated list from the commission body for consideration by the City Manager’s Office. The commission agreed to return to the item at a subsequent meeting after refining proposals.
No formal actions or votes were taken on the strategic plan items at this meeting.
