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Casa Corazon resident urges council to reconsider micro-living plan at 421 E. Fourth St., cites emergency access and parking loss
Summary
A District 1 resident told the council a proposed micro-living complex at 421 East Fourth Street would remove a 43-space pay lot used for parking and emergency access, raising safety and accessibility concerns for disabled residents at Casa Corazon.
At the Dec. 17 Long Beach City Council meeting a Casa Corazon resident raised concerns about a proposed micro-living development at 421 East Fourth Street behind her building, citing safety and parking impacts.
The speaker, Stacy Sellers, said her building at 408 Elm Avenue houses many disabled residents who rely on a nearby parking lot for emergency access and for disability transport services. Sellers told the council the lot at 421 East Fourth Street currently provides 43 standard parking spots and said the citys fire department has used the lot for ladder access during training. She asked how the fire department would access higher floors in the event of an emergency if the lot were redeveloped.
Sellers also said the loss of the 43-space pay lot would reduce parking available for nearby small businesses, aggravating event-day scarcity during occasions such as the Grand Prix or concerts. She said loading zones in front of her building are used by medical transport providers (she named examples such as Access and Dial-a-Lift) and said disabled residents have missed rides when vehicles could not reach the curb.
The resident requested the council reconsider plans to build the micro-living complex because of the safety and accessibility concerns raised. The transcript records the public comment but does not show a staff report or a council motion responding to the request during the meeting.
Clarifying details from the comment: - Location of concern: 421 East Fourth Street (private lot behind 408 Elm Avenue/Casa Corazon). - Parking count: "43 standard parking spots" currently used as a pay lot, according to the speaker. - Concern groups: disabled residents of Casa Corazon and nearby small businesses that rely on the lot for customer parking.
Outcome: The comment was recorded during the public comment period; no action or staff response was recorded on the record during the meeting. The matter may be addressed through planning or development review processes outside the public comment slot.
