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Planning Commission recommends housing overlay for former Hawthorne Nursery site at 4457 West 120th
Summary
The Hawthorne City Planning Commission unanimously recommended that the City Council adopt zone change CZ20250003 to add two parcels at 4457 West 120th (the former Hawthorne Nursery) to the city's housing overlay, citing prolonged vacancy, blight and a statutory CEQA exemption for rezonings that implement an adopted housing element.
The Hawthorne City Planning Commission voted to recommend that the City Council adopt a zone change (CZ20250003) that would add the former Hawthorne Nursery site at 4457 West 120th to the city's housing overlay, a move staff said would facilitate residential redevelopment.
Planning associate Nathan Levy, who presented the staff report, said the site currently consists of two parcels and had contained roughly five or six residential units before falling vacant for several years. "Because of that vacancy, it has become blighted," Levy said, citing "constant vandalism," break-ins and trash at the property as evidence the overlay would help bring the site back into productive use. Staff recommended the Planning Commission adopt Planning Commission Resolution 2026-03 to forward a recommendation of approval to the City Council.
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