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Staff urges repeal of medical-enterprise overlay and business-park plan; attorney urges CEQA review
Summary
City planning staff recommended repealing the Medical Enterprise Overlay Zone and the Inglewood International Business Park specific plan and expanding major-event parking; a land-use attorney urged the council not to adopt the changes without an environmental review, saying the city has not met the CEQA exemption burden.
City planning staff told the Inglewood City Council on May 5 that repealing a decades-old Medical Enterprise Overlay Zone and an industrial specific plan would streamline development and better align properties near the sports and entertainment district with current market demand.
"Repealing the overlay would streamline the process, reducing barriers and saving property owners both time and money," said Arturo Salazar, the city planning manager, summarizing staff's recommendation. Salazar told the council the Medical Enterprise Overlay covers roughly 100 acres along Prairie Avenue and imposes special-use-permit requirements for certain nonresidential work that often increase time and cost for reinvestment.
Staff presented three…
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