Bellflower council approves Flower Street specific plan and sale of city parcel for 46‑unit townhome development

The Bellflower City Council on April 13 approved entitlements and a development agreement to allow a multi‑parcel townhome project along Flower Street, and authorized the city manager to execute a purchase and sale agreement for a nearby city parcel.

Planning staff told the council the Flower Street Specific Plan (FSSP) covers three parcels—9855, 9903 and 9915 Flower Street—and would change zoning and the general plan designation to allow residential development downtown. Beth, a city planning staff member, said the specific plan allows up to 50 dwelling units per acre and that the project before the council proposes 32 attached three‑story townhomes on 9903 with the design and entitlements sized so the adjacent parcel can accommodate a future 14‑unit phase, for a combined concept of 46 units.

The project will be reviewed under a mitigated negative declaration, staff said, clearing the development review, vesting tentative map and the specific plan so the developer may subdivide airspace and enable separate sales of units. Jim, an economic development staff member, described a development agreement that ties the entitlements to a schedule of performance and public benefits; planned public benefits…