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CC - (1) Discussion and Consideration of a Support Position for AB 1401 (Friedman) - Residential and Commercial Development: Parking Requirements; and (2) Direction to the City Manager as Deemed Appropriate.
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Meeting Date: May 24, 2021
Contact Person/Dept: Shelly Wolfberg/City Manager's Office
Phone Number: (310) 253-6000
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: [X]
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [X] Date:
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Assemblymember Laura Friedman's Office and Meetings and Agendas - City Council (05/20/2021).
Department Approval: John M. Nachbar (05/19/2021)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council (1) discuss and consider a support position for AB 1401 for residential and commercial development: parking requirements; and (2) provide direction to the City Manager as deemed appropriate.
BACKGROUND
At the May 10, 2021 City Council Meeting, Mayor Fisch received consensus to agendize a City Council item to consider supporting AB 1401 (Friedman) (Attachment 1) to be brought back for approval at a future City Council meeting. Assemblymember Friedman's staff has provided the Author's Fact Sheet. (Attachment 2)
About AB 1401
Current Law
The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for its physical development, and the development of certain lands outside its boundaries, that includes, among other mandatory elements, a land use element, and a conservation element. Existing law also permits variances to be granted from the parking requirements of a zoning ordinance for nonresidential development if the variance will be an incentive to the development and the variance will facilitate access to the development by patrons of public transit facilities.
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