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Home My Public Portal About17-049 - Interim Urgency Ordinance No.17-1615U in order to Allow Filing and Processing of Plans and permitsRESOLUTION NO. 17-049 ALLOWING AN EXCEPTION TO THE APPLICATION OF INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 17-1615U IN ORDER TO ALLOW FILING AND PROCESSING OF PLANS AND PERMITS NECESSARY TO OPERATE A NEW LOGISTICS FACILITY ON SITE LOCATED AT 2254 E. 223RD STREET WHEREAS, On March 23, 2017, Interim Urgency Ordinance No. 17-1615U was enacted pursuant to the authority conferred upon the City Council of the City of Carson by Government Code Section 65858 by a 5-0 vote; and WHEREAS, Interim Urgency Ordinance No. 17-1615U enacted a 45 -day moratorium on the establishment, expansion, or modification of truck yards, logistics facilities, hazardous materials or waste facilities, container storage, and container parking; and WHEREAS, It is hereby declared this Ordinance is necessary as an urgency measure for the preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare. The City Council finds that the current zoning regulations and land use plans relating to logistics businesses do not adequately protect the peace, health, safety and general welfare of the residents of the City or in communities around the City. The City Council finds the urgency measure is necessary in order to ensure adequate regulation of logistics businesses, which regulations will serve to adequately and appropriately balance the rights of existing property owners and future applicants who wish to propose new logistics businesses in the City, with the preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare of the surrounding conununities; and WHEREAS, During the effective period of the moratorium, no application for permit will be accepted, no consideration of any application for permit will be made, and no permit will be issued by the City for the establishment, expansion, or modification of logistics facilities within the City until this ordinance has expired or has been repeated according to applicable law; and WHEREAS, The City Council may allow exceptions to the application of the moratorium, if, based on substantial evidence presented in writing to the City Council at a Council meeting held no less than 30 nor more than 90 City- calendar days after the Planning Manager's receipt of that evidence, it determines any of the following: A. The City's receipt and consideration of an application for a permit to establish, expand, or modify a logistics facility, within the City's jurisdiction is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare. I B. Application of the Ordinance would impose an undue financial hardship on a property or business owner. C. If an existing building is empty on the effective date of this Ordinance, or a tenant moves out of an existing building during the effective period of this Ordinance, and the property or facility owner wishes to have a new tenant or new use, provided the RESOLUTION 17-049 PAGE 1 OF 4 Council mares the following findings. the new use is permitted or conditionally permitted in the zone; the City Council deems the proposed new use or new tenant to be consistent with the purposes of this Ordinance and the General PIan; and the proposed new use or new tenant will not be in conflict with the contemplated general plan update, any specific plan or zoning code update that the City Council is considering or studying or intends to study. D. Land controlled by the City or by any of its agencies and authorities including, transactions approved by the Department of Finance. E. The developer or tenant agrees to form or to participate in a Community Financing District (CFD) to pay for ongoing City services, including but not limited to, road maintenance, landscape maintenance, lighting, public safety, storm water management, etc., to the satisfaction of the City Council. F. The developer or tenant enters into a development agreement that guarantees the City the same financial assurances offered by a CFD. G. The fiscal impact analysis for the business shows that the business will not have adverse negative fiscal impacts on the City. H. The logistics facility will generate minimal or no truck traffic impacts. WHEREAS, on March 23, 2017, Mr. Mark Payne, Partner at Panattoni filed a request to make an exception to this ordinance to allow filing and processing of all applicable applications and/or permits necessary to allow a new tenant to move into the yet to be constructed building, (Exhibit No. 2). The new tenant is CRRC, an international manufacturing company, which would bring 52 skilled jobs to Carson within a 70,000 SF industrial building. WHEREAS, Staff has reviewed application and views this proposal to be a permitted use in the Manufacturing Light (ML) zone; WHEREAS, Staff has reviewed application and views this proposal to be consistent with the purposes of this Ordinance and the General Plan and the property is zoned ML; WHEREAS, Staff has reviewed application and views this proposal to not to be in conflict with the contemplated general plan update, any specific plan or zoning code update that the City Council is considering or studying or intends to study. WHEREAS, The said property is still owned by the Carson Successor Agency and is due to transfer to Panattoni on July 24, 2017. WHEREAS, The developer agrees to form or to participate in a Community Financing District (CFD) to pay for ongoing City services, including but not limited to, road maintenance, landscape maintenance, lighting, public safety, storm water management, etc. RESOLUTION 17-049 PAGE 2 OF 4 WHEREAS, If the City Council determines to allow an exception, then such applications and/or permits may be filed and processed in accordance with the City's then current regulations and authority, subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), CEQA Guidelines, and any other applicable laws, ordinances and regulations. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON HEREBY MAKES THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS: 1. Section 6 of Interim Urgency Ordinance No. 17-1615U states that the City Council may allow exceptions to the application of this Ordinance, if the City Council determines any of the provisions included in Section 6, A, 1 through 8 apply to the request. Staff has determined that provisions the proposed project meets Section 6.A.3, 4, and 5 as staff has reviewed application and views this proposal to be a permitted use in the Manufacturing Heavy (MH) zone; staff has reviewed application and views this proposal to be consistent with the purposes of this Ordinance and the General Plan as the area is an existing industrial park and the property is zoned MH; staff has reviewed application and views this proposal to not to be in conflict with the contemplated general plan update, any specific plan or zoning code update that the City Council is considering or studying or intends to study; the said property is still owned by the Carson Successor Agency and is due to transfer to Panattoni on July 24, 2017; the developer agrees to form or to participate in a Community Financing District (CFD) to pay for ongoing City services, including but not Iimited to, road maintenance, landscape maintenance, Iighting, public safety, storm water management, etc. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 4TH DAY OF APRIL, 2017. APPROVED AS TO FORINT: 9-GeA ,A City Attorney Sunny K. Soltani ATTEST: City Clerk Donesia L. Gause, MMC bv� RESOLUTION 17-049 PAGE 3OF4 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES CITY OF CARSON } I, Donesia L. Gause, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, hereby attest to and certify that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 17-049, adopted by the Carson City Council at its meeting held on the 4"' day of April, 2017, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Robles, Davis -Holmes, Santarina, Hicks, Hilton NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None City Clerk Donesia RESOLUTION I7-049 PAGE 4 OF 4 Gause, MMC vv'�_ PA N A T T 0 N INTERNATIONAL VISION. LOCAL FO( -US. VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL March 23, 2618 Saied Naaseh Planning Manager City of Carson 761 E Carson Street Carson, CA 90745 Re: ORDINANCE NO. 17-1615U — EXCEPTIONS REQUEST Request to Present to City Council on April, 4, 2017 Dear Saied: We are processing permits for our recently approved light industrial buildings at 2254 E. 2231d St cons -sting of two bui dings; 43,592 SF and 76,894 SF each on its own parcel, Jnder Ordinance 17-1615U, Section B.AA, this property is an Exception because it is a "transaction approved by the Department of Finance." We vrouad greatly appreciate if this request could be considered as soon as possible at the next City Council meeting on April 4.. The reason for the urgency of this request is that we have an exciting opportunity to bring an international manufacturing company to Carson, where they would bring 52 skilled jobs to Carson in our 70,600 SF industrial building. CRRC has committed to hiring locally and is also going to target some of its workers from a disadvantaged worker program to further ensure that the broader community benefits. This new facility has major support from [Mayor Garcelti and the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation. If the project is delayed we will not meet the r timeline and they will go to a site in another city- Here it . Here is some info on CRRC. _ Parent Company: • CRRC is the world's largest supplier of rail transit equipment with the most complete product lines and leading technologies. • its main businesses cover the RBD, design, manufacture, repair, sale, lease and technical services for rolling stock, urban rail transit vehicles, engineering machinery, all types of electrical equipment, electronic equipment and parts, electric products and environmental protection equipment, consulting services, industrial investment and management, asset management, import and export. • Among other government contracts around the world and US, CRRC has won the contract to supply new rail cars to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metrol. Exhibit No. 2 Page I of 2 CRRC s Revenues in 2015 s USD 37 8 bii ,on, ranking 266 on the Fortune Global 500 List. In addition to Day our fare share and to satisfy the CFD intent. we wou d like to enter into an agreement to cay an uo front. one payment of $120,000,00 {51.00 per square foot] Thank you for this opportunity to submit this Exception Request for your cons'dera Jon We look forward to your consideration, 5 ncerely, PANATTONl DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC. MA -RK PAYNE PARTNER cc Ryan Jones, Panattoni Brent Collins, Panattoni Lor Kitchell, Panattoni MDPIlm Page 2 of 2