INGLEWOOD – The city is preparing to move forward with plans to rezone a long-vacant property associated with former Judge Frank D. Parent, which sits along LaColina Drive and Beach Avenue across from the Metro K Line, during a planned public hearing on July 8.
The June 17 city council agenda items are labeled:
- SPH-1 Staff report requesting the Mayor and Council Members to set a public hearing to consider Zone Change No. 23-00002 (ZC23-00002), which allows a zone change for two (2) parcels from MU-1 (Mixed Use 1) to M-1 (Light Manufacturing) and a portion of three (3) parcels from M-1 (Light Manufacturing) to MU-1 (Mixed Use 1), totaling 3.99 acres at 200-308 East Beach Avenue.
- SPH-2 Staff report requesting the Mayor and Council Members to set a public hearing to consider Zone Change No. 23-00003 (ZC23-00003), which allows a zone change for 14 parcels from M-1 (Light Manufacturing) and R-2 (Limited Multiple-family Residential) to MU-1 (Mixed Use 1), covering 2.93 acres at 326-366 East Beach Avenue and 333-375 La Colina Drive.
The City was initially due to take up this item in April 2024 but the item was pulled from the agenda without discussion.
The parcel along La Colina Drive is where the former Frank D. Parent house stood. It was a single-family home built in 1922 and was demolished in 2014. It was located at 355 La Colina Drive, which is a small street one block north of the Metro K Line.
This is the third time the City will attempt to rezone the property to appease the parcel's new owner.
The City initially rezoned the properties on LaColina and 338-358 E. Beach Ave, 2019 , from Limited Multi-Family Residential and Light Manufacturing to Multiple Family Residential.
According to state records, the properties are owned by Donald Goodman who also operates Don Lee Farms, located at 200 E. Beach Blvd. Goodman is considered a major donor to the members of the city council’s campaign coffers and is a regular sponsor of city-wide events.
In February 2023, Goodman requested another zone change to Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Mixed Use, which would allow a structure to be built with little to no height requirements due to it being in the new Downtown Inglewood and Fairview Heights Transit Oriented Development Plan.
In December 2023, a 16-story multi-use project was approved nearby at the corner of Florence and Locust Avenue.
According to the documents, "the project will utilize the affordable housing density bonus program, which allows the building height to be increased by 35% for setting aside the affordable units."
In February 2024, residents and business owners along both LaColina and Beach Ave. came out in force to a Public Hearing to object to a mortuary being opened at 323 E. Beach Ave.
Now they will have a humongous building looking down into their backyards.
On July 2, the City’s Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing to make amendments to zoning codes related to Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) after the council prevented residents from adding them on top of their garages.
At the time, the council cited residents' "privacy," noting that when residents purchased their single-family homes, they did so knowing there weren't two-story structures surrounding them.
In the case of the new behemoth towers that are planned in the immediate vicinity of LaColina Drive and Beach Ave., residents' privacy is of no concern to the members of the City Council.
The area is represented by District 2 Councilman Alex Padilla, who is up for re-election next year alongside Mayor James T. Butts Jr., both of whom were vehemently against the same type of building structures being erected at the Ladera Center, which would look down into Padilla’s backyard.
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