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ZOA No. 2024-02 & AA No. 2024-03 (Transit Zoning Code Amendments)
<br />June 3, 2025
<br />Page 11
<br />• Community outreach involving two neighborhood/resident group meetings,
<br />• Two City -hosted TZC (SD-84) meetings: the October 22, 2024 City Informational
<br />Meeting and the March 3, 2025 Community Meeting,
<br />• Three site visits at the request of businesses, and
<br />• Three Planning Commission meetings (February 10, 2025 Study Session and
<br />February 24/March 6 Public Hearings).
<br />This extensive engagement aimed to gather diverse input for the development of
<br />permanent TZC regulations. To proactively ensure important communications reached all
<br />stakeholders, City staff mailed notices to all property owners and occupants, comprising
<br />3,599 addresses, within the Transit Zoning Code area for each of the following meetings:
<br />the October 22, 2024 City Informational Meeting, the Planning Commission February 10,
<br />2025 Study Session and February 24, 2025 Public Hearing notice, and the City Council
<br />April 1, 2025 Public Hearing Notice.
<br />On January 15, 2025, City staff made draft TZC (SD-84) regulations available to the public
<br />for review in advance of the scheduled Planning Commission study session on February
<br />10, 2025 and public hearing on February 24, 2025. The amendments address the permitted
<br />uses table, nonconforming regulations, amortization, and operational standards, and are
<br />designed to prepare for the TZC moratorium's expiration on April 15, 2025.
<br />Staff met with business owners and brokers on January 30, 2025, to discuss the draft
<br />regulations and met with the Lacy and Logan neighborhoods meeting on February 19, 2025,
<br />and again with a focus group of industrial businesses on February 20, 2025. Staff have
<br />continued to update the TZC moratorium project webpage with additional updates, including
<br />the Study Session and Planning Commission Public Hearing Notice, Planning
<br />Commission's Study Session PowerPoint presentation, and the draft ordinance and
<br />clarifications presented to the Planning Commission.
<br />City staff have also prepared two Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) documents to clarify
<br />information regarding the moratorium, affected businesses, the proposed zoning
<br />amendments, legal concerns, community engagement, and opportunities to participate in
<br />the public hearing process. The first FAQ became available prior to the City's project
<br />informational meeting on October 22, 2024, and the second FAQ was made available on
<br />February 24, 2025, and is included as Exhibit 5 to this staff report.
<br />City staff from the Neighborhood Initiatives and Environmental Services (NIES) section
<br />of the Planning Division continues to coordinate with City departments, external
<br />regulatory agencies, and staff from other federal and state agencies to identify additional
<br />resources available to enhance deeper awareness of pollution exposure in disadvantaged
<br />communities, long-term health effects, and immediate solutions. The NIES team has held
<br />meetings and discussions with staff from the Centers for Disease Control and
<br />Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and CaIEPA
<br />Environmental Justice Team to identify opportunities for linking environmental justice (EJ)
<br />resources and support to the Logan and Lacy neighborhoods. The recent SoCal Gas
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