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6th Cycle Housing Element Update: Housing Inventory Sites

Read the full Draft Housing Element Update 6th Cycle (PDF) document.

Every eight years, California law requires that all cities and counties update their plan to address housing needs for everyone in the community. Help Signal Hill come up with a plan to provide enough affordable housing options for our working families, seniors, and young professionals and to ensure children who grow up here can afford to remain in the community.

If we don't get a new housing plan approved that provides housing options across all incomes, the City could be fined, lose State funding opportunities, lose the ability to issue permits, and in the end lose local control over having a say where new housing should go. The decisions that we make in the coming months will shape Signal Hill's future. Let's work together to make sure Signal Hill's housing plan is the best one for our city.

The following four housing inventory sites are currently being considered to accommodate the State mandated Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) allocation of 517 units for the upcoming 6^th Cycle Housing Element update. Analysis of constraints to development and site capacity is underway. The following conceptual site plans and renderings were presented for public review and comment at the Housing Element Public Workshop #2 on 8/17/2021.

Housing Element Draft Environmental Impact Report (PDF)

Appendix A (PDF)

Appendix B (PDF)

Appendix C (PDF)

Appendix D (PDF)

Appendix E (PDF)

Appendix F (PDF)

Appendix G (PDF)

Appendix H (PDF)

Appendix I (PDF)

Site #4: Heritage Square

In 2018, this site was proposed as the Heritage Square mixed-use residential and commercial development. The City’s General Plan designated this site as a future central business district, mixed-use development. In 2018, a conceptual plan for a mixed-use project, proposed as Heritage Square was reviewed at a community meeting. Public support was voiced for the mixed-use concept; however, the following concerns were registered:

The height of the residential structure which was 3- and 4-story;
The density/number of res. units was too great (203 units); and
An ownership residential product was preferred over the proposed rental type

The current conceptual plans have been revised as follows:

Reduced height with a residential mix of three-story townhomes within the site and two-story single-family residences along Rose Avenue;
Reduced density for a total of 72 residential units consisting of 64 three-story townhomes and 8 two-story single-family residences; and
Ownership townhomes versus rental apartments.

Timeline for Submittal of 6^th Cycle Housing Element Update

Sites ID (location and size) Oct.30, 2020

Refine per Orange Bluff site over Walnut Bluff site; and
Refine per Creston Commons Phase I only and < units Nov. 30, 2020

ID Sites Constraints and Mitigation

ID well abandonments/re-abandonments Jan. 30, 2021
Prepare Phase I Feb. 30, 2021
Prepare Phase II and HHRA reports as needed June 15, 2021

Draft 6^th Cycle HEU (Depending on HCD docs.) Aug. 5, 2021

Survey Monkey and Outreach April 1, 2021

Final Project Description and NOP (30 day review) May 14, 2021

PC Public Workshop #1 for 6^th Cycle ZOA/GPA/CEQA Scoping Mtg. May 18, 2020

PC Public Workshop #2 for 6^th Cycle ZOA/GPA/CEQA Aug. 17, 2021

Draft Submittal to HCD (*** 60 days to comment) Sept 15, 2021

PC Public Workshop #3 Sept. 21, 2021

Draft CEQA Doc. Circulation for Public Comment (*45 day review) Sept. 29, 2021

45- Day Review Period Ends** Nov. 15, 2021

Receive Draft Comments from HCD Nov.15, 2021

PC PH for 6^th Cycle ZOA/GPA/CEQA** Nov. 16, 2021

Complete Responses to HCD all Comments Nov. 30, 2021

CC Introduction of 6^th Cycle ZOA/GPA/EIR Certification. Dec. 14, 2021

CC 2^nd Reading and Approval 6^th Cycle ZOA/GPA/CEQA Jan 11, 2022

HCD Deadline for Submittal (Oct. 15 +120 Days) Feb. 12, 2022

*45 Day Comment Period Begins

** 45 Day Comment Period Ends

*** 60 Day HCD Review Period

Gateway Center North

950 E. 33rd Street and Southwest corner of California Ave. and E. 33rd Street
Remodel of the existing Target Store
Three added commercial pads totaling 23,500 square feet
New self-storage facility
Developer: Target Corporate and Signal Hill Petroleum

Status: On April 20, 2021, the Planning Commission approved SPDR 21-03 and SPDR 21-04 (see the Agenda here). On May 11, 2021, the City Council approved ZOA 21-01, CUP 21-01, CUP 21-02, the MND, and the Development Agreement (see the Agenda here).

Notice of Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration (PDF)

Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration (PDF)

Appendix A (PDF)

Appendix B (PDF)

Appendix C (PDF)

Appendix D (PDF)

2020 Walnut Avenue

A proposed nine-building industrial development, approximately 150,000 square feet
Located on two sites totaling nine acres on vacant property the east and west side of Walnut Avenue, south of E. Hill Street
The project includes vacation of a portion of 21^st Street, west of Walnut Avenue
Applicant: Signal Hill XC, LLC.

Status: Three public workshops have been held. The environmental documents have been circulated for public comment and final responses to comments are pending. Once completed, the project will be scheduled for a public hearing in 2021.

Notice of Recirculated Mitigated Negative Declaration (PDF)

Second Recirculated Mitigated Negative Declaration (PDF)

Appendices and Reference Materials available upon request.

2550 Orange Avenue

The site was the Majestic Driving Range property which was sold to a new owner in 2018
The new property owner has shared conceptual plans for an industrial development on the site
No formal project submittal has been received

Developer: Signal Hill Petroleum

Status: The new property owner is prepping the site for future sale and development. The site contains multiple abandoned and active oil wells. In 2019, the abandoned wells were located, mapped, and tested for methane emission. Current activity includes demolition of the raised tee box, and removal of obsolete piping and oil field related debris.

2250 Ohio Avenue

Proposal to construct a two-story duplex in Planning Area 2 of the Hilltop Area Specific Plan (SP-2) zoning district. Each unit has three bedrooms, two full bathrooms, one half-bathroom, and a two-car garage with private driveway spaces in front of the garage.

Applicant: Salvador Cerda and Khanh Nguyen

Status: The second Planning Commission public workshop was held on January 19, 2021. After receiving public comments and feedback, the Commission voted unanimously to continue the project to a public hearing. Prior to a public hearing, the City must make its environmental determination under the California Environmental Quality Act (or CEQA). The next step is for the applicants to prepare and submit the required environmental reports for the City to review as part of their CEQA determination. The date of the public hearing is TBD.

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