Size limits to build at Beach Cities Health District will not go to voters yet
by Garth Meyer Building limits for the Beach Cities Health District will not go on a ballot in November. The Redondo Beach city council voted Tuesday to keep the district’s campus, and similar Public-Institutional zones, separate from a decision on other parts of the city. “Public-Institutional” refers to properties such as school sites, the city hall complex and the BCHD’s 11-acre hilltop land, which is subject to be redeveloped beginning next year. On the table is a proposal by Sunrise Senior Living to build a 217-unit assisted living building once the existing 1960 former South Bay Hospital is torn down. Whether or not Sunrise’s plan should be permitted is subject to city rules, namely Floor Area Ratio (FAR) – how large of a building is allowed to be built on what lots in the city. As is, the Beach Cities Health District land has no set limits. If limits are to be established, they would need to go before voters. City Councilman Zein Obagi, Jr., made the motion July 14 to wait on any limits for Public-Institutional. The motion passed 5-0. “You’re not going to veto it, mayor?” Obagi asked. “Uh, no,” said Mayor Jim Light. “I think we gave the people what they wanted.” FAR means…
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