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Project Beach Promenade Shopping Center - Public Frontage Road Vacation
Address 21018 - 21190 Beach Boulevard (East side of Beach Boulevard, south of Atlanta Avenue)
Application General Plan Conformance - Street Vacation
Entitlement EPA 2009-09 (Amending CUP 2008-13 and VAR 2008-07) and TPM 2009-79
LD)Applicant City of Huntington Beach - Department of Public Works MD (r
Contact. Bob Milani, Senior Civil Engineer Tel (714) 374-1735
Date November 18, 2009 NOV 18 2009
Pro'ect Back round Huntington Beach
PLANNING DEPT
The proposed project is commonly known as the Beach Promenade Shopping Center project CUP 2008-13 and VAR
2008-07 were approved by the City Council on May 4, 2009 for the remodel of the existing shopping center which
encompasses six buildings and 344 parking spaces on 6 74 acres of land However, after further discussion and
negotiation with the City staff and direction from City Council, the Applicant amended the application to include a
proposal to expand the shopping center by acquiring a City-owned Public Frontage Road along Beach Boulevard and
merging it with the shopping center and a strip of Applicant-owned property to the west The amended project, under
EPA 2009-09 and TPM 2009-79, would allow for further expansion of the existing parking and landscaping
improvements and would create three new parcels and the associated building pads for future retail buildings
Pro'ect Descri tion
A thorough review of the Public Frontage Road was conducted by staff and it was determined that the frontage road is
excess right-of-way and not required for street or highway purposes, that the frontage road is unnecessary for existing or
prospective public use, and that vacating the frontage road would not conflict with policies in the General Plan, or the
requirements of the Orange County Congestion Management Program (CMP) and Master Plan of Arterial Highways
(MPAH) As a result, the City of Huntington Beach is moving forward with the vacation of the said Public Frontage Road
through a General Street Vacation process (Plat Map and Legal Description attached) As mentioned above, the intent is
to vacate the City's interest in the frontage road, and to allow the Applicant to merge it with another Applicant-owned
property to the west, in order to enlarge and expand the existing shopping center The proposed project would entail the
remodeling of the existing building facades, reconfiguration of the existing parcels to create three new parcels,
construction of three new building pads, and the installation of the associated on and off-site improvements Currently,
the site is comprised of six parcels totaling approximately 6.74 acres Adding the vacated Public Frontage Road, the
adjacent westerly Applicant-owned property, and reconfiguring the existing parcels, would result in a total of nine parcels
within approximately 9 42 acres (See attached exhibits for the depiction of the existing and proposed parcels) The
developer is required to file a Tentative and Final Parcel Map in order to achieve the desired configuration and number
of parcels It should be noted that the Public Frontage Road to be vacated contains an existing 8-inch public waterline
that serves the public for existing fire hydrants, services for fire protection, domestic water and landscape purposes
While vacating the Public Frontage Road, the City will reserve and record an easement over the entire Public Frontage
Road for the maintenance of these facilities The said easement shall remain in effect until the Applicant relocates the
existing water facilities from within the Public Frontage Road to the adjacent public right-of-way along Beach Boulevard,
after which the easement may be removed to allow for unencumbered on-site construction
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Applicant Bob Milani
City of Huntington Beach
Department of Public Works
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