To: PLANNING COMMISSION
From: DANIEL BESINAIZ, ASSOCIATE PLANNER
TITLE
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DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN EXEMPTION DECLARATION AND VARIANCE TO EXCEED THE 30-FOOT MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT REQUIREMENT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF FOUR (THREE INITIALLY) BULK CRYOGENIC STORAGE TANKS WITH A PROPOSED HEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 38 FEET AT AN EXISTING MANUFACTURING FACILITY ON PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN AN INDUSTRIAL-COMMERCIAL (IC-1) ZONE.
RECOMMENDATION
1. Open public hearing, receive and file all documents and correspondence on the proposed project;
2. Accept all testimony from staff, applicant, and the public and deliberate;
3. Close public hearing;
4. Adopt a Resolution by title only approving an Exemption Declaration and granting a Variance to exceed the 30-foot maximum building height requirement for the installation of four bulk cryogenic storage tanks with a proposed height of approximately 38 feet at an existing manufacturing facility on property located within an Industrial-Commercial (IC-1) Zone.
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BACKGROUND
An application for a Variance to exceed the height limit of 30 feet for the installation of four (4) Cryogenic bulk storage tanks with a proposed height of approximately 38 feet at 2477 Manhattan Beach Boulevard was submitted by Michael Gillway on behalf of Impulse Space on June 23, 2026.
The subject property is located at 2477 Manhattan Beach Boulevard, between Redondo Beach Avenue and Inglewood Avenue. The lot is approximately 4.43 acres in size with lot dimensions of 501 feet in width and 385 feet in depth. The zoning of the subject property is Industrial-Commercial (IC-1) as is the adjacent property immediately west of the subject property and also fronting Manhattan Beach Boulevard. The properties immediately adjacent to and north and further west of the subject property are zoned Industrial (I-1) and the properties south of the subject property and across Manhattan Beach Boulevard are zoned Single-Family Residential (R...
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