The Redondo Beach Planning Commission has rejected a proposal to build a mixed-use residential development a few blocks from the beach.

The project, slated for a property at 401-417 Pacific Coast Highway, calls for the construction of a new four-story building featuring 49 one-, two-, and three-bedroom homes with ground-floor commercial space and a 61-car garage. Applicant Redondo Seaside Living, LLC made use of both density bonus incentives and the provisions of AB 2011 to allow the construction of the building at the proposed scale and density. In exchange, eight apartments would be set aside for very low- and moderate-income households.

The vote to deny the project came after a lengthy public comment period and back-and-forth between the applicant team and members of Commission, in which residents accused city staff of failing to exercise discretion to block or force changes to the project. Other railed against the project's potential to block views or increase traffic.

A lack of parking was among the issues cited by Commissioners in their denial of the project, reports The Daily Breeze. Commissioners concluded spillover parking onto surrounding streets would impede coastal access by competing with potential beach goers, while also creating new congestion that would block access to a nearby fire station. The next step for the proposed development would likely be an appeal to the Redondo Beach City Council.

Denial of the mixed-use project on Pacific Coast Highway comes just over two months after the California Second District Court of Appeal struck down Redondo Beach's housing element, potentially making the City once again subject to the Builder's Remedy. A proposed development at the site of a power plant near the Redondo Beach pier was among the first visible Builder's Remedy projects in Southern California.

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