Planning Commission - Long Beach Watchdog

A person stands by a silver car in an old downtown parking lot.

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Planning Commission to vote on seven-story East Village 'micro-unit' project

The 96-unit building will consist of studio apartments, including 12 units that will be rented out to very-low-income households if the project is approved.

Cars driving past a variety of two-story buildings.

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Parking minimums in Long Beach could be changed as proposal heads to City Council

One of the changes would end parking minimums from changing for businesses that are taking over Long Beach storefronts in buildings over 10 years old.

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Planning Commission approves plans to convert Union Bank building into housing

The adaptive reuse of the former Union Bank building in Downtown Long Beach is part of a proposed 275-unit development at the site.

Green plants and brush obscure the view of a white building.

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Long Beach Planning Commission approves rezoning in city core; Council vote is next

The first comprehensive rezoning of Central Long Beach in decades would allow more homes to be built and ban new auto shops, motels, liquor stores and other such uses.

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Major rezoning of Long Beach city core heads to Planning Commission

The first broad overhaul since 1989 would bar new auto shops, drive-throughs, liquor stores and more; it's intended to encourage new housing and businesses.