Overlay Zoning District

The City of Signal Hill is proposing a zoning ordinance amendment to establish three new Overlay Zoning Districts: Innovation and Enterprise Zone, Community Core Zone, and Workshop and Entertainment Zone. These overlay districts are designed to guide gradual redevelopment by modifying permitted and conditionally permitted uses, development standards, and design requirements while preserving the underlying zoning regulations. Existing uses are explicitly allowed to continue, ensuring a seamless transition and integration with future development. The amendment establishes a regulatory framework that may refine use classifications—such as elevating certain conditional uses to permitted status or requiring additional permitting processes like site plan and design review—but does not authorize or approve any specific development projects, which will remain subject to separate municipal entitlement processes. The initiative is framed as a land use planning effort under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), with environmental assessments evaluating potential impacts related to stormwater runoff, air quality, seismic hazards, hazardous materials, and biological resources. The project is currently in a forecast stage with no solicitation number or formal contract type assigned, and no contract value has been established. The primary point of contact is Carlos Luis, Planning Manager at the City of Signal Hill, whose responsibilities include coordinating environmental documentation and public review. Submission of required environmental documents, including a Draft Environmental Impact Report and Notice of Completion, must be made in 15 hardcopy sets and electronic form to the State Clearinghouse in Sacramento. No federal acquisition regulations, contract clauses, payment mechanisms, invoicing systems, or procurement-specific requirements apply, as this is a municipal land use and planning action rather than a federally funded or administered contract. The work is governed by local zoning codes and environmental compliance standards, with oversight from agencies including the South Coast Air Quality Management District, CalGEM, and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.