The Downtown Shoreline area serves as the threshold between Downtown Long Beach and the city’s waterfront. It is home to iconic residences, offices, hotels and restaurants set amid the City’s convention center, harbors, marinas, shoreline parks and beaches.

The regulatory zoning document for this area, Downtown Shoreline Planned Development (PD-6), was drafted prior to 1980 and was last updated in 2011. The City is undergoing a visioning process and will be preparing a new plan that will replace PD-6 with a contemporary specific plan. The vision and potential specific plan will embrace the City’s recent growth and look to future opportunities in this area for further housing, hospitality and recreational development. The new plan will update current development regulations and facilitate repositioning of existing uses and resources in the Downtown Shoreline area which will be informed by the visioning process.

PROJECT AREA

The Downtown Shoreline project is roughly bounded by Ocean Boulevard to the north, the LA River west and Alamitos Avenue to the east.

PROJECT GOALS

The City has identified initial goals for the Downtown Shoreline Vision that will be refined and expanded with input from the community during the visioning process, which include but are not limited to:

1. Inclusive outreach that engages, educates and empowers the community.
2. A process and plan that respects the needs and perspectives of existing and future residents.
3. Creation of an attractive local, regional and global destination.
4. A vision and plan that is economically feasible and fiscally sustainable.
5. Explore opportunities for hospitality, recreation, housing growth and investment in greater Downtown Long Beach and its waterfront.
6. Embrace sustainable development and adaptability to future climate and technological shifts.
7. Modernize regulations, support the City’s housing goals, and conduct appropriate environmental review.

WHY DO WE NEED A VISION PLAN?