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Housing, Jobs & Transportation in North Long Beach
The Uptown Planning Land Use and Neighborhood Strategy (UPLAN) is a collaborative effort between the City and the North Long Beach community to come up with laws and policies to guide future development and create a new vision in North Long Beach. The UPLAN was designed to build upon past planning and visioning efforts for Uptown. Through a multi-year, community-centered process, community needs such as access to quality housing, jobs, and transportation options have been prioritized in the new zoning regulations and transportation recommendations for the North Long Beach area. You can learn more about the UPLAN process and history by reading through the boards and watching the walkthrough video of the 2021 Virtual Open House.
UPLAN’s equity-based framework is focused on both changes to zoning and land use regulations and the planning process itself. North Long Beach was prioritized for the first comprehensive zoning code update in 30 years because of the community's history and marginalization of its Black and brown residents. UPLAN has been grounded in a community power and capacity-building process in which the people most impacted by planning decisions, including young people, renters, and people of color, are prioritized in the process and had their voices and feedback uplifted, leading to special mobility recommendations and zoning regulations. These regulations include incentivizing grocery stores, banks, more affordable housing, locally-serving jobs, civic institutions and other identified needs. UPLAN also explored strategies to help residents, workers, and businesses to remain in North Long Beach.
UPLAN Phase 2 is now completed!
The first phase of UPLAN began in 2018 and ended in November 2020 with the adoption of new zoning regulations for the Atlantic and Artesia corridors. The new regulations also resulted in the establishment of Title 22, the City’s new zoning code which will ultimately replace the 1989 code found in Title 21. The second and final phase of UPLAN was completed in September 2024 with the adoption of updates to Title 22 and four new zoning districts, along with a Neighborhood Mobility Enhancement Plan to formalize transportation improvement recommendations for North Long Beach.Click here to view an interactive map of the adopted 2024 zoning districts, click here to access the most recently adopted Title 22 zoning regulations.
UPLAN Virtual Open House
The UPLAN Virtual Open House is now available for you to explore! Learn about the zoning tools and transportation strategies that have been developed in collaboration with the North Long Beach community. Share with us your opinion on how to meet the community goals and priorities to increase access to housing, jobs, and transportation choices in North Long Beach. Access the open house now at uplanlb.exhibition.app.
Zoning Code Update Through UPLAN
In Long Beach, the Zoning Code has not been comprehensively updated since 1989. Locally in Long Beach, our community and economy has changed significantly. Through UPLAN, new zoning districts were developed and adopted for all major corridors in North Long Beach- including Cherry Avenue, Long Beach Boulevard, South Street, Market Street, Paramount Boulevard, Artesia Boulevard, and Atlantic Avenue. The first set of zone changes were adopted in November 2020, and the second and final set of changes were adopted in September 2024. Click here to access the new interactive zoning map.
Mobility Recommendations for North Long Beach
The UPLAN Neighborhood Mobility Enhancement Plan (NMEP) will provide direction for mobility enhancements and focuses on making it safer, easier and more pleasant to get around North Long Beach, including for those walking, biking, or taking transit. This includes infrastructure improvements on major corridors to connect to adjacent neighborhoods, local jobs, and access to goods and services in North Long Beach. The plan emphasizes safe bicycle and pedestrian connections to schools, open space and public transit, and will help the City set project priorities, apply for grants, and guide public infrastructure investments in North Long Beach.
The plan includes a prioritization of potential mobility improvements within North Long Beach. The project prioritization methodology was a six-step process that analyzed various data and community feedback to select projects with the highest community impact based on equity, safety, and connectivity to be prioritized in the NMEP
Read the plan here or visit the UPLAN virtual open house NMEP station for an overview of the proposed plan.
