(a) 
Any lease of public land owned or controlled by the City of Redondo Beach, or by any department or subdivision of the City, shall be administratively approved by resolution of the City Council.
(b) 
A lease shall be approved by the City Council pursuant to this section only upon the making of the following findings:
(1) 
The lease will result in a net economic or other public benefit to the City of Redondo Beach or the general public.
(2) 
The granting of the lease is consistent with and will further the adopted fiscal, budgetary and applicable economic development, social, recreational, public safety or other applicable adopted policies of the City.
(3) 
The lease, and all land uses and development authorized by the lease, are consistent with all applicable provisions of the general plan, the Coastal Land Use Plan where applicable, and the applicable zoning ordinances of the City.
(4) 
The lease, and all land uses and development authorized by the lease, are consistent with and will carry out the goals, standards and policies of any specific plan applicable to the leased property.
(5) 
The lease and its purposes are consistent with all other applicable provisions of law.
(c) 
If the lease is for tidelands or other lands held in trust for the State of California, the City Council shall also find that the lease and all land uses and development authorized by the lease are consistent with terms of and will further the purposes of the grant from the State and all applicable laws and agreements governing use of the land.
(d) 
The duration of the lease shall be subject to the following limitations:
(1) 
No lease for any public lands shall exceed 55 years, unless the terms of the lease provide that the lease shall be subject to periodic review by the City and take into consideration the then-current market conditions. The lease shall specify which provisions are subject to periodic review and establish the time periods when such provisions shall be subject to review.
(2) 
No lease of tidelands or other public trust lands shall exceed 66 years.
(3) 
No lease of public land shall exceed 99 years in duration.
(§ 1, Ord. 3117 c.s., eff. January 17, 2014)