This property is a 5.29-acre property located on the southwest corner of Bloomfield Avenue and South Street, and is currently an existing commercial shopping center. The property is currently zoned for commercial uses.
Recent State law (Assembly Bill (“AB”) 2011) allows for development of affordable multifamily housing in commercial zones without requiring rezoning of the property. Qualifying projects must be approved ministerially (meaning no discretionary approval process or public hearings before the Planning Commission or City Council) and are not subject to environmental review under CEQA. In order to qualify, projects must meet affordability requirements, prevailing wage requirements, and location requirements, and are subject to certain development standards. Affordable multifamily housing developments under AB 2011 can be located on a commercially zoned property of less than 20 acres along a major arterial street (whose width is between 70 feet to 150 feet). Depending on the size of the property, the width of the arterial street, and whether the property is within a half mile of a major transit stop, the minimum density ranges from 20 to 80 dwelling units per acre. Furthermore, no parking shall be required except for EV charging and disabled parking spaces.
The property has been purchased by a developer, and, to ensure that any proposed housing would meet City design standards and fit into the Cerritos community, the City is preemptively proposing an Area Development Plan, ADP-20, to allow for either commercial uses or low/medium density residential townhomes. This would allow the City to put into place development standards for density, building heights, landscaping, parking requirements, and privacy screening. Additional traffic and noise analysis will be completed as part of the process to ensure any potential impacts are addressed. With no rezoning, the City would not be able to impose any development standards to any housing proposal submitted under Assembly Bill 2011. While this property was not identified in the City's Housing Element, the City is taking a proactive approach to ensuring any future potential housing development meets City standards. The City is continuing to assess all commercial sites within the City that may be impacted by Assembly Bill 2011.
Site Location
Conceptual Rendering illustrating what the site could look like after a housing development
Project Activities
Community Open House (#1): June 18, 2025
Community Open House (#2): August 13, 2025
Frequently Asked Questions Handout
Notice of Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration
An Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared for the proposed administrative action of rezoning of the commercial property located at the southwest corner of Bloomfield Avenue and South Street to Area Development Plan 20 (ADP-20).
Notice of Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration
Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration
The public review and comment period begins on September 12, 2025 and will end on October 3, 2025. Written comments may be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on October 3, 2025 by mail to the City of Cerritos, Department of Community Development, 18125 Bloomfield Avenue, Cerritos, CA 90703 or by email at planning@cerritos.gov.
Information on any future public hearings will be posted to the City's website here at cerritos.gov/rezone.
