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| 21-1502 |
| CD 13 |
CONTINUED FROM 5/2/23
Mitigated Negative Declaration, No. ENV-2015-310-MND-REC1, adopted on January 11, 2016, as supported by an Addendum dated July 27, 2021; pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines 15162 and 15164, and related CEQA findings, report from the Central Area Planning Commission (CAPC); a report from Department of City Planning regarding recommended revised Conditions of Approval and revised Findings; and, Appeals filed by the following: 1) Coalition for Responsible Equitable Economic Development Los Angeles (CREED LA) joint with Adams, Broadwell, Joesph & Cardozo (Representative: Aiden P Marshall); and, 2) Doug Haines joint with La Mirada Ave. Neighborhood Association (Representative: Robert Silverstein); from the determination of the CAPC in approving a Project Permit Compliance, pursuant to Section 11.5.7 C of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), to allow the addition of three levels of medical office space, containing 95,995 square feet of floor area, on top of the parking structure; approving a Specific Plan Exception, pursuant to LAMC Section 11.5.7 F, for relief from the following Station Neighborhood Area Plan (SNAP) requirements: a. SNAP Section 9.E.3 of the Vermont/Western to allow zero additional parking space requirements; and b. SNAP Section 9.G of the Vermont/Western to allow for the existing Pedestrian Throughway to satisfy the SNAP’s requirement in lieu of an additional Pedestrian Throughway; and approving a Site Plan Review, pursuant to LAMC Section 16.05, for a hospital medical use development project that creates 95,995 square feet of non-residential floor area; for the addition/construction of three levels of medical office space, containing 95,995 square feet of floor area, on top of an existing parking structure, the existing parking structure is an extension of the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center (HPMC), the existing parking structure contains 562 parking spaces with a height of 43 feet, including five-stories above grade and two subterranean levels, the addition will result in an overall maximum height of 96 feet, 4 inches, the new medical office space would serve the HPMC; for the project located at 1318 North Lyman Place, 4470 - 4494 West De Longpre Avenue, and 1321 - 1323 North Virgil Avenue, subject to Revised Conditions of Approval and Revised Findings.
Applicant: CHA Health Systems, Inc.
Representative: Francis Park, Park and Velayos LLP
Case No. APCC-2020-1764-SPE-SPP-SPR-1A
Environmental No. ENV-2015-310-MND-REC1
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Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
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Community Impact Statement: None submitted
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TIME LIMIT FILE - SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
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(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - SEPTEMBER 12, 2023)
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| 23-0439 |
| CD 15 |
Motion (Rodriguez for McOsker - Price) relative to directing the Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Fire Department, Department of Building and Safety, Los Angeles Housing Department, Board of Public Works, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and Department of City Planning, to transmit to the City Attorney within 30 days a report on the volume of calls, the number of boarded up, abandoned or vacant properties and the average length of time from the initial complaint through the resolution of a nuisance at a property, received by each department since January 1, 2022; and request the City Attorney to submit to Council a report on the number of civil or criminal actions brought by the City Attorney's Office pursuant to the Vacant Building Ordinance or other nuisance abatement laws against property owners or tenants, and the resolution or status of such actions related to vacant and unsecured or boarded properties in Council District 15.
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Community Impact Statement: None submitted
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| 23-0405 |
| CD 13 |
Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Article 19, Section 15308, Class 8, and Article 19, Section 15331, Class 31 of the State CEQA Guidelines, and report from the Cultural Heritage Commission relative to the inclusion of the Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation, located at 6400 – 6410 West Santa Monica Boulevard, 1015 – 1045 North Cahuenga Boulevard, 6311 West Romaine Street, and 1006 – 1024 North Cole Avenue, in the list of Historic-Cultural Monuments.
Owners/Applicants: David Simon, Romaine Street Owner, LLC, Romaine Street Owner, LLC c/o Anton Natsis, and Television Center, Inc.
Case No. CHC-2023-420-HCM
Environmental No. ENV-2023-421-CE
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Fiscal Impact Statement: No
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Community Impact Statement: None submitted
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TIME LIMIT FILE - JUNE 28, 2023
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(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - JUNE 28, 2023)
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| 23-0435 |
| CD 10 |
Motion (Hutt – Raman) relative to instructing the Historic Resources Division of the Department of City Planning to prepare the application relative to considering the inclusion of 1802 South Crenshaw Boulevard in the list of Historical-Cultural Monuments (HCM) and to submit the application to the Cultural Heritage Commission (CHC) for review and consideration, and after reviewing the application, the CHC submit a report to the City Council regarding the potential inclusion of 1802 South Crenshaw Boulevard in the City's list of HCMs.
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Community Impact Statement: None submitted
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| 23-0416 |
| CD 14 |
Environmental Impact Report (EIR), previously certified EIR, Case No. ENV-2021-4160-EIR, Addendum, and related California Environmental Quality Act findings; reports from the Mayor and the Los Angeles City Planning Commission, Resolution for a General Plan Amendment to the Northeast Los Angeles Community Plan to re-designate the land use of the subject lots from Low Residential to Medium Residential, and draft Ordinance effectuating a Zone and Height District Change to modify the Zone and Height District for the subject lots from [Q]R1-1D to [Q]R3-1, to revise the General Plan Land Use designation and zoning for the properties located at 4402 – 4486 East Florizel Street, 4401 – 4499 East Mercury Avenue, and 3501– 3531 North McKenzie Avenue. The proposed action does not include any demolition, remodel, construction, or alteration of the existing structures known as the Rose Hill Courts Redevelopment Project and does not change the Project approved under Case No. CPC-2019-4441-DB-PUB.
Applicant: City of Los Angeles
Case No. CPC-2020-1002-GPA-ZC-HD
Environmental No. ENV-2021-4160-EIR-ADD1
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Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
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Community Impact Statement: None submitted
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TIME LIMIT FILE - JUNE 27, 2023
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(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - JUNE 27, 2023)
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| 22-1219 |
| CD 1 |
Sustainable Communities Project Exemption (SCPE), No. ENV-2020-7605-SCPE, and report from the Department of City Planning relative to determining that the proposed project, Case Nos. DIR-2020-7604-SPR-TOC-HCA; VTT-83227-CN-HCA, is statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 21155.1, and qualifies as a transit priority project pursuant to PRC Section 21155(b) that is declared to be a Sustainable Communities Project, which by definition means that the proposed project is consistent with the general land use designations, density, building intensity, and applicable policies specified for the project area in the Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy prepared by the Southern California Association of Governments pursuant to PRC Section 21155(a); and contains more than 50 percent residential; provides a minimum net density greater than 20 units an acre; and is within one-half mile of a major transit stop or high-quality transit corridor included in a regional transportation plan per PRC Section 21155(b); and, that meets all criteria of Subdivisions (a) and (b), including environmental criteria, land use criteria, and at least one criteria (affordable housing) of Subdivision (c) of PRC Section 21155.1; for the demolition and removal of an existing surface parking lot from the Project Site and development of the site with a seven-story, 119,508-square-foot mixed-use building, which would include 145 multi-family residential dwelling units and up to 2,000 square feet of neighborhood-serving commercial uses. Of the 145 dwelling units, 7 units to be set aside as restricted affordable to Moderate Income households at 150% Area Median Income pursuant to the income and rent levels of Land Use Schedule 1 (HUD Gross) as determined by the Los Angeles Housing Department, 15 units would be set aside as Extremely Low Income, resulting in a total of 22 restricted affordable units. The mix of dwelling units would include 20 studios, 111 1-bedrooms, and 14 2-bedrooms; the building would reach a maximum height of 93 feet; Vehicle parking would be provided in 1.5 above ground levels and two subterranean levels and would include 184 vehicle parking spaces. The Project would include a total of 111 bicycle parking (99 long-term spaces and 12 short-term spaces). The Project would include 15,051 square feet of open space, including unit balconies, fitness center, a dog run, pool and courtyard, and a sky deck. There are 13 non-protected trees on or near the Project Site, some or all of which could be removed as part of the Project, including 10 street trees. All removed trees would be replaced in accordance with the City’s tree replacement requirements; for the properties located at 905 - 923 Beacon Avenue and 1720 James M. Wood Boulevard.
Applicant: DHS Investment Company, LLC
Representative: Aimee Luan, Craig Lawson & Co., LLC.
Case Nos. DIR-2020-7604-SPR-TOC-HCA; VTT-83227-CN-HCA
Environmental No. ENV-2020-7605-SCPE
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Fiscal Impact Statement: No
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Community Impact Statement: None submitted
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| 22-0617 |
| CD 1, CD 9, CD 14 |
Department of City Planning (DCP) report relative to rescinding the Downtown Community Plan zoning ordinance (Ordinance 187,822); rescind Ordinance 187,822; instruct the DCP to prepare a corrected zoning ordinance and refer the corrected ordinance to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee to be considered concurrently with the other ordinances prepared for the proposed Downtown Community Plan, including the Downtown Community Plan Implementation Overlay.
Applicant: City of Los Angeles
Case No. CPC-2017-432-CPU and CPC-2014-1582-CA
Environmental No: ENV-2017-433-EIR; SCH. No. 2017021024
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Fiscal Impact Statement: No
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Community Impact Statement: None submitted
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| 21-0934 |
| CD 4, CD 5, CD 13 |
Department of City Planning (DCP) report relative to rescinding the Hollywood Community Plan zoning ordinance (Ordinance 187,823); rescind Ordinance 187,823; instruct the DCP to prepare a corrected zoning ordinance; and refer the corrected ordinance to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee to be considered concurrently with the Hollywood Community Plan Implementation Overlay and Hillside Construction Regulation Overlay.
Applicant: City of Los Angeles
Case No. CPC-2016-1450-CPU
Environmental No: ENV-2016-1451-EIR; SCH. No. 2016041093
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Fiscal Impact Statement: No
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Community Impact Statement: None submitted
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| 23-0493 |
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Motion (Price – Lee) relative to facilitating a signage program for the site of the Orthopaedic Institute for Children Sign District: Instruct the Department of City Planning (DCP), and request the City Attorney, to: 1) Initiate the Zone Change process to establish a Supplemental Use Sign District (including assigning a Los Angeles City Planning Commission case number) to consider a takedown program of existing off-site signage and a new digital freeway sign that is appropriate for the location; 2) Initiate the process to begin and coordinate review of a Sign District upon submittal of a DCP Master Land Use Permit Application submitted directly to the DCP’s Major Projects Unit; 3) Upon submittal to the DCP of necessary application and other fees for processing the Sign District applications, to work with the applicant to prepare the necessary documents for a Sign District, and assign staffing as needed to process the land use documents in a timely manner and obtain public review prior to the Council’s future consideration; and, 4) Coordinate review and process the project application and all new application and all necessary land use and environmental documents in an expedited manner.
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Related to Council file No. 21-1230
Department of City Planning report dated April 3, 2023, relative to the 2022 Annual Progress Reports on implementation of the General Plan and the Housing Element.
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(Referred to Housing and Homelessness Committee and Planning and Land Use Management Committee)
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| 21-1230 |
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Related to Council file No. 22-0403-S1
Department of City Planning report relative to providing a verbal report in response to the City Council’s instruction for a 120-day report on progress towards meeting Housing Element 2021-2029 rezoning targets and equity methodologies incorporated into rezoning efforts as well as an annual report on the progress made toward reaching the Housing Element Regional Housing Needs Assessment and affirmatively furthering fair housing.
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| 18-1242 |
| CD 1 |
CONTINUED FROM 1/21/21
Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) (recirculated on September 12, 2019), Mitigation Measures, Mitigation Monitoring Program (MMP), Errata dated December 2019, and related California Environmental Quality Act findings; reports from the Mayor and Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC); Resolution for a modified General Plan Amendment area (to remove the requested Add Area) to the Westlake Community Plan to designate the land use of the subject properties from Highway Oriented Commercial to Community Commercial; Draft Ordinance, dated September 13, 2018 with recommended amendments dated May 23, 2023, effectuating a Vesting Zone Change and Height District Change from R4-1 and C2-1 to (T)(Q)C2-2D to allow a maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 2.99:1 (approximately 60,637 square feet); and Appeals filed by: 1) Elle Farmer, UNITE HERE Local 11, from the determination of the LACPC in approving the following: a) the MND and MMP; b) a Vesting Conditional Use to allow the construction, use and maintenance of a hotel in the C2 Zone within 500 feet of an A or R Zone; c) a Site Plan Review for a project containing a maximum of 100 guest rooms; and d) Conditions of Approval Nos. 1, 8, 34-39, 42, 44 and 45; and 2) Supporters Alliance for Environmental Responsibility (Representative: Brian B. Flynn, Lozeau Drury LLP) from the determination of the LACPC in adopting the MND, MMP and Errata, as the environmental clearance for the demolition of an existing commercial retail building and related surface parking for the construction, use, and maintenance of a new six-story hotel above two levels of subterranean parking containing 100 guest rooms with kitchenettes, and approximately 10,948 square feet of office, restaurant, meeting room and support space, on a 22,500 square-foot property, including approximately 100 automobile parking spaces, as well as six long-term and six short-term bicycle parking spaces with a proposed FAR of 2.99:1 and a maximum height of 82 feet, for the property located at 2005 West James M. Wood Boulevard, subject to modified Conditions of Approval, Q Conditions and Findings dated May 23, 2023.
Applicant: Tauan Chen, Infinitely Group
Representative: Derick Chen/ Helen Chen
Case No. CPC-2017-712-GPA-VZC-HD-VCU-SPR-1A
Environmental No. ENV-2017-713-MND-1A
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Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
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Community Impact Statement: None submitted
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TIME LIMIT FILE - JUNE 30, 2023
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(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - JUNE 30, 2023)
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| 22-0300 |
| CD 11 |
Previously certified Environmental Impact Report, Addendum, Findings and related California Environmental Quality Act findings, City Attorney report and draft Ordinance relative to amending the Loyola Marymount University Specific Plan, established by Ordinance No. 181,605 to modify the previously approved floor area for Academic/Administrative, Residential, and Athletic Indoor uses and to allow for subsequent adjustments in the distribution of floor area among these uses, the Specific Plan Amendment will further permit the retention, renovation, use, and/or change of use of the existing sports pavilion (Gersten Pavilion), in conjunction with an updated Traffic Demand Management Plan, the Amendment will continue to permit the construction of a replacement sports pavilion on Campus, as previously approved, and the Amendment will also establish a dedicated compliance officer to further enhance communications with the Westchester community, for the property located at 1 LMU Drive. (The Amendment will not change the maximum permitted floor area or the maximum total student enrollment, faculty, staff, and on Campus residents.)
Applicant: Lynne Scarboro, LMU
Representative: John Heintz, Latham & Watkins LLP
Case No. CPC-2019-4651-SP
Environmental No. ENV-2008-1342-EIR-ADD1
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Fiscal Impact Statement: No
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Community Impact Statement: None submitted
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| 23-0313 |
| CD 13 |
Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Article 19, Section 15308, Class 8, and Article 19, Section 15331, Class 31 of the State CEQA Guidelines, and report from the Cultural Heritage Commission relative to the inclusion of the Morris Kight McCadden Place Residence, located at 1428 – 1430 North McCadden Place, in the list of Historic-Cultural Monuments.
Applicant: AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Attn: Jonathan Eisenberg
Owners: Tal Kahana, Trustee, Tal Kahana Trust, Paz K. Stark, Trustee, Paz K. Stark Trust and Tal Kahana, Trustee, Tal Kahana 2007 Revocable Inter Vivos Trust, Et al.
Case No. CHC-2022-3605-HCM
Environmental No. ENV-2022-3606-CE
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Fiscal Impact Statement: No
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Community Impact Statement: None submitted
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TIME LIMIT FILE - JUNE 14, 2023
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(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - JUNE 14, 2023)
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| 22-0599 |
| CD 2 |
CONTINUED FROM 4/18/23
Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15303, and related CEQA findings; report from the South Valley Area Planning Commission (SVAPC), and an Appeal filed by Saied Pouldar (Representative: Eduardo Olivo) from the determination of the SVAPC in approving a: 1) Specific Plan Exception to the Valley Village Specific Plan (Ordinance No. 168,613) to allow the following: a) an accessory car wash use in lieu of the C4 use limitations of Section 5.B. of the Valley Village Specific Plan, and b) a front yard of three percent of the total lot area in lieu of the five percent required by 6.E.1. of the Valley Village Specific Plan, pursuant to Section 11.5.7.F of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC); 2) Project Permit Compliance review with the Valley Village Specific Plan to allow the construction, use, and maintenance of a 736 square foot, self-operated car wash tunnel, pursuant to LAMC Section 11.5.7.C, 3) Conditional Use to allow a Commercial Corner Development with the following deviations from the standards of LAMC Section 12.22.A.23: a) less than 50 percent ground floor transparent windows, b) an existing free-standing pole sign, c) hours of operation for the existing convenience store from 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; pursuant to LAMC Section 12.24.W.27; and 4) Zone Variance from “Q” Conditions of Ordinance No.165,108 which limit uses of the subject property to those permitted in the C1.5 Zone pursuant to LAMC Section 12.27; for the construction, use, and maintenance of a 736 square foot, self-operated car wash tunnel, to be operated from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily, as an accessory use to an existing gas station with convenience store, on an approximately 19,164 square foot commercial corner site, a total of five parking spaces will be provided, the car wash tunnel is proposed at the southwest corner of the site, adjacent to a commercial use, the project includes new landscaping around the site, raising existing concrete masonry unit walls of six feet in height (west property line) and four feet in height (north property line) by two feet each, the addition of eight new on-site trees and three new street trees, four additional parking spaces, new lighting, two new signs, a new trash enclosure area, new air/water location, the addition of two coin operation vacuum hoses with sound dampeners, and the re-facing of an existing free-standing pole sign, the project includes the demolition of a small storage building (160 square feet), the removal of nine palm trees (three mature, six small) and grading of less than 500 cubic yards; for the properties located at 4801-4815 North Laurel Canyon Boulevard; 12107-12111 West Riverside Drive, subject to the Conditions of Approval.
Applicant: Nader Hattar, N&D Corporation
Representative: Ken Kang, MK Design
Case No. APCSV-2019-1481-SPE-SPP-CU-ZV-1A
Environmental No. ENV-2019-1482-CE
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Fiscal Impact Statement: No
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Community Impact Statement: None submitted
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TIME LIMIT FILE - JUNE 20, 2023
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(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - JUNE 20, 2023)
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| 20-1341 |
| CD 1 |
Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Article 19, Section 15308, Class 8, and Article 19, Section 15331, Class 31 of the State CEQA Guidelines and report from the Cultural Heritage Commission relative to the inclusion of the Morris Kight Residence, located at 1822 West 4th Street, in the list of Historic Cultural Monuments.
Applicant: Liza Brereton c/o AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Owners: Westlake Apartment Development LLC and Rafi Ventura, Sweetzer Lofts, LLC
Case No. CHC-2020-3322-HCM
Environmental No. ENV-2020-3323-CE
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Fiscal Impact Statement: No
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Community Impact Statement: None submitted
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TIME LIMIT FILE - JUNE 12, 2023
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(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - JUNE 9, 2023)
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Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15303 and 15311, and California Public Resources Code Section 21080.25, and Negative Declaration pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15074(a), report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission and a proposed Ordinance amending Sections 12.03, 12.10.5, 12.11.5, 12.12.2, 12.13, 12.13.5, 12.14, 12.21, 12.21.1, 12.22, 12.24, and 16.02.1 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) to clarify and streamline Zoning Code regulations regarding outdoor dining on private property. Outdoor dining that complies with the applicable standards would be permitted as a by-right use in any zones where restaurants are currently permitted. Any outdoor alcohol service would continue to require compliance with all applicable zoning regulations as stated in an existing or new discretionary approval or in compliance with the proposed new ministerial approval.
Applicant: City of Los Angeles
Case No. CPC-2022-8179-CA
Environmental No. ENV-2022-8180-CE; ENV-2023-3278-ND
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Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
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Community Impact Statement: None submitted
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