Area Planning Commission

Informacion en Espanol accerca de esta junta puede ser obtenida llamano al (213) 978-1300. Address Any Communication To: WEST LOS ANGELES AREA PLANNING COMMISSION 200 North Spring Street, Room 532 Los Angeles, CA 90012 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO PROPERTY OWNERS 9 WITHIN A 100-FOOT RADIUS 9 WITHIN A 500-FOOT RADIUS :ABUTTING A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT SITE 9 AND OCCUPANTS WITHIN A 100-FOOT RADIUS 9 AND OCCUPANTS WITHIN A 500-FOOT RADIUS concerning property at 10740 Wilshire Boulevard Case No. DIR 2006-3467-DRB-SPP- Hearing Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 SPPA-1A Hearing Time: after 4:30 P.M. Westwood Community Plan Area Hearing Place: Henry Medina West Los Angeles Council District No. 5 Parking Enforcement Facility 11214 W. Exposition Blvd., 2nd floor Los Angeles, CA 90064 The West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission invites you to attend a hearing regarding the property highlighted above. The law requires that property owners and occupants near this site be notified of this hearing. If you do not wish to attend the hearing, you may ignore this notice. The hearing involves an appeal from the decision by the Director of Planning as follows: Design Review, Project Permit Compliance and Specific Plan Project Adjustment approval of a proposed façade alteration, landscaping, new signage and awnings at an existing hotel, located at 10740 Wilshire Boulevard. The approval was given in conformance with the intent and purpose of the Westwood Community Design Review Board Specific Plan (Ordinance No. 163,204) and the Wilshire-Westwood Scenic Corridor Specific Plan (Ordinance No. 155,044). APPLICANT: Beringer Harvard Wilshire Blvd GP, LLC APPELLANTS: 1. Sandy Brown, Holmby-Westwood Property Owners Association 2. Steven D. Sann TESTIMONY: Written testimony may be submitted prior to the hearing (see instructions on the reverse side); however, oral testimony can only be given at the hearing and may be limited due to time constraints. Sign language interpreters and assistive listening devices may be provided if you contact our office at least three (3) business days before the hearing. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS SEE REVERSE SIDE. DECISION: The Commission=s decision will be based on the merits of the case and the applicable law. The Commission can consider the entire action even if only a portion has been appealed. A report of the Commission=s action will be mailed upon request after the hearing. Pursuant to Government Code Section 65009(b)(2), any court challenge of the Commission=s action may be limited to those issues considered at the public hearing. The time in which a party may seek judicial review of this determination is governed by California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6. Under that provision, a petitioner may seek judicial review of any decision of the City pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.5, only if the petition for writ of mandate pursuant to that section is filed no later than the 90th day following the date on which the City=s decision becomes final. FILE REVIEW: The complete file, including the determination is available for public inspection in the Community Planning Bureau, Room 621, City Hall, 200 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Please call (213) 978-1207 several days in advance to assure file availability. CORRESPONDENCE AND EXHIBITS The Commission members are not City employees. They are citizens who have been appointed by the Mayor. They function in a quasi-judicial capacity and therefore, cannot be contacted before the hearing. Any written testimony which you wish them to see may only be submitted to our office using the following guidelines. 1. If you wish to submit information to be included in the Commission=s meeting materials, items should be received in the Commission office ten days prior to the date of the hearing. Otherwise, the Commission will receive the information at the hearing. 2. Please provide an original and nineteen (19) copies (sets) of all correspondence or exhibits (for the file, (5) Commission members, Director of Planning, Principal City Planner, Commission Hearing Officer, Commission Executive Assistant and City Attorney). All twenty copies/sets may be mailed in the same envelope. 3. Correspondence must be on letter size or legal size paper (8 2 " x 11" or 8 2 " x 14"). 4. All oversized exhibits (photos, plans, artists= renderings) must be able to fit in a legal size folder. Therefore, they should be mounted on foldable paper or a file size copy must be provided. Photo exhibits must be mounted on light cardboard or foldable paper. 5. Write the case number on all communications and exhibits. 6. ALL materials submitted to the Commission become City property and cannot be returned. This includes any correspondence or exhibit used as part of your testimony to the Commission. As a covered entity under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Los Angeles does not discriminate on the basis of disability. The meeting facility and its parking are wheelchair accessible. Sign language interpreters, assistive listening devices, or other auxiliary aids and/or other services may be provided upon request. To ensure availability of services, please make your request not later than three working days (72 hours) prior to the meeting by calling the staff person referenced in this notice.