Area Planning Commission

Informacion en Español acerca de esta junta puede ser obtenida llamando al (213) 978-1300. SOUTH VALLEY AREA PLANNING COMMISSION THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 08, 2007, 4:30 P.M. MARVIN BRAUDE CONSTITUENT SERVICE CENTER 6262 VAN NUYS BOULEVARD, FIRST FLOOR VAN NUYS, CA 91401 Matt Epstein, President Gordon Murley, Vice President George Andros, Commissioner Steve Cochran, Commissioner Barbara Romero, Commissioner Fely C. Pingol, Commission Executive Assistant (213) 978-1300; FAX (213) 978-1029 EVERY PERSON WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION MUST COMPLETE A SPEAKER’S REQUEST FORM AT THE MEETING AND SUBMIT IT TO THE COMMISSION EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT. POLICY FOR DESIGNATED PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NOS. 4, 8, AND 9: Pursuant to the Commission’s general operating procedures, the Commission at times must necessarily limit the speaking times of those presenting testimony on either side of an issue that is designated as a public hearing item. All requests to address the Commission on public hearing items must be submitted prior to the Commission’s consideration of the item. TIME SEGMENTS noted * herein are approximate. Some items may be delayed due to length of discussion of previous items. To ensure that the Commission has ample opportunity to review written materials, members of the public who wish to submit written materials on agendized items should submit them to the Commission Office, 200 North Spring Street, Room 532, Los Angeles, CA 90012, at least 10 days prior to the meeting at which the item is to be heard in order to meet the mailing deadline. The Commission may RECONSIDER and alter its action taken on items listed herein at any time during this meeting or during the next regular meeting, in accordance with the Commission Policies and Procedures and provided that the Commission retains jurisdiction over the case.. AGENDAS are posted for public review in the Main Street lobby of City Hall East, 200 No. Main Street, Los Angeles, California, and are accessible through the Internet World Wide Web at http://www.lacity.org/pln/index.htm. If you challenge these agenda items in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing agendized here, or in written correspondence on these matters delivered to this agency at or prior to the public hearing. If you seek judicial review of any decision of the City pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.5, the petition for writ of mandate pursuant to that section must be filed no later than the 90th day following the date on which the City's decision became final pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6. There may be other time limits which also affect your ability to seek judicial review. GLOSSARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL TERMS: CEQA - Calif. Environmental Quality Act ND - Negative Declaration EIR - Environmental Impact Report MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration CE - Categorical Exemption 1. DEPARTMENTAL REPORT - ITEMS OF INTEREST 2. COMMISSION BUSINESS A. Advance Calendar B. Commission Requests 3. APCSV-2007-2485-ZC-BL-ZAA Related Case: Tentative Tract No. 68756 CEQA: ENV-2007-2496-MND Council District: 3 Plan: Encino-Tarzana Location: 6012 North Tampa Avenue Expiration Date: 01-23-08 Appeal Status: Zone change is further appealable by the applicant PUBLIC HEARING COMPLETED OCTOBER 01, 2007 ZONE CHANGE, pursuant to Section 12.32 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), from RA-1 (Suburban Zone) to R1-1 (One Family Zone). BUILDING LINE REMOVAL, pursuant to Section 12.32 R of the LAMC, for a portion of a 25-foot Building Line established by Ordinance No. 105,340, approximately 200 linear feet in width, along Tampa Avenue. DETERMINATION, pursuant to Section 12.24 X 7 of the LAMC, to permit fencing in the front yard of proposed Lots 1 and 8 of the tentative tract (No. 68756), adjacent to Tampa Avenue. The fence will be six feet in height in lieu of the maximum 42 inch high walls or fences that are otherwise permitted within the front yard setbacks of the proposed R1-1 zone. PROJECT: Demolition of an existing single-family dwelling and accessory structures and the construction of eight (8) single-family dwellings each on a separate lot. The 8 lots will range from 5,000 to 5,997 net square feet. Each dwelling will be 2-stories, approximately 30 feet high, and will have attached two-car garages. The project site is approximately 52,473 square feet. (Note: A Tentative Tract Map, No. 68756, for subdivision purposes was approved, with conditions by the Advisory Agency on August 22, 2007 and September 19, 2007.) APPLICANT: Perry Stone Mark Brown, Representative STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ZONE CHANGE TO (T)(Q)R1-1 SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; APPROVAL OF BUILDING LINE REMOVAL AND DETERMINATION AS REQUESTED. Thomas Lee Glick (818) 374-5062 SOUTH VALLEY AREA 2 PLANNING COMMISSION November 08, 2007 4. ZA-2006-9781-ZAD-1A CEQA: ENV-2006-7064-MND Council District: 4 Plan: Sherman Oaks-Studio City- Location: 2924 North Las Alturas St. Toluca Lake Expiration Date: 11-25-07 Appeal Status: Not further appealable PUBLIC HEARING AN APPEAL, from the Zoning Administrator’s denial, pursuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 12.24-X,21, of a Zoning Administrator=s Determination to permit the construction, use and maintenance of a single-family dwelling fronting on a Substandard Hillside Limited Street improved to a width of 16 feet adjacent to the subject property in that the applicant’s request was for relief from certain dedications with the request being for an effective road width of 24-feet “gross” plus 2-feet of dedication, 26-feet total for the frontage of the property. APPLICANT: John Lyons Helena Berge, Representative APPELLANT: John Lyons Helena Berge, Representativeg STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF APPEAL. Patricia Brown, (213) 978-1306 5. APCSV-2007-0285-ZC-ZAA CEQA: ENV-2007-0286-MND Council District: 5 Plan: Encino-Tarzana Location: 17634 Weddington Street Expiration Date: 11-10-07 Appeal Status: Further appealable to City Council PUBLIC HEARING COMPLETED SEPTEMBER 24, 2007 ZONE CHANGE, pursuant to Section 12.32 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), from RA-1 (Suburban Zone) to RD1.5-1 (Restricted Density Multiple Dwelling Zone). ADJUSTMENT, pursuant to Section 12.28 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), from Section 12.09.1 B.4 to permit 11 base units (before the “by-right” density bonus calculation of four additional units) in lieu of the maximum off 10 units permitted in the requested RD1.5.1. PROJECT: Demolition of a single family dwelling and construction of a 15-unit apartment building (11 base units, with four additional “by right” density bonus units), with one unit set aside for a very low income household, 4-stories, a maximum height of 45 feet, with 38 parking spaces to be located in a subterranean parking garage, on a 16,472 square foot lot. APPLICANT: Athena Novak and Rene Bernasconi Brad Rosenheim, Representative SOUTH VALLEY AREA 3 November 08, 2007 PLANNIMMISSION  STAFF RECOMMENDS DISAPPROVAL OF ZONE CHANGE AND ADJUSTMENT REQUESTS AND ADOPT FINDINGS. Kevin D. Jones, (213) 978-1172 6. APCSV-2006-9156-ZC Related Case: VTT No. 67475-SL CEQA: ENV-2006-9157-MND Council District: 6 Plan: Reseda-West Van Nuys Location: 17204 W. Roscoe Boulevard Expiration Date: 12-12-07 Appeal Status: Further appealable to City Council PUBLIC HEARING COMPLETED OCTOBER 02, 2007 ZONE CHANGE, pursuant to Section 12.32 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), from RA-1 (Suburban Zone) to RD3-1 (Restricted Density Multiple Dwelling Zone and RD5-1 (Restricted Density Multiple Dwelling Zone). PROJECT: A six-lot subdivision for the construction, use, and maintenance of new single- family residences in accordance with Ordinance No. 176,354 (small lot subdivision) and to include 14 parking spaces. The site will consist of approximately 14,878 net square feet and four-lots within the proposed RD3-1 Zone fronting Roscoe Boulevard and approximately 10,460 net square feet and two-lots fronting Burton Street in the proposed RD5-1 (for a total of 25,338 net square foot site after required dedication). APPLICANT: Anton Caserta Hank Krastman, Representative STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ZONE CHANGE TO (T)(Q)RD3-1 AND (T)(Q) RD5-1 SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. Sarah Rigamat, (213) 978-1382 7. AA-2006-6359-PMLA-IA CEQA: ENV-2006-6360-CE Council District: 2 Plan: North Hollywood-Valley Village Location: 5039 N. Colfax Avenue Expiration Date: N/A Appeal Status: Not further appealable to City Council PUBLIC HEARING COMPLETED APRIL 05, 2007 AN APPEAL, of the entire approval by the Advisory Agency for the four-unit condominium development with ten parking spaces on a 7, 484 square foot lot. SOUTH VALLEY AREA 4 November 08, 2007 PLANNIMMISSION  APPLICANT: Carolyn Seeman Neil Anapol, Representative APPELLANT: Rameil Babanejad STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF APPEAL. Susan Palmas, (213) 978-1313 8. DIR-2006-10343-SPR-IA CEQA: ENV-2004-7804-MND-REC1 Council District: 4 Plan: North Hollywood-Valley Village Location: 5031 Fair Boulevard Expiration Date: 11/06/07 Appeal Status: Not further appealable to City Council PUBLIC HEARING AN APPEAL, in part of Director’s Site Plan Review Determination for the construction, use, and maintenance of a new approximately 289,384 square foot six-story apartment building, approximately 65 feet in height, comprising of 308 residential units and 560 parking spaces to be located at the northeast corner of Morrison Street and Klump Avenue, immediately east of Fair Avenue and west of Lankershim Boulevard. APPLICANT: Tim Ball Craig Jones, JSM Ferrara, LLC APPELLANTS: Bob Stiefel, Homeowner George Hardwood/Johnson Properties, Representative STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF APPEAL. David Weintraub, (213) 978-1217 9. DIR-2007-2360-DRB-SPP-IA CEQA: ENV-2007-2361-CE Council District: 2 Plan: Sherman Oaks-Studio City- Location: 3716 Berry Drive Toluca Lake-Cahuenga Pass Expiration Date: 12/12/07 Appeal Status: Not further appealable to City Council PUBLIC HEARING AN APPEAL, of the Director of Planning’s Conditional Approval of Design Review and Project Permit Compliance, pursuant to Section 11.A of the Mulholland Scenic Parkway Specific Plan and Section 11.5.7 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code. SOUTH VALLEY AREA 5 November 08, 2007 PLANNIMMISSION  PROJECT: Construction of a new, 1,765 square-foot addition (including an attached, 1-car garage) to an existing, 2,340 square-foot (including an attached, 1-car garage, two-story, single- family residence, for a total of 4,105 square-feet, on a 27,698 square-foot lot. The maximum project height is 35 feet, 9 inches. The project will relocate 1 protected tree. The project is in the Outer Corridor and not visible from Mulholland Drive. APPLICANT: Arnold Darini and Gerta Joseph Theo Geiringer, Representative APPELLANTS: Allen Ravert, Jane Hallworth, Clare Patricia Hallworth, and Nina Hallworth STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF APPEALS. Daniel O’Donnell, (818) 374-5066 10. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD The Area Planning Commission shall provide an opportunity in open meetings for the public to address it, on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Area Planning Commission. (This requirement is in addition to any other hearing required or imposed by law.) Persons making requests are encouraged to do so in writing and should submit 10 copies to the Area Planning Commission for its consideration. Persons wishing to speak must submit a speaker’s request form prior to the commencement of the public comment period. Individual testimony within the public comment period shall be limited to five (5) minutes per person and up to ten (10) minutes per subject. The next regular meeting of the South Valley Area Planning Commission will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 22, 2007 at the Marvin Braude Constituent Service Center 6262 Van Nuys Blvd., Van Nuys, CA 91401 An Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer As a covered entity under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Los Angeles does not discriminate. 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 no later than three working days (72 hours) prior to the meeting by calling the Commission Executive Assistant at (213) 978-1300 or by email at APCSouthValley@lacity.org SOUTH VALLEY AREA 6 November 08, 2007 PLANNIMMISSION