Area Planning Commission

OFFICIAL MINUTES CITY OF LOS ANGELES Harbor Area Planning Commission Minutes Tuesday, December 20, 2016 4:30 PM Harbor Commission Board Room 425 South Palos Verdes Street, 2nd Floor San Pedro, California 90731 MINUTES OF THE HARBOR AREA PLANNING COMMISSION HEREIN ARE REPORTED IN ACTION FORMAT. COMPLETE DETAILS, INCLUDING THE ENTIRE DISCUSSION, RELATING TO EACH ITEM ARE CONTAINED IN THE AUDIO RECORDING FOR THIS MEETING. COPIES OF AUDIO RECORDINGS ARE AVAILABLE BY CONTACTING CENTRAL PUBLICATIONS, AT (213) 978-1255 AND ARE ALSO ACCESSIBLE ONLINE AT planning.lacity.org. The meeting was called to order at 4:42 p.m. with Commissioners Hatch, Cortez and Sutton in attendance. Commissioners Harmatz and Ortiz were absent. Also in attendance were Debbie Lawrence, Senior City Planner representing the Director of Planning; Matthew Lum, City Planning Assistant; Amanda Briones, City Planning Assistant; Kathryn Phelan, representing the Office of the City Attorney; Etta Armstrong, Commission Executive Assistant I and Cecilia Lamas, Senior Administrative Clerk for the Commission. ___________________________________ ITEM NO. 1 DEPARTMENTAL REPORT Debbie Lawrence, Senior City Planner, updated the commission on the following issues: • The Department of City Planning has hired Yeghig Keshishian as the new External Affairs Officer to head the new External Affairs Unit. • On December 15, 2016 The City Planning Commission approved proposed amendments to the City’s Accessory Dwelling Unit Ordinance to regulate second units and comply with California State law, AB 2299, and SB1069 that go into effect January 1, 2017. ___________________________________ ITEM NO. 2 COMMISSION BUSINESS A. Advance Calendar: No changes to the calendar B. Commission Requests: There were no request by the Commission. C. Approval of the Minutes: November 15, 2016 Meeting Minutes December 20, 2016 Harbor Area Planning Commission Commissioner Sutton moved to approve the minutes of November 15, 2016. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Cortez, and the vote proceeded as follows: Moved: Sutton Seconded: Cortez Ayes: Hatch Absent: Harmatz, Ortiz Vote: 3-0 MOTION PASSED ___________________________________ ITEM NOS. 3 NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL Pamela Thornton, Chair of the Harbor Gateway North Neighborhood Council addressed the Commission regarding items heard this evening. ___________________________________ ITEM NOS. 4 AND 5 WERE HEARD TOGETHER VTT-73816-1A AND APCH-2015-3175-ZC Council District: 15 - Buscaino CEQA: ENV-2015-3749-MND Last Day to Act: 01-13-17 Plan Area: Harbor Gateway PROJECT SITE: 17236 South Hoover Street IN ATTENDANCE: Debbie Lawrence, Senior City Planner, representing the Director of Planning; Michelle Sing, City Planner; Amanda Briones, City Planning Assistant; Matthew Lum, City Planning Assistant. MOTION: Commissioner Sutton moved to continue the item until of January 17, 2017. Commissioner Sutton put forth the actions below in conjunction with project: A vesting tentative tract to merge two lots and re-subdivide into 15 lots, each lot to be improved with a single-family dwelling accessed through a private street. The subdivision includes 30 residential parking spaces on the 122,295-square foot (2.821 acres) project site. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Cortez and the vote proceeded as follows: Moved: Sutton Seconded: Cortez Ayes: Hatch Absent: Harmatz, Ortiz Vote: 3-0 2 Meeting Minutes December 20, 2016 Harbor Area Planning Commission APCH-2015-3175-ZC CEQA: ENV-2015-3749-MND Council District 15 - Buscaino Plan Area: Harbor Gateway Last Day to Act: 01-13-17 PROJECT SITE: 17236 South Hoover Street IN ATTENDANCE: Debbie Lawrence, Senior City Planner, representing the Director of Planning; Michelle Sing, City Planner; Amanda Briones, City Planning Assistant; Matthew Lum, City Planning Assistant. MOTION: Commissioner Sutton moved to continue the item until of January 17, 2017. Commissioner Sutton put forth the actions below in conjunction with project: The subdivision of approximately 122,295 square-feet of existing vacant land comprised of two lots into fifteen (15) lots ranging in lot area from 5,200 square-feet to 7,445 square-feet (average lot size is approximately 5,540 square feet) and fourteen (14) guest surface parking spaces. Each lot will be improved with a two-story single-family dwelling with an average floor area of approximately 2,410 square-feet and a maximum height of 24-feet. The Project Site is composed of a lot in the [Q]PF-1 Zone and a lot in the R1-1 Zone and designated for Public Facilities, Public Facilities – Freeway and Low Residential land uses, respectively. Vehicle access will be provided via a private street connecting to Hoover Street. The Project also includes a zone change from [Q]PF-1 to (T)(Q)R1-1 in the Harbor Gateway Community Plan area. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Cortez and the vote proceeded as follows: Moved: Sutton Seconded: Cortez Ayes: Hatch Absent: Harmatz, Ortiz Vote: 3-0 MOTION PASSED 3