City Planning Commission

Información en EspaÁol acerca de esta junta puede ser obtenida Ilamando al (213) 978-1300. CITY PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2003, 9:30 A.M. 200 NORTH SPRING STREET - ROOM 1010, CITY HALL LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Mitchell B. Menzer, President Con Howe, Director Joseph Klein, Vice President Frank Eberhard, Deputy Director Richard M. Brown, Commissioner Gordon Hamilton, Deputy Director Mabel Chang, Commissioner Bob Sutton, Deputy Director Dorene Dominguez, Commissioner Javier O. Lopez, Commissioner Gerard McCallum II, Commissioner Tom Schiff, Commissioner VACANT, Commissioner Gabriele Williams, (213) 978-1247; FAX (213) 978-1029 POLICY FOR DESIGNATED PUBLIC HEARING ITEM No. 6. 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. In all instances, however, equal time is allowed for presentation of pros and cons of matters to be acted upon. All requests to address the Commission on public hearing items must be submitted prior to the Commission’s consideration of the item. EVERY PERSON WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION MUST COMPLETE A SPEAKER’S REQUEST FORM AND SUBMIT IT TO THE COMMISSION EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT STAFF. To ensure that the Commission has ample opportunity to review written materials, all concerned parties who wish to submit written materials on agendized items should submit them to the Commission Office prior to the meeting at which the item is to be heard in order to meet the mailing deadline. The Commission may ADJOURN FOR LUNCH at approximately 12:00 Noon. Any cases not acted upon during the morning session will be considered after lunch. TIME SEGMENTS noted * herein are approximate. Some items may be delayed due to length of discussion of previous items. 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. AGENDAS are posted for public review in the Main Street lobby of City Hall, 200 No. Main Street, Los Angeles, California, and are accessible through the Internet World Wide Web at http://www.lacity.org/dept/PLN/meetings/cpcagnda.htm. If you challenge these agenda items in court, you may be limited d to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing agenized here, or in written correspondence on these matters delivered to this agency at or prior to 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 became final. GLOSSARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL TERMS: CEQA - Calif. Environmental Quality Act ND - Negative Declaration EIR - Environmental Impact Report MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration CE - Categorical Exemption 1. DIRECTOR’S REPORT A. Service pin presentation to Lily Quan, 20 years; Herminigildo Agustin, 15 years; and Helen Bibas, 15 years. B. Council actions and schedule. C. Other items of interest. 2. COMMISSION BUSINESS A. Advance Calendar B. Commission Requests C. Minutes of 11-27-02 and 12-12-02. 3. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD The Commission shall provide an opportunity in open meetings for the public to address it, for a cumulative total of up to thirty (30) minutes, on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission. (This requirement is in addition to any other hearing required or imposed by law.) PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK MUST SUBMIT A SPEAKER’S REQUEST FORM. ALL REQUESTS TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON NON-PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS AND ITEMS OF INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC THAT ARE WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSION MUST BE SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. Individual testimony within the public comment period shall be limited as follows: (a) For non-agendized matters, up to five (5) minutes per person and up to ten (10) minutes per subject. (b) For agendized matters, up to three (3) minutes per person and up to ten (10) minutes per subject. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THESE ITEMS WILL BE DEFERRED UNTIL SUCH TIME AS EACH ITEM IS CALLED FOR CONSIDERATION. The Chair of the Commission may allocate the number of speakers per subject, the time allotted each subject, and the time allotted each speaker. CITY PLANNING COMMISSION 2 JANUARY 9, 2003 4. CPC NO. 2001-9910-CU-ZV-ZAA Council District: 10 CEQA: ENV-2001-9909-MND Location: 5400 West Olympic Boulevard Plan: Wilshire Appeal Status: Appealable Public Hearing completed October 21, 2002. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, to allow construction, use and maintenance of a private high school in conjunction with an existing temple and high school in the R3 zone; and, VARIANCE, pursuant to Section 12.27 of the LAMC, from the following: a. Section 12.21 A 4(c) to allow 31 parking spaces in lieu of 82 spaces required; b. Section 12.10 C 3 to allow a rear yard of 5 feet in lieu of the 15 feet required; and ZONING ADMINISTRATOR ADJUSTMENT, from Section 12.21.1, to allow a 53-feet, 6-inch high building in lieu of the maximum 45-foot height required, for the proposed construction, use and maintenance of a three-story private high school building on a vacant 25,760 square foot lot with 31 enclosed parking spaces. A maximum enrollment of 140 students from grades 9 to 12 is proposed, operating between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 9:15 p.m., Sunday through Thursday, and 7:30 a.m. and noon on Friday. STAFF RECOMMENDS DISAPPROVAL AS FILED AND APPROVAL OF THE CONDITIONAL USE REQUEST, APPROVAL OF A VARIANCE ALLOWING 51 PARKING SPACES, DENIAL OF THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR ADJUSTMENT AND DENIAL OF THE VARIANCES TO ALLOW 31 PARKING SPACES AND A REAR YARD OF FIVE FEET. Jim Tokunaga, (213) 978-1174. Applicant: Joseph Harouni, Yeshiva Gedolah of Los Angeles 5. CPC NO. 2001-4903-HPOZ Council District: 11 CEQA: ENV-2001-4382-CE Location: Various Plan: Palms-Mar Vista Del Rey Appeal Status: N/A Public Hearing completed November 21, 2002. PROPOSED HISTORIC PRESERVATION OVERLAY ZONE, over the Gregory Ain Mar Vista Tract, for all lots fronting both sides of Meier Street and Moore Street, and the east side of Beethoven Street, between Palms Boulevard on the north and Marco Place on the south. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED HPOZ. Lynda Smith, (213) 978-1170. Applicant: City of Los Angeles CITY PLANNING COMMISSION 3 JANUARY 9, 2003 6. CPC NO. 2002-6814-ICO Council District: 11 CEQA: ENV-2003-6815-CE Location: Various Plan: Westchester-Playa del Rey Appeal Status: N/A PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED INTERIM CONTROL ORDINANCE, (Kentwood), to limit development within the R3 and R4 zones to that permitted in the RD2 zone, with a maximum height of 30 feet, for an area bounded by Sepulveda Boulevard on the east, 80th Street on the south, El Manor Avenue on the west, 77th Street on the north, Arizona Avenue on the west, and a line parallel to 77th Street, approximately 1,000 feet northerly of 77th Street from Arizona Avenue to Sepulveda Boulevard that is north of Manchester Avenue. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. Jeffrey W. Pool, (213) 978-1165. Applicant: City of Los Angeles 7. CPC NO. 2002-2756-GPA/ZC Council District: 10 CEQA: MND-2001-3437-GPA/ZC/REC Location: 6041 Cadillac Avenue Plan: West Adams-Baldwin Hills-Leimert Appeal Status: N/A Park Public Hearing completed October 4, 2002. ZONE CHANGE/GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT, from [Q]CM-1VL, C2-1, R3-1 AND R1- 1/Commercial Industrial, Neighborhood Commercial, Medium Density Residential and Low I Density Residential to C2-1/Community Commercial; and, GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT, to the Highway designation of the Transportation Element of the General Plan and the West Adams-Baldwin Hills-Leimert Park Community Plan from Major Class II Highway to Secondary Highway for the portion of Cadillac Avenue, between La Cienega Boulevard and Venice Boulevard; and, HEIGHT DISTRICT CHANGE, from 1VL (maximum three stories and 45 feet) to 1 (unlimited and 1.5:1 FAR), for the proposed construction, use and maintenance of a five story building, approx. 100 feet in height, having approx. 185,000 square feet of floor area designed to accommodate 106 licensed beds, a central utility plant, an expanded parking structure, an expanded pharmacy and other ancillary construction to allow reuse of the center tower for outpatient services. The maximum bed count on the hospital campus will be 244 beds. The new tower will be located to the west of the existing hospital building in an area occupied by a surface parking lot. A 400-space addition will be added to an existing parking structure to replace the parking displaced by the new construction. The 27,369 square foot Venice Boulevard medical office building will be demolished. STAFF RECOMMENDS DISAPPROVAL AS FILED; DISAPPROVAL OF THE REQUEST TO RE-DESIGNATE CADILLAC AVENUE FROM A CLASS II MAJOR HIGHWAY TO A SECONDARY HIGHWAY; DISAPPROVAL OF THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT FROM LOW I DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL; DISAPPROVAL OF A CITY PLANNING COMMISSION 4 JANUARY 9, 2003  ZONE CHANGE TO C2-1; AND, APPROVAL OF THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT FROM COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, AND MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL. Robert Z. Duenas, (213) 978-1172 Applicant: Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Steven Doshay 8. CPC NO. 2001-4928-ZC/SPR AND Council District: 11 ZA 2001-5862 ZV Location: 6225 West Century Boulevard CEQA: MND-2001-4929 Appeal Status: Appealable Plan: Westchester-Playa del Rey Public Hearing completed October 25, 2002. ZONE CHANGE, from C2-1 and PB-1 to C2-2, and HEIGHT DISTRICT CHANGE, from 1 (unlimited height and 1.5:1 FAR) to 2 (unlimited height and 6:1 FAR); and, ZONE VARIANCE, from the following sections of the LAMC to permit “early start construction” of a project: a. Section 12.21.1 to permit construction to commence for a 7-level parking structure, 78-feet, 8 inches high, in the existing PB-1 zone in lieu of the maximum 2-story height limitation; and b. Section 12.21.1 A1 to permit construction for a hotel with a 3.5:1 Floor Area Ratio in the existing C2-1 zone in lieu of the maximum 1.5:1 Floor Area Ratio limitation; and, SITE PLAN REVIEW, for the proposed project consisting of the demolition of a conference center, pool, recreational facility, and a two-level parking structure (620 parking spaces) associated with an existing hotel; construction of 5-story hotel addition over a 5-story parking structure, 105 feet in height, with 180 guest rooms and 475 parking spaces; and construction of a new 7-level parking garage, 78-feet, 8 inches high, with a capacity of 2,115 parking spaces to be used for off-site public airport parking (i.e. “Wally Park”). The project will have a combined total of 2,650 parking spaces (including 60 existing surface parking spaces). STAFF RECOMMENDS DISAPPROVAL AS FILED; DISAPPROVAL OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE; APPROVAL OF THE ZONE CHANGE TO [T][Q] C2-2 AND THE HEIGHT DISTRICT CHANGE TO 2; AND APPROVAL OF THE SITE PLAN REVIEW. Robert Z. Duenas, (213) 978-1172. Applicant: LAX Hospitality, L.P. CITY PLANNING COMMISSION 5 JANUARY 9, 2003  The next regular meeting of the City Planning Commission will be held at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 23, 2003, at Airtel Plaza Hotel, 7277 Valjean Avenue, Van Nuys, California. 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) 978-1247. CITY PLANNING COMMISSION 6 JANUARY 9, 2003