City Planning Commission

Información en Español acerca de esta junta puede ser obtenida Ilamando al (213) 978-1300 CITY PLANNING COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2013, after 8:30 a.m. **** THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB **** th 100 W. 5 STREET, SAN PEDRO, CA 90731 William Roschen, FAIA, President Michael J. LoGrande, Director Regina M. Freer, Vice President Alan Bell, AICP, Deputy Director Sean O. Burton, Commissioner Lisa M. Webber AICP, Deputy Director Diego Cardoso, Commissioner Eva Yuan-McDaniel, Deputy Director Camilla Eng, Commissioner George Hovaguimian, Commissioner Robert Lessin, Commissioner CORRECTED (next meeting location**) Dana Perlman, Commissioner Barbara Romero, Commissioner James K. Williams, Commission Executive Assistant II POLICY FOR DESIGNATED PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS No(s) 4. 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 STAFF. The Commission has adopted rules regarding written submissions to ensure that it has reasonable and appropriate opportunity to review your materials. The mailing and email addresses, deadlines, page limits, and required numbers of copies for your advance submissions may be found under “Forms and Instructions”. Day of hearing submissions (15 copies must be provided) are limited to 2 pages plus accompanying photographs, posters, and PowerPoint presentations of 5 minutes or less. Non-complying materials will NOT be distributed to the Commission. 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, in accordance with the Commission Policies and Procedures and provided that the Commission retains jurisdiction over the case. In the case of a Commission meeting cancellation, all items shall be continued to the next regular meeting date or beyond, as long as the continuance is within the legal time limits of the case or cases. 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 e-mail at CPC@lacity.org. 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 agenized 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. 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 at www.planning.lacity.org. Click the Meetings and Hearings@ link. Commission meetings may be heard on Council Phone by dialing (213) 621-2489 or (818) 904-9450. 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. Update on City Planning Commission Status Reports and Active Assignments 1. Ongoing Status Reports: 2. City Council/PLUM Calendar and Actions 3. List of Pending Legislation (Ordinance Update) B. Legal actions and rulings update C. Other items of interest: 2. COMMISSION BUSINESS A. Advance Calendar B. Commission Request C. Minutes of Meeting – February 28, 2013 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 MARCH 14, 2013 4. CPC-2009-1557-CPU Council District: 15 – Buscaino CEQA: ENV-2009-1558-EIR Expiration Date: N/A Plan Area: San Pedro Appeal Status: Not appealable PUBLIC HEARING Location: VARIOUS The project area is the San Pedro Community Plan area, located adjacent to the Port of Los Angeles, the Pacific Ocean, and the City of Rancho Palos Verdes. It is generally bounded by: Taper Avenue on the north; John S. Gibson Boulevard, Harbor Boulevard, the West Channel of the Port of Los Angeles, and Cabrillo Beach on the east; the Pacific Ocean on the south; and the western border of Los Angeles with the City of Rancho Palos Verdes. Proposed Project: San Pedro Community Plan Update: The San Pedro Community Plan Update (Proposed Plan) revises and updates the San Pedro Community Plan Text and Land Use Diagram to reflect shifts in existing conditions since the last Plan Update in 1999. The Proposed Plan includes new goals, policies, and implementation programs; revisions to the Citywide General Plan Transportation Element, and General Plan Land Use designations; Zone and Height District changes; changes to existing supplemental use district boundaries and related plans and guidelines; new overlay zones; and Street Reclassifications. Requested Actions: 1. Pursuant to procedures set forth in Section 11.5.6 of the Municipal Code and City Charter Sections 555 and 558, amend the San Pedro Community Plan as part of the General Plan of the City of Los Angeles, as modified in the attached San Pedro Community Plan Resolution, the San Pedro Community Plan Text, Land Use Change Maps, and Additional Plan Map Symbol, Footnote, Corresponding Zone and Land Use Nomenclature Changes. 2. Pursuant to Section 12.32 of the Municipal Code, rezoning actions to effect changes of zone as identified on the Land Use Change Map, Land Use Change Matrix, Community Plan Implementation Overlay (CPIO) District, and expanded Vinegar Hill Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ) boundaries. 3. Pursuant to procedures set forth in Section 11.5.6 of the Municipal Code and City Charter Sections 555 and 558, amend the Highways and Freeways Map of the Transportation Element of the General Plan to reclassify selected streets within the San Pedro Community Plan as shown on the Street Re-Designation Matrix. 4. Review and Consideration of Environmental Impact Report No. ENV-2009-1558-EIR. Applicant: City of Los Angeles Recommended Actions: 1. Approve the Staff Report as the Commission Report. 2. Approve and Recommend that the Mayor approve and the City Council adopt the San Pedro Community Plan Resolution, the San Pedro Community Plan Text, Change Maps and Additional Plan Map Symbol, Footnote, Corresponding Zone and Land Use Nomenclature Changes amending the San Pedro Community Plan as part of the General Plan of the City of Los Angeles, as modified. 3. Approve and Recommend that the City Council adopt the requested rezoning actions to effect changes of zone as identified in the Land Use Change Map, Land Use Change Matrix, Community Plan Implementation Overlay (CPIO) District, and Vinegar Hill Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ) boundaries. CITY PLANNING COMMISSION 3 MARCH 14, 2013  4. Instruct the Department of City Planning to finalize the necessary zone change ordinances and findings to be presented to City Council, and make other technical corrections as necessary. 5. Amend the Highways and Freeways Map of the Transportation Element of the General Plan to reclassify selected streets within the San Pedro Community Plan as shown on the Street Re- Designation Matrix. 6. Authorize the Director of Planning to present the resolution, Plan text and Plan amendments to the Mayor and City Council, in accordance with Sections 555 and 558 of the City Charter. 7. Find that in accordance with Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 13.14 C.5, the proposed supplemental development regulations of the Community Plan Implementation Overlay (CPIO) District are consistent with, and necessary to implement, the programs, policies, and design guidelines of the San Pedro Community Plan. 8. Recommend that the City Planning Commission approve the amended Downtown San Pedro Community Design Guidelines (CDO) and Standards to include the addition of guidelines for multi- family development, as part of the Community Plan Implementation Overlay (CPIO). 9. Approve and Recommend that the City Council adopt an Ordinance repealing the existing Downtown San Pedro Community Design Overlay (CDO) District and boundaries (Ordinance No. 179,935), in as much as the CDO guidelines and standards have been merged into the CPIO. 10. Approve the establishment of the Vinegar Hill HPOZ Expansion Area and Recommend that the City Council adopt the recommended boundaries of the proposed Vinegar Hill HPOZ Expansion Area, for the area containing the existing Vinegar Hill HPOZ and the Vinegar Hill expansion area as a merged area. 11. Find that the boundaries of the Vinegar Hill HPOZ are appropriate and that the Historic Preservation Overlay Zone meets one or more of the required criteria pursuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 12.20.3 F 3 (c). 12. Recommend that the City Planning Commission approve the amended Vinegar Hill Preservation Plan to include the addition of guidelines for commercial rehabilitation and infill development. 13. Find that the City Planning Commission has reviewed and considered the Draft Environmental Impact Report No. ENV-2009-1558-EIR (State Clearinghouse No. 2008021004) and transmit the EIR to the City Council for certification. 14. Recommend that the City Council consider a Statement of Overriding Considerations with the Final Environmental Impact Report. 15. Approve and Recommend that the City Council Adopt the Findings, and direct staff to prepare additional environmental findings for City Council consideration. Staff: Kevin Keller Conni Pallini-Tipton (213) 978-1163 The next scheduled regular meeting of the City Planning Commission will be held at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 28, 2013 ***John Ferraro City Council Chamber, *** 200 N. Spring Street Room 340 Los Angeles, CA 90012 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. Translation services, sign language interpreters, assistive listening devices, or other auxiliary aids and/or other services must be requested 72 hours prior to the meeting by calling the Planning Commission Secretariat at (213) 978-1300 or by email at CPC@lacity.org. CITY PLANNING COMMISSION 4 MARCH 14, 2013