Planning and Land Use Management Committee

JOURNAL – PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Tuesday, October 11, 2022 JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER, ROOM 340, CITY HALL ­ 1:00 PM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEECE HARRIS­ MEMBERS: DAWSON, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER GILBERT A. CEDILLO COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD COUNCILMEMBER JOHN S. LEE COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ (Candy Rosales ­ Legislative Assistant ­ (213) 978­1078 Questions can be submitted to clerk.plumcommittee@lacity.org) Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361, and due to concerns over COVID­19, this Los Angeles City Council committee meeting will take all public comment by teleconference. The audio for this meeting is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.org/calendar. The live audio can also be heard at: (213) 621­CITY (Metro), (818) 904­9450 (Valley), (310) 471­CITY (Westside) and (310) 547­CITY (San Pedro Area). 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For assistance, please contact the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or ethics.commission@lacity.org. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT Transcription (CART), Assistive Listening Devices, or other auxiliary aids and/or services may be provided upon request. To ensure availability, you are advised to make your request at least 72 hours prior to the meeting/event you wish to attend. Due to difficulties in securing Sign Language Interpreters, five or more business days notice is strongly recommended. For additional information, please contact the Legislative Assistant listed above. Notice to Paid Representatives: If you are compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require you to register as a lobbyist and report your activity. See Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. More information is available at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. For assistance, please contact the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or ethics.commission@lacity.org. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 22­0834 CD 7 Categorical Exemption, and related California Environmental Quality Act findings; report from the North Valley Area Planning Commission; and draft Ordinance relative to a Zone Change from (Q)RD6­1 to (T)(Q)RD6­1 for the demolition of two residential structures for the subdivision of one lot into six small lots, to allow for the development of six single­family dwellings for the properties located at 9216 and 9218 North Langdon Avenue, subject to Conditions of Approval. Applicant: Mike Engelman, Mindy Engelman, Gray Kleinman Representative: Armin Gharai; GA Engineering Inc. Case No.: APCNV­2019­7236­ZC Environmental No.: ENV­2019­7238­CE Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Report from North Valley Area Planning Commission and draft Ordinance, dated 07­14­2022 – (3) Yes; (0) No; (2) Absent: Cedillo; Lee (2) 22­0412 CD 13 Negative Declaration and related California Environmental Quality Act findings, report from the Department of City Planning, and Ordinance to remove a 15­foot Building Line along the westerly side of Lillian Way, established under Ordinance No. 109119, for the property located at 711 – 723 North Lillian Way. (The General Plan Amendment and Zone Change were adopted by the City Council on June 29, 2022) Applicant: Robert Herscu, 711 Lillian LLC, Herscu 711 LLC, 717 Lillian LLC, Herscu Lillian LLC, 720 Cahuenga LLC, & Cahuenga Herscu LLC Representative: Gary Benjamin, Alchemy Planning + Land Use Case No. CPC­2021­4280­GPA­ZC­BL Environmental No. ENV­ 2021­4281­ND  remove a 15­foot Building Line along the westerly side of Lillian Way, established under Ordinance No. 109119, for the property located at 711 – 723 North Lillian Way. (The General Plan Amendment and Zone Change were adopted by the City Council on June 29, 2022) Applicant: Robert Herscu, 711 Lillian LLC, Herscu 711 LLC, 717 Lillian LLC, Herscu Lillian LLC, 720 Cahuenga LLC, & Cahuenga Herscu LLC Representative: Gary Benjamin, Alchemy Planning + Land Use Case No. CPC­2021­4280­GPA­ZC­BL Environmental No. ENV­ 2021­4281­ND Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Report from Department of City Planning and draft Ordinance, dated 08­ 22­2022 – (3) Yes; (0) No; (2) Absent: Cedillo; Lee (3) 21­0163­S1 CD 14 Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21155, 21155.2, and 21155.2(b)(6); Sustainable Communities Environmental Assessment, No. ENV­2016­ 4555­SCEA, dated August 20, 2020; Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, Errata dated February 23, 2021, Errata No. 2 dated April 29, 2021, and related CEQA findings; reports from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission and Mayor, Resolution for a General Plan Amendment to the Central City North Community Plan to amend the land use designation of the project site from Heavy Manufacturing to Commercial Industrial, and remove Footnote Nos. 1 and 6 of the General Plan Land Use Map from the project site to permit Height District 2 in the CM Zone, pursuant to Charter Section 555 and Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 11.5.6; and draft Ordinance effectuating a Vesting Zone Change and Height District Change from M3­1­RIO to [T][Q]CM­2D­ RIO, to permit residential uses on the project site and allow a maximum Floor Area Ratio of 4.37:1, pursuant to LAMC Sections 12.32 F and Q; for the demolition of existing buildings and surface parking lot, and for the construction, use, and maintenance of an eight­story mixed­use building containing 106 live/work condominium units, including nine units set aside for Very Low Income Households and three units set aside for Moderate Income Households, and 119,845 square feet of commercial space, including retail, restaurant, and office, on a 62,111 square­foot site; the proposed building would be 127 feet in height, as measured to the top of the parapet, and contains 257,287 square feet of floor area with a Floor Area Ratio of 4.37:1; the project would provide 402 vehicle parking spaces within a three­level parking garage (two above­grade levels and one subterranean level), 145 bicycle parking stalls, and 18,862 square feet of usable open space; a maximum of 38,985 cubic yards of earth material would be exported from the project site; and a total of six trees, including three street trees, are proposed to be removed; for the properties located at 1000, 1016, 1026 South Mateo Street; 2006, 2010, 2016, 2018 East Bay Street; and 2001, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 East Sacramento Street, subject to Modified Conditions of Approval.  including retail, restaurant, and office, on a 62,111 square­foot site; the proposed building would be 127 feet in height, as measured to the top of the parapet, and contains 257,287 square feet of floor area with a Floor Area Ratio of 4.37:1; the project would provide 402 vehicle parking spaces within a three­level parking garage (two above­grade levels and one subterranean level), 145 bicycle parking stalls, and 18,862 square feet of usable open space; a maximum of 38,985 cubic yards of earth material would be exported from the project site; and a total of six trees, including three street trees, are proposed to be removed; for the properties located at 1000, 1016, 1026 South Mateo Street; 2006, 2010, 2016, 2018 East Bay Street; and 2001, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 East Sacramento Street, subject to Modified Conditions of Approval. Applicant: Sammi Shaaya, Mateo Arts, LLC Representative: Joel Miller, Gensler Case No. CPC­2016­4554­GPA­VZC­HD­DB­SPR Environmental No. ENV­2016­4555­SCEA Related Case: VTT­74596­1A Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Report from Los Angeles City Planning Commission, Transmittal from Mayor, Resolution, and draft Ordinance, dated 08­24­2021 ​ (3) Yes; (0) No; (2) Absent: Cedillo; Lee (4) 22­1055 CD 8 Categorical Exemption and related California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings, reports from the South Los Angeles Area Planning Commission (SLAAPC), and appeals filed by: 1) Felipe Caceres, USC Forward (Representative: Jordan R. Sisson, Esq.), and 2) Tanisha B. Thomas, West Adams Neighborhood Association, from the decision of the SLAAPC in determining that the Project is exempt pursuant to City CEQA Guidelines, Article 19, Section 15332, Class 32 (Infill Development) and City CEQA Guidelines, Section 1, Class 15 (Minor Land Divisions), and sustaining the determination of the Deputy Advisory Agency's approval of Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 83081­SL­HCA to subdivide an existing pair of 7,062­square­foot lots, totaling 14,142 square feet, into 10 new lots for the construction, use, and maintenance of 10 small lot homes pursuant to Small Lot Subdivision Ordinance No. 176,354, all units will be four stories in height with a maximum height of 44 feet with two covered parking spaces per lot, the site is currently developed with one commercial storefront building, proposed to be demolished, for the property located at 1840 ­ 1848 West Adams Boulevard, subject to Conditions of Approval. Applicant: Donghou Li, Tripalink Case No.: VTT­83081­SL­HCA­2A Environmental No.: ENV­2020­3308­CE Fiscal Impact Statement: No  to Small Lot Subdivision Ordinance No. 176,354, all units will be four stories in height with a maximum height of 44 feet with two covered parking spaces per lot, the site is currently developed with one commercial storefront building, proposed to be demolished, for the property located at 1840 ­ 1848 West Adams Boulevard, subject to Conditions of Approval. Applicant: Donghou Li, Tripalink Case No.: VTT­83081­SL­HCA­2A Environmental No.: ENV­2020­3308­CE Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: Yes Against: Empowerment Congress North Area Neighborhood Development Council GRANTED the appeals, and thereby OVERTURNED the determination of the South Los Angeles Area Planning Commission (SLAAPC), as detailed in the Report from the SLAAPC dated 09­12­2022 ​ (3) Yes; (0) No; (2) Absent: Cedillo; Lee (5) 22­0883 CD 7 Categorical Exemption, and related California Environmental Quality Act findings; report from the North Valley Area Planning Commission; and draft Ordinance relative to a Zone Change from RA­1 to (T)(Q)RD3­1 to allow for the development of seven single­family dwellings, the existing lot is currently developed with a one­story single­family dwelling and garage to be demolished for the property located at 9363 North Burnet Avenue, subject to Conditions of Approval and requested modification to Q Condition No. 1 as submitted by the Department of City Planning in the Supplemental Transmittal dated October 6, 2022. Applicant: Zion Hen Representative: Moheb Gorgy; Gorgy Engineering Inc. Case No. APCNV­2018­2850­ZC Environmental No. Env­2018­2848­CE Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Report from North Valley Area Planning Commission and draft Orddinance, dated 08­02­2022 – (3) Yes; (0) No; (2) Absent: Cedillo; Lee (6) 22­0384 CD 1 Mitigated Negative Declaration, and related California Environmental Quality Act findings; reports from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission and Mayor, Resolution for a General Plan Amendment on the project site from Low II Residential and High Medium Residential land uses  Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Report from North Valley Area Planning Commission and draft Orddinance, dated 08­02­2022 – (3) Yes; (0) No; (2) Absent: Cedillo; Lee (6) 22­0384 CD 1 Mitigated Negative Declaration, and related California Environmental Quality Act findings; reports from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission and Mayor, Resolution for a General Plan Amendment on the project site from Low II Residential and High Medium Residential land uses to Community land use; and draft Ordinance relative to a Zone Change and Height District Change from the R1­1 Zone to (T)(Q)C2­2D Zone with two Developer's Incentives to permit: a) A parking reduction to provide 150 spaces in lieu of 209 spaces otherwise required; and b) A waiver of transitional height requirements to permit a building height of 78 feet in lieu of transitional height requirements per Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 12.21 A, for interior renovations and a 30,000 square­foot addition to the former Shriner's Children's Hospital complex, resulting in an approximately 169,000 square­foot development, 78­feet in height, the Project (GenevaCho Neurological Medical Center) would consist of approximately 139,000 square feet of outpatient medical clinic and medical office uses and approximately 30,000 square feet of residential uses consisting of 40 Senior Independent Living Units, the Project will reserve five units as affordable units for seniors (two Extremely Low­ Income and three Very Low­Income), the Project will maintain the existing main entrance on Geneva Street and driveway on 4th Street, parking will continue to be provided in an existing garage with 150 vehicle parking spaces and 39 bicycle parking spaces (21 long term and 18 short term spaces) for the property located at 3160 West Geneva Street, subject to Conditions of Approval and requested additional Conditions of Approval No 11.c. and 11.d. as submitted by the Department of City Planning in a correspondence dated October 6, 2022. Applicant: Dr. Kyung Cho, Genevacho, LL Representative: Mee Semcken, Lee Consulting Group, LLC Case No. CPC­2020­4011­GPAJ­ZCJ­HD­SPR­HCA Environmental No. ENV­2020­4012­MND Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO A DATE TO BE DETERMINED If you challenge this Committee's action(s) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk at or prior to, the public hearing. Any written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk before the City Council's final action on a matter will become a part of the administrative record. Materials relative to items on this agenda can be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System, at lacouncilfile.com by entering the Council File number listed immediately following the item number (e.g., 00­0000).  Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO A DATE TO BE DETERMINED If you challenge this Committee's action(s) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk at or prior to, the public hearing. Any written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk before the City Council's final action on a matter will become a part of the administrative record. Materials relative to items on this agenda can be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System, at lacouncilfile.com by entering the Council File number listed immediately following the item number (e.g., 00­0000). 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