PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

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MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT

GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT

ITEM(S)

(1) 07-1175 Director of Planning oral status report relative to ongoing development of
City planning policies, work programs, operations, and other items of
interest.

(2) 20-0813-S1 REQUEST TO CONTINUE TO 4/20/21

CD 14
Certification of the Olympic Tower Final Environmental Impact Report
(EIR), dated August 14, 2019, Draft EIR, dated October 4, 2018, Erratum,
dated September 2019 (Olympic Tower Project EIR), Mitigation Monitoring
Program (MMP), Mitigation Measures, Statement of Overriding
Consideration, and related California Environmental Quality Act findings,
report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC) relative
to a Transfer of Floor Area Rights (TFAR) for the transfer of greater than
50,000 square feet of floor area, to allow for the transfer of up to 455,161
square feet of floor area from the City of Los Angeles Convention Center
(Donor Site) located at 1201 South Figueroa Street, to the Project Site
(Receiver Site), and to allow for the transfer of up to 101,826 square feet of
floor area from the Grand Central Square (a Private Donor Site), located at
320 West 3rd Street, to the Project Site (Receiver Site), thereby permitting
a maximum of 13:1 FAR in lieu of the otherwise permitted 6:1 FAR and
Appeals filed by 1) Charles Carnow, UNITE HERE Local 11
(Representative: Law Office of Gideon Kracov and 2) LA Fig Property
Owner, LLC (Representative: Alfred Fraijo, Jr., Esq., Sheppard, Mullin,
Richter and Hampton, LLP) from the decision of the LACPC in finding that
the project was assessed in the previously certified Olympic Tower EIR,
No. ENV-2015-4558-EIR (SCH No. 2016061048) and approving a Master
Conditional Use to permit a full line of alcoholic beverages for on-site
consumption within up to 16 premises and up to 4 premises for off-site
consumption; a Conditional Use Permit to allow dancing within the
commercial uses; a Director's Decisions to allow less than one on-site tree
per four residential dwelling units (63 trees in lieu of 94 trees); and to allow
short-term bicycle parking inside a building and short-term and long-term
bicycle parking on a level other than the ground floor or nearest floor to the
ground floor in a parking garage; and approval of a Site Plan Review for a
project resulting in an increase of 50 or more dwelling units or guest rooms,
for the demolition and removal of all existing development on the Project
Site and development of a single 57-story high-rise building containing up
to 65,074 square feet of retail/commercial space (in three stories); 33,498
square feet of office space (in six stories); 10,801 square feet of hotel
conference center/ballroom space (on one story); 8,448 square feet of
residential condominium amenities(on the same story as the hotel
conference center); 373 hotel rooms (216,065 square feet in 17 stories,
including lobby/amenities level); 374 residential condominium
units(435,731 square feet in 24 stories); and 9,556 square feet of
penthouse amenity area (in two stories) for a project total of 779,173
square feet of total floor area; a six-level subterranean parking garage
would be located beneath the building, and eight levels of above ground
parking would be provided within the podium level of the building; six levels
of the above ground parking would be wrapped with office uses on the
Olympic Boulevard street frontage; two additional stories dedicated to
mechanical facilities would also be included in the proposed structure; the
Project proposes a FAR of up to 13:1, for the properties located at 813-815
West Olympic Boulevard and 947-951 South Figueroa Street, subject to
Conditions of Approval.

Applicant: Olymfig26, LLC

Representative: PSOMAS, Anne Williams
Case No. CPC-2015-4557-MCUP-CUX-TDR-SPR-DD-1A
Environmental Nos. ENV-2015-4558-EIR; SCH No. 2016061048
Related Case No. VTT-73966-CN-1A

Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(3) 19-1389-S1 REQUEST TO CONTINUE TO 5/18/21

CD 13
TIME LIMIT: 5/31/21; LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION: 5/28/21
Report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC), and
Appeals filed by 1) Abraham Soghomonian, Los Feliz Preservation
Coalition, and 2) Amy Gustincic, Los Feliz Improvement Association, from
the decision by the LACPC to sustain the Planning Director's determination
approving Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 82654 for the merger and
subdivision of five lots into one lot, in conjunction with the demolition of
three existing multi-family buildings and accessory buildings; and the
construction, use and maintenance of an eight-story apartment building,
with two levels of above grade parking and 143,785 square feet of floor
area consisting of 153 dwelling units, within Subarea C (Community
Center) of the Vermont/Western Station Neighborhood Area Plan (SNAP)
Specific Plan, for the properties located at 4629-4651 West Maubert
Avenue, subject to Conditions of Approval. (The Project was assessed in
the Sustainable Communities Project Exemption, Case No.
ENV-2019-3761-SCPE, which the City Council approved on January 14,
2020, and determined that the Project was statutorily exempt from the
California Environmental Quality Act as a Sustainable Community Project.)

Applicant: Will Cipes, Maubert LA VI, LLC

Representative: Heather Waldstein, Rosenheim and Associates
Case No. VTT-82654-2A
Environmental No. ENV-2019-3761-SCPE
Related Case: DIR-2019-3760-TOC-SPP-SPR-1A

Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(4) 20-0603 RELATED TO ITEM 5; REQUEST TO CONTINUE TO 5/4/21

CD 13
 Categorical Exemption pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) Guidelines, Section 15332, Class 32, report from the Los Angeles
City Planning Commission (LACPC), and an Appeal filed by Ahmad
Heydar, Hollywood Villas, LLC on behalf of the Concerned Neighbors of
Lexington Avenue and La Mirada Avenue Association, in part from the
determination of the LACPC in determining a Categorical Exemption for
the Lexington I Project, for the demolition of two existing duplexes, and
the construction, use, and maintenance of a five-story, 56-foot tall, 21-unit
multi-family dwelling, to be constructed with four residential levels over one
at-grade parking level; the Project will provide a total of 29 automobile
parking spaces, and includes grading resulting in the export of 800 cubic
yards of soil, for the properties located at 5817-5823 West Lexington
Avenue.
Applicant: Daniel Pourbaba, 5817 Lexington, LLC
Representative: Erika Woods, Diaz Group, LLC
Case No. DIR-2019-5388-DB-1A
Environmental No. ENV-2019-5389-CE-1A

Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(5) 20-0603-S1 RELATED TO ITEM 4; REQUEST TO CONTINUE TO 5/4/21

CD 13
Categorical Exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15332,
Class 32, report from the LACPC, and an Appeal filed by Doug Haines
on behalf La Mirada Avenue Neighborhood Association and Concerned
Neighbors of Lexington Avenue (Representative: Robert Silverstein, The
Silverstein Law Firm), in part from the determination of the LACPC in
determining that the Lexington II Project is exempt from CEQA for a Transit
Oriented Communities (TOC) Affordable Housing Incentive Program, for
the demolition of the two existing single-family structures with associated
accessory structures, and the construction, use and maintenance of a five-
story, 56-foot tall, 17-unit multi-family dwelling, to be constructed with four
residential levels over one at-grade parking level; the Project will provide
a total of 17 automobile parking spaces, for the properties located at
5806-5812 West Lexington Avenue.
Applicant: Daniel Pourbaba, 5806 Lexington, LLC
 Representative: Erika Diaz, Woods, Diaz Group, LLC
Case No. DIR-2019-7067-TOC-1A
Environmental No. ENV-2019-5389-CE-1A

Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(6) 20-1572 Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act
CD 3 (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15303 and 15315, and
related CEQA findings, report from the South Valley Area Planning
Commission, and draft Ordinance effectuating a Zone Change, pursuant
to Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 12.32, from RA-1 to (T)(Q)RD5-1
Zone, for the demolition of an existing 450 square-foot single-family
dwelling with attached garage, and the construction, use, and maintenance
of three small lot single-family dwellings with attached two-car garages,
each dwelling to be two-stories and approximately 33-feet in height and will
vary between 2,373 to 2,771 square feet of lot area, with Parcel A fronting
on Kelvin Avenue and consisting of approximately 6,190 square feet of
lot area, and Parcels B and C consisting of approximately 6,068 square
feet and 5,210 square feet of lot area, respectively, and all three parcels
accessed from a common access easement (for vehicular and pedestrian
access), which is located along the southern portion of the property and
consist of a driveway and pedestrian walkway, with the proposed removal
of one protected tree and 13 non-protected trees, and the proposed
grading of 1,750 cubic yards, all of which is to be recompacted on the site;
for the properties located at 7329 and 7331 North Kelvin Avenue, subject
to Conditions of Approval.

Applicant: Faisal Muhammad, SIASS Investment LLC

Representative: Armin Gharai, GA Engineering Inc.
Case No. APCSV-2018-4977-ZC
Environmental No. ENV-2018-4980-CE

Related Cases: AA-2018-4978-PMLA-SL; ADM-2018-4979-SLD

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(7) 20-1594 Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act
CD 4 (CEQA) pursuant to Article 19, Section 15308, Class 8, and Article 19,
Section 15331, Class 31 of the State CEQA Guidelines, and report from
the Cultural Heritage Commission relative to the inclusion of the Seiter
Residence, located at 2924 North Montcalm Avenue, in the list of Historic-
Cultural Monuments.

Applicant: Francesco Carrozzini

Owner: Pier F. Carrozzini; and Janet L. MacPherson, et al.
Case No. CHC-2020-5538-HCM
Environmental No. ENV-2020-5539-CE

Fiscal Impact Statement: No.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(8) 20-1593 Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act
CD 5 (CEQA) pursuant to Article 19, Section 15308, Class 8, and Article 19,
Section 15331, Class 31 of the State CEQA Guidelines and report from the
Cultural Heritage Commission relative to the inclusion of the Herrington
Residence, located at 1100 North Acanto Place, in the list of Historic-
Cultural Monuments.

Applicant: Larry O'Rourke, O'Rourke and Company

Owner: Lee Srednick, Trustee, Lee Srednick Trust; and Michael and
Michelle Katz, Trustees, Katz Trust
Case No. CHC-2020-3761-HCM
Environmental No. ENV-2020-3762-CE
 Fiscal Impact Statement: No.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(9) 21-0158 Motion (Buscaino - O'Farell) relative to instructing the Los Angeles
Department of Building and Safety (LADBS) to provide a presentation
update to the Council on its Virtual Inspection Program, which provides
LADBS customers and inspection staff with an innovative way to achieve
timely inspections through real-time video streaming from construction
sites, including discussion on the work program for the current year and
additional benchmarks for its continued rollout and program evaluation;
and, instructing the LADBS, with the assistance of the Bureau of
Engineering, Department of City Planning, and the Los Angeles Fire
Department, to provide a presentation update to the Council on its BuildLA
Program, which provides land use and development customers with a one-
stop virtual platform for development services, including discussion on the
work program for the current year and additional benchmarks for its
continued rollout and program evaluation.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(10) 19-0742 Negative Declaration and related California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) findings, report from the Department of City Planning, and
proposed Ordinance amending Section 12.03 and adding Section 11.5.15
of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to add two new definitions not
enumerated in the Zoning Code for Private Detention Center and
Community Detention Facility for Unaccompanied Minors; prohibit these
uses in all zones Citywide, including any accessory uses or incidental
activity to an allowed use; and, not allow any variance, exception, or
deviation from the prohibition through any process or interpretation.

Applicant: City of Los Angeles

Case No. CPC-2020-5811-CA
Environmental No. ENV-2020-5812-ND
 Fiscal Impact Statement: No.

Community Impact Statement: Yes.

For:
Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council
Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council

(11) 20-0539 Categorical Exemption pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act

CD 1 (CEQA) Guidelines, Section 15321 and related CEQA findings, report from
the Department of City Planning, Office of Zoning Administration; and,
Appeals filed by the following: 1) Pravin Ahir (Representative: Frank A.
Weiser, Esq., Law Offices of Frank A. Weiser), 2) Mayur B. Patel
(Representative: Frank A. Weiser, Esq., Law Offices of Frank A. Weiser);
and, 3) Balubhai G. Patel, Individually and as Trustee of Balubhai Patel
Trust (Representative: Frank A. Weiser, Esq., Law Offices of Frank A.
Weiser); from the determination of the Zoning Administrator in determining
the Categorical Exemption and the continued imposition of Conditions is
necessary in order to mitigate the land use impacts caused by the property;
in denying the request for modification of Condition Nos. 1 and 5; in
modifying Condition Nos. 1, 5, 9, 15, 16, 18, 19, 23, 24, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34;
in adding Condition Nos. 35 and 36; and in deleting Condition Nos. 11, 22,
and 30; for the continued operation of the hotel, known as the Stuart Hotel,
located at 718 South Union Avenue, subject to Conditions of Approval.

Applicant: Balubhai G. Patel

Representative: Frank A. Weiser Esq., Law Offices of Frank A. Weiser
Case No. DIR-2002-3323-RV-PA2
Environmental No. ENV-2018-5644-CE

Fiscal Impact Statement: No.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(12) 20-1509 Categorical Exemption (CE) from the California Environmental Quality Act
CD 13 (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15314, Class 14, and
related CEQA findings, report from the Los Angeles City Planning
 Commission (LACPC), and an Appeal filed by Claudia Ruano from the
determination of the LACPC in approving a Conditional Use to permit the
operation of a public charter elementary school in the RD5-1 and C2-1
Zones; involving the construction, use, and maintenance of a new 2,500
square-foot classroom and approximately 5,700 square-foot outdoor play
space serving an existing public charter school in the C2-1 and RD5-1
Zones, for the properties located at 2515 West Beverly Boulevard, 110
North Coronado Street, and 114-128 North Coronado Street, subject to
Modified Conditions of Approval.

Applicant: Katrina Conley, Citizens of the World Charter School

Representative: Shawn Keltner, Keltner Company
Case No. CPC-2019-6138-CU-1A
Environmental No. ENV-2019-6139-CE

Representative: N/A

Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(13) 21-0134 CONTINUED FROM 2/16/21

CD 3 TIME LIMIT AND LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION: 3/17/21
Mitigated Negative Declaration (circulated on December 19, 2019),
Environmental Impact Report (EIR), Mitigation Measures, Mitigation
Monitoring Program (MMP) and related California Environmental Quality
Act findings; report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission
(LACPC), and Appeals filed by Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters
(Representative: Mitchell M. Tsai, Attorney at Law PC) and Jeff Bornstein
(Representative: Jamie T. Hall, Channel Law Group, LLC) from the
decision by the LACPC to adopt the MND and MMP, and sustaining the
Director of Planning's determination approving Vesting Tentative Tract
Map No. 74891-1A to merge and re-subdivide the Project site, located at
20920-20970 West Warner Center Lane, 20935-21051 West Warner
Center Lane, and 20931-21041 West Burbank Boulevard, for a maximum
of eight parcels (Lots 1 through 8), including Lot 5 on which a new building
with 168 residential condominium units would be developed, and a private
street labeled Warner Center Lane, as shown on the revised Map stamp-
dated June 7, 2019, for the Project consisting of the demolition of 340,339
square feet of 12 one, two, and three-story buildings; and the construction
of a master planned, multi- phased, mixed-use development with up to
2,634,268 square feet of combined residential and non-residential floor
area of 1,062,923 square-foot lot before dedications, to be spread across
ten buildings on eight new lots at the conclusion of Phase 8, for a total
of 1,175,513 square feet of Residential Floor Area; a maximum of 1,009
dwelling units including 68 Work-Live units; approximately 1,458,755
square feet of Non-Residential Floor Area, including 70,861 square feet
of portions of the 68 Work-Live units, 85,545 square feet of commercial
space, 4,608 square feet of community space, 16,734 square feet of office
support space, 1,124,012 square feet of office space, and 228 hotel rooms;
with buildings of varying heights not to exceed 350 feet, a minimum of five
local-serving retail spaces that individually do not exceed 5,000 square
feet, and a new private street; a maximum of 5,548 vehicle parking spaces
inclusive of 17 surface and 28 street parking spaces, 870 long-term bicycle
parking spaces, and 264 short-term bicycle parking spaces; a new street
labeled Warner Center Lane; and, 121,683 square feet(approximately 5.3
acres)of Publicly Accessible Open Space (PAOS), for the properties
located at 20920-20970 West Warner Center Lane; 20935-21051 West
Warner Center Lane; and, 20931-21041 West Burbank Boulevard, subject
to Modified Conditions of Approval.

Applicant: Michael Adler, LLJ Adler WCCI, LLC and LLJ Adler, WCCII,
LLC
Representative: Brad Rosenheim and Jessica Pakdaman, Rosenheim
and Associates
Case No. VTT-74891-2A
Environmental No. ENV-2017-1706-MND; ENV-2008-3471-EIR; SCH
No. 1990011055
Related Case: DIR-2017-1708-SPP-1A

Applicant: Michael Adler, LLJ Adler WCCI, LLC and LLJ Adler, WCCII, LLC

Representative: Brad Rosenheim and Jessica Pakdaman, Rosenheim and

Associates

Case No.: VTT-74891-2A; Related Case No.: DIR-2017-1708-SPP-1A

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

TIME LIMIT FILE - MARCH 17, 2021

 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - MARCH 17, 2021)

(Planning and Land Use Management Committee report to be

submitted in Council. If public hearing is not held in Committee, an
opportunity for public comment will be provided.)
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(14) 21-0015 CONTINUED FROM 2/16/21

CD 1 Categorical Exemption pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) Guidelines, Sections 15301, Class 1, and 15332, Class 32, and
related CEQA findings, report from the Los Angeles City Planning
Commission (LACPC), and Appeals filed by Andrew and Yasmin Corona,
Constance Street Residents; Aurora Corona; Denise Heesy, Heesy
Corporation; Gloria Farias, Pico Union Housing Corporation
(Representative: Ada R. Cordero-Sacks, Esq., The Law Offices of Ada R.
Cordero-Sacks); Michael Rivera; Nicholas Heller, Heesy Corporation, on
behalf of Imperial Liquor; Yolanda Gutierrez, La 27th Restaurant; and Nery
O. Larios Vasquez from the determination of the LACPC to approve the
following: 1) Categorical Exemption from CEQA; 2) Zone Variance,
pursuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 12.27 B, to allow
off-site parking in lieu of on-site parking required by LAMC Section 12.21
A.4(f); 3) Conditional Use Permit, pursuant to LAMC Section 12.24 U.24,
for the construction, use, and maintenance of two charter elementary
schools; 4) a Conditional Use Permit, pursuant to LAMC Section 12.24
F, for the construction, use, and maintenance of two charter elementary
schools with deviations in height and area requirements, as follows: a) a
one-foot, 1.5-inch front yard setback; and, b) to maintain the existing side
and rear yard setbacks; 5) a Conditional Use Permit, pursuant to LAMC
Section 12.24 W.37, to maintain the existing public parking areas in the
R Zone; 6) a Site Plan Review, pursuant to LAMC Section 16.05, for a
change in use which results in a net increase of 1,000 or more average
daily vehicle trips; 7) Condition No. 6 Design; 8) Condition No. 7 Parking;
and 9) Condition No. 14 Loading and Unloading; for the conversion of an
existing commercial building for the operation of two charter elementary
schools (Grades K-4) totaling 53,262 square feet of floor area with a
combined maximum enrollment of 1,000 students, and to include 38
classrooms, a multi-purpose room, administrative office, an open play area
on the second level, and the required parking to be provided in an adjacent
surface parking lot, for the project site located at 1608-1636 West Pico
Boulevard and 1321-1331 South Union Avenue, subject to Modified
Conditions of Approval.
 Applicant: Margaret Ford, Equitas Academy Charter Schools
Representative: Jack Rubens, Esq., Sheppard, Mullin, Richter, and
Hampton LLP
Case No. CPC-2020-4095-ZV-CU-SPR-1A
Environmental No. ENV-2020-4096-CE

Applicant: Margaret Ford, Equitas Academy Charter Schools

Representative: Jack Rubens, Esq., Sheppard, Mullin, Richter, and

Hampton LLP

Case No.: CPC-2020-4095-ZV-CU-SPR-1A

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

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