Planning and Land Use Management Committee

JOURNAL – PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Tuesday, October 18, 2022 JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER, ROOM 340, CITY HALL ­ 2:00 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) 22­1091 CD 11 Motion (Bonin ­ Harris­Dawson ­ Price) relative to initiating consideration of the New Bethel Baptist Church, located at 503 East Brooks Avenue, Venice, CA 90291, as a Historic­Cultural Monument (HCM) under the procedures of Section 22.171.10 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code, and instructing the Department of City Planning through the Office of Historic Resources to prepare the HCM application for review and consideration by the Cultural Heritage Commission (CHC), and after reviewing the application, requesting the CHC submit its report and recommendation to the Council regarding the inclusion of the above property, in the City's list of HCMs. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED Motion (Bonin – Harris​­Dawson – Price) – (3) Yes; (0) No; (1) Absent: Rodriguez (2) 21­0533 Motion (Koretz – de León) relative to requesting an Ordinance to amend the Los Angeles Municipal Code which would prohibit the building and permitting of any new gas, diesel, or other fossil­fuel pumps in the City of Los Angeles and for any expansions of current gas stations to be limited to serving zero­emissions vehicles and providing non­fuel related facilities. (Planning and Land Use Management Committee continued the matter) Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Westside Neighborhood Council Silver Lake Neighborhood Council Los Feliz Neighborhood Council Echo Park Neighborhood Council North Westwood Neighborhood Council REFERRED Motion (Koretz – de León) to Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and River Committee; and CONTINUED the matter in Planning and Land Use  Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Westside Neighborhood Council Silver Lake Neighborhood Council Los Feliz Neighborhood Council Echo Park Neighborhood Council North Westwood Neighborhood Council REFERRED Motion (Koretz – de León) to Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and River Committee; and CONTINUED the matter in Planning and Land Use Management Committee pending a report back – (3) Yes; (0) No; (1) Absent: Rodriguez (3) 17­0447­S2 CONTINUED FROM 10/18/22 Mitigated Negative Declaration, Errata, pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, section 15074(b) and related CEQA findings and Report and Recommendations from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission for a draft Ordinance amending Los Angeles Municipal Code Sections 12.03, 12.20, 12.23, 12.24, and 13.01 to prohibit new oil and gas extraction and make existing extraction activities a nonconforming use in all zones. The proposed Ordinance would phase out all oil drilling activities in the City of Los Angeles by immediately banning new oil and gas extraction and requiring the abandonment of existing wells after an amortization period. (Arts, Parks, Health, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee waived consideration of the item. Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and River Committee approved as amended the item on October 6, 2022.) Applicant: City of Los Angeles Case No.: CPC­2022­4864­CA Environmental Case No.: ENV­2022­4865­MND Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: Yes For: North Westwood Neighborhood Council (Arts, Parks, Health, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee; Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and River Committee; and Planning and Land Use Management Committee waived consideration of the matter) CONTINUED TO NOVEMBER 1, 2022 (4) 21­1360 CD 9 Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act  (Arts, Parks, Health, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee; Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and River Committee; and Planning and Land Use Management Committee waived consideration of the matter) CONTINUED TO NOVEMBER 1, 2022 (4) 21­1360 CD 9 Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (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 Fire Station No. 14, located at 3401 South Central Avenue, in the list of Historic­Cultural Monuments. Applicant: Teresa Grimes, Teresa Grimes Historic Preservation Owner: City of Los Angeles Case No. CHC­2021­6169­HCM Environmental No. ENV­2021­6170­CE Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED Report from Cultural Heritage Commission dated 11­16­2021 – (3) Yes; (0) No; (1) Absent: Rodriguez (5) 21­1357 CD 1 Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (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 Bank of America ­ Chinatown Branch, located at 842­858 North Broadway Avenue, 222 West College Street, and 833­839 North New High Street, in the list of Historic­Cultural Monuments. Applicant: Adrian Scott Fine, Los Angeles Conservancy Owner: Bank of America c/o Corporate Real Estate Assessment Case No. CHC­2021­6155­HCM Environmental No. ENV­2021­6156­CE Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED Report from Cultural Heritage Commission dated 11­16­2021 – (3) Yes; (0) No; (1) Absent: Rodriguez  Owner: Bank of America c/o Corporate Real Estate Assessment Case No. CHC­2021­6155­HCM Environmental No. ENV­2021­6156­CE Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED Report from Cultural Heritage Commission dated 11­16­2021 – (3) Yes; (0) No; (1) Absent: Rodriguez (6) 22­0813 CD 2 CONTINUED FROM 10/18/22 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 to the North Hollywood ­ Valley Village Community Plan to amend the land use designation for the lot with Assessor's Parcel No. 2353010017, located at 11121 West Hesby Street (Lot FR 6 of Tract 7153) from High Medium Residential to Community Commercial land use; and draft Ordinance effectuating a Vesting Zone Change and Height District Change as follows: a) Vesting Zone Change from the R4 Zone to the (T)(Q)C4 Zone for the lot with Assessor's Parcel No. 2353010017 located at 11121 West Hesby Street (Lot FR 6 of Tract 7153); and b) Height District Change from Height District 1 to Height District 2D across the entire project site, the proposed D limitation will allow a total floor area of approximately 108,391 square­ feet (4:35:1 FAR) for the project site, in lieu of 6:1 FAR otherwise permitted in Height District 2; for the demolition of two existing one­story commercial buildings and surface parking lots (a total of eleven lots) and the construction, use, and maintenance of a seven­story, 88­foot­high mixed­ use building with 125 hotel guest rooms and 8,900 square feet of restaurant and retail uses, encompassing approximately 108,391 square­ feet of total floor area on an approximately 25,021 square foot (0.574­acre) site. The Project will provide a total of 48 bicycle parking spaces, with short term spaces along Lankershim Boulevard and Hesby Street, and long­term spaces located along the hotel's rear entrance and subterranean parking level. Automobile parking will be provided on the ground floor and within one subterranean level of parking, for a total of 85 automobile spaces, including 9 spaces with electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, and 17 spaces that will be EV­ready for the properties located at 5041 ­ 5057 North Lankershim Boulevard and 11121 West Hesby Street, subject to Modified Conditions of Approval. Applicant: Brooks Fain, Napa Industries LLC Representative: Katherine Casey, PSOMAS Case No. CPC­2020­6950­GPA­VZC­HD­ZAA­CU­CUBSPR­1A Environmental No. ENV­2020­6951­MND Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: Yes  North Lankershim Boulevard and 11121 West Hesby Street, subject to Modified Conditions of Approval. Applicant: Brooks Fain, Napa Industries LLC Representative: Katherine Casey, PSOMAS Case No. CPC­2020­6950­GPA­VZC­HD­ZAA­CU­CUBSPR­1A Environmental No. ENV­2020­6951­MND Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: Yes Against: NoHo Neighborhood Council (Planning and Land Use Management Committee report adopted on December 9, 2022) CONTINUED TO A DATE TO BE DETERMINED (7) 22­0813­S1 CD 2 Related to Council file No. 21­0383 CONTINUED FROM 10/18/22 Mitigated Negative Declaration from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15074 (b), and related CEQA findings; report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC), and Appeal filed by Brooks Fain, Napa Industries LLC (Representative: Sheri Bonstelle, Jeffer Mangels Butler Mitchell LLP), from part of the determination of the LACPC in denying a Zoning Administrator's Adjustment to allow a 19 percent increase in density for a total of 148 guest rooms (169.3 square feet of lot area per guest room) in lieu of 125 guest rooms (200 square feet of lot area per guest room), for the demolition of two existing one­story commercial buildings and surface parking lots (a total of eleven lots) and the construction, use, and maintenance of a seven­ story, 88­foot­high mixed­use building with 125 hotel guest rooms and 8,900 square feet of restaurant and retail uses, encompassing approximately 108,391 square­feet of total floor area on an approximately 25,021 square foot (0.574­acre) site, the Project will provide a total of 48 bicycle parking spaces, with short term spaces along Lankershim Boulevard and Hesby Street, and long­term spaces located along the hotel's rear entrance and subterranean parking level, automobile parking will be provided on the ground floor and within one subterranean level of parking, for a total of 85 automobile spaces, including 9 spaces with electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, and 17 spaces that will be EV­ ready, for the properties located at 5041­5057 North Lankershim Boulevard and 11121 West Hesby Street, subject to Modified Conditions of Approval. Applicant: Brooks Fain, Napa Industries LLC  25,021 square foot (0.574­acre) site, the Project will provide a total of 48 bicycle parking spaces, with short term spaces along Lankershim Boulevard and Hesby Street, and long­term spaces located along the hotel's rear entrance and subterranean parking level, automobile parking will be provided on the ground floor and within one subterranean level of parking, for a total of 85 automobile spaces, including 9 spaces with electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, and 17 spaces that will be EV­ ready, for the properties located at 5041­5057 North Lankershim Boulevard and 11121 West Hesby Street, subject to Modified Conditions of Approval. Applicant: Brooks Fain, Napa Industries LLC Representative: Katherine Casey, PSOMAS Case No.: CPC­2020­6950­GPA­VZC­HD­ZAA­CU­CUB­SPR­1A Environmental No.: ENV­2020­6951­MND Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (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.) (Click on the above hyperlink or go to http://www.lacouncilfile.com for background documents.) CONTINUED TO A DATE TO BE DETERMINED (8) 19­0370­S2 CD 9 First Addendum to the previously certified Environmental Impact Report (EIR) No. ENV­2016­1892­EIR, SCH. No. 2016071049, certified on June 12, 2019, and related California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings; report from Department of City Planning (DCP), and an Appeal filed by Flower Drive Tenant Association/ Asociacion de Inquilinos de Flower Drive from the Director of Planning’s determination in approving the environmental clearance and Clarification of “Q” (Qualified) Condition Nos. A.1 through A.4 of Ordinance No. 186,185, pursuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 12.32 H and Los Angeles City Planning Commission Guidelines for “Q” Condition Clarifications, to permit the development of the Modified Fig Project in accordance with the updated set of Exhibit A Plans dated July 15, 2022, the Modified Project would adjust the layout of the on‐site buildings, remove the hotel and office, and market‐rate housing components of the Original Project and provide additional student housing and affordable dwelling units in‐lieu of market rate dwelling units, the Original Project proposed 408 dwelling units (222 student housing units, 82 affordable housing units, and 104 market rate units), the Modified Project would include 435 dwelling units (348 student housing units and 87 affordable housing units), commercial uses would be reduced to 23,670 square feet compared to the Original Project’s 96,446  Municipal Code Section 12.32 H and Los Angeles City Planning Commission Guidelines for “Q” Condition Clarifications, to permit the development of the Modified Fig Project in accordance with the updated set of Exhibit A Plans dated July 15, 2022, the Modified Project would adjust the layout of the on‐site buildings, remove the hotel and office, and market‐rate housing components of the Original Project and provide additional student housing and affordable dwelling units in‐lieu of market rate dwelling units, the Original Project proposed 408 dwelling units (222 student housing units, 82 affordable housing units, and 104 market rate units), the Modified Project would include 435 dwelling units (348 student housing units and 87 affordable housing units), commercial uses would be reduced to 23,670 square feet compared to the Original Project’s 96,446 square feet of commercial uses, the Modified Project would centralize parking within the Project Site into a parking structure, lined with residential and commercial uses on all frontages, the total amount of development would be reduced from 620,687 square feet under the Original Project to 577,700 square feet under the Modified Project, for the properties located at 3900 ­ 3972 South Figueroa, 3901 ­ 3969 South Flower Drive, and 450 39th Street. Applicant: SGRE Fig & Flower Investors I, LLC Representative: Andrew Brady, DLA Piper, LLP Case No.: DIR­2022­14­CLQ­HCA Environmental No.: First Addendum to ENV­2016­1892­EIR; SCH No. 2016071049 Related Case Nos. CPC­2016­2658­VZC­HD­CU­MCUP­ZAD­SPR (Council File 19­0370­S1); DIR­2020­2157­CLQ; VTT­74193­CN (Council File 19­0370) Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted DENIED the appeal, and thereby SUSTAINED the determination of the Department of City Planning (DCP), as detailed in the Report from the DCP dated 09­06­2022 – (3) Yes; (0) No; (1) Absent: Rodriguez 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. 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Telecommunications Relay Service is a telephone service that allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities to place and 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). Telecommunication Relay Services Telephone communication is one of the most important forms of communication in society today. Due to advancements in technology, telephone devices have evolved with new services and capabilities. Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability are following these trends and are rapidly migrating to more advanced telecommunications methods, both for peer­to­peer and third­party telecommunications relay service (TRS) communications. Telecommunications Relay Service is a telephone service that allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities to place and receive telephone calls. TRS is available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories for local and/or long distance calls. TRS providers ­ generally telephone companies ­ are compensated for the costs of providing TRS from either a state or a federal fund. There is no cost to the TRS user. What forms of TRS are available?There are several forms of TRS, depending on the particular needs of the user and the equipment available: TRS includes: Text to Voice TIY­Based TRS; Speech­to­Speech Relay Service; Shared Non­English Language Relay Service; Captioned Telephone Relay Service; Internet Protocol Relay Service; and Video Relay Service. Please visit this site for detail descriptions, https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications­relay­service­trs. Don't hang up! Some people hang up on TRS calls because they think the CA is a telemarketer. If you hear, "Hello. This is the relay service .. . " when you pick up the phone, please don't hang up! You are about to talk, through a TRS provider, to a person who is deaf, hard­of­hearing, or has a speech disability. For more information about FCC programs to promote access to telecommunications services for people with disabilities, visit theFCC's Disability Rights Office website.