Planning and Land Use Management Committee

JOURNAL – PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Tuesday, February 21, 2023 JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER, ROOM 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.gov/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) 22­1476 Motion (Harris­Dawson for Raman, Bonin, Blumenfield ­ Price) relative to instructing the Bureau of Engineering, in consultation with the Department of City Planning (DCP), Los Angeles Department of Transportation, DCP’s Urban Design Studio, and any other relevant departments to report on recommendations to reform the waiver of dedication and/or Improvement process as well as the initial requirement process. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Los Feliz Neighborhood Council For: Elysian Valley Riverside Neighborhood Council (This item was referred to the Public Works Committee and Planning and Land Use Management Committee) (The Public Works Committee approved this item on January 25, 2023) APPROVED AS AMENDED Motion (Raman – Bonin – Blumenfield – Price) – (4) Yes; (0) No; (1) Absent: Lee (2) 22­1585 CD 5 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 the Verbin Residence, located at 1335 North Shadybrook Drive, in the list of Historic­ Cultural Monuments. Applicant: Adrian Scott Fine, Los Angeles Conservancy Owners: Marie McInnes, Doris Verbin Pepper, Trustee, Doris Verbin Pepper, and Jeffrey Balton, Doris Verbin Pepper Living Trust Case No. CHC­2022­6899­HCM Environmental No. ENV­2022­6900­CE Fiscal Impact Statement: No  the Cultural Heritage Commission relative to the inclusion of the Verbin Residence, located at 1335 North Shadybrook Drive, in the list of Historic­ Cultural Monuments. Applicant: Adrian Scott Fine, Los Angeles Conservancy Owners: Marie McInnes, Doris Verbin Pepper, Trustee, Doris Verbin Pepper, and Jeffrey Balton, Doris Verbin Pepper Living Trust Case No. CHC­2022­6899­HCM Environmental No. ENV­2022­6900­CE Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Report from Cultural Heritage Commission dated December 19, 2022 – (4) Yes; (0) No; (1) Absent: Lee (3) 22­1510 CD 5 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 the Silberberg Building, located at 7274 ­ 7290 West Beverly Boulevard and 180 ­ 182 North Poinsettia Place, in the list of Historic­Cultural Monuments. Applicants: Save Beverly Fairfax c/o Nora Wyman and Dale Kendall and Art Deco Society of Los Angeles c/o Margot Gerber Owner: Maurice and Susan Mazur, Trustees, Mazur Family Trust Case No. CHC­2022­5941­HCM Environmental No. ENV­2022­5942­CE Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Report from Cultural Heritage Commission dated December 1, 2022 – (4) Yes; (0) No; (1) Absent: Lee (4) 22­0561 CD 9 CONTINUED FROM 2/7/2023 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 the Hoffman Candy Company, located at 6600 South Avalon Boulevard, in the list of Historic­Cultural Monuments. Applicant: Margot Gerber, Art Deco Society of Los Angeles Owner: 6600 Avalon Properties, LLC (4) 22­0561 CD 9 CONTINUED FROM 2/7/2023 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 the Hoffman Candy Company, located at 6600 South Avalon Boulevard, in the list of Historic­Cultural Monuments. Applicant: Margot Gerber, Art Deco Society of Los Angeles Owner: 6600 Avalon Properties, LLC Case No. CHC­2022­795­HCM Environmental No. ENV­2022­796­CE Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Report from Cultural Heritage Commission dated May 11, 2022 – (4) Yes; (0) No; (1) Absent: Lee (5) 17­1071­S1 Motion (Raman ­ Blumenfield ­ Yaroslavsky) relative to instructing the Department of City Planning, with support from the Los Angeles Department of Transportation and all relevant agencies, to expeditiously amend the Ventura/Cahuenga Boulevard Corridor Specific Plan to streamline signage reviews and other simple cases such as changes of use to assist local businesses; to update and modify the language of the Specific Plan to reflect recently adopted ordinances; and to update the language of the Specific Plan to broaden Plan Review Board (PRB) membership to ensure socioeconomic and demographic diversity, to allocate PRB appointments to achieve equitable representation based on communities rather than Council District, to clarify administrative duties to properly run PRB meetings, and to clarify term limits and standardize processes for terms ending, among other things. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Raman – Blumenfield – Yaroslavsky) – (4) Yes; (0) No; (1) Absent: Lee (6) 23­0091 CD 2 Mitigated Negative Declaration, Mitigation Monitoring Program and related California Environmental Quality Act findings; reports from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission and Mayor, Resolution for the General Plan Amendment to exclude the Project Site from the General Plan Footnote Number 4, establishing a three­story and 45­foot height limit within the Industrial land use designations, pursuant to Section 11.5.6 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC); and draft Ordinance effectuating a Zone and Height District Change from CM­1VL to (T)(Q)CM­2D, pursuant to  APPROVED Motion (Raman – Blumenfield – Yaroslavsky) – (4) Yes; (0) No; (1) Absent: Lee (6) 23­0091 CD 2 Mitigated Negative Declaration, Mitigation Monitoring Program and related California Environmental Quality Act findings; reports from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission and Mayor, Resolution for the General Plan Amendment to exclude the Project Site from the General Plan Footnote Number 4, establishing a three­story and 45­foot height limit within the Industrial land use designations, pursuant to Section 11.5.6 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC); and draft Ordinance effectuating a Zone and Height District Change from CM­1VL to (T)(Q)CM­2D, pursuant to LAMC Section 12.32; for the demolition of an existing, one­story, approximately 14,300­square­foot commercial manufacturing building and construct a five­story, 62 feet in height, 98,413 square­foot mixed­use building, the Project would include 94,785 square feet of household storage space, 740 square feet of associated management office space, and 2,888 square feet of artist incubator/support/studio space ("artist space"), the Project includes 28 vehicular parking spaces and 36 bicycle parking spaces in an at­grade parking level shielded from the street frontage by the ground level artist/incubator/studio space, the Project would be built on an approximately 30,000­square­foot lot resulting in a Floor Area Ratio of approximately 3.28:1; for the property located at 5256­5272 North Vineland Avenue, subject to Conditions of Approval. Applicant: Jake Walker, LG Vineland Storage, LLC Representative: Alix Wisner, Armbruster Goldsmith & Delvac LLP Case No. CPC­2020­1946­GPA­ZC­HD­CU­SPR­RDP Environmental No. ENV­2020­1947­MND Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Report from Los Angeles City Planning Commission, Mayoral Transmittal, Resolution, dated February 14, 2023, and Draft Ordinance, dated October 20, 2022 – (4) Yes; (0) No; (1) Absent: Lee (7) 21­1349 CD 8 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 Hung Sa Dahn, located at 3421­3423 South Catalina Street, in the list of Historic­ Cultural Monuments. Applicant: Michelle Magalong, Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation Owner: Korean History and Cultural Heritage Preservation Case No. CHC­2021­5125­HCM Environmental No. ENV­2021­5126­CE  (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 Hung Sa Dahn, located at 3421­3423 South Catalina Street, in the list of Historic­ Cultural Monuments. Applicant: Michelle Magalong, Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation Owner: Korean History and Cultural Heritage Preservation Case No. CHC­2021­5125­HCM Environmental No. ENV­2021­5126­CE Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Report from Cultural Heritage Commission dated November 16, 2021 – (4) Yes; (0) No; (1) Absent: Lee (8) 22­1593 CD 10 CONTINUED FROM 2/7/2023 Sustainable Communities Environmental Assessment (SCEA), No. ENV­ 2019­2568­SCEA, Mitigation Monitoring Program prepared for the SCEA, and related California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings; report from the Department of City Planning relative to compliance with the CEQA requirements for the use of a SCEA, as authorized by Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 21155.2(b), for the future consideration of the development of the project identified as Planning Case No. CPC­2019­ 2567­GPAJ­VZCJ­HD­CUB­SPR; for the determination that the proposed project is a transit priority project, as defined by PRC Section 21155, that is consistent with the general use designations, density, building intensity, and applicable policies specified for the project area in the Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS) prepared by the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG); contains more than 50 percent residential; provides a minimum net density greater than 20 units an acre; and is within one­half mile of a major transit stop or high­quality transit corridor included in a regional transportation plan; the proposed project is a residential or mixed­use project as defined by PRC Section 21159.28(d), that incorporates all feasible mitigation measures, performance standards, or criteria set forth in the prior environmental reports, including SCAG’s 2016­2040 RTP/SCS and 2020­ 2045 RTP/SCS Program Environmental Impact Reports; all potentially significant or significant effects required to be identified and analyzed pursuant to CEQA in an initial study have been identified and analyzed in an initial study; and with respect to each significant effect on the environment required to be identified in the initial study, changes or alterations have been required in or incorporated into the Project that avoids or mitigates the significant effects to a level of insignificance; mitigation measures will be made enforceable conditions on the Project; for the proposed demolition of five existing commercial buildings, one single­family house, and hardscape and the construction of an eight­story (88'­6" high to top of parapet), mixed­use building with 40,500 square­feet  environmental reports, including SCAG’s 2016­2040 RTP/SCS and 2020­ 2045 RTP/SCS Program Environmental Impact Reports; all potentially significant or significant effects required to be identified and analyzed pursuant to CEQA in an initial study have been identified and analyzed in an initial study; and with respect to each significant effect on the environment required to be identified in the initial study, changes or alterations have been required in or incorporated into the Project that avoids or mitigates the significant effects to a level of insignificance; mitigation measures will be made enforceable conditions on the Project; for the proposed demolition of five existing commercial buildings, one single­family house, and hardscape and the construction of an eight­story (88'­6" high to top of parapet), mixed­use building with 40,500 square­feet of commercial space and 251 residential units, including 29 income­ restricted units, above two levels of subterranean parking with 284 automobile parking spaces and 204 bicycle parking spaces, the first floor will contain two residential lobbies, 18,000 square­feet of commercial space, outdoor seating areas, an internal courtyard, and a public parklet at the corner of Harvard Boulevard and 8th Street, the second floor will contain 7,000 square­feet of commercial office space, 15,500 square­feet of creative office space, 18 live/work loft units, and 4,500 square­feet of communal area for the floor, the third floor is a loft level, and the fourth through eighth floors will contain the remaining residential units and residential amenities, the building will total 292,820 square­feet on a 63,118.5 square­foot lot and require the export of 58,300 cubic yards of soil intended for the Azusa Land Reclamation landfill approximately 27 miles east of the project site, there are no protected trees on or adjacent to the Project Site. Fifteen (15) non­protected on­site trees proposed for removal and replacement on site; for the properties located at 3431 ­ 3455 West 8th Street, 749 ­ 767 South Harvard Boulevard, and 744 ­ 762 South Hobart Boulevard. Applicant: Charles Park and Associates, LLC Representative: Steve S. Kim Case No. CPC­2019­2567­GPAJ­VZCJ­HD­CUB­SPR Environmental No. ENV­2019­2568­SCEA Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO MARCH 21, 2023 (9) 21­1083­S1 Department of Cannabis Regulation Report dated February 16, 2023 relative to proposed ordinance language for amendments to Article 4, Chapter X of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to implement the Annual Application process, enhance the Social Equity Program, and streamline existing processes. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted  (9) 21­1083­S1 Department of Cannabis Regulation Report dated February 16, 2023 relative to proposed ordinance language for amendments to Article 4, Chapter X of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to implement the Annual Application process, enhance the Social Equity Program, and streamline existing processes. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Report from Department of Cannabis Regulation dated February 16, 2023 – (4) Yes; (0) No; (1) Absent: Lee (10) 22­0477 CD 7 Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Article 19, Section 15301, Class 1, and related CEQA findings; report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC); the Appeal filed by Manuel Martinez in part from the determination of the LACPC, in approving and sustaining a Plan Approval pursuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 12.24 M, to continue the use and operation of a campus with three public charter schools on an approximately 7.3 acre site in the RA­1­K Zone, originally approved under Case No. CPC­2013­1495CU for the property located at 13351­13377 North Gleanoaks Boulevard, subject to Modified Conditions of Approval. Applicant: Gerard Montero, Tri – Lake Charter School Properties LLC Representative: David Moss, David Moss and Associates, Incorporated Case No. CPC­2013­1495­CU­PA1­2A Environmental No. ENV­2020­3420­CE Related Case: CPC­2013­1495­CU Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO MARCH 7, 2023 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.  Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO MARCH 7, 2023 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). 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.