Planning and Land Use Management Committee

Agenda — 16 items

1. 1 Continued from August 6, 2024
2. 2 Financial Disclosure Statement : Filed
3. 10 Motion (Hutt – Lee) relative to instructing the Department of City Planning, with the assistance of the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, and the Los Angeles Police Department, and in consultation with the City Attorney, to initiate Administrative Nuisance Abatement Proceedings (Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 12.27.1), and prepare the necessary reports and recommendations, and conduct the required public hearings, and thereby protect the public peace, health, and safety of the community by imposing corrective conditions to address the reported nuisance activities that are occu
4. 5 Motion (Hutt – Blumenfield) relative to instructing the Department of City Planning, in consultation with the City Attorney, to prepare a report with recommendations posthaste relative to the Letter of Compliance issued on August 9, 2024, which determined that the proposed 100 percent affordable housing project located at 3810-3814 West Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90018 (Case No. ADM-2024-2920-DB-VHCA-ED1), is exempt from discretionary review, and therefore, qualifies for ministerial review under the Mayor's Executive Directive 1 (ED 1), as revised on July 1, 2024, which does not allow ED
5. 6 Motion (Hutt – Rodriguez) relative to instructing the Department of City Planning, with the assistance of the Department of Cannabis Regulation, to initiate amendments for consideration by the Citywide Planning Commission that would amend Article V, Chapter X of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) to regulate onsite retail commercial cannabis activity to add nuisance abatement properties, as adjudicated under Sections 12.27.1 and 91.9001 et. al. of the LAMC to the list of sensitive uses; and related matters.
6. 7 Sustainable Communities Environmental Assessment (SCEA), No. ENV-2018-3337-SCEA, 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), and Erratum dated September 2024, for the future consideration of the development of the project identified as Planning Case No. CPC-2018-3336-SN-TDR-CUB-SPR-MSC; for the determination that the proposed project is a tr
7. 8 Adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration, No. ENV-2016-3413-MND, and California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15162 determination, report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission; and draft Ordinance to effectuate a Vesting Zone and Height District change from C4- 2 and PB-1 to (T)(Q)C4-2; for the demolition of an 807 space parking structure and the construction, use and maintenance of two, 23-story mixed-use buildings with 760 dwelling units and 6,359 square feet of commercial uses with a total new floor area of 660,040 square feet, the site is also currently developed with
8. 9 Fiscal Impact Statement: No
9. 10 (Option 1) Consideration of Veto and Remand, OR (Option 2) Consideration of Appeal; related to Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15332 (Class 32, Infill Development), and related CEQA findings; communication from the Harbor Area Planning Commission (HAPC); and an appeal filed by Friends of South Shores of the Zoning Administrator's determination approving a Conditional Use Permit for the proposed construction of a new drive-through fast-food establishment (Starbucks) on a site abutting a residential zone, pursuant to
10. 11 Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15332 (Class 32), and related CEQA findings; Report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC); and, an Appeal filed by Felipe Caceres, USC Forward (Representative: Jordan R. Sisson, Law Office of Gideon Kracov), from the LACPC's determination in approving a Categorical Exemption as the environmental clearance for the construction of a new four-story, 56-foot tall apartment building with a total of 16 dwelling units, the project is utilizing the Transit Oriented Communitie
11. 12 Environmental Impact Report (EIR), ENV-2016-2906-EIR (State Clearinghouse No. 2016091010), EIR Findings, Statement of Overriding Considerations, Mitigation Monitoring Program (MMP); Resolution to certify the Final EIR, adopt EIR revised Findings, a revised Statement of Overriding Considerations, and an MMP; reports from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC) relative to adoption of a Resolution to approve an update to the Boyle Heights Community Plan, and to approve modifications to the LACPC's April 20, 2023 and January 11, 2024 recommendations on the Boyle Heights Community Plan (i
12. 13 Previously Certified Environmental Impact Report (EIR) No. ENV-2004-1950-EIR, and determination pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15162 and 15164 no subsequent EIR is required; Fifth Addendum dated September 2023; report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC); and an appeal filed by Felipe Caceres, University of Southern California (USC) Forward (Representative: Jordan R. Sisson, Esq.), from the determination of the LACPC in approving, pursuant to Section 12.24 U.14 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, a Major Conditional Use Permit to allow for t
13. 14 Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant CEQA Guidelines, Section 15308 (Class 8), and Section 15331 (Class 31), and report from the Cultural Heritage Commission relative to the inclusion of Chateau Laurier, located at 4353 - 4357 West 5th Street, in the list of Historic-Cultural Monuments.
14. 15 Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Class 1), Section 15303 (Class 3), Section 15311 (Class 11), and related CEQA findings; report from the South Valley Area Planning Commission; and draft Ordinance to effectuate a Zone Change from P-1VL-RIO to (T)C2-1VL-RIO the legalization of 16 outdoor vacuum cleaner stations as an accessory use to an existing car wash, auto repair, and auto lube service, on a 1.2-acre site in the C2-1VL-RIO and P-1VL-RIO Zone, the requested entitlement is for a Zone Change from P-1VL-RIO to C
15. 16 Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15321, and related CEQA findings; report from the Department of City Planning, Office of the Zoning Administrator, and an Appeal filed by West 3rd Street Partnership, Charles Jacob, General Partner (Representative: Kristina Kropp Luna & Glushon) from the determination of the Associate Zoning Administrator, in requiring the modification of the operation of an existing approximately 2,800 square-foot restaurant use, currently known as the Berri's Cafe, located at 8412 - 8414 West 3rd S
16. 17 Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Sections 15301 (Class 1) and Section 15332 (Class 32), and related CEQA findings; Report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC); and, an Appeal filed by Steven Carbone and Michelle Maravich Carbone, from the determination of the LACPC in: 1) approving a Conditional Use Permit, pursuant to Section 12.24 U.26 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), for a 102.5 percent increase in density in lieu of the otherwise permitted 35 percent increase in density allowed under LAMC Secti