Planning and Land Use Management Committee

Agenda — 16 items

1. 1 Negative Declaration, No. ENV-2022-6860-ND (ND), and related Environmental findings; report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC); and an Appeal filed by Coalition for Responsible Equitable Economic Development Los Angeles (CREED LA) (Representative: Andrew Graf, Adams Broadwell Joseph & Cardozo), from the LACPC's determination in approving, pursuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 12.24 X.22, a Zoning Administrator Determination to allow Transitional Height of 65 feet within a distance of 100 to 199 feet from the R1 zone, in lieu of the Transitional Height of 61 f
2. 2 Motion (Raman - Blumenfield) relative to directing the Department of City Planning, in consultation with other relevant departments, to report in 60 days with a list of existing permanent and temporary Tentative (T), Qualified (Q), and Development Limitation (D) classifications in the City of Los Angeles, complete with an analysis of what they regulate and an estimate of how much they reduce development capacity from the base zoning, expressed in floor area ratio, housing units, commercial square footage, or otherwise; and recommendations on comprehensively removing any T, Q, and D classificat
3. 3 Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Article 19, Section 15301, Class 1 (Existing Facilities), and related CEQA findings; report from the Central Los Angeles Area Planning Commission (CLAAPC); and an Appeal filed by Ilan Douek (Representative: Ernest J. Guadiana, Elkins Kalt Weintraub Reuben Gartside LLP), from the determination of the CLAAPC in denying the appeal and sustaining the Deputy Advisory Agency's Determination, dated May 15, 2025; and approving the Tentative Tract Map No. TT-84566-CC, pursuant to Sections 17.03, 17.0
4. 4 Categorical Exemption pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065 and State California Environmental Quality Act Guideline Section 15378(b)(2) and (b)(5), City Attorney report and draft Ordinance relative to amending Chapter IX of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to incorporate by reference certain portions of the 2025 Edition of the California Building Standards Code and to carry forward local administrative, climatic, geological, topographical or environmental changes; and adoption of project findings.
5. 5 Negative Declaration No. ENV-2022-6860-ND and related California Environmental Quality Act findings, reports from the Mayor and Los Angeles City Planning Commission relative to a Resolution for a General Plan Amendment to the Wilmington-Harbor City Community Plan to amend Footnote No. 10 of the Community Plan Map to allow a site-specific 65-foot height limit, in lieu of the 45 feet otherwise allowed; and a draft Ordinance effectuating a Height District Change from Height District No. 1VL to 1L; for the proposed improvement and expansion of an existing one-story, 42-foot tall, 221,496 square-fo
6. 6 Motion (Park - Blumenfield) relative to instructing the Department of City Planning to revoke the issuance of the Coastal Exemption (Case No. ADM-2025-14-CEX) for the project located at 4311 South Lincoln Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90292 and associated with Permit No. 24020-10000-02392, inasmuch as the construction of the new freestanding cinder block wall's environmental impacts have not been analyzed, or community engagement occurred.
7. 7 Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending
8. 8 Environmental Impact Report No. ENV-2020-6762-EIR, certified on November 29, 2021, and Addenda Nos. ENV-2020-6762-ADD1, ENV-2020-6762-ADD2; City Attorney report and draft Ordinances relative to amending Los Angeles Municipal Code to apply Adaptive Reuse Regulations Citywide and repealing Adaptive Reuse Areas Specific Plan (Ordinance No. 175038); and adoption of Project and California Environmental Quality Act findings.
9. 9 Motion (Lee - Padilla) relative to instructing the Department of Building and Safety and the Department of City Planning, with assistance from the Los Angeles Fire Department, the Los Angeles World Airports, and the City Attorney, to report back within 90 days on the steps necessary to allow or expand private access to existing helicopter pads across the City of Los Angeles. (This item is referred to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee, and Public Safety Committee.)
10. 10 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 Rowley Residence, located at 8436 West Hillrose Street, in the list of Historic-Cultural Monuments.
11. 11 Sustainable Communities Environmental Assessment (SCEA) No. ENV-2018-3337-SCEA, Erratum dated September 2024, Mitigated Monitoring Program, and Environmental Findings; report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC); and an Appeal filed by Faramarz Yadegar, from the determination of the LACPC in denying the appeal, and sustaining the decision of the Deputy Advisory Agency dated April 3, 2025; and approving, pursuant to Sections 17.03 and 17.15 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), a Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 82213 (stamped map, dated June 11, 2018) to create one ground l
12. 12 Sustainable Communities Environmental Assessment (SCEA) No. ENV-2018-3337-SCEA, Erratum dated September 2024, Mitigated Monitoring Program, and Environmental Findings; report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC); and an Appeal filed by Faramarz Yadegar, from the determination of the LACPC in: 1) Approving a Conditional Use Permit, pursuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Sections 12.24 W.1 and 12.24 S, for the sale and dispensing of a full line of alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption within the proposed hotel; and a 20 percent reduction in the required amount of ve
13. 13 Sustainable Communities Environmental Assessment (SCEA) No. ENV-2018-3337-SCEA, Erratum, Mitigation Measures, Mitigated Monitoring Program, and Environmental Findings; report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC); and draft Ordinance relative to the establishment of a Sign District (-SN Supplemental Use District) Zoning designation; a proposed Ordinance to provide a comprehensive set of sign regulations; and a Transfer of Floor Area Rights (FAR) and associated Public Benefits Payment for the transfer of greater than 50,000 square feet of floor area of up to 226,121 square feet
14. 14 Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15378(b)4 and 15061(b)(3); City Administrative Officer (CAO) report; and City Attorney report and draft Ordinance relative to amending the Los Angles Municipal Code for the implementation of a comprehensive fee update of the Department of City Planning's case processing application and appeal fees. (This item is referred to the Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee and Budget and Finance Committee.) (On November 17, 2025, the PLUM Committee continued the CAO report to December 9, 202
15. 15 Department of City Planning report and proposed Interim Control Ordinance relative to prohibiting the issuance of demolition permits of occupied residential dwelling units that are or were subject to any form of rent or price control in a portion of the Valley Glen community within the Van Nuys - North Sherman Oaks Community Plan area, roughly including multi-family buildings along Woodman Avenue between Orange (G) Line right-of-way on the north and Hatteras Street on the south and along Oxnard Street between Hazeltine Avenue on the west and Orange (G) Line right-of-way on the east.
16. 16 City Attorney report relative to a settlement proposal in pending litigation in the case entitled Strategic Actions for a Just Economy et al. v City of Los Angeles et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCP00702, regarding a proposed 168-room hotel at 3685 South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA. (The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case.) (This item is referred to the Budget and Finance Committee and Planning and Land Use Management Committee.)