Planning and Land Use Management Committee

Agenda — 10 items

1. 1 Motion (Park - Lee) relative to instructing the Department of City Planning, with the assistance of the City Attorney, and in consultation with the California Coastal Commission, to prepare and present an ordinance to amend the Certified Venice Land Use Plan to clarify Policy I.C.1 (Industrial Land Use), to explicitly prescribe that commercial uses are permitted on industrially designated land.
2. 2 Exemption, report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission and proposed zone code ordinance that will effectuate the transfer of certain zoning plan check responsibilities to the Department of City Planning (DCP) from the Department of Building and Safety (DBS), the proposed ordinance will: 1) Add a new ministerial "Zoning Plan Check" process to Chapter 1A of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) to transfer this authority to the DCP along with related existing DBS modification authorities, 2) Amend other provisions in Chapters I (Original Zoning Code) and 1A (New Zoning Code) of the LAMC
3. 3 Motion (Blumenfield - Rodriguez) relative to instructing the Department of City Planning, with the assistance of the City Attorney to report within 30 days with a detailed analysis of the application of Assembly Bill (AB) 2011, AB 2243 and AB 893 both to the proposed Woodland Hills Country Club project and to other parts of the city along commercial corridors as defined in State law.
4. 4 Fiscal Impact Statement: No
5. 5 Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Public Resources Code sections 21000, et seq.) under CEQA Guidelines, Sections 15301, 15303, 15311, and 15320; report from the City Attorney; and, draft Ordinance relative to amending the Ventura-Cahuenga Boulevard Corridor Specific Plan to streamline the review process for signs, interior tenant improvements, and a change of use, and update the appointment process and composition of the Ventura-Cahuenga Boulevard Corridor Specific Plan Review Board; and adoption of project findings.
6. 6 Housing Element Environmental Impact Report No. ENV-2020-6762-EIR, State Clearinghouse No. (SCH) 2021010130, Addendum ENV-2020-6762-EIR-ADD1 and Addendum ENV-2020-6762-EIR-ADD2; report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission; and draft Ordinance relative to effectuating a Zone Change and Height District Change; for the proposed update to the single-family neighborhoods from R1-1-O to R1V2-O, the update in zoning to the R1V2 zone will convey most of the same development standards and use allowances as the R1-1 zone, depending upon the size of a lot, the R1V2 zone may allow slightly more r
7. 7 Fiscal Impact Statement: No
8. 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 Rowley Residence, located at 8436 West Hillrose Street, in the list of Historic-Cultural Monuments.
9. 9 Previously Adopted Negative Declaration, No. ENV-2022-6860-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
10. 10 Statutory Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Public Resources Code, Section 21080(b)(7) and CEQA Guidelines, Section 15272; report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission; and a proposed ordinance, pursuant to 13B.1.3.D.3. of Chapter 1A of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), relative to an amendment of Chapter I and Chapter 1A of the LAMC to add a new Subdivision 40 to Subsection 12.22 A of Article 2 of Chapter I and a new Division 1.7 to Article 1 of Chapter 1A to exempt certain 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games (Games) related projects from pl