PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2009

BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS EDWARD R. ROYBAL HEARING ROOM 350, CITY HALL - 2 PM
200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER ED P. REYES, CHAIR

COUNCILMEMBER JOSÉ HUIZAR
COUNCILMEMBER JACK WEISS

Barbara Greaves - Legislative Assistant - 213 978-1068/e-mail barbara.greaves@lacity.org

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FILE NO. SUBJECT

(1)
09-1196
CD 4 TIME LIMIT: 7-6-09; LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION: 7-1-09
IN COUNCIL: 6-24-09
Communication from the Mayor relative to the appointment of Ms. Barbara
Romero to the City Planning Commission for the term ending June 30, 2011,
to fill the vacancy created by Ricardo Lara, who resigned on April 9, 2009.
Ms. Romero is a resident of Council District 4. (Current Commission gender
composition: M=5; F=3; and one vacancy)

DISPOSITION

(2)
07-4099-S2
Motion (Huizar - Reyes) instructing the Department of City Planning to
prepare a draft action to correct the determinations related to the live-work
project located at 695 Santa Fe Avenue in downtown Los Angeles to reflect
the correct description in the grant clauses, Conditions of Approval and
findings.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted

DISPOSITION

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09-1390
CPC 2008-4683 Negative Declaration, report from City Planning Commission and proposed
CA Ordinance amending Section 12.03 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to
revise the current Hillside Area definition; and a proposed Ordinance Map
establishing a new Department of City Planning Hillside Area Map.

Applicant: City of Los Angeles

Commission Vote: 6-0
Fiscal Impact Statement Submitted: No
Community Impact Statement: None submitted

DISPOSITION

(4)
08-0908
CPC 2009-0292 TIME LIMIT: 8-24-09; LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION: 8-14-08
GPA Negative Declaration, report from Mayor, Director of Planning, City Planning
CD 1 Commission and Resolution relative to General Plan Amendment to the
Transportation Element of the General Plan and the Northeast Los Angeles
Community Plan, to re-designate the segment of South Avenue 52 and
Griffin Avenue between the 110 Freeway and Avenue 43 from a Secondary
Highway to a Modified Collector Street within the Northeast Los Angeles
Community Plan.

Applicant: City of Los Angeles

Commission Vote: 7-0
Fiscal Impact Statement Submitted: Yes
Community Impact Statement: None submitted

DISPOSITION

(5)
09-0752
CPC 2008-4731 TIME LIMIT: 7-6-09; LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION: 7-1-09
ZC Negative Declaration, report from City Planning Commission and Ordinance
CD 11 effecting a Zone Change from RA-1 to RE20-1 in an area generally bounded
by and the parcels fronting on Cliffwood Avenue on the north, Carmelina
Avenue on the east, Sunset Boulevard on the south, and Rockingham
Avenue on the west, there are no development project, within a portion of
Brentwood Park.

Applicant: City of Los Angeles

Commission Vote: 5-0
Fiscal Impact Statement Submitted: Yes
Community Impact Statement: None submitted

DISPOSITION

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08-3349
Report from Department of Planning and Department of Transportation in
response to Motion (Reyes - Greuel) to report that delineates the City’s
plans to implement Assembly Bill 1358 (Leno), “The Complete Streets Act
of 2007”, which will take effect on January 1, 2009.

Fiscal Impact Statement Submitted: No

Community Impact Statement: None submitted

DISPOSITION

(7)
07-4133
CONTINUED 6-3-08 MEETING
Motion (Smith - Greuel) instructing the Planning Department to prepare a
report within 45 days that delineates the current procedures to create horse
trails, developing standards that dictate when in the development process a
horse trail is established, and specific triggering factors to establish horse
trails. During this meeting, the Chair of the PLUM Committee instructed the
Planning Department to report back in 45 days relative to the directives
addressed in the attached Motion.

Community Impact Statement: Yes

For Proposal: California Foothill Trails District Neighborhood Council

DISPOSITION

(8)
09-0967
APCC 2008-3600 TIME LIMIT AND LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION: 7-28-09
ZC ZAA ZAD Mitigated Negative Declaration, report from Central Area Planning
CD 4 Commission (CAPC) and Ordinance effecting a Vesting Zone Change,
incident to subdivision, from [Q]R4-2 to (T)(Q)R4-2 for the proposed 39-unit
residential condominium development with 97 parking spaces on an 18,485
net square foot site located at 1850 North Cherokee Avenue, subject to
Conditions of Approval. (CAPC also approved a Zoning Administrator’s
Adjustment and Determination for this project.)

Applicant: Tanner & White Properties Inc.;

Blair Tanner & Joshua L. White
Representative: Mark Armbruster, Armbruster Goldsmith & Delvac, LLP
Commission Vote: 3-0
Fiscal Impact Statement Submitted: Yes
Community Impact Statement: None submitted

DISPOSITION

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09-0850
CPC 2007-3278 Negative Declaration, report from City Planning Commission and proposed
CDO Ordinance effecting a Zone Change establishing the Loyola Village
CD 11 Community Design Overlay, and Guidelines and Standards for the new
Community Design Overlay fronting Lincoln Boulevard between Westchester
Parkway to generally North of 83rd Street, and those parcels fronting
Manchester Avenue between Rayford Drive and Fordham Road within the
Westchester-Playa Del Rey Community Plan.

Applicant: City of Los Angeles

Commission Vote: 7-0
Fiscal Impact Statement Submitted: No
Community Impact Statement: None submitted

DISPOSITION

(10)
09-1164
CPC 2009-817 DA TIME LIMIT 7-20-09; LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION: 7-17-09
CD 5 IN COUNCIL 6-23-09
Environmental Impact Report, Mitigation Monitoring Program, Statement of
Overriding Considerations, and reports from City Attorney, City Planning
Commission and Ordinance authorizing the execution of the Development
Agreement by and between the City of Los Angeles and Century City Realty,
LLC, to implement approved Development Approvals for a 483 unit
residential project with the Applicant providing the City with certain public
benefits. The 483 units residential condominium (mid to high-rise) structures
are in two 47-story approximately 570 foot high buildings and one 12-story,
approximately 135 foot high building providing 1,208 parking spaces in a
four-level subterranean parking garage on 5.5 net acres in the C2-2-O Zone
and designated for Regional Center Commercial uses in the West Los
Angeles Community Plan for property at 10131 West Constellation
Boulevard (known as Constellation Park Project).

Applicant: Century City Realty, LLC

Representative: James Arnone, Latham & Watkins LLP
Commission Vote: 5-0
Fiscal Impact Statement Submitted: Yes
Community Impact Statement: None submitted

DISPOSITION

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09-1246
CPC 2007-1998 CONTINUED FROM 6-9-09 MEETING
ZC HD BL SPR TIME LIMIT: 8-24-09; LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION: 8-14-09
CD 5 Environmental Impact Report, Errata to the EIR, Mitigation Monitoring
Program, Statement of Overriding Considerations, report from City Planning
Commission and Ordinances relative to Zone and Height District Change
from [Q]R4-1-O to [Q]R4-2-O to remove the [Q] qualifying condition of the
existing zone that limits the height of buildings to 45-feet when abutting
single family zone properties (the Height District Change from 1 to 2 will
allow a proposed project with a 4:5:1 Floor Area Ratio (FAR) in lieu of the
3:1 FAR currently permitted); and a building line removal of a 15-foot
building line established by Ordinance 119,235 for the proposed project
which involves demolition of 84 residential units in seven buildings and the
construction of a 95-unit residential condominium project with 238 parking
spaces. The proposed building will have a maximum of 14-stories, 180 feet
in height, and 215,937 square feet floor area for property located at 300-322
South Wetherly Drive and 301-323 South Almont Drive, subject to
Conditions of Approval.

Applicant: MCLV Properties, LLC

Representative: RJ Comer
Commission Vote: 6-0
Fiscal Impact Statement Submitted: Yes
Community Impact Statement: None submitted

DISPOSITION

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08-2033
APCNV 2007-0267 CONTINUED FROM PRIOR MEETINGS AND 6-9-09
ZC ZAA TIME LIMIT AND LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION: 6-23-09
CD 7 IN COUNCIL: 6-23-09
Mitigated Negative Declaration and report from the North Valley Area
Planning Commission and Ordinance effecting a Zone Change from R1-1
and RD2-1 to (T)(Q)RD2-1 over the entire portion of the lot for the proposed
demolition of three existing single family dwellings and construction of a 33
unit residential condominium project arranged in multiple detached buildings
three-stories high with 66 resident parking spaces to be provided in two-car
garages and 21 surface parking spaces for the property at 14154, 14166,
and 14172 West Hubbard Street, subject to Conditions of Approval.

Applicant: Rodney Mollen, RM Realty Corporation

Representative: Greg Jackson, Rosenheim and Associates
Commission Vote: 4-0
Fiscal Impact Statement Submitted: Yes
Community Impact Statement: None submitted

DISPOSITION

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09-0721
CHC 2009-210 CONTINUED FROM 6-2-09 MEETING
HCM TIME LIMIT AND LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION: 7-1-09
CD 4 Report from Cultural Heritage Commission relative to the inclusion of the
See’s Candy Shop and Kitchen #1 located at 135-139 North Western
Avenue in the list of Historic-Cultural Monuments.

Applicant: Charlene E. Nichols

Owner: Paris Plaza Realty, LLC and David D. Lee
Commission Vote: 3-0
Fiscal Impact Statement Submitted: Yes
Community Impact Statement: None submitted

DISPOSITION

(14)
05-0872-S145
CD 11 CONTINUED FROM 6-9-09 MEETING
Application filed by Stewart Richlin, Esq., Representative, requesting a
hardship exemption from the Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Interim
Control Ordinance (No. 179027), for New Age Wellness Group, Inc., a
Nonprofit Corporation, located at 609 Rose Avenue.

Fiscal Impact Statement Submitted: No

Community Impact Statement: None submitted

DISPOSITION

(15)
09-1046-S1
VTT 66144 TIME LIMIT AND LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION: 7-1-09
CD 5 IN COUNCIL: 6-24-09
Environmental Impact Report, Mitigation Monitoring Program, Statement of
Overriding Considerations and appeals filed by: Scott Diamond (on behalf of
Beverlywood Homes Association); and Susan Gans, Esq. and Daniel Fink,
M.D. (on behalf of Homeowners Opposed to Museum Expansion), from the
entire determination of the City Planning Commission in approving the
Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 66144, as modified, to permit a three-lot
airspace subdivision including one master lot and two airspace lots of an
existing school building on a 59,336 square-foot (1.36 acres site), within the
C4-1VL-O and R1-1-O Zones for property at 9760 West Pico Boulevard,
subject to Conditions of Approval.

Applicant: Susan Burton/Simon Wiesenthal Center, Inc.

Representative: Joel Miller, Psomas
Commission Vote: 5-0
Fiscal Impact Statement Submitted: Yes
Community Impact Statement: None submitted

DISPOSITION
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(16a)
09-1376
CPC-2008-1957 TIME LIMIT: 8-17-09; LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION: 8-14-09
GPA-ZC-HD IN COUNCIL: 6-23-09
CUB-ZV-ZAA-SPR Mitigated Negative Declaration, report from the Mayor, Director of
CD 5 Planning, City Planning Commission (CPC) and Resolution relative to
approval of a proposed General Plan Amendment to the Wilshire
Community Plan to add a new Footnote to the Wilshire Community Plan
Map referencing the site as follows: Development of the properties bounded
by Burton Way on the north and east, Le Doux Road on the west, and
Colgate Avenue on the south shall be permitted a Height District of 2D with
development limited to a maximum floor area ratio of 4 to 1” and a proposed
Ordinance for a concurrent Zone Change and Height District Change from
C2-1VL-O and (Q)C2-1-O to (T)(Q)C2-2D-O on the site for the proposed
construction of a mixed-use project consisting of up to 88 residential units
and up to 13,500 square feet of ground floor retail, with 223 parking spaces
on a 34,090 (33,848 net) square foot site in the proposed C2-2D-0 Zone, for
the property at 8500 Burton Way, subject to Conditions of Approval.

Applicant: Rick J. Caruso - Century Investments, Inc.

Representative: Craig Lawson & Co., LLC, Representative
Commission Vote: 6-0
Fiscal Impact Statement Submitted: Yes
Community Impact Statement: None submitted

DISPOSITION

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(16b)
09-1376
CPC-2008-1957 TIME LIMIT 8-17-09; LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION: 8-14-09
GPA-ZC-HD IN COUNCIL: 6-23-09
CUB-ZV-ZAA-SPR Appeal filed by Yuval Kremer from the entire decision of the City
CD 5 Planning Commission (CPC) in approving: (a) a Conditional Use to permit
the sale of beer, wine, and distilled spirits for off-site consumption in
conjunction with the operation of a proposed specialty market with up to a
maximum of 13,500 square feet of floor area; (b) a Zoning Administrator
Adjustment to permit the residential density for units 1 through 85 to be
based on a minimum of 400 square feet of lot area per dwelling unit and
units 86 through 88 to be based on zero (0) square feet of lot area per
dwelling unit; and (c) a Site Plan Review to permit a development project in
excess of 50 units of residential use; and (d) for a Mitigated Negative
Declaration No. ENV-2008-498-MND for the proposed construction of a
mixed-use project consisting of up to 88 residential units and up to 13,500
square feet of ground floor retail, subject to Conditions of Approval, for the
property located at 8500 Burton Way. The subject triangular-site is currently
improved with an automobile sales use on a surface parking lot and two
double-faced billboard signs, for the property at 8500 Burton Way.

Applicant: Rick J. Caruso - Century Investments, Inc.

Representative: Craig Lawson & Co., LLC
Commission Vote: 6-0
Fiscal Impact Statement Submitted: Yes
Community Impact Statement: None submitted

DISPOSITION

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07-1175
Director of Planning’s oral status report relative to ongoing development of
City planning policies, work program, operations, and other items of interest.

DISPOSITION

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