CITY

OF

LOS AN GEL ES

CALIFORNIA

D E P AR T M E NT

OF

C I T Y P L AN NI NG

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

To Owners:

Within a 100-Foot Radius

And Occupants:

Within a 500-Foot Radius

Within a 100-Foot Radius

Within a 500-Foot Radius

Abutting a Proposed Development Site

And:

Others

This notice is sent to you because you own property or are an occupant residing near a site for which an
application, as described below, has been filed with the Department of City Planning. All interested persons
are invited to attend the public hearing at which you may listen, ask questions, or present testimony regarding
the project, prior to a decision is rendered.
Hearing By:
Date:
Time:
Place:

Staff Contact:
Phone No.:

Hearing Officer
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
11:00 a.m.
Marvin Braude San Fernando Valley
Constituent Services Center
6262 Van Nuys Boulevard, Room 1B
Van Nuys, CA 91401
Frank Quon
(213) 473-9987
frank.quon@lacity.org

Case No.:

CPC-2014-3258-CU-SPR-ZVZAA

CEQA No.:
Incidental Cases:
Related Cases:
Council No.:

ENV-2014-3259-MND
N/A
N/A
6 Martinez and
7 Fuentes
Sun Valley La Tuna
Canyon
N/A
Foothill Trails District
and Sun Valley
Open Space
A1-1XL-G

Plan Area:
Specific Plan:
Certified NC:
GPLU:
Zone:
Applicant:
Representative:

Alton Butler,
Line 204, LLC
Brad Rosenheim/Erika
Iverson, Rosenheim &
Associates, Inc.

PROJECT
LOCATION:

11038, 11070, 11100 W. Peoria Street

PROPOSED
PROJECT:

Construction, use, and maintain a film and television production studio facility having total of
222,185 square feet of floor area consisting of a Studio Production Building, Warehouse
Building, and an accessory gatehouse. The Studio Building will be approximately 110,040
square feet with a 3,465-square foot covered loading dock and a maximum building height of
74 feet, the Warehouse Building will be approximately 108,620 square feet, with a maximum
building height of 54 feet, and the gatehouse will be approximately 60 square feet, with a
height of 20 feet, situated along the Peoria Street frontage. The overall floor area ratio (FAR)
as proposed is approximately 0.57:1 over the site. A total of 320 vehicle parking spaces are
proposed along with 21 short-term and 26 long-term bike parking spaces. The subject

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property is 9.98 acres (434,712 square feet), with approximately 623 linear feet of frontage
on the south side of Peoria Street. Operational hours will be 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
for the production activities, and the production support offices would be open Monday
through Friday during regular business hours.
REQUSETED
ACTION:

The Hearing Officer will Consider:

1.

Pursuant to Sections 12.24.1 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, a Land Use
Determination to permit a film and television studio facility for a property designated by
the Community Plan as Open Space;

2.

Pursuant to LAMC Section 12.24.F, Conditional Use Determination for the following:
a. to permit a maximum building height of 54 feet for the proposed Warehouse
Building in lieu of the maximum 30 feet permitted,
b. to permit a minimum front yard of 18 feet in the A1 Zone in lieu of the minimum 25
feet required, and
c. to permit an accessory gatehouse to be located within 10 feet of the front property
line with an overhead canopy structure extending to the front property line for a 0foot setback, otherwise not permitted;

3.

Pursuant to LAMC Section 12.27, a Variance from Section 12.21.A.7(g), to allow a

monument sign of 48 square feet, two identification wall signs on the proposed Studio
Building, each sign to be 40 square feet for a maximum wall sign area of 80 square feet,
one identification wall sign on the proposed Warehouse Building of 40 square feet, and
to allow four wall signs on the vehicular entry gates, each sign to be 20 square feet for a
maximum sign area of 80 square feet, all for a total of 248 square feet, where otherwise
one identification sign of 20 square feet is permitted per building;

4.

Pursuant to LAMC Section 12.28, a Zoning Administrators Adjustment from Section

12.22.C.20.(f)(2) and (3), to permit a maximum wall height of 11 feet for the front wall,
and a maximum wall height of 10 feet for the side and rear property line walls in lieu of
the 6-foot walls permitted.

5.

Pursuant to LAMC Section 16.05, a Site Plan Review for a development project
consisting of an increase of 50,000 gross square feet or more of non-residential floor
area in an enterprise zone;

6.

Pursuant to Section 21082.1(c)(3) of the California Public resources Code, adopt the
Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) for the above referenced project.

The purpose of the hearing is to obtain testimony from affected and/or interested persons regarding this
project. The environmental document will be among the matters considered at the hearing. The decision
maker will consider all the testimony presented at the hearing, written communication received prior to or at the
hearing, and the merits of the project as it relates to existing environmental and land use regulations.
EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES: If you challenge a City action 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 on these matters delivered to the Department before the action on this matter will
become a part of the administrative record. Note: This may not be the last hearing on this matter.
ADVICE TO PUBLIC: The exact time this report will be considered during the meeting is uncertain since there
may be several other items on the agenda. Written communications may be mailed to the Los Angeles City
Planning Department, Expedited Processing Section, 200 N. Spring Street, Room 721, Los Angeles, CA 90012
(attention: Frank Quon).

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REVIEW OF FILE: CPC-2013-3258-CU-SPR-ZV-ZAA, including the application and the environmental

assessment, are available for public inspection at this location between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday. Please call Frank Quon at (213) 473-9987 several days in advance to assure that the
files will be available. The files are not available for review the day of the hearing.
ACCOMMODATIONS: As a covered entity under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Los
Angeles does not discriminate on the basis of disability. The hearing facility and its parking are wheelchair
accessible. Sign language interpreters, assistive listening devices, or other auxiliary aids and/or services may
be provided upon request. Como entidad cubierta bajo el Ttulo II del Acto de los Americanos con
Desabilidades, la Ciudad de Los Angeles no discrimina. La facilidad donde la junta se llevar a cabo y su
estacionamiento son accesibles para sillas de ruedas. Traductores de Lengua de Muestra, dispositivos de
odo, u otras ayudas auxiliaries se pueden hacer disponibles si usted las pide en avance.
Other services, such as translation between English and other languages, may also be provided upon request.
Otros servicios, como traduccin de Ingls a otros idiomas, tambin pueden hacerse disponibles si usted los
pide en avance.

To ensure availability or services, please make your request no later than three working days (72 hours) prior
to the hearing by calling the staff person referenced in this notice. Para asegurar la disponibilidad de stos
servicios, por favor haga su peticin al mnimo de tres das (72 horas) antes de la reunin, llamando a la
persona del personal mencionada en este aviso.

*Puede obtener informacin en Espaol acerca de esta junta llamando al (213) 978-1349*