Meeting

Planning and Land Use Management Committee

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER, ROOM 340, CITY HALL - 2:00 PM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

MEMBERS:		COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, CHAIR
		COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD
		COUNCILMEMBER JOHN S. LEE
		COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ

(Candy Rosales - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1078
Questions can be submitted to [email protected])

Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361, and due to concerns over COVID-19, this Los Angeles City Council committee meeting will take all public comment by teleconference.

The audio for this meeting is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.org/calendar. The live audio can also be heard at: (213) 621-CITY (Metro), (818) 904-9450 (Valley), (310) 471-CITY (Westside) and (310) 547-CITY (San Pedro Area). If the live audio is unavailable via one of these channels, members of the public should try one of the other channels.

Members of the public who would like to offer public comment on the items listed on the agenda should call 1 669 254 5252 and use Meeting ID No. 161 644 6631 and then press #. Press # again when prompted for participant ID. Once admitted into the meeting, press *9 to request to speak.

Requests for reasonable modification or accommodation from individuals with disabilities, consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act can be made by contacting the City Clerk's Office at (213) 978-1133. For Telecommunication Relay Services for the hearing impaired, please see the information located at the end of this agenda.

Submit written comment at LACouncilComment.com

Note: For information regarding the Committee and its operations, please contact the Committee Legislative Assistant at the phone number and/or email address listed above. The Legislative Assistant may answer questions and provide materials and notice of matters scheduled before the City Council. Sign Language Interpreters, Communication Access Real-Time Transcription (CART), Assistive Listening Devices, or other auxiliary aids and/or services may be provided upon request. To ensure availability, you are advised to make your request at least 72 hours prior to the meeting/event you wish to attend. Due to difficulties in securing Sign Language Interpreters, five or more business days notice is strongly recommended. For additional information, please contact the Legislative Assistant listed above.

Notice to Paid Representatives: If you are compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require you to register as a lobbyist and report your activity. See Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. More information is available at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. For assistance, please contact the Ethics Commission at (213) 978-1960 or [email protected].

MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT

GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT

ITEM(S)

(1)

22-0652
CD 14	Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15332, Class 32, of the CEQA Guidelines, and related CEQA findings; report from the Central Los Angeles Area Planning Commission (CLAAPC), and an Appeal filed by Concerned Citizens for Santa Fe Art Colony (Representative: Channel Law Group), from the determination of the CLAAPC, in approving a Categorical Exemption as the environmental clearance to permit the conversion of, and a 3,672-square-foot addition to, an existing 20,200-square-foot warehouse building for 18 Joint Living and Work Quarters; for the property located at 2345 South Santa Fe Avenue. Applicant: Art Colony Property LLC Representative: three6ixty Case: ZA-2019-7192-ZAD-1A Environmental No. ENV-2022-757-CE-1A

	Fiscal Impact Statement: No

	Community Impact Statement: None submitted

	CONTINUED TO A DATE TO BE DETERMINED

(2)

22-0535-S1
CD 14	Mitigated Negative Declaration and related California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings, report from Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC), and appeal filed by CREED LA c/o Darien Key (Representative: Adams, Broadwell, Joseph & Cardozo) from the determination of the LACPC in approving a Mitigated Negative Declaration, denying the appeal in part and granting the appeal in part, and sustaining the Deputy Advisory Agency's determination, dated December 22, 2021; and, approving, pursuant to Sections 17.03 and 17.15 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, a Vesting Tentative Tract Map VTT No. 83288, for the subdivision of five parcels into eight lots, including one master ground lot and seven airspace lots in the M3-1 Zone, for the construction, use, and maintenance of a 188,954 square foot, 14-story, commercial office building with 4,325 square feet of commercial ground floor, the Project will provide a total of 397 vehicle parking spaces and 146 bicycle parking spaces within five levels of above grade parking, and two levels of subterranean parking for the properties located at 635 - 657 Mesquit Street; 1585 East Jesse Street; and 632 - 648 Santa Fe Avenue, subject to Modified Conditions of Approval. Applicant: 655 Mesquit, LLC, Mark Falcone, c/o Roger Pecsok Representative: Alfred Fraijo, JR., Esq., Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, LLP Case No. VTT-83288-2A Environmental No. ENV-2020-6829-MND

	Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

	Community Impact Statement: None submitted

	TIME LIMIT FILE - NOVEMBER 7, 2022

	(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - NOVEMBER 4, 2022)

(3)

17-0447-S2
	CONTINUED FROM 10/18/22 Mitigated Negative Declaration, Errata, pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, section 15074(b) and related CEQA findings and Report and Recommendations from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission for a draft Ordinance amending Los Angeles Municipal Code Sections 12.03, 12.20, 12.23, 12.24, and 13.01 to prohibit new oil and gas extraction and make existing extraction activities a nonconforming use in all zones. The proposed Ordinance would phase out all oil drilling activities in the City of Los Angeles by immediately banning new oil and gas extraction and requiring the abandonment of existing wells after an amortization period. (Arts, Parks, Health, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee waived consideration of the item. Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and River Committee approved as amended the item on October 6, 2022.) Applicant: City of Los Angeles Case No.: CPC-2022-4864-CA Environmental Case No.: ENV-2022-4865-MND

	Fiscal Impact Statement: No

	Community Impact Statement: Yes For: United Neighborhoods Neighborhood Council Westwood Neighborhood Council

(4)

15-0104-S8
CD 12	Environmental Impact Report pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Sections 15162 and 15164, and related CEQA findings; report from the City Attorney and draft Ordinance authorizing the execution of a Third Amendment to the 2008 amended and restated Development Agreement by and between the City of Los Angeles and Porter Ranch Development Company, to extend the term of the Development Agreement to December 31, 2026, relating to real property in the Chatsworth-Porter Ranch Community Plan area within the area covered by the Porter Ranch Specific Plan, adopted by Ordinance No. 166,068 and 167,523; as well as per Amendments as approved by Ordinance Nos. 171,568, 173,873, 180,084, 183,579, and 185,253. (The project was fully assessed in the Environmental Impact Report EIR No. 1988- 0026(SP)(ZC)(PA) (SCH No. 88050420), certified on July 10, 1990, as modified by Addenda dated July 2000, September 2000, October 2006, and April 2016, in accordance with the requirements of CEQA, and no subsequent environmental clearance is required for approval of the project.) Applicant: Porter Ranch Development Company Representative: Nicholas Norvilas Case No. CPC-1990-439-DA-M3 Environmental No. EIR No. 1988-0026(SP)(ZC)(PA) (SCH No. 88050420) Related Cases: CPC-1990-439-DA-M2; CPC-1990-439-DA-M1; CPC-1990-439-DA

	Fiscal Impact Statement: No

	Community Impact Statement: None submitted

(5)

22-0602
CD 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 the Woman's Christian Temperance Union State Headquarters, located at 551 South Kingsley Drive, in the list of Historic-Cultural Monuments. Applicant: City of Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission Owner: Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of Southern California Case No. CHC-2022-1865-HCM Environmental No. ENV-2022-1866-CE

	Fiscal Impact Statement: No

	Community Impact Statement: None submitted

(6)

22-1226
	Report from Department of Building and Safety relative to a proposed ordinance to amend Chapter IX of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to incorporate by reference certain portions of the 2022 Edition of the California Building Standards Code and to make local, administrative, climatic, geological or topographical changes.

	Fiscal Impact Statement: No

	Community Impact Statement: None submitted

(7)

22-1200-S60
	Communication from the Mayor relative to the appointment of Mr. Marty Shelton to the West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission for the term ending June 30, 2024, to fill the vacancy created by the withdrawal from consideration of Ms. Allison Buchner. Financial Disclosure Statement: Filed Background Check: Filed

	Community Impact Statement: None submitted

	TIME LIMIT FILE - NOVEMBER 25, 2022

	(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - NOVEMBER 23, 2022)

(8)

18-0445-S1
CD 8, CD 9	Environmental Impact Report, Addendum, pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Sections 15162 and 15164, and related CEQA findings, Reports and Recommendations from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission and Mayor, Resolutions, and General Plan Amendment relative to the Slauson Corridor Transit Neighborhood Plan. The Proposed Project includes amendments to the existing South Los Angeles and Southeast Los Angeles Community Plan Implementation Overlays (CPIO) Districts by creating a new CPIO chapter, “Chapter VI Slauson Subareas,” to set forth zoning regulations and development standards to promote green employment uses, expand affordable housing opportunities, and facilitate building design next to the future Active Transportation Corridor. Additionally, the Proposed Project amends both the South Los Angeles and Southeast Los Angeles Community Land Use Diagrams to reflect new General Plan Land Uses and zoning. This includes updated General Plan Land Use designations; Zone and Height District changes; changes to existing CPIO Subarea boundaries. The Proposed Project also revises the South Los Angeles and Southeast Los Angeles Community Plan text to include new Implementation Programs in Chapter 6 “Implementation.” The Proposed Project involves amendments to the West Adams-Baldwin Hills-Leimert CPIO to continue incentivizing publicly accessible open space and to further facilitate a direct extension of the future Active Transportation Corridor to the K Line’s Fairview Heights Station. Amendments to the West Adams-Baldwin Hills-Leimert CPIO do not involve changes to General Plan Land Use designations; nor underlying Zone and Height District changes; nor changes to CPIO boundaries and related plans and guidelines. The Proposed Project also revises the West Adams-Baldwin Hills-Leimert Community Plan Text to include new Implementation Programs in Chapter 6 “Implementation.” Applicant: City of Los Angeles Case No.: CPC-2019-4000-GPA-ZC-HD-CPIOA Environmental Nos. ENV-2008-1781-EIR-ADD1; ENV-2008-1780-EIR-ADD1, State Clearinghouse No. 2008101098 and No. 2008101097

	Fiscal Impact Statement: No

	Community Impact Statement: None submitted

(9)

15-0719-S19
	LADOT and Mobility Plan Environmental Impact Reports, Addendums, pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Sections 15162 and 15164, and related CEQA findings, Reports and Recommendations from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission and Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) relative to a proposed Ordinance amending Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 12.26 J to update the citywide Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Ordinance; two proposed Ordinances recommended by LADOT: 1) New Development Review Fee Ordinance; and 2) Mobility Investment Trust Fund, and related ordinances to align with the City’s climate action goals. This update to the existing 1993 TDM Ordinance proposes new requirements for developments that exceed certain size and use thresholds to incorporate strategies to reduce drive-alone automobile trips and expand access to alternative transportation options. Projects subject to the new regulations would be required to submit a TDM Plan to LADOT for review and approval before receiving a building permit. The proposed regulations would not apply to existing buildings, businesses, or residents. Applicant: City of Los Angeles Case No.: CPC-2021-3141-CA Environmental No. ENV-2013-0911-EIR-ADD3; SCH No. 2013041012

	Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

	Community Impact Statement: Yes For: North Westwood Neighborhood Council Mid City West Neighborhood Council South Robertson Neighborhood Council For, If Amended: Westside Neighborhood Council

	(This matter is referred to Transportation and Planning and Land Use Management Committees)

(10)

21-1083-S1
	Department of Cannabis Regulation report relative to a report back and status updates on the Social Equity Program (SEP), Compliance and Enforcement Division, environmental review and Public Convenience or Necessity processes, and proposed amendments to Article 4, Chapter X of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to reorganize, clarify and establish necessary procedures for the administration of the City’s commercial cannabis licensing and SEP.

	Fiscal Impact Statement: No

	Community Impact Statement: None submitted

(11)

20-1341
CD 1	CONTINUED FROM 12/7/21 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 the Morris Kight Residence, located at 1822 West 4th Street, in the list of Historic-Cultural Monuments. Applicant: Liza Brereton c/o AIDS Healthcare Foundation Owners: Westlake Apartment Development LLC; and Rafi Ventura, Sweetzer Lofts, LLC Case No. CHC-2020-3322-HCM Environmental No. ENV-2020-3323-CE

	Fiscal Impact Statement: No

	Community Impact Statement: None submitted

(12)

22-1117
CD 5, CD 13	Mitigated Negative Declaration pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Section 15074(b), and related CEQA findings; report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC), draft Ordinance effectuating a Zone Change and Height District Change from C4-1XL and CM-1VL to (T)(Q)CM-2D for Lots 21-23 of the project site, and Appeal filed by Melrose Avenue Owner, LLC, Baradas Investment Group (Representative: Kyndra Casper/Karen Hallock, DLA Piper LLP) from the LACPC's determination in denying a Waiver of Dedication and/or Improvement to waive a three-foot dedication along Melrose Avenue and a 15-foot by 15-foot corner cut or 20-foot radius property line return at the intersection of Melrose Avenue and Seward Street, in accordance with Avenue II standards, for the demolition of an existing one-story commercial building and surface parking lot, and the construction, use, and maintenance of a 67,889 square-foot, five-story office-retail building, which will include 67,242 square feet of office space and 647 square feet of retail space, will rise to a maximum height of approximately 77 feet and nine inches (73 feet and six inches to the top of the parapet), provide 168 vehicular parking spaces and 26 bicycle parking spaces on the ground floor and two subterranean levels, and with the addition of the existing building floor area that will remain on Lots 18-20 (developed with two, two-story commercial buildings) the Project proposes a Floor Area Ratio of 1.88 to 1; for the properties located at 6101 - 6117 West Melrose Avenue; and 713 - 735 North Seward Street, subject to Modified Conditions of Approval. Applicant: Melrose Avenue Owner, LLC, Bardas Investment Group Representative: Kyndra Casper/Karen Hallock, DLA Piper LLP Case No. CPC-2021-2908-ZC-HD-ZAD-WDI-SPR-1A Environmental No. ENV-2021-2909-MND

	Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

	Community Impact Statement: None submitted

(13)

22-0454
CD 1	CONTINUED FROM 10/4/22 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 the Pacific Dining Car, located at 1300 – 1314 West 6th Street, in the list of Historic-Cultural Monuments. Applicant: Douglas E. Wance, Buchalter Owner: Wesley A. II and Toby Idol, Trustees, Wesley II and Toby Idol Trust Case No. CHC-2021-9217-HCM Environmental No. ENV-2021-9218-CE

	Fiscal Impact Statement: No

	Community Impact Statement: None submitted

(14)

22-0741
CD 13	CONTINUED FROM 10/4/22 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 the Queen of Elysian Heights, located at 2004 North Echo Park Avenue and 1553 West Ewing Street, in the list of Historic-Cultural Monuments. Applicant: Paul Bowers, Silver Lake Heritage Trust Owners: Cosmo Padilla, Executor of the Estate of Mary P. Jarrin c/o Elizabeth H. Dale, Gifford, Dearing & Abernathy, LLP, Alfred C. Jarrin and Mary P. Jarrin, and NELA Development 1 LLC Case No. CHC-2022-434-HCM Environmental No. ENV-2022-435-CE

	Fiscal Impact Statement: No

	Community Impact Statement: None submitted

(15)

22-1098
CD 5	Sustainable Communities Environmental Assessment (SCEA), No. ENV-2022-2280-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), for the future consideration of the development of the project identified as Planning Case No. DIR-2022-2279-TOC-SPR-VHCA; for the determination that the proposed project is a transit priority project, as defined by PRC Section 21155, that is consistent with the general use designations, density, building intensity, and applicable policies specified for the project area in the Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS) prepared by the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG); contains more than 50 percent residential; provides a minimum net density greater than 20 units an acre; and is within one-half mile of a major transit stop or high-quality transit corridor included in a regional transportation plan; the proposed project is a residential or mixed-use project as defined by PRC Section 21159.28(d), that incorporates all feasible mitigation measures, performance standards, or criteria set forth in the prior environmental reports, including SCAG’s 2016-2040 RTP/SCS and 2020-2045 RTP/SCS Program Environmental Impact Reports; all potentially significant or significant effects required to be identified and analyzed pursuant to CEQA in an initial study have been identified and analyzed in an initial study; and with respect to each significant effect on the environment required to be identified in the initial study, changes or alterations have been required in or incorporated into the project that avoids or mitigates the significant effects to a level of insignificance; mitigation measures will be made enforceable conditions on the project; for the proposed construction of a mixed-use development with 290 residential units (36 studio units, 158 1-bedroom units, and 96 2-bedroom units) and 7,500 square feet of restaurant commercial use in a 28-story, 297,690-square-foot building, including 29 Extremely Low Income affordable housing units, include a total of 426 vehicle parking spaces, 184 bicycle parking spaces (164 long term and 20 short term), and 54,540 square feet of open space, as well as an approximately 4,500 square-foot publicly accessible pocket park located at the northern portion of the Project Site; for the properties located at 1022 – 1066 South La Cienega Boulevard. Applicant: Will Cipes, 1050 La Cienega, LLC Representative: Matt Dzurec, Armbruster, Goldsmith & Delvac, LLP Case No. DIR-2022-2279-TOC-SPR-VHCA Environmental No. ENV-2022-2280-SCEA

	Fiscal Impact Statement: No

	Community Impact Statement: None submitted

(16)

21-1272
CD 5	CONTINUED FROM 9/20/22 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 appeal filed by Jan Fathi, Operator of Habibi Café (Representative: Martin S. Wolf, Esq., MSW Law Firm) from the determination in part of the Zoning Administrator, in requiring the imposition of Condition Nos. 1 (Plan Approval), 5 (Covenant Recording), 10 (Hours of Operation), 19 (Los Angeles Police Department Private Event Approval) and 20 (Private Events), 24 (Lighting), 45 (Acknowledgement of New Operator), 46 (Plan Approval for New Operator), 47 (Fee), and 48 (Indemnification), pursuant to Section 12.27.1 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, for the modification of the operation of an existing approximately 3,356 square-foot restaurant/retail use, currently known as the Habibi Café, located at 923-925 South Broxton Avenue. Pursuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 12.27.1 C.4., the Planning and Land Use Management Committee may recommend to the City Council to require the modification, discontinuance, revocation of the use, uphold the Zoning Administrator's determination, or impose additional corrective conditions regarding its use in order to mitigate any land use impacts. Applicant: City of Los Angeles, Office of Zoning Administration Case No. DIR-2021-1463-RV-1A Environmental No. ENV-2021-1464-CE

	Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

	Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Westwood Neighborhood Council

If you challenge this Committee's action(s) 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 delivered to the City Clerk at or prior to, the public hearing. Any written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk before the City Council's final action on a matter will become a part of the administrative record.

Materials relative to items on this agenda can be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System, at lacouncilfile.com by entering the Council File number listed immediately following the item number (e.g., 00-0000).

Telecommunication Relay Services

Telephone communication is one of the most important forms of communication in society today. Due to advancements in technology, telephone devices have evolved with new services and capabilities. Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability are following these trends and are rapidly migrating to more advanced telecommunications methods, both for peer-to-peer and third-party telecommunications relay service (TRS) communications.

Telecommunications Relay Service is a telephone service that allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities to place and receive telephone calls. TRS is available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories for local and/or long distance calls. TRS providers - generally telephone companies - are compensated for the costs of providing TRS from either a state or a federal fund. There is no cost to the TRS user.

What forms of TRS are available?There are several forms of TRS, depending on the particular needs of the user and the equipment available: TRS includes: Text to Voice TIY-Based TRS; Speech-to-Speech Relay Service; Shared Non-English Language Relay Service; Captioned Telephone Relay Service; Internet Protocol Relay Service; and Video Relay Service. Please visit this site for detail descriptions, https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.

Don't hang up! Some people hang up on TRS calls because they think the CA is a telemarketer. If you hear, "Hello. This is the relay service .. . " when you pick up the phone, please don't hang up! You are about to talk, through a TRS provider, to a person who is deaf, hard-of-hearing, or has a speech disability.

For more information about FCC programs to promote access to telecommunications services for people with disabilities, visit theFCC's Disability Rights Office website.

Subscribe

Success