Meeting

Planning and Land Use Management Committee

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 2:00 PM

JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER
ROOM 340, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

MEMBERS:		COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD, CHAIR
		COUNCILMEMBER HEATHER HUTT
		COUNCILMEMBER ADRIN NAZARIAN
		COUNCILMEMBER JOHN S. LEE
		COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN

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MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT

GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT

ITEM(S)

(1)

24-1570
CD 1	Continued from February 25, 2025 Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15303 Class 3, and related CEQA findings; report from the East Los Angeles Area Planning Commission (ELAAPC); and, an Appeal filed by Sarah Ramage, Frontenac Avenue Safety Coalition, from the ELAAPC’s determination in approving a Categorical Exemption as the environmental clearance for the construction, use, and maintenance of a new two-story single family-dwelling measuring approximately 3,731 square feet with a 393 square foot covered garage on an 8,696.8 square foot vacant lot that is located within the Mount Washington-Glassell Park Specific Plan area; for the property located at 504 West Avenue 44. Applicant: Bert Youn & Miyoug Kim Representative: Stayner Architects, Christian Stayner Case No. ZA-2022-7295-ZAA-ZAD-SPP-HCA-1A Environmental No. ENV-2022-7296-CE-1A Related Case: ZA-2022-7295-ZAA-ZAD-SPP-HCA

	Fiscal Impact Statement: No

	Community Impact Statement: None submitted

(2)

24-1609
CD 3	Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND), No. ENV-2022-8611-MND, pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Sections 15162 and 15164, and related Environmental findings; report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC), a draft Ordinance effectuating a Zone Change and Height District Change from C4-1LD and P-1LD to (T)C2-2; and an appeal filed by West Valley Alliance for Optimal Living (Representative: Jamie T. Hall, Channel Law Group, LLP) from the LACPC’s determination in: 1) approving pursuant to the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 11.5.7 F, Specific Plan Exceptions from the Ventura/Cahuenga Boulevard Corridor Specific Plan (Ordinance No. 166560) in conjunction with the development of a self-storage building to permit: Self-storage site (Parcel A): a) 112,204 square feet of floor area in lieu of 40,024 square feet permitted for a 3.7:1 Floor Area Ratio (FAR) in lieu of a 1.25:1 FAR permitted in Section 6.B.1.a; b) 80 feet four inches in height in lieu of 45 feet as permitted in the Specific Plan Section 7.E 1.e.3; and c) Zero feet landscape buffer in lieu of 10 feet along Clarendon Street and six feet 11 inches in lieu of 10 feet along Alhama Drive as required in Specific Plan Section 7.D 1.b; Hotel Site (Parcel B): a) Zero feet landscape buffer in lieu of 10 feet along Alhama Drive and four feet landscape buffer in lieu of 10 feet along Ventura Boulevard as required in Specific Plan Section 7.D 1.b; and b) 95 parking spaces in lieu of 134 parking spaces as permitted in the Specific Plan Section 7.F.1.d; 2) approving, pursuant to LAMC Section 11.5.7 C, and Section 9 of the Ventura/Cahuenga Boulevard Corridor Specific Plan, a Specific Plan Project Permit Compliance Review to permit the construction of a self-storage facility with an associated office space and the relocation of a swimming pool at an existing hotel; 3) approving, pursuant to LAMC Section 12.24 W.50, a Conditional Use to allow for the development of a storage building for household goods within 500 feet of a residential use; 4) approving, pursuant to LAMC Section 12.24 S, a Conditional Use to allow up to 20 percent parking reduction for the storage building, otherwise required by LAMC; and 5) approving, pursuant to LAMC Section 16.05, a Site Plan Review for a development of a project resulting in a net increase of 50,000 square feet of nonresidential floor area; for the minor improvements to an existing hotel on the site, including the configuration of hotel parking areas, demolition of the existing hotel swimming pool, and construction, use, and maintenance of a new pool and ancillary structures to the eastern portion of the hotel project site and a six-story, 112,204-square foot self-storage facility, including approximately 111,173 square feet of self-storage for household goods with an 804-square foot associated office and support space, with loading areas, and surface parking, the self-storage building will be a maximum of 80 feet four inches, as measured from grade to the top of the roof structure with a maximum FAR of 3.7:1, the project includes 95 vehicle parking spaces for the hotel site and 29 parking spaces for the self-storage building site to be provided in surface parking lots located on the project site, additionally, the project includes 16 short-term bicycle parking spaces and 16 long-term bicycle parking spaces; for the property located at 21101 West Ventura Boulevard, subject to Conditions of Approval; and adoption of project findings. Applicant: Mike Gallen, Johnson Development Associates, Inc Representative: Sara Houghton, Three6ixty Case No. CPC-2022-8609-ZC-HD-SPE-SPP-CU-SPR Environmental No. ENV-2022-8611-MND Related Case: AA-2022-8610-PMLA

	Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

	Community Impact Statement: None submitted

	TIME LIMIT FILE - JUNE 14, 2025

	(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - JUNE 13, 2025)

(3)

24-1521
	Motion (Hernandez - Price - Harris-Dawson) relative to instructing the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, Department of City Planning, Bureau of Engineering, Department of Sanitation, Los Angeles Fire Department, and Los Angeles Department of Transportation, in consultation with the City Attorney, to prepare a report with recommendations requiring coordination with any County, State, or Federal agency with jurisdiction over contaminated sites, including but not limited to the Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Air Resources Board, and the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, and creation of a clearance for the issuance of any permits for development projects on private property seeking to repurpose existing brownfield sites (i.e., contaminated sites listed on a State database) into other proposed land uses; and related matters. (Also referred to the Energy and Environment Committee)

	Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Westside Neighborhood Council Palms Neighborhood Council

(4)

25-0247
	Motion (Raman - Yaroslavsky - Blumenfield) instructing the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, in consultation with the Los Angeles Fire Department and the Department of City Planning, and with requested input from Livable Cities Initiative and the American Institute of Architects Los Angeles, to present within 90 days modifications to the City’s Building Code to allow for single-exit, single-stairway, multifamily unit residential buildings up to six stories; and related matters.

	Community Impact Statement: None submitted

(5)

24-1580
	Motion (Yaroslavsky - McOsker - Soto-Martinez) relative to instructing the Department of City Planning with the assistance of the Los Angeles Fire Department, Petroleum Administrator and City Attorney, to prepare an interim control ordinance that would halt the practice of oil well acid maintenance; and related matters. (Also referred to the Energy and Environment Committee)

	Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Westside Neighborhood Council Harbor Gateway North Neighborhood Council

(6)

23-0908
CD 3	City Attorney report relative to a court-issued Writ of Mandate and court judgement commanding the City Council to set aside, vacate, and annul the City Council’s October 13, 2023 action adopting the Planning and Land Use Management Committee’s report denying the appeal filed by 8217 Winnetka LLC & Bedrock Properties Group, LLC c/o Leon Benrimon and sustaining the determination of incompleteness by the Department of City Planning under the Permit Streamlining Act for the property located at 8217 North Winnetka Avenue. Applicant: Bedrock Properties Group, LLC dba Uncommon Developers, Leon Benrimon Representative: Dave Rand and Olivia Joncich, Rand Paster & Nelson LLP Case No. CPC-2023-4274-DB-PHP-VHCA-1A Environmental No. ENV-2023-5358-EAF

	Fiscal Impact Statement: No

	Community Impact Statement: None submitted

(7)

23-0623-S1
	Motion (McOsker - Padilla) relative to instructing the Department of City Planning and the Chief Legislative Analyst, with the assistance of the City Attorney and the Los Angeles Housing Department, to report on language that best incorporates the State labor standards specified in Assembly Bill 785, Assembly Bill 2011, Senate Bill 4, Senate 423 and the labor standards of United to House Los Angeles, into the draft Affordable Housing Streamlining Ordinance (CPC-2023-5273-CA) pending under Council file No. 23-0623-S1. (Also referred to the Housing and Homelessness Committee)

	Community Impact Statement: Yes For If Amended: Empowerment Congress North Neighborhood Council North Westwood Neighborhood Council Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council

(8)

21-1395-S1
	Motion (Hernandez - McOsker - Blumenfield) relative to instructing the Board of Public Works' Office of Petroleum and Natural Gas Administration and Safety, with the assistance of the City Administrative Officer, and in consultation with, but not limited to, the Department of City Planning, the Los Angeles Fire Department, and the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, the City Attorney, and any Council Office/Mayor's Office, to report on recommendations on instituting best practices regarding to oil and gas uses in the land use regulatory process, in addition to solutions to protect the health and safety of residents from developments built over oil wells; and related matters. (Also referred to the Energy and Environment Committee)

	Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Westside Neighborhood Council Winnetka Neighborhood Council Mar Vista Neighborhood Council Elysian Valley Riverside Neighborhood Council

(9)

25-0150
CD 15	Previously Certified Environmental Impact Report (EIR) No. ENV. 2021-10633-EIR [State Clearinghouse (SCH) No. 2021010117], and related Environmental findings, reports from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission and the Mayor; Resolution relative to General Plan Amendments to the San Pedro Community Plan to change the land use designation from Low Medium II Residential to Community Commercial for a portion of the project site; to add the OSP Zone as a corresponding zone to the Community Commercial land use designation, and to the Transportation Element of the General Plan (Mobility Plan 2035) to reclassify First Street from Harbor Boulevard to Mesa Street from an Avenue II to a Collector Street; draft Ordinance effectuating a Vesting Zone Change and Height District Change from RD1.5-1XL-CPIO and C2-2D-CPIO to the OSP Zone; and a corresponding Code Amendment to establish the OSP Zone as a Special Zone in a new Section 8.3.5 of Chapter 1A of the Los Angeles Municipal Code; approving pursuant to LAMC Section 12.32, the establishment of the One San Pedro Specific Plan to regulate development within the Project Site; and approving pursuant to LAMC Sections 12.32 and 13.14, a CPIO Amendment to the San Pedro CPIO to remove the Project Site from the San Pedro CPIO boundary; for the One San Pedro Project (Project) that would establish the One San Pedro Specific Plan (Specific Plan) to allow for the phased redevelopment of the existing Rancho San Pedro public housing development, which occupies nine city blocks encompassing approximately 19.5 acres (Project Site), the Specific Plan would establish standards to regulate land use, development, and design and would permit a maximum of 1,553 dwelling units, including restricted affordable units, and 130,000 square feet of commercial space, incorporate approximately 5.3 acres of publicly accessible open space and circulation and public right-of-way improvements; for the property located at 275 West 1st Street (APNs 7449-017-900, 7449-017-901,7449-017-902, 7449-018-900, 7449-018-901,7449-018-902, 7455-017-900, 7455-027-929, 7455-027-930, and 7455-027-931); and adoption of project findings. Applicant: Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles Representative: Jim Ries, Craig Lawson & Co., LLC Case No. CPC-2023-372-GPAJ-VZCJ-HD-SP-CPIOA-HCA Environmental No. ENV-2021-10633-EIR (SCH No. 2021010117) Related Case No. VTT-83500-HCA

	Fiscal Impact Statement: No

	Community Impact Statement: None submitted

	TIME LIMIT FILE - APRIL 27, 2025

	(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - APRIL 25, 2025)

(10)

25-0210
CD 13	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 Amasis Apartments, located at 747 North Wilcox Avenue, in the list of Historic-Cultural Monuments. Applicant: James Dastoli Owners: Robert S Eisenstein, Co-Trustee, R S and E Eisenstein Trust and A Isaacs, Co-Trustee, Isaacs Trust Case No. CHC-2024-4345-HCM Environmental No. ENV-2024-4346-CE

	Fiscal Impact Statement: No

	Community Impact Statement: None submitted

	TIME LIMIT FILE - APRIL 16, 2025

	(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - APRIL 11, 2025)

(11)

24-1371
CD 4	Continued from February 11, 2025 Environmental Impact Report (EIR) No. ENV-2016-4180-EIR (State Clearinghouse No. 2018041016) dated March 2021 and the related Final EIR, dated November 2021 (collectively, 3003 Runyon Canyon Project EIR), Mitigation Monitoring Program, and related Environmental findings, report from the South Valley Area Planning Commission (SVAPC); and Appeals filed by: 1) Paul Edelman, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy; 2) Garrett Weinstein, Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority; and, 3) Jamie T. Hall, Channel Law Group, representing the Federation of Hillside and Canyon Associations, Inc., from the SVAPC’s determination in approving pursuant to Section 12.27 D of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), a Zone Variance to allow a second kitchen to be built within the new single-family dwelling without the removal of the existing kitchen in the existing single-family dwelling, for relief from LAMC Section 12.07.01 A.1; approving pursuant to LAMC Section 12.24X.26, a Zoning Administrator's Determination to permit three retaining walls instead of two retaining walls of up to 10 feet in height as otherwise required per LAMC Section 12.21 C.8(a); approving pursuant to LAMC Section 12.24X.26 a Zoning Administrator’s Determination to allow 28,012 cubic yards of grading to occur on-site in lieu of the maximum “by-right” grading quantities as delineated in LAMC Section 12.21C.10(f)(1) and (2); approving pursuant to LAMC Section 11.5.7 F, a Specific Plan Exception to permit construction within 50 feet of a prominent ridgeline as otherwise prohibited per the Mulholland Scenic Parkway Specific Plan Section 5.B.1; and, approving pursuant to LAMC Sections 11.5.7 C and 16.50, a Project Permit Compliance and Design Review as required by the Mulholland Scenic Parkway Specific Plan (Ordinance No.167943); for the construction of a new, 5,500 square foot, two-story, single-family dwelling (SFD) and 600 square foot attached two-car garage, and a fully underground 3,000 square foot basement, the total Residential Floor Area of the new structure is 5,700 square foot and a maximum height of 29 feet tall on a 197,435 square foot lot, the project involves the conversion of an existing on-site 2,018 SFD to an Accessory Living Quarter, the SFD includes three bedrooms, decks, pool, theater, and gym, a total of five automobile parking spaces are proposed, the project is located within 50 vertical feet of a prominent ridgeline and is within 200 feet of public parkland, a total of 28-non-protected trees to be removed and one protected Toyon to be removed, the request also includes a haul route approval, if needed, for the following grading quantities: Cut: 14,006 Cubic Yards (CUYD), Fill 14,006 CUYD, Export: 0 CUYD, and Import 0 CUYD; for the property located at 3003 North Runyon Canyon Road, subject to Conditions of Approval; and adoption of project findings. Applicant: Manny Valencia Representative: Sheri Bonstelle and Chris Parker Case No. APCSV-2016-4179-SPE-DRB-SPP-MSP-ZV-ZAD-1A Environmental No. ENV-2016-4180-EIR

	Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

	Community Impact Statement: None submitted

	TIME LIMIT FILE - APRIL 1, 2025

	(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - APRIL 1, 2025)

(12)

25-0056
CD 4	Categorical Exemption, pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Sections 15332, Class 32, report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC), and appeal filed by Supporters Alliance for Environmental Responsibility (SAFER) (Representative: Hayley Uno, Lozeau Drury LLP) from the LACPC’s determination in: 1) approving a Categorical Exemption as the environmental clearance for the project; 2) approving, pursuant to the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 12.22 A.25, a Density Bonus Compliance Review to permit a residential development project consisting of 95 dwelling units of which 11 units will be set aside for Very Low Income Households, and with the following On-Menu Incentive: a) An On-Menu Incentive to permit the averaging of Floor Area Ratio (FAR), density, open space, parking, and access across the [Q]C21L-CDO-RIO and RA-1L-RIO Zones; 3) approving, pursuant to LAMC Section 13.08, a Community Design Overlay Compliance Review with the design guidelines and standard of the Reseda Central Business District Community Design Overlay District (CDO); 4) and approving, pursuant to LAMC Section 16.05, a Site Plan Review for a development resulting in 50 or more dwelling units; for the demolition of the existing commercial building and carport and the construction, use, and maintenance of a new seven-story, 95-unit residential development of which 15 percent of the base density, or 11 dwelling units, will be set aside for Very Low Income Households, the project proposes 102 vehicle parking spaces located within the ground-floor and second-floor levels, the project also proposes a total of 79 bicycle parking spaces; for the property located at 18430 – 18434 West Vanowen Street, subject to Conditions of Approval; and adoption of project findings. Applicant: Daniel Kashani, Tristar Realty Group Representative: Olivia Joncich, Rand Paster & Nelson, LLP Case No. CPC-2022-8567-DB-CDO-SPR-VHCA-1A Environmental No. ENV-2023-8568-CE

	Financial Policies Statement: Yes

	Community Impact Statement: None submitted

	TIME LIMIT FILE - MARCH 28, 2025

	(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - MARCH 28, 2025)

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