Los Angeles — 2024-03-14

1. DIRECTOR’S REPORT AND COMMISSION BUSINESS\n● Legal actions and issues update\n● Items of Interest\n● Advance Calendar\n● Commission Requests

4. RECONSIDERATIONS\na. MOTIONS TO RECONSIDER – The Commission may make a motion to reconsider a Commission\nAction on any agenda items from its previous meeting, consistently with the Commission Rule 9.3,\nprovided the Commission retains jurisdiction over the matter.\nb. MERITS OF ANY ITEM THE COMMISSION HAS VOTED TO RECONSIDER – If a majority of the\nCommission has approved a motion to reconsider a Commission Action, the Commission may address\nthe merits of the original Commission Action.

5. CONSENT CALENDAR (NO ITEMS)\nConsent Calendar items are considered to be not controversial and will be treated as one agenda item.\nThe Consent Calendar will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items\nunless the item is removed from the Consent Calendar, in which event the item will be considered as time\nallows on the regular agenda.

6. CPC-2022-9266-CU Council District: 14 – de Leon\nCEQA: ENV-2004-1950-EIR-ADD5 Last Day to Act: 03-14-24\nPlan Area: Northeast Los Angeles Continued from: 10-12-23; 10-26-23\n11-02-23; 12-14-23\n01-11-24\nPUBLIC HEARING – Completed June 27, 2023\nPROJECT SITE: 1590 North Eastlake Avenue; 1425 – 1501 North San Pablo Street;\n1540 – 1580 East Alcazar Street\nPROPOSED PROJECT:\nConstruction of a new seven-story, 143.5 feet in-height, multi-discipline research facility (USC Discovery\nand Translation Hub) proposed to be developed on the westerly portion of the USC Health Sciences\nCampus. The proposed building would contain two subterranean levels and comprise approximately\n201,292 square feet of floor area. The proposed use would accommodate over 84 researchers and would\nsupport both "wet" (bench) and "dry" (computational) laboratory research.\nREQUESTED ACTIONS:\n1. Pursuant to California Exemption Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Sections 15162 and 15164, in\nconsideration of the whole of the administrative record, that the Project was assessed in previously\ncertified Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Case No. ENV-2004-1950-EIR, certified in August 2006\nand as supported by the fifth Addendum dated September 2023, no major revisions are required to\nthe EIR, and no subsequent EIR or negative declaration is required for approval of the Project; and\n2. Pursuant to Section 12.24 U.14 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, a Major Conditional Use Permit\nto permit the development of 201,292 square feet of nonresidential floor area in the C2 Zone.\nApplicant: Bryan Eck, University of Southern California\nRepresentative: Matt Dzurec, Armbruster Goldsmith & Delvac\nStaff: Esther Ahn, City Planner\nesther.ahn@lacity.org\n(213) 978-1486

7. CPC-2023-2058-CU-DB-MCUP-CUW-SPR-VHCA Council District: 5 – Yaroslavsky\nCEQA: ENV-2023-2059-SCEA Last Day to Act: 03-24-24\nPlan Area: Wilshire Continued From: 02-08-24\nPUBLIC HEARING – Completed November 28, 2023\nPROJECT SITE: 400, 406, 410, 414, 418, 420, 424, 426, 432 South San Vicente Boulevard\nPROPOSED PROJECT:\nDemolition of the Beverly Plaza Shopping Center, which consists of a two-story commercial strip mall and\nsurface parking and one adjacent commercial building with a combined 22,494 square feet of floor area for\nthe construction, use, and maintenance of an eight-story (100 feet above grade), mixed-use building with\n126 residential dwelling units, and 11,615 square feet of ground floor commercial restaurant uses. The\nProposed Project will encompass a total floor area of 208,901 square feet resulting in a Floor Area Ratio\n(FAR) of 6.3:1. Fifteen percent of the Proposed Project’s base density (14 dwelling units) will be deed\nrestricted for Very Low Income Households. The Proposed Project will include three levels of subterranean\nparking with 153 vehicle parking spaces and 109 bicycle parking spaces.\nREQUESTED ACTIONS:\n1. Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section (PRC) 21155.2(b), in consideration of the whole of the\nadministrative record, adopt the Sustainable Communities Environmental Assessment No. ENV-2023-\n2059-SCEA (SCEA), adopt Findings pursuant to PRC 21155.2, and adopt the Mitigation Monitoring\nProgram;\n2. Pursuant to Section 12.24 U.26 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), a Conditional Use Permit\nfor a housing development project in which the density increase is greater than otherwise permitted\nby LAMC Section 12.22 A.25. The Project seeks a density bonus increase of 37.5 percent to permit\n126 dwelling units with 14 Very Low Income restricted affordable units;\n3. Pursuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 12.22 A.25, a Density Bonus Compliance Review to\npermit a mixed-use development project consisting of a total of 126 dwelling units of which a minimum\nof 14 will be set aside for Very Low Income Households, and with the following Off-Menu Incentives\nand Waivers of Development Standards:\na. An Off-Menu Incentive to permit 208,901 square feet of floor area (6.3:1 FAR) in lieu of 50,121\nsquare feet of floor area (1.5:1 FAR);\nb. An Off-Menu Incentive to permit a height of eight stories and 100 feet in lieu of three stories and\n45 feet otherwise permitted in the C2-1VL-O Zone;\nc. An Off-Menu Incentive to permit a zero-foot rear yard in lieu of 20 feet required by LAMC Section\n12.11 C.3;\nd. A Waiver of Development Standard to waive the transitional height limits otherwise required in\nLAMC Section 12.21.1.A.10;\ne. A Waiver of Development Standard for an open space reduction to permit 6,200 square feet of\nopen space in lieu of 16,575 square feet of open space required by LAMC Section 12.21 G.2;\nand\nf. A Waiver of Development Standard to provide a 680 square-foot loading zone with a maximum\nclear height of 12 feet in lieu of 809 square feet with a maximum clear height of 14 feet required\nby LAMC Section 12.21 C.6;\n4. Pursuant to LAMC Section 12.24 W.1, a Main Conditional Use Permit to the sale and dispensing of a\nfull line of alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption within the ground-floor commercial spaces and\nresidential common amenity areas for residents and guests only;\n5. Pursuant to LAMC Section 12.21 W.49, a Conditional Use Permit to permit a wireless communication\nfacility (WTF) on the rooftop of the new building which would replace an existing WTF on the rooftop\nof the existing building to be demolished; and\n6. Pursuant to LAMC Section 16.05, a Site Plan Review for a development that creates more than 50\nnew dwelling units.\nApplicant: J.J. Abraham, 400 S. San Vicente LLC\nRepresentative: Matt Dzurec, Armbruster Goldsmith & Delvac LLP\nStaff: David Woon, Planning Assistant\ndavid.woon@lacity.org\n(213) 978-1368

1. DIRECTOR’S REPORT AND COMMISSION BUSINESS\n● Legal actions and issues update\n● Items of Interest\n● Advance Calendar\n● Commission Requests

4. RECONSIDERATIONS\na. MOTIONS TO RECONSIDER – The Commission may make a motion to reconsider a Commission\nAction on any agenda items from its previous meeting, consistently with the Commission Rule 9.3,\nprovided the Commission retains jurisdiction over the matter.\nSouth Valley Area Planning Commission 2 March 14, 2024\nb. MERITS OF ANY ITEM THE COMMISSION HAS VOTED TO RECONSIDER – If a majority of the\nCommission has approved a motion to reconsider a Commission Action, the Commission may address\nthe merits of the original Commission Action.

5. APCSV-2016-1344-CU-ZC-WDI Council District: 6 – Padilla\nCEQA: ENV-2016-1345-CE Last Day to Act: 04-17-24\nPlan Area: Van Nuys – North Sherman Oaks\nPUBLIC HEARING – Completed February 13, 2024\nPROJECT SITE: 6344 North Sepulveda Boulevard\nPROPOSED PROJECT:\nThe addition of 16 outdoor vacuum cleaner stations as an accessory use to an existing car wash, auto\nrepair, and auto lube service, on a 1.2 acre site in the C2-1VL-RIO and P-1VL-RIO Zone. The requested\nentitlement is for a Zone Change from P-1VL-RIO to C2-1VL-RIO, in conformance with the General\nCommercial land use designation of the Van Nuys-North Sherman Oaks Community Plan and a\nConditional Use Permit to allow the expansion of an auto related use (vacuum stations) within 500 feet of\na residential use and to open at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday in lieu of 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.\notherwise required.\nREQUESTED ACTIONS:\n1. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15301 (Class 1 - Existing Facilities) and CEQA Guidelines\nSection 15303 (Class 3 - New construction or conversion of small structures), an Exemption from\nCEQA, and that there is no substantial evidence demonstrating that an exception to a categorical\nexemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15300.2 applies;\n2. Pursuant to Section 12.32 F of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), a Zone Change from P-1VL-\nRIO to C2-1VL-RIO;\n3. Pursuant to LAMC Section 12.24 W.4, a Conditional Use to permit the expansion of an auto related\nuse (vacuum cleaner stations) within 500 feet of a residential use or zone, and deviations from and\nthe following deviation from the operational standards of LAMC Section 12.22 A.28 for:\na. Project is proposing hours of operation from 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and\n7:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Saturday in lieu of 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m and 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on\nSunday in lieu of 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. as otherwise limited by LAMC Section 12.22 A.28(b)(5);\nb. Project is requesting the legalization of an up to eight feet over-in-height fence in lieu of the 36\ninches otherwise permitted in the front yard for automotive uses on Sepulveda Boulevard and\nHalbrent Avenue per LAMC Section 12.22. A.28(a)(4); and\nc. Project is requesting an exception to the five foot landscape buffer on Sepulveda Boulevard and\nHalbrent Avenue required per LAMC Section 12.22 A.28(a)(9); and\n4. Pursuant to LAMC Section 12.37 I.3, a Waiver of Dedication and/or Improvement for a 12-foot sidewalk\non Sepulveda Boulevard and street repairs on Halbrent Ave.\nApplicant: Farzad N. Nourollah, FN Property Investments 3\nRepresentative: Nathan Freeman, FMG\nStaff: Christian Pearson, Planning Assistant\nchristian.pearson@lacity.org\n(213) 978-1181