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Agenda Item 10
(10)\n25-0159-S2\nCD 14\nRelated to Council file Nos. 25-0159 and 25-0159-S1\nPreviously Certified Environmental Impact Report (EIR) No. ENV-2021-2232-\nEIR, [State Clearing House (SCH)] No. 2021110015, and related California\nEnvironmental Quality Act findings; report from Los Angeles City Planning\nCommission (LACPC); and, an Appeal filled by CREED LA (Representative:\nKelilah D. Federman, Adams Broadwell, Joseph & Cardozo), from the\ndetermination of the LACPC in approving: 1) a Vesting Conditional Use Permit,\npursuant to LAMC Section 12.24W.19, to allow floor area averaging in a\nUnified Mixed-Use Development within a C or M Zone; 2) a Zone Variance,\npursuant to LAMC Section 12.27, to permit vehicular access to a loading zone\nfrom a public street and not the adjacent alley way; and, 3) a Site Plan Review,\npursuant to LAMC Section 16.05, for a development that results in an increase\nof more than 50,000 gross square feet of non-residential floor area; for the\nViolet Street Creative Office Campus Project (Project), a redevelopment and\nexpansion of an existing office campus on an approximately six-acre site, the\nProject proposes to demolish two buildings with 35,738 square feet of\nwarehouse and office uses and associated surface parking for the new\nconstruction of a 13-story, 450,599 square-foot building comprised of 435,100\nsquare feet of office uses, 15,499 square feet of ground floor retail and/or\nrestaurant uses, and four subterranean and three above-grade levels of\nparking, all located on the southwestern portion of the Project Site (known as\nLot 1), in addition, a Future Campus Expansion Phase could allow for the\ndemolition of another existing 21,880 square-foot office building at the corner of\nViolet Street and Santa Fe Avenue for the new construction of up to 211,201\nsquare feet of additional office and restaurant uses, the existing 222,915-\nsquare-foot Warner Music Group building (originally the Ford Factory building,\na designated historic resource) and an existing five-story parking garage would\nbe retained as part of the Project; for the property located at 2045 Violet Street\n(2030 - 2060 East 7th Street; 715 - 829 East Santa Fe Avenue; 2016 - 2040\nand 2023 - 2043 East 7th Place; and 2017 - 2051 Violet Street), subject to\nmodified Conditions of Approval; and adoption of modified project findings.\nApplicant: AI Violet, LLC and AI Violet B2, LLC\nRepresentative: Jonathan Lonner, Burns and Bouchard, Inc.\nCase No. CPC-2021-2231-GPA-VZC-HD-VCU-ZV-SPR-1A\nEnvironmental No. ENV-2021-2232-EIR\nRelated Cases: CPC-2021-2231-GPA-VZC-HD-VCU-ZV-SPR, VTT-83382-\n2A, VTT-83382-1A, VTT-83382\nFiscal Impact Statement: No