City Council

(8) 22-0652 CD 14 CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION and PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Appeal filed for the property located at 2345 – 2421 South Santa Fe Avenue. Recommendations for Council action: FIND, based on the whole of the administrative record, that the project is exempt from the CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Article 19, Section 15332, Class 32, and there is no substantial evidence demonstrating that an exception to a categorical exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15300.2 applies. ADOPT the FINDINGS of the Central Los Angeles Area Planning Commission (CLAAPC) as the Findings of Council. RESOLVE TO DENY THE APPEALS filed by: 1) Concerned Citizens for Santa Fe Art Colony (Representative: Channel Law Group, LLP); and, 2) Sylvia Tidwell, Santa Fe Art Colony Tenants Association; and THEREBY SUSTAIN the determination of the of the CLAAPC, in approving a Categorical Exemption as the environmental clearance for the rehabilitation and conversion of an existing warehouse located at the rear of the property to joint living and work quarters for artists and artisans with 18 new dwelling units and 18 required onsite parking spaces (24 new onsite parking spaces provided by the applicant), for the property located at 2345 – 2421 South Santa Fe Avenue. Applicant: Art Colony Property LLC Representative: three6ixty Case No.: ZA-­2019-­7192-­ZAD-­1A Environmental No. ENV-­2019-­7193-­CE-­1A