City Council

(5) 23-0091 CD 2 MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION, MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM, PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT, RESOLUTION, and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change and Height District Change for the property located at 5256 – 5272 North Vineland Avenue. Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR: FIND, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15074(b), after consideration of the whole of the administrative record, including the Mitigated Negative Declaration, No. ENV-2020-1947-MND, and all comments received, with the imposition of mitigation measures, there is no substantial evidence that the Project will have a significant effect on the environment; FIND the Mitigated Negative Declaration reflects the independent judgment and analysis of the City; FIND the mitigation measures have been made enforceable conditions on the Project; and ADOPT the Mitigated Negative Declaration and the Mitigation Monitoring Program prepared for the Mitigated Negative Declaration. ADOPT the FINDINGS of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC) as the Findings of Council. ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION, dated February 14, 2023, as recommended by the Mayor and the LACPC APPROVING a General Plan Amendment to exclude the Project Site from the General Plan Footnote Number 4, establishing a three-story and 45-foot height limit within the Industrial land use designations. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE, dated August 25, 2022, to effectuate a Zone Change and Height District Change from CM­1VL to (T)(Q)CM­2D, pursuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 12.32; for the demolition of an existing, one-story, approximately 14,300-­square-­foot commercial manufacturing building and construct a five-story, 62 feet in height, 98,413 square-foot mixed-use building, the Project would include 94,785 square feet of household storage space, 740 square feet of associated management office space, and 2,888 square feet of artist incubator/support/studio space (“artist space”), the Project includes 28 vehicular parking spaces and 36 bicycle parking spaces in an at-grade parking level shielded from the street frontage by the ground level artist/incubator/studio space, the Project would be built on an approximately 30,000-­square-­foot lot resulting in a Floor Area Ratio of approximately 3.28:1; for the property located at 5256 – 5272 North Vineland Avenue, subject to Conditions of Approval. INSTRUCT the Department of City Planning to update the General Plan and appropriate maps pursuant to this action. ADVISE the applicant, pursuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 12.32 G: ...property shall not remain in a Q Qualified classification for more than six years unless during that time: (1) there is substantial physical development of the property to allow for one or more of the uses for which the Q Qualified classification was adopted; or (2) if no physical development is necessary, then the property is used for one or more of the purposes for which the Q Qualified classification was adopted... When these time limitations expire, the Q Qualified classification and the authority contained therein shall become null and void, the rezoning proceedings shall be terminated, and the property thereafter may only be utilized for those purposes permitted prior to the commencement of such rezoning proceedings. ADVISE the applicant that, pursuant to California State Public Resources Code Section 21081.6, the City shall monitor or require evidence that mitigation conditions are implemented and maintained throughout the life of the project and the City may require any necessary fees to cover the cost of such monitoring. ADVISE the applicant that, pursuant to State Fish and Game Code Section 711.4, a Fish and Game Fee and/or Certificate of Fee Exemption is now required to be submitted to the County Clerk prior to or concurrent with the Environmental Notice of Determination filing. Applicant: Jake Walker, LG Vineland Storage, LLC Representative: Alix Wisner, Armbruster Goldsmith & Delvac LLP Case No.: CPC­-2020-­1946-­GPA-­ZC-­HD-­CU-­SPR-­RDP Environmental No.: ENV-­2020-­1947-­MND