City Council

(5) 22-0945 CD 12 CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION and RELATED CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) FINDINGS; PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT (PLUM) COMMITTEE REPORT, and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to a Zone Change for the property located at 6400 – 6534 North Platt Avenue. Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR: DETERMINE, based on the whole of the administrative record, the Project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Sections 15301, Class 1, and 15305, Class 5; 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 as modified by the PLUM Committee on February 7, 2023, dated February 24, 2023 in the Council file, as the Findings of Council. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE, dated February 24, 2023, including the (Q) Qualified Conditions of Approval as modified by the PLUM Committee on February 7, 2023, effectuating a Zone Change from (T)(Q)C1-1VL, (Q)C1-1VL, C1-1VL, (Q)C4-1VL, C4-1VL, and P-1VL to C4-1VL; across an entire 11.7 acre existing shopping center development, the existing 163,073 square foot, approximately 32 feet in height shopping center includes 36 tenant spaces providing retail and service uses, 26,152 square feet of landscaping, and 630 parking spaces; no new construction is proposed; for the properties located at 6400-6534 North Platt Avenue, subject to Conditions of Approval as modified by the PLUM Committee on February 7, 2023, dated February 24, 2023 in the Council file.  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 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: Mick Meldrum, ICI Development Company Representative: Rosenheim and Associates Case No.: CPC-­2020-­6413-­ZC Environmental No.: ENV-­2020-­6414-­CE