City Council

(39) 23-0020 CD 1 CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION and PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT (PLUM) COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) appeal filed for the properties located at 425, 425 ¼, 425 ½, 427, and 427 ½ South Union Avenue. Recommendations for Council action: DETERMINE, that based on the whole of the administrative record, the Project is exempt from the CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Article 29, 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 Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC) as the Findings of Council. RESOLVE TO DENY THE APPEALS filed by 1) Brandi Garris; and 2) Enrique Velasquez, Coalition for an Equitable Westlake MacArthur Park, and THEREBY SUSTAIN the determination of the LACPC in approving a Categorical Exemption as the environmental clearance for a proposed project involving the demolition of an existing single-story fourplex and a detached accessory building for the construction, use, and maintenance of a six-story, 38-­unit residential apartment building, over one subterranean level of parking, four units will be reserved for Extremely Low Income households, the proposed building will contain approximately 29,610 square feet of floor area resulting in a Floor Area Ratio of 4.5:1, and rise to a maximum height of 76 feet and eight inches; for the properties located at 425, 425 ¼, 425 ½, 427, and 427 ½ South Union Avenue. Applicant: Bahram and Helen Raeen Living Trust Representative: Daniel Ahadian, Nur Development Consulting Case No.: DIR­-2022-­310-­TOC-­VHCA Related Case No.: DIR-2022-310-TOC-VHCA-1A Environmental No.: ENV­-2022-­311-­CE-­1A