City Council

(8) 23-1057 CD 15 PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to instructing the Department of City Planning (DCP) to prepare a report with recommendations, as part of the ongoing Harbor Gateway Community Plan update, on design standards to protect the character of the Athens on the Hill community, generally bounded by 120th Street to the North; Figueroa Avenue to the East; Vermont Avenue to the West; and El Segundo Boulevard to the South, and related matters. Recommendations for Council action, pursuant to Motion (McOsker – Harris-Dawson): INSTRUCT the DCP to prepare a report with recommendations, as part of the ongoing Harbor Gateway Community Plan update, on design standards to protect the character of the Athens on the Hill community, generally bounded by 120th Street to the North; Figueroa Avenue to the East; Vermont Avenue to the West; and El Segundo Boulevard to the South. INSTRUCT the DCP to conduct a survey to determine if the Athens on the Hill community meets the criteria for historic-cultural designation, and based on the results of the survey, provide recommendations relative to the feasibility of the initiation of proceedings to establish a Historic Preservation Overlay Zone. INSTRUCT the DCP, and the Department of Cultural Affairs, to prepare a report with recommendations to preserve cultural significant assets located in the Athens on the Hill community. Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.