City Council

(12)\n25-1009\nCD 1\nMITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION, MITIGATION MEASURES,\nMITIGATION\nMONITORING\nPROGRAM,\nAND\nRELATED\nCALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) FINDINGS,\nRESOLUTION, PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT\nCOMMITTEE REPORT, and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION\nrelative to a General Plan Amendment, Vesting Zone Change and\nHeight District Change for the properties located at 2250 – 2270 West\nPico Boulevard, and 1309 – 1315 South Arapahoe Street.\nRecommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL\nOF THE MAYOR:\n1. FIND, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15074(b),\nafter consideration of the whole of the administrative\nrecord, including the Mitigated Negative Declaration, No.\nENV-2018-3545-MND (Mitigated Negative Declaration),\nand all comments received, with the imposition of\nmitigation measures, there is no substantial evidence that\nthe Project will have a significant effect on the\nenvironment; FIND the Mitigated Negative Declaration\nreflects the independent judgment and analysis of the\nCity; FIND the mitigation measures have been made\nenforceable conditions on the project; and ADOPT the\nMitigated Negative Declaration and the Mitigation\nMonitoring Program prepared for the Mitigated Negative\nDeclaration.\n2. ADOPT the FINDINGS of the Los Angeles City Planning\nCommission (LACPC) as the Findings of Council.\n3. ADOPT\nthe\naccompanying\nRESOLUTION,\nas\nrecommended by the Mayor and the LACPC, approving a\nGeneral Plan Amendment to the South Los Angeles\nCommunity Plan from Commercial Manufacturing and Low\nMedium II to Neighborhood Commercial, pursuant to\nCharter Section 555 and Los Angeles Municipal Code\n(LAMC) Section 11.5.6; and, to amend Footnote No. 4 of\nthe Community Plan Map to allow Height District No. 2.\n4. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE,\ndated March 13, 2025, effectuating a Vesting Zone\nChange and Height District Change from [Q]C2-1 and\nRD1.5-1 to (T)C2-2-CPIO; for the construction of a new\nhotel development comprised of two six-story, 76-foot sixinch tall buildings separated by an alley; the Project will\nprovide a total of 125 guest rooms, 77,828 square feet of\nfloor area, and 2.99:1 Floor Area Ratio, the Project will\nprovide 84 parking spaces across three levels of\nsubterranean parking, the Project involves the demolition\nof an existing 9,627 square-foot market and surface\nparking areas, and the grading of 24,900 cubic yards of\nsoil; zero trees will be removed from the subject site and\nadjacent public right-of-way; for the properties located at\n2250 – 2270 West Pico Boulevard, and 1309 – 1315\nSouth Arapahoe Street, subject to Conditions of Approval.\n5. ADVISE the applicant, pursuant to LAMC Section 12.32\nG:\n... .property shall not remain in a Q Qualified classification\nfor more than six years unless during that time: (1) there is\nsubstantial physical development of the property to allow\nfor one or more of the uses for which the Q Qualified\nclassification was adopted; or (2) if no physical\ndevelopment is necessary, then the property is used for\none or more of the purposes for which the Q Qualified\nclassification was adopted... When these time limitations\nexpire, the Q Qualified classification and the authority\ncontained therein shall become null and void, the rezoning\nproceedings shall be terminated, and the property\nthereafter may only be utilized for those purposes\npermitted prior to the commencement of such rezoning\nproceedings.\n6. ADVISE the applicant that, pursuant to State Public\nResources Code Section 21081.6, the City shall monitor\nor require evidence that mitigation conditions are\nimplemented and maintained throughout the life of the\nproject and the City may require any necessary fees to\ncover the cost of such monitoring.\n7. ADVISE the applicant that, pursuant to State Fish and\nGame Code Section 711.4, a Fish and Game Fee and/or\nCertificate of Fee Exemption is now required to be\nsubmitted to the County Clerk prior to or concurrent with\nthe Environmental Notice of Determination filing.\n8. INSTRUCT the Department of City Planning (DCP) to\nupdate the General Plan and appropriate maps pursuant\nto this action.\nApplicant: Min Chun Helen Chen, Da Yuh Development Inc\nCase No. CPC-2018-3544-GPA-VZC-HD-CU-SPR\nEnvironmental No. ENV-2018-3545-MND\nFiscal Impact Statement: The LACPC reports that there is no General\nFund impact as administrative costs are recovered through fees.