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(16)\n25-1186\nCD 3\nWARNER CENTER 2035 PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT\nREPORT (EIR), PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT\nCOMMITTEE REPORT relative to a mixed-use development project\nlocated at 6464 North Canoga Avenue.\nRecommendations for Council action:\n1. FIND, based on the independent judgment of the\ndecision-maker, after consideration of the whole of the\nadministrative record, that the Project is within the scope\nof the Warner Center 2035 Program EIR No. ENV-2008-\n3471-EIR; SCH No. 1990011055 (Program EIR) pursuant\nto California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines\nSections 15162 and 15168; the Project is within the scope\nof the program approved earlier in the Warner Center\n2035 Specific Plan, the EIR adequately describes the\nactivity for purposes of CEQA; and the City has\nincorporated all feasible mitigation measures from the\nProgram EIR on the Project; no major revisions are\nrequired to the Program EIR and no subsequent EIR or\nnegative declaration is required for approval of the\nProject.\n2. ADOPT the Findings attached to the Department of City\nPlanning (DCP) Recommendation report dated November\n17, 2025.\n3. ADOPT the Conditions of Approval attached to the DCP\nRecommendation report dated November 17, 2025.\n4. APPROVE, pursuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code\n(LAMC) Chapter 1 Section 12.22 A.25(g), a Density\nBonus/Affordable Housing Incentive Program Compliance\nReview for a mixed-use Project totaling 276 dwelling units\nover ground floor commercial uses, reserving 21 units or\nseven percent of the total number for Very Low-Income\nHouseholds for a period of 55 years, with the following\nOff-Menu Incentive and four Waiver of Development\nStandards:\na. An Off-Menu Incentive permitting a floor level of the\nhighest residential unit to be at least 74 feet above\nthe adjacent grade in lieu of the minimum 100-foot\nfloor level height otherwise required pursuant to\nSection 6.1.2.3.5(c) of the Warner Center 2035\nSpecific Plan.\nb. A Waiver of Development Standard permitting 8,592\nsquare feet of Non-Residential Floor Area, in lieu of\n68,211 square feet of Non-Residential Floor Area\nrequired, based on the Project’s total Floor Area\nRatio of 3.5:1 pursuant to Section 6.1.2.3.4 of the\nWarner Center 2035 Specific Plan.\nc. A Waiver of Development Standard permitting a 47-\nfoot front setback along Canoga Avenue, in lieu of\nthe maximum 20-foot front setback pursuant to\nSection 6.1.2.3.9 of the Warner Center 2035 Specific\nPlan.\nd. A Waiver of Development Standard permitting a\nzero-foot landscape buffer along the eastern\nperimeter of the building, in lieu of the five-foot\nlandscaped buffer otherwise required pursuant to\nSection 6.2.6.2.7(2) of the Warner Center 2035\nSpecific Plan.\ne. A Waiver of Development Standard waiving out of\nthe requirement of one tree to be planted for every\n30 feet of required landscape buffer along the\neastern perimeter of the building in lieu of seven\ntrees otherwise required pursuant to Section\n6.2.6.2.7(2) of the Warner Center 2035 Specific\nPlan.\n5. APPROVE, pursuant to LAMC Section 11.5.7 C and\nSection 5.3.3 of the Warner Center 2035 Specific Plan, a\nPermit Compliance Review for the demolition of an\napproximately 65,903 square foot office building and\nassociated surface parking, and the construction of a\n272,844 square foot mixed-use development comprised of\n276 dwelling units, including 21 units reserved for Very\nLow-Income Households over ground floor commercial\nuses with 264,252 square feet of Residential Floor Area\nand 8,592 square feet of Non-Residential Floor Area on\nthe ground floor, and 31,247 square feet of open space\nincluding 11,940 square feet of Publicly Accessible Open\nspace (PAOS) and 5,650 square feet of private patio open\nspace for 113 residential units. There will be 406 parking\nspaces, and 168 bicycle parking spaces provided over\nfour levels: two subterranean levels, and levels one and\ntwo wrapped by commercial uses and residential uses.\nThe Project proposes the removal and replacement of all\n42 on-site non-Protected trees at a 2:1 ratio resulting in\nplanting 85 trees on-site. The Project proposes grading\nand export of approximately 32,400 cubic yards of earth;\nfor the property located at 6464 North Canoga Avenue.\nApplicant: John McCullough, TB Canoga, LLC\nRepresentative: Sarah Wolfson Golden, Rosenheim & Associates\nCase No. CPC-2023-8233-DB-SPP-VHCA\nEnvironmental Nos. ENV-2008-3471-EIR; SCH No. 1990011055;\nCEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15168\nFiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the DCP. Neither the City\nAdministrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed\na financial analysis of this report.