City Council

(9)\n25-1372\nCD 11\nPREVIOUSLY ADOPTED MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION\n(MND), MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM, AND RELATED\nCALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) FINDINGS,\nRESOLUTION, PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT (PLUM)\nCOMMITTEE REPORT, and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION\nrelative to a General Plan Amendment and Height District Change for\nthe property located at 12681 West Jefferson Boulevard.\nRecommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL\nOF THE MAYOR:\n1. FIND, based on the independent judgment of the decision-\nmaker, after consideration of the whole of the administrative\nrecord, the project was assessed in Mitigated Negative\nDeclaration, No. ENV-2024-116-MND, adopted on October 9,\n2025; and pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Sections 15162 and\n15164, no subsequent EIR, negative declaration, or addendum\nis required for approval of the project.\n2. ADOPT the FINDINGS, of the Los Angeles City Planning\nCommission (LACPC) as the Findings of Council.\n3. ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION, as recommended by\nthe Mayor and the LACPC, for a General Plan Amendment to\nthe Palms – Mar Vista – Del Rey Community Plan to amend\nFootnote No. 1 of the Community Plan Map to allow Height\nDistrict No. 2 for the project site.\n4. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE dated\nOctober 9, 2025, effectuating a Height District Change from\nHeight District No. 1 to 2 to allow the proposed project to be\ndeveloped with a Floor Area Ratio of 2.1:1 and approximately\n298,908 square feet of floor area, resulting in a Height District\nChange from M2-1 to (T)(Q)M2-2D; for the construction of an\n82,324 square-foot, 44-foot three-inch, three-story mixed-use\nbuilding over a basement consisting of retail and self-storage\nuses, the Proposed Project will consist of 3,959 square feet of\nretail use and parking at ground floor and 78,365 square feet of\nself-storage use at the second and third floors and basement\nlevel, the Proposed Project will provide 70 automobile parking\nspaces and 64 bicycle parking spaces, the Proposed Project\nwill require approximately 13,541 cubic yards of grading and\nexport, the Proposed Project will be developed at the vacant\nportion of a site that is currently developed with an existing\n216,584 square-foot self-storage building that will remain; for\nthe property located at 12681 West Jefferson Boulevard,\nsubject to Conditions of Approval, as modified by the PLUM\nCommittee on January 27, 2026, to include the following\nvoluntary condition in the approval, attached to the Council file:\nAs a voluntary condition, the project applicant will deposit\n$500,000 in the Council District Eleven Public Benefits Trust\nFund (CD 07-0608) upon the following events: (1) the approval\nof a General Plan Amendment, Height District Change,\nConditional Use Permit, Zoning Administrator Adjustment, and\nSite Plan Review approved under Case No. CPC-2024-115-\nGPA-ZC-HD-CU-ZAA-SPR (Project Entitlements) are final and\nno longer administratively appealable, and (2) the City has\nissued building permits to construct a building consistent with\nthe Project Entitlements. Payment shall be made prior to\nCertificate of Occupancy is issued.\nApplicant: Cherry Miao, Public Storage\nRepresentative: Francis Park, Park & Velayos LLP\nCase No. CPC-2024-115-GPA-ZC-HD-CU-ZAA-SPR\nEnvironmental No. ENV-2024-116-MND\nFiscal Impact Statement: The LACPC reports that there is no General\nFund impact as administrative costs are recovered through fees.