City Council

C.1.\nAPPEAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION’S ADOPTION OF\nRESOLUTION NO. PC 26-1635 CONDITIONALLY APPROVING A\nREQUEST TO REDEVELOP A 40,186-SQUARE-FOOT PROJECT SITE\nON THREE ABUTTING PARCELS WITH A SEVEN-STORY, MIXED-\nUSE RESIDENTIAL AND HOTEL DEVELOPMENT AT 7811 SANTA\nMONICA BOULEVARD AND 1114 NORTH ORANGE GROVE AVENUE\nAND A DETACHED FOUR-STORY\nNINE-UNIT RESIDENTIAL\nBUILDING AT 1125 NORTH OGDEN DRIVE [N. MARICICH, J. ALKIRE,\nS. QURESHY, A. CASTILLO]:\nSUBJECT: The City Council will consider an appeal filed by Michael T.\nCarter regarding the Planning Commission’s adoption of Resolution No.\nPC 26-1635, approving the demolition of all structures and parking lots on\na 40,186-square-foot project site consisting of three contiguous parcels to\nbe tied as a single project site, and construction of a seven-story mixed-\nuse residential and hotel building at 7811 Santa Monica Boulevard and\n1114 North Orange Grove Avenue in the CC2 (Commercial, Community 2)\nzoning district; and a detached four-story residential building at 1125 North\nOgden Drive in the R3B (Residential, Multi-Family Medium Density)\nzoning district, including a finding that the project is statutorily exempt from\nCEQA pursuant to Public Resource Code 21080.66 for In-Fill Housing\nDevelopment Projects.\nRECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the City Council hold a\npublic hearing, consider all pertinent testimony, deny the appeal, and\naffirm the Planning Commission’s decision by adopting the following\nresolution: Resolution No. 26-________: “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY\nCOUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD DENYING AN\nAPPEAL FILED BY MICHAEL T. CARTER AND AFFIRMING THE\nPLANNING COMMISSION’S ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NO. PC 26-\n1635 CONDITIONALLY APPROVING A DEMOLITION PERMIT AND\nDEVELOPMENT PERMIT TO ALLOW THE DEMOLITION OF ALL\nCOMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL\nSTRUCTURES AND ALL\nACCESSORY STRUCTURES, MERGE THE THREE CONTIGUOUS\nPARCELS, AND CONSTRUCT A MIXED-USE RESIDENTIAL AND\nHOTEL DEVELOPMENT WITH 126 RESIDENTIAL UNITS WITH 20\nAFFORDABLE\nUNITS, LOCATED AT\n7811 SANTA MONICA\nBOULEVARD, 1114 NORTH ORANGE GROVE AVENUE, AND 1125\nNORTH OGDEN DRIVE, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. THE\nAPPROVAL ALSO INCLUDES A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE\nHOTEL USE AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT FOR THE OUTDOOR\nDINING AREA, INCLUDING A FINDING THAT THE PROJECT IS\nSTATUTORILY EXEMPT FROM CEQA PURSUANT TO PUBLIC\nRESOURCE CODE SECTION 21080.66 FOR IN-FILL HOUSING\nDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.”