City Planning Commission

5. CONSENT CALENDAR (5a and 5b)\nConsent Calendar items are considered to be not controversial and will be treated as one agenda item.\nThe Consent Calendar will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items\nunless the item is removed from the Consent Calendar, in which event the item will be considered as time\nallows on the regular agenda.\n5a. CPC-2021-7188-DB-HCA Council District: 8 – Harris-Dawson\nCEQA: ENV-2021-7189-CE Last Day to Act: 06-08-23\nPlan Area: South Los Angeles\nPUBLIC HEARING – Completed March 1, 2023\nPROJECT SITE: 1436 – 1450 West Jefferson Boulevard\nPROPOSED PROJECT:\nConstruction of a six-story, 69-foot 10-inch tall residential building comprised of 60 dwelling units (including\nsix Very Low Income units). The Project will be approximately 57,357 square feet in floor area with a Floor\nArea Ratio (FAR) of 3.2:1. The Project will provide 32 vehicular parking spaces in a subterranean parking\nlevel and will also include 60 long-term and six short-term bicycle parking spaces. The site is currently\nimproved with six residential units and commercial uses which will be demolished, and one non-protected\ntree on the subject property will be removed to clear the lot. One non-protected street tree along the public-\nright-away will remain. The Project involves grading and export of approximately 7,350 cubic yards of soil.\nREQUESTED ACTIONS:\n1. Pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Article 19, Section 15332, Class\n32, an Exemption from CEQA, and that there is no substantial evidence demonstrating that an\nexception to a categorical exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15300.2 applies;\n2. Pursuant to Section 12.22 A.25(g)(3) of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), a Density Bonus\nCompliance Review to permit the construction of a project totaling 60 dwelling units, including six\ndwelling units for Very Low Income Household occupancy for a period of 55 years, with the following\nrequested two Off-Menu Incentives:\na. An Off-Menu Incentive for a 3.2:1 FAR in lieu of the 1.5:1 otherwise permitted by the C2-1VL-CPIO\nZone and LAMC Section 12.21.1 A.1; and\nb. An Off-Menu Incentive for a 69-foot and 10-inch building height in lieu of the 45 feet otherwise\npermitted by the C2-1VL-CPIO Zone.\nApplicant: Henry Fan, 1436 Jefferson LA LLC\nStaff: Norali Martinez, City Planning Associate\nCity Planning Commission 3 May 11, 2023\nnorali.martinez@lacity.org\n(213) 978-1346\n5b. CPC-2022-8155-CU-DB-SPR-PHP-VHCA Council District: 13 – Soto-Martinez\nCEQA: ENV-2022-8156-CE Last Day to Act: 05-15-23\nPlan Area: Wilshire\nPUBLIC HEARING – Completed March 14, 2023\nPROJECT SITE: 308 – 320 North Oxford Avenue; 311 – 321 North Serrano Avenue\nPROPOSED PROJECT:\nDemolition of existing structures and surface parking lot and development of a new seven-story, 134,788\nsquare-foot residential building, with 101 dwelling units, including 15 units (25 percent of the base density)\nset aside for Very Low-Income households with a maximum building height of 89 feet over one\nsubterranean level of parking. The Project includes 159 vehicle parking spaces and a total of 88 bicycle\nparking spaces (80 long-term spaces and eight short-term spaces). The Project provides 18,006 square\nfeet of open space, including a podium deck area, roof deck area, and private balconies.\nREQUESTED ACTIONS:\n1. Pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Section 15332, Class 32, an\nExemption from CEQA, and that there is no substantial evidence demonstrating that an exception to\na categorical exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15300.2 applies;\n2. Pursuant to Section 12.24 U.26 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), a Conditional Use Permit\nto allow an increase in density, greater than the 35 percent otherwise permitted by LAMC Section\n12.22 A.25;\n3. Pursuant to LAMC Sections 12.22 A.25(g)(2) and 12.22 A.25(g)(3), a Density Bonus for a housing\ndevelopment with a total of 101 units (with 25 percent of the base density set aside for Very Low\nIncome Households) in lieu of the base density of 59 units and requesting one On-Menu Incentive,\ntwo Off-Menu Incentives, and four Waivers or modification of development standards, as follows:\na. An On-Menu Incentive to permit averaging of floor area, density, open space, and parking\nthroughout the project site;\nb. An Off-Menu Incentive to permit a 4.25:1 FAR in lieu of the otherwise permitted FAR in the C2-1\nand R3-1 Zones;\nc. An Off-Menu Incentive to permit an increase in height to allow 89 feet in lieu of the otherwise\npermitted 45 feet height in the R3-1 Zone;\nd. A Waiver or Modification of a Development Standard to permit a reduction in the northerly side\nyard to allow a five-foot side yard in lieu of the otherwise required 10 feet;\ne. A Waiver or Modification of a Development Standard to permit a reduction in the southerly side\nyard to allow a five-foot side yard in lieu of the otherwise required 10 feet;\nf. A Waiver or Modification of a Development Standard to permit a reduction in the front yard to\nallow zero feet in lieu of the required 10 feet per the Building Line along the Oxford Avenue;\ng. A Waiver or Modification of a Development Standard to permit a reduction in the front yard to\nallow zero feet in lieu of the required 20 feet per the Building Line along the Serrano Avenue; and\n4. Pursuant to LAMC Section 16.05, a Site Plan Review for a project that creates or results in an increase\nof 50 or more dwelling units or guest rooms.\nApplicant: 308 North Oxford LLC\nRepresentative: Jonathan Yang, Irvine & Associates, Inc.\nStaff: Michelle Carter, City Planner\nmichelle.carter@lacity.org\n(213) 978-1262\nCity Planning Commission 4 May 11, 2023