City Planning Commission

10. CPC-2017-505-TDR-ZV-SPPA-DD-SPR Council District: 14 – de León\nCEQA: ENV-2017-506-EIR (SCH. No. 2019050010) Last Day to Act: 07-14-23\nPlan Area: Central City\nRelated Cases: VTT-74864-CN-1A; ZA-2021-7053-ZAI-1A\nPUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED\nPROJECT SITE: 754 South Hope Street; 609 – 625 West 8th Street\nPROPOSED PROJECT:\nConstruction of a 50-story mixed-use development composed of 580 residential dwelling units and up to\n7,499 square feet of ground floor commercial uses on a 34,679 square-foot site. The Project would provide\nvehicle parking in three subterranean levels and eight above-grade levels. To accommodate the Project,\nan existing surface parking lot and four-story parking structure would be demolished. The building will have\na maximum height of 592 feet, and a floor area ratio of 9.25:1 (554,927 square feet) and would require the\nexport of approximately 89,750 cubic yards of soil.\nREQUESTED ACTIONS:\n1. Pursuant to Section 21082.1(c)(3) of the California Public Resource, the City Planning Commission\nshall consider the information contained in the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) prepared for the\nProject, which includes the Draft EIR, No. ENV-2017-506-EIR (SCH No. 2019050010) dated\nNovember 18, 2021 the Final EIR, dated January 2023 (8th, Grand and Hope Project EIR) as well as\nthe whole of the administrative record;\n2. Pursuant to Section 14.5.6 A of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), a Transfer of Floor Area\nRights (TFAR) of up to 346,853 square feet of floor area from the Los Angeles Convention Center\n(Donor Site), located at 1201 South Figueroa Street, to the Project Site (Receiver Site), thereby\npermitting a maximum 9.25:1 FAR in lieu of the otherwise permitted 6:1 FAR;\n3. Pursuant to LAMC Section 12.27, a Zone Variance to allow 60 percent of the required residential\nparking spaces as compact spaces, in lieu of the required minimum of one standard space for each\nresidential unit otherwise required by LAMC Section 12.21 A.5(c), and to allow the parking of compact\nspaces in a tandem configuration;\n4. Pursuant to LAMC Section 12.27, a Zone Variance to allow relief from providing an additional 10-inch\nclear space to parking stall widths when adjoined on their longer dimension by an obstruction, as\notherwise required by LAMC Section 12.21 A.5(a)(1)(ii);\n5. Pursuant to LAMC Section 12.27, a Zone Variance to allow reduced drive aisle widths of 24 feet in\nlieu of the required drive aisle width pursuant to LAMC Section 12.21 A.5(a);\n6. Pursuant LAMC Section 11.5.7 E, a Specific Plan Project Adjustment for a Director's Determination\nfor an Alternative Design to allow a deviation from the Ground Floor Treatment regulations in Section\n4 of the Downtown Design Guide to allow 47 percent street frontage along Hope Street, 35 percent\nstreet frontage along Grand Avenue, and 67 percent frontage along 8th Street to accommodate active\nuses in lieu of the minimum required 75 percent;\n7. Pursuant to LAMC Section 11.5.7 E, a Specific Plan Project Adjustment for a Director's Determination\nfor an Alternative Design to allow a deviation from Section 3 of the Downtown Design Guide to allow:\nbuilding and balcony projections of up to nine feet into the three-foot average sidewalk easement area\n(variable easement from 1.5 to nine feet in width along Hope Street), in lieu of a maximum five foot\nprojection into a sidewalk easement; to allow building projections of up to 19 feet into the seven-foot\naverage sidewalk easement (variable easement from 3.5 to 21 feet in width) along Grand Avenue, in\nCity Planning Commission 8 July 13, 2023\nlieu of a maximum five-foot projection; and to allow projections to begin at an elevation of 25 feet\nabove the sidewalk along Hope Street and Grand Avenue, in lieu of a minimum of 40 feet above the\nsidewalk;\n8. Pursuant to LAMC Section 12.21 G.3, a Director's Decision to allow 79 trees to be planted on-site in\nlieu of the otherwise required 145 trees pursuant to LAMC Section 12.21 G.2(a)(3), and to allow an in-\nlieu fee to be paid pursuant to LAMC Section 62.177 for the remaining 66 required on-site trees; and\n9. Pursuant to LAMC Section 16.05, a Site Plan Review for a project that results in net increase of 50 or\nmore dwelling units.\nApplicant: MFA 8th Grand and Hope LLC\nRepresentative: Mayer Brown LLP, Edgar Khalatian\nStaff: Polonia Majas, City Planning Associate\npolonia.majas@lacity.org\n(213) 847-3625