City Planning Commission

5. CONSENT CALENDAR (5a)\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-2022-8548-DB-CU-SPR-VHCA Council District: 8 – Harris-Dawson\nCEQA: ENV-2022-8549-EAF Last Day to Act: 07-13-23\nENV-2008-1781-EIR (SCH. No. 2008101098)\nPlan Area: South Los Angeles\nPUBLIC HEARING – Completed May 4, 2023\nPROJECT SITE: 3018 – 311 South Western Avenue\nPROPOSED PROJECT:\nConstruction of a five-story (64 feet, six inches) 114-unit mixed-use housing development, with four stories\nof residential apartments over one level of commercial space (2,500 square feet of ground floor commercial\nuses) and parking, and one level of below grade parking for a total of 58 residential parking spaces and\nfour commercial spaces. The Project will be approximately 81,190 square feet in floor area with a Floor\nArea Ratio (FAR) of 2.87:1 on a site totaling 1.86 acres. The Project will set aside 14 units for Very Low\nIncome households. The property is improved with a vacant one-story commercial building built in 1990\nand surface parking lot, which will be demolished as part of the Project. Approximately 13,287 cubic yards\nof dirt will be exported from the Project site. There will be one street tree removal.\nREQUESTED ACTIONS:\n1. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15168 and 15162, the adequacy of the project being within the\nscope of the South Los Angeles Community Plan Program EIR No. EIR-2008-1781-EIR (State\nClearinghouse No. 2008101098); the environmental effects of the project were covered in the Program\nEIR and no new environmental effects not identified in the Program EIR will occur and no new\nmitigation is required; and the City has incorporated all feasible mitigation measures from the Program\nEIR on the Project;\n2. Pursuant to Section 12.22.A.25(g)(3) of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), a Density Bonus\nCompliance Review to allow the construction of a five-story, 114-unit mixed-use housing development\nwith 14 units for Very Low Income households, and the following requested Off Menu Incentives and\nWaivers of Development Standards:\na. Off-Menu Incentive for a 46 percent open space reduction from 11,675 square feet to 6,310 square\nfeet otherwise required by LAMC Section 12.21 G;\nb. Off Menu Incentive for a reduction in required Active Floor Area along the Primary Frontage to 52\npercent, in lieu of the otherwise required 75 percent by the South Los Angeles Community Plan\nImplementation Overlay (CPIO) District Section 111-3.D.4;\nCity Planning Commission 3 July 13, 2023\nc. Off-Menu Incentive to allow vehicular access from the Primary Frontage in lieu of vehicular access\nonly from the alley, as otherwise required by the South Los Angeles CPIO District Section 111-\n3.E.7;\nd. A Waiver of Development Standards to allow a five stories and 64 feet, six inches, in lieu of three\nstories and 45 feet, as otherwise permitted by the South Los Angeles CPIO District Section III-\n3.A.2;\ne. A Waiver of Development Standards to allow a maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 2.87 in lieu of\n1.5:1, as otherwise permitted by the South Los Angeles CPIO District Section III-3.B-2;\n4. Pursuant to LAMC Section 12.24.U.26, a Conditional Use Permit to allow for a 50 percent residential\nincrease in density; and\n5. Pursuant to LAMC Section 16.05, a Site Plan Review for a project that exceeds 50 dwelling units.\nApplicant: Shaul Kuba 3022 South Western LA Owner (LP)\nRepresentative: Gary Benjamin, Alchemy Planning + Landuse\nStaff: Sergio, Ibarra, City Planner\nsergio.ibarra@lacity.org\n(213) 473-9985