City Planning Commission

1. CPC-2020-1511-VCU-SPR Council District: 4 – Raman\nCEQA: ENV-2020-1512-EIR; SCH No. 2020090536 Last Day to Act: 08-25-23\nPlan Area: Sherman Oaks – Studio City\nToluca Lake – Cahuenga Pass\nPUBLIC HEARING – Completed July 12, 2023\nPROJECT SITE: 4147 – 4155 North Whitsett Avenue; 12506 – 12630 West Valley Spring Lane\nPROPOSED PROJECT:\nRedevelopment of a 16.1-acre site and adjacent 1.1-acre portion of property along the LA River, totaling\n17.2-acres (749,344 cubic square feet) (Project Site), for use as an athletic and recreational facility for the\nHarvard-Westlake School and shared public use. The Project removes the existing golf course, driving\nrange, and tennis facility to develop two athletic fields with bleacher seating, an 80,249 square-foot, two-\nstory gymnasium with a maximum height of 30 feet, a 52-meter swimming pool with seating, eight tennis\ncourts with seating, one level of below-grade parking and a surface parking lot. The Project includes\nancillary field buildings, three security kiosks, exterior light poles, walls/fencing, and retention of the existing\nclubhouse structure, putting green, low brick retaining wall with weeping mortar, and golf ball-shaped light\nstandards. The Project removes 240 existing trees and will plant 393 new trees, includes a 350,000-gallon\nstormwater capture and reuse system, provides 5.4 acres (235,224 square feet) of publicly-accessible open\nspace and landscaped pathways connecting to the adjacent Zev Greenway river trail, and provides on-site\nlandscaped areas and recreational facilities. The Project involves off-site improvements to the Valleyheart\nDrive public right-of-way, portions of the adjacent Zev Greenway, and an ADA-compliant ramp to the Zev\nGreenway at Coldwater Canyon Ave. Project development requires excavation and grading to a maximum\ndepth of 21 feet below grade and a net cut/fill volume of 197,000 cubic yards.\nREQUESTED ACTIONS:\n1. Pursuant to Section 21082.1(c)(3) of the California Public Resources Code (PRC), the consideration\nand certification of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR), ENV-2020-1512-EIR (SCH No.\n2020090536), for the above-referenced Project, and adoption of the Statement of Overriding\nConsiderations setting forth the reason and benefits of adopting the EIR with full knowledge that\nsignificant impacts may remain;\n2. Pursuant to Section 21081.6 of the California PRC, the adoption of the proposed Mitigation Measures\nand Mitigation Monitoring Program;\n3. Pursuant to Section 21081 of the California PRC, the adoption of the required Findings for the\ncertification of the EIR;\n4. Pursuant to Section 12.24 T of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), a Vesting Conditional Use\nPermit to allow the operation of a private school athletic and recreational campus in the A1 Zone;\n5. Pursuant to LAMC Section 12.24 F, a determination to permit the following maximum heights for light\npoles ancillary to the athletic and recreational campus, in lieu of the 30-foot height limit otherwise\npermitted by LAMC Section 12.21.1 A:\na. Four 55-foot-tall light poles on the east and west sides of the pool facility;\nb. Two 80-foot-tall light poles each on the west and east sidelines of Field A;\nc. Two 80-foot-tall light poles each on the north and south sidelines of Field B; and\nd. Ten 40-foot-tall light poles located on all four sides of the proposed tennis courts;\n6. Pursuant to LAMC Section 12.24 F, a determination to permit the following maximum heights for walls\nand fences ancillary to the athletic and recreational campus, in lieu of the six-foot maximum height\nlimitation for fences and walls within front yards, and the eight-foot maximum height limitation for\nfences and walls within side yards, in the A1-1XL-RIO Zone:\na. A maximum 10-foot-height wall along Whitsett Avenue; and\nb. A maximum 11-foot-height wall along Valley Spring Lane and Bellaire Avenue;\n7. Pursuant to LAMC Section 16.05, a Site Plan Review to permit an increase of more than 50,000 square\nfeet of non-residential floor area.\nApplicant: Harvard-Westlake School\nRepresentative: Edgar Khalatian, Mayer Brown, LLP\nStaff: Kimberly Henry, City Planner\nkimberly.henry@lacity.org\n(213) 847-3688