City Planning Commission

7. CPC-2022-5401-CA; CPC-2023-3653-ZC Council District: All\nCEQA: ENV-2022-5286-EIR Last Day to Act: 11-20-23\nPlan Area: Citywide\nPUBLIC HEARING – Completed on July 12, 2023\nPROJECT SITE:\nThe Proposed Transportation Communication Network (TCN) Supplemental Use District (SUD) is\ndispersed Citywide on 49 parcels owned by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority\n(Metro). The parcels can be contiguous and non-contiguous and are predominately adjacent to freeways\nand major roads within the City including, but not limited to, the 2, 5, 10, 90, 110, 101, 118, 170 and 405\nfreeways. The TCN SUD includes individual parcels in the communities of Atwater Village, Boyle Heights,\nDowntown, Echo Park, Encino, Glassell Park, Granada Hills, Hollywood, North Hollywood, Pacoima,\nPalms, Sherman Oaks, South LA, Sun Valley, Sylmar, Van Nuys, West LA, and Westchester.\nPROPOSED AMENDMENT:\nA code amendment amending Sections 12.32 and 13.00 and establishing Section 13.11.1 of Chapter 1,\nand a parallel edit to establish a new Section in Article 8 of Chapter 1A, of the Los Angeles Municipal Code\n(LAMC) to create a new “Transportation Communication Network,” or “TCN,” Supplemental Use District\n(SUD), and a Zone Change to apply the TCN District and its regulations and permissions to specific\nproperties owned by Metro within the City. The TCN SUD will permit Metro to install sign structures,\nincluding digital display signs, on up to 49 properties owned by Metro. The ordinance proposes specific\noperational standards, location restrictions, and maintenance requirements for the structures and digital\ndisplays. The TCN SUD incorporates a required program for the removal of existing static off-site signs\nboth on Metro owned property and private property resulting in a net reduction in off-site signage within the\nCity. The TCN SUD ordinance details these regulations and requirements, and identifies the Metro owned\nproperties subject to the provisions of the ordinance.\nREQUESTED ACTIONS:\n1. Find, based on the independent judgment of the decision maker, after consideration of the whole of\nthe administrative record, the Project was assessed in the previously certified Environmental Impact\nReport No. ENV-2022-5286-EIR (State Clearinghouse No. 2022040363), certified by the Los Angeles\nCounty Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Board of Directors on January 26, 2023; and\npursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Sections 15162 and 15164 and the Addendum, dated August 2023,\nthat no major revisions to the EIR are required and no subsequent EIR or negative declaration is\nrequired for approval of the Project;\n2. Approve and Recommend that the City Council adopt the proposed Ordinance with staff’s proposed\nmodifications listed in the Staff Recommendation Report incorporated into the Ordinance;\n3. Approve and Recommend that the City Council adopt the Zone Change (Exhibit E) to permit the\nestablishment of a non-contiguous Supplemental Use District, called the Transportation\nCommunication Network, on property owned by Metro with staff’s proposed modifications listed in the\nStaff Recommendation Report incorporated into the Ordinance;\n4. Adopt the Staff Recommendation Report as the Commission’s Report on the subject; and\n5. Adopt the Findings.\nApplicant: City of Los Angeles\nCity Planning Commission 4 September 14, 2023\nStaff: Andrew Pennington, City Planner\nandrew.pennington@lacity.org\n(213) 978-1395\n**THE FOLLOWING ITEM WILL BE HEARD AFTER 12:00 P.M.**