City Planning Commission S Valley

6. *APCSV-2016-4655-ZC-CU-ZV-CDO Council District: 3 - Blumenfield\nCEQA: ENV-2016-4656-CE **Last Day to Act: 3-12-23\nPlan Area: Reseda - West Van Nuys\nPUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED\nPROJECT SITE: 7217 North Geyser Avenue\nPROPOSED PROJECT:\nThe continued use and maintenance of an automotive and tow truck repair, storage, and dispatch service\nwith multi-family residential use all on an approximately 30,707-square-foot lot. No new construction is\nproposed.\nREQUESTED ACTIONS:\n1. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301, Class 1, and 15303, Class 3, an Exemption from\nCEQA and that there is no substantial evidence demonstrating that an exception to a categorical\nexemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2 applies;\n2. Pursuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code (“LAMC” or “Municipal Code”) Section 12.32 F, a Zone\nChange from [Q]P-1VL-CDO to [Q]C2-1VL-CDO over the entire site and modification of the\npermanent [Q] Conditions in Ordinance No. 176,558 (Reseda Central Business District Community\nDesign Overlay) that prohibit new auto-related uses, including the open storage of vehicles;\n3. Pursuant to LAMC Section 12.24 W.4, a Conditional Use to allow an automotive use in a C Zone that\ndoes not comply with the development standards and operating conditions as enumerated in LAMC\nSection 12.22 A.28: (a) existing doors/windows that are parallel to a street consist of 0 percent\ntransparency in lieu of the minimum required 50 percent transparency; (b) existing bay doors used for\nvehicular ingress/egress face and are within 100 feet of a residential zone/use as otherwise prohibited;\n(c) landscaping deviations from LAMC Sections 12.41 - 12.43 including the requirement for an\nautomatic irrigation system and minimum five foot landscaped setbacks along all street frontages and\nthe perimeters of parking areas abutting a residential zone/use;\n4. Pursuant to LAMC Section 12.24 W.50, a Conditional Use to allow automobile and truck storage within\n500 feet of a R Zone;\n5. Pursuant to LAMC Section 12.27, a Zone Variance to allow truck repair, towing dispatch, and storage\nincluding the overnight parking and open storage of automobiles and towing vehicles in the C2 Zone,\nas otherwise prohibited by LAMC Section 12.14; and\n6. Pursuant to LAMC Section 13.08, compliance with the Reseda Central Business District Community\nDesign Overlay Ordinance Nos. 176,557 and 176,558 except as modified herein.\nApplicant: Michael Reiter\nRepresentative: Elizabeth Fonvergne\nStaff: Laura Frazin-Steele, City Planner\nlaura.frazinsteele@lacity.org\n(818) 374-9919\nSouth Valley Area Planning Commission 3 January 26, 2023