City Planning Commission

6. CPC-2022-9266-CU Council District: 14 – de Leon\nCEQA: ENV-2004-1950-EIR-ADD5 Last Day to Act: 11-02-23\nPlan Area: Northeast Los Angeles Continued from: 10-12-23;10-26-23\nPUBLIC HEARING – Completed June 27, 2023\nPROJECT SITE: 1590 North Eastlake Avenue; 1425 – 1501 North San Pablo Street;\n1540 – 1580 East Alcazar Street\nPROPOSED PROJECT:\nConstruction of a new seven-story, 143.5 feet in-height, multi-discipline research facility (USC Discovery\nand Translation Hub) proposed to be developed on the westerly portion of the USC Health Sciences\nCampus. The proposed building would contain two subterranean levels and comprise approximately\n201,292 square feet of floor area. The proposed use would accommodate over 84 researchers and would\nsupport both "wet" (bench) and "dry" (computational) laboratory research.\nREQUESTED ACTIONS:\n1. Pursuant to California Exemption Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Sections 15162 and 15164, in\nconsideration of the whole of the administrative record, that the Project was assessed in previously\ncertified Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Case No. ENV-2004-1950-EIR, certified in August 2006\nand as supported by the fifthAddendum dated September 2023, no major revisions are required to the\nEIR, and no subsequent EIR or negative declaration is required for approval of the Project; and\n2. Pursuant to Sections 12.24 U.14 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, a Major Conditional Use Permit\nto permit the development of 201,292 square feet of nonresidential floor area in the C2 Zone.\nApplicant: Bryan Eck, University of Southern California\nRepresentative: Matt Dzurec, Armbruster Goldsmith & Delvac\nStaff: Esther Ahn, City Planner\nesther.ahn@lacity.org\n(213) 978-1486