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Agenda Item 21
(21)\n23-0861\nCD 14\nDraft Environmental Impact Report (EIR), ENV-2016-2906-EIR and State Clearinghouse No. 2016091010, and related EIR Findings, Statement of Overriding Considerations, Mitigation Monitoring Program (MMP); reports from the City Planning Commission, the Mayor, and the Department of City Planning related to the Boyle Heights Community Plan Update and New Zoning Code; recommended Boyle Heights Plan Update and New Zoning Code findings; Resolution to certify the Final EIR, adopt EIR Findings, a Statement of Overriding Considerations and an MMP, amend the City’s General Plan Land Use Element and adopt the Boyle Heights Community Plan; adopt the General Plan Land Use Map for the Boyle Heights Community Plan, inclusive of Symbols, Footnotes, and Corresponding Zone and Land Use Nomenclature, and the General Plan Land Use Maps and Matrices, amend the Mobility Plan 2035 to reclassify selected Street Designations and Enhanced Networks, amend the Citywide General Plan Framework Element; draft Ordinance to amend the Zoning Map; proposed Boyle Heights Community Plan Implementation Overlay (CPIO) District Ordinance; proposed ordinance to amend the River Improvement Overlay (RIO) District Ordinance and Clean Up Green Up (CUGU) Ordinance; proposed ordinance to amend the Adelante Eastside Redevelopment Plan; and proposed New Zoning Code Ordinance to amend Chapter 1 and 1A (New Zoning Code) of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to add new zoning districts and related regulations to Articles 1-12, and Articles 14 and 15, and amend the Zoning Code Maps established in Division 1.4. (Zoning Code Maps) of Article 1 of the New Zoning Code with the modifications; the Proposed Plan includes amending both the text of the Boyle Heights Community Plan and the General Plan Land Use Map of the Boyle Heights Community Plan, the Proposed Plan would also adopt several zoning ordinances to implement the updates to the Community Plan, including adding new zoning districts and other zoning provisions to Chapter 1A of the New Zoning Code, as well as rezoning all parcels in the CPA to regulate specific uses and apply objective development standards (including height of structures, Floor Area Ratios [FAR], site configuration) using the New Zoning Code, additional zoning ordinances include a Community Plan Implementation Overlay (CPIO) District, amendments to the River Improvement Overlay (RIO) District and the Clean Up Green Up (CUGU) Overlay, and an amendment to the Adelante Eastside Redevelopment Plan; the Boyle Heights Community Plan Area (CPA) is located immediately east of Downtown Los Angeles and the Los Angeles River and rail corridor and encompasses an area of approximately 4,271 acres (approximately 6.67 square miles), the Boyle Heights CPA is roughly bounded by the San Bernardino Freeway (I-10 Freeway) and Marengo Street to the north, the Union Pacific and Santa Fe Railroad lines to the south, Indiana Street to the east, and the Los Angeles River to the west. The southern and eastern borders of the CPA align with the city limits of Los Angeles adjoining the City of Vernon located to the south and the unincorporated community of East Los Angeles located to the east of the CPA, with a small area of the Southeast corner of the CPA aligning with the City of Commerce, located to the north are the Los Angeles communities of Lincoln Heights, El Sereno, and Ramona Gardens, and located to the west are the industrial districts and public facilities of Downtown, which includes the Arts District.\nApplicant: City of Los Angeles\nCase No. CPC-2016-2905-CPU\nEnvironmental No. ENV-2016-2906-EIR