City Planning Commission

7. CPC-2022-7854-ZCJ-SPR-WDI Council District: 6 – Padilla\nCEQA: ENV-2022-7855-MND Last Day to Act: 01-29-24\nPlan Areas: Reseda – West Van Nuys\nPUBLIC HEARING – Completed November 14, 2023\nPROJECT SITE: 16949 – 16955 West Sherman Way\nPROPOSED PROJECT:\nDemolition of existing structures and the construction, use and maintenance of a new, 111-unit, mixed-use\ndevelopment with six dwelling units set aside for Extremely Low and 13 dwelling units set aside for Very\nLow Income Households, and 4,500 square feet of ground floor commercial. The Project would have a\nmaximum building height of 48 feet and four stories, including a two-level subterranean garage with 160\nresidential automobile parking spaces and 18 retail parking spaces.\nREQUESTED ACTIONS:\n1. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15074(b), in consideration of the whole of the administrative\nrecord, that the Project was assessed in Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) Case No. ENV-2022-\n7855-MND and there is no substantial evidence that the Project will have a significant effect on the\nenvironment;\n2. Pursuant to Section 12.32 F of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), a Zone Change from CR-\n1VL, (Q)C1-1VL & P-1VL to (T)(Q)RAS4-1VL and pursuant to LAMC Section 11.5.11, the following\ntwo developer incentives:\na. Reduction in parking to allow 160 residential automobile parking spaces in lieu of the 198\nresidential parking spaces otherwise required; and\nb. Relief from General Plan Footnote 7 to allow for a project to rise to four stories in lieu of three\nstories;\n3. Pursuant to LAMC Section 16.05, a Site Plan Review for any development which creates, or results in\nan increase of 50 or more dwelling units; and\n4. Pursuant to LAMC Section 12.37, a Waiver of Dedication and Improvements to waive a required future\ncul-de-sac along Cantlay Street.\nApplicant: Egish Kuiumjian, Lion Signature, Inc.\nRepresentative: Eric Lieberman, QES, Inc.\nStaff: Esther Ahn, City Planner\nesther.ahn@lacity.org\n(213) 978-1486