City Planning Commission

6. CPC-2018-6404-CPU (HG); CPC-2018-6402-CPU (W-HC) Council District: 15 – McOsker\nCEQA: ENV-2019-3379-EIR Last Day to Act: 04-18-24\nPlan Area: Harbor Gateway; Wilmington – Harbor City\nPUBLIC HEARING – Completed November 9, 2023\nPROJECT SITE:\nThe Harbor LA Community Plans consist of the boundaries of the Harbor Gateway Community Plan Area\n(CPA) and the Wilmington-Harbor City Community Plan Area (CPA). The two community plan areas are\ncollectively known as the Harbor LA Plans. The plan areas are geographically continuous of one another.\nThe combined area of the Harbor LA Community Plans is approximately 15.3 square miles. The Harbor\nGateway CPA contains approximately 3,229 acres and is situated in the southern portion of Los Angeles.\nThe CPA is a narrow corridor which links the City's harbor, San Pedro, Wilmington and Harbor City\ncommunities to the main body of the City. The Harbor Gateway CPA is bordered by the South and\nSoutheast Los Angeles CPAs to the north (at 120th Street); the cities of Gardena and Torrance to the west;\nand Carson and unincorporated Los Angeles County to the east; and it shares a common boundary with\nthe Wilmington-Harbor City CPA to the south (at Sepulveda Blvd). The Wilmington-Harbor City CPA\ncontains approximately 6,481 acres and is situated in the far southern portion of the City, near Los Angeles\nHarbor. It is bordered by the Harbor Gateway CPA to the north; the San Pedro CPA and the Port of Los\nAngeles to the south; and is adjacent to the cities of Torrance, Lomita, and Rancho Palos Verdes to the\nwest; and the cities of Carson, Long Beach, and unincorporated Los Angeles County to the east.\nPROPOSED PROJECT:\nThe proposed project includes amending both the policy documents and General Plan Land Use Maps for\nthe Harbor Gateway and Wilmington-Harbor City Community Plans. Unless otherwise provided, the\nupdated Harbor Gateway and Wilmington-Harbor City Community Plans are collectively referred to as the\n“Proposed Plans”. The Proposed Plans would also adopt several zoning ordinances to implement the\nupdates to the Community Plans, including rezoning all parcels in the CPAs to regulate specific uses and\napply development standards (including height of structures, Floor Area Ratios, and site configuration)\nusing the City’s New Zoning Code, amendments to the Clean Up Green Up (CUGU) Overlay, and related\namendments to the General Plan, including the Framework Element and Mobility Plan necessary to\nimplement the Plan. The amendments to the Policy Documents and the General Plan Land Use Maps for\nthe Harbor LA Community Plans are intended to guide development through the year 2040 by establishing\nthe City’s broad planning goals, policies, and objectives, the arrangement of land uses and intensities, as\nwell as specific development standards for the Plan areas. The Harbor LA Community Plans are intended\nto improve the link between land use and transportation in a manner that is consistent with the City’s\nadopted General Plan Framework Element, Mobility Element, Senate Bill 375 and other state laws.\nREQUESTED ACTIONS:\n1. Conduct a public hearing on the Proposed Plans as described in this Staff Recommendation Report;\n2. Approve the Staff Recommendation report as the Commission Report;\n3. Approve and Recommend that the City Council adopt the Findings in the Staff Recommendation\nReport;\n4. Recommend that the City Council instruct the Director of City Planning to amend the Environmental\nProtection Measures (EPMs) pursuant to Division 4C.13 (Environmental Protection) of the New Zoning\nCode as appropriate to implement the Mitigation Monitoring Program (MMP);\n5. Find that the City Planning Commission has reviewed and considered the Draft Environmental Impact\nReport (EIR) (City EIR No. ENV-2019-3379-EIR and State Clearinghouse No. 2019080248), as shown\nin Exhibit A8, and direct staff to prepare a Final EIR, EIR findings, a Statement of Overriding\nConsiderations, and the MMP for City Council consideration;\n6. Recommend the City Council adopt the Resolutions in Exhibit A to certify a Final EIR, adopt EIR\nfindings and a Statement of Overriding Considerations, and adopt a Mitigation Monitoring Program;\n7 Instruct the Department of City Planning to finalize the necessary General Plan land use designation\nmaps, zone ordinances to be presented to the City Council, and authorize the Department of City\nPlanning to make additional, non-substantive text edits to the plan policy documents and land use\ndesignation maps to correct typographical errors, and make other technical corrections/ modifications\nto the zoning ordinances as necessary;\n8. Approve and Recommend that the Mayor approve and the City Council adopt, pursuant to LAMC\n(Chapter 1A) Section 13B.1.1 and City Charter Section 555, the attached Resolutions in Exhibit A to\namend the General Plan as follows:\na. Amend the General Plan Land Use Element and adopt the Harbor LA Community Plans as shown\nin Exhibit A1, inclusive of the revisions shown in Exhibit A2; adopt the General Plan Land Use\nMap for the Harbor LA Community Plans, inclusive of Symbols, Footnotes, and Corresponding\nZone and Land Use Nomenclature as shown in Exhibit A4, and the General Plan Land Use Maps\nand Matrices as shown in Exhibit A5;\nb. Amend the Mobility Plan 2035 to reclassify selected Street Designations and Enhanced Networks,\nas shown in Exhibit A7; and\nc. Amend the Citywide General Plan Framework Element, as shown in Exhibit A6.\n9. Approve and Recommend that pursuant to LAMC (Chapter 1A) Sections 1.5 and 13.B.1, and City\nCharter Section 558, the City Council adopt the draft ordinance to amend the Zoning Map, as shown\nin Exhibit B1 (Zone Change Maps and Matrices);\n10. Approve and Recommend that pursuant to LAMC (Chapter 1A) Sections 1.5, 13.B.1, 1.5.4, and City\nCharter Section 558, the City Council adopt the proposed Harbor LA Plans Community Benefits - Local\nAffordable Housing Maps as shown in Exhibit B4;\n11. Approve and Recommend that the City Council pursuant to LAMC (Chapter 1A) Section 13B.1.4. and\nCity Charter Section 558 adopt the proposed ordinance to amend the Clean Up Green Up (CUGU)\nOrdinance as shown in Exhibit B5;\n12. Approve and Recommend that pursuant to LAMC (Chapter 1A) Sections 1.5, 13.B.1, 8.2.7, 8.2.8 and\nCity Charter Section 558, the City Council adopt the proposed Conservation District and Individual\nHistoric Resource Review Supplemental Districts and Maps shown in Exhibit B3;\n13. Approve and Recommend that pursuant to LAMC (Chapter 1A) Sections 1.5, 13.B.1, 1.5.12. and City\nCharter Section 558, the City Council adopt the proposed Hazardous Sites Maps shown in Exhibit B2;\n14. Authorize the Director of Planning to present the resolutions and proposed General Plan amendments\n(Exhibits A4, A5 and A6) to the Mayor and City Council, in accordance with City Charter Section 555\nand LAMC (Chapter 1A) Section 13B.1.1, and the proposed zoning ordinances (Exhibits B1-B5, C1\nand C2) to the City Council, in accordance with City Charter Section 558 and LAMC Section 13.B.1;\nand\n15. Approve and Recommend that the City Council adopt the New Zoning Code Ordinance to amend\nChapter 1 and 1A (“New Zoning Code”) of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to add new zoning districts\nand related regulations to Articles 1-12, and Articles 14 and 15, and amend the accompanying Zoning\nCode Maps established in Division 1.5 (Zoning Code Maps) of Article 1 of the New Zoning Code\n(Exhibit C2).\nApplicant: City of Los Angeles\nStaff: Christopher Piña, City Planner (HG)\nchristopher.piña@lacity.org\n(213) 978-1369\nJessica Alvarado, City Planner (WHC)\njessica.alvarado@lacity.org\n(213) 978-1221