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(2)\n23-1150\nCD 14\nRelated to Council file No. 23-1151\nDraft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) No. ENV-2017-506-EIR, State Clearinghouse (SCH) No. 2019050010, and the Final EIR dated January 2023 (8th, Grand and Hope Project EIR), Statement of Overriding Considerations, Mitigation Monitoring Program, and Environmental findings; report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC) recommending that the City Council approve, pursuant Section 14.5.6 A of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), a Transfer of Floor Area Rights (TFAR) greater than 50,000 square feet of floor area, for the transfer of up to 346,853 square feet of floor area from the Los Angeles Convention Center (Donor Site), located at 1201 South Figueroa Street, to the Project Site (Receiver Site), thereby permitting a maximum 9.25:1 Floor Area Ratio (FAR) in lieu of the otherwise permitted 6:1 FAR; and Appeals filed by 1) Coalition for Responsible Equitable Economic Development (CREED LA) (Representative: Adams, Broadwell, Joseph & Cardozo, Aidan P. Marshall; and 2) Richard Becher, Digital Realty from the determination of the LACPC in: 1) dismissing as not necessary, pursuant to LAMC Section 12.27, a Zone Variance to allow 60 percent of the required residential parking spaces as compact spaces, and to allow the parking of compact spaces in a tandem configuration; 2) approving, pursuant to LAMC Section 12.27, a Zone Variance to allow relief from providing an additional 10-inch clear space to the parking stall widths when adjoined on their longer dimension by an obstruction; 3) approving, pursuant to LAMC Section 12.27, a Zone Variance to allow relief to allow reduced drive aisle widths of 24 feet in lieu of the required drive aisle width; 4) approving, pursuant LAMC Section 11.5.7 E, a Specific Plan Project Permit Adjustment for a Director's Determination for an Alternative Design to allow a deviation from the Ground Floor Treatment regulations in Section 4 of the Downtown Design Guide; 5) approving, pursuant LAMC Section 11.5.7 E, a Specific Plan Project Permit Adjustment to allow a deviation from Section 5 of the Downtown Design Guide to allow building and balcony projections up to nine feet and 25 feet into the sidewalk easements along Hope Street and Grand Avenue respectively, and allow projections to begin at an elevation of 25 feet above grade along Hope Street and Grand Avenue; 6) approving, pursuant to LAMC Section 12.21 G.3, a Director's Decision to allow 79 trees to be planted on-site in lieu of the otherwise required 145 trees, and to allow an in-lieu fee to be paid for the remaining 66 required on-site trees; and 7) approving, pursuant to LAMC Section 16.05, a Site Plan Review for a development project which creates an increase of more than 50 dwelling units, for the construction of a 50-story, mixed-use development comprised of 580 residential dwelling units and up to 7,499 square feet of ground floor commercial uses on a 34,679 square-foot site, located at 754 South Hope Street and 609 - 625 West 8th Street, subject to Conditions of Approval.\nApplicant: Stuart Morkun, MFA 8th Grand and Hope LLC\nRepresentative: Edgar Khalatian, Mayer Brown, LLP\nCase No. CPC-2017-505-TDR-ZV-SPPA-DD-SPR-1A\nEnvironmental No. ENV-2017-506-EIR; SCH No. 2019050010\nRelated Case Nos. VTT-74876-CN-2A; ZA-2021-7053-ZAI-1A