Los Angeles
PLUM
(16) 26-0975
CD 15 (Option 1) Consideration of Veto and Remand. OR (Option 2)
Consideration of the Determination and Findings of the Harbor Area
Planning Commission (HAPC), dated June 30, 2026; relative to a
report from the HAPC’s determination in denying an appeal filed by
Noel Gould, Emma Rault, Robin Rudisill, and June Smith, and
sustaining the Zoning Administrator’s Determination and Findings,
dated April 1, 2026, in: 1) Approving, pursuant to Chapter 1 Section
12.20.2 and Chapter 1A Section 13B.9.1 of the Los Angeles Municipal
Code (LAMC), a Coastal Development Permit, 2) Approving, pursuant
to LAMC Chapter 1 Section 12.27 and Chapter 1A Section 13.B.5.3, a
Zone Variance to allow the continued use of an existing non-
conforming historic cafe in the R1-1XL Zone, 3) Approving, pursuant to
LAMC Chapter 1 Section 12.27 and Chapter 1A Section 13.B.5.3, a
Zone Variance to allow the on-site sale and consumption of beer and
wine in the R1-1 XL Zone, and 4) Approving, pursuant to Government
Code Sections 65590 and 65590.1 and the City of Los Angeles Interim
Mello Act Compliance Administrative Procedures, a Mello Act
Compliance Review for the construction of two new Residential Units
in the Coastal Zone; for the continuation and rehabilitation of an
existing 736 square-foot historic cafe, proposing 73 total seats with 27
indoor seats and 46 uncovered outdoor seats with on-site sale and
consumption of beer and wine with the proposed hours of operation of
8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. daily, and the demolition of an existing 1,118
square-foot garage, and the construction of a new, two-story 2,453
square-foot single-family dwelling with an attached 1,070 square-foot
Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) both measuring 21 feet in height, along
with an attached two-car garage and one carport in the Dual Permit
Jurisdiction Area of the Coastal Zone; for the property located at 700
West Paseo del Mar, subject to Conditions of Approval. [On August
11, 2026 the City Council adopted Motion (McOsker - Hutt),
pursuant to Charter Section 245, asserting jurisdiction over the
June 30, 2026 action of the HAPC.]
Applicant: Vartan Achabahian, Masis Holdings, LLC
Representative: Jesi Harris, Brian Silveira & Associates
Case No. ZA-2023-7218-ZV-CDP-MEL-HCA-1A
Environmental No. ENV-2023-7220-CE
Fiscal Impact Statement: No