City Planning Commission

6. CPC-2020-2115-DB Council District: 10 – Hutt\nCEQA: ENV-2020-2116-CE **Last Day to Act: 02-23-23\nPlan Area: South Los Angeles Continued from: 03-24-22; 06-23-22\n10-27-22;12-08-22\nPUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED\nPROJECT SITE: 1848 South Gramercy Place\nPROPOSED PROJECT:\nConstruction, use, and maintenance of an eight story, 89 feet tall, approximately 37,025 square feet of floor\narea mixed use building comprised of 33-units with three units set aside for Very Low-Income households\nand 466 square feet of commercial floor area. The Project will provide 20 parking spaces in two levels of\npodium parking at grade and level two.\nREQUESTED ACTIONS:\n1. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Article 19, Section 15332, Class 32 (In-fill Development), an Exemption\nfrom CEQA, and that there is no substantial evidence demonstrating that an exception to a categorical\nexemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15300.2 applies;\n2. Pursuant to Section 12.22.A.25(g)(3) of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), a Density Bonus for\na Housing Development with a total of 33 units (with three units – 13 percent of the total base number\nof units, set aside for Very Low-Income Households), to permit the following Off-Menu Incentives and\nWaivers of Development Standards:\na. An Off-Menu Incentive to allow a 6.1:1 floor area ratio (FAR) in lieu of 1.5:1 permitted by LAMC;\nb. An Off-Menu Incentive to waive the requirements of the Low Impact Development (LID) (Ordinance\n181899 and 183833) and the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit;\nc. A Waiver of Development Standards to allow an eight-story building with a height of 89 feet (to the\nrooftop parapet) in lieu of 45 feet otherwise permitted in the C1.5 Zone;\nd. A Waiver of Development Standards to waive the transitional height requirement per the South LA\nCPIO Section II A.2(d);\ne. A Waiver of Development Standards to allow side yard setbacks of zero feet from the first to second\nfloors, and five feet from the third to eighth floors in lieu of 10 feet;\nf. A Waiver of Development Standards to allow a rear yard setback of five feet from the first to second\nfloors, and 10 feet from the third to eighth floors in lieu of 19 feet;\ng. A Waiver of Development Standard to allow a reduction in open spaces to 2,418 square feet in\nlieu of 3,675 square feet per LAMC 12.21 G;\nh. A Waiver of Development Standards to allow a passageway width of three feet in lieu of 22 feet;\ni. A Waiver of Development Standards to allow a commercial frontage of 10 feet in lieu of 17.5 feet;\nj. A Waiver of Development Standards to allow a landscape buffer of zero feet in lieu of five feet\nrequirement per the South LA CPIO Section II C.4; and\nk. A Waiver of Development Standards to allow a ground floor height of 10 feet in lieu of 14 feet per\nthe South LA CPIO Section II A.1(b).\nCity Planning Commission 4 February 23, 2023\nApplicant: Akhilesh Jha\nRepresentative: Hamid Degnan, HRD Arch\nStaff: Sergio Ibarra, City Planner\nsergio.ibarra@lacity.org\n(213) 473-9985