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25-0159-S2
CD 14
Related to Council file Nos. 25-0159 and 25-0159-S1
PREVIOUSLY CERTIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR) NO.
ENV-2021-2232-EIR, [STATE CLEARING HOUSE (SCH) NO. 2021110015],
AND RELATED CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA)
FINDINGS; and PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT (PLUM)
COMMITTEE REPORT relative to an appeal filed for the property located at
2045 Violet Street (2030 – 2060 East 7th Street; 715 - 829 East Santa Fe
Avenue; 2016 - 2040 and 2023 - 2043 East 7th Place; and 2017 - 2051 Violet
Street).
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE
MAYOR:
1. FIND, based on the independent judgment of the decision-maker,
after consideration of the whole of the administrative record, the
Project was assessed in the previously certified EIR, No. ENV-
2021-2232-EIR, SCH No. 2021110015, certified on May 13,
2025; and, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Sections 15162 and
15164, no subsequent EIR, negative declaration, or addendum is
required for approval of the Project.
2. ADOPT the modified FINDINGS of the Los Angeles City Planning
Commission (LACPC) as the Findings of Council.
3. RESOLVE TO DENY THE APPEAL filed by CREED LA
(Representative: Kelilah D. Federman, Adams Broadwell, Joseph &
Cardozo), and THEREBY SUSTAIN the LACPC’s determination in
approving: 1) a Vesting Conditional Use Permit, pursuant to Los
Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 12.24W.19, to allow floor
area averaging in a Unified Mixed-Use Development within a C or
M Zone; 2) a Zone Variance, pursuant to LAMC Section 12.27, to
permit vehicular access to a loading zone from a public street and
not the adjacent alley way; and, 3) a Site Plan Review, pursuant to
LAMC Section 16.05, for a development that results in an increase
of more than 50,000 gross square feet of non-residential floor area;
for the Violet Street Creative Office Campus Project (Project), a
redevelopment and expansion of an existing office campus on an
approximately six-acre site; the Project proposes to demolish two
buildings with 35,738 square feet of warehouse and office uses and
associated surface parking for the new construction of a 13-story,
450,599 square-foot building comprised of 435,100 square feet of
office uses, 15,499 square feet of ground floor retail and/or
restaurant uses, and four subterranean and three above-grade
levels of parking, all located on the southwestern portion of the
Project Site (known as Lot 1); in addition, a Future Campus
Expansion Phase could allow for the demolition of another existing
21,880 square-foot office building at the corner of Violet Street and
Santa Fe Avenue for the new construction of up to 211,201 square
feet of additional office and restaurant uses, the existing 222,915-
square-foot Warner Music Group building (originally the Ford
Factory building, a designated historic resource) and an existing
five-story parking garage would be retained as part of the Project;
for the property located at 2045 Violet Street (2030 - 2060 East 7th
Street; 715 - 829 East Santa Fe Avenue; 2016 - 2040 and 2023 -
2043 East 7th Place; and 2017 - 2051 Violet Street), subject to
modified Conditions of Approval.
Applicant: AI Violet, LLC and AI Violet B2, LLC
Representative: Jonathan Lonner, Burns and Bouchard, Inc.
Case No. CPC-2021-2231-GPA-VZC-HD-VCU-ZV-SPR-1A
Environmental No. ENV-2021-2232-EIR
Related Cases: CPC-2021-2231-GPA-VZC-HD-VCU-ZV-SPR, VTT-83382-2A,
VTT-83382-1A, VTT-83382
Fiscal Impact Statement: The LACPC reports that there is no General Fund
impact as administrative costs are recovered through fees. |
May 20, 2025
LA County
Los Angeles
City Council
Item
#31
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| 20250520 |
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Los Angeles |
City Council |
Item |
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25-0159
CD 14
Related to Council file Nos. 25-0159-S1 and 25-0159-S2
PREVIOUSLY CERTIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR) NO.
ENV-2021-2232-EIR, [STATE CLEARING HOUSE (SCH) NO. 2021110015],
AND RELATED CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA)
FINDINGS; and PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
REPORT, RESOLUTION, and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative
to General Plan Amendments and Vesting Zone and Height District Change for
the property located at 2045 Violet Street (2030 – 2060 East 7th Street; 715 -
829 East Santa Fe Avenue; 2016 - 2040 and 2023 - 2043 East 7th Place; and
2017 - 2051 Violet Street).
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE
MAYOR:
1. FIND, based on the independent judgment of the decision-maker,
after consideration of the whole of the administrative record, the
Project was assessed in the previously certified EIR No. ENV-2021-
2232-EIR, SCH No. 2021110015, certified on May 13, 2025; and,
pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Sections 15162 and 15164, no
subsequent EIR, negative declaration, or addendum is required for
approval of the Project.
2. ADOPT the modified FINDINGS of the Los Angeles City Planning
Commission (LACPC) as the Findings of Council.
3. DISMISS, pursuant to Los Angeles City Charter Sections 555 and
Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 11.5.6, General Plan
Amendments to:
a. The Central City North Community Plan to change the
land use designation for Lot 1 (located at 2016-2040
East 7th Place and 2017-2045 East Violet Street) of the
Project Site from Heavy Industrial to Regional
Commercial, inasmuch as the request is no longer
necessary for development of the project.
b. The Transportation Element of the General Plan
(Mobility Plan 2035) to reclassify 7th Place along the
Project Site frontage from a Collector Street to a
Standard Local Street, inasmuch as the request has
been superseded by the Downtown Community Plan.
4. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying modified ORDINANCE,
dated May 14, 2025, effectuating a Vesting Zone Change and
Height District Change for Lot 1 of the Project Site from the M3-1-
RIO Zone to the (T)(Q)C2-2-RIO Zone; and the maintenance of the
M3-1-RIO Zone for the remainder of the site; for the
redevelopment and expansion of an existing office campus on an
approximately six-acre site, the Project proposes to demolish two
buildings with 35,738 square feet of warehouse and office uses and
associated surface parking for the new construction of a 13-story,
450,599 square-foot building comprised of 435,100 square feet of
office uses, 15,499 square feet of ground floor retail and/or
restaurant uses, and four subterranean and three above-grade
levels of parking, all located on the southwestern portion of the
Project Site (known as Lot 1); in addition, a Future Campus
Expansion Phase could allow for the demolition of another existing
21,880 square-foot office building at the corner of Violet Street and
Santa Fe Avenue for the new construction of up to 211,201 square
feet of additional office and restaurant uses, the existing 222,915
square-foot Warner Music Group building (originally the Ford
Factory building, a designated historic resource) and an existing
five-story parking garage would be retained as part of the Project;
for the property located at 2045 Violet Street (2030 - 2060 East 7th
Street; 715 - 829 East Santa Fe Avenue; 2016 - 2040 and 2023 -
2043 East 7th Place; and 2017 - 2051 Violet Street).
Applicant: AI Violet, LLC and AI Violet B2, LLC
Representative: Jonathan Lonner, Burns and Bouchard, Inc.
Case No. CPC-2021-2231-GPA-VZC-HD-VCU-ZV-SPR
Environmental No. ENV-2021-2232-EIR
Related Cases: CPC-2021-2231-GPA-VZC-HD-VCU-ZV-SPR-1A; VTT-83382-
2A; VTT-83382-1A; VTT-83382
Fiscal Impact Statement: The LACPC reports that there is no General Fund
impact as administrative costs are recovered through fees. |
May 20, 2025
LA County
Los Angeles
City Council
Item
#29
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