Around the Corner

Santa Monica Architectural Review Board to review plans for the approved 4.5-acre Miramar Hotel redevelopment Project at 1133 Ocean Ave, with required affordable housing provided at 1127 2nd St (>60% featuring 2 and 3 bedrooms) and a $4.6 million one-time contribution to the city

What else is new in city planning:

• A newly filed lawsuit seeks to force L.A. city leaders to stop an alleged "covert thwarting" of a housing development in Venice that the city council approved two years ago. The Venice Dell Community development is one of the largest planned Westside housing proposals for unhoused people and people with low incomes

• San Francisco could go from having California’s longest approval process for permits to one of the state’s shortest, with no discretionary hearings, no CEQA

The Week Ahead

July 15 | Santa Monica Architectural Review Board

Miramar Hotel Project, 1133 Ocean Ave, 24ENT-0096: Presentation by Planning staff and Applicant regarding the Miramar Hotel Project and formulation of Board recommendations to the Landmarks Commission. Project details:

• City Council approved in September 2020 the 4.5-acre redevelopment project on a designated Landmark Parcel

• Development Agreement allows for the expansion and modernization of the current hotel, including adding 301 guest rooms, 60 residential condominiums, outdoor spaces, and retail facilities

• Approval follows a multi-year community engagement and City review process to negotiate significant community and fiscal benefits for Santa Monica

• 42 new deed-restricted affordable housing units to be built on an adjacent parcel (60% two and three-bedroom units)

• $4.6 Million in one-time contributions to the City to support mobility, economic equity/opportunity initiatives, affordable lodging, parks and recreation, etc.

• Additional $6.4 Million towards affordable lodging in the Coastal Zone

July 16 | West LA City Planning Commission

• 250 6th Ave, DIR-2021-2054-CDP-MEL-HCA-1A: Decision on appeal of demolition of a one-story, 1,497 sf SFD and the construction of a two-story, 12,208 sf four-unit apartment building with one subterranean level, four recreation rooms, and four roof decks, with 9 parking spaces on-site. Located within the Single Permit Jurisdiction of the California Coastal Zone. In response to the appeal, the applicant modified the proposed project to reduce the square footage of the four-unit apartment building for consideration by the West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission.

July 17 | Mulholland Scenic Parkway Design Review Board

• 8160 West Willow Glen Rd, DIR-2018-2049-DRB-SPP-MSP: Proposed construction of a new 4,111 sf SFD with a max. height of 25 ft, a detached 630 sf 4-car garage, and a pool on a 22,389 sf vacant lot. The project site is downslope, visible from the Mulholland Drive right of way, and subject to the Baseline Hillside Ordinance. The project proposes 1,930 cy of cut, 136 cy of fill, 1,794 cy of export, and 0 cubic yards of import grading.

• 22515 W. Quinta Rd, DIR-2023-933 -DRB-SPP-MSP-HCA: Project proposes the construction of a new 3-story 3,418 sf SFD with a max. height of 24 ft and 8 in on a 15,871 sf lot. Project proposes a 2-car 442 sf detached garage, decks, retaining walls, and a swimming pool. The subject property is upslope and non-visible from the Mulholland Drive right-of-way. The project proposes 675 cy of cut, 219 cy of fill, 0 cy of import, and 456 cy of export grading.

Week in Review 

Highlighted Case Applications

Los Angeles

• 1122 S Westmoreland Ave, ADM-2024-4378-CLR: Construction of new 7-unit apartment complex behind the existing 8-unit complex. Previous TOC development attempts were terminated in 2021 after structures on sites were deemed contributors to HPOZ.

• 244 N Rossmore Ave, ZA-2024-4429-F-CCMP: Construction of max of 8 ft. high, 260 ft. wide hedge with gates along the property line on the west and north, stucco finish to match existing primary building in Hancock Park

• 13024 Bloomfield St, ADM-2024-4427-CLR: Remodel and addition to existing SFD with attached garage and new 1-story ADU in Studio City

• 1513 Winona Blvd, ADM-2024-4385-DB-SPPC-VHCA-ED1: Construction of a 7-story, 52-unit, 28,638 sf mixed-use development with zero parking stalls located in the C2-1D Zone

• 3121 E 12th St, ADM-2024-4391-RDP: Use of land for open storage in Boyle Heights

SB9

• 15839 Valley Vista Blvd, AA-2024-4438-PM: Parcel map subdivision to permit the division of land from 1 lot into 2 single family parcels

• 8225 Wilkinson Ave, ADM-2024-4446-WVR: SB 9 Two Unit Development

Pasadena

• 161 N Hill Ave, PPR2024-00006: Pre-development review for the construction of a new two-story 33,000 sf research and development building

• 141 N Madison Ave, PWDWG2024-00016: Public improvements for construction of new 5-story mixed-use building with 49 condominiums under building permit BLDMU2021-00006 and conditions of approval under vesting tentative tract map

Highlighted Completions

Los Angeles

• 15140 W Sunset Blvd, DIR-2023-8041-DRB-SPP: Approved Master Sign Program to establish standards for 10 commercial tenant wall signs in the Pacific Palisades Commercial Village and Neighborhoods Specific Plan

• 4758 Frieda Dr, DIR-2024-826-SPPC: Approved with conditions Mount Washington-Glassell Park specific plan compliance for a 2-story addition (650 sf) to an existing SFD (1,128 sf)

• 4427 N San Blas Ave, DIR-2023-1580-DRB-SPP-MSP-HCA: Mulholland Specific Plan compliance and DRB for new 3403 sf two-story SFD over basement with attached garage and attached 1252 sf ADU

• 4306 N Figueroa St, ZA-2022-8516-CUB: Continued on-site consumption of beer and wine in conjunction with an existing 2,700 square-foot restaurant with 92 indoor seats and live entertainment: karaoke and amplified music in Historic Highland Park

• 1502 S Robertson Blvd, ZA-2023-5459-ZAA: Construction of a new 19,921 sf two-story Alzheimer's/Dementia Memory Care Facility with 40 guest rooms