Around the Corner

Are you curious what ED1 Projects look like? We’ve broken down ED1 unit mix and affordability levels by Community Plan Area (CPA). 

• Less than 0.1% of units in four of the top 5 CPAs are designated for ELI

• The majority of projects have over 80% of units as studios and 1-bedroom apartments

• Will the rent for moderate-income units be higher than the median lease price in some areas? The 2023 Area Median Income (AMI) for LA County is $98,200.

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The Week Ahead

Sept 10 | Pasadena Design Commission

• 1870-1890 E. Walnut St, 170 N. Parkwood Avenue and 175 N. Greenwood Ave, DHP2024-00117: Major changes to exterior materials and architectural features of a previously approved Final Design Review for a new multi-family residential project with subterranean parking. Staff Report.

Sept 10 | Central LA Planning Commission

• 1555 North Vine St, DIR-2024-2175-MSC-1A; LADBS Permit No. 24048-10000-00158: Applicant appealing determination the signage is not permitted and appeal of the denial of a building permit clearance for the Hollywood Sign Supplemental Use District under Building Permit Application. The applicant applied to remove an existing static sign located at the northwest corner of Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street and install a new digital sign. The Applicant would like to install a larger digital sign in the same location, which would have a height of 50 feet and width of 22 feet, resulting in a total sign area of approximately 1,105 sf.

Sept 12 | East LA Planning Commission

• 504 West Avenue 44, ZA-2022-7295-ZAA-ZAD-SPP-HCA-1A: Appeal of ZA determination that denied an adjustment to permit a SFD with a wall height of 10 ft and denied a lot fronting on a Substandard Hillside Limited Street (West Avenue 44) that is improved with an Adjacent Minimum Roadway width less than 20 feet. Applicant proposed the construction, use, and maintenance of a new two-story SFD measuring approximately 3,731 sf with a 393 sf covered garage on an 8,696.8 sf vacant lot located within the Mount Washington-Glassell Park Specific Plan area. Appellant is Frontenac Avenue Safety Association (FASA).

Sept 12 | LA Citywide Planning Commission

• 555 East Universal Hollywood Dr, CPC-2017-5423-VZC-HD-CUB-CUX-SPR: The Hilton Universal City Project (Project) involves the construction of an approximately 300,000 sf, 18-story Hotel Expansion Building addition to the existing 24-story Hilton Universal City Hotel. Comprised of 395 guestrooms, a spa, three restaurants, an indoor/outdoor bar, two pools, a single-level lobby lounge/bar connecting to the existing hotel building, a meeting room addition to the ancillary building, and an expansion of the existing three-level parking garage. Project would provide 890 guest rooms and 696,609 sf of floor area, resulting in a FAR of 2.2:1.

• 9201 North Winnetka Ave, CPC-2023-4890-VZC-CU: Adaptive reuse of a 118,784 sf multiplex theater building (Pacific Theater) for a new Tesla Delivery Hub and Service Center. The project involves tenant improvements and exterior renovations to the existing multiplex theater building, as well as site improvements, including the restriping of the existing surface parking lot and new landscaping. Removes 95 vehicular parking spaces for 1,147 parking spaces on site.

• 7716–7860 Beverly Blvd, CPC-2021-4089-AD-GPA-ZC-HD-SP-SN: The TVC 2050 Project would establish the TVC 2050 Specific Plan to allow for the continuation of an existing studio use and modernization and expansion of media production facilities within the approximately 25-acre Television City studio site. The Specific Plan would establish standards to regulate land use, massing, design, and development and permit up to 1,724,000 sf of sound stage, production support, production office, general office, and retail uses.

  • VTT-83387-1A: Appeal of the TVC 2050 Project merger and re-subdivision of four lots into three lots and a Haul Route for exporting up to 772,000 cubic yards of soil.

• CPC-2024-2616-CA: Proposed Redevelopment Plan Procedures Chapter 1A Transition Ordinance will relocate the Redevelopment Plan Procedures from Section 11.5.14 in Chapter 1 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) to Division 13B.12. in Article 13 of Chapter 1A of the LAMC.

Week in Review 

Highlighted Case Applications

Los Angeles

Planning

• 6844 S Sepulveda Blvd, ZA-2024-5595-ZV: Demo portion of the parking lot and the construction of a new and relocation of the Central Utility Plant for the Valley Presbyterian Hospital

• 638 S Berendo St, DIR-2023-4545-TOC-SPR-VHCA-1A: Appeal of new 8-story residential development with 163 units

• 430 N Mission Rd, ADM-2024-5614-RDP: Demolition of off site billboard

• 12860 Encinitas Ave, ZA-2024-5552-CU2-ZV: CU2 for dual order point drive-thru in the C2 zone adjacent to residential area, with reduced parking

• 152 S Arden Blvd, ADM-2024-5586-ADUH: Under AB 2299 and SB 1069 in the Windsor Square HPOZ Preservation Plan, construction of accessory structures (Same day approval)

• 4828 Radford Ave, ADM-2024-5569-ADU-OVR: New 2-story SFD(2977 sf)+ attached garage (354.6 sf)+ open trellis with attached ADU (993.2 sf) per ordinance. Permit: 24019-20000-03448.

Culver City

• 5821 Uplander Way, P2024-0190: Demolition of existing 2-story commercial buildings and construction of a new mixed-use multi-family development with 7-story buildings and 1,170,891 gross sf comprised of 1,106 dwelling units, 5,552 gross sf of commercial, three levels of underground and above-grade parking containing 1,400 parking spaces, and associated site improvements.

• 13463 Washington Blvd, P2024-0191: Appeal of Planning Commission adoption of Resolution No. 2024-P007 (July 24, 2024), approving Conditional Use Permit Modification and Class 32 Categorical Exemption from CEQA to allow the demolition of existing fueling station and two commercial structures (+-8,480 sf), and the construction of a new expanded and relocated fueling station and associated project design features and site improvements.