Aug 26, 2024

24-story+ developments proposed in SaMo

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The Week Ahead

August 26 | East LA CPC, Hearing Officer Public Hearing

  • 4002-4006 North Verdugo Rd, CPC-2023-7708-DB-CDO-HCA: 3-story, 44’6” mixed-use building with 14 units (1 LI), 1,071 sf of ground floor commercial and 24 parking spaces across three parcels of land. Applicant argues that since the land use designation permits a greater density than that imposed by the Q condition, the land use designation prevails, and the maximum residential density of the Property is one unit for every 400 square feet of lot area.

August 27 | Pasadena Design Commission

  • 1105 E. Villa St, DHP2022-00249: Major changes to approved project. Application to change a previously approved project from a three-story, 16-unit multi-family residential development to a two-story, 22-unit multi-family residential development with subterranean parking

  • 50 Cordova St, DHP2024-00073: Final Design Review for new three-to-four-story, 88,295-square-foot, 86-unit multi-family residential project over one level of subterranean parking

August 30 | Special Meeting - LA Planning and Land Use Mgmt Committee

  • Reports from the Chief Legislative Analyst relative to recommendations for the distribution of funds held in the Transfer of Floor Area Rights (TFAR) Public Benefit Payment Trust Fund

  • Motion from Council Member Hernandez to amend LAMC to repeal the exemptions for Northeast Los Angeles from regulations that prohibit the construction of ADUs and JADUs in VHFHSZ hillside neighborhoods unless safety measures are adopted.

  • Reappointment of individuals to the LA City Planning Commission and Cultural Heritage Commission

  • 1535 Ivar Ave, VTT-82764-2A: Decision on appeal of the decision to deny the initial appeal filed by Leo Mellace, The Sound Factory/Friends of the Sound Factory, and the approval of a Vesting Tentative Tract for the merger and re-subdivision of a 1.55-acre (67,581 sf) site into one ground lot and for commercial condominium purposes. The project is a new 25-story mixed-use TOC development with 23 levels of residential above-ground-floor commercial, two levels of above-grade parking, and three levels of below-grade parking, podium, and rooftop amenity decks. Associated TOC case: ZA-2019-5590-ZV-TOC-SPR-1A

Week in Review 

Highlighted Case Applications

Los Angeles

Planning

  • Westchester Senior Citizen Housing, 8700-8726 S Sepulveda Blvd, DIR-2024-5375-CDO-PR-HCA: Demo of commercial retail building and existing surface parking lot for construction of a new mixed-use senior citizen housing development with 146 dwelling units and 3,171 sf of ground floor retail, height of 89'

  • 454 S Irving Blvd, DIR-2024-5415-HPOZ-COA: Proposed elevator and elevator shaft addition to an existing two-story SFD

  • Five ED1 applications:

Santa Monica

  • 1438 2nd St, 24ENT-0168: Expansion to the existing four-story hostel facility on a City-Designated Landmark. The expansion includes 40 additional guest rooms, renovating the existing dining hall and central courtyard, and rehabilitating the existing Rapp Saloon

  • 1125 Harvard St, 24ENT-0166: Appeal of the ZA denial to allow a Fence, Wall, and Hedge Height Modification for proposed 6 foot high hedges within the front setback area

  • 2919 Wilshire Blvd, 24ARB-0142: 8-story mixed-use building, 127 units (13 deed-restricted affordable), 5,700 sf ground floor retail w/4 levels of subterranean parking

  • 3030 Nebraska Ave & 3025 Olympic Blvd (all under 1750 Berkeley). Demolition of commercial buildings and construction of mixed-use developments:

    • 3025 Olympic Blvd:

      • 26-story, 315 residential units (48 affordable) and two levels of sub parking totaling 134 spaces

      • 33-story, 482 residential units (72 affordable) and two levels of sub parking totaling 206 spaces

    • 3030 Nebraska Ave:

      • 24-story, 298 residential units (44 affordable), 4,147 sf of retail, and two levels of sub parking with 130 spaces

      • 34-story, 497 residential units (74 affordable), 5,921 sf of retail, and two sub parking levels totaling 201 spaces

Highlighted Completions

Did you know we now have a completed date filter in ATC? You can also check a project's status using the new status filter. For example, many of the cases below have been approved but have a status of β€œIn appeal period.”

Los Angeles

  • 6325 Crenshaw Blvd, DIR-2019-7056-DRB-SPP-TOC: Terminated 4-story 25,299 sf 30-unit mixed-use development, reserving 5 VLI units, in South LA

  • 5938 8Th Ave, ZA-2023-4932-F: Approved the continued use and maintenance of an existing, maximum 6-foot height fence within the front yard setback on property located within the R1-1 Zone

  • 1030 Manzanita St, DIR-2023-5803-TOC-HCA: Approved with conditions demolition of three existing single-family dwellings and construction, use, and maintenance of a new 70,441 square-foot six-story apartment building consisting of 50 dwelling units in Silverlake

  • 5717 Camerford Ave, CPC-2023-6515-CU-DB-WDI-HCA: Approved new 12,623 sf 5-story residential building with 15 units (2 VLI) at a height of 56’11” and with 12 parking spaces in Hollywood

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