Around the Corner

Happy Veteran's Day🎖️

• Citywide Adaptive Reuse Code Amendment approved by LA City Planning Commission and referred to PLUM Committee

• Read LAHD’s recommendations to reduce max. allowable rent increases. Based on an economic study obtained by the LAist via a public records request

• New 24,336 sf single-family home approved in Bel Air-Beverly Crest

• California State Parks will hold a virtual meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 12 to discuss a General Plan Amendment to allow the Dodger Stadium Gondola

The Week Ahead

LA City Council Recess Notice this week

November 12 | Central LA Planning Commission

• 3612 West 6th Street, ZA-2012-1308-MPA-PA1-1A: Partial appeal of Plan Approval to allow the continued sale, dispensing, and on-site consumption of a full line of alcoholic beverages in conjunction with a 2,010 sf bar/lounge

• 252 South June St, DIR-2024-5160-COA: Demolition of an existing two-story, 3,454-square-foot single-family residence and detached garage on a Contributing lot in the Hancock Park HPOZ

November 12 | Pasadena Design Commission

• Staff will introduce a Zoning Code Text Amendment to update the Design Review process, last updated in 2009. Read Staff Report here.

• 80-100 N. Lake Ave, DHP2024-00269: Demolition of two existing buildings and construction of a new seven-story, 88,285-square-foot, mixed-use project consisting of 7,469 square feet of ground floor commercial space and 74 residential units, with a two-level parking structure and subterranean parking. Staff Report.

November 14 | LA City Planning Commission

• 956 North Seward St, CPC-2023-5532-ZC-HD-CU-SPR-WDI: Demolition of the existing approximately 40,000 sf film storage building and its associated parking lot and truck rental business and the construction of a seven‐story storage building consisting of 127,868 sf of self-storage and 39,510 sf of temperature‐controlled film and media storage, and 1,100 sf of leasing uses; resulting in a total floor area of 168,478 sf. Project will have a height of 75 feet and a FAR of 3:1.

• 2045 Violet St, CPC-2021-2231-GPA-VZC-HD-VCU-ZV-SPR: The Violet Street Creative Office Campus Project, the redevelopment and expansion of an office campus on an approximately 6.3-acre site. New construction includes a 13-story, 450,599 sf building comprised of 435,100 sf of office uses, 15,499 sf of ground floor retail and restaurant uses, and four underground and three above-grade parking levels. The existing Warner Music Group Building (a designated historic resource) and a five-story parking structure would be retained.

• 1100 East 5th St, CPC-2016-3726-GPA-VZC-HD-DB-MCUP-SPR: Demo of existing warehouse buildings to construct an eight-story, mixed-use building with 220 live/work units (of which 11 percent, or 25 units, are VLI), up to 46,548 sf of commercial space, and three underground parking levels. The Project would total 249,758 sf of floor area on a 1.2-acre site, with FAR of 4.75:1.

• 638 South Berendo St, DIR-2023-4545-TOC-SPR-VHCA-1A: Partial appeal of new, eight-story, 86,700 sf residential building with 163 dwelling units with 18 ELI units (11%). The building will be constructed with seven residential levels above one ground floor level of residential lobby and parking and one underground parking level.

Week in Review 

Highlighted Case Applications

Los Angeles

• 10409 Tujunga Canyon Blvd, ADM-2024-7274-WVR: SB 9 Two Unit Development

• 6704 Balboa Blvd, ADM-2024-7278-DB-HCA-RED1: New 5-story, 31-unit 100% affordable residential development

• 14111 Friar St, ADM-2024-7269-CLR: New 11,264 sf 3-story 5-unit apartment units in R2 zone

• 12247 Addison St, ADM-2024-7235-OVR: Major remodel and addition to existing SFD to create a 2-story single-family dwelling with attached garage

• 7501 Woodley Ave, ENV-2024-7230-CE: Change of use of an existing building to automotive use in the [Q]M1-1 zone

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 “In appeal period.”

Los Angeles

• 64 N Beverly Park, DIR-2023-4380-DRB-SPP-MSP-HCA: Approved with conditions a new 24,336 sf single-family home, with associated garage and accessory living quarters on an existing vacant residential lot

• 12109 W Ventura Pl, DIR-2023-7341-SPP: Approved with conditions reconfiguring front store. Add steel moment frames, change building facade. Move portion of store front, add one tenant space inside building to convert area to outdoor patio cover

• 3767 S Overland Ave, TT-84406-CC: Approved with conditions the conversion of 14-unit commercial condominium units with 39 existing parking spaces

• 333 S Hope St, VTT-83538: Approved with conditions the construction, use, and maintenance of a 34-story, 309,160 sf residential building over a ground floor cafe consisting of 366 dwelling units