Around the Corner

LA’s Planning and Land Use Management Committee is back with a packed schedule: set to review 500+ multifamily units, including the delayed (and double appealed) Artisan Hollywood Development and the debated ED1 project at 4319 North Toland Way

Other things happening in LA:

• Turns out ULA revenue isn’t coming just from ‘Mansions’. Last month, an L.A. Office of Finance report estimated that 54% of revenue has come from the sale of offices, retail, and apartment buildings.

• Judge rules LA broke state law by blocking affordable housing in the San Fernando Valley

• Why has LA City Planning’s rezoning efforts left 72% of the city still zoned for single-family homes?

The Week Ahead

Oct 1 | LA City Council

• 1600 –1618 South Flower St, 1601–1623 South Hope St, CPC-­2018-­3336-­SN-TDR-­CUB-­SPR-­MSC: Adopt the SCEA for the South Park Tower Project that includes the demolition of four commercial office/retail buildings and the construction of a 452,630 sf, two-tower, mixed-use development on a 75,503 sf site, with a maximum building height of 260 ft, and a FAR of 6:1, Tower 1 would occupy the western portion of the Project Site and includes a 22 ­story hotel with 300 guest rooms and Tower 2 would occupy the eastern portion of the Project Site and includes a 23­ story residential building with 250 dwelling units in DTLA

Oct 1 | LA Planning and Land Use Mgmt Committee

• Motion for a report clarifying the legal implications of parking removal in over-parked neighborhoods, exploring design solutions to mitigate parking loss, and potentially adjusting existing land use controls where ADUs replace existing tenant parking

• Motion to prepare a report with recommendations relative to the pending application of a proposed 153-unit, 100% affordable housing development located at 4319 North Toland Way in Eagle Rock, as it does not qualify for ministerial review under the Mayor’s Executive Directive 1 as revised on July 1, 2024; and related matters

• Extension of contract amendments for transportation consultants and engineering firms included here

• Cultural Heritage Commission relative to the inclusion of Gaylord Apartments

• 957-967 South Arapahoe St, DIR-2022-7885-SPR-HCA-1A: Review appeal filed by SAFER for 5-story multifamily apartment building with 15 units reserved for VLI households and one dwelling unit reserved for ELI

• 550 South Union Ave, DIR-2021-7344-TOC-SPR-HCA: Appeal from SAFER and decision to uphold approval of 7-story, 100 dwelling (10 ELI) mixed-use building containing approximately 105,620 sf of floor area, comprised of 13,046 sf of commercial floor area and 88,398 sf of residential floor area, on a 29,058 square-foot site, resulting in a FAR of 3.63:1.

• 22822 Ventura Blvd, ZA-2022-2788-CU-SPP-SPPA-SPR-WDI-1A: Appeal from West Valley Alliance for an Optimal Living regarding approval of new 3.426 sf In-N-Out drive-through, fast-food restaurant with 31 automobile parking spaces

• 1848 South Gramercy Place, CPC-2020-2115-DB-HCA: Appeal filed by West Adams Heritage Association (WAHA) regarding environmental clearance for the construction, use, and maintenance of an 8-story, 89-foot tall mixed-use building comprised of 33 residential dwelling units (3 VLI)

• 1523-1549 North Ivar Ave, VTT-82764-2A: Decision on appeal filed by Leo The Sound Factory/Friends of the Sound Factory from the determination of the LACPC in denying the original appeal, and sustaining the decision of the Advisory Agency dated September 15, 2023 to approve the Artisan Hollywood Development, a new 25-story mixed-use building with 290 units (29 affordable) in Hollywood

Week in Review 

Highlighted Case Applications

Los Angeles

Note: LA City Planning is classifying some recent ED1 cases as RED1. Both are now included under ATC’s Planning Project Type: ED1.

Planning

• 16640 Stagg St, ENV-2024-6273-EAF: Demolition of an existing 68,000 square foot warehouse and the construction of a new speculative 120,606 sf warehouse

• 2701 N Thomas St, ADM-2024-6278-QC: Construction of new 2 story single family residence in Northeast LA

• 4050 Marlton Ave, DIR-2024-6250-PR-HCA: Project review as required per Q condition to allow the construction of 290 townhomes with 5% designated 60% AMI and 5% designated 80% AMI in Baldwin Village

• 5401 W Adams Blvd, ADM-2024-6247-RDP: Remove and replace 2 signs to existing building in West Adams-Baldwin Hills- Leimert Park

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

• 12565 Strathern St, ZA-2024-432-CUW: Approved with conditions the installation of a new wireless facility on an existing rooftop

• 4157 N Marcos Rd, DIR-2023-7305-DRB-SPP-MSP-HCA: Approved with conditions the construction of a new 2-story single family dwelling with ADU and enclosed garage for 4-car spaces with 2 tandem included, for total square footage of 4,248

• 2838 Rowena Ave, ZA-2015-359-CUB-PA1: Approved with conditions to allow for the continued sale of alcoholic beverages at Edendale in Silverlake

• 5230 Bianca Ave, ZA-2022-9450-ZAA: Approved with conditions a zoning administrator's adjustment to allow additional residential floor area for an existing residence up to 10% over maximum for new covered patio in Encino

• 1261 Tower Grove Dr, ZA-2022-9453-ZAD-ZAA: Remodel of existing 2-story SFD into a 1-story, 6,755 sq ft SFD including additions to the existing footprint and haul route request in the RE20-1-H-HCR zone in Bel Air-Beverly Crest

• 1142 W 35Th St, DIR-2024-1933-TOC-VHCA: Approved with conditions the demo of an existing building, and the construction of a new 15,991 sf, 5-story, 13 unit apartment building (1 ELI and 1 VLI) in South LA