CF 14-0057-S8 at City Council   Adopted as Amended, (13); Absent: Cedillo, Englander (2)

Final Ordinance No. 184,510 

Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:

FIND that this project is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) based upon the categorical exemption set forth in CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense exemption) and 15303(a) (Class 3 Categorical Exemption for New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures). Adoption of these categorical exemptions are appropriate when the Council, exercising its independent judgement, determines the project meets all of the requirements set forth in the above referenced Section of the CEQA Guidelines and none of the exceptions to the use of a Categorical Exemption set forth in CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2 apply to this project, based upon substantial evidence contained in the entire administrative record.

FIND that this project is exempt from CEQA based upon the statutory exemption set forth in California Public Resources Code Section 21080.17, which provides that CEQA does not apply to the adoption of an Ordinance by a City or County to implement the provisions of Section 65852.1 or Section 65852.2 of the Government Code (i.e. Second Dwelling Unit Law). Adoption of this statutory exemption is appropriate when the Council, exercising its independent judgement, determines that the project meets all of the requirements set forth in the above referenced statute, based upon substantial evidence contained in the entire administrative record.

ADOPT the FINDINGS of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC) as the Findings of the Council.

PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE dated June 23, 2016, repealing Subsections 12.24.W.43 and 12.24.W.44 of Chapter 1 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, and granting legal nonconforming status to second dwelling units, for the purpose of complying with State law AB 1866.

Applicant: City of Los Angeles, Department of City Planning

Case No. CPC-2016-1245-CA

Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the LACPC nor the City Attorney. Neither City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement: Yes.
Against: Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council
Encino Neighborhood Council
Studio City Neighborhood Council
Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council
Northridge East Neighborhood Council

(URGENCY CLAUSE – 12 VOTES REQUIRED ON SECOND READING)

(The City Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1) to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled  Los Angeles Neighbors in Action v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case BS150559. (This matter arises from a challenge to the City’s policies and practices of applying state law’s ministerial standards for approving second dwelling units, i.e. so-called granny flats, and policies and practices regarding front yard setback requirements applied to certain hillside streets.))