Studio City Residential Floor Area (RFA) / Supplemental Use District

CF 08-2332     Vote Action: Adopted, Vote Given: (14 – 0 – 1)

Ordinance No. 185,371 (January 19, 2018)

NEGATIVE DECLARATION (ND), ADDENDUM, COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE LOS ANGELES CITY PLANNING COMMISSION (LACPC) and CITY ATTORNEY, and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to repealing the Studio City Residential Floor Area Supplemental Use District and effectuating a Zone Change for those parcels in the non-hillside single-family residential lots in Studio City.

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

FIND, pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15074(b), after consideration of the whole of the administrative record, including ND No. ENV-2015-4197-ND-REC-1, as circulated on October 2, 2017 and the Addendum, and all comments received, that only minor technical changes or additions to the ND are necessary, and pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, no subsequent Environmental Impact Report, negative declaration, nor addendum is required for approval of the project; that the ND reflects the independent judgment and analysis of the City; and, ADOPT the ND.

ADOPT the FINDINGS of the LACPC as the Findings of the Council.

PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE dated January 8, 2018, repealing Ordinance No. 182048, and amending the Zoning Map referenced in Section 12.04(B) of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to apply the Single Family R1 Regulations, by removing the RF designation for those parcels in the non-hillside single-family residential lots, from R1-1-RFA-RIO to R1-1-RIO; R1-1VL-RFA- RIO to R1-1VL-RIO; RE11-1-RFA-RIO to RE11-1-RIO; and, RE20-1-RFA-RIO to RE20-1- RIO, for the project area located in the Studio City community, consisting of 3,900 single-family zoned properties and generally bounded by the Hollywood Freeway to the east, the Los Angeles River and Ventura Boulevard to the south, Ethel Avenue to the west and the Ventura Freeway to the north, including several hundred single-family properties south of Ventura Boulevard between Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Fulton Avenue.

Applicant: City of Los Angeles
Case No. CPC-2017-2342-ZC
Environmental No. ENV-2015-4197-ND-REC-1

Fiscal Impact Statement: The LACPC reports that there is no General Fund impact as administrative costs are recovered through fees.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
URGENCY CLAUSE – 12 VOTES REQUIRED ON SECOND READING

(Planning and Land Use Management Committee waived consideration of the above matter)


Partial Detail Presented Below

City Attorney report R18-0001, dated January 8, 2017, relative to the draft ordinance repealing Ordinance No. 182048 and amending the zoning map referenced in Section 12.04(B) of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to apply the Single-Family R1 regulations.

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