CPC-2018-2657-CA  AT CITY PLANNING COMMISSION 08/23/2018

• Staff Report:  August 23, 2018
• Listen to CPC Audio (August 23, 2018)
• California Legislative Information SB 375     Sustainable Communities Strategy: environmental review.

Council Districts: All
CEQA: ENV-2018-2658-CE Last Day to Act: N/A
Plan Areas: All
PUBLIC HEARING – Completed June 6, 2018
PROJECT SITE: Citywide

PROPOSED ORDINANCE:  An ordinance establishing a new Section 11.5.13 within Article 1.5 to the Los Angeles Municipal Code, stating that when a decision-maker other that the City Council certifies an EIR, approves an ND, MND, or SCEA, or determines that a project is exempt, that environmental clearance is appealable to the City Council within 15 days of the project’s approval.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:

1. Consider based on the whole of the administrative record, that the proposed ordinance is not a project under CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b) and is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15308 (Class 8);
2. Approve and recommend that the City Council adopt the proposed ordinance;
3. Adopt the staff report as the Commission report on the subject; and
4. Adopt the Findings as recommended by staff.

Applicant: City of Los Angeles

Staff: Azeen Khanmalek, City Planning Associate

azeen.khanmalek@lacity.org  (213) 978-1336