CPC-2022-5401-CA; CPC-2023-3653-ZC City Planning Commission 09.14.2023
Council District: All CEQA: ENV-2022-5286-EIR Last Day to Act: 11-20-23 Plan Area: Citywide
PUBLIC HEARING – Completed on July 12, 2023
PROJECT SITE: The Proposed Transportation Communication Network (TCN) Supplemental Use District (SUD) is dispersed Citywide on 49 parcels owned by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). The parcels can be contiguous and non-contiguous and are predominately adjacent to freeways and major roads within the City including, but not limited to, the 2, 5, 10, 90, 110, 101, 118, 170 and 405 freeways. The TCN SUD includes individual parcels in the communities of Atwater Village, Boyle Heights, Downtown, Echo Park, Encino, Glassell Park, Granada Hills, Hollywood, North Hollywood, Pacoima, Palms, Sherman Oaks, South LA, Sun Valley, Sylmar, Van Nuys, West LA, and Westchester.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT: A code amendment amending Sections 12.32 and 13.00 and establishing Section 13.11.1 of Chapter 1, and a parallel edit to establish a new Section in Article 8 of Chapter 1A, of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) to create a new “Transportation Communication Network,” or “TCN,” Supplemental Use District (SUD), and a Zone Change to apply the TCN District and its regulations and permissions to specific properties owned by Metro within the City. The TCN SUD will permit Metro to install sign structures, including digital display signs, on up to 49 properties owned by Metro. The ordinance proposes specific operational standards, location restrictions, and maintenance requirements for the structures and digital displays. The TCN SUD incorporates a required program for the removal of existing static off-site signs both on Metro owned property and private property resulting in a net reduction in off-site signage within the City. The TCN SUD ordinance details these regulations and requirements, and identifies the Metro owned properties subject to the provisions of the ordinance.
REQUESTED ACTIONS:
1. Find, based on the independent judgment of the decision maker, after consideration of the whole of the administrative record, the Project was assessed in the previously certified Environmental Impact Report No. ENV-2022-5286-EIR (State Clearinghouse No. 2022040363), certified by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Board of Directors on January 26, 2023; and pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Sections 15162 and 15164 and the Addendum, dated August 2023, that no major revisions to the EIR are required and no subsequent EIR or negative declaration is required for approval of the Project;
2. Approve and Recommend that the City Council adopt the proposed Ordinance with staff’s proposed modifications listed in the Staff Recommendation Report incorporated into the Ordinance;
3. Approve and Recommend that the City Council adopt the Zone Change (Exhibit E) to permit the establishment of a non-contiguous Supplemental Use District, called the Transportation Communication Network, on property owned by Metro with staff’s proposed modifications listed in the Staff Recommendation Report incorporated into the Ordinance;
4. Adopt the Staff Recommendation Report as the Commission’s Report on the subject; and
5. Adopt the Findings.
Applicant: City of Los Angeles
Staff: Andrew Pennington, City Planner andrew.pennington@lacity.org (213) 978-1395
