The Sauce restaurant at 259 Hampton, Venice.

The Area Planning Commission will rehear, reconsider 259 Hampton, Venice appeal again 1 April, 4:30 pm at the Henry Medina Facility, 11214 Exposition Blvd, CA 90064. Ilana Marosi was the original appellant.

Note: Ilana Marosi was asked to explain the rehearing of the appeal.

By Ilana Marosi
There will be an appeal reconsideration of 259 Hampton Drive at the West LA Planning Commission next Wednesday 1st April. The neighborhood won the first appeal of Jan 7th unanimously. The Applicant was granted a rehearing, so the community is back there to defend their appeal next Wednesday 1st April.

The community did a wonderful job to push back for the first successful appeal, with letters and testimony in person. They proved this development will be detrimental to the surrounding neighborhood and the Planning Commission concurred. Many voices together can make the right noise, and make a big difference in protecting quality of life for all Venetians.

Please turn up this Wednesday to show support for our community’s plight. This project will set a very bad precedent for the neighborhood if it is approved.

There will be a second-story bar 15 feet from neighbors’ homes with an open roof, operating until the early hours of morning. The NOISE disturbance of a bar in the midst of residential homes will be untenable for residents nearby. There is ZERO parking supplied, not even one disabled space. Cars will be crawling our streets in search of the Holy Grail of a parking space, and then add alcohol to the mix, more inebriated drivers will be a danger in our residential streets.

This corner is already extremely congested, and is a designated Coastal Access, which needs to be clear for emergency services, LAPD and LAFD. There are churches, a synagogue, childcare, pre-school all on that block, which is against the ABC recommendations. This census tract is 4-6 times over concentrated in its alcohol licenses and crime here is 3-4 times the citywide average. Please speak up to preserve peace and sanctity in our homes and our community! This one bad development could lead to many others, and before long you may have a bar in your backyard too! Enough is enough.

If you wish to voice your opposition in letter, please contact Councilman Bonin, mike.bonin@lacity.org AND the Planning Commission, APCwestLA@lacity.org. (Please ask that the commission make 15 copies, distribute to 5 commissioners, other officials and place in applicable files.)

PLEASE COME TO HEARING!

Wednesday APRIL 1, 2015 @ 4.30PM,
West Los Angeles Planning Commission,
Henry Medina West LA Parking Enforcement Facility,
2nd floor, Roll Call Room,
11214 West Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064.
(There will be carpooling from Venice if you need!)

Thank you for fighting the good fight!