News of Venice, CA and Marina del Rey CA
By Roxanne Brown
Attorney for Fran Camaj’s Gjusta at 320 Sunset asked that the appeal hearing (regarding City’s approval of change of use from bakery/retail to restaurant/retail with full liquor license) be given a 90-day extension. West LA Planning Commission approved 60 days.
Appealing the decision are: Jim Murez and Ilana Marosi and others.
Rescheduled appeal hearing will be 20 January, 11214 Exposition Blvd, LA 90064
659 Broadway will be heard at 1:20 pm, 9 December, Los Angeles City Hall, 200 N. Spring Street, Room 1020, LA 90012.
Owner wants to construct a 3-story, 2-unit residential condominium with 5 parking spaces on an approximately 5,200 square-foot lot in the RD1.5-1 Zone. A Zoning Administrator’s Adjustment is requested to allow a 10-feet front yard setback in lieu of a 15-feet front yard setback as required.
The deputy advisory agency shall consider, pursuant to Section 17.50 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), a Preliminary Parcel Map to permit a one-lot subdivision for the construction of a 3-story 2-unit residential condominium in the single Coastal Jurisdiction Zone with 5 parking spaces.
The zoning administrator shall consider:
2. Pursuant to Section 12.28 of the LAMC, a Zoning Administrator’s Adjustment to allow a 10-feet front yard setback in lieu of a 15-feet front yard setback as measured from new property line after required dedication.
All questions and correspondence can be directed to Iris Wan, 213-978-1397, Iris.Wan@lacity.org.
Zoning Administrator will hear 505 28th Avenue 7 December, 2 pm, West LA Municipal Building, 1645 Corinth Ave., 90025.
The proposed project involves the demolition of a 405-square-foot, detached accessory garage. The project will construct a second floor addition of 646 square feet and a new, attached, 370-square-foot garage to the existing single-family dwelling unit. The project proposes a total of three on-site parking spaces (two covered and one uncovered), a maximum building height of 25 feet to the top edge of the flat roof and a residential floor area of 2,877 square feet located in the dual permit jurisdiction area of the Coastal Zone.
All question can be directed to Zoning Administrator Michelle Singh at 213-978-1166, michelle.singh@lacity.org
West LA Area Planning Commission will hear Gjusta Bakery at 320 Sunset Wednesday (15 July) starting at 4:30 pm, Henry Medina facility, 11214 West Exposition Blvd, 90064.
The hearing involves an appeal of the determination of the Department of Transportation (DOT) on the Trip Generation and Traffic Assessment for proposed seating/dining area addition to an existing bakery/retail facility issued 6 May 2015.
Apellant is Concerned Neighbors, representative Ilana Marosi.
Firestone Brewery at 3205-3223 Washington Blvd and 2915 -2923 Carter will be heard Wednesday, 5 August starting at 4:30 pm by the West Los Angeles Planning Commission, at Henry Medina Facility, 11214 West Exposition Blvd, 90064.
The hearing involves an appeal in part of the Zoning Administrator’s decision to require a zone variance authorizing the on-site brewing of beer as a Condition of Approval, in conjunction with the approval of a Conditional Use authorizing the sale and dispensing of beer and wine for on-site consumption in a restaurant and the sale of beer for off-site consumption in a retail space located in the C2-1 zone and to adopt the action of the lead agency in issuing mitigated negative declaration ENV-2013-3174-MND, as the environmental clearance for the subject action.
Marilyn Roland sent the list of “Landmarks per Historic Sites Survey Report” as something she found that was interesting. It is. Look at the list. It is part of a document called Venice Community Plan that was written by the Los Angeles Planning department and published 29 September 2000.
By looking at the list one gets a better appreciation for Venice and thus a better understanding of the landmarks people in Venice want to preserve.
Both Jim Smith and Arnold Springer were contacted to find out about the document. Smith did not know but said Springer would know. Springer gave me the information that led to the document.
Several issues were listed as being community concerns. Do they sound familiar 15 years later?
Planning to hear 811-815 Ocean Front Walk, 10:30 am at West Los Angeles Municipal Building, 1645 Corinth Ave, LA 90025.
Owner wants a Coastal Development Permit for the demolition of two existing residential buildings containing a total of nine dwelling units, and the construction of a new 35-foot tall, 2,691 square-foot restaurant on the ground- floor with two residential units above totaling 8,456 square feet, located within the dual-jurisdiction area of the Coastal Zone; and pursuant to the provisions of Section 12.24-W,1 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, a Conditional Use to permit the dispensing of a full line of alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption in conjunction with the abovementioned restaurant with 100 seats having operating hours between 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday and 8 a.m. to 12 midnight Sunday through Thursday; pursuant to Section 12.27 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, a variance to allow a combination of mechanical car lifts and tandem parking operated by parking attendants for the commercial required parking with a 22-foot wide drive aisle and 8 feet 4 inches standard stall width and 7 feet 6 inches compact stall width, otherwise not allowed by Section 12.21-A,5 in conjunction with the provision of 26 required commercial on-site parking spaces and 20 bicycle spaces for a total of 31 on-site spaces; pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.5.7 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, a Project Permit from the Venice Coastal Zone Specific Plan; and a Mello Determination, for the subject project located on a 9,002 square-foot lot zoned C1-1.
In addition owner wants the city to adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) for the above referenced project.
Comments and questions can be addressed to Kellen Hoime, 213-473-9769, kellen.hoime@lacity.org. Reference case no. ZA2014-3007(CDP)(CUB)(ZV)(SPP)(MEL).
West LA Area Planning Commission will hear Mello Act appeals for several properties in the Venice area Wednesday, 17 June starting at 4:30 pm at West LA Municipal Building, 11214 Exposition Blvd, LA 90064. Appellants are Robin Rudisill and Lydia Ponce.
Properties include: 728 Flower (DIR2015-0767-MEL-1A), 705 – 707 Broadway (DIR2015-0766=MEL-1A, 337 and 339 6th Avenue (DIR2015-1003-MEL-1A), 732 Indiana Avenue (DIR2015-1057-MEL-1A), 1011 and 1015 5th Avenue and 425 Westminster (DIR2015-1059-MEL-1A), 657 Flower Avenue (DIR2015-1064-MEL-1A), 736 Sunset Avenue (DIR2015-1068-MEL-1A),
All comments should be addressed to the West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission, 200 North Spring Street, Room 272, LA 90012 or call 213-978-1300 for information. Refer to Case Numbers.
673 Brooks will be heard 10 June, 9:30 am, LA City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Room 1020, LA 90012.
A Preliminary Parcel Map for a ‘small lot’ subdivision to subdivide one lot into two ‘small lots,’ with one dwelling unit each, in the RD1.5-1 Zone, a Zoning Administrator Adjustment for ‘early start construction’ to permit a front yard setback of 8 feet in lieu of the required 15 feet; and a rear yard setback of 5 feet in lieu of the required 15 feet; also, an adjustment to a permit a subdivision with less than the required minimum lot area of 5,000 square feet after dedication, and a Coastal Development Permit (CDP) for the construction of two dwelling units in the Coastal Zone, and Mello (MEL) Determination for the demolition of a single family dwelling and guest house.
Comments and questions can be sent to Kevin Golden at 213-978-1396 or email at Kevin.Golden@lacity.org. Reference AA-2014-1086-PMLA-SL
These are the hearings scheduled for June. Last Update listed hearings for the remainder of May.
737 Millwood Ave will be heard 4 June at 10 am at West LA Municipal Building, 1645 Corinth Ave., Los Angeles 90025.
Owner wants the continued use of an existing 5-foot rear yard in lieu of the 15- foot rear yard otherwise required by Section 12.09-C,3 in conjunction with the construction of a bridge 11 feet 2-inches above the ground to connect an existing single-family residence to an existing detached garage/accessory building to create one attached building, located on a 5,400 square-foot lot in the R2-1 Zone.
Comments or questions can be addressed to Michael Sin at 213-978-1345, email: Michael.Sin@lacity.org. Reference ZA2014-2915(ZAA), ENV2014-2916-CE.
811-815 Ocean Front Walk will be heard 11 June 10:30 am
at West LA Municipal Building, 1645 Corinth Ave, Los Angeles 90025.
Owner wants a Coastal Development Permit for the demolition of two existing residential buildings containing a total of nine dwelling units, and the construction of a new 35-foot tall, 2,691 square-foot restaurant on the ground- floor with two residential units above totaling 8,456 square feet, located within the dual-jurisdiction area of the Coastal Zone; and a Conditional Use to permit the dispensing of a full line of alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption in conjunction with the 100-seat restaurant that will have operating hours between 8 am to 1 am Friday and Saturday and 8 am to 12 midnight Sunday through Thursday.
Owner wants a variance to allow a combination of mechanical car lifts and tandem parking operated by parking attendants for the commercial required parking with a 22-foot wide drive aisle and 8 feet 4 inches standard stall width and 7 feet 6 inches compact stall width, otherwise not allowed by Section 12.21-A,5 in conjunction with the provision of 26 required commercial on-site parking spaces and 20 bicycle spaces for a total of 31 on-site spaces, a Project Permit from the Venice Coastal Zone Specific Plan; and a Mello Determination, for the subject project located on a 9,002 square-foot lot zoned C1-1.
Comments or questions can be addressed to Kellen Hoime at 213-473-9769, email: kellen.hoime@lacity.org. Reference ZA2014-3007 (CDP)(CUB)(ZV)(SPP)(MEL)
2512 Ocean Ave will be heard 11 June at 9:00 am at West LA Municipal Building, 1645 Corinth Ave, 90025.
Owner wants a Coastal Development Permit for the proposed demolition of an existing single-family residence and the construction of a 29-foot 8-inch tall, 2,373 square-foot single-family dwelling with a 725 square-foot roof deck and an attached 403 square-foot garage over a 1,645 square-foot basement on a 2,702 square- foot lot in the RD1.5-1-O Zone, within the single-jurisdiction area of the California Coastal Zone.
Comments or questions can be addressed to Kinikia Gardner at 213-978-1340, email: Kinikia.Gardner@lacity.org. Reference ZA2014-2965(CDP), ENV2014-1197-CE.
451 Sherman Canal will be heard 11 June at 9:30 am at West LA Municipal Building. 1645 Corinth Ave, 90025.
Owner wants a Coastal Development Permit for the proposed construction of a 28-foot tall, 3,563 square-foot single-family dwelling with attached 437 square-foot garage on a vacant 2,850 square-foot lot in the RW1-1-O Zone, within the dual-jurisdiction area of the California Coastal Zone.
Comments or questions can be addressed to Antonio Isaia at 213-978-1353 email: antonio.Isaia@lacity.org. Case Number ZA2014-2856(CDP) and ENV2014-1510-CE should be mentioned.
700 Indiana Ave will be heard 11 June, 10 am at West LA Municipal Building, 1645 Corinth Ave., 90025.
Owner wants a Coastal Development Permit for the proposed conversion of an existing one-story 1,312 square-foot duplex into a two-story, 25-foot tall, 1,965 square-foot single-family dwelling with a detached 433 square-foot garage, located on a 3,071 square-foot lot in the RD1.5-1 Zone, within the single-jurisdiction area of the California Coastal Zone.
Comments or questions can be addressed to Michael Sin at 213-978-1345 email: Michael Sin@lacity.org. Case Number ZA2014-2835(CDP) and ENV2014-2836-CE should be mentioned.
2815 Ocean Front Walk will be heard 27 May, 10 am at West LA Municipal Building, 1645 Corinth Ave., 90025.
Owner want to conversion a storage room into a third dwelling unit (DU), within an existing duplex, on a lot that is approximately 2,520 square feet (2,856 square feet including one- half the alley); the resulting density would be approximately one DU for each 952 square feet of lot area.
Venice Specific Plan Exemptions would be:
From Section 13.D. and E. to allow a total of six (6) parking spaces: two (2) for each dwelling unit, in lieu of providing a total of seven (7) required parking spaces: two for each dwelling unit and one (1) Beach Impact Zone (BIZ) space.
Comments or questions can be addressed to Kevin Jones at 213-978-1361 email: Kevin.Jones@lacity.org. Reference case Number APCW2014-3157-SPE-SPP-CDP-MEL and ENV2014-3158-MND.
665 Vernon Ave will be heard 28 May, 9:30 am by Deputy Advisory Agency at Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, room 1050, Los Angeles 90012.
Owner wants a ‘small lot’ subdivision to subdivide one lot into two ‘small lots,’ with one dwelling unit each, in the RD1.5-1 Zone, a Zoning Administrator Adjustment for ‘early start construction’ to permit a front yard prevailing setback of 10 feet in lieu of the required 15 feet; 5 foot side yards in lieu of the required 6 feet for buildings 3-story in height; and a rear yard setback of 5 feet in lieu of the required 15 feet; also, an adjustment to a permit a subdivision with less than the required minimum lot area of 5,000 square feet after dedication, and a Coastal Development Permit (CDP) for the construction of two dwelling units in the Coastal Zone, and Mello (MEL) Determination for the demolition of a 930 sq. ft. single family dwelling.
Comments or questions can be addressed to Kevin Jones at 213-978-1396 email: Kevin.Jones@lacity.org. Reference case number AA2014-1082-PMLA-SL, ENV-2014-1083-MND, and ZA-2014-1084-CDP-ZAA-MEL.
1141 Cabrillo Ave will be heard 21 May, 10 am at West LA Municipal Building, 1645 Corinth Ave., 90025.
Owner wants to demolish an existing single-family dwelling and construct a new 35-foot tall, 3,337 square-foot single-family residence with an attached 405 square-foot garage located on a 2,550 square-foot lot zoned RD1.5-1-O and within the single-jurisdiction area of the California Coastal Zone.
Comments or questions can be addressed to Kellen Hoime at 213-473-9769 email: Kellen.Hoime@lacity.org. Reference case number ZA2014-1346(CDP) and ENV2014-1347-CE.