Car entered Ocean front Walk (OFW) at Venice Blvd, south. Venice Blvd is one-way south. So driver took OFW to Venice Blvd north, which is one-way north. Sounded reasonable to him. Did not think to go in parking lot and turn around.
Most of the people on Third between Sunset and Rose Wednesday were from out of state. They have been notified that Friday is the day for street to be cleaned, meaning the sidewalk where the stuff is.
West Side
East Side
The Land Use and Planning Committee (LUPC) got defined a little more this week. The following is an explanation of our new organization/structure and process.
“We will leave the current membership as is,” wrote Robin Rudisill, chair of LUPC. “The new organization/structure will be evaluated in approximately one year to determine whether it has proven effective. A change to the committee membership number can be recommended, if deemed advisable, for the next LUPC 2-year term.
“Under our new organization/structure, all Venice planning cases will be divided into 8 categories:
1. North Venice
2. Oakwood
3. Milwood
4. Southeast Venice
5. Oxford Triangle (including Oxford Triangle Specific Plan)
6. Venice Canals
7. Marina Peninsula, Ballona Lagoon East (Grand Canal) & West, Silver Strand
8. East of Lincoln (Venice Community Plan), Board of Public Works, Coastal Transportation Corridor Specific Plan, Glencoe/Maxella Specific Plan
“Each of the 8 LUPC members, besides the Chair, will rotate through these areas over their 2-year term on LUPC, such that they spend approximately equal Interim Terms in each category/Subarea.”
(Venice, CA/10-30-14) After years of having public safety and health concerns ignored, the Venice Stakeholders Association and individual residents today filed a lawsuit against the City and County of Los Angeles for their maintenance of a public nuisance and dangerous conditions along the Venice Boardwalk and beach that deprive residents of the quiet and safe enjoyment of their homes and the Venice community of the safe use of the Venice Beach Recreation Area.
“It has long been evident that the City and County enforce “no camping” laws in all of their parks except the Venice Beach Recreation Area,” said Mark Ryavec, president of the
neighborhood association. “One look at the pristine condition of the park next to City Hall or Grand Park next to the Hall of Administration shows the unequal treatment Venice has received.”
“It is only at the Venice Beach Recreation Area and on adjoining streets that a lawless Skid Row encampment, open drug sales and use, loud late-night noise, and public inebriation, urination and defecation is routinely permitted,” Ryavec said. “This is not tolerated elsewhere in Los Angeles or in other beach cities along Santa Monica Bay.”
“Since City and County officials and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority have not replied to our many requests to clean up the park and beach, we had no choice but to bring this lawsuit.”
“The stakes are very high,” Ryavec said. “This lawless environment spawns deadly behavior–for example, the killing of a young Italian visitor who was run down on the Boardwalk by a meth-addicted transient in his car in the summer of 2013. Or the recent home invasion that forced a young woman out onto the rooftop of her house to escape a transient who had broken in.
“The lack of enforcement of existing laws makes the hundreds of campers living along Venice Beach feel they can do anything they want with impunity. The result is that harassment,intimidation, trespass, vandalism, home invasions, and burglaries are common.”
Rob Glushon, the attorney for the VSA and individual plaintiffs Gary Harris, Jack Hoffmann, Arthur Kraus, David Krintzman and Brad Neal, said, “California law requires all property owners to maintain their property in a manner that does not cause harm and danger to others. Both the City and County need to take action to abate the intolerable conditions at Venice Beach, which are a serious threat to public health and safety.”
(Photo courtesy of Marta Evry) Photo was taken at 3 am Sunday.
Metal bikes and arches will replace the bollards now on Ocean Front Walk. Poster shows the streets and what will be installed. Some streets will have four bikes; others, two. A three-foot opening for American Disabilities Accessibility (ADA) will be provided on many of the streets.
GameTime manufacturer representative Nate Younker figures four bikes can be locked to each bike, two on each side. The bikes will be welded to an 18-inch spike that will be embedded in cement. The arches will have a similar mounting system. Installation should start first of next year.
“I like it,” said Gary Harris, activist and resident of Ocean Front Walk.
This is all part of the program the Council office has worked out in conjunction with the police department, all the various park departments involved with the beach, and the local Ocean Front Walk Task Force.
After the accident that killed a tourist more than a year ago, Councilman Mike Bonin has made safety of Ocean Front Walk a priority. He walked Ocean Front Walk with police department officials and heads of all applicable park departments. He asked for inputs.
Answers came quickly—lights, cameras, street blockage, public address system, walking policemen.
Lights have been installed. Cameras have been installed but a more comprehensive system is yet to follow. The bikes and arches are part of the street blockage system and beautification of OFW.
Board shows placement for bikes and arches. One will be able to hitch his bike to a bike or an arch.
Rosie Westerman of Oxford Triangle was attacked by woman on Thatcher at Harbor Crossing Lane and Admiralty-city-county jurisdiction. Where are you? (See Rosie Westerman’s account of incident under comments.)
Rosie was walking her dog when she asked a lady to put her two dogs on a leash since her dog could certainly harm the little ones if they intruded into her dog’s space. Woman immediately lashed out verbally and ripped the sunglasses from Rosie’s blouse. Woman then threatened to shoot her.
Rosie called 911 and said she was at Harbor Crossing Lane and Admiralty. One is in the City and the other in the County. She was actually in the 3300 block of Thatcher and then crossed the fence in the County area across from Admiralty.
When one is attacked, it is hard to remember where one is unless there is an obvious street with a number. Thatcher is not obvious. She called twice and was switched back and forth by the City and the County, each saying it was not their jurisdiction.
No one came.
T-Mobile at 1515 Pacific will be heard by the zoning administrator 23 October at 1 pm at the West LA Municipal Building, LA 90025.
T-Mobile is seeking to modify an existing rooftop Wireless Telecommunications Facility (WTF) by replacing three existing antenna with six new antenna, associated screening structures. The installation will involve two new equipment cabinets and two new utility cabinets on the ground floor with associated fencing, and a new cable tray, all located within an existing building 42 feet tall building. They also seek a determination to permit a maximum height of 51-feet 4 inches for the modified WTF in lieu of the Venice Specific Plan height limit of 30 feet.
Questions and comments can be sent to Michael Sin at Michael.sin@lacity.org, 213-9789-1345. Refer to ZA2004-7596(CU)(PA3).
Hotel Erwin at 1697 Pacific Ave will be heard 5 November, 4:30 pm at the West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission, Henry Medina Building, 11214 W. Exposition Blvd, LA 90064.
In general the applicant requests the modification, reconfiguration, and expansion of the existing roof deck outdoor café from approximately 2,700 square feet to 4,723 square feet, and further modify the condition to decrease the maximum seating of the ground floor café from 72 to 52 seats and expand the maximum seating of the roof deck outdoor café from 98 to 175 seats all in conjunction with the continued operation of a hotel on a site in the C2-1-CA Zone.
One should obtain the “Notice of Public Hearing” document for all the details.
Questions and comments can be sent to Kevin Jones, Kevin.jones@lacity.org, 213-978-1361. Refer to APCW-2008-317-SPE-CUB-CDP-ZV-SPP-PA1.
521 Rose Ave will be heard 23 October, 9 am, at the West LA Municipal Bulding, 1645 Corinth Ave., LA 90025.
Owner is seeking a Coastal Development Permit to allow the demolition of more than 50 percent of an existing duplex, and to add 3,319 square feet to create a 3,510 square-foot, 30-foot tall duplex with four parking spaces on a 3,139 square-foot lot in the C4-1 Zone, within the single permit jurisdiction of the California Coastal Zone.
Questions and comments can be sent to Antonio Isaia, at Antonio.isaia@lacity.org, 213-978-1353. Reference ZA2014-2166(CDP).
Feed Restaurant at 1235, 1237, 1239 Abbot Kinney Blvd will be heard 23 October at 10 am at the West LA Municipal Building, 1645 Corinth, LA 90025.
The applicant seeks the continued sale and dispensing of a full line of alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption in conjunction with an existing 2,535 square-foot restaurant (Feed Body & Soul) featuring live entertainment, with 38 interior and 32 outdoor seats within a 790 square-foot patio. Proposed hours of operation are 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily, and 2) a Conditional Use, pursuant to the provisions of Section 12.24-W, 27 of the Code, to permit hours of operation beyond the hours of 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., which is otherwise not permitted within a commercial corner establishment/mini-shopping center.
This case was heard by Land Use and Planning committee at their last meet. It was decided then that live entertainment would stop and patio would be closed at midnight.
Questions and comments may be sent to Nora Dresser, at nora.dresser@lacity.org, 213-978-1346. Refer to ZA 2014-2224(CUB)(CU).
1235 Vienna Way will be heard 23 October, 10 pm at the West LA Municipal Building, 1645 Corinth Ave., LA 90025.
Owner is seeking determination to allow the construction, use, and maintenance of a fence, vehicle gate, and decorative gateway with a maximum height of 7 feet 11 inches in lieu of the maximum 3-1/2 feet otherwise permitted in the front yard by Section 12.21-C,1(g) of the Code, in conjunction with the occupancy of a single-family residence
located on a 10,891 square-foot site in the R1-1VLD Zone.
Questions and comments may be sent to Matthew Quan, matthew.quan@lacity.org, 213-978-1320. Refer to ZA2014-1748(F).
Free Park
Free to park, but to retrieve!
They all came, some in doubles.
Aahh! Give you huggies!
There was food from all over to keep the hungry fed.
Even the smoke didn’t deter them.
Land Use and Planning committee (LUPC) of the Venice Neighborhood Council (VNC) heard five cases Tuesday night and made a motion. Next meeting is 7 October, next Tuesday.
A motion was proposed for the VNC to also include the height of a proposed building and state whether the roof was varied or flat in the Community Neighborhood Council (CNC) report in addition to the number of stories. Prior to this time the report contained only the number of stories.
The VNC review of 343 28th Avenue was passed. It was a de minimis project consisting of an interior remodel with a proposed roof height change not to exceed 22 feet.
1235,1237,1239 Abbot Kinney, Feed restaurant was approved with hours extending to 2 am and with live entertainment. The owner agreed to not have amplified live music. He also agreed to close the patio and to not have music past midnight.
458 Venice Blvd, which is a condominium project, was held over until the next meet, which is 7 October because owner was not present. City hearing is scheduled for 8 October.
CJ Cole owner of property behind this project brought up the fact that the 10-foot alley was nine feet lower than the measuring point on Venice Blvd which determines the height. The result would be that the property height would be 9 feet higher than property behind it.. Postponing project until next week will give board members time to determine if there is a possibility of an alternative to the height disparity.
416 Grand Ave, a 1425 square-foot single family dwelling, on a 25 x 90 square foot R-1.5 lot was approved.
21 Voyage was continued. Owner wants to take a duplex and make it a triplex with 6 parking spaces instead of required 7 and square footage of 1137 sf per dwelling unit vs 1200 required. This is taking a recreational room and making a it a unit.