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1 PLANNING DEPARTMENT TRANSMITTAL TO THE CITY CLERK S OFFICE CITY PLANNING CASE: ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT: COUNCIL DISTRICT: CPC DB-1A ENV CE 4 - RYU PROJECT ADDRESS: 5570 West Melose Avenue; 647 Noth Beachwood Dive APPLICANT TELEPHONE NUMBER: ADDRESS: Cescent Capital Patnes 8690 National Boulevad Culve City, CA i New/Changed APPLICANT S REPRESENTATIVE -TELEPHONE NUMBER: ADDRESS: Dana Sayles, thee6ixty 4309 Oveland Avenue Culve City, CA dana@thee6ixty.net APPELLANT TELEPHONE NUMBER: ADDRESS: Dan Wells & Phalap Entepises, LLC; 5546 Melose, LLC & Woodow Jackson; Tacey Clake APPELLANT S REPRESENTATIVE TELEPHONE NUMBER: ADDRESS: Beth Dois 3226 Mandeville Canyon Road Los Angeles, CA beth.dois@aol.com PLANNER CONTACT INFORMATION: TELEPHONE NUMBER: ADDRESS: Lillian Rubio lillian.ubio@lacity.og ENTITLEMENTS FOR CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Tansmittal Rev 04/05/17 1

2 FINAL ENTITLEMENTS NOT ADVANCING: N/A ITEMS APPEALED: Density Bonus REVISE- ATTACHMENTS: ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE: REVISED: D: 7 Lette of Detemination 7 Findings of Fact 7 Staff Recommendation Repot 7 Conditions of Appoval Odinance Zone Change Map GPA Resolution Land Use Map Exhibit A - Site Plan 7 Mailing List Land Use Othe NOTES / INSTRUCTION(S): 7 Categoical Exemption Negative Declaation Mitigated Negative Declaation P Envionmental Impact Repot P Mitigation Monitoing Pogam Othe FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT: 7 Yes No PLANNING COMMISSION: *If detemination states administative costs ae ecoveed though fees, indicate Yes. 7 City Planning Commission (CPC) Cultual Heitage Commission (CHC) Cental Aea Planning Commission East LA Aea Planning Commission Habo Aea Planning Commission Noth Valley Aea Planning Commission South LAAea Planning Commission South Valley Aea Planning Commission West LAAea Planning Commission Tansmittal Rev 04/05/17 2

3 PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING DATE: CO M M ISS I ON VOTE : Apil 20, LAST DAY TO APPEAL: APPEALED: June 7, 2017 Yes TRANSMITTED BY: TRANSMITTAL DATE: James K. Williams June 9, 2017 Tansmittal Rev 04/05/17 3

4 o; Los Angeles City Planning Commission 200 Noth Sping Steet, Room 532, Los Angeles, Califonia, , (213) a LETTER OF DETERMINATION MAILING DATE: MAY Case No.: CPC DB CEQA: ENV CE Plan Aea: Wilshie Poject Site: 5570 West Melose Avenue; 647 Noth Beachwood Dive Applicant: Cescent Capital Patnes Repesentative: Dana Sayles, thee6ixty Council Distict: 4 - Ryu At its meeting of Apil 20, 2017, the Los Angeles City Planning Commission took the actions below in conjunction with the appoval of the following poject: Constuction, use, and maintenance of a new two to five-stoy, appoximately 43,078 squae-foot mixed-use building consisting of 52 esidential dwelling units and appoximately 5,500 squaefeet of commecial aea. The poject will set aside five (5) units fo Vey Low Income Households. The building will have an appoximate height of 56-feet and five-stoies of esidential dwelling units above gound floo commecial. Paking will be povided at gade level and within one subteanean level of paking and will povide 76 automobile paking spaces (24 commecial, and 52 esidential) and a total of 64 bicycle paking spaces Detemined, based on the whole of the administative ecod, that the Poject is exempt fom CEQA pusuant to State CEQA Guidelines, Section 15332, and City CEQA Guidelines, Aticle III, Section I, Class 32, and thee is no substantial evidence demonstating that an exception to a Categoical Exemption pusuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section applies; Appoved a 35% Density Bonus (with a set aside of 11 % of the base density, five (5) units, fo Vey Low Income Households); and two (2) On-Menu Incentives and one OffMenu Waive as follows: Pusuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section A,25(f)(4)(i), an a. On-Menu Incentive to incease the Floo Aea Ratio (FAR) to 2.02:1 in the C2-1VL Zone and 4.05:1 in the R3-1 Zone in lieu of the othewise pemitted 1.5:1 and 3:1 FAR espectively pusuant to LAMC Section A; b. Pusuant to LAMC Section A,25(f)(8), an On-Menu Incentive to pemit the aveaging of floo aea atio, density, paking, open space, and access fom the C2-1VL Zone to the R3-1 Zone; c. Pusuant to LAMC Section A,25(g)(3), an Off-Menu Waive to pemit a maximum of five (5) stoies and 56-feet in lieu of the othewise pemitted thee (3) stoies and 45-feet pusuant to Municipal Code Section A. 1; Adopted the attached Conditions of Appoval as modified by the Commission; and Adopted the attached Findings.

5 CPC DB Page 2 The vote poceeded as follows: Moved: Seconded: Ayes: Absent: Dake Wilson Katz Amboz, Choe, Mack, Padilla-Campos, Pelman Millman, Mitchell Vote: 7-0 ; James K. Williams, Commission Executive Assistant II Los Angees City Planning Commission Fiscal Impact Statement: Thee is no Geneal Fund impact as administative costs ae ecoveed though fees. Effective Date/Appeals: The decision of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission is final and not appealable as it elates to the Off-Menu Density Bonus. The decision of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission egading any On-Menu Density Bonus is futhe appealable to the Los Angeles City Council within 15 days afte the mailing date of this detemination lette. Any appeal not filed within the 15-day peiod shall not be consideed by the Council. All appeals shall be filed on foms povided at the Planning Depatment's Development Sevice Centes located at: 201 N. Figueoa Steet, Fouth Floo, Los Angeles; o at 6262 Van Nuys Boulevad, Suite 251, Van Nuys); o at 1828 Sawtelle, West Los Angeles. JUN 0? 2017 FINAL APPEAL DATE: If you seek judicial eview of any decision of the City pusuant to Califonia Code of Civil Pocedue Section , the petition fo wit of mandate pusuant to that section must be filed no late than the 90th day following the date on which the City's decision became final pusuant to Califonia Code of Civil Pocedue Section Thee may be othe time limits which also affect you ability to seek judicial eview. Attachments: Modified Conditions of Appoval, Findings c: May Siinopwongsagon, City Planne Lillian Rubio, City Planning Associate

6 CPC DB C-1 CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL As modified by the City Planning Commission on Apil 20, 2017 Appoval of this subject development poject is made with the following Tems and Conditions imposed, in ode to ensue compliance with allocable equiements of Los Angeles Municipal Code Section A,25 and State Govenment Code Section (State Density Bonus Pogam). Density Bonus Conditions 1. Site Development. Except as modified heein, the poject shall be in substantial confomance with the plans and mateials submitted by the Applicant, stamped "Exhibit A, and attached to the subject case file. Mino deviations may be allowed in ode to comply with the povisions of the Los Angeles Municipal Code o the poject conditions. 2. Commecial Uses. The total commecial floo aea shall not exceed 5,500 squae feet within the C2-1VL Zone. 3. Residential Density. The poject shall be limited to a maximum density of 52 esidential units including Density Bonus Units. 4. Affodable Units. a. A minimum of five (5) units shall be eseved as affodable units fo Vey Low Income Households, as defined by the State Density Bonus Law 65915(C)(2). b. Changes in Resticted Units. Deviations that incease the numbe of esticted affodable units o that change the composition of units o change paking numbes shall be consistent with L.A.M.C. Section A, Housing Requiements. Pio to issuance of a building pemit, the owne shall execute a covenant to the satisfaction of the Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Depatment (HCIDLA) to make five (5) units available to Vey Low Income Households, fo sale o ental as detemined to be affodable to such households by HCIDLA fo a peiod of 55 yeas. Enfocement of the tems of said covenant shall be the esponsibility of HCIDLA. The applicant will pesent a copy of the ecoded covenant to the Depatment of City Planning fo inclusion in this file and to the Council Office and Neighbohood Council. The poject shall comply with the Guidelines fo the Affodable Housing Incentives Pogam adopted by the City Planning Commission and with any monitoing equiements established by the HCIDLA. Refe to the Density Bonus Legislation Backgound section of this detemination. 6. Floo Aea Ratio (FAR). The poject shall be limited to a maximum FAR of 2.02 times the Buildable Aea of the lot fo the C2-1VL Zone and a maximum FAR of 4.05 times the Buildable Aea of the lot fo the R3-1 Zone. 7. Aveaging. The poject may aveage the FAR, density, open space, paking, and vehicula access between the C2-1VL and R3-1 Zones. 8. Height. a. The potion of the building located within the C2-1VL Zone and within a 50-foot adius of the R1-1 Zone, as shown on Exhibit A, shall be limited to a maximum height of 25 feet.

7 CPC DB C-2 b. The poject shall be limited to a maximum height of 56 feet and five (5) stoies. 9. Open Space. The poject shall povide open space in accodance with LAMC Section G. Planting of equied tees within the public ight-of-way shall obtain appoval fom the Uban Foesty Division pio to obtaining appoval fom the Depatment of City Planning. 10. Lighting. Outdoo lighting shall be designed and installed with shielding, such that the light souce cannot be seen fom adjacent esidential popeties, the public ight-of-way, no fom above. 11. Glae. The exteio of the poposed stuctue shall be constucted of mateials such as, but not limited to, high-pefomance and/o non-eflective tinted glass (no mio-like tints o films) and pe-cast concete o fabicated wall sufaces to minimize glae and eflected heat. 12. Sola-eady Buildings. a. The poject shall comply with the Los Angeles Municipal Geen Building Code, Section , to the satisfaction of the Depatment of Building and Safety. b. A minimum of fifteen (15%) pecent of the ooftop, as shown on Exhibit A, shall be eseved fo the installation of sola panels. The sola panels shall be installed pio to the issuance of a cetificate of occupancy. 13. Mechanical Equipment. All exteio mechanical equipment, including HVAC equipment, satellite dishes, cellula antennas and ai conditiones, shall not be visible fom public ightsof-way o adjacent esidences o placed in window o doo openings. 14. Signage. On-site signs shall be limited to the maximum allowable unde the Municipal Code. The location, type, and size of signage ae not pat of this appoval. 15. At Mual/Public At Piece. At mual(s) and/o public at piece(s) shall be in compliance with all applicable City egulations, pusuant to Section of the Los Angeles Administative Code and including appoval fom the Depatment of Cultual Affais. 16. Tees. a. New tees shall be planted on Melose Avenue, subject to the eview and appoval of Uban Foesty. Pio to the issuance of any pemit, a plot plan shall be pepaed indicating the location, size and type of all new tees. b. Removal o planting of any tee in the public ight-of-way equies appoval of the Boad of Public Woks. Contact Uban Foesty Division at: All tees in the public ight-of-way shall be povided pe the cuent standads of the Uban Foesty Division, Bueau of Steet Sevices, Depatment of Public Woks. 17. Tash/Recycling. Tash and ecycling bins shall be located within the building o a gated, coveed enclosue constucted of mateials identical to the exteio wall mateials of the building and sceened with landscaping, so as not to be viewed fom public ight-of way o adjacent esidences. 18. Constuction. The poject contacto shall use powe constuction equipment with state-ofthe-at noise shielding and muffling devices. On-site powe geneatos shall eithe be plug-in electic o sola poweed.

8 CPC DB C Automobile Paking. a. b. c. Vehicle paking may be povided consistent with AB 744, which pemits a minimum of 0.5 paking spaces pe bedoom, povided that a minimum of 11 pecent of the base dwelling units is set aside fo Vey Low Income households; othewise, paking shall be povided consistent with LAMC Section A,25(d). Commecial automobile paking shall be povided consistent with LAMC Section A,4. Adjustment of Paking. In the event that the numbe of Resticted Affodable Units should incease, o the composition of such units should change (i.e. the numbe of bedooms, o the numbe of units made available to Senio Citizens and/o Disabled Pesons), o the applicant selects anothe Paking Option (including Bicycle Paking Odinance) and no othe Condition of Appoval o incentive is affected, then no modification of this detemination shall be necessay, and the numbe of paking spaces shall be e-calculated by the Depatment of Building and Safety based upon the atios set foth pusuant to L.A.M.C. Section A,25. d. A minimum of twenty (20%) pecent of the total povided paking spaces shall be capable of suppoting futue electic vehicle supply equipment (EVSE). EVSE, infastuctue, and all devices elated to EV chaging shall be installed in accodance with Califonia Electical Code and to the satisfaction of the Depatment of Building and Safety. e. A minimum of fou (4) automobile paking spaces shall be installed with EV Chaging Stations. 20. Bicycle Paking. Residential and commecial bicycle paking shall be povided consistent with LAMC Section A,16. Administative Conditions: 21. Appoval, Veification and Submittals. Copies of any appovals, guaantees o veification of consultations, eview o appoval, plans, etc., as may be equied by the subject conditions, shall be povided to the Planning Depatment fo placement in the subject file. 22. Code Compliance. Aea, height and use egulations of the zone classification of the subject popety shall be complied with, except whee heein conditions ae moe estictive. 23. Covenant. Pio to the issuance of any pemits elative to this matte, an ageement concening all the infomation contained in these conditions shall be ecoded in the County Recode s Office. The ageement shall un with the land and shall be binding on any subsequent popety ownes, heis o assign. The ageement must be submitted to the Planning Depatment fo appoval befoe being ecoded. Afte ecodation, a copy beaing the Recode s numbe and date shall be povided to the Planning Depatment fo attachment to the file. 24. Definition. Any agencies, public officials o legislation efeenced in these conditions shall mean those agencies, public officials, legislation o thei successos, designees o amendment to any legislation.

9 CPC DB C Enfocement. Compliance with these conditions and the intent of these conditions shall be to the satisfaction of the Planning Depatment and any designated agency, o the agency s successo and in accodance with any stated laws o egulations, o any amendments theeto. 26. Building Plans. Page 1 of the gants and all the conditions of appoval shall be pinted on the building plans submitted to the City Planning Depatment and the Depatment of Building and Safety. 27. Expedited Pocessing Section. Pio to the cleaance of any conditions, the applicant shall show poof that all fees have been paid to the Depatment of City Planning, Expedited Pocessing Section. 28. INDEMNIFICATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF LITIGATION COSTS. Applicant shall do all of the following: a. b. c. d. e. Defend, indemnify and hold hamless the City fom any and all actions against the City elating to o aising out of the City s pocessing and appoval of this entitlement, including but not limited to, an action to attack, challenge, set aside, void, o othewise modify o annul the appoval of the entitlement, the envionmental eview of the entitlement, o the appoval of subsequent pemit decisions, o to claim pesonal popety damage, including fom invese condemnation o any othe constitutional claim. Reimbuse the City fo any and all costs incued in defense of an action elated to o aising out of the City s pocessing and appoval of the entitlement, including but not limited to payment of all cout costs and attoney s fees, costs of any judgments o awads against the City (including an awad of attoney s fees), damages, and/o settlement costs. Submit an initial deposit fo the City s litigation costs to the City within 10 days notice of the City tendeing defense to the Applicant and equesting a deposit. The initial deposit shall be in an amount set by the City Attoney s Office, in its sole discetion, based on the natue and scope of action, but in no event shall the initial deposit be less than $50,000. The City s failue to notice o collect the deposit does not elieve the Applicant fom esponsibility to eimbuse the City pusuant to the equiement in paagaph (b). Submit supplemental deposits upon notice by the City. Supplemental deposits may be equied in an inceased amount fom the initial deposit if found necessay by the City to potect the City s inteests. The City s failue to notice o collect the deposit does not elieve the Applicant fom esponsibility to eimbuse the City pusuant to the equiement in paagaph (b). If the City detemines it necessay to potect the City s inteest, execute an indemnity and eimbusement ageement with the City unde tems consistent with the equiements of this condition. The City shall notify the applicant within a easonable peiod of time of its eceipt of any action and the City shall coopeate in the defense. If the City fails to notify the applicant of any claim, action, o poceeding in a easonable time, o if the City fails to easonably coopeate in the defense, the applicant shall not theeafte be esponsible to defend,

10 CPC DB C-5 indemnify o hold hamless the City. The City shall have the sole ight to choose its counsel, including the City Attoney s office o outside counsel. At its sole discetion, the City may paticipate at its own expense in the defense of any action, but such paticipation shall not elieve the applicant of any obligation imposed by this condition. In the event the Applicant fails to comply with this condition, in whole o in pat, the City may withdaw its defense of the action, void its appoval of the entitlement, o take any othe action. The City etains the ight to make all decisions with espect to its epesentations in any legal poceeding, including its inheent ight to abandon o settle litigation. Fo puposes of this condition, the following definitions apply: "City shall be defined to include the City, its agents, offices, boads, commissions, committees, employees, and voluntees. "Action shall be defined to include suits, poceedings (including those held unde altenative dispute esolution pocedues), claims, o lawsuits. Actions include actions, as defined heein, alleging failue to comply with any fedeal, state o local law. Nothing in the definitions included in this paagaph ae intended to limit the ights of the City o the obligations of the Applicant othewise ceated by this condition.

11 CPC DB F-1 FINDINGS A. Density Bonus/Affodable Housing Incentives Compliance Findings Pusuant to LAMC Section A.25 (e)(2), in ode to be eligible fo any on-menu incentives, a Housing Development Poject (othe than an Adaptive Reuse Poject) shall comply with the following citeia, which it does: a. The fagade of any potion of a building that abuts a steet shall be aticulated with a change of mateial o a beak in plane, so that the fagade is not a flat suface. The poposed mixed-use building consists of two steet fontages, the noth elevation which faces Melose Avenue and the east elevation which faces Beachwood Dive. As shown in Exhibit A, the building povides beaks in the plane along both the nothen and easten elevations. The southen elevation povides beaks to accommodate balconies and additional aticulation. The westen elevation povides beaks to accommodate open space. As indicated in the exhibit, the elevations will include altenating mateials. The gound level tanspaency fa?ade ceates a pedestian-scaled poject at the steet level. The building is designed with individual unit balconies and building fa?ade cutouts, which povide substantial beaks in the building wall. The use of "solids and voids in the achitectual expession also helps to ceate visual inteest within the Poject distinct fom a typical apatment building. The steet level of the building is also designed in a pedestian scale, with glass doo and windows leading to the lobby and vetical ciculation. b. All buildings must be oiented to the steet by poviding entances, windows achitectual featues and/o balconies on the font and along any steet facing elevation. As peviously descibed, the poject site has fontage along Melose Avenue and Beachwood Dive. The fontage along Melose Avenue povides glass stoe fontages fo the 5,500 squae feet of commecial space. The fontage along Beachwood Dive includes the continuation of the glass stoe fontage, as well as the main entance fo the esidential dwelling units. c. The Housing Development Poject shall not involve a contibuting stuctue in a designated Histoic Pesevation Ovelay Zone (HPOZ) and shall not involve a stuctue that is a City of Los Angeles designated Histoic-Cultual Monument (HCM). The poposed poject is not located within a designated Histoic Pesevation Ovelay Zone, no does it involve a popety that is designated as a City Histoic-Cultual Monument. d. The Housing Development Poject shall not be located on a substandad steet in a Hillside Aea o in a Vey High Fie Hazad Seveity Zone as established in Section of the LAMC. The poject site is located at the southwest cone of Melose Avenue, a designated Avenue II, and Beachwood Dive, a designated Local Steet - Standad. Melose Avenue is dedicated to a width of 80 feet. Beachwood Dive is dedicated to a width of 60 feet. The poject is not located in a Hillside Aea, no is it located in a Vey High Fie Hazad Seveity Zone.

12 CPC DB F-2 Pusuant to Section A.25(g) of the LAMC, the Commission shall appove a density bonus and equested incentive(s) unless the Commission finds that: 1. The incentives ae not equied to povide fo affodable housing costs as defined in Califonia Health and Safety Code Section o Section fo ents fo the affodable units. The ecod does not contain substantial evidence that would allow the Diecto to make a finding that the equested incentives ae not necessay to povide fo affodable housing costs pe State Law. The Califonia Health & Safety Code Sections and define fomulas fo calculating affodable housing costs fo vey low, low, and modeate income households. Section addesses owne-occupied housing and Section addesses ental households. Affodable housing costs ae a calculation of esidential ent o owneship picing not to exceed 25 pecent goss income based on aea median income thesholds dependent on affodability levels. The list of on-menu incentives in A.25 wee pe-evaluated at the time the Density Bonus Odinance was adopted to include types of elief that minimize estictions on the size of the poject. As such, the Diecto will always aive at the conclusion that the density bonus onmenu incentives ae equied to povide fo affodable housing costs because the incentives by thei natue incease the scale of the poject. The equested off-menu incentives, which ae a equest fo an incease in the numbe of stoies and an incease in height ae not expessed in the Menu of Incentives pe LAMC A,25(f) and, as such, ae subject to LAMC A,25(g)(3). The equested on- and off-menu incentives allow the develope to expand the building envelope so the additional five (5) Resticted Affodable units can be constucted and the oveall space dedicated to esidential uses is inceased. These incentives suppot the applicant s decision to set aside seven units fo Vey Low Income households fo a peiod of 55 yeas. Requested On-Menu Incentive Floo Aea Ratio: The poposed poject equests an incease in the Floo Aea Ratio (FAR) fom 1.5:1 to 2.02:1 fo the potion of the site which is zoned C2-1VL and 3:1 to 4.05:1 fo the potion of the site that is zoned R3-1. The pemitted 1.5:1 and 3:1 FAR would estict the building envelope and limit the ability to constuct the esidential units pemitted by ight in conjunction with the commecial squae footage. The incease in FAR allows fo an FAR aveage of 2.57:1 ove the entie site which is below the pemitted FAR fo adjacent popeties which ae zoned fo multi-family development and ae pemitted a maximum 3:1 FAR. The additional FAR would allow fo the constuction of units which ae sufficient in size and developed thoughout the entiety of the site. Aveaging of Floo Aea Ratio, Density, Open Space, Paking, and Vehicula Access: The poject site is compised of thee pacels which ae zoned C2-1VL and one pacel that is zoned R3-1, with the R3 Zone as the moe estictive zone. As poposed, the poject would develop the fou pacels with one building, which would unify the site. Howeve, the Zoning Code would equie that the building not exceed the maximum pemitted FAR and density in each of the zones. This would esult in eithe educed units o a lage building envelope within

13 CPC DB F-3 eithe potion of the site. Aveaging the FAR and density between the zones would allow fo the dwelling units to be of a sufficient size and the development of the Resticted Affodable Units within the poposed building envelope. Additionally the Zoning Code esticts the ability to povide the equied open space and accessoy uses (paking) within a moe estictive zone. The aveaging of open space, paking, and vehicula access between the two zones would allow fo a pactical design which best utilizes the site and povides easy access to the open space and paking fo the poposed building. Requested Off-Menu Incentive Height and Stoy Limit: Height Distict 1-VL and 1 esticts the height of buildings in the C2 and R3 Zone to a maximum of 45 feet. Additionally, mixed-use buildings within the C2 Zone ae limited to thee stoies, whee buildings which ae 100 pecent esidential ae not limited in the numbe of stoies. The limitation on the numbe of stoies fo mixed-use buildings could limit the ability to constuct the esidential dwelling units pemitted by-ight and the Resticted Affodable Units which ae of a sufficient size. The building as poposed would have a maximum height of 56 feet and would have a total of five-stoies. As poposed, the additional 11 feet and 2-stoies would allow fo the constuction of 11 additional units within the C2 Zone and 3 units within the potion of the site zoned R3. 2. The Incentive will have a specific advese impact upon public health and safety o the physical envionment, o on any eal popety that is listed in the Califonia Registe of Histoical Resouces and fo which thee ae no feasible method to satisfactoily mitigate o avoid the Specific Advese Impact without endeing the development unaffodable to Vey Low, Low and Modeate Income households. Inconsistency with the zoning odinance o the geneal plan land use designation shall not constitute a specific, advese impact upon the public health o safety. Thee is no evidence that the poposed incentives will have a specific advese impact. A "specific advese impact is defined as, "a significant, quantifiable, diect and unavoidable impact, based on objective, identified witten public health o safety standads, policies, o conditions as they existed on the date the application was deemed complete (LAMC Section A.25(b)). The poposed Poject and potential impacts wee analyzed in accodance with the City s Envionmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines and the City s L.A. CEQA Thesholds Guide. These two documents establish guidelines and thesholds of significant impact, and povide the data fo detemining whethe o not the impacts of a poposed Poject each o exceed those thesholds. Analysis of the poposed Poject detemined that the poposed Poject is categoically exempt pe Aticle III, Section I, Class 32, as futhe discussed in Finding 3. Futhe thee is no histoic esouce on this site o adjacent sites. Theefoe, thee is no substantial evidence that the poposed Poject will have a specific advese impact on the physical envionment, on public health and safety, o on popety listed in the Califonia Registe of Histoic Resouces. Envionmental Findings 3. Envionmental Finding. The Depatment of City Planning detemined that the Poject is exempt fom CEQA pusuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15332, Class 32, and that thee is no substantial evidence demonstating that an exception to a categoical exemption pusuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section applies.

14 CPC DB F-4 On Mach 15, 2017, the Depatment of City Planning issued ENV CE and found that the Poject qualifies as an in-fill development unde the Class 32 exemption as it meets the following conditions: a) The poject is consistent with the applicable geneal plan designation and all applicable geneal plan policies as well as with applicable zoning designation and egulations; b) The poposed development occus within city limits on a poject site of no moe than five aces substantially suounded by uban uses; c) The poject site has no value as habitat fo endangeed, ae o theatened species; d) Appoval of the poject would not esult in any significant effects elating to taffic, noise, ai quality, o wate quality; e) The site can be adequately seved by all equied utilities and public sevices. The Envionmental Naative and supplemental technical studies can be found attached to and in the case file fo ENV CE.