Boyle Heights Community Plan Update

Boyle Heights Community Plan Update

THE BOYLE HEIGHTS COMMUNITY PLAN AREA (CPA) IS LOCATED IMMEDIATELY EAST OF DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES AND THE LOS ANGELES RIVER AND RAIL CORRIDOR AND ENCOMPASSES AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 4,271 ACRES (APPROXIMATELY 6.67 SQUARE MILES). THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN BORDERS OF THE CPA ALIGN WITH THE CITY LIMITS OF LOS ANGELES ADJOINING THE CITY OF VERNON LOCATED TO THE SOUTH AND THE UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY OF EAST LOS ANGELES LOCATED TO THE EAST OF THE CPA, WITH A SMALL AREA OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE CPA ALIGNING WITH THE CITY OF COMMERCE. LOCATED TO THE NORTH ARE THE LOS ANGELES COMMUNITIES OF LINCOLN HEIGHTS, EL SERENO, AND RAMONA GARDENS, AND LOCATED TO THE WEST ARE THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS AND PUBLIC FACILITIES OF DOWNTOWN, WHICH INCLUDES THE ARTS DISTRICT. THE COMMUNITY PLAN HAS BEEN UPDATED AND MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROPOSED PLAN INCLUDES AMENDING BOTH THE TEXT OF THE EXISTING BOYLE HEIGHTS COMMUNITY PLAN AND GENERAL PLAN LAND USE MAP. THE PROPOSED PLAN ALSO INCLUDES THE ADOPTION SEVERAL ZONING ORDINANCES TO IMPLEMENT THE UPDATES TO THE COMMUNITY PLAN, INCLUDING ADDING NEW ZONING DISTRICTS AND OTHER ZONING PROVISIONS TO CHAPTER 1A OF THE NEW ZONING CODE, AS WELL AS REZONING ALL PARCELS IN THE CPA TO REGULATE SPECIFIC USES AND APPLY OBJECTIVE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS (INCLUDING HEIGHT OF STRUCTURES, FLOOR AREA RATIOS [FAR], SITE CONFIGURATION) USING THE NEW ZONING CODE. ADDITIONAL ZONING ORDINANCES INCLUDE A COMMUNITY PLAN IMPLEMENTATION OVERLAY (CPIO) DISTRICT, AMENDMENTS TO THE RIVER IMPROVEMENT OVERLAY (RIO) DISTRICT AND THE CLEAN UP GREEN UP (CUGU) OVERLAY, AND AN AMENDMENT TO THE ADELANTE EASTSIDE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND RELATED AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL PLAN, INCLUDING THE FRAMEWORK ELEMENT AND MOBILITY PLAN NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN. THE CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVED MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROPOSED PLAN ARE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS, INCLUDING LAND USE MAP AMENDMENTS, LAND USE ELEMENT PLAN TEXT AMENDMENTS, AND AMENDMENTS TO THE FRAMEWORK ELEMENT. THE LOCATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVED MODIFICATIONS IS AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT THAT IS GENERALLY BOUNDED BY THE 101 FREEWAY TO THE NORTH, MISSION ROAD, UTAH ST AND CLARENCE ST TO THE EAST, 7TH STREET TO THE SOUTH, AND THE LOS ANGELES RIVER AND MYERS STREET TO THE WEST. THE MODIFICATIONS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE PROPOSED PROJECT ANALYZED IN THE EIR AND NO NEW ANALYSIS IS REQUIRED. THE MODIFICATIONS DO NOT RESULT IN NEW OR MORE SEVERE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS AND THE CHANGES RESULT IN A MINIMAL CHANGE TO THE PROJECT DESCRIBED IN THE NOP AND DEIR BECAUSE THE FOOTPRINT/BOUNDARIES OF THE PROJECT HAVE NOT SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED, THIS IS A MINOR CHANGE IN MIX OF USES TO THE PLAN.

Los Angeles

Los Angeles

Southern California

Los Angeles