Ocean Avenue Project

Ocean Avenue Project

Final EIR. The proposed Project comprises the redevelopment of an approximately 82,500 square foot (sf) site with approximately 122,400 square feet (sf) of fullservice hotel space with up to 120 guestrooms, meeting and banquet rooms, and a hotel spa; 100 residential apartment units (including deed-restricted affordable units, replacement rent-controlled units, and market rate units); 36,110 sf of restaurant (including outdoor dining areas) and retail uses; and a 35,500-sf Cultural Use Campus (e.g., museum, gallery, event space). The proposed Project also includes three underground levels providing a subterranean parking garage with capacity for up to approximately 285 vehicles as well as 231 bicycle parking spaces with longterm storage available in the subterranean parking garage. The proposed Project would construct five new buildings onsite that would range in maximum height from 53 feet to 130 feet (excluding permitted rooftop projections) as well as adaptively reuse two existing City-designated Landmarks for a total Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 2.95 and a total above-grade building floor area of approximately 243,630 sf with an additional 4,940 sf of outdoor dining. The proposed Project includes 40,920 sf of open space to promote an active pedestrian environment. The proposed hotel would be located along Ocean Avenue and would feature an approximately 5,070-sf publiclyaccessible rooftop observation deck providing panoramic views of the Downtown, Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica Mountains, Palisades Park, Santa Monica State Beach, and the Pacific Ocean. In addition to the publicly-accessible rooftop observation deck, three ground floor pedestrian-only paseos, a ground floor publicly-accessible courtyard in front of the Cultural Use Campus, and widened sidewalks along Ocean Avenue, 2nd Street, and Santa Monica Boulevard would provide public open space.

Santa Monica

Los Angeles

Citywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, Santa Monica Bay Restoration, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality

Residential (Units 100, Acres 1.89), Commercial (Sq. Ft. 195810, Acres 1.89, Employees 212)

Site Plan

Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Coastal Zone, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation