Bank of America (ENV-2024-3078-CE)
Summary
SCH Number
2024080504
Public Agency
City of Los Angeles
Document Title
Bank of America (ENV-2024-3078-CE)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/13/2024
Document Description
The proposed project is a Project Compliance Review and Design Review for façade remodeling and the construction of a new 155-square-foot Concrete Masonry (CMU) trash enclosure for an existing approximately 7,453-square-foot commercial building located with the Northeast Los Angeles Community Plan. The approximately 35,010-square-foot site is located within Subarea II of the Colorado Boulevard Specific Plan
.
The proposed project is for Project Compliance Review and Design Review. It includes façade remodeling and the construction of a new Concrete Masonry (CMU) trash enclosure for an existing approximately 7,453-square-foot commercial building located with the Northeast Los Angeles Community Plan. Façade improvements include: building painting, replacing the existing tile finish on the Colorado Boulevard elevation with new tile as needed, and screening and painting of the approximately 155-square-foot trash enclosure to match the existing building.
The site is located at 2263-2267 West Colorado Boulevard, and 5100-5116 North El Rio Avenue in the Colorado Boulevard Specific Plan area. It is zoned [Q]C4-1XL and has a General Plan Land Use Designation of Neighborhood Commercial. Properties to the west are also zoned [Q]C4-1XL, to the north are zoned R1-1, to the east is zoned PF-1, and to the south are zoned [Q]C4-2D and [Q]C2-2D. Properties zoned residential to the north are improved with residential uses. The commercial properties are generally improved with one- and two-story buildings with neighborhood and community commercial uses such as retail, office, and restaurant, and public facilities. The site is located in Subarea II of the Colorado Boulevard Specific Plan, which allows for a by-right Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 1.0 to 1. No changes to the existing floor area are proposed. The parent case is DIR-2024-3077-DRB-SPPC.
Contact Information
Name
Debbie Lawrence
Agency Name
City of Los Angeles, City Planning Department
Job Title
City Planning Associate
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Judy Yam -
Agency Name
MJY Group, Inc.
Job Title
Representative
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Los Angeles
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
W. Colorado Blvd & N. El Rio Ave
Zip
90041
Other Location Info
NAME OF APPLICANT / OWNER:
Bank of America/Allison Gilliam – Bank of America National Association
Other Information
2263-2267 West Colorado Boulevard, 5100-5116 North El Rio Avenue
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15301 / CLASS 1
Reasons for Exemption
Class 1 (Existing Facilities). Categorical Exemption Class 1 allows for the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing.
There are six (6) Exceptions which the City is required to consider before finding a project exempt under Class 15311: (a) Location; (b) Cumulative Impacts; (c) Significant Effect; (d) Scenic Highways; (e) Hazardous Waste Sites; and (f) Historical Resources.
As shown in the case file, the project is consistent with the applicable Northeast Los Angeles Community Plan designation and policies and all applicable zoning designations and regulations. The subject site is wholly within the City of Los Angeles, on a site that is approximately 35,010 square feet. Lots adjacent to the subject site are developed with commercial and residential uses in an urbanized area. The project site is previously disturbed and surrounded by development and therefore is not, and has no value as, a habitat for endangered, rare or threatened species. It is currently developed with an existing single-story building with a commercial use and
surrounded by development, and therefore is not, and has no value as, a habitat for endangered, rare or threatened species. No changes to the existing floor area are proposed for this project.
Regulatory Compliance Measures (RCMs), which require compliance with the City of Los Angeles Noise Ordinance; pollutant discharge, dewatering, stormwater mitigations; and Best Management Practices for stormwater runoff will apply if the project involves any construction. These RCMs will ensure the project will not have significant impacts on noise and water. Furthermore, the
project does not exceed the threshold criteria established by LADOT for preparing a traffic study. Therefore, the project will not have any significant impacts to traffic. Interim thresholds were developed by DCP staff based on CalEEMod model runs relying on reasonable assumptions, consulting with AQMD staff, and surveying published air quality studies for which criteria air pollutants did not exceed the established SCAQMD construction and operational thresholds.
Therefore, the project meets the Criteria for a Class 1 Categorical Exemption.
The subject site is located within the Raymond Fault Zone, a Liquefaction Zone, and Special Grading Area as identified on the latest Bureau of Engineering Basic Grid Map A-13372. It is
located outside of a Flood zone. Per Section 91.7003 of the Building Code, RCMs, including, Aesthetics (RC-AE-3 Vandalism), RC-AE-4 (Signage), Noise (RC-NO-1 (Demolition, Grading, and Construction Activities)); and Public Utilities and Service Systems (RC-WS-2 (Green Building Code), RC-EN-1 (Green Building Code)) in the City of Los Angeles regulate construction of projects and will reduce any potential impacts to less than significant. These RCMs have been
historically proven to work to the satisfaction of the City Engineer to reduce any impacts from the specific environment the project is located. No changes to the existing floor area are proposed for this project. Thus, the project will not result in a significant impact based on its location, nor will there be any significant cumulative impacts.
There are no proposed changes to the Floor Area Ratio and height of the existing commercial building. Thus, there are no unusual circumstances which may lead to a significant effect on the
environment. The only State Scenic Highway within the City of Los Angeles is the Topanga Canyon State Scenic Highway, State Route 27, which travels through a portion of Topanga State Park. The Topanga Canyon State Scenic Highway is about 25 miles west of the subject site. Therefore, the subject site will not create any impacts within a designated as a state scenic highway. Furthermore, according to Envirostor, the State of California’s database of Hazardous Waste Sites, neither the subject site, nor any site in the vicinity, is identified as a hazardous waste site. The project site has not been identified as a historic resource by local or state agencies, and the project site has not been determined to be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, California Register of Historical Resources, the Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Register, and/or any local register; and was not found to be a potential historic resource based on the City’s HistoricPlacesLA website or SurveyLA, the citywide survey of Los Angeles. Finally,
the City does not choose to treat the site as a historic resource. Based on this, the project will not result in a substantial adverse change to the significance of a historic resource and this exception
does not apply.
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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