Hollywood Palladium / ZA-2023-6325-PAD
Summary
SCH Number
2025020024
Public Agency
City of Los Angeles
Document Title
Hollywood Palladium / ZA-2023-6325-PAD
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/3/2025
Document Description
The proposed project is the addition of a 1,785 square-foot catering kitchen in an existing 69,206 square-foot theater and entertainment venue (Hollywood Palladium) that features the sale and dispensing of a full line of alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption and live entertainment with public patron dancing in the [T][Q]C4-2D-SN Zone. The proposed addition of the 1,785 square-foot catering kitchen is a change of use within the Hollywood Palladium complex and will be added to the total square footage of the Hollywood Palladium theater resulting in a total floor area of 52,500 square feet. The project proposes interior tenant improvements for the change of use
from retail to catering kitchen and bathrooms including modifications to the floor plans approved pursuant to Case Nos. ZA-1992-345- RV,. BZA-1992-4654-RV, and BZA-1992-4655. No new construction to expand the building footprint or height is proposed. The Hollywood Palladium totals 69,206 square feet; however,. parts of the venue that include ticket and box offices, stairs, first aid area, mechanical rooms, electrical rooms, stairways, the two commercial tenant spaces fronting Sunset Boulevard, administrative and management offices, storage, and boiler rooms that total 16,706 square feet are not included in this Plan Approval. Therefore, the portion of the venue subject to this Plan Approval is 52,500 square feet.
Contact Information
Name
Monique Acosta
Agency Name
City of Los Angeles / Department of City Planning
Job Title
City Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Jonathan Lonner
Agency Name
Burns & Bouchard, Inc.
Job Title
Representative
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Los Angeles
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
6215 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028 and N El Centro ave
Zip
90028
Other Location Info
6215 West Sunset Boulevard (6201-6229 West Sunset Boulevard, 1510-1520 North Argyle Avenue, 1531-1541 North El Centro Avenue, 6210 West Selma Avenue), Los Angeles, 90028
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15301 / Class 1
Reasons for Exemption
The City of Los Angeles has determined based on the whole of the administrative record, that substantial evidence supports that the Project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, Class 1 (Existing Facilities), and none of the exceptions to the categorical exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2 applies to the proposed project. The proposed project will not result in significant cumulative impacts from successive projects of the same type in the same place. The project does not involve unusual circumstances. The proposed project will not damage scenic resources in a state scenic highway. The project site is not on a
list compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5 related to hazardous waste sites. The project will not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource. The project was found to be exempt based on the following: Section 15301, Class 1 - (Existing Facilities) consists of 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 existing or former use
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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