ZA-2022-7153-CUB
Summary
SCH Number
2025030704
Public Agency
City of Los Angeles
Document Title
ZA-2022-7153-CUB
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
3/18/2025
Document Description
The project involves a Conditional Use Permit (Alcohol) to allow the sale of a full line of alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption and the accessory sale of beer and wine for off-site consumption, in conjunction with the operation of a new 2,032-square-foot restaurant with 113 seats within an existing commercial building in the [Q]C4-1XL Zone. The proposed hours of operation are: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday to Thursday, 11 a.m. to 12 a.m. on Friday, 9 a.m. to 12 a.m. on Saturdav, and 9 a.m. to 10 o.m. on Sundav. No alterations are oroposed to the exterior of the existing one-story buildino.
Contact Information
Name
Debbie Lawrence
Agency Name
City of Los Angeles / Department of City Planning
Job Title
Project Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
gary benjamin
Agency Name
Alchemy Planning + Land Use
Job Title
Representative
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Los Angeles
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
5215 York Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90042 and N Avenue 52
Zip
90042
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15301 Class 1
Reasons for Exemption
Class 1 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 use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency's determination. There are six (6) Exceptions which the City is required to consider before finding a project exempt
under Section 15301, Class 1: (a) Location; (b) Cumulative Impacts; (c) Significant Effect; (d) Scenic Highways; (e) Hazardous Waste Sites; and (f) Historical Resources No square footage changes will be made to the existing building constructed in 1965, thus no new development is proposed. Therefore, the Project will not result in a significant impact based on its location, nor will there be any significant cumulative impacts. The project will be subject to Regulatory Compliance Measures (RCMs), which require compliance with the City of Los Angeles Noise Ordinance, pollutant discharge, dewatering, stormwater mitigation; and Best Management Practices for stormwater runoff. The property is further located within the East Los Angeles State
Enterprise Zone (Zl-2129), Special Grading Area (BOE Basic Grid Map A-13372), an AlquistPriolo Earthquake Fault Zone (21-2441 ), and the Raymond Fault 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.
There are no changes to the Floor Area and height of the existing structure, only interior tenant improvements to the building. Thus, there are no unusual circumstances which may lead to a significant effect on the environment. Additionally, 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 28 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. Therefore, the project was found to be exempt from CEQA for the above reasons.
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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