2904 West 7tti Street (ENV-2023-2409-CE)
Summary
SCH Number
2025041177
Public Agency
City of Los Angeles
Document Title
2904 West 7tti Street (ENV-2023-2409-CE)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
4/24/2025
Document Description
The project is for the construction, use, and maintenance of a new, four-story mixed-use building with no parking and a basement for commercial storage. The project will be a maximum of 56 feet
in height, include 2,751 square feet of commercial floor area and 9,334 square feet of residential floor area, with a maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 2,75:1, and will provide 12 dwelling units.
One (1) unit will be reserved for Extremely Low Income Households. The project will provide no automobile parking spaces per Assembly Bill 2097. In addition, the project will provide two (2) short-term bicycle parking spaces and 12 long-term bicycle parking spaces. 1,350 square-feet of open space will be provided in the form of a roof deck. As a multifamily development, and a project which is characterized as in-fill development, the project qualifies for the Class 32 Categorical Exemption,
The project is seeking the following additional incentives of the Transit Oriented Communities (TOC) Affordable Housing Program:
1. Height. An increase of one (1) story and eleven feet in height to allow for a maximum 56-foot-tall building as measured from the lowest adjacent grade to the top of the parapet in lieu of the otherwise allowed 45 feet per LAMC Section 12.21.1 A.1. Allow for the Transitional Height Requirement for qualifying Tier 1
projects found in the TOG Guidelines in lieu of the Transitional Height Requirements per LAMC 12,21.1 A. 10,
2. Side Yards. To utilize a RAS3 easterly side yard setback in lieu of the 7-foot side yard setback otherwise required per LAMC Section 12.11 C.2.
Contact Information
Name
Ricardo Vazquez
Agency Name
City of Los Angeles, Department of City Planning
Job Title
Planning Associate
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Milan Garrison
Agency Name
Maxsum Development, LLC
Job Title
Representative
Contact Types
Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Los Angeles
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Southern California
Zip
90005
Other Location Info
PROJECT LOCATION:
2904 West 71n Street
Other Information
NAME OF APPLICANT/ OWNER:
Chansik Cho, Joongang Holdings USA, INC
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15332 – Class 32
Reasons for Exemption
The City has considered whether the Proposed Project is subject to any of the five (5) Exceptions that would prohibit the use of the categorical exemptions as set forth in the State CEQA Guidelines
Section 15300.2 There are five (5) Exceptions which must be considered in order to find a project exempt under Class 32: (a) Cumulative Impacts; (b) Significant Effect; (c) Scenic Highways; (d)
Hazardous Waste Sites; and (e) Historical Resources.
(a) Cumulative. All exemptions for these classes are ;napplicable when the cumulative impact of successive projects of the same type in the same place, over time is s;gnificant.
The proposed project is located at 2904 West 7th Street within the Wilshire Community Plan. There is not a succession of known projects of the same type and in the same place as the subject
project. There are only two similar projects within a 500-foot radius.
DIR-2018-5945-TOC-SPR; The construction use and maintenance of a new, seven-story, mixed use building with 228 dwelling units and 7,843 square-feet of commercial space in the C2-1 Zone, reserving 23 units for Extremely Low Income households, at 2938-2972 West 7th Street.
DIR-2022-5844-TOC-SPR-VHCA; The construction, use, and maintenance of a new, seven-story, 107,682 square-foot mixed-use
building with 188 dwelling units, including 17 dwelling units set aside for affordable housing at 2980-3000 West Wilshire Boulevard; 2883 -2885 West Sunset Place
(b) Significant Effect. A categorical exemption shall not be used for an activity where there is a reasonable possibility that the activity will have a significant effect on the environment due to unusual circumstances.
As mentioned, the project proposes a six-story, 40-unit residential building in an area zoned and designated for such development. All adjacent lots are developed with commercial or residential uses and the subject site is of a similar size and slope to nearby properties. The project proposes a Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 3.13:1 on a site that is permitted to have a maximum FAR of 3.75:1. The project's height and size are not unusual for the vicinity of the subject site and is similar in scope to other existing commercial and multifamily developments in the area. Thus, there are no unusual circumstances which may lead to a significant effect on the environment.
(c) Scenic Highways. A categorical exemption shall not be used for a project which may result in damage to scenic resources, including but not limited to, trees, historic buildings, rock outcroppings, or similar resources, within a highway officially designated as a state scenic highway.
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, which is over 14 miles from the site. Therefore, the subject site will not create any impacts within a designated as a state scenic highway.
(d) Hazardous Waste. A categorical exemption shall not be used for a project located on a site which is included on any list compiled pursuant to Section 65962.5 of the Government Code.
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.
e) Historic Resources. A categorical exemption shall not be used for a project which may cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource.
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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