Final Environmental Impact Report
Project Description: The Project site is a 4.l-acre property with a vacant eight-story potentially historic former medical office building, warehouse, vacant auditorium, vacant gas station and associated service bays/carport, and a surface parking lot. The total square footage of the existing on-site buildings is approximately 94,250 square feet. The Project site is located on 6th Street between Lucas Avenue and S. Bixel Street. The Project proposes the redevelopment of the site with 648 dwelling units (with a minimum of 5 percent of the units designated as Very Low Income units, and up to 39,996 square feet of commercial retail space in a unified development comprising: (1) the existing eight-story Medical Office Building located at the corner of 6th Street and Lucas Avenue, which will be converted to 42 joint living & work quarter units per the City's Adaptive Reuse Ordinance and rehabilitated in accordance with the Secretary of Interior's Standards for the Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings; and (2) a new mixed-use building up to ten stories tall around a landscaped Project-oriented courtyard on the podium level. Parking will be provided within a parking garage consisting of up to three levels above ground and/or three subterranean levels.
Requested Entitlements: Approvals required for the Project may include, but are not limited to: 1) A 20 percent density bonus, pursuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 12.22.A.25, to provide 648 dwelling units, in lieu of the maximum permitted 658 units, based on its set aside of 5 percent very low income units, with a reduced parking option as allowed by Section 12.22.A.25(d), and one incentive permitting a 20 percent reduction in open space requirements as allowed by Section 12.22.A.25(f)6; 2) Approval of the Project as a Unified Development for Residential Density and Floor Area Averaging in accordance with Section 6.1.3 of the Central City West Specific Plan; 3) Approval designating the building at 1136 W. 6th Street as an Adaptive Reuse Project; 4) Approval to locate parking for the Medical Office Building within Phase 2 as an incentive for Adaptive Reuse of the Medical Office Building; 5) Project Permit Compliance pursuant to the Central City West Specific Plan; 6) A Specific Plan Adjustment to permit use of 50 percent of the lot area in two side yards as open space; 7) Demolition, Grading, Foundation, and Building Permits; 8) Haul Route Approval; and additional actions as determined necessary.
