Draft Environmental Impact Report
Project Description: On October 18, 2007, the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles certified the Certified Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and adopted findings and a statement of overriding considerations for the Sunset and Gordon Mixed-Use Project (“CRA Approved Project”). The Certified EIR analyzed the demolition of existing uses on the Project Site and the development of an approximately 324,432 square-foot mixed-use project including: 311 multi-family residences, approximately 53,500 square feet of commercial space consisting of 40,000 square feet of creative office space and 13,500 square feet of retail floor area (including 8,500 square feet of restaurant uses), approximately 508 parking spaces, a 21,177 square-foot public park on the north side of the Project Site along Gordon Street, and two Supergraphic Signs. The CRA Approved Project included a 23-story structure (260 feet high above grade) with an 18-floor residential tower above a five-level above grade podium structure with three to four levels of subterranean parking.5929 Sunset (Hollywood), LLC (the “Applicant”) proposes to modify the CRA Approved Project to allow for the development of 299 residential apartment units, including 284 market rate units and 15 affordable housing units at the “very low” income level (5% of total units), approximately 46,110 square feet of commercial space comprised of 38,440 square feet of office space, approximately 3,700 square feet of ground floor restaurant space and approximately 3,790 square feet of ground floor community serving retail space (including up to a 1,475 square foot coffee shop), an approximately 18,962 square-foot public park and one Supergraphic Sign (the “Modified Project”). In total, the Modified Project will contain approximately 324,693 square feet of floor area.
The Modified Project will include a 22-story structure consisting of an 18-floor residential tower above a four-level above-grade podium structure. The Modified Project’s podium structure will have three levels below grade and three levels above-grade parking and a new automated steel parking structure that is proposed to be located above the parking area on Level L3 (within the approximate height of Level L4 of the rest of the podium structure), which would include two floors of automated parking. The Modified Project will provide at least 353 residential parking spaces and 75 commercial parking spaces (for a total of 428 parking spaces).
Anticipated Significant Environmental Effects: Based on the analysis contained in this Draft Supplemental EIR, the Modified Project could result in significant and unavoidable impacts related to construction noise and vibration discussed in Sections IV.F, Noise and IV.H, Land Use and Planning of the Draft Supplemental EIR. The construction noise and vibration significant unavoidable environmental impacts are the same significant unavoidable environmental impacts for construction noise and vibration identified in the Certified EIR for the CRA Approved Project. Therefore, as compared to the CRA Approved Project, the Modified Project would not result in new significant impacts or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant impacts related to construction noise and vibration.All other potential impacts identified for the Modified Project would be less than significant or would be mitigated to less than significant levels. Other issues addressed in detail in the Draft Supplemental EIR that are not anticipated to result in significant unavoidable impacts include: aesthetics; air quality; cultural resources; geology and soils; greenhouse gas emissions; land use planning (operation); noise (operation); population, housing and employment; public utilities; public services; and traffic/transportation and parking. The Modified Project was determined not to result in significant impacts in the following environmental issue areas, which are not addressed in detail in the Draft Supplemental EIR: agricultural resources; biological resources; hazards and hazardous materials; hydrology and water quality; and mineral resources.
Document Review and Comment: If you wish to review a print copy of the Draft Supplemental EIR or the documents referenced in the Draft Supplemental EIR, you may do so during office hours 8 am to 4 pm at the City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning, at 200 North Spring Street, City Hall, Room 750, Los Angeles. The Draft EIR is available online at the Department of City Planning’s website at https://planning.lacity.gov (click on “Environmental Review” then “Draft EIR”); and digital copies are also available at the following Library Branches:- Central Library: 630 W. Fifth Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071
- Will & Ariel Durant Library: 7140 W. Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90046
- Hollywood Regional Library: 1623 N. Ivar Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90028
The Draft EIR can also be purchased on CD-ROM for $5.00 per copy. Contact Mindy Nguyen of the City of Los Angeles at (213) 978-1241 to purchase copies. If you wish to submit comments following review of the Draft EIR, please reference Case Number ENV-2015-1923-EIR, and submit them in writing by October 9, 2017.
Please direct your comments to:
Mindy Nguyen
Los Angeles Department of City Planning
200 North Spring Street Room 621
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Fax: (213) 978-1343
mindy.nguyen@lacity.org
Comment Review Period: August 24, 2017 to October 9, 2017
