2451 1-41 West Colorado Boulevard, 2453 West Colorado Boulevard
Summary
SCH Number
2025070385
Public Agency
City of Los Angeles
Document Title
2451 1-41 West Colorado Boulevard, 2453 West Colorado Boulevard
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/10/2025
Document Description
The proposed project is a Project Compliance review for a tenant improvement to a portion of an existing mixed-use building located in Subarea I of the Colorado Boulevard Specific Plan within the Northeast Los Angeles Community Plan area. The project includes a change of use from 4,584 square feet of retail and storage to Adult Day Care Facility, with conversion of 140 square feet of parking (internal egress) area to office space. The existing square footage comprises retail (3,461 square feet) and two storage areas (340 and 783 square feet). The total square footage for Adult Day Care Facility is 4,724 square feet, including the 140-square-foot conversion. Parking for the project is exempt per AB 2097.
The subject site is located at 2451 1-41 West Colorado Boulevard, 2453 West Colorado Boulevard, and a lot, on the north side of Colorado Boulevard, between College View Avenue and Ellenwood Drive. The project site is located within Subarea I of the Colorado Boulevard Specific Plan and is developed with a five-story mixed-use building. According to ZIMAS, the three lots on which the proposed project is located, encompass 16,535.6 square feet. The site is zoned [Q]C4-2D and has a General Plan Land Use Designation of Community Commercial. Surrounding properties are also zoned [Q]C4-2D with properties to the north zoned R1-1. The commercial properties are generally improved with one- and multi-story commercial buildings with neighborhood commercial uses such as retail, office, gas station and restaurant.
Contact Information
Name
Debbie Lawrence
Agency Name
City of Los Angeles, Department of City Planning
Job Title
Planning Associate
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Edgar Markosyan
Agency Name
ARCHSTEM INC
Job Title
Representative
Contact Types
Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Los Angeles
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Southern California
Zip
90041
Other Location Info
NAME OF APPLICANT / OWNER:
Colorado East LP/Kurken Alyanakian
Other Information
PROJECT LOCATION
2451 1-41 West Colorado Boulevard, 2453 West Colorado Boulevard
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15301 / Class 1
Reasons for Exemption
There are six (6) Exceptions which the City is required to consider before finding a project exempt under Class 15311: (a) Location; (b) Cumulative Impacts; (c) Significant Effect; (d) Scenic Highways; (e) Hazardous Waste Sites; and (f) Historical Resources.
As shown in the case file, the project is consistent with the applicable Northeast Los Angeles Community Plan designation and policies and all applicable zoning designations and regulations. The subject site is wholly within the City of Los Angeles, on a site that is approximately 16,536 square feet, according to ZIMAS. Lots adjacent to the subject site are developed with commercial uses in an urbanized area. The project site is previously disturbed and surrounded by development and therefore is not, and has no value as, a habitat for endangered, rare or threatened species. It is currently developed with an existing five-story mixed-use building and surrounded by development, and therefore is not, and has no value as, a habitat for endangered, rare or threatened species. The project is for a change of use with converted space from internal egress within the existing parking garage to office space for the Adult Day Care Facility for a total of 4,724 square feet. Regulatory Compliance Measures (RCMs), which require compliance with the City of Los Angeles Noise Ordinance; pollutant discharge, dewatering, stormwater mitigations; and Best Management Practices for stormwater runoff will apply if the project involves any construction. These RCMs will ensure the project will not have significant impacts on noise and water. Furthermore, the project does not exceed the threshold criteria established by LADOT for preparing a traffic study. Therefore, the project will not have any significant impacts to traffic. Interim thresholds were developed by DCP staff based on CalEEMod model runs relying on reasonable assumptions, consulting with AQMD staff, and surveying published air quality studies for which criteria air pollutants did not exceed the established SCAQMD construction and operational thresholds. Therefore, the project meets the Criteria for a Class 1 Categorical Exemption.
The subject site is located within the Raymond Fault Zone and a Special Grading Area as identified on the Bureau of Engineering Basic Grid Map A-13372. 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. Thus, the project will not result in a significant impact based on its location, nor will there be any significant cumulative impacts.
There are no unusual circumstances which may lead to a significant effect on the environment. 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 approximately 25 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.
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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