11001 Ventura Boulevard / ZA-2024-4556-CUB-SPPC
Summary
SCH Number
2025080242
Public Agency
City of Los Angeles
Document Title
11001 Ventura Boulevard / ZA-2024-4556-CUB-SPPC
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/7/2025
Document Description
The project involves a Conditional Use Permit request to allow the continued and expanded sale and dispensing of beer and wine for off-site consumption at an expanded 2,038 square foot convenience store with hours of operation of all day daily. The project also includes the installation of one (1) wall sion and the refacino of one (1) existino non-conforming pole sion.
Contact Information
Name
Adrineh Melkonian
Agency Name
City of Los Angeles / Department of City Planning
Job Title
City Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Wil Nieves
Agency Name
Nieves and Associates
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
11001 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA 91604 and arch dr
Zip
91604
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15301, Class 1 and Section 15311, Class 11
Reasons for Exemption
The Planning Department determined that the City of Los Angeles Guidelines for the
implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 and the State CEQA Guidelines designate the subject project as Categorically Exempt under Article 19, Section 15301, Class 1 and Section 15311, Class 11. The project is the installation of one (1) wall sign, the refacing of one (1) pole sign, and a Conditional Use request to allow the continued and expanded sale and dispensing of beer and
wine for off-site consumption in conjunction with an existing 1,950-square foot convenience store with proposed hours of operation of all day, daily. The site is zoned C2-1VL-RIO and has a General Plan Land Use Designation of General Commercial. As shown in the case file, the project is consistent with the applicable Sherman Oaks
- Studio City- Toluca Lake - Cahuenga Pass 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 0.48 acres. Lots adjacent to the subject site are developed with commercial and residential uses. The 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. There are six (6) Exceptions which the City is required to consider before finding a project exempt
under Classes 11: (a) Location; (b) Cumulative Impacts; (c) Significant Effect; (d) Scenic Highways; (e) Hazardous Waste Sites; and (f) Historical Resources.
While the subject site is located within 0.8 kilometers of the Hollywood Fault Zone, in an Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone, and in a Liquefaction Area, specific Regulatory Compliance Measures (RCMs) in the City of Los Angeles regulate the grading and construction of projects in these particular types of "sensitive" locations 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 location of the project will not result in a significant impact based on its location. There is not a succession of known projects of the same type and in the same place as the subject
project. As mentioned, the project requests the installation of one (1) wall sign, and the refacing of two (2) pole signs, and a Conditional Use to allow the continued and expanded sale and dispensing of beer and wine for off-site consumption in conjunction with a 2,038 square-foot expanded convenience store with proposed hours of operation of all day, daily, in an area zoned and designated for such development. Adjacent lots are developed with one- to two-story commercial buildings with associated parking and a multi-story apartment building, and the subject site is of a similar size and slope to nearby properties. The project does not propose any
changes to the FAR or height and is not unusual for the vicinity of the subject site and is similar in scope to other existing Community Commercial land use in the area. 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 and is approximately 14 miles away from the project site. Therefore the subject site will not create any impacts within a highway 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 was found to be a potential historic resource based on the City's HistoricPlacesLA website and SurveyLA, the citywide survey of Los Angeles. However, the historic resources comprise the existing restaurant use, building, and sign, all of which are unchanged by the project. 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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