Morton's Restaurant / ZA-2023-4215-CUB / Conditional Use -Alcohol
Summary
SCH Number
2025110946
Public Agency
City of Los Angeles
Document Title
Morton's Restaurant / ZA-2023-4215-CUB / Conditional Use -Alcohol
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
11/21/2025
Document Description
A Conditional Use to permit the sale and dispensing of a full line of alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption in conjunction with an
existing 8,304 square-foot restaurant with 250 indoor seats and a 584 square-foot on-site patio with 34 outdoor seats in the C2-4D Zone.
Proposed hours of operation are from 11 :00 a.m. to 11 :00 o.m., daily.
Contact Information
Name
Monique Acosta
Agency Name
city of los angeles
Job Title
City Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Steve Rawlings
Agency Name
Rawlings Consulting
Job Title
Representative
Contact Types
Responsible Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Los Angeles
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
S Figueroa ST & 7th ST
Zip
90017
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15301 / Class 1
Reasons for Exemption
The City of Los Angeles has determined based on the whole of the administrative record, that substantial evidence supports that the
Project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, Class 1 (Existing Facilities), and none of the exceptions to
the categorical exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2 applies to the proposed project. The proposed project will not
result in significant cumulative impacts from successive projects of the same type in the same place. The project does not involve
unusual circumstances. The proposed project will not damage scenic resources in a state scenic highway. The project site is not on a
list compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5 related to hazardous waste sites. The project will not cause a substantial
adverse change in the significance of a historical resource. The project was found to be exempt based on the following:
Section 15301 , Class 1 - (Existing Facilities) consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor
alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no
expansion of existing or former use.
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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