4127 East Supreme Court (ENV-2025-2082-CE)
Summary
SCH Number
2026090903
Public Agency
City of Los Angeles
Document Title
4127 East Supreme Court (ENV-2025-2082-CE)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/21/2026
Document Description
The project is the demolition of the existing billboard structure on the 4,500-square-foot subject property, and the construction, use, and maintenance of a new, six-story residential building. The 78-foot tall building will have 13, one-bedroom units, including two units set aside for Very Low-Income (VLI) Households. The property is zoned [Q]C2-1. There will be three one-bedroom sizes, 532 square feet (4 units), 539 square feet (4 units), and 562 square feet (5 units). The Density Bonus project, located on the corner of Supreme Court and Mission Road, is proposed to have 9,499 square feet of floor area with a Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 2.12:1. There are no trees on the
site or in the adjacent public right-of-way. The project will provide 1,105 square feet of open space consisting of a community room on the second floor and rooftop common open space (829 square feet), and six new trees, five to be planted on the rooftop and one at the ground level. The project is utilizing AB 2097 to eliminate required automobile parking spaces but is providing 11 parking spaces. There will be two short-term bicycle parking spaces at the sidewalk on Mission Road frontage and 15 long-term parking spaces in the second floor bike room. In addition, the project will import approximately 215 cubic yards of earth materials.
Contact Information
Name
Linda Lou
Agency Name
City of Los Angeles, Department of City Planning
Job Title
City Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Gary Benjamin
Agency Name
Alchemy Planning + Land Use
Job Title
Representative
Contact Types
Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Name
Brett Boston
Agency Name
Parkman Apartments LLC
Job Title
Applicant
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Los Angeles
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
Mission Road & Supreme Court
Zip
90032
Other Location Info
4127 East Supreme Court
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15332 / Class 32
Reasons for Exemption
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 proposes a 13-unit apartment building in an area zoned and designated for such development. All adjacent lots are developed with single-family dwellings, commercial uses, multi-family residential, and manufacturing, and the subject site is of a similar
size and slope to nearby properties. The affordable housing density bonus project proposes a Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 2.12:1 on a site that is permitted to have a maximum FAR of 1.5:1. A multi-family residential building, 78 feet in height, is not unusual for the vicinity of the subject site, and is similar in scope to other existing General Commercial designated lots 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.
The subject site is located approximately 30 miles southeast of State Route 27. 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.
The subject site is in a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone (VHFHSZ) and a Hillside area, but is relatively flat and does not front on narrow hillside streets. This is not an unusual circumstance
as the City has thousands of similar developments of the same size and scale in VHFHSZ. Additionally, the existing regulatory compliance measures will ensure there is no potential for an impact. Such areas are subject to existing emergency plans and regulations that govern development in fire hazards areas:
? Adopted emergency response plans and emergency evacuation plans applicable to the City of Los Angeles, include the City of Los Angeles Emergency Operations Plan and the Los Angeles County Operational Area Emergency Response Plan (OAERP). The OAERP defines responsibilities and provides guidance to agencies and jurisdictions within the County Operational Area on how to interface with the Operational Area Coordinator during emergencies and disasters.1 The City’s Emergency Operations Plan and Annexes identify roles, responsibilities and required actions for various City departments, particularly LAFD and the LAPD. In addition to their emergency response plans, both the City and County also designate Disaster Routes, which are freeway, highway or arterial routes preidentified for use during emergencies. Disaster routes are not the same as evacuation routes. The Evacuation Annex of the City’s Emergency Operation Plan provides that
“[p]rimary evacuation routes consist of the major interstates, highways, and primary arterials within the City and Los Angeles County.”2 Disaster routes are used to bring emergency personnel, equipment, and supplies to impacted areas, while evacuation
routes are used to move an affected population out of an impacted area. The closest County-designated primary (i.e. freeway) Disaster Route to the project site is Interstate 5 (I-5) from Mission Road.
? Hillside Development Construction Traffic Management Plan. Development in a hillside area are required to prepare a Construction Traffic Management Plan, subject to review and approval by the Department of Transportation (LADOT). A key feature of the construction management plan is ongoing coordination with the City and emergency service providers throughout the entire construction period to ensure adequate access is maintained to the project site and neighboring residences at all times. The construction management plan also requires the contractor to maintain access for land uses in proximity to the project site during construction, to minimize obstruction of through traffic lanes on surrounding public streets, and coordination of construction activity with related projects to further minimize construction traffic impacts. A Hillside Construction Traffic Management Plan was not required for the project because Supreme Court exceeds 24 feet in width, as determined by LADOT staff in an email dated May, 5, 2025, and included in the project case file.
? Fire, Building, and Zoning Code. The project is subject to Public Resources Code Section 4290 and its implementing regulations in Title 14, Division 1.5, Chapter 7, Subdivision 2 (State Minimum Fire Safe Regulations) and Chapter 7 of the California Building Code. Properties in VHFHSZs must comply with the requirements of Fire Code Section 57.322, which requires brush clearance within 200 feet of any structure. LAFD performs microenvironment weather analysis to check for irregular weather patterns and changes, which alerts LAFD to conditions such as windy days combined with low humidity. LAFD uses a Burning Index4 to determine when to call a Red Flag Day.5 A Red Flag Day is when the potential for a fast-moving brush fire is extremely high, when wind speeds are 25 mph or more and the humidity is 15 percent or less. On those days, illegally parked cars in VHFHSZ areas may be towed if their presence would prevent roadway access needed by LAFD. LAFD also has a significant air response ready to deploy, including water-dropping helicopters, and the mission of LAFD Air Operations includes brush fire suppression.6 LAFD also has access to additional helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft, bulldozers, and fire engines through mutual aid agreements with the state, County, and other cities in the region. In addition to attacking wildfires from the sky, LAFD also has ground resources such as fire engines and trucks.
Chapter 33 of the City’s Fire Code provides requirements designed to reduce risk of fire ignition during construction. These include, but are not limited to, prohibition of smoking except in areas approved by the LAFD, refueling of equipment in appropriate locations, preparation of a fire prevention program, and designation of fire watch personnel during occurrence of hazardous construction activities. The Fire Code (LAMC Section 57.4906.5.2) also requires the management of hazardous vegetation and fuel, as well as maintenance of defensible space in wildland-urban interface areas. The Fire Code also includes regulations that address building materials and construction methods for construction in VHFHSZs, that are intended to reduce exterior wildfire exposure.
None of the exceptions in CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2 to the categorical exemption(s) apply to the Project; no unusual circumstance is found.
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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