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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council introduce the proposed Ordinance, amending the
Culver City Zoning Map, as referenced in Title 17, Zoning, of the Culver City
Municipal Code, Section 17.200.015, establishing Planned Development Zone No.
11 (Zoning Code Map Amendment, ZCMA-P2012085) for the Washington National
Transit Oriented Development (Washington National TOD).
PROCEDURE:
1. Mayor seeks motion to receive and file the affidavit of mailing and posting of
public notice.
2. Mayor seeks a motion to declare the public hearing open and calls on staff for a
brief staff report and City Council poses questions to staff as desired. (As the
City is the applicant in this case, the staff report will also serve as the applicant’s
presentation and shall be made after the public hearing has been opened.)
3. City Council receives comments from the general public.
Meeting Date: 11/12/12 Item Number: PH-1
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM: PUBLIC HEARING – Introduction of an Ordinance
Amending the Culver City Zoning Map, as Referenced in Title 17, Zoning, of the
Culver City Municipal Code, Section 17.200.015, Establishing the Washington
National Transit Oriented Development Planned Development (PD) Zone - No. 11
Contact Person/Dept.:
Susan Yun,
Sol Blumenfeld
Phone Number:
(310) 253-5755
(310) 253-5700
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No []
Public Hearing: [X] Action Item: [] Attachments: [X]
Commission Action Required: Yes [X] No [] Date: 10/4/12
Planning Commission
Public Notification: On October 22, 2012, a notice (approximately 1,900 recipients) was
mailed to all the property owners and occupants beyond a 1,000-foot radius of the project
site and emailed to the Master Notification List. The notice was mailed to East Culver
City Neighborhood Alliance Homeowners Association, the Chamber of Commerce and
Downtown Business Association. On September 13, 2012 and on October 22, 2012, the
site was posted. The notice was also published in the Culver City News on October 25,
2012 and November 1, 2012; Meetings and Agendas – City Council (11/08/12)
Department Approval:
Sol Blumenfeld: 10/30/12
City Attorney Approval:
Carol Schwab (by H. Baker) (11/05/12)
Chief Financial Officer Approval:
Jeff Muir (11/07/12)
City Manager Approval:
John M. Nachbar (11/08/12) City of Culver City, California
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4. Mayor seeks a motion to close the public hearing after all testimony has been
presented.
5. City Council discusses the matter and arrives at its decision.
BACKGROUND:
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority (LACMTA) recently
completed the first phase of the Exposition (Expo) Light Rail Transit (LRT) system
which terminates at the Culver City Expo station. Culver City is seeking to
encourage Transit Oriented Development (TOD) adjacent to the new station. The
City envisions the Washington National TOD as a model, sustainable mixed use
development that effectively brings housing, shopping and employment together with
convenient transit in order to promote the important goals of improved air quality,
regional mobility, and area revitalization. The Washington National TOD site is
located within two cities, Culver City and Los Angeles, and within the jurisdiction of
LACMTA. The proposed Planned Development (PD) zoning is intended to support
transit oriented development, while mitigating any potentially significant development
impacts.
Since 2005, the City has assembled the 31 parcels known as the “Triangle Site”
located at the intersection of Washington, National and Venice Boulevards and
worked with LACMTA to incorporate its right-of-way with the intent of developing a
TOD project. The triangular shape of the property has challenged efficient site
planning and parking layout, however, the City has extensively studied various
development and financial scenarios and worked with the surrounding agencies and
jurisdictions to ensure that the Washington National TOD is both financially feasible
and reflects good planning practice.
The recent dissolution of redevelopment has created the need to ensure City real
estate assets are used for their intended purpose.
Under AB 26 and 27 and follow
up legislation AB 1484, former Culver City Redevelopment Agency owned real
property that is to be developed may be subject to seizure by the State for sale and
use. In order to address the potential problems that such action by the State would
create, the City is proceeding with necessary predevelopment actions including the
rezoning of the Washington National TOD site to ensure that it is developed for its
intended purpose.
On October 4, 2012, at a duly noticed public hearing, the Planning Commission
unanimously recommended to the City Council approval of ZCMA-P2012085
establishing the Washington National TOD PD Zone No. 11. During its deliberations
the Planning Commission recommended the City Council consider allowing
proposed site development to exceed the required height limit only where necessary
to accommodate improved building massing and architectural design objectives City of Culver City, California
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without exceeding the overall development thresholds outlined in the established PD
Zone.
ANALYSIS:
The Planning Concept
Land Uses Plan
Transit Oriented Development provides the means to organize land uses around
transit to the benefit of both transit and development. The land use plan under the
proposed Washington National TOD PD Zone provides a mix of retail, office, hotel
and residential uses served by convenient transit. The plan envisions land uses
located toward the street edge and parking largely below grade to create a
pedestrian orientation and walkability and development that promotes connectivity to
surrounding TODs, the downtown, Arts District, the Hayden Tract and with the
region.
Central Open Space
A large, attractive, central open space is designated for the property interior,
providing a new park amenity for the community, residents, office tenants,
customers and transit users. By generally locating buildings along the street and
reserving the property interior as open space the project will not sit in shadow and
project buildings can take full advantage of green building technologies to allow
natural lighting, heating and cooling. Wherever possible, the open space should be
on grade, rather than over parking structure to allow ground water recharge and the
planting of mature stands of trees with shrubs, turf and ground cover, providing a
sunlit, landscaped passive recreational space for residents, hotel guests and
commercial tenants and a programmed space for occasional daytime or evening
special events.
Pedestrian Focus
All building frontage along major streets will be activated with pedestrian amenities
that include outdoor dining, street graphics, special paving, pedestrian plazas,
benches and other street furniture. The site will be developed at the street elevation
rather than on an elevated parking podium so that it communicates directly with the
surrounding commercial neighborhood. The pedestrian environment will consist of
small scale retail, hotel and cafes. Above grade parking that detracts from the
project will be limited to short term hotel drop off and will be located away from view
and within the project interior.
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Transit Plaza
A dramatic transit plaza will be designed to accommodate the change in elevation
from the LRT platform to the Washington National TOD with special gathering
spaces and locations for retail, seating, outdoor dining and an overlook.
Project Scale and Amenities
The plan includes adequate right-of-way for wide, tree-lined sidewalks,
accommodation of bike transit and the location of public plazas at each major street
intersection to open up the site and provide a “window” into the project. The project
scale will reflect the surrounding area, built to the current development standards but
with additional development setbacks and offsets to create visual interest and
attractive building massing.
Summary of PD Zoning
The Washington National TOD PD zoning establishes development and use
standards, entitlement process requirements and a range of development based
upon the project goals identified during the TOD planning process.
The property entitlements require two steps: Step one involves the rezoning of the
Washington National TOD site from Industrial General (IG) and Transportation (T) to
Planned Development (PD) allowing the mixed use TOD project (which is the
subject action for consideration by the City Council this evening). Step two involves
the submittal of a Comprehensive Plan by the developer which provides the precise
development plan for the property. The Comprehensive Plan will require a full
environmental review of the project in accordance with the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA). Both steps involve review and recommendation by the
Planning Commission and final approval by the City Council. As stated earlier in the
report, the Planning Commission considered the rezoning action (ZCMA-P2012085)
at its meeting of October 4, 2012 and recommended its approval to the City Council.
The Comprehensive Plan will be submitted upon property disposition by the City.
Please see Attachment Nos. 1 through 3 (PD Zone document and all related
exhibits, Project Concept Plan, and Planning Commission Staff Report and adopted
Resolution) for a detailed review of the Washington National Planned Development
Zoning.
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FISCAL IMPACT:
The proposed rezoning will have no fiscal impact upon the City because the zoning
is only implemented through approval of a Comprehensive Plan submitted by the
project developer. The developer will be required to conduct an environmental
analysis and mitigate any impacts of development through the Comprehensive Plan
review process. Upon development of the site, the project will provide sales tax,
property tax, utility user tax and transient occupancy tax to the City. The site is
currently surface parking for the Expo Light Rail Station and will be used for that
purpose until site development.
ATTACHMENT:
1. Proposed Ordinance and Exhibit A, Zone Change Map and Exhibit B,
Washington National Planned Development Zone No.11 provisions.
2. Project Conceptual Plan
3. Planning Commission Staff Report and Adopted Resolution No. 2012-P012
(without attachments).
4. Correspondence
MOTION:
That the City Council:
1. Determine that no additional environmental information is needed based on the
Planning Commission’s adoption of the finding that Zoning Code Map
Amendment, ZCMA – P2012085, Planning Commission ZCMA Resolution No.
2012-P012, will not have a significant adverse impact on the environment; and
2. Introduce the proposed Ordinance amending the Culver City Zoning Map, as
referenced in Title 17, Zoning, of the Culver City Municipal Code, Section
17.200.015, establishing a Planned Development Zone for the Washington
National TOD.
MEETING DATE: 11.12.12
AGENDA ITEM: Introduction of an Ordinance Amending the Culver City
Zoning Map, as referenced in Title 17, Zoning, of the Culver
City Municipal Code, Section 17.200.015, establishing the
Washington National Transit Oriented Development Planned
Development (PD) Zone - No. 11
ATTACHMENTS
Pages
1. Proposed Ordinance and Exhibit A, Zone Change Map
and Exhibit B, Washington National Planned
Development Zone No.11 provisions 1-48
2. Project Conceptual Plan 49-58
3. Planning Commission Staff Report and Adopted
Resolution No. 2012-P012 (without attachments) 59-83
4. Correspondence 84 ATTACHMENT 1
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6PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONE NO. 11
WASHINGTON NATIONAL TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT
I. Purpose and Intent
Culver City is seeking to encourage development of the Washington National
Transit Oriented Development (TOD) site (the “Site") as a model, sustainable mixed
use project that effectively brings housing, shopping and employment together in
order to promote important goals of improved air quality and regional mobility. The
City wishes to encourage transit oriented development, while mitigating any
potentially significant development impacts through establishment of a Planned
Development (PD) Zone. The Site is located within two cities, Culver City and Los
Angeles, and within the jurisdiction of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit
Authority (LACMTA).
The purpose of the Washington National TOD Planned Development (PD) Zone
No. 11, ZCMA-P2012085, (the “Washington National PD Zone”), is to establish
development standards, allowable land uses and permit requirements for the Site,
while mitigating any potentially significant development impacts. Such PD zoning
designation lays the foundation for the future development of the Site with a mix of
compatible land uses including office, retail, restaurant, hotel and residential
adjacent to the Exposition Light Rail Transit (LRT) Station, thereby encouraging use
of convenient alternative transportation. The zoning designation is also proposed to
create a unique, pedestrian oriented development that fits within the surrounding
commercial and residential neighborhoods and is consistent with redevelopment
goals for the area. Further, the PD zoning is intended to ensure harmonious Site
development within Culver City, Los Angeles and on the LACMTA property.
Pursuant to Chapter 17.240, Planned Development Zoning Districts, and Chapter
17.560, Comprehensive Plans, of Title 17, Zoning, of the Culver City Municipal
Code (the “Zoning Code”), the PD Zone will be implemented upon future Planning
Commission and City Council approval of a Comprehensive Plan submitted by the
project developer for development of the property. The portion of the Site located
outside of Culver City will be rezoned through separate but coordinated action by
the City of Los Angeles.
The Washington National PD Zone supplements, augments, and focuses the goals,
policies and objectives of the various planning documents affecting the Site. In
addition to the standards established herein, development of the Site must comply
with all other applicable procedures, provisions, rules, regulations and requirements
set forth in the Culver City Municipal Code (CCMC), including the Zoning Code, the
City’s General Plan and all implementation studies for the Washington National
TOD area.
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II. History and Background
Since 2005, the City has assembled the 31 separate parcels which comprise the
Site and worked with LACMTA to incorporate their right-of-way into the future
development of the Site. The City has also extensively studied various transit
oriented development scenarios and prepared related financial analyses to ensure
that the TOD project is both financially feasible and reflects good planning practice.
The following goals which have emerged from this process are central to
redevelopment of the Site.
A. Goals:
1. Create a horizontally and vertically integrated, pedestrian oriented, mixed
use, transit oriented development (TOD) that incorporates office, retail,
restaurants, hotel and housing.
2. Create a regional destination that provides regional benefits related to
jobs and housing.
3. Promote the LRT connection to USC, Staples Center and Downtown Los
Angeles and Downtown Culver City.
4. Fulfill the goal of transit oriented development by bringing shopping,
housing, and employment together to advance the goals of regional air
quality and mobility for the city and region.
5. Utilize a multi-jurisdictional approach to development involving LACMTA,
the City of Los Angeles, Cal Trans and Culver City to reduce
development costs and maximize parking and development opportunities.
6. Coordinate land use planning, streetscape design, entitlements, permit
issuance, inspections and encroachments between Culver City and Los
Angeles.
7. Provide a model sustainable development with integral solar technology
and other green building features for natural lighting, heating and cooling,
and organize the Site plan to reflect sustainable objectives.
8. Incorporate planned roadway widths and street dedications to allow
ample right of way for wide sidewalks, landscaping, pedestrian amenities
and bike paths or sharrows.
9. Avoid podium parking along streets and sidewalks and encourage
walkability in and around the Site.
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810. Connect the TOD with Culver City’s Hayden Tract, Arts District and
Downtown, with bike lanes, sharrows and shuttle service.
11. Encourage design that is fitting with the neighborhood scale and
compliant with the City’s development standards.
12. Consider opportunities for gateway features visually connecting TOD
properties to the east and south.
13. Promote project livability with a large, central, useable park space that
communicates with surrounding Site uses and provides turf areas to read
or toss a ball, supporting both active and passive recreation.
14. Develop attractive, wide, tree-lined sidewalks along the project street
frontage that accommodate pedestrian and ground level retail uses.
15. Provide ample setbacks for outdoor dining, seating, colonnades, trellis
structures and other amenities that support ground level retail and
pedestrian use.
16. Develop small scale ground level retail (not big box format).
17. Incorporate a boutique hotel as part of development program.
18. Maximize place-making potential for the project with creative design,
attractive Site amenities and a unique transit plaza connecting the
second story LRT platform to shops and plazas below.
III. Definitions
For the purposes of the Washington National PD Zone, the following definitions
shall apply:
1. Alternative Transportation Modes/Alternative Modes of Travel
Any means of travel that serves as an alternative to the single-occupant vehicle.
This can include public transit, bicycling, walking, and all forms of ridesharing
such as carpooling.
2. Bicycle Friendly
Development that provides ample opportunities for bicycle parking and storage
throughout a project. Such parking may be located within subterranean parking
areas to accommodate long-term bike parking for commuters, residents or hotel
guests and above grade short term bike parking along street frontage and
elsewhere on site.
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93. Community Benefits
A zoning tool providing community improvements in exchange for the ability to
develop property more intensively, pursuant to Zoning Code Section
17.400.065, Mixed Use Development. Community Benefit zoning uses a base
density and other typical development standards, but permits the density
standards to vary when a project provides certain specified public benefits. The
development incentive allows the community to achieve particular goals, such
as supplying excess parking or open space when needed beyond what is
required by code to address community concerns. Community Benefits are
established by City Council resolution.
4. Community Facilities District
A community facilities district (CFD) is a financial tool available to commercial
property owners within the Washington National PD Zone to help fund public
infrastructure improvements and services which my utilize bond finance to
amortize improvement and maintenance costs.
5. Community-Serving Commercial: Retail
Uses that serve a citywide or community market area including retail stores and
restaurants of less than 1,500 square feet.
6. Comprehensive Plan
The zoning and development process identified in Zoning Code Chapters
17.240 and 17.560 that allows for flexibility in the application of zoning
standards to a proposed development in order to allow consideration of
innovative site planning and other aspects of project design to more effectively
respond to site features, special land uses, impacts to surrounding properties
and other planning considerations.
7. Creative Office
Any business or enterprise, professional or non-professional, primarily
concerned with the creation, development, production, research, service or
supply of ideas, content, product or services to, by or for use as, in, or with
software, games, motion pictures, television, audio, video, photography,
architecture, engineering, aeronautics, motorized and non-motorized vehicles,
medical, bio-tech or other technology, excluding on-site consultation,
manufacturing, retail sales, fitting or installation except where incidental to the
primary business activity.
8. Developer
Any person, association, partnership, firm, corporation or public entity identified
as the holder of title on any property as shown on the records of the City Clerk
or on the last assessment roll of the County of Los Angeles, as applicable. For
purposes of this section, the term Owner shall also refer to an appointed
representative of an association, partnership, firm, corporation, or public entity
which is a recorded Owner.
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9. Development:
The physical alteration of any parcel or area of land, including buildings,
structures, grading and other related changes by any private person or entity
and/or by any public body or agency.
10. Development Program
The proposed complement of building use and gross building area identified for
the development of a site.
11. Expo Parking
The complement of project parking dedicated to Expo ridership in Phase One
and Phase Two Expo operations.
12. Green Building Standards:
The 2010 California Green Building Standards Code (CGBSC), also known as
the CalGreen Code, and CCMC Sections 15.02.1100, et seq. (Culver City’s
Green Building Program and Requirements), shall collectively be referred to as
Green Building Standards. These Codes are intended to improve public health,
safety and general welfare through use of sustainable building methods having
reduced negative environmental impacts via: 1) sustainable site planning; 2)
safeguarding water and water efficiency; 3) energy efficiency and renewable
energy; 4) conservation materials and resources; 5) indoor environmental
quality; and 6) innovation and design.
13. Ground Level Retail
Small format retail that is located at the ground level of the Site and includes
neighborhood serving uses.
14. LACMTA
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
15. LACMTA Option and Perpetual Easement Agreement
An Option and Perpetual Easement enter into September 29, 2011 between
the City and LACMTA for the purpose of carrying out redevelopment of the
easterly 91 feet of the LACMTA right-of-way to provide mutually agreed
upon parking and development improvements.
16. Landscaping
The complement of Site planting designed to maximize sustainable building
concepts and enhance the project through use of landforms, on grade and
above grade planters, arbors, vines, trellises and groupings of trees, shrubs
and groundcovers within open space areas.
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1117. Light Rail Transit (LRT)
Light Rail Transit is a mode of transportation that operates passenger vehicles
carrying up to 200 passengers with single cars or up to three cars. The vehicles
travel on rails, in streets or on exclusive rail rights-of-way.
18. Live/Work
A building and use type where residential and nonresidential uses (excluding
retail) coexist within one contiguous unit. The occupant of a live/work unit both
lives and works within the live/work unit. A live/work unit may include an
elevated loft component.
19. Mixed Use
Mixed use projects combine commercial, residential and/or live/work uses within
a physically integrated and contiguous development or building on a site. Mixed
use projects can be vertically or horizontally integrated, but must have more
than one use contained on the site. On a mixed use building site, businesses
and housing may be mixed vertically by constructing live/work units and/or
housing above commercial/retail spaces or mixed horizontally by connecting
commercial, and live/work and/or residential uses adjacent to each other on the
same site with pedestrian pathways, plazas and other public spaces.
Commercial units (and access to residential units) are required on the ground
floor adjacent to major commercial streets and on all corners adjacent to those
streets. Mixed Use Development Standards are set forth in Zoning Code Section
17.400.065.
20. Neighborhood Serving Commercial
Retail that is intended to serve the needs of adjacent residential neighborhoods
and nearby businesses, such as sidewalk cafes, bakeries, dry cleaners, small
markets or pharmacies, accounting/professional services, and medical offices
and does not include “big box” or warehouse retail uses.
21. Open Space
All graded surfaces outside of building exterior walls that are open to the sky
and not used for vehicular parking and circulation and which are landscaped or
hardscaped to create pedestrian paths, plazas, courts and parks
22. Park & Ride
A parking area intended for use by persons riding transit.
23. Pedestrian Friendly Development
A development style that promotes pedestrian activity by emphasizing
attractively designed buildings oriented to street frontage rather than parking
and which facilitates walking by customers and building users through the
provision of pedestrian amenities such as benches, landscaping, special paving
and wide sidewalks with shade canopy street trees.
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1224. Pedestrian Setback
A setback within a development that is intended to encourage pedestrian activity
by providing space along street frontage for pedestrian amenities.
25. Place-making Development
Development that offers a unique collection of visual, cultural, social, aesthetic
and/or environmental qualities that makes it unique and valued by residents and
visitors and which may include the abutting configuration of streets, open
spaces and mix of land uses.
26. Project Phasing
Development of the Site over time pursuant to the approved Development
Program
27. Public Art
The requirement to provide public art on site or through an in lieu fee pursuant
to the CCMC requirements of the City’s Art in Public Places Program.
28. Public Plaza
The areas adjacent to buildings and situated along street frontage and within the
Site that are used for gathering places, seating or outdoor dining or approved
outdoor vending.
29. Right-of-Way
The dedicated area that includes roadways, medians and/or sidewalks.
30. Small Format Retail
Neighborhood serving retail that is configured with individual stores fronting
adjacent streets and public plazas as distinguished from “warehouse retail” or
“big box” auto-oriented retail development.
31. Streetscape
Improvements on the public right-of-way that include benches, special paving,
planters, lighting, landscaping, street trees, street graphics and other street
furnishing.
32. Strip Commercial Development
Development that is characterized by linear building arrangement, high volume
traffic generating uses and a lack of pedestrian friendly improvements.
33. Subterranean Parking
Parking located entirely below grade.
34. Transit Oriented Development (TOD)
Commercially zoned property incorporating a vertical or horizontal mix of land
uses and a variety of services within walking distances ranging from ¼ to ½
mile of a transit station and which emphasizes pedestrian-friendly development
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13that reinforces the use of alternative transportation modes and walking rather
than driving between destinations.
35. Transit Oriented Development District (TOD District)
Commercially zoned property located along Robertson, Venice, Washington and
National Boulevards and Landmark and Wesley Streets that is located within ¼
to ½ mile from the Culver City Expo transit station.
36. TOD Parking
The required parking for the TOD District development program exclusive of
required Expo parking.
37. TOD District Streetscape Plan
The public improvement plan prepared for the TOD District including decorative
crosswalks, street trees, benches and other street furniture and funded on a pro
rata basis among properties within the TOD District.
38. Transit Plaza
The central location designated in the LACMTA Option and Perpetual Easement
Agreement to accommodate transit riders and TOD users which connects the
aerial Expo Station with the TOD through stepped designed creating gathering
spaces, locations for retail sales, seating and outdoor dining.
39. Transit Related Retail
Freestanding retail space of 1,000 square feet or less serving transit riders that
is located in the Transit Plaza.
40. Wayfinding Signs
Coordinated signage on the public way indicating the direction of significant
destinations within or outside of the TOD District that are to be installed on a pro
rata basis by TOD project developers pursuant to the TOD District Streetscape
Plan.
IV. Project Description
The Washington National TOD site (the “Site”) is a triangular shaped property
bounded by Washington Boulevard on the south, National Boulevard on the east,
Venice Boulevard on the north, and the LACMTA right-of-way on the west. A
portion of the LACMTA right-of-way, exclusive of the LRT, is to be included in the
Washington National PD Zone and will be part of the development parcel to be
considered in the future Comprehensive Plan process to be initiated by the project
Developer. (Zoning Map – Attachment No. 1). The project will include assembly of
several parcels and the filing of a subdivision map. (Site Map – Attachment No. 2)
The Site will also be comprised of a portion of Exposition Boulevard (now
abandoned), which is to be vacated as part of the Comprehensive Plan process.
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The Washington National PD Zone provides a unique opportunity to create a new
place-making, mixed use, transit oriented development. The Site is strategically
located adjacent to the Culver City Expo station and in proximity to Downtown
Culver City, the Hayden Tract, the Helms District and Arts District. The project
presents exceptional opportunities to promote transit use given its direct access to
the I -10 Freeway, Venice Boulevard and proximity to the Westside of Los Angeles.
(Location Map – Attachment No. 3).
The total developable area of the Site is 5.52 acres. There are 4.12 acres within
Culver City and 1.37 acres within the City of Los Angeles. The LACMTA right-of-
way is 1.42 acres. Culver City and LACMTA have entered into an Option and
Perpetual Easement Agreement for development of a portion of the LACMTA right-
of-way subject to terms and conditions that include unimpeded use and operation of
the Expo LRT and the provision of Expo parking. (Site Acreage Map – Attachment
No. 4)
V. Site Zoning
The Site is located in Culver City, Los Angeles and within LACMTA right-of-way.
Consequently there are multiple zoning classifications for the Site reflecting the
jurisdictions that have authority over land use. Within Culver City and inclusive of a
portion of abutting LACMTA right-of-way, the property will be zoned PD. The
remainder of the LACMTA right-of-way will retain a Transportation (T) zoning
designation consistent with the existing transportation related uses. The portion of
the Site located in Los Angeles will be zoned C2-2D including the abutting LACMTA
right-of-way to comport with the Culver City zoning (Zoning Map – Attachment No.
1). The height district “D” designation will limit building height and floor area
consistent with Culver City zoning. A corresponding General Plan Amendment will
also be part of the Los Angeles entitlement process. (Zoning Map -- Attachment
No. 1)
VI. Development Program
The PD Zone offers a range of development for the Site and provides for two
development phases. The final development program will be established upon
approval of a Comprehensive Plan by the Planning Commission and City Council
pursuant to Chapters 17.240 and 17.560 of the Zoning Code. The project is
envisioned as a low scale development ranging from three to five stories consistent
with the City’s height restrictions. Achieving the optimum development program is
important to ensure that the Site is appropriately sized and scaled to meet the TOD
objectives of bringing compatible uses together and creating the critical mass
necessary to help advance regional mobility needs. This can be done at the
Washington National TOD by developing a project that entirely comports with the
City’s zoning requirements and is planned with a large central open space and an
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15extensive network of pedestrian paths and plazas. The 5.52 acre site shall contain
a maximum building coverage of approximately 55 percent, reflecting the required
large central open space, transit plaza and the extensive use of public plazas and
landscaped pedestrian paths within and surrounding the Site. The low Site building
coverage is also determined by required parking supply.
Parking is a significant and costly constraint on development since the project
parking is generally limited to two subterranean parking levels which must
accommodate all required project and Expo parking. (See Project Parking section
below). Further, the triangle shape of the Site is a significant development and
parking constraint. While the shape of the Site significantly limits parking, building
efficiency and the scope of development, incorporating LACMTA right of way
through the LACMTA Option and Easement Agreements and utilizing parking
encroachments to the curb line of Venice Boulevard and within National Boulevard
helps alleviate the inefficiencies.
(See Range of Development Table Below)
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165. Range of Development:
The PD Zone provides a range of development for each of the proposed project
land uses given required open space, parking and building height restrictions. The
following table summarizes the development ranges and phasing for Site
development.
Sq. Ft./ Rms./
Land Use Units Acres/Area Mtg. Rms. Parking___
Office -- Min. 159,734 sq. ft. -- Min. 456
Max. 200,000 sq. ft. Max. 572
Retail|1010| & Restaurant
2 --
Min. 25,000 -- Min. 157
Max. 85,000 Max. 329
Open Space 1/3 Acre Min.
Site Coverage|1010| 55% Max.
Residential
4
Min. 120|1010| -- Min. 270
Max. 200|1010| Max. 450
Hotel/Mtg.Rms.|1010| Min. 128 Min. 154
Max.148 Max. 175
Total Parking Demand|1010| Min. 1,037
Max. 1,526
Total Supply Parking |1010| Max. 1,567
(Two Levels)
Phase I Parking
8, 9
Min. 600 Expo
Net TOD Min. 926 TOD
Phase II Parking
8, 9
Min. 300 Expo
Net TOD Min. 1,226 TOD
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1. Assume retail: 13,000 sq. ft. (min) and 73,000 sq. ft. (max).
2. Assume restaurant: 12,000 sq. ft. (min) and (max).
3. Site coverage is limited to 55% except that the coverage factor may be exceeded only by that amount
necessary to accommodate building articulation, green building principles and architectural design
features.
4. Project residential density is limited to 50 dwelling units per acre except pursuant to the Mixed Use
Ordinance, where a community benefit is approved through the Comprehensive Plan approval process
allowing up to 65 dwelling units per acre within the TOD District.
5. Residential Parking: Assume 2-3 bedroom units @ 2 per unit + 1 guest per 4 units = 2.25 per unit.
6. Hotel Parking:1 per room + 1 per 20 rooms. Mtg. Rms: 2,000 sq. ft. @ 1 per 100 sq. ft. = 20 spaces.
7. See Attachment No. 5 for all required parking ratios.
8. 1,567 spaces are provided, but 1,526 spaces are the total required for the maximum development program.
Therefore the net required with Expo parking is 926 Phase I and 1,226 Phase II.
Where parking demand exceeds supply on 2 subterranean levels, a third parking level shall be required.
9. Phase I Expo requires 600 parking spaces, Phase II Expo parking reduces to 300 spaces and permits
Phase II development of the TOD.
ATTACHMENT 1,
EXHIBIT B
17
B. Project Parking
The minimum parking supply to be provided on site is 1,567 spaces which must
fully accommodate the total development program under current parking code
requirements with the mix of uses and development ranges identified above.
The final project parking supply and design will be established through the
Comprehensive Plan approval process. Approximately 1,567 parking spaces
can be supplied in two subterranean parking levels and limited at grade parking
and podium parking located away from street frontage and screened from view.
The subterranean parking will be accessed from major street frontage. Any
additional development beyond the development ranges identified above may
require additional parking supplied on a third subterranean parking level, subject
to Comprehensive Plan approval. Beyond project code required TOD parking,
parking must be provided for transit users, with 600 dedicated Expo spaces
required in Expo Phase One and 300 spaces in Expo Phase Two. (Concept
Parking Plan – Attachment No. 5)
C. Project Phasing
The TOD project phasing is influenced by Expo parking. Expo Phase One
requires 600 parking spaces. In Phase Two, the required Expo parking is
reduced to 300 stalls.
Expo Phase Two will provide a second phase of TOD
development utilizing the residual Expo parking. The Comprehensive Plan will
identify the amount, type and mix of additional uses to be developed in the TOD
Phase II.
VII. Development Review Process
The Washington National TOD project requires a two-step entitlement process
in Culver City and a separate approval process in Los Angeles. The following
describes the Culver City project approval process:
Step One: Planned Development Zoning - The first step involves re-
zoning the Site from Industrial General and Transportation zones to a
Planned Development zone incorporating project goals, objectives,
development program, allowable uses and related development
standards pursuant to Chapter 17.240 of the Zoning Code. The Planning
Commission will consider and make recommendations on a proposed
Planned Development resolution. The Planned Development zone is
implemented through the adoption of an ordinance by City Council after
consideration of the Planning Commission’s recommendation. LACMTA
has approved the proposed rezoning or its property. (Project Application
– Attachment No. 8).
ATTACHMENT 1,
EXHIBIT B
18Step Two: Comprehensive Plan Review - Following enactment of the
Washington National Transit Oriented Development Planned
Development Zone No. 11, the second step in the process involves the
approval of a Comprehensive Plan submitted by the Developer following
enactment of the Site zoning pursuant to Chapters 17.560 of the Zoning
Code. The Comprehensive Plan will be consistent with the Washington
National PD Zone and detail the specific site design, circulation, parking,
land uses, building intensity, architecture, open space, public spaces and
plazas and identify environment impacts and related mitigation measures
through project environmental analysis and submittal of supporting
technical studies. The Comprehensive Plan is approved by the City
Council after consideration of the Commission’s recommendation. The
developer shall also process a street vacation for Exposition Boulevard
which has been abandoned as part of the development of the Culver City
Expo station
VIII. Infrastructure
Site development will require improvements to sewer, water, gas,
communication and electric service based upon the proposed range of
development in the project Comprehensive Plan.
Some utility relocation may
also be required with Site development. Although the precise extent and costs
for these infrastructure improvements will be established upon submittal of a
Comprehensive Plan by the Developer, the costs will generally be shared on a
pro rata basis. A community facilities district (CFD) is one financial tool
available to commercial property owners within the TOD District to help fund
public improvements and services through private property assessment and
bond finance. Required off-site improvements for the Washington National TOD
PD Zone may be funded through a CFD if commercial property owners agree.
The kinds of improvement that may be funded include:
? New Infrastructure
? Utility Relocations
? Streetscape Improvements
? On-going maintenance
Establishment of a CFD can ensure timely completion of all necessary pubic
improvements. A preliminary infrastructure plan has been prepared to
identify the necessary improvements to support TOD District development,
consistent with CCMC Section 15.12.035.
ATTACHMENT 1,
EXHIBIT B
19IX. Permitted and Prohibited Uses
a) General Provisions
The property zoning will provide for pedestrian related uses and mixed use
development that is consistent with the emerging pedestrian character of
East Washington Boulevard, the Art’s District and the TOD District.
The ground floor along the project street frontages developed on the Site
will accommodate small scale retail and dining establishments. The interior
open areas of the Site will include outdoor dining, retail and a large,
landscaped open space connected by pedestrian walks and plazas. The
open space will accommodate community oriented uses and passive
recreation. Office or residential uses will be located on building upper
levels with some creative office uses permitted at the ground level interior
away from street frontage. The project is designed to be pedestrian
oriented with permitted uses that are intended to draw locally from the
surrounding neighborhoods and regionally via the Expo LRT. The
permitted uses of the Washington National TOD PD zone will comport with
the General Corridor Land Use designation of the General Plan and the
adopted Washington National Design for Development which encourages
transit oriented uses.
b) Allowed Uses and Permit Requirements
The following uses shall be allowed and encouraged within the Washington
National TOD PD Zone.
(See Permitted Use Table Below)
ATTACHMENT 1,
EXHIBIT B
20
(1) See Article 7 of the Culver City Zoning Code for definitions of the land uses listed.
(2) Ancillary to a primary retail use.
(3) Subject to ground floor restriction
(4) Subject to subterranean parking and limited surface parking restrictions in Section 6
(5) Excluding Warehouse Retail
LAND USE
(1)
PERMIT REQUIREMENT SEE SPECIFIC USE
REGULATIONS OF THE
ZONING CODE
P - Permitted Use
CUP – Conditional Use Permit
AUP - Administrative Use Permit
Accessory food service P
Accessory retail uses P
Alcoholic Beverage Sales AUP 17.400.015B
Artisan shops P
Automated teller machines (ATMs) P 17.400.025
Banks and financial services P
Bars, night clubs CUP
Child day care centers(3)
CUP 17.400.035
Creative office P
Clubs, lodges, and private meeting halls P
General retail stores(5) P
Home occupations(3) P 17.400.055
Hotels P
Health/fitness facilities(3) CUP
Indoor amusement/entertainment facilities(3) P
Internet Café P
Live/work units(3) P 17.400.060
Media production – Indoor support facilities(3) P
Medical services – Office/Clinics(3)
P
Mixed use projects P 17.400.065
Offices(3) P
Outdoor retail sales and display(2) P 17.400.075
Parking facilities(4) P
Personal services P
Pet Shop P
Public recreational and cultural facilities P
Public Safety facilities P
Restaurants P
Restaurants, outdoor dining P 17.400.070
Specialized schools (culinary or similar) AUP
Studios – Art, dance, music, photography, etc. P
Telecommunications facilities, cellular(3) AUP 17.400.110
Theaters P
Transit related retail P
ATTACHMENT 1,
EXHIBIT B
21
X. Development Standards
In addition to requirements set forth in Sections V-IX, the following development
standards shall apply to Site development.
A. Development Intensity
Maximum and minimum development thresholds for the Site shall be
established in order to correctly size the project to fit within the surrounding area
while providing the critical mass necessary to help advance mobility goals. The
Washington National TOD PD Zone development ranges will help maximize
transit use by workers, shoppers and residents of the Site. A Comprehensive
Plan approved for the property must comply with these development thresholds.
Site development must be consistent with the maximum applicable density of
Zoning Code Section 17.400.065 – Mixed Use Development Standards, the
requirements of the height district and the development standards defined
herein. Building Site coverage is limited to approximately 55 percent of the Site
area except that the coverage factor may be exceeded only by that amount
necessary to accommodate building articulation, Green Building Standards and
architectural design features and by the requirement for not less than 1/3 acre of
landscaped open space pursuant to Section IV.F herein above. Project
residential density is limited to 50 dwelling units per acre except pursuant to
Zoning Code Section 17.400.065 – Mixed Use Development Standards, where a
community benefit is approved through the Comprehensive Plan approval
process allowing up to 65 dwelling units per acre within the TOD District
B. Building Heights
Maximum building height shall be 56 feet for structures in the Washington
National TOD PD Zone pursuant to the requirements of the Commercial General
zone as outlined in Chapter 17.220 of the Zoning Code.
C. Building and Development Setbacks
Building setbacks shall be subject to the applicable setback requirements of the
Zoning Code Section 17.400.065 – Mixed Use Development Standards, except
that the Washington National TOD PD Zone shall provide for an additional
Pedestrian Setback as defined herein along all street frontage in order to
provide pedestrian streetscape amenities, in order to create a more attractive
building orientation to the adjacent streets and sidewalks and to ensure varied
building form and massing (as opposed to flat and uniform building facades).
The building setback shall be calculated as noted in Section X (D).
ATTACHMENT 1,
EXHIBIT B
22D. Pedestrian Setbacks
Pedestrian Setbacks shall be provided along all street frontage as follows:
Ground level Pedestrian Setback of 15 feet along major street frontage for
allowable pedestrian uses defined below. Not less than 50 percent of the
pedestrian setback must be open to the sky, providing however that up to
50% of the required setback above the second floor level or along the street
frontage at grade may encroach into the required setback by up to 50%.
Allowable uses within the Pedestrian Setback at grade may include: outdoor
dining, seating niches, open arcades and trellis structures, fountains and
landscaping. (Pedestrian Setback Diagram – Attachment No. 6)
E. Pedestrian Plazas
Buildings shall be configured to encourage the creation of informal public
gathering spaces at strategic locations along the Site perimeter and street
frontage. The project interface at the intersection of Washington, National, and
Exposition Boulevards will incorporate pedestrian plazas linked internally to a
network of pedestrian paths and will provide an opportunity for informal
pedestrian gathering places adjacent to street frontage.
F. Landscaping
I. Landscaping shall be provided in required on-grade open
space, pedestrian plazas, on pedestrian paths and along
street frontage and shall include shade canopy trees, shrubs,
planted berms, and ground covers. Landscaping shall also be
provided in decorative planters and in-ground planters, on
trellis structures arbors, planter walls and green screens.
II. A detailed landscape master plan identifying the design and
installation requirements for landscaping of the entire site shall
be provided as part of the Comprehensive Plan submittal and
shall include individual groupings of trees with not less than
an average planting height of 20’ in addition to shrubs,
groundcovers, vines and planted landforms.
III. Substantial groupings of trees shall be provided within the
central open space and shall be provided on grade to the
maximum extent feasible in order to ensure maximum plant
growth and vitality. When major tree planting is provided over
the subterranean parking deck it shall be installed in raised
planters of not less than 12 feet in depth as measured from
the finished surface in order to accommodate trees at
maturity.
ATTACHMENT 1,
EXHIBIT B
23IV. Landscape provided above grade shall be provided in planters
on arbors, trellises, planter walls and with bermed planting.
G. Streetscape
Streetscape improvements including paved surfaces along the public right-of-way
shall incorporate decorative pavers to enhance the pedestrian quality of the project.
The Developer shall provide a pro rata share of funding for decorative paved
crosswalks at Washington and National Boulevards and as specified in a TOD
District Streetscape Plan which includes benches, planters, trash receptacles, way
finding signage and other street furniture.
H. Public Art
All private and public development activities shall comply with the CCMC
requirements for the City’s Art in Public Places Program.
I. Design Parameters
The Washington National TOD PD Zone prescribes Site locational requirements
(setbacks, step backs and building coverage) for buildings and the location of land
uses which influence building form but not architectural style. The Comprehensive
Plan will require a detailed architectural plan submittal for the Planning Commission
and the City Council in order to ensure the Site is developed with iconic,
placemaking architecture that fits with the surrounding commercial and residential
neighborhoods.
J. Sustainability and Green Building
The project developed on the Site must meet Leadership in Energy Efficient Design
(LEED) Standards but need not be LEED certified. As part of the Comprehensive
Plan submittal, the Developer must identify how the project Site plan promotes
natural lighting, heating and cooling, facilitates the use of alternative transit,
reduces Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions and complies with LEED building
standards and Green Building Standards.
K. TOD / Mixed Use Development
The Site must be developed as a horizontally and/or vertically integrated mixed use
transit oriented development. The Comprehensive Plan submittal must define the
location of building pads, the harmonious relation of Site uses to promote an
integrated plan, the relationship of each use on the Site and the building orientation
and use connection to the LRT station
ATTACHMENT 1,
EXHIBIT B
24L. Parking
1. Design and Development:
Project parking shall fully comply with parking requirements for all land
uses as prescribed in Chapter 17.320 – Off-Street Parking and Loading
of the Zoning Code. The parking layout and location shall be designed to
avoid pedestrian conflict and efficiently distribute parking to and from the
Site. There shall be a minimum of two means of subterranean parking
ingress and egress provided at Washington and National Boulevards.
Parking beyond that which is required by the Zoning Code shall also be
designed to leverage efficient and cost-effective use of the parking facility
via joint use when approved by LACMTA. Limited on-grade parking may
be provided (subject to the requirements listed in Section VI herein
above. Site development shall minimize parking impacts through:
? Location of the majority of project parking below grade,
minimizing the use of short term, surface parking for hotel check
in and/or certain short-term retail / restaurant parking; and/or as
needed to meet accessibility requirements.
? Appropriately integrating subterranean parking with project
development through vertical and horizontal connections.
? Integrating residential development with parking design.
? Designing parking supply and parking structure ingress and
egress to accommodate the full scope of development.
? Screening any surface parking from view from the street and within
the project.
? Applying “Smart Parking” technologies, such as electronic signs
that identify the number of available spaces.
? Fully accommodating Expo and TOD parking and sharing such
parking when parking demand allows.
2. Parking Structures
? Off-street parking shall comply with all Zoning Code requirements
and shall be located in subterranean or limited above grade
parking located away from street frontages. In support of
providing subterranean parking, the City may consider utilization of
space under adjoining streets and public rights-of-way for parking
purposes. Right-of-way that may potentially be used for
subterranean parking encroachments are Venice Boulevard in Los
Angeles and National Boulevard in Los Angeles and Culver City
and the Expo right-of-way pursuant to the LACMTA Option and
Perpetual Easement Agreement. Further, Exposition Boulevard
within the project Site shall be vacated by the developer to
accommodate subterranean parking and the TOD development
program. (Parking Encroachment Diagram – Attachment No. 7)
ATTACHMENT 1,
EXHIBIT B
25? Subterranean parking structure floor heights shall be designed to
accommodate access routes to handicap and vanpools as
required by State law.
XI. Access and Circulation
The Site shall be developed to minimize grade separation along street frontage.
Podium parking shall be prohibited along the street frontage in order to create a
continuous pedestrian pathway from the project to the street edge. The Site shall
be developed to include pedestrian plazas, pedestrian access points and building
separations that allow views into the Site and open onto the street frontage. These
pedestrian access areas shall be provided at strategic points along the Site
perimeter to ensure the project has a seamless connection with the surrounding
neighborhood.
Enhanced at-grade pedestrian/bicyclist crossings shall be provided at all
intersections connecting to the Site. The project shall comport with future plans for
area shuttle service and the City’s Bicycle Master Plan.
a) Pedestrian Access
i. All pedestrian access shall be in accordance with California Code of
Regulations, Title 24, path of travel standards for accessibility for special
needs persons and shall be designed to protect the safety of pedestrians in
general.
ii. Pedestrian access shall be designed to accommodate pedestrian
circulation throughout the project including subterranean parking areas.
b) Bicycle Access
i. The Site shall be developed to be bicycle friendly as defined herein.
ii. Measures to improve connectivity to surrounding projects and
neighborhoods shall be consistent with the Caltrans and METRO bicycle
design standards, the Culver City Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan and
the City’s adopted Transportation Demand and Trip Reduction Measures
as set forth in CCMC Section 7.05.015.
c) Vehicular Access
i. There shall be a maximum of two driveways along major street frontage with
direct connection to short-term parking and/or subterranean parking.
ii. Driveways shall be designed to minimize pedestrian conflict and signed and
illuminated to highlight parking ingress and egress.
ATTACHMENT 1,
EXHIBIT B
26
d) Public Right-of-Way Improvement
i. Site development will require improvements to the public right-of-way,
including dedications, street improvements, street reconfiguration or
other improvements that may reasonably be required by the Public
Works Director/City Engineer through the Comprehensive Plan review
process. Such improvements including the provision of street
furniture, street graphics, street trees and pedestrian lighting shall be
consistent with current City standards and any standards that may be
established in the Washington National TOD Streetscape Plan to be
prepared for the TOD District.
XII. TOD Requirement Related to Expo
a) Transit Plaza
The Developer shall be required to construct a transit plaza within the
Expo right of way to connect the Expo LRT Station with the TOD. The
Transit Plaza shall be designed to accommodate the change in grade
from the LRT platform to the TOD in order to create gathering spaces,
locations for retail sales, seating and outdoor dining. The final design of
the transit plaza is subject to LACMTA approval.
b) Access to LRT Platform and Station
The design of the Site shall allow full access to the LRT platform and
Expo LRT Station and is subject to LACMTA approval.
c) Expo Parking
Dedicated Expo LRT Station parking shall be provided pursuant to the
LACMTA Option and Perpetual Easement Agreement. Expo LRT Station
parking shall be convenient for Expo riders and access shall be controlled
to ensure that the full complement of required Expo LRT Station parking
is available. During non-peak ridership periods as defined by LACMTA,
Expo LRT Station parking shall be shared for cost-effective use of public
parking facilities with the TOD project.
d) Isolation Wall Construction
An isolation/shoring wall separating the LRT Platform from the TOD/Expo
subterranean parking shall be provided along the LACMTA right-of-way
to protect LACMTA improvements. The design and construction of the
Isolation Wall shall be subject to approval by LACMTA. The Isolation
Wall shall be constructed to an approximate depth of 24 feet consistent
with the anticipated depth of the subterranean parking garage and shall
be in place prior to commencing with Site development
ATTACHMENT 1,
EXHIBIT B
27
XIII. Environmental Determination
Pursuant to Sections 15162 and 15168 of the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA), ZCMA-P2012085 is within the scope of the Culver City General Plan
Update Program EIR approved on September 24, 1996 (PEIR 1) and the Culver
City Redevelopment Plan Amendment and Merger Program Subsequent EIR
approved on November 16, 1998 (PEIR 2). The circumstances under which PEIR 1
and PEIR 2, were prepared have not significantly changed and no new significant
information has been found that would impact either PEIR 1 or PEIR 2; therefore,
no new environmental analysis is required for the establishment of the Washington
National TOD PD Zone. Further, Site development shall be subject to
environmental review pursuant to the CEQA as part of the applicable Culver City
and Los Angles entitlement process. Such environmental review shall be fully
funded at Developer’s cost upon submittal of a Comprehensive Plan identifying the
project development program and submittal of all required technical studies
including a circulation, parking and traffic impact analysis based upon the City’s
Criteria for Traffic Impact Studies for Proposed Developments. Should traffic
impacts be identified, related traffic mitigation measures may be imposed on the
project.
Project environmental review may include, but is not limited to, the following:
1. Preparation of an Initial Study and related environmental determination
document (i.e. Environmental Impact Report, Mitigated Negative Declaration,
etc.)
2. Traffic, circulation, and/or parking impact study for any development proposal as
may be required by the City’s Criteria for Requiring Traffic Impact Studies for
Proposed Developments;
3. Soils investigation report to be filed with the City of Culver City by the applicant
identifying the status of soil contamination or other hazardous materials; and
4. Any additional information required by the Community Development Director,
the Planning Commission and/or the City Council in order to conduct a thorough
environmental review of the project.
XIV. Responsibility for Securing Permits and Paying Applicable Fees
Nothing contained herein or in any subsequent agreements shall be construed to
exempt the Developer (or his/her assignee, buyer, transferee, conveyee or lessee)
from securing all permits and paying all fees required of developers of private
property within the City of Culver City including, but not limited to, the In-lieu Park
Fee, the New Development Impact Fee, and fees required by the Art in Public
Places Program.
ATTACHMENT 1,
EXHIBIT B
28
Attachments:
1. Zoning Map
2. Site Map
3. Location Map
4. Site Acreage Map
5. Concept Parking Plan
6. Pedestrian Setback Diagram
7. Parking Encroachment Diagram
8. Project Application
9. Parking Requirements per Zoning Code
ATTACHMENT 1,
EXHIBIT B
29WASHINGTON NATIONAL - PROPOSED ZONING DIAGRAM
PD = Planned Development Zone
C2-D2 = General Commercial
Metro Right of Way
TOD
PD
PD
C2-D2
C2-D2
Height
District D
METRO RIGHT OF WAY METRO RIGHT OF WAY
EXPO LIGHT RAIL TRAIN EXPO LIGHT RAIL TRAIN
T
VENICE BLVD
CITY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF CULVER CITY
NATIONAL BLVD
WASHINGTON BLVD
59 Ft 59 Ft
91 Ft 91 Ft
ATTACHMENT 1 EXHIBIT B
30WASHINGTON NATIONAL PROJECT SITE
Venice Blvd.
Washington Blvd.
Helms Avenue
National Blvd.
Robertoson Blvd.
ATTACHMENT 2 EXHIBIT B
31EXPO LIGHT RAIL AND WASHINGTON NATIONAL TOD
Washington National TOD
ATTACHMENT 3 EXHIBIT B
324.15
Acres
1.37
Acres
ATTACHMENT 4 EXHIBIT B
33Subterranean Parking
concept
ATTACHMENT 5 EXHIBIT B
3415’
7.5’
Example
7.5’ Pedestrian Setback
Where Occurs
Property Line
Property Line
Curb Line
Curb Line
Building
Building
Pedestrian Set Back - Plan View
Variations of 50% Allowable Developable Area
Sidewalk
Sidewalk
ATTACHMENT 6 EXHIBIT B
3515’
7.5’
7.5’ Pedestrian Setback
Where Occurs
Potential Developable Area
Building Face
Building Line
Pedestrian Set Back Cross Section
Scale : 1/4
0’ 10’
ATTACHMENT 6 EXHIBIT B
36VENICE BOULEVARD
NATIONAL BOULEVARD
WASHINGTON BOULEVARD
METRO ROW
ENCROACHMENTS
PARKING ENCROACHMENTS
WASHINGTON NATIONAL TOD - PARKING ENCROACHMENTS
PROJECT SITE
ATTACHMENT 7 EXHIBIT B
37PLANNING DIVISION
Project Application
Application type: (please check all applicable)
D
Administrative Use Permit (AUP)
Proposed Use:
D
T entafive Parcel Map
D General Plan Amendment- Map
D
General Plan Amendment- Text
D
Lot Line Adjustment
D
Site Plan Review- Administrative
D
Site Plan Review- Planning Commission
Applicant Information
Name: City of Culver City
9770 CULVER BOULEY ARD CULVER CITY, CA 90232-0507
D
D
D
XX
D
D
D
(310) 253-5710 FAX (310) 253-5721
WEBSITE: ww.v.culvercitv.org
Planning Case File No.: ZCMA P-2012085
Date received: 8/2/12
Conditional Use Permit (CUP)
Proposed Use:
Tentative Tract Map
Zoning Code Amendment- Text
City Initiated Zone Change - Map (Planned
Development (PD))
Administrative Modification
Variance
Other.
Applicant Sol Blumenfeld, Community Development Director
Representative:
Address: Community Development 9770 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90232
Phone: (310) 253-6702
Fax No.: (31 0) 253-6779
E-mail: sol.blumenfeld@culvercitv.O!!J
Applicant's Statement
As tile applicant, I will adhere to the terms and conditions of the application if an approval is granted. In addition, I
understand that while it is the City's policy to provide notice during the application process, it is the applicants
responsibility to track the dates of any hearing or approval expirations.
Print Name:
Signature:
Date:
EXHIBIT B
38Site Description: The proposed Planned Site Description: The proposed Planned Development
Development Zone consists of the Zone consists of an area owned by
area both within the Culver City LACMTA and within the limit lines of
and owned by the City of Culver the City of Culver City. The LACMTA
City. This area is bounded by owned property that will be zoned
National Boulevard to the east, Planned Development consists of 91'
Washington Boulevard to the wide portion of a 150' wide right of
south, the LACMT A right of way to way area located West of Exposition
Ule east and Venice Boulevard Boulevard, North of Washington
beyond to the north (See Attached Boulevard and south of Venice
County Aseessor's Map- Exhibit Boulevard beyond to the north (See
A). Attached County Assessor's Map-
Exhibit B).
Site size: The proposed Planned Site size: The proposed Planned Development
Development Zone area is Zone area is approximately 1.37
approximately 2.78 acres -This acres. This area consists of land
area consists of parcels boUl owned by LACMTA and within the
owned and within the City limit City limit lines of Culver City.
lines of Culver City including
Exposition Boulevard. (Note: The
City of Culver also owns the
parcels fronting Venice Boulevard
totaling approximately 1.08 acres
which is in the limit lines of the
City of Los Angeles.
Assessor Parcel 4312-014-900 through 920 Assessor Parcel 4312-031-900 (porlion of)
Number(s): Number(s):
Tract and Lot No(s): Tract 5461, Lots 20 through 52 Tract and Lot nla
No(sl:
Existing Zoning: Industrial General (IG) Existing Zoning: Transportation l!l- for the 100' wide
porlion ofthe150' wide LACMTA
right of way area (refer to Assessor
Parcel Map 4312-31-900).
Industrial General {IGJ -for the 50'
wide portion of the 150' wide
LACMTA right of way area (refer to
Aseessor Parcel Map 4312-31-900).
Proposed Zoning: Planned Development (PD) Proposed Zoning: Planned Development CPDl - for the
91' wide easterly portion of the 150'
wide LACMTA right of way area.
Overlay Zone: None Overlay Zone: None
GenernJ Plan General Corridor General Plan General Corridor
Designation: Designation:
Existing building The site is currently used as a Existing building The150' wide LACMTA right of way
area: surface/paved parking lot for the area: area consists of the elevated
Metro Exposition Light Rail Station Exposition Light Rail Transit line and
in Culver City. station, and station appurtenances
located at the ground level such as
the ticket booths, elevators and
stairways. A portion of the right of
way consists of the surface parking
lol
Existing Use: Surface Parking Lot for the Existing Use: Exposition Light Rail Transit Line
Exposition Light Rail Transit and Station.
Station.
EXHIBIT B
39I declare that I am the owner of the property described in
this application, or am legally empowered to act on behalf of
the owner, and that the information submitted is true,
complete, and correct to the best of my knowledge. In
addition, I give consent to the applicant to proceed with the
above application.
I declare that I am the owner of the property described in this
application, or am legally empowered to act on behalf of the
owner, and that the information submitted is true, complete.
and correct to the best of my knowledge. in addition, I give
consent to the applicant to proceed with the aboVe application.
Print Name:
Signature:
Date:
City of Culver City
John Nachbar,
City Manager
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Other Project Information
Print Name:
Signature:
Date:
oger Mali
Chief eal Property Management &
De opm. en;;. i
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Project name (or request}: Washington National Transit Oriented Development Planned Development Zone
Major cross streets:
or
technical studies prepared far this site:
(attach additional sheets as necessary)
with some amount of short
term parking and some podium
parking located along the
LACMTA right otway.
Zone Planned Development
step a two- step planning approval process. The second step will
require the approval of a Comprehensive Plan that will provide
specific project development site details and analysis at subsequent
Planning Commission and City Council Public Hearings.
EXHIBIT B
40Significant amounts of solid waste or litter generated? X
Change in dust ash, smoke, fumes or odors in vicinity? X
Change in stream or ground water quality or quantity, or alteration of existing drainage patterns? X
Drainage swales border or cross the site? X
Substantial change in existing noise or vibration levels in the vicinity? X
Will grading be required? If yes,# of cubic yards, (ifl