1659 West Colorado Boulevard (ENV-2025-6118-CE)

The proposed project is a change of use from Oil Station to Office, including repairing and painting walls and the roof of the existing one-story historic building with a canopy. The project is the rehabilitation of the one-story building (214 square feet) to office use and the construction of a new, detached 157-square-foot restroom building with a height of approximately 11 feet located at the rear of the project site, located in Subarea II of the Colorado Boulevard Specific Plan. The project also includes a new fence and a new gate internal to the site. The Applicant is utilizing AB 2097 allowing for zero (0) parking spaces. The building is identified as the Jay Risk Standard Oil Company Service Station, designated as a City of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM) No. LA-1286. The subject site is located at 1659 West Colorado Boulevard on the north side of the street between Mt Royal Drive and Vincent Avenue. The site is located within Subarea II of the Colorado Boulevard Specific Plan and the Northwest Los Angeles Community Plan. According to ZIMAS, the lot encompasses 3,002.8 square feet. The site is zoned [Q]C4-1XL and has a General Plan Land Use Designation of Neighborhood Commercial. Properties to the north are zoned R1-1, and properties to the south, west and east are zoned [Q]C4-1XL and improved with commercial uses. The site is separated from the residential uses by an alley on the north. The neighborhood properties are generally improved with one-story residential buildings and one- and two-story