1666 North Vermont Ave (ENV-2024-359-CE)

The Project Site occupies 28,006 square feet of lot area (0.64 acres) with approximately 1,412 square feet of street vacation area, resulting in 29,418 square feet of gross lot area (0.68 acres) and is currently developed with two commercial structures and a surface parking lot. The Proposed Project includes demolition of the existing two commercial structures and site clearing of the surface parking lot for the construction, use, and maintenance of an 86-foot-tall, seven-story mixed-use residential and commercial building with a total of 139 residential dwelling units and up to 20,240 square feet of ground-floor commercial space (“Proposed Project”). The Proposed Project would include 59 studio units, 61 one-bedroom units, and 19 two-bedroom units, 12 percent (17 units) of which would be reserved as On-Site Restricted Affordable Units: 16 units would be reserved at the Extremely Low Income level and one unit would be reserved at the Moderate Income level. The Proposed Project has a total combined floor area of 126,770 square feet, consisting of 106,530 square feet of residential floor area and 20,240 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, resulting in a floor area ratio of 4.31:1. Three levels of subterranean parking would be provided in a parking garage underneath the mixed-use building. The Proposed Project would provide a total of 145 vehicle parking spaces and 130 bicycle parking spaces. The Proposed Project would provide 11,070 square feet of total open space (with 7,170 square feet of common open space and 3,900 square feet of private open space). The Proposed Project would require a total of approximately 35,950 cubic yards of soil export to be hauled off-site for the building foundations and subterranean levels. The proposed haul route for transporting soil to the Azusa Land Reclamation facility would travel north on N. Vermont Avenue to Los Feliz Boulevard, east on Los Feliz Boulevard to the I-5 Freeway on-ramp. Inbound haul trips would exit the I-5 Freeway at Los Feliz Boulevard, proceed west on Los Feliz Boulevard to N. Vermont Avenue, southbound to the Project Site. The Proposed Project assumes a worst-case scenario of removing all four (4) street trees, in the event of changes to the right-of-way improvement plans after approval of the environmental clearance. However, this environmental analysis does not authorize the removal of any street trees without prior approval of Urban Forestry, in compliance with LAMC Sections 62.169 and 62.170 and their applicable findings.