5424 West Carlton Way (ENV-2024-915-CE)

The Project Site is located on the south side of Carlton Way, midblock between Serrano Avenue to the east and Western Avenue to the west, in the Hollywood Community Plan area of the City of Los Angeles in the County of Los Angeles. The Project Site contains eight existing residential and accessory structures with a total of 33 units and 22,916 square feet of floor area. The Project would demolish seven existing residential and accessory structures with a total of 25 units and 16,959 square feet at 5420 through 5430 Carlton Way. The Project would construct a new 138,894 squarefoot, eight-story, 105-foot, 4-inch apartment building with 131 dwelling units, including 74 studio units, 49 one-bedroom units, and eight two-bedroom units, above two and one-half subterranean parking levels containing 148 residential parking stalls. The Project would include the maintenance of an existing 5,957 square-foot, two-story apartment building at 5416-5418 Carlton Way, with eight dwelling units, including one studio unit, six one-bedroom units, and one two-bedroom unit. The Project would have a total of 144,851 square feet of floor area (4.81 FAR) and 139 dwelling units, including 75 studio units, 55 one-bedroom units, and nine two-bedroom units, with 15 Very Low Income Units. Discretionary entitlements, reviews, permits and approvals required to implement the Project would include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following: A. Pursuant to AB 2334 and AB 2345, the Applicant proposes to utilize a 46% density bonus, as permitted within the Hollywood Redevelopment Plan area, to increase the maximum allowable density from 95 dwelling units to 139 dwellings (of which 15 units will be set aside for Very Low Income households), to utilize AB 2097 parking reductions, and to request the following Off-Menu Density Bonus Incentives and Waiver of Development Standards pursuant to Sections 12.22-A,25(g)(2) & (3) of LAMC Chapter 1 and Section 13B.2.5 of LAMC Chapter 1A: i. Off-Menu Incentives: 1. Off-Menu Incentive to permit a 12’-6” minimum building setback along Carlton Way, in lieu of a 14.94’ minimum building setback, as otherwise required by SNAP Section 7-E. 2. Off-Menu Incentive to permit an 18’-3” maximum building setback along Carlton Way, in lieu of a 14.99’ maximum building setback, as otherwise required by SNAP Section 7-E. 3. Off-Menu Incentive to permit roof lines of up to 169’-1” without breaks, in lieu of 40’, as otherwise required by SNAP Development Standards Section IV-13. ii. Waiver of Development Standards: 1. Waiver of Development Standard for a 66-6” height increase to permit a maximum building height of 105-4”, in lieu of the 38’-10” maximum height, as otherwise required by SNAP Section 7-D. 2. Waiver of Development Standard to permit four lots with a total combined area of 37,688 square feet to be tied together to form a single building site in lieu two lots with a total combined area of 15,000 square feet, as otherwise required by SNAP Section 7-A. 3. Waiver of Development Standard for a 70% rear yard reduction to permit 6’, in lieu of 20’, as otherwise required by LAMC 12.11-C,3. 4. Waiver of Development Standard for a 54.6% westerly side yard reduction to permit 5’, in lieu of 11’, as otherwise required by LAMC 12.11-C,2. 5. Waiver of Development Standard for a 58.4% reduction of the space between buildings width requirement, to permit 9’-2” width between buildings, in lieu of the minimum width of 22’, as otherwise required by LAMC 12.21-C,2(a). 6. Waiver of Development Standard for a 72.8% passageway width reduction, to permit a 6’ passageway in lieu of the minimum passageway width of 22’, as otherwise required by LAMC 12.21-C,2(b). 7. Waiver of Development Standard for a 74.4% reduction in required open space to permit a minimum of 3,405 square feet of open space, in lieu of 13,300 square feet, as otherwise required by SNAP Section 7-F. B. Pursuant to LAMC Chapter 1A, Section 13B.4.2, the applicant requests a Specific Plan Project Compliance review to determine compliance with Subarea A (Neighborhood Conservation) of the Vermont/Western Station Neighborhood Area Plan. As required by various sections of the LAMC, the Applicant will obtain the necessary administrative approvals and permits from the Building and Safety Department and other municipal agencies for Project construction actions, including but not limited to the following: demolition, excavation, shoring, grading, foundation, building, street tree removal (if applicable), and tenant improvements.