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Land use & development / April 2006
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City hearing is slated for Motor-Palms mixed-use development proposal
Apartments, shops and restaurants selling liquor are planned across from Palms Elementary School
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 A Palms-Village Sun photo grab

Just some shiny new house numbers seen on Mentone Avenue

 
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City hearing is slated for Motor-Palms mixed-use development proposal
Apartments, shops and restaurants selling liquor are planned across from Palms Elementary School
See story below
The Pacific Television Center, above, will be hidden from this perspective if a six-story building is constructed on the northeast corner of Palms and Motor, as planned. The mixed-use structure will be on a vacant lot (behind the chain-link fence) which for many years was the site of an automobile service station. The drawing below is by the applicant's architect.

A city planning official will take testimony at 9 a.m. Friday, May 12, on a proposed 65-foot-high apartment-commercial project on the northeast corner of Palms Blvd. and Motor Ave.

That is about six floors from ground to roof line. There will be two underground parking levels for 100 cars.

The application by Claire Heron of C-R Management Co. envisions a master alcohol permit for on-site sale and consumption in two future restaurants.

Besides the variance that would permit a liquor license, the applicant is asking for a zone change from commercial to a residential zone to allow for mixed use.

Heron also seeks a variance from the city's sign ordinance and a temporary variance in parking requirements.

As well, she wants a variance from a requirement that buildings be set back five feet from the sidewalk along Motor Ave.

The hearing will be on the second floor of the West Los Angeles Municipal Bldg. at 1645 Corinth Ave.