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This NONCOMMERCIAL site is a harmless hobby of George Garrigues, who has lived in the Westside Village district of Palms for 12 years. These pages have no connection with any organization.
Send him e-mail with corrections and comments.
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MOTOR-PALMS MIXED-USE BUILDING IS BEING REDESIGNED Story below
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VICTORY FOR OPEN SPACE: Setback change is denied for a planned condominium on Keystone Ave.
Assembly will have to vote again on 3665 Jasmine proposal
Permanent bar is sought against decreasing the space between bldgs. and sidewalks
Stories below
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PROPOSED MIXED-USE BLDG. AT PALMS AND MOTOR IS BEING REDESIGNED
A proposed commercial-apartment project on the northeast corner of Palms and Motor Ave. is being redesigned, a representative of City Council Member Jack Weiss has reported.
The redesign has caused a delay in consideration of the project by Los Angeles planners, field deputy Katherine Hennigan said on Oct. 4.
The mixed-use project, which would feature shops on the ground floor and apartments above, was approved by the Palms Neighborhood Council on Aug. 2 over the opposition of a neighboring property owner and the Cheviot Hills homeowners association.
A revised application by Claire Heron may now be heard by the West Los Angeles Planning Commission on Wednesday, Nov. 15.
An earlier story appears below. Click here to jump to the official CR Management Co. Web site for this project.
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One thing is certain — Motor Avenue north of Palms Blvd. will not be the same in a few short years. There should be more shops, more pedestrians and a bigger traffic problem.
Two large apartment-commercial projects are moving forward — and one of them has had considerable opposition. fueled by complaints from the president of the Pacific Television Center (pictured). from a neighboring property owner and from some Cheviot Hills homeowners.
Richard Neri, the center's president, wrote in an Aug. 1 e-mail to Councilman Jack Weiss's office that the construction of the building on the northeast corner would "block several of our dishes on the south side of our property. This will force us to either find alternate solutions with greater expense or simply relocate."
He made other objections similar to those raised by Milton Sidley, owner of the property where the Pacific TV Center has its offices and studios.
It was Sidley who fruitlessly attempted to stop
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the Palms Neighborhood Council from considering the matter at its Aug. 2 meeting.
And several Cheviot Hills homeowners have turned out at community meetings to voice their complaints. Most vocal among them have been Lucie Bava and Steve Wallach.
The Cheviot Hills Homeowners' Assn. voted in May and June 2006 to oppose the project.
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2nd project would result in more foot and auto traffic
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The other development being considered for that block — on the west side of Motor Ave. north of Palms — has drawn no discernible opposition, even though it will result in a proportionally greater traffic flow.
The building proposed at 3417-3447 Motor Ave., with its 50 two-bedroom and 35 one-bedroom apartments, would result in an increase of 597 automobile trips a day, the city Traffic Department has estimated.
Developer James Frost told the Palms Neighborhood Council at its Sept. 6 meeting that nearby business people felt the additional foot traffic along Motor would help improve the commercial climate. |
That's why he determined to triple the proposed commercial street frontage from 50 to 150 feet for stores and shops.
In response to comments from nearby apartment tenants, Frost has promised to pave the alley at the rear of the property.
A large billboard installation, which still has 16 years on its lease, will be split into two parts, to be mounted on the north and south sides of the new structure.
The Palms Representative Assembly, which is the governing body of the neighborhood council. has voted to approve both buildings. |
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VICTORY FOR OPEN SPACE: Setback change is denied for a new condominium bldg. on Keystone Ave.;
Palms Assembly will consider 3665 Jasmine Ave. bldg. line (again)
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 A city official known as a Deputy Advisory Agency (go figure!) decided on Sept. 19 to maintain the existing open space on Keystone Ave. when she denied a setback change for a planned five-unit condominium bldg. at 3509 S. Keystone Ave. (the west side of the street), one block east of Overland and south of Palms Blvd.
The developer wanted to bring the new structure five feet closer to the sidewalk than the existing bldg.
All the properties on that street — which was once scheduled for widening — are set back 20 feet from the sidewalk line (see photo at right).
The setback change was opposed by Councilman Bill Rosendahl's office.
The tentative tract no. is 65309, and the environmental report no. is 2006-843-MND. The contact person for the developer is Camille Zeitouny at (818) 430-5808.
A large parkway tree, which has completely buckled the sidewalk, will be removed, Zeitouny told The Sun. There would be 12 parking spaces for five units on an approx. 5,000- net-sq.-ft. site in an R3-1 zone.
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Palms Assembly opposes reducing the setback for a condo bldg. on Jasmine Ave.; a permanent policy will be considered
 The Representative Assembly of the Palms Neighborhood Council has voted to oppose the waiver of a 20-foot setback line at 3665 Jasmine Ave. for a new condominium bldg.
The developer wants to construct the bldg. only 15 feet from the sidewalk, which would be closer than the other bldgs. on that block, all of which are set back by 20 feet (see the aerial photograph).
The Assembly held a quickie special meeting before the Bike Rodeo at Palms Elementary School on Oct. 7 and approved a motion to oppose the waiver.
Palms President Pauline Stout and Development Committee Chair Todd Robinson sent a letter to city authorities opposing the setback waiver on behalf of the Palms Council.
On Nov. 1, the Assembly will also vote on a motion that would put Palms on record in opposition to such setback changes in the future. The proposed text is as follows:
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(1) The Palms Neighborhood Council is concerned about reduction of open space in Palms and is adamantly opposed to the reduction of building setback requirements on all streets in Palms unless they are specifically approved by the Neighborhood Council.
(2) Our City Council members are requested to take this concern and opposition into account when considering developers' requests for setback changes.
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