DRAFT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
For The
2055 AVENUE OF THE STARS ON THE SITE OF THE FORMER ST. REGIS HOTEL
LEAD AGENCY: CITY OF
CASE No: ENV-2005-4496-EIR
SCH No: 2005081042
SITE LOCATION: 2055 Avenue of the
Stars
Description
Vesting Tentative Tract Map, Specific Plan Project Permit, Site Plan Review Findings, Conditional Use Permit (sale or dispensation of alcoholic beverages), Parking Variance (offsite parking), and other applicable administrative permits such as haul route, grading, and building permits to allow the construction of a 147-unit condominium building with associated amenities on a 3.8-acre site in the C2-2-O zone. The Project would be developed in one high-rise structure. The Project would include approximately 581,000 square feet of Floor Area, and would be approximately 480 feet in height. The Project would include approximately two acres of landscaped open space. The Project would include various luxury resident amenities in addition to a 7,000-square-foot restaurant and either (a) 27,000 square feet of resident-focused specialty uses, such as but not limited to, a shoe repair, salon, art gallery, and sundries shop or (b) a 43,000-square-foot private membership facilities that would only be accessible to residents and a limited number of outside memberships. Onsite residential parking would be provided on several subterranean levels with a minimum of two parking spaces for each condominium unit and one guest parking space for every two condominium units. Ancillary parking would be provided for the non-residential uses at an offsite parking structure, which includes approximately 3,000 parking spaces. At a minimum, all City Code required parking spaces for the restaurant and other non-residential amenities would be available in the offsite parking structure.
Hardcopies
of the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) or the documents referenced in
the DEIR, are available for review at the following locations:
Department
of City Planning
Central
Library
Westwood
Branch Library
If you
wish to submit comments following review of the Draft EIR please submit them in
writing by
Send comments to:
Jonathon
Riker, Environmental Review Coordinator
Environmental Review Section
Department of City Planning
200 North Spring Street, Room 750
Los Angeles, California 90012
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II. ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING (97k)
III. PROJECT
DESCRIPTION (79k)
IV. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS
A. IMPACTS FOUND TO BE
LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT (43k)
D. BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES
(TREES)(27k)
H. HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS (61k)
K. NOISE (181k)
L.
POPULATION
AND HOUSING (81k)
N. TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC (164k)
O.
UTILITIES
AND WATER SYSTEMS (178k)
V. GENERAL IMPACT
CATEGORIES (14k)
VI. ALTERNATIVES TO
THE PROPOSED PROJECT (236k)
VII. PREPARERS OF THE EIR AND PERSONS CONSULTED (20k)
VIII. REFERENCES (23k)
IX. ACRONYMS AND
ABBREVIATIONS (49k)
APPENDICES
Appendices Table of Contents (8k)
APPENDIX A: NOTICE
OF PREPARATION (NOP), INITIAL STUDY, AND RESPONSES TO THE NOP (2.4M)
APPENDIX B: LETTERS FROM
PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCIES (2.3M)
APPENDIX C: AIR
QUALITY CALCULATION WORKSHEETS (2.9M)
APPENDIX D: ARCHAEOLOGICAL
RESOURCES REPORT (3.7M)
APPENDIX E: GEOTECHNICAL
REPORT (3.9M)
APPENDIX F: PHASE I ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT
APPENDIX G: METHANE REPORT (5.1M)
APPENDIX H: NOISE
CALCULATION WORKSHEETS (350k)
APPENDIX I: TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY