II. Project Description II. Project Description 1. Introduction Hollywood Cherokee Apartments Venture, LLC, the Project Applicant, proposes to construct a four- to six-story, 224-unit residential apartment/condominium building (the Project) on a 1.14-acre site in the Hollywood Community of the City of Los Angeles (the Project Site). The Project Site is specifically located within the City block bounded by North Las Palmas Avenue to the west, Yucca Street to the north, North Cherokee Avenue to the east, and Hollywood Boulevard to the south. The Project consists of approximately 169,531 square feet (sf) of new floor area and would replace an existing surface parking lot located approximately 175 feet north of Hollywood Boulevard between Cherokee Avenue and Las Palmas Avenue. A four-level parking garage comprised of one street level and three subterranean levels would be located below the residential levels and would provide a total of 305 parking spaces. The Project would also include a residential lobby and leasing area, a community room, approximately 985 sf of ground-floor commercial space to serve Project residents and guests, a gym, a swimming pool and open space decks on the rooftop level, and landscaped courtyards. 2. Project Location and Surrounding Uses The Project Site is located in the Hollywood Community of the City of Los Angeles, approximately 5 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles and approximately 12 miles east of the Pacific Ocean. Primary regional access is provided by US 101 (Hollywood Freeway), which runs southeast-northwest approximately 1 mile to the northeast of the Project Site. The major arterials providing regional and sub-regional access to the Project Site vicinity include Hollywood Boulevard, Sunset Boulevard, La Brea Avenue, Highland Avenue, and Cahuenga Boulevard. The irregularly-shaped Project Site is comprised of four contiguous parcels bounded by a 3-story hotel use and 3-story residential use to the north, Cherokee Avenue to the east, 1- and 2-story commercial uses and an associated surface parking lot to the south, and Las Palmas Avenue to the west. The surrounding area is highly urbanized and includes a mixture of low- to high-rise buildings, both historic and modern, occupied primarily by tourist and entertainment-related commercial uses and multi-family residential development. Rubix Hollywood, a 6-story, multi-family residential use, is located directly City of Los Angeles Hollywood Cherokee Project SCH No. 2013101063 December 2014 Page II-1 II. Project Description west of the Project Site across Las Palmas Avenue. The Jefferson at Hollywood Luxury Apartments, another 6-story, multi-family residential use, is located west of Rubix Hollywood across McCadden Place. The areas north and east of the Project Site primarily consist of multi-family residential uses including the 3-story residential building referred to as Cherokee Studios, and community-serving uses, including the Yucca Community Center and Mini Park and the Las Palmas Senior Citizen Center. Numerous restaurants, shops, theaters, and nightclubs line Hollywood Boulevard to the south of the Project Site, which is part of the historic Hollywood Walk of Fame. The buildings and surface parking lot immediately south of the Project Site are the rear of the 6600 block of Hollywood Boulevard and include contributing structures in the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District, a historic district that is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and the California Register of Historical Resources. The area south of Hollywood Boulevard is comprised of a varied mix of commercial, residential, and educational uses, including Selma Avenue Elementary School and Hollywood High School, both located within a 0.25-mile radius of the Project Site. Dense commercial development lines Highland Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard to the west of the Project Site. The Hollywood and Highland shopping center and entertainment complex is located less than 0.25 mile from the Project Site at the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue. The Hollywood/Highland Red Line Station, part of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) rail system, is also located at this intersection. The Project area is characterized by considerable pedestrian activity. A map of the Project Site and the surrounding area is provided in Figure II-1 on page II-3. An aerial photograph is provided in Figure II-2 on page II-4. As shown on Figure II-2, the four parcels that make up the 1.14-acre Project Site are referred to as Parcel 1 (0.21 acre), Parcel 2 (0.21 acre), Parcel 3 (0.24 acre), and Parcel 4 (0.48 acre), beginning at the southwesterly parcel and moving counterclockwise. 3. Existing Project Site Conditions The Project Site contains an active surface parking lot with a total of 137 spaces. Access to the parking lot is provided by one entering driveway on Las Palmas Avenue and one exiting driveway on Cherokee Avenue. With the exception of two ornamental planters along Cherokee Avenue and a small strip of weed cover and one palm tree along the northern property line, the Project Site is paved with asphalt surface. Four ornamental street trees flank the Project Site (two on Cherokee Avenue and two on Las Palmas Avenue). The Project Site slopes gently to the south with approximately 6 feet of vertical relief across the property. The existing site plan is provided in Figure II-3 on page II-5. Photographs of existing conditions on the Project Site are provided in Figure II-4 on page II-6. 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