Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program
This document is the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) for the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan Project. The purpose of the MMRP is to ensure that the required Mitigation Measures and Project Design Features identified in the Final Environmental Impact Report (Final EIR) are implemented as part of the overall Project implementation. In addition to ensuring implementation of Mitigation Measures and Project Design Features, the MMRP provides feedback to agency staff and decision-makers during Project implementation and identifies the need for enforcement action before irreversible environmental damage occurs.
The following tables summarize the Mitigation Measures and Project Design Features for each issue area identified for the Project in the Final EIR. Where an impact was identified to be less than significant, no Mitigation Measures were required. The tables identify each Mitigation Measure and Project Design Feature, the action required for the Mitigation Measure/Project Design Feature to be implemented, the time at which the monitoring is to occur, the monitoring frequency, and the agency or party responsible for ensuring that the monitoring is performed. In addition, the tables include columns for compliance verification. These columns will be filled out by the monitoring agency or responsible party and will document the timing of monitoring compliance.
This MMRP will be used by City staff or the City’s consultant to determine compliance with permit conditions. Violations of these conditions may cause the City to revoke the operating permit.
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Biological Resources Mitigation Measure BIO-MM-1: At least 30 days prior to construction, surveys shall be conducted by a qualified biologist, on all roosting habitat adjacent to the construction area, to identify the presence of bats and any active or potential bat-roosting cavities. During the non-breeding and active season (typically October), bats shall be safely evicted from these areas, if feasible, under the direction of a qualified biologist. Preconstruction bat surveys of the palm tree crowns from a man-lift shall be conducted
by a qualified bat specialist immediately prior to tree removal within the Biological Study Area, to determine whether or not there are bats within the construction area. If the presence or absence of bats cannot be confirmed in potential roosting habitat, a biological monitor shall be on-site during tree and building removal.
If bats are disturbed during tree or building removal, work shall be safely suspended until all bats leave the vicinity on their own. Work shall resume only once it has been determined that all bats have left the site, as determined by the qualified biologist. In the event a maternal colony of bats is found, no work shall be conducted within 100 feet of the maternal roosting site until the maternal season (April 1–September 15) is over or the bats have left the site, or as otherwisedetermined by a qualified biologist. The site shall be designated as a sensitive area and protected as such until the bats have left the site. No clearing and grubbing shall be authorized adjacent to The Project Applicant shall conduct a preconstruction bat survey at least 30 days prior tothe start of constructionactivities. The City shall verify andreview completion of abat survey and surveyresults. During the non-breeding and active season
(typically October): If bats are found, bats shall be safely evicted under the direction of a qualified biologist. If it cannot be determinedduring preconstruction survey that bats are present and bats are disturbed during tree or building removal, the City shall verify work is safely
suspended until all bats leave the vicinity on their own. During the maternal season (April 1– September 15): In the event a maternal colony of bats is found, the City shall verify no work isconducted within 100feet of the maternal roosting site until the maternal season is over Review and verification prior to issuance of any construction permit and during tree and buildingremoval if bats are present or if their presence cannot be determined.
Once prior to issuance of anydemolition and/or construction permitto verify surveys have been conducted.Throughout all tree and building removal activitiesand periodic
monitoring asdirected by the Project Biologist ifmaternal colony isfound.
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the roosting site. Combustion equipment, such as generators, pumps, and vehicles, shall not be parked nor operated within 100 feet of the roosting site. Fencing or other barriers shall be installed around the buffer area, and construction personnel shall not be authorized to enter areas beneath the colony, especially during the evening exodus. All qualified biologists shall be retained by the Applicant and proof of such retention shall be submitted to the City prior to the commencement of construction and prior to conducting any of the above describedactivities. or the bats have left the site, or as otherwise determined by a qualified biologist.
Mitigation Measure BIO-MM-2: If bats or any active bat-roosting cavities are found to be present on-site or in the
adjacent street trees, construction activities shall be conducted during daylight hours, and no construction work shall be conducted at night until all bats leave the vicinity on their own. Once all bats have left the vicinity on their own, as determined by a qualified biologist, construction activities during nighttime hours may resume, consistent with all other applicable requirements.
In the event bats or any active bat-roosting cavities are found to be present on-site or in the adjacent street trees, the
City shall verify construction activities be conducted during daylight hours, and no construction work shall be conducted at night until all bats leave the vicinity on their own.
If bats are found, review and verificationthroughout the constructionperiod, as deemed necessary by the City and Project Biologist.
If bats are found, continuouslythroughout theconstruction period, as deemed necessary by the City and Project Biologist.
Project Applicant,ConstructionContractor,CommunityDevelopmentDepartment, Project Biologist Mitigation Measure BIO-MM-3:1 Tree
removal activities associated with the Project are required to be conducted outside of the nesting season (February The City shall verify thatconstruction is scheduledoutside of the bird nesting season; if City review and verificationduring tree removal
Once by City prior to issuance of initial demolition and/or construction
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1 Section 4.2, Biological Resources, of the Draft EIR, includes Mitigation Measure BIO-MM-3 to ensure compliance with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and California Fish and Game Code. Conditions of Approval were previously included in the Initial Study to ensure compliance with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and California Fish and Game Code. However, to further ensure compliance with the MBTA and the CFG Code, these Conditions of Approval are incorporated as mitigation.
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1–August 31), to the extent feasible.
Should vegetation removal activities
occur during the nesting season, a biological monitor would be present during the removal activities to ensure that no active nests would be impacted. If active nests are found, a buffer would be established until the fledglings have left the nest. construction is to occur during the bird nesting
season, the City shall verify that a biological monitor would be present during the removal activities to ensure that no active nests would be impacted. activities.Biological monitor required if tree removal activities occur during bird nesting season. permits to confirm when vegetation removal activities will occur. Ongoing biological monitor during tree removal activities if
occurring during bird nesting season.
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Cultural ResourcesMitigation Measure CUL-MM-1: Aqualified archaeologist shall be retained to perform periodic inspections of excavation and grading activities at the Project Site. The frequency of inspections shall be based on consultation with the archaeologist and the City and shall depend on the rate of excavation and grading activities and the materials being excavated. If archaeological materials are encountered, the archaeologist shall temporarily divert or redirect grading and excavation activities within 100-feet of the
exposed material to facilitate evaluation and, if necessary, salvage. The archaeologist shall then assess the discovered material(s) and prepare a survey, study or report evaluating the impact. The Applicant shall then comply with the recommendations of the evaluating archaeologist, and a copy of the archaeological survey report shall be submitted to the City Planning Division. Ground-disturbing activities may resume once the archaeologist’s
recommendations have been implemented to the satisfaction of the The Project Applicant orContractor will verify thata qualified archaeologist is retained and verify that the specialist is on-site during ground-disturbing
activities. If resources
are found and exposed, the Project Applicant
shall provide proof that a qualified specialist aslisted in the Mitigation Measure has investigated and has made appropriaterecommendations.
City review and verification priorto issuance of any construction permit. Project Archaeologist monitoring duringground-disturbing activities.
Once by City prior to issuance of initial demolition and/or construction permits to confirm retention of qualified archeologist. Periodic monitoring by Project Qualified Archaeologist throughout allground-disturbing activities.
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archaeologist.Mitigation Measure CUL-MM-2:2 Retain
a Qualified Principal Investigator. A
qualified principal investigator, defined as an archaeologist who meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for professional archaeology and has aminimum of 10 years of experience as a principal investigator working with NativeAmerican archaeological sites in southern California, shall be retained by the Applicant or their successor to carry out all Mitigation Measures related to archaeological and historical resources (hereafter qualified archaeologist). The qualified archaeologist shall be contacted in the event of an inadvertent archaeological discovery. Following completion of construction, the qualified archaeologist shall provide an archaeological monitoring report to the City and SCCIC with the results of the cultural monitoring program.
The Project Applicant shall retain a qualifiedarchaeologist that meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for professional archaeology and has had a minimum of 10 years of experience as a principal investigatorworking with Native American archaeological sites in southern California. The Qualified Principal Investigator shall provide proof that the procedures and Measures listed in this Mitigation Measure have been implemented and complied with.
City review and verification prior to issuance of any construction permit. Project Archaeologist monitoring during ground-disturbing
activities.
Once by City prior to issuance of initial demolition and/or construction permits to confirm retention of Project Qualified
Archeologist. Asrequired during the construction period in the event of aninadvertent discovery.
Project Applicant, Construction Contractor, Community Development Department, Project Qualified Archeologist Geology and Soils (Paleontological Resources) Mitigation Measure GEO-MM-1: AQualified Paleontologist meeting the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) Standards (SVP, 2010) (Qualified Paleontologist) shall be retained prior to the approval of demolition or grading permits. The Qualified Paleontologist shall provide technical and compliance The Project Applicant shall retain a Qualified Paleontologist that meets the SVP Standards. The Qualified Paleontologist shall provide proof that the procedures and Measures listed in this City review and verification prior to issuance of any construction permit. Qualified Paleontologist overseen monitoring during Once by City prior to issuance of initial demolition and/or construction permits Continuous monitoring overseen by Qualified Project Applicant, Construction Contractor, Community Development Department,Qualified Paleontologist 2 The Draft EIR included this mitigation as Mitigation Measure TCR-MM-1; however, since it relates to archaeological resources, the Mitigation Measure is most applicable to Cultural Resources.
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oversight of all work as it relates to paleontological resources and shall be responsible for monitoring and overseeing paleontological monitors (meeting SVP standards) that willobserve Project grading and excavation activities.
Mitigation Measure have been implemented and complied with. ground-disturbing activities.
Paleontologist during grading and excavation activities.
Mitigation Measure GEO-MM-2: The Qualified Paleontologist shall have the authority to temporarily halt or divert work away from exposed fossils or potential fossils in the event such paleontological resources are encountered at the Project Site during construction or the course of any ground disturbance activities. If paleontological resources are encountered, the Applicant shall notify the City and consult with the Qualified Paleontologist to assess the significance of the find. The assessment shall be prepared in accordance with Society of Vertebrate Paleontology standards. If any find is determined to be significant, appropriate avoidance Measures recommended by the consultant and approved by the City shall be followed unless avoidance is determined to be unnecessary or infeasible by the City. If avoidance is determined to be unnecessary or infeasible, other appropriate Measures (e.g., data recovery, excavation) shall be instituted.
The Project Applicant and Contractor will verifythat exposed fossils or potential fossils unearthed by project construction activities shall be evaluated by the Qualified Paleontologist. If resources are found and exposed, the Project Applicant shall provide proof that the Qualified Paleontologist hasinvestigated and has made appropriate recommendations.
Qualified Paleontologist review and verification during grounddisturbing activities in the event of a find.City verification of avoidance Measures in the event of a significant find.
Could periodically occur during ground-disturbing activities in the event of a find.
Project Applicant, Construction Contractor, Community Development Department, Project Qualified Paleontologist Mitigation Measure GEO-MM-3: Any significant fossils collected during Project-related excavations shall be prepared to the point of identification and curated into an accredited repository with retrievable storage. The Qualified Paleontologist shall prepare a final In the event significant fossils are collected during construction, the fossils will be prepared to the point of identification and curated into an accredited repository Qualified Paleontologist preparation and curation during grading and excavation activities with a
Qualified Paleontologist periodically during the construction period in the event of a find. Qualified Paleontologist once Project Applicant, Construction Contractor, Community Development Department, Project Qualified
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monitoring and mitigation report for submittal to the City in order to document the results of the monitoring effort and any discoveries. If there are significant discoveries, fossil locality information and final disposition will be included with the final report which will be submitted to theappropriate repository and the City. with retrievable storage.Qualified Paleontologistrequired to complete final monitoring report. final report required at the conclusion of monitoring.
for preparation of afinal monitoring and mitigation report.City once for acceptance of final monitoring and mitigation report.
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NoiseMitigation Measure NOI-MM-1: Prior to start of construction, the Applicant shall retain the services of a structural engineer to visit the two off-site buildings adjacent to the Project Site to the south
to inspect and document (video and/or photographic) the apparent physical condition of the buildings. In addition, the structural engineer shall establish baseline structural conditions of the buildings and prepare a shoring design.
Prior to construction, the Applicant shall
retain the services of a qualified acoustical engineer to review proposed construction equipment and develop and implement a vibration monitoring program capable of recording and documenting the construction-related ground vibration
levels at the two off-site buildings during
demolition, shoring and excavation
phase, as follows:x The vibration monitoring system shall measure (in vertical and horizontaldirections) and continuously store thepeak particle velocity (PPV) ininch/second. The system shall also beprogrammed for two preset velocitylevels: a warning level of 0.4inch/second (PPV) and a regulatory The Project Applicant or Contractor will retain a
structural engineer and a qualified acoustical engineer and submit the required procedures and Measures listed in this Mitigation Measure to the Community Development Department for review and approval. The Construction Contractor must implement the required vibration monitoring system during construction activities. In the event of vibration monitoring system alert, the required procedures in the Mitigation Measure must be followed by the Construction Contractor
and City Building Official.
City review and verification ofrequired inspection, documentation and monitoring program prior to issuance of any construction permit.Construction Contractor vibration monitoringthroughout the construction period. In the event warning levels are exceeded, City review and monitoring for compliance with requirements of Mitigation Measure.
City review and verification prior to the start of construction.Construction Contractor vibration monitoringthroughout the construction period.Building Official monitoring in the event of exceedance of a vibration alert level.
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level of 0.5 inch/second (PPV). The system shall also provide real-time alert when the vibration levels exceed thetwo preset levels. x The vibration monitoring program shall
be submitted to the CommunityDevelopment Department, prior toinitiating any construction activities. x In the event the warning level 0.4
inch/second (PPV) is triggered, thecontractor shall identify the source ofvibration generation and providefeasible steps to reduce the vibrationlevel, including but not limited tostaggering concurrent activities (if doingso would not pose a safety risk topersonnel or damage risk to buildings)and utilizing lower vibratory techniques.The additional Measures shall besubmitted to the Building Official forreview and approval. x In the event the regulatory level 0.5
inch/second (PPV) is triggered, thecontractor shall halt the constructionactivities in the vicinity of the building and visually inspect the building for any
damage. Results of the inspectionmust be logged. The contractor shallidentify the source of vibrationgeneration and provide feasible stepsto reduce the vibration level.Construction activities may then restartonce the vibration level is re-measuredand below the warning level. Theadditional Measures shall be submittedto the Building Official for review andapproval.
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TransportationMitigation Measure TRA-MM-1: AConstruction Traffic Management Plan shall be prepared prior to the commencement of construction activities. The Construction Traffic Management Plan shall be implemented during construction to accomplish the following:x Maintain existing access for land uses in proximity of the Project Site during
Project construction.
x Schedule deliveries and pick-ups of
construction materials to non-peaktravel periods, to the maximum extentfeasible. x Coordinate deliveries and pick-ups to
reduce the potential of trucks waiting to
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x Minimize obstruction of through traffic
lanes on North Beverly Drive andSouth Santa Monica Boulevard. x Construction equipment traffic from the
contractors shall be controlled byflagman.
x Identify designated transport routes for
heavy trucks (in addition to haul trucks)to be used over the duration of theproposed Project. x Schedule vehicle movements to ensure
that there are no vehicles waitingoff-site and impeding public traffic flowon the surrounding streets. x Establish requirements for
loading/unloading and storage ofmaterials on the Project Site, where The Project Applicant shall submit a Construction Traffic Management Plan and a Construction Workers Parking Management Plan to the Director of Community Development prior to issuance of grading or construction permits.The plan shall be reviewed by the Community Development Department and Public Works Department—
Transportation Division and filed with the Building and Safety Division Prior to the issuance of grading permits.The City Plan Check Engineer shall review the plan to ensure that it complies with thisMeasure. City Building Inspectors in the field shall also review the work to ensure that it complies with the requirements noted in the Construction Traffic Management Plan and the Construction Workers Parking Management Plan.
City review and approval prior to issuance of constructionpermit and City monitoring throughout all construction phases.
City review and approval once prior
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verification continuously throughout all construction phases until issuance of aCertificate of Occupancy.
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parking spaces would be encumbered, length of time traffic travel lanes can be encumbered, sidewalk closings orpedestrian diversions to ensure the safety of the pedestrian and access to local businesses. x Coordinate with adjacent businesses
and emergency service providers toensure adequate access exists to theProject Site and neighboringbusinesses.
Mitigation Measure TRA-MM-2: AConstruction Workers Parking Plan identifying parking locations for construction workers shall be submitted to the City prior to the commencement of construction activities. To the maximum extent feasible, all worker parking shall be accommodated on the Project Site. During phases when construction worker parking cannot be accommodated on the Project Site, the Construction Workers Parking Plan shall identify alternate parking locations for construction workers and the method of transportation to and from the Project Site for approval by the City 30 days prior to commencement of construction. The Construction Workers Parking Plan must include appropriate Measures to ensure that the parking location requirements for construction workers would be strictly enforced. These include but are not limited to the following Measures:
x Provide all construction contractors with
written information on where theirworkers and their subcontractors arepermitted to park and provide clear The Project Applicant and ConstructionContractor shall submit to the Community Development Department a Construction Workers Parking Plan and affidavit attesting to the compliance with this Measure, which shall be reviewed by the Community Development Department/Building and Safety Division and Public Works Department/Transportation Division. The Construction Workers Parking Plan shall be adhered to.
City review prior to issuance of any construction permit. City monitoring during all construction phases.
City review and approval once prior to issuance of constructionpermits. City field verification periodically throughout all construction phases.
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consequences to violators for failure to follow these regulations. This information would clearly state that no parking is permitted on residential streets north of North Santa MonicaBoulevard or in public parking structures. x No construction worker parking shall be
permitted within 500 feet of the nearestpoint of the Project Site except withindesignated areas. The contractor shallbe responsible for informingsubcontractors and constructionworkers of this requirement, and ifnecessary, for hiring a security guard toenforce these parking provisions.Contractor shall be responsible for allcosts associated with enforcement ofthis Mitigation Measure. x In lieu of the above, the Project
developer/construction contractor hasthe option of phasing demolition andconstruction activities such that allconstruction worker parking can beaccommodated on the Project Sitethroughout the entire duration ofdemolition and construction activities.
Mitigation Measure TRA-MM-3: The developer for the Project shall coordinate with the City of Beverly Hills regarding the following:x All temporary roadway closures shall be coordinated to limit overlap ofroadway closures.
x All major deliveries shall be coordinated
to limit the occurrence of simultaneousdeliveries to the Project and othermajor construction projects. The The Project Applicantand/or Construction Contractor shall regularly report future construction
activity to the Community Development Department and the Public Works Department/Engineering Division. Reporting frequency is subject to
City compliance verification throughout all construction phases.
Periodic throughout all construction phases.
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Project applicant shall ensure that deliveries of items such as concrete and other high-volume items shall be reported to the City’s major delivery
schedule and reporting shall be incorporated as a requirement into the Construction Traffic Management Plan to ensure that simultaneous deliveries are avoided when feasible. x The Project applicant shall coordinate
with the City regarding the loading andunloading of delivery vehicles. Anyoff-site staging areas for deliveryvehicles shall be consolidated andshared with the other majorconstruction projects where feasible. x The Project applicant or their
representative shall meet on a regularbasis during construction with the Cityto address any outstanding issuesrelated to construction traffic, deliveries,and worker parking. x If construction on other major projects
in the vicinity is occurringsimultaneously with this Project, theCity can require as part of theConstruction Traffic Management Planthat the applicant meet with otherapplicants and the City to addressconstruction traffic, deliveries, andworker parking. the City’s discretion, in order to meet the requirements of this Mitigation Measure.
Tribal Cultural Resources Mitigation Measure TCR-MM-1:Preconstruction Worker Training. At the Project kickoff and before construction activities begin, the qualified archaeologist or their designee shall provide training to construction personnel The Project Applicant or Contractor will provide the City written verification (e.g., course materials, sign in sheets, etc.) that the Qualified Verification prior to the start of construction activities.Additional verification that Once prior to start of construction activities and as needed at the City’s discretion during construction Project Applicant, ConstructionContractor, Community Development Department, Project
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on information regarding regulatory requirements for the protection of cultural resources including tribal cultural resources. As part of this training, construction personnel will be briefed on proper procedures to follow should unanticipated cultural resources discoveries be made during construction. Workers will be provided contactinformation and protocols to follow in the event that inadvertent discoveries are made. If necessary, the qualified archaeologist can create a training video, PowerPoint presentation, or printed literature that can be shown to new workers and contractors to avoid continuous training throughout the course of the Project.
Archaeologist has provided training to allconstruction personnel prior to the start of construction. that construction workers new to the Project site have received the training. to ensure workers new to the Project Site have received training. This Measure shall apply continuously throughout all grading activities.
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Mitigation Measure TCR-MM-2: Retain Native American Monitoring. Native American monitoring shall be retained by the Applicant or their successor andconducted by a representative of the Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians-Kizh Nation, hereafter referred to as the “Monitoring Tribe”. Monitoring shall occur during all Project-related, initial grounddisturbing construction activities (i.e., grubbing, pavement removal, tree
removal, boring, grading, excavation, potholing, drilling and trenching etc.). The tribal monitor shall complete daily monitoring logs that shall provide descriptions of the day’s activities, including construction activities, locations, soil and any cultural materials identified. Once excavation is completed for a portion of the Project Site and entered into the daily monitoring log, the The Project Applicant or Construction Contractor will verify to the City that the approved Native American monitors are retained and verify that the monitors are on-site during ground-disturbing
activities. The Project Applicant shall provide tothe City that proof that the procedures and Measures listed in this Mitigation Measure have been implemented and complied with.
City review and verification that monitors have been retained prior to start of construction activities. Monitoring Tribe monitoring shall occur during ground-disturbing activities.
City review and verification prior to start of construction activities. Monitoring Tribe monitoring to occur continuously throughout grounddisturbing activities.
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monitoring of an area shall be considered complete. The on-site monitoring shall end when all ground-disturbing activities
at the Project Site are completed, or when the representatives of the Monitoring Tribe has indicated that all upcoming ground-disturbing activities at the Project Site have little to no potential for impacting Tribal Cultural Resources of their Tribe. Should the Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians—Kizh Nation not have sufficient qualified staff, or not provide monitoring services at market rates, after consultation between the Tribe and the City’s Director of Community Development, the Applicant may contract with a different firm to provide a Native American monitor, subject to approval by the City of Beverly Hills Director of Community Development and reasonable and timely concurrence of the Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians-Kizh Nation.
Native American and Archaeological monitoring during construction projects will be consistent with current professional standards. All feasible care to avoid any unnecessary disturbance, physical modification, or separation of Tribal Cultural Resources shall be taken.Mitigation Measure TCR-MM-3:Unanticipated Discovery of Tribal Cultural Resources. In the event a Native American monitor identifies cultural or archaeological resources, the monitor shall be given the authority to temporarily halt construction in the immediate vicinity and within 50 feet of the discovery and to contact the qualified archaeologist to investigate the find and determine if it is a The Project Applicant and Contractor will verify that archaeological resources unearthed by project construction activities shall be evaluated by the Qualified Archaeologist and Native American monitor. If resources are During grounddisturbing activities in the event of a find.
Periodically during ground-disturbing activities in the event of a find.
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Tribal Cultural Resource under CEQA by the City of Beverly Hills in consultation with the ancestrally related tribe(s) and qualified archaeologist. Construction activities can continue in areas 50 feet away from the find and not associated with the cultural resource location. In the event of a find during ground-disturbing activities, the Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians- Kizh Nation shall be notified by the City and will retain it/them in the form and/or manner the Tribe deems appropriate, for educational, cultural and/or historic purposes. A Cultural Resources Monitoring and Mitigation Plan shall be developed to outline monitor procedures. found and exposed, the Project Applicant shall immediately inform the City of the find and provide proof that the requirements of thisMitigation Measure have been complied with.
Mitigation Measure TCR-MM-4:Unanticipated Discovery of Human Remains. In the event that human remains are encountered at the Project Site, all work within 100 feet of the burial must cease, and any necessary steps to ensure the integrity of the immediate area shall be taken, including the placement of an exclusion zone around the discovery location. The Los Angeles County Coroner will be immediately notified. Human remains and grave/burial goods shall be treated alike per PRC section 5097.98(d)(1) and (2). In ancient as well as historic times, Tribal Traditions included, but were not limited to, the preparation of the soil for burial, the burial of funerary objects with the deceased, and the ceremonial burning of human remains. The prepared soil and cremation soils are to be treated in the same manner as bone fragments that If human remains are found and/or exposed, the Project Applicant and/or Construction Contractor must ensure that all work within 100 feet of the burial must cease, and any necessary steps to ensure the integrity of the immediate area are taken. The Los Angeles County Coroner must be
immediately notified. The Project Applicant shall document and submit written proof to the Citythat the procedures listed in this Mitigation Measure have been implemented and complied with.
During all ground-disturbing
activities in the event of a find.
Periodically duringground-disturbing activities in the event of a find.
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remain intact. Associated funerary objects are objects that, as part of the death rite or ceremony of a culture, are reasonably believed to have been placed with individual human remains either at the time of death or later; other items made exclusively for burial purposes or to contain human remains can also be considered as associated funerary objects. The Coroner must then determine whether the remains are Native American. Should the Coroner determine the remains are Native American, the Coroner has 24 hours to notify the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), who shall in turn, notify the person they identify as the most likely descendent (MLD). Further actions shall be determined in part by the recommendations of the MLD. The MLD has 48 hours of being granted access to the Project Site to complete their inspection and make recommendations or express preferences for treatment of the remains. If the MLD does not make recommendations within 48 hours, the owner shall, with appropriate dignity, reinter the remains in an area of the property secure from further disturbance. Alternatively, if the owner does not accept the MLD’s recommendations, the owner or the descendent may request mediation by the NAHC. Procedures of conduct following the discovery of human remains have been mandated by Health and Safety Code Section 7050.5, PRC Section 5097.98, and the CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.5(e) (CEQA).Mitigation Measure TCR-MM-5: If human remains and/or During ground- Periodically during Project Applicant,
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Reburial Treatment Measures. Prior to the continuation of ground-disturbingactivities where human remains and/or ceremonial objects have been identified, the Developer shall arrange a designatedsite location within the footprint of the Project for the respectful reburial of the human remains and/or ceremonial objects. Preservation in place (i.e., avoidance) is the preferred manner of treatment. If preservation in place is not feasible, treatment may include implementation of archaeological data recovery excavations to remove the resource along with subsequent laboratory processing and analysis. In the case where discovered human remains cannot be fully documented and recovered on the same day, the remains shall be covered with muslin cloth and a steel plate that can only be moved by heavy equipment shall be placed over the excavation opening to protect the remains. If this type of steel plate is not available, a 24-hour guard shall be posted outside of working hours. If feasible, the Project shall be diverted to keep the remains in situ and protected. If the Project cannot be diverted, it may be determined that burials will be removed. The MLD shall work with the qualified archaeologist to ensure that the excavation is treated carefully, ethically, and respectfully. If data recovery is approved by the MLD, documentation shall be taken which includes at a minimum detailed descriptive notes and sketches. Additional types of documentation shall be approved by the MLD for data recovery purposes. ceremonial object havebeen identified, the Project Applicant mustcomply with the procedures of this Mitigation Measure. The Project Applicant shall document and submit written proof to the Citythat the procedures listed in this Mitigation Measure have been implemented and complied with.
disturbingactivities in the event of a find.
ground-disturbing activities in the event of a find.
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Cremations shall either be removed in bulk or by means as necessary to ensure complete recovery of all material. If the discovery of human remains includes four or more burials, the location is considered a cemetery and a separate treatment plan shall be created. Once complete, a final report of all activities is to be submitted to the MLD and NAHC. The MLD does not authorize any scientific study or utilization of any invasive and/or destructive diagnosticson human remains. Each occurrence of human remains and associated funerary objects shall be stored using opaque cloth bags. All human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony shall be removed to a secure container on site if possible. These items should be retained and reburied within six months of recovery. The site of reburial/repatriation shall be,to the extent feasible, on the Project Site but at a location agreed upon between the MLD and the landowner at a site to be protected in perpetuity. There shall be no publicity regarding any cultural materials recovered.
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Greenhouse Gas EmissionsProject Design Feature GHG-PDF-1:The Project shall meet the U.S. GreenBuilding Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards for certification of environmentally sustainable buildings. The Project shall incorporate LEED features achieving Gold certification. The design of the new building will incorporate the following sustainability features:x Use of Energy Star–labeled products and appliances.
x Use of light-emitting diode (LED)
lighting or other energy-efficient lightingtechnologies, such as occupancysensors or daylight harvesting anddimming controls, where appropriate, toreduce electricity use. x Water-efficient plantings with droughttolerant species;x Fenestration designed for solar orientation, including recessedwindows, balconies and overhangs toshade window glazing, while allowingreflected and diffuse daylight into thebuilding to enhance the use of naturallight and reduce the need for artificiallight sources; x Pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly design
in close proximity to publictransportation and with bicycle parking,including charging facilities for ebicycles, as well as employee lockersand showers, and provision of transitpasses to hotel and club employees The Project Applicant shall submit a LEED Checklist and design drawings to the Director of Community Development prior to issuance of grading or construction permits.The plans shall be reviewed by the Community Development Department prior to the issuance of grading permits.The City Plan Check Engineer shall review the plans to ensure that they comply with this project design feature. City Building Inspectors in the field shall also review the work to ensure that it complies with the requirements in this project design feature.
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City review and approval once prior to issuance of construction permit. City field verification continuously throughout building construction until issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy.
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who use public transportation to travel to and from work. Transit passes would also be provided to hotel guests on request; x Landscaping and exterior design
utilizing subterranean parking andlandscaped and shaded non-roofsurfaces, light-colored, low-albedo roofsurfaces to reduce local heat islandeffects; x The reduction of chlorofluorocarbons
(CFCs) from the building systems;
x The selection of materials, such as
adhesives, sealants, paints, andcarpeting, that reduce off-gassing toimprove internal air quality; x The involvement of during design and
construction of a LEED AccreditedProfessional;
x Installation of electric vehicle charging
equipment and bicycle parking spaces,
including charging facilities for ebicycles, as well as employee lockersand showers; x Solar ready collectors for 15 percent of
the roof area excluding skylight areasfor energy efficiency; x Track energy usage through advanced
energy metering;
x Recycling of a minimum of 65 percent
of demolition and construction debris;
x The use of stormwater for irrigation for
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x The use of greywater to offset building
systems use of potable water;
x Reduce the Project’s embodied carbon
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through the reduction of petroleumbased insulation products; x Achieve energy savings of 18 percent
over ASHRAE (American Society ofHeating, Refrigerating and AirConditioning Engineers); and x During construction, treat and reuse
any water collected from dewateringoperations.
NoiseProject Design Feature NOI-PDF-1:Power construction equipment (including combustion engines), fixed or mobile, will be equipped with state-of-the-art noise shielding and muffling devices (consistent with manufacturers’ standards). All equipment will be properly maintained to
assure that no additional noise, due to worn or improperly maintained parts, would be generated.
The Project Applicant or Construction Contractor shall submit specifications for the shielding and muffling devices to be used to the Community Development Department for review and approval. The Construction Contractor must implement the required shielding and muffling devices during construction activities.
City review and verification of required devices prior to issuance of any construction permit. Construction Contractor monitoring ofdevice use throughout the construction period.
City review and verification prior to the start of construction. Construction Contractor monitoring throughout the construction period.
Project Applicant, Construction Contractor, Community DevelopmentDepartment Project Design Feature NOI-PDF-2:Project construction will not include the use of driven (impact) pile systems.
The Project Applicant shall submit aconstruction plan to the Director of Community Development prior to issuance of grading orconstruction permitsshowing construction techniques to be used.The plan shall be reviewed by the Community Development Department prior to the City review and approval prior to issuance of construction permit and City monitoring throughout grading and excavation.
City review and approval once prior to issuance of construction permit. City field verification continuously throughout grading and excavation.
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issuance of grading permits.The City Plan Check Engineer shall review the plan to ensure that itcomplies with this project design feature. City Building Inspectors in the field shall also review the work to ensure that it complies with this project design feature.
Project Design Feature NOI-PDF-3:Outdoor amplified sound systems will be designed such that the average ambient noise level at the off-site noise sensitive receptors (refer to Table 4.8-7) will not
increase by more than 3 dBA. Specifically, the amplified sound systemswill include controls that will prevent the volume from exceeding the maximum noise level of 80 dBA (Leq-1hr) at a
distance of 15 feet from the amplified sound systems at the Level 7 and Level 8 terraces and 80 dBA (Leq-1hr) at adistance of 25 feet at Level 6 and Penthouse pool terraces.
The Project Applicant shall submit outdoor amplified sound system specifications to the Director of Community Development prior to issuance of grading or construction permits.The plans shall be reviewed by the Community Development Department prior to the issuance of grading permits.The City Plan Check Engineer shall review the plans to ensure that they comply with this project design feature. City Building Inspectors in the field shall also review the work to ensure that it complies with the requirements in this project design feature.
City review and approval prior to issuance of construction permit and City monitoring during installation of outdoor amplified sound systems.
City review and approval once prior to issuance of construction permit. City field verification during installation of outdoor amplified sound systems until issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy.
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Project Design Feature NOI-PDF-4: A6-foot solid (visually transparent)acoustics barrier will be provided at the Level 6, Level 7, Level 8 and Penthouseterraces to acoustically screen the outdoor spaces from off-site noisesensitive receptors to the north (receptorsR1 and R2).
The Project Applicant shall submit design drawings to the Director of Community Development prior to issuance of grading or construction permits.The plans shall be reviewed by the Community Development Department prior to the issuance of grading permits.The City Plan Check Engineer shall review the plans to ensure that they comply with this project design feature. City Building Inspectors in the field shall also review the work to ensure that it complies with the requirements in this project design feature.
City review and approval prior to issuance of construction permit and City monitoring during building construction.
City review and approval once prior to issuance of construction permit. City field verification duringbuilding construction untilissuance of a Certificate of Occupancy.
Project Applicant, Construction Contractor, Community Development Department Project Design Feature NOI-PDF-5:The Project’s building façade will incorporate sound insulation such that the interior background noise within the hotel suites will not exceed 45 dBA CNEL per the 2019 California Building Code (Section 1206.04) and within the retail/commercial space will not exceed 50 dBA Leq(1-hour) per the 2019 California Green Code (Section 5.507).
The Project Applicant shall submit design drawings to the Director of Community Development prior to issuance of grading or construction permits.The plans shall be reviewed by the Community Development Department prior to the issuance of grading permits.The City Plan Check City review and approval prior to issuance of construction permit and City monitoring during building construction.
City review and approval once prior to issuance of construction permit. City field verification during building construction until issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy.
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Engineer shall review the plans to ensure that they comply with this project design feature. City Building Inspectors in the field shall also review the work to ensure that it complies with the requirements in this project design feature.
TransportationProject Design Feature TRA-PDF-1:The Project proposes an amendment to the Master Plan of Streets to: (1) eliminate an existing surface right ofway segment and relocate this segmentin the Project Site area for public alleypurposes; (2) dedicate additional surfaceright of way for public sidewalk purposesalong South Santa Monica Boulevard towiden the sidewalk; and (3) allow theexisting public roadways along NorthRodeo Drive and South Santa MonicaBoulevard to remain in their currentlocations.
The Project Applicant shall submit design drawings to the Director of Community Development prior to issuance of grading or construction permits.The plans shall be reviewed by the Community Development Department prior to the issuance of grading permits.The City Plan CheckEngineer shall review the plans to ensure that they comply with this project design feature. City Building Inspectors in the field shall also review the work to ensure that it complies with the requirements in this project design feature.
City review andapproval prior to issuance of construction permit and City monitoring during building construction.
City review and approval once prior to issuance of construction permit. City field verification during building construction until issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy.
Project Applicant, Construction Contractor, Community Development Department Project Design Feature TRA-PDF-2:The Specific Plan requires that free transit passes be made available to Hotel The Project Applicant shall submit proof of purchase of transit City review and approval prior to issuance of
City review and approval once priorto issuance of
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and Club employees who use transit to travel to and from the Project Site to work. passes and/or plan for how transit passes will be made available to employees to the Director of Community Development prior to issuance of Certificate of Occupancy.The proof/plan shall be reviewed by the Community Development Department prior to the issuance of Certificate of Occupancy.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS.
CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS )
I, KAREN MYRON, Recording Secretary of the Planning Commission of the City of Beverly Hills, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Resolution No. 1988 duly passed, approved and adopted by the Planning Commission of said City at a meeting of said Commission on June 13, 2022, and thereafter duly signed by the Secretary of the Planning Commission, as indicated; and that the Planning Commission of the City consists of five (5) members and said Resolution was passed by the following vote of said Commission, to wit:
AYES: Commissioners Ross, Demeter, Ostroff, Vice Chair Hudnut, Chair Licht NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
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Planning Commission
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Attachment 4
PC Resolution 1989
GPA, MPSA, ZTA, ZMA
Recommendation
1 RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS RECOMMENDING THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL APPROVE A GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT; A MASTER PLAN OF STREETS, ALLEYS,
AND HIGHWAYS AMENDMENT; A ZONE TEXT
AMENDMENT; AND A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT
RELATED TO THE PROPOSED CHEVAL BLANC BEVERLY
HILLS SPECIFIC PLAN FOR COMPREHENSIVE
REDEVELOPMENT OF 456 AND 468 NORTH RODEO DRIVE;
449, 451 AND 453 NORTH BEVERLY DRIVE; AND 461
THROUGH 465 NORTH BEVERLY DRIVE WITH A LUXURY
HOTEL, RESTAURANT AND ANCILLARY USES, PRIVATE
CLUB, AND RETAIL USES
The Planning Commission of the City of Beverly Hills hereby finds, resolves, and determines as follows:
Section 1. 468 N Rodeo Drive LLC, 456 N Rodeo Drive LLC, 461 N Beverly Drive LLC, and 449 N. Beverly Drive, LLC, limited liability companies (the property owners and collectively the “Applicant”), submitted applications for the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan (the “Specific Plan”) to allow for comprehensive redevelopment of the approximately 1.28- acre project site including the properties located at 456 and 468 North Rodeo Drive; 449, 451, and 453 North Beverly Drive; and 461 through 456 North Beverly Drive (the “Project Site”; and as described in the legal description attached hereto as Exhibit A). The project proposes a luxury hotel, restaurant and ancillary uses, a private club, and retail uses, as well as the relocation of an existing alley and widening of the public sidewalk along South Santa Monica Boulevard (the “Project”). The Project includes requests for a General Plan amendment; zone text amendment; zone change; specific plan adoption; Master Plan of Streets, Alleys, and Highways amendment; vesting tentative parcel map; encroachment permits; and development agreement for the subject property.
2 Section 2. The Planning Commission conducted duly noticed public hearings on October 28, 2021 (to consider the scope of the environmental impact report to be prepared for the Project); February 10, 2022; February 24, 2022; March 24, 2022; and May 26, 2022; at which times it received oral and documentary evidence relative to the proposed Project. Thereafter, on June 13, 2022, the Planning Commission concluded deliberations on the proposed General Plan amendment; zone text amendment; zone change; specific plan adoption; Master Plan of Streets, Alleys, and Highways amendment; vesting tentative parcel map; and encroachment permit requests associated with the Project.
Section 3. The Project proposed for the Project Site, including the above referenced General Plan amendment; zone text amendment; zone change; specific plan adoption; Master Plan of Streets, Alleys, and Highways amendment; vesting tentative parcel map; encroachment permit requests associated with the Project; and development agreement,, has been environmentally reviewed pursuant to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Sections 21000, et seq. (“CEQA”), the State CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Sections 15000, et seq.), and the City’s Local CEQA Guidelines. A Final Environmental Impact Report was prepared and the Planning Commission, by separate Resolution No.
, recommends that the City Council certify the Final Environmental Impact Report, make appropriate environmental findings, and adopt a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the Project. Resolution No.
is incorporated by reference, and made a part hereof as if fully set forth herein.
Section 4. The Planning Commission finds, based on the facts presented during the public hearings, that the public interest health, safety, morals, peace, comfort, convenience, or general welfare requires the reclassification of the subject property to add the Cheval Blanc
3 Beverly Hills Specific Plan Land Use Designation to the General Plan Land Use Map and to amend Land Use Policy LU 9.4 (Anchor Location Design Criteria) to enable comprehensive redevelopment of the entire Project Site as contemplated by the Specific Plan because the Project exhibits a high level of site planning and architecture that is responsive and complementary to its business triangle location, providing a continuation of the Rodeo Drive pedestrian oriented commercial corridor and a publicly accessible restaurant that interfaces with the street at the corner of Beverly Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard. The street-facing orientation of both the retail spaces and ground floor restaurant are supportive of creating a retail environment within the business triangle that is attractive to local and regional visitors. Furthermore, the high quality hotel and appurtenant amenities, including restaurant and spa uses, are centrally located hospitality uses that will provide a quality experience for national and international tourists. Consistent with the two anchor location General Plan Land Use Element policies, the Project is a unified multi-use, higher intensity development at an anchor location at the northern end of the City’s luxury retail shopping street, Rodeo Drive, within the City’s business triangle. The Project would demark entry to the northern end of Rodeo Drive, and would mirror existing anchor development at the southern end of the Rodeo Drive luxury retail area: the existing taller hotel (Beverly Wilshire Hotel) and adjacent unified retail development (Two Rodeo). Finally, the Project incorporates measures to encourage pedestrian circulation in the Business Triangle, including a widened sidewalk on South Santa Monica Boulevard, uniform landscaping and enhanced sidewalk paving material in the public right-of-way surrounding the Project Site, and a publicly accessible pedestrian plaza at the corner of Rodeo Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard. Based on the foregoing, the Planning Commission recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B approving the proposed General Plan Amendments for the Project.
4 Section 5. Based on the facts presented during the public hearing, the Planning Commission finds and determines as follows regarding the alley relocation and sidewalk widening revisions to the Master Plan of Streets:
1. The alley relocation and sidewalk widening further the goals and policies of the City by allowing the City to enhance an important anchor location while providing sufficient access and circulation in and around the existing and future developments. Specifically, the Project would vacate a portion of the existing 20-foot wide alley accessible from South Santa Monica Boulevard and replace it by dedicating a new alley easement accessible from North Beverly Drive, and ranging in width from approximately 20- to 28.9-feet. Additionally, the new alley easement flares out to approximately 37.6-feet in width at the 90 degree turn to provide additional space for vehicles to complete a southbound turn. This re-configuration is consistent with General Plan Policy CIR 11.2c, which states:
“In commercial areas, however, there is the additional concern for alley relocation and/or closure, which may be desirable in conjunction with specific development proposals. As important as they are, the existence of the alleys should not preclude consideration of proposals which would alter them if satisfactory alternate services would be provided. In certain instances, development proposals which would utilize the alley may provide a type or quality of development or access which better serves the City’s objectives and as such, should be considered. Such development proposals might include alley closure which would permit unified development across an entire block or permit safer street access, or use of the alley as part of a landscaped pedestrian plaza or mall, or relocation of an alley of a more functional arrangement of structures or possible consideration of the space above or below the alley for parking purposes.”
The alley relocation and sidewalk widening are desirable projects for the City for the reasons outlined above, and a satisfactory alternative to the existing alley and sidewalk width because the relocation of the alley results in wider access and exit areas that can adequately accommodate loading vehicles, and the widening of the sidewalk results in an additional 1.5 to 7
5 feet of sidewalk width along South Santa Monica Boulevard, enhancing the pedestrian environment.
2. The current public alley proposed for relocation as described on Vesting Tentative Parcel Map 82872, attached hereto as part of Exhibit C and incorporated by reference, is unnecessary for present or prospective public use as it will be relocated as part of Vesting Tentative Parcel Map 82872 and the relocated alley right-of-way will adequately serve the same purposes currently served by the current alley.
3. Upon dedication and improvement of the relocated alley, the relocated alley would provide utility for non-motorized transportation facility, and as such, the current alley would no longer be useful or necessary for a non-motorized transportation facility.
Section 6. The Planning Commission finds, based on the facts presented during the public hearing, that the public interest health, safety, morals, peace, comfort, convenience, or general welfare requires the reclassification of the subject property to add the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan to the Zoning Map, and to amend the Municipal Code to add a new Article 16.6 of Chapter 3 of Title 10 of the Beverly Hills Municipal Code establishing the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan to enable comprehensive redevelopment of the entire Project Site consistent with the General Plan, as proposed to be amended, and as contemplated by the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan. The zone text and zoning map amendments are warranted because the Project exhibits a high level of site planning and architecture that is responsive and complementary to its business triangle location, providing a continuation of the Rodeo Drive pedestrian oriented commercial corridor and a publicly accessible restaurant that interfaces with the street at the corner of Beverly Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard. The
6 high quality hotel and appurtenant amenities, including restaurant and spa uses, are centrally located hospitality uses that will provide a quality experience for national and international tourists. As a unified multi-use, higher intensity development at an anchor location at the northern end of the City’s luxury retail shopping street within the City’s business triangle, the Project would demark entry to the northern end of Rodeo Drive, and would mirror existing anchor development at the southern end of the Rodeo Drive luxury retail area. Furthermore, the Project incorporates measures to encourage pedestrian circulation in the Business Triangle. Based on the foregoing, the Planning Commission finds that the proposed Zoning Map and Zoning Text Amendments are consistent with the objectives, principles, and standards of the General Plan, with the proposed amendments, for the reasons set forth in the attached Exhibit C.
Section 7. The Planning Commission hereby recommends that the City Council adopt an ordinance, substantially as set forth and attached hereto in Exhibit D, amending the zoning code text, by adding Article 16.6 to Chapter 3 of Title 10 of the Beverly Hills Municipal Code, and amending the zoning map to create and apply the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan designation.
7 Section 8. The Secretary shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution and shall cause this Resolution and her certification to be entered in the Book of Resolutions of the Planning Commission of the City.
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Andrew Licht
Chair of the Planning Commission of
the City of Beverly Hills, California
Attest:
Timothea Tway, AICP
Secretary of the Planning Commission
Approved As To Form: Approved As To Content:
David M. Snow Timothea Tway, AICP
Assistant City Attorney City Planner
Community Development Department
Exhibits:
A. Legal Description
B. Draft City Council General Plan and Master Plan of Streets, Alleys, and Highways Amendment Resolution
C. General Plan Consistency Analysis
D. Draft City Council Zone Text and Zoning Map Amendment Ordinance
Exhibit A
Legal Description
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
449 N. Beverly
THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
LOT 21 IN BLOCK 2 OF BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11, PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
APN: 4343-016-019
461 N. Beverly
THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS; COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
LOTS 22, 23 AND 24 IN BLOCK 2 OF BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
EXCEPT THAT PORTION OF LOT 24 IN BLOCK 2 OF BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS,
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE MOST NORTHERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 24; THENCE SOUTH 50° 30' 50" WEST, ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 24, A DISTANCE OF 112.64 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 39° 29' 10" EAST 5.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 52° 57' 14" EAST 105.17 FEET TO
THE BEGINNING OF A TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE SOUTHERLY AND HAVING A RADIUS OF
10.00 FEET; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID CURVE, AN ARC DISTANCE OF 8.84 FEET TO THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 24; THENCE NORTH 39° 29' 42" WEST, ALONG SAID NORTHEASTERLY LINE, 13.46 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, AS PER RECORD OF SURVEY IN BOOK 301 PAGE 97 RECORDED DECEMBER 5, 2018, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
COMMONLY KNOWN AS 461 NORTH BEVERLY DRIVE, BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, 90210.
APN: 4343-016-023
456 N. Rodeo
LOT 3 IN BLOCK 2 OF BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
APN: 4343-016-002
468 N. Rodeo
THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
LOTS 1 AND 2 IN BLOCK 2 OF BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11, PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
APN: 4343-016-001
ALLEY PARCEL 1:
THAT PORTION OF THE SOUTHWESTERLY HALF OF THE ALLEY (20 FEET WIDE), IN BLOCK 2 OF
BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, LYING NORTHEASTERLY OF AND ADJACENT TO LOTS 1 AND 2 IN BLOCK 2 OF SAID BEVERLY, THAT WOULD PASS WITH A LEGAL CONVEYANCE OF SAID LOTS.
ALLEY PARCEL 2:
THAT PORTION OF THE SOUTWESTERLY HALF OF THE ALLEY (20 FEET WIDE), IN BLOCK 2 OF
BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, LYING NORTHEASTERLY OF AND ADJACENT TO LOT 3 IN BLOCK 2 OF SAID BEVERLY, THAT WOULD PASS WITH A LEGAL CONVEYANCE OF SAID LOT.
ALLEY PARCEL 3:
THAT PORTION OF THE NORTHEASTERLY HALF OF THE ALLEY (20 FEET WIDE), IN BLOCK 2 OF
BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE
COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, LYING SOUTHWESTERLY OF AND ADJACENT TO LOTS 22, 23 AND 24 IN BLOCK 2 OF SAID BEVERLY, THAT WOULD PASS WITH A LEGAL CONVEYANCE OF SAID LOTS.
Exhibit B
Draft City Council General Plan and Master Plan of Streets, Alleys, and Highways Amendment Resolution
(with Exhibits Attached)
1 DRAFT RESOLUTION NO. _____
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF BEVERLY
HILLS AMENDING THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS
GENERAL PLAN AND THE MASTER PLAN OF STREETS,
ALLEYS, AND HIGHWAYS TO ALLOW FOR
COMPREHENSIVE REDEVELOPMENT OF 456 AND 468
NORTH RODEO DRIVE; 449, 451 AND 453 NORTH BEVERLY
DRIVE; AND 461 THROUGH 465 NORTH BEVERLY DRIVE
WITH A LUXURY HOTEL, RESTAURANT AND ANCILLARY
USES, PRIVATE CLUB, AND RETAIL USES AS
CONTEMPLATED IN THE CHEVAL BLANC BEVERLY
HILLS SPECIFIC PLAN
The City Council of the City of Beverly Hills hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. 468 N Rodeo Drive LLC, 456 N Rodeo Drive LLC, 461 N Beverly Drive LLC, and 449 N. Beverly Drive, LLC, limited liability companies (the property owners and collectively the “Applicant”), submitted applications for the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan Project to allow for comprehensive redevelopment of the approximately 1.28-acre Project site including the properties located at 456 and 468 North Rodeo Drive; 449, 451, and 453 North Beverly Drive; and 461 through 456 North Beverly Drive (the “Project”). The Project proposes a luxury hotel, restaurant and ancillary uses, a private club, and retail uses, as well as the relocation of an existing alley and widening of the public sidewalk along South Santa Monica Boulevard.
The Project includes requests for a General Plan amendment; zone text amendment; zone change; specific plan adoption; Master Plan of Streets, Alleys, and Highways amendment; vesting tentative parcel map; encroachment permit; and development agreement for the subject property.
Section 2. The City of Beverly Hills has an adopted General Plan. California Government Code Section 65358 provides the authority for the City Council to amend the City’s General Plan. The City of Beverly Hills Planning Commission held public hearings to consider
2 the proposed Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan Project, including amendment of the Beverly Hills General Plan, for the purpose of allowing the redevelopment of the Project Site and encouraging and implementing a proposed anchor location. The Planning Commission adopted Resolution No. ___ recommending that the City Council approve the proposed General Plan Amendment and Master Plan of Streets, Alleys and Highways amendment for the proposed Project.
Section 3. Legislative Findings. Due to special circumstances surrounding the properties at the Project Site, the City Council finds that the property is unique in size and location and therefore is appropriate for development of a multi-story luxury hotel building, restaurant and ancillary uses, a private club, and retail uses. The Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan has been prepared for the subject property and creation of the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan General Plan land use designation and application of that designation to the property is necessary and appropriate for adoption and implementation of the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan.
Section 4. The proposed Project, including the above referenced General Plan amendment; Master Plan of Streets, Alleys, and Highways amendment; Specific Plan adoption; zone text and map amendments; vesting tentative parcel map; encroachment permits; and development agreement approval, has been environmentally reviewed pursuant to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Sections 21000, et seq. (“CEQA”), the State CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Sections 15000, et seq.), and the City’s Local CEQA Guidelines. A Final Environmental Impact Report was prepared and the City Council, by separate Resolution No. ____, certified the Final Environmental Impact Report, made appropriate environmental findings, and adopted a Mitigation Monitoring
3 and Reporting Program for the Project. Resolution No. ____ is incorporated by reference, and made a part hereof as if fully set forth herein. The documents and other material that constitute the record on which this decision is based are located in the Department of Community Development and are in the custody of the Director of Community Development.
Section 5. The City Council hereby amends the Land Use Element of the General Plan, specifically Map 1 (Map LU 1), by designating as “Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan” the area described in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, also known by the street addresses of 456 and 468 North Rodeo Drive; 449, 451, and 453 North Beverly Drive; and 461 through 465 North Beverly Drive. The Amended Land Use Map, Map LU1, is attached hereto as Exhibit B and incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 6. The City Council hereby amends the text of the General Plan Land Use Element Policy 9.4 to directly reference the Project site as being subject to anchor location design criteria and specifically encouraging development oriented toward the intersection of North Rodeo Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard, to read as follows (amended text underlined):
“LU 9.4 Anchor Location Design Criteria. The anchor location should encourage unified development oriented towards and along Wilshire Boulevard and at the intersection of North Rodeo Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard and be planned to complement the scale and character of adjacent residential areas. In addition, development of the anchor locations should incorporate measures to enhance streets, sidewalks, and roadways in order to encourage pedestrian circulation between these areas and the Business Triangle.”
4 Section 7. On October 28, 2021 (to consider the scope of the environmental impact report to be prepared for the Project); February 10, 2022; February 24, 2022; March 24, 2022; and May 26, 2022;, the Planning Commission considered, among other things, the alley relocation and sidewalk widening and found that these actions are consistent with the General Plan and on June 13, 2022 adopted Resolution No. recommending that the City Council approve the relocation.
Section 8. The City Council held a duly noticed public hearing regarding the alley relocation, sidewalk widening, and related matters on _______. Based on the foregoing, and evidence presented through the hearing process, the City Council hereby finds and determines as follows regarding the alley relocation and sidewalk widening:
1. The alley relocation and sidewalk widening further the goals and policies of the City by allowing the City to enhance an important anchor location while providing sufficient access and circulation in and around the existing and future developments. Specifically, the Project would vacate a portion of the existing 20-foot wide alley accessible from South Santa Monica Boulevard and replace it by dedicating a new alley easement accessible from North Beverly Drive, and ranging in width from approximately 20- to 28.9-feet. Additionally, the new alley easement flares out to approximately 37.6-feet in width at the 90 degree turn to provide additional space for vehicles to complete a southbound turn onto the existing alley. This reconfiguration is consistent with General Plan Policy CIR 11.2c, which states:
“In commercial areas, however, there is the additional concern for alley relocation and/or closure, which may be desirable in conjunction with specific development proposals. As important as they are, the existence of the alleys should not preclude consideration of proposals which would alter them if satisfactory alternate services would be provided. In certain instances, development proposals which would utilize the alley may provide a type or quality of development or access which better serves the City’s objectives and
5 as such, should be considered. Such development proposals might include alley closure which would permit unified development across an entire block or permit safer street access, or use of the alley as part of a landscaped pedestrian plaza or mall, or relocation of an alley of a more functional arrangement of structures or possible consideration of the space above or below the alley for parking purposes.”
The alley relocation and sidewalk widening are desirable projects for the City for the reasons outlined above, and a satisfactory alternative to the existing alley and sidewalk width because the relocation of the alley results in wider access and exit areas that can adequately accommodate loading vehicles, and the widening of the sidewalk results in an additional 1.5 to 7 feet of sidewalk width along South Santa Monica Boulevard, enhancing the pedestrian environment.
2. The current public alley proposed for relocation as described on Vesting Tentative Parcel Map 82872, attached hereto as Exhibit C and incorporated by reference, is unnecessary for present or prospective public use as it will be relocated as part of Vesting Tentative Parcel Map 82872 and the relocated alley right-of-way will adequately serve the same purposes currently served by the current alley.
3. Upon dedication and improvement of the relocated alley, the relocated alley would provide utility for non-motorized transportation, and as such, the current alley would not be useful for a non-motorized transportation facility.
Section 9. The City Council hereby orders that the portion of the alley as described and shown on Exhibit C, attached hereto and incorporated by reference, shall be and is hereby ordered to be relocated subject to all of the conditions applicable to the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan and related entitlements.
6 Section 10. The City Council hereby orders that the sidewalk on the south side of South Santa Monica Boulevard as described and show on Sheet 53 of Exhibit D, attached hereto and incorporated by reference, shall be and is hereby ordered to be widened subject to all the conditions applicable to the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan and related entitlements.
Section 11. Sheets 31, 32 and 53 of the City’s Master Plan of Streets, Alleys, and Highways is hereby amended as shown on the maps attached hereto as Exhibit D and incorporated by reference.
7 Section 11. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution and shall cause this Resolution and her certification to be entered in the Book of Resolutions of the City Council of the City.
Section 12. This Resolution shall take effect at the same time the Ordinance adopting the Development Agreement for the Cheval Blanc Specific Plan Project takes effect.
Adopted:
LILI BOSSE
Mayor of the City of Beverly Hills, California
ATTEST:
(SEAL)
HUMA AHMED
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
LAURENCE S. WIENER GEORGE CHAVEZ
City Attorney City Manager
RYAN GOHLICH, AICP
Director of Community Development
Exhibits:
A. Legal Description
B. City of Beverly Hills General Plan Land Use Designations Map C. Vesting Tentative Parcel Map No. 82872
D. Amendment to Sheets 30/31 and 53 of the City of Beverly Hills Master Plan of Streets, Alleys, and Highways
EXHIBIT A
Legal Descriptions of 456 and 468 North Rodeo Drive; 449, 451, and 453 North Beverly Drive; and 461 through 465 North Beverly Drive
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
449 N. Beverly
THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
LOT 21 IN BLOCK 2 OF BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11, PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
APN: 4343-016-019
461 N. Beverly
THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS; COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
LOTS 22, 23 AND 24 IN BLOCK 2 OF BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
EXCEPT THAT PORTION OF LOT 24 IN BLOCK 2 OF BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS,
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE MOST NORTHERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 24; THENCE SOUTH 50° 30' 50" WEST, ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 24, A DISTANCE OF 112.64 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 39° 29' 10" EAST 5.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 52° 57' 14" EAST 105.17 FEET TO
THE BEGINNING OF A TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE SOUTHERLY AND HAVING A RADIUS OF
10.00 FEET; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID CURVE, AN ARC DISTANCE OF 8.84 FEET TO THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 24; THENCE NORTH 39° 29' 42" WEST, ALONG SAID NORTHEASTERLY LINE, 13.46 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, AS PER RECORD OF SURVEY IN BOOK 301 PAGE 97 RECORDED DECEMBER 5, 2018, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
COMMONLY KNOWN AS 461 NORTH BEVERLY DRIVE, BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, 90210.
APN: 4343-016-023
456 N. Rodeo
LOT 3 IN BLOCK 2 OF BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
APN: 4343-016-002
468 N. Rodeo
THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
LOTS 1 AND 2 IN BLOCK 2 OF BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11, PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
APN: 4343-016-001
ALLEY PARCEL 1:
THAT PORTION OF THE SOUTHWESTERLY HALF OF THE ALLEY (20 FEET WIDE), IN BLOCK 2 OF
BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, LYING NORTHEASTERLY OF AND ADJACENT TO LOTS 1 AND 2 IN BLOCK 2 OF SAID BEVERLY, THAT WOULD PASS WITH A LEGAL CONVEYANCE OF SAID LOTS.
ALLEY PARCEL 2:
THAT PORTION OF THE SOUTWESTERLY HALF OF THE ALLEY (20 FEET WIDE), IN BLOCK 2 OF
BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, LYING NORTHEASTERLY OF AND ADJACENT TO LOT 3 IN BLOCK 2 OF SAID BEVERLY, THAT WOULD PASS WITH A LEGAL CONVEYANCE OF SAID LOT.
ALLEY PARCEL 3:
THAT PORTION OF THE NORTHEASTERLY HALF OF THE ALLEY (20 FEET WIDE), IN BLOCK 2 OF
BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE
COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, LYING SOUTHWESTERLY OF AND ADJACENT TO LOTS 22, 23 AND 24 IN BLOCK 2 OF SAID BEVERLY, THAT WOULD PASS WITH A LEGAL CONVEYANCE OF SAID LOTS.
EXHIBIT B
City of Beverly Hills General Plan Land Use Designations Map
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EXHIBIT D
Amendment to Sheets 30/31 and 53 of the City of Beverly Hills Master Plan of Streets, Alleys, and Highways
RELOCATED ALLEY
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Exhibit C
General Plan Consistency Analysis
1 General Plan Consistency Analysis
The Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan Project proposes comprehensive redevelopment of the approximately 1.28-acre Project site and includes the properties addressed 456 and 468 North Rodeo Drive; 449, 451 and 453 North Beverly Drive; and 461 through 465 North Beverly Drive. The proposed Specific Plan could include up to 220,950 SF in floor area and up to 115 hotel guest rooms in a single multiple use building that includes a hotel with private dining areas and other appurtenant uses, restaurants open to the public, a private club, and retail uses. A portion of the existing public alley bisecting the Project Site would be relocated to the southern portion of the Project Site. The proposed Specific Plan identifies a total floor area ratio (FAR) maximum of 4.2:1 and an above ground maximum of
3.91:1. The submitted Conceptual Plan includes 212,034 SF of floor area and 109 hotel rooms. The total FAR calculation for the submitted conceptual plan is 4.03:1, with an above ground FAR of 3.75:1.
The City of Beverly Hills Planning Commission finds the requested General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan, Zone Text Amendment, Zoning Map Amendment, Master Plan of Streets, Alleys, and Highways Amendment, Vesting Tentative Parcel Map, and Encroachment Permits consistent with the City of Beverly Hills General Plan based upon the analysis provided below, the General Plan consistency analysis provided in Table 4.7-1 of the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan Project Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH document # 2020110223), and the ‘Relationship to the General Plan’ discussion contained in Section
2.4 of the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan, both of which are incorporated herein by reference.
GOALS AND POLICIES:
x LU 2 Community Character and Quality. A built environment that is distinguished by its high level of site planning, architecture, landscape design, and sensitivity to its natural setting and history. x LU 2.1 City Places: Neighborhoods, Districts and Corridors. Maintain and enhance the character, distribution, built form, scale, and aesthetic qualities of the City’s distinctive residential neighborhoods, business districts, corridors, and open spaces. x LU 2.4 Architectural and Site Design. Require that new construction and renovation of existing buildings and properties exhibit a high level of excellence in site planning, architectural design, building materials, use of sustainable design and construction practices, landscaping, and amenities that contribute to the City’s distinctive image and complement existing development. x LU 11.2 Site Planning and Architectural Design. Require that commercial and office properties and buildings are planned and designed to exhibit a high level of site and architectural design quality and excellence.
The project exhibits a high level of excellence in site planning and unique architecture that is responsive and complementary to its Business Triangle location. The Project’s varied building heights and massing respond to directly adjacent existing physical development surrounding the Project site. Retail frontages and lower building heights are located on the Rodeo Drive portion of the building. Taller portions of the building are located on Beverly Drive with a height consistent with the existing commercial structure directly to the east. The building incorporates façade modulation and articulation on all elevations including varied window sizing to provide visual interest. The Project incorporates features such as a widened sidewalk and a pedestrian plaza with art to improve the streetscape and promote pedestrian activity along the Project’s three street frontages.
2 x LU 9.1 Uses for Diverse Customers. Accommodate retail, office, entertainment, dining, hotel, and visitor-serving uses that support the needs of local residents, attract customers from the region, and provide a quality experience for national and international tourists.
The retail component of the Project is designed as a continuation of the Rodeo Drive pedestrian oriented commercial corridor and the ground floor publicly accessible restaurant interfaces with the street at the corner of Beverly Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard. The street facing orientation of both the retail spaces and ground floor restaurant are complementary to the established pedestrian oriented retail environment that exists within the Business Triangle and is attractive to local and regional visitors. The high quality hotel and appurtenant amenities, including spa use, are hospitality uses centrally located in the City that will provide a quality experience for national and international tourists.
x LU 9.3 Anchor Locations. It is also recommended that certain anchor locations be set aside to permit development of a higher intensity type of development which is not otherwise provided in the community. These areas should be located so as to be accessible from the City’s major shopping areas and close to the City’s major streets. These anchor locations should include those large parcels that are located at the gateways to the City, such as the site at 9850, 9876, 9900, and 9988 Wilshire Boulevard where additional building height is appropriate. A variety of land uses such as commercial, hotel, residential, and mixed use should be considered for the gateway locations. A change of use from commercial to residential, hotel or mixed use should be allowed only if such change provides an adequate transition to adjacent single family neighborhoods. x LU 9.4 Anchor Location Design Criteria (as revised). The anchor location should encourage unified development oriented towards and along Wilshire Boulevard and at the intersection of North Rodeo Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard planned to complement the scale and character of adjacent residential areas. In addition, development of the anchor locations should incorporate measures to enhance streets, sidewalks, and roadways in order to encourage pedestrian circulation between these areas and the Business Triangle.
Consistent with these two anchor location General Plan Land Use Element policies, the Project is a unified multiple use (hotel, retail, and club uses) building with a higher intensity of development (both density and height) at an anchor location (the northern end of the City’s luxury retail shopping street within the City’s Business Triangle). The hotel/retail/club Project would demark the entry to the northern end of the Rodeo Drive luxury retail corridor and would mirror existing anchor development at the southern end of Rodeo Drive: the existing taller hotel (Beverly Wilshire Hotel) and adjacent unified retail development (Two Rodeo). The Project incorporates measures to encourage pedestrian circulation in the Business Triangle, including a widened sidewalk on South Santa Monica Boulevard, uniform landscaping and enhanced sidewalk paving material in the public right-of-way surrounding the Project, and a publicly accessible pedestrian plaza at the corner of Rodeo Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard.
x LU 11.3 Retail Street Frontages. Require that development and street frontages in districts containing retail uses be designed and developed to promote pedestrian activity including (a) location and orientation of the building to the sidewalk; (b) transparency of and direct access to the ground floor elevation from the sidewalk; (c) articulation of street-facing elevations to promote interest and sense of quality; (d) inclusion of uses and public spaces that extend interior functions to the sidewalk such as cafes and plazas; and (e) use of pedestrian-oriented signage and lighting.
Both the 150 linear feet of Rodeo Drive retail frontage and approximately 200 linear feet of South Santa Monica Boulevard and Beverly Drive ground floor restaurant frontage are consistent with
3 the specific characteristics listed in General Plan Land Use Policy LU 11.3. Both the retail and ground floor restaurant spaces are designed to: a) maintain the commercial streetwall that exists in the City’s Business Triangle; b) provide ample pedestrian level fenestration between the commercial spaces and public sidewalk and have direct pedestrian entrances from Rodeo Drive and Beverly Drive respectively; c) include upper story articulation along all street-facing sides of the building and provide a 20’ by 35’ building inset on Rodeo Drive for a publicly accessible pedestrian plaza; d) provide the plaza at the corner of Rodeo Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard as a public space and include large building openings on South Santa Monica Boulevard and Beverly Drive to provide connection between the interior dining areas of the ground floor restaurant with the adjacent public sidewalks; and e) include distinct ground level retail spaces with retail signage consistent with the pedestrian oriented retail signage pattern found within the Business Triangle.
x LU 11.5 Retail Streetscapes. Maintain and, where deficient, improve street trees, plantings, furniture, signage, public art, and other amenities that promote pedestrian activity. x CIR 7 Pedestrians. A safe and comfortable pedestrian environment that results in walking as a desirable travel choice, particularly for short trips, within the City.
The Project includes improvements to beautify the public right-of-way that surrounds the Project site and thus promote pedestrian activity and create a safer and more comfortable pedestrian environment that is integrated into the City’s walkable Business Triangle. These improvements include: a) replacement street trees around the new building that are planted at a spacing consistent with the current street tree configuration located in the immediate vicinity and are tree species consistent with those planted within the Business Triangle; b) additional 3’ wide landscaped areas in the public right-of-way that will be maintained by the Project operator; and c) widened sidewalks on South Santa Monica Boulevard as well as a publicly accessible pedestrian plaza that will include art.
x LU 14.4 New Construction of Private Buildings. Require that new and substantially renovated buildings be designed and constructed in accordance with the City’s sustainability programs such as the City’s Green Building Ordinance or comparable criteria to reduce energy, water, and natural resource consumption, minimize construction wastes, use recycled materials, and avoid the use of toxics and hazardous materials.
The Project’s new building is required to meet the City of Beverly Hills Green Building Code and CALGreen as well as be designed to meet a minimum rating of ‘Gold’ under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System. LEED-consistent features are identified in Section 4.9 of the Project’s Specific Plan and require the Project to be designed in a manner to reduce energy, water and natural resource consumption when compared with standard construction techniques, as well as require minimizing construction waste, and reduce the use of toxic and hazardous materials.
x LU 15.2 Priority Businesses. Retain and build upon the key business sectors contributing to the City’s identity, economy, and revenue for resident services, such as entertainment-related ClassA offices, high end retail and fashion, restaurant, hotel, technology, and supporting uses. x ES 1.4 Retain Existing Industries. Consistent with future economic sustainability plans, encourage existing industries such as luxury retail, tourism, hoteling, finance, entertainment and media businesses and services to remain and expand within the City.
4 The luxury retail businesses located on Rodeo Drive are closely identified with commercial identity of the City of Beverly Hills. The Project is an anchor development at the north end of Rodeo Drive that includes luxury retail and high end hotel uses. This development expands both luxury retail and luxury hotel offerings located in the City and builds upon the City’s identity as an international destination for high end retail, hotels, and services.
x LU 16.4 Public Places. Provide plazas, open spaces, and other outdoor improvements that are accessible to and used for public gatherings and activities, either through capital improvement or as a development requirement.
x OS 8.5 Urban Parks. Encourage and allow opportunities for new development to provide small plazas, pocket parks, civic spaces, and other gathering places that are available to the public to help meet recreational demands.
The Project is a new development that includes a publicly accessible plaza directly accessible from the sidewalks surrounding the building. The plaza will provide an additional public space along Rodeo Drive that will add interest to the pedestrian environment on this highly visited street. x CIR 4.1 Parking Provisions. Ensure that adequate parking is provided for existing and future uses while considering shared parking opportunities. Travel Demand Management (TDM) plans, and availability of alternative modes of travel, based on the site’s proximity to transit.
A parking demand analysis that quantified the shared parking opportunities of the multiple use Project was completed. The parking requirements of the Specific Plan will ensure that the number of parking spaces provided by the Project is adequate to meet parking needs for the included uses, including any additional parking needs for special events at the Project site. In addition, a portion of the parking for the retail component of the Project is provided offsite through participation in the in lieu parking program. Thus this portion of the retail parking is provided through the use of public parking structures that are shared with other uses located within the City’s Business Triangle. The Specific Plan also requires that TDM measures, such as providing transit passes to employees and guests and on-site bicycle facilities, are incorporated. The Project is located in close proximity to existing (North Santa Monica Boulevard rapid bus line) and future (Wilshire Boulevard Westside subway extension) transit.
x CIR 8.5 Bikeway Amenities. Require that new development projects (e.g. employment centers, educational institutions, and commercial centers) provide bicycle racks, personal lockers, showers, and other bicycle support facilities.
The Specific Plan requires the Project to include secure bicycle parking spaces within the building, at-grade bicycle parking spaces for short-term visitors, and provide charging facilities for ebicycles. The Project includes lockers and showers for use by employees who commute by bicycle. x CIR 11.2c (portion of Role of Alleys). In commercial areas, however, there is the additional concern for alley relocation and/or closure, which may be desirable in conjunction with specific development proposals. As important as they are, the existence of the alleys should not preclude consideration of proposals which would alter them if satisfactory alternate services would be provided. In certain instances, development proposal which would utilize the alley may provide a type or quality of development or access which better serves the City’s objectives and as such, should be considered. Such development proposals might include alley closure which would permit unified development across an entire block or permit safer street access, or use the alley as part of a landscaped pedestrian plaza or mall, or relocation of an alley of a more functional
5 arrangement of structures or possible consideration of the space above or below the alley for parking purposes.
The Project is an anchor development located at the north end of the City’s Business Triangle that spans four existing parcels between Rodeo Drive and Beverly Drive. The relocation of the alley is required in order to consolidate the site and allow the unified development of a single building across an entire block. The alley relocation thus helps facilitate a project that serves the City’s objective of a high quality multiple use anchor commercial development at a key location within the City’s Business Triangle.
Exhibit D
Draft City Council Zone Text and Zoning Map Amendment Ordinance (with Zoning Map Amendment Exhibit Attached)
1 DRAFT ORDINANCE NO. _____
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS
ADDING ARTICLE 16.6 TO CHAPTER 3 OF TITLE 10 TO THE
CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE AND
APPLYING THE CHEVAL BLANC BEVERLY HILLS
SPECIFIC PLAN ZONING TO THE PROPERTIES LOCATED
AT 456 AND 468 NORTH RODEO DRIVE; 449, 451 AND 453
NORTH BEVERLY DRIVE; AND 461 THROUGH 465 NORTH
BEVERLY DRIVE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS HEREBY
ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. 468 N Rodeo Drive LLC, 456 N Rodeo Drive LLC, 461 N Beverly Drive LLC, and 449 N. Beverly Drive, LLC, limited liability companies (the property owners and collectively the “Applicant”), submitted applications for the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan Project to allow for comprehensive redevelopment of the approximately 1.28-acre project site including the properties located at 456 and 468 North Rodeo Drive; 449, 451, and 453 North Beverly Drive; and 461 through 456 North Beverly Drive (as described in the legal description attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference) (the “Project”).
The Project proposes a luxury hotel, restaurant and ancillary uses, a private club, and retail uses, and includes requests for a General Plan amendment; zone text amendment; zone change; specific plan adoption; Master Plan of Streets, Alleys, and Highways amendment; vesting tentative parcel map; encroachment permits; and development agreement for the subject property.
Section 2. Legislative Findings. Due to special circumstances surrounding the properties at the Project Site, the City Council finds that the property is unique in size and location and therefore is appropriate for development of a multi-story luxury hotel building,
2 restaurant and ancillary uses, a private club, and retail uses. The Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan has been prepared for the subject property and creation of the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan zoning designation and application of that zoning designation to the property is necessary and appropriate for adoption and implementation of the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan.
Section 3. The Planning Commission considered the zone text amendment and zone change (the “Zoning Amendments”) set forth in this Ordinance at duly noticed public hearings on October 28, 2021 (to consider the scope of the environmental impact report to be prepared for the Project); February 10, 2022; February 24, 2022; March 24, 2022; and May 26, 2022. Evidence, both written and oral, was presented during the hearings. After considering the evidence, the Planning Commission found that the public interest, health, safety, morals, peace, comfort, convenience, or general welfare requires the reclassification of the property and, on June 13, 2022, adopted Resolution No. ___ recommending that the City Council adopt an Ordinance amending the zoning map and text for the Project.
Section 4. The City Council considered this Ordinance at duly noticed public hearings on ________. Evidence, both written and oral, was presented during the hearings.
Section 5. The Project, including this Ordinance, has been environmentally reviewed pursuant to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Sections 21000, et seq. (“CEQA”), the State CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Sections 15000, et seq.), and the City’s Local CEQA Guidelines. An Environmental Impact Report was prepared and the City Council, by separate Resolution No. ____, certified the Final Environmental Impact Report, made appropriate environmental
3 findings, and adopted a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the Project.
Resolution No. ____ is incorporated by reference, and made a part hereof as if fully set forth herein. The documents and other material that constitute the record on which this decision is based are located in the Department of Community Development and are in the custody of the Director of Community Development.
Section 6. The Zoning Amendments are consistent with the objectives, principles, and standards of the General Plan. The Zoning Amendments include changes to the zoning code text and zoning map consistent with the amendments in the General Plan Land Use Designation Map of the Land Use Element of the General Plan adopted pursuant to Resolution No. ______, to ensure that the zoning is consistent with the proposed Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan General Plan land use designation. Furthermore, the Zoning Amendments are consistent with the objectives, principles, and standards of the General Plan as a part of the Project for the reasons set forth in the General Plan Consistency Analysis attached as Exhibit C, Section
2.4 of the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan and Table 4.7-1 of the Final Environmental Impact Report, which are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part hereof as if fully set forth herein.
Section 7. The City Council hereby amends the Beverly Hills Municipal Code to add a new Article 16.6 regarding the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan to Chapter 3 of Title 10 of the Beverly Hills Municipal Code to read as follows:
4 “Article 16.6. Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan. 10-3-1661. Uses Permitted.
No lot, premises, roadway, open space, building or portion thereof within the area of the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan shall be erected, constructed, built, altered, enlarged, built upon, used or occupied except as authorized by and in conformance with the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan.
10-3-1662. Development Restrictions.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter of this title, development in accordance with the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan shall not be governed by any other regulations of this chapter of this title governing development, including, without limitation, those regulations governing development in commercial zones, unless otherwise provided in the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan.
10-3-1663. Conditions Ensuring Implementation of Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan.
All development within the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan shall be reviewed for compliance with the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan.” Section 8. The City Council hereby changes the zoning on that certain property commonly known as 456 and 468 North Rodeo Drive; 449, 451, and 453 North Beverly Drive; and 461 through 456 North Beverly Drive as shown in the attached Exhibit A, to the zoning designation of “Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan.” Section 9. Publication. The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the City within fifteen (15) days after its passage in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government
5 Code, shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause this Ordinance and her certification, together with proof of publication, to be entered in the Book of Ordinances of the Council of this City.
Section 10. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall go into effect and be in full force and effect at the later of 12:01 a.m. on the thirty-first (31st) day after its passage or the time that the Ordinance adopting the Development Agreement for the Cheval Blanc Specific Plan Project takes effect.
Adopted:
Effective:
LILI BOSSE
Mayor of the City of Beverly Hills, California
ATTEST:
(SEAL)
HUMA AHMED
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
LAURENCE S. WIENER GEORGE CHAVEZ
City Attorney City Manager
RYAN GOHLICH, AICP
Director of Community Development
Exhibits:
A. Legal Description
B. City of Beverly Hills Zoning Map: Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan Designation C. General Plan Consistency Analysis
Exhibit A
Legal Descriptions of 456 and 468 North Rodeo Drive; 449, 451, and 453 North Beverly Drive; and 461 through 465 North Beverly Drive
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
449 N. Beverly
THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
LOT 21 IN BLOCK 2 OF BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11, PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
APN: 4343-016-019
461 N. Beverly
THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS; COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
LOTS 22, 23 AND 24 IN BLOCK 2 OF BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
EXCEPT THAT PORTION OF LOT 24 IN BLOCK 2 OF BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS,
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE MOST NORTHERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 24; THENCE SOUTH 50° 30' 50" WEST, ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 24, A DISTANCE OF 112.64 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 39° 29' 10" EAST 5.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 52° 57' 14" EAST 105.17 FEET TO
THE BEGINNING OF A TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE SOUTHERLY AND HAVING A RADIUS OF
10.00 FEET; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID CURVE, AN ARC DISTANCE OF 8.84 FEET TO THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 24; THENCE NORTH 39° 29' 42" WEST, ALONG SAID NORTHEASTERLY LINE, 13.46 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, AS PER RECORD OF SURVEY IN BOOK 301 PAGE 97 RECORDED DECEMBER 5, 2018, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
COMMONLY KNOWN AS 461 NORTH BEVERLY DRIVE, BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, 90210.
APN: 4343-016-023
456 N. Rodeo
LOT 3 IN BLOCK 2 OF BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
APN: 4343-016-002
468 N. Rodeo
THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
LOTS 1 AND 2 IN BLOCK 2 OF BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11, PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
APN: 4343-016-001
ALLEY PARCEL 1:
THAT PORTION OF THE SOUTHWESTERLY HALF OF THE ALLEY (20 FEET WIDE), IN BLOCK 2 OF
BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, LYING NORTHEASTERLY OF AND ADJACENT TO LOTS 1 AND 2 IN BLOCK 2 OF SAID BEVERLY, THAT WOULD PASS WITH A LEGAL CONVEYANCE OF SAID LOTS.
ALLEY PARCEL 2:
THAT PORTION OF THE SOUTWESTERLY HALF OF THE ALLEY (20 FEET WIDE), IN BLOCK 2 OF
BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, LYING NORTHEASTERLY OF AND ADJACENT TO LOT 3 IN BLOCK 2 OF SAID BEVERLY, THAT WOULD PASS WITH A LEGAL CONVEYANCE OF SAID LOT.
ALLEY PARCEL 3:
THAT PORTION OF THE NORTHEASTERLY HALF OF THE ALLEY (20 FEET WIDE), IN BLOCK 2 OF
BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE
COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, LYING SOUTHWESTERLY OF AND ADJACENT TO LOTS 22, 23 AND 24 IN BLOCK 2 OF SAID BEVERLY, THAT WOULD PASS WITH A LEGAL CONVEYANCE OF SAID LOTS.
Exhibit B
City of Beverly Hills Zoning Map: Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan Designation
EXHIBIT C
GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY ANALYSIS
1 General Plan Consistency Analysis
The Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan Project proposes comprehensive redevelopment of the approximately 1.28-acre Project site and includes the properties addressed 456 and 468 North Rodeo Drive; 449, 451 and 453 North Beverly Drive; and 461 through 465 North Beverly Drive. The proposed Specific Plan could include up to 220,950 SF in floor area and up to 115 hotel guest rooms in a single multiple use building that includes a hotel with private dining areas and other appurtenant uses, restaurants open to the public, a private club, and retail uses. A portion of the existing public alley bisecting the Project Site would be relocated to the southern portion of the Project Site. The proposed Specific Plan identifies a total floor area ratio (FAR) maximum of 4.2:1 and an above ground maximum of
3.91:1. The submitted Conceptual Plan includes 212,034 SF of floor area and 109 hotel rooms. The total FAR calculation for the submitted conceptual plan is 4.03:1, with an above ground FAR of 3.75:1.
The City of Beverly Hills City Council finds the requested General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan, Zone Text Amendment, Zoning Map Amendment, Master Plan of Streets, Alleys, and Highways Amendment, Vesting Tentative Parcel Map, and Encroachment Permits consistent with the City of Beverly Hills General Plan based upon the analysis provided below, the General Plan consistency analysis provided in Table 4.7- 1 of the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan Project Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH document # 2020110223), and the ‘Relationship to the General Plan’ discussion contained in Section 2.4 of the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan, both of which are incorporated herein by reference.
GOALS AND POLICIES:
x LU 2 Community Character and Quality. A built environment that is distinguished by its high level of site planning, architecture, landscape design, and sensitivity to its natural setting and history. x LU 2.1 City Places: Neighborhoods, Districts and Corridors. Maintain and enhance the character, distribution, built form, scale, and aesthetic qualities of the City’s distinctive residential neighborhoods, business districts, corridors, and open spaces. x LU 2.4 Architectural and Site Design. Require that new construction and renovation of existing buildings and properties exhibit a high level of excellence in site planning, architectural design, building materials, use of sustainable design and construction practices, landscaping, and amenities that contribute to the City’s distinctive image and complement existing development. x LU 11.2 Site Planning and Architectural Design. Require that commercial and office properties and buildings are planned and designed to exhibit a high level of site and architectural design quality and excellence.
The project exhibits a high level of excellence in site planning and unique architecture that is responsive and complementary to its Business Triangle location. The Project’s varied building heights and massing respond to directly adjacent existing physical development surrounding the Project site. Retail frontages and lower building heights are located on the Rodeo Drive portion of the building. Taller portions of the building are located on Beverly Drive with a height consistent with the existing commercial structure directly to the east. The building incorporates façade modulation and articulation on all elevations including varied window sizing to provide visual interest. The Project incorporates features such as a widened sidewalk and a pedestrian plaza with art to improve the streetscape and promote pedestrian activity along the Project’s three street frontages.
2 x LU 9.1 Uses for Diverse Customers. Accommodate retail, office, entertainment, dining, hotel, and visitor-serving uses that support the needs of local residents, attract customers from the region, and provide a quality experience for national and international tourists.
The retail component of the Project is designed as a continuation of the Rodeo Drive pedestrian oriented commercial corridor and the ground floor publicly accessible restaurant interfaces with the street at the corner of Beverly Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard. The street facing orientation of both the retail spaces and ground floor restaurant are complementary to the established pedestrian oriented retail environment that exists within the Business Triangle and is attractive to local and regional visitors. The high quality hotel and appurtenant amenities, including spa use, are hospitality uses centrally located in the City that will provide a quality experience for national and international tourists.
x LU 9.3 Anchor Locations. It is also recommended that certain anchor locations be set aside to permit development of a higher intensity type of development which is not otherwise provided in the community. These areas should be located so as to be accessible from the City’s major shopping areas and close to the City’s major streets. These anchor locations should include those large parcels that are located at the gateways to the City, such as the site at 9850, 9876, 9900, and 9988 Wilshire Boulevard where additional building height is appropriate. A variety of land uses such as commercial, hotel, residential, and mixed use should be considered for the gateway locations. A change of use from commercial to residential, hotel or mixed use should be allowed only if such change provides an adequate transition to adjacent single family neighborhoods. x LU 9.4 Anchor Location Design Criteria (as revised). The anchor location should encourage unified development oriented towards and along Wilshire Boulevard and at the intersection of North Rodeo Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard planned to complement the scale and character of adjacent residential areas. In addition, development of the anchor locations should incorporate measures to enhance streets, sidewalks, and roadways in order to encourage pedestrian circulation between these areas and the Business Triangle.
Consistent with these two anchor location General Plan Land Use Element policies, the Project is a unified multiple use (hotel, retail, and club uses) building with a higher intensity of development (both density and height) at an anchor location (the northern end of the City’s luxury retail shopping street within the City’s Business Triangle). The hotel/retail/club Project would demark the entry to the northern end of the Rodeo Drive luxury retail corridor and would mirror existing anchor development at the southern end of Rodeo Drive: the existing taller hotel (Beverly Wilshire Hotel) and adjacent unified retail development (Two Rodeo). The Project incorporates measures to encourage pedestrian circulation in the Business Triangle, including a widened sidewalk on South Santa Monica Boulevard, uniform landscaping and enhanced sidewalk paving material in the public right-of-way surrounding the Project, and a publicly accessible pedestrian plaza at the corner of Rodeo Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard.
x LU 11.3 Retail Street Frontages. Require that development and street frontages in districts containing retail uses be designed and developed to promote pedestrian activity including (a) location and orientation of the building to the sidewalk; (b) transparency of and direct access to the ground floor elevation from the sidewalk; (c) articulation of street-facing elevations to promote interest and sense of quality; (d) inclusion of uses and public spaces that extend interior functions to the sidewalk such as cafes and plazas; and (e) use of pedestrian-oriented signage and lighting.
Both the 150 linear feet of Rodeo Drive retail frontage and approximately 200 linear feet of South Santa Monica Boulevard and Beverly Drive ground floor restaurant frontage are consistent with
3 the specific characteristics listed in General Plan Land Use Policy LU 11.3. Both the retail and ground floor restaurant spaces are designed to: a) maintain the commercial streetwall that exists in the City’s Business Triangle; b) provide ample pedestrian level fenestration between the commercial spaces and public sidewalk and have direct pedestrian entrances from Rodeo Drive and Beverly Drive respectively; c) include upper story articulation along all street-facing sides of the building and provide a 20’ by 35’ building inset on Rodeo Drive for a publicly accessible pedestrian plaza; d) provide the plaza at the corner of Rodeo Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard as a public space and include large building openings on South Santa Monica Boulevard and Beverly Drive to provide connection between the interior dining areas of the ground floor restaurant with the adjacent public sidewalks; and e) include distinct ground level retail spaces with retail signage consistent with the pedestrian oriented retail signage pattern found within the Business Triangle.
x LU 11.5 Retail Streetscapes. Maintain and, where deficient, improve street trees, plantings, furniture, signage, public art, and other amenities that promote pedestrian activity. x CIR 7 Pedestrians. A safe and comfortable pedestrian environment that results in walking as a desirable travel choice, particularly for short trips, within the City.
The Project includes improvements to beautify the public right-of-way that surrounds the Project site and thus promote pedestrian activity and create a safer and more comfortable pedestrian environment that is integrated into the City’s walkable Business Triangle. These improvements include: a) replacement street trees around the new building that are planted at a spacing consistent with the current street tree configuration located in the immediate vicinity and are tree species consistent with those planted within the Business Triangle; b) additional 3’ wide landscaped areas in the public right-of-way that will be maintained by the Project operator; and c) widened sidewalks on South Santa Monica Boulevard as well as a publicly accessible pedestrian plaza that will include art.
x LU 14.4 New Construction of Private Buildings. Require that new and substantially renovated buildings be designed and constructed in accordance with the City’s sustainability programs such as the City’s Green Building Ordinance or comparable criteria to reduce energy, water, and natural resource consumption, minimize construction wastes, use recycled materials, and avoid the use of toxics and hazardous materials.
The Project’s new building is required to meet the City of Beverly Hills Green Building Code and CALGreen as well as be designed to meet a minimum rating of ‘Gold’ under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System. LEED-consistent features are identified in Section 4.9 of the Project’s Specific Plan and require the Project to be designed in a manner to reduce energy, water and natural resource consumption when compared with standard construction techniques, as well as require minimizing construction waste, and reduce the use of toxic and hazardous materials.
x LU 15.2 Priority Businesses. Retain and build upon the key business sectors contributing to the City’s identity, economy, and revenue for resident services, such as entertainment-related ClassA offices, high end retail and fashion, restaurant, hotel, technology, and supporting uses. x ES 1.4 Retain Existing Industries. Consistent with future economic sustainability plans, encourage existing industries such as luxury retail, tourism, hoteling, finance, entertainment and media businesses and services to remain and expand within the City.
4 The luxury retail businesses located on Rodeo Drive are closely identified with commercial identity of the City of Beverly Hills. The Project is an anchor development at the north end of Rodeo Drive that includes luxury retail and high end hotel uses. This development expands both luxury retail and luxury hotel offerings located in the City and builds upon the City’s identity as an international destination for high end retail, hotels, and services.
x LU 16.4 Public Places. Provide plazas, open spaces, and other outdoor improvements that are accessible to and used for public gatherings and activities, either through capital improvement or as a development requirement.
x OS 8.5 Urban Parks. Encourage and allow opportunities for new development to provide small plazas, pocket parks, civic spaces, and other gathering places that are available to the public to help meet recreational demands.
The Project is a new development that includes a publicly accessible plaza directly accessible from the sidewalks surrounding the building. The plaza will provide an additional public space along Rodeo Drive that will add interest to the pedestrian environment on this highly visited street. x CIR 4.1 Parking Provisions. Ensure that adequate parking is provided for existing and future uses while considering shared parking opportunities. Travel Demand Management (TDM) plans, and availability of alternative modes of travel, based on the site’s proximity to transit.
A parking demand analysis that quantified the shared parking opportunities of the multiple use Project was completed. The parking requirements of the Specific Plan will ensure that the number of parking spaces provided by the Project is adequate to meet parking needs for the included uses, including any additional parking needs for special events at the Project site. In addition, a portion of the parking for the retail component of the Project is provided offsite through participation in the in lieu parking program. Thus this portion of the retail parking is provided through the use of public parking structures that are shared with other uses located within the City’s Business Triangle. The Specific Plan also requires that TDM measures, such as providing transit passes to employees and guests and on-site bicycle facilities, are incorporated. The Project is located in close proximity to existing (North Santa Monica Boulevard rapid bus line) and future (Wilshire Boulevard Westside subway extension) transit.
x CIR 8.5 Bikeway Amenities. Require that new development projects (e.g. employment centers, educational institutions, and commercial centers) provide bicycle racks, personal lockers, showers, and other bicycle support facilities.
The Specific Plan requires the Project to include secure bicycle parking spaces within the building, at-grade bicycle parking spaces for short-term visitors, and provide charging facilities for ebicycles. The Project includes lockers and showers for use by employees who commute by bicycle. x CIR 11.2c (portion of Role of Alleys). In commercial areas, however, there is the additional concern for alley relocation and/or closure, which may be desirable in conjunction with specific development proposals. As important as they are, the existence of the alleys should not preclude consideration of proposals which would alter them if satisfactory alternate services would be provided. In certain instances, development proposal which would utilize the alley may provide a type or quality of development or access which better serves the City’s objectives and as such, should be considered. Such development proposals might include alley closure which would permit unified development across an entire block or permit safer street access, or use the alley as part of a landscaped pedestrian plaza or mall, or relocation of an alley of a more functional
5 arrangement of structures or possible consideration of the space above or below the alley for parking purposes.
The Project is an anchor development located at the north end of the City’s Business Triangle that spans four existing parcels between Rodeo Drive and Beverly Drive. The relocation of the alley is required in order to consolidate the site and allow the unified development of a single building across an entire block. The alley relocation thus helps facilitate a project that serves the City’s objective of a high quality multiple use anchor commercial development at a key location within the City’s Business Triangle.
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I, KAREN MYRON, Recording Secretary of the Planning Commission of the City of Beverly Hills, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Resolution No. 198
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AYES: Commissioners Ross, Demeter, Ostroff, Vice Chair Hudnut, Chair Licht NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
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Attachment 5
PC Resolution 1990
Specific Plan and Encroachments
Recommendations
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS RECOMMENDING THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE CHEVAL BLANC BEVERLY
HILLS SPECIFIC PLAN TO ALLOW A LUXURY HOTEL,
RESTAURANTS AND APPURTENANT USES, A PRIVATE
CLUB, AND RETAIL USES AND RECOMMENDING
APPROVAL OF ENCROACHMENT PERMITS FOR
IMPROVEMENTS LOCATED IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OFWAY AT 456 AND 468 NORTH RODEO DRIVE; 449, 451, AND 453 NORTH BEVERLY DRIVE; AND 461 THROUGH 465
NORTH BEVERLY DRIVE
The Planning Commission of the City of Beverly Hills hereby finds, resolves, and determines as follows:
Section 1. 468 N Rodeo Drive LLC, 456 N Rodeo Drive LLC, 461 N Beverly Drive LLC, and 449 N. Beverly Drive, LLC, limited liability companies (the property owners and collectively the “Applicant”), submitted applications for the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan Project to allow for comprehensive redevelopment of the approximately 1.28-acre project site including the properties located at 456 and 468 North Rodeo Drive; 449, 451, and 453 North Beverly Drive; and 461 through 456 North Beverly Drive (as described in the legal description attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference) (the “Project”). The Project proposes a luxury hotel, restaurant and ancillary uses, a private club, and retail uses, as more fully described in the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan (“Specific Plan”), and includes requests for a General Plan amendment; zone text amendment; zone change; specific plan adoption; Master Plan of Streets, Alleys, and Highways amendment; vesting tentative parcel map; encroachment permits; and development agreement for the subject property.
Section 2. The Planning Commission conducted duly noticed public hearings on October 28, 2021 (to consider the scope of the environmental impact report to be prepared for the Project);
2 February 10, 2022; February 24, 2022; March 24, 2022; and May 26, 2022; at which times it received oral and documentary evidence relative to the proposed Project. Thereafter, on June 13, 2022, the Planning Commission concluded deliberations on the General Plan amendment; zone text amendment; zone change; specific plan adoption; Master Plan of Streets, Alleys, and Highways amendment; vesting tentative parcel map; and encroachment permit requests associated with the Project.
Section 3. The Planning Commission finds, and recommends that the City Council find, that the Specific Plan, attached as Exhibit B, and encroachment permit requests for: a) Project parking spaces to extend under the public sidewalk (See Page 26 of Exhibit B); b) installation and maintenance of landscaped parkways and special paving in the public right-of-way (See Pages 30- 31 of Exhibit B) and c) a subsurface utility vault in the public right-of-way (See Figure 16 of Exhibit B) are consistent with the Beverly Hills General Plan for the reasons set forth in the General Plan Consistency Analysis attached as Exhibit C, Section 2.4 of the Specific Plan and Table 4.7-1 of the Final Environmental Impact Report.
Section 4. The Project proposed for the Project Site, including the above referenced Specific Plan adoption and encroachment, has been environmentally reviewed pursuant to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Sections 21000, et seq. (“CEQA”), the State CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Sections 15000, et seq.), and the City’s Local CEQA Guidelines. A Final Environmental Impact Report was prepared and the Planning Commission, by separate Resolution No. 1988, recommends that the City Council certify the Final Environmental Impact Report, make appropriate environmental findings, and adopt a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the Project. Resolution No. 1988 is incorporated by reference, and made a part hereof as if fully set forth herein.
3 Section 5. The Planning Commission hereby recommends that the City Council adopt the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan, subject to the conditions set forth in Exhibit D.
Section 6. The Secretary shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and shall cause this resolution and her certification to be entered in the Book of Resolutions of the Planning Commission.
Adopted: -XQH
Andrew Licht
Chair of the Planning Commission of
the City of Beverly Hills, California
Attest:
Timothea Tway, AICP
Secretary of the Planning Commission
Approved As To Form: Approved As To Content:
David M. Snow Timothea Tway, AICP
Assistant City Attorney City Planner
Community Development Department
Exhibits:
A. Legal Description
B. Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan
C. General Plan Consistency Analysis
D. Conditions of Approval
Exhibit A
Legal Description
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
449 N. Beverly
THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
LOT 21 IN BLOCK 2 OF BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11, PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
APN: 4343-016-019
461 N. Beverly
THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS; COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
LOTS 22, 23 AND 24 IN BLOCK 2 OF BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
EXCEPT THAT PORTION OF LOT 24 IN BLOCK 2 OF BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS,
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE MOST NORTHERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 24; THENCE SOUTH 50° 30' 50" WEST, ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 24, A DISTANCE OF 112.64 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 39° 29' 10" EAST 5.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 52° 57' 14" EAST 105.17 FEET TO
THE BEGINNING OF A TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE SOUTHERLY AND HAVING A RADIUS OF
10.00 FEET; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID CURVE, AN ARC DISTANCE OF 8.84 FEET TO THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 24; THENCE NORTH 39° 29' 42" WEST, ALONG SAID NORTHEASTERLY LINE, 13.46 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, AS PER RECORD OF SURVEY IN BOOK 301 PAGE 97 RECORDED DECEMBER 5, 2018, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
COMMONLY KNOWN AS 461 NORTH BEVERLY DRIVE, BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, 90210.
APN: 4343-016-023
456 N. Rodeo
LOT 3 IN BLOCK 2 OF BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
APN: 4343-016-002
468 N. Rodeo
THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
LOTS 1 AND 2 IN BLOCK 2 OF BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11, PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
APN: 4343-016-001
ALLEY PARCEL 1:
THAT PORTION OF THE SOUTHWESTERLY HALF OF THE ALLEY (20 FEET WIDE), IN BLOCK 2 OF
BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, LYING NORTHEASTERLY OF AND ADJACENT TO LOTS 1 AND 2 IN BLOCK 2 OF SAID BEVERLY, THAT WOULD PASS WITH A LEGAL CONVEYANCE OF SAID LOTS.
ALLEY PARCEL 2:
THAT PORTION OF THE SOUTWESTERLY HALF OF THE ALLEY (20 FEET WIDE), IN BLOCK 2 OF
BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, LYING NORTHEASTERLY OF AND ADJACENT TO LOT 3 IN BLOCK 2 OF SAID BEVERLY, THAT WOULD PASS WITH A LEGAL CONVEYANCE OF SAID LOT.
ALLEY PARCEL 3:
THAT PORTION OF THE NORTHEASTERLY HALF OF THE ALLEY (20 FEET WIDE), IN BLOCK 2 OF
BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE
COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, LYING SOUTHWESTERLY OF AND ADJACENT TO LOTS 22, 23 AND 24 IN BLOCK 2 OF SAID BEVERLY, THAT WOULD PASS WITH A LEGAL CONVEYANCE OF SAID LOTS.
Exhibit B
Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan
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Cheval Blanc
Beverly Hills
Specific Plan
(June 13, 2022)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1.0 – INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................3
1.1 DEFINITIONS ................................................................................................................3
1.2 PURPOSE AND INTENT ...............................................................................................4
1.3 SPECIFIC PLAN SITE ...................................................................................................6
1.4 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ...........................................................................................7
1.5 CONTENTS ...................................................................................................................8 CHAPTER 2.0 – PLANNING CONTEXT ..............................................................................................9
2.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................9
2.2 AUTHORITY ..................................................................................................................9
2.3 GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING DESIGNATIONS ........................................................9
2.4 RELATIONSHIP TO THE GENERAL PLAN ..................................................................9
2.5 RELATIONSHIP TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE .......................................................13
2.6 RELATIONSHIP TO PARKING STANDARDS ............................................................13
2.7 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ............................................................................................15
2.8 CEQA COMPLIANCE ..................................................................................................15 CHAPTER 3.0 – PLAN COMPONENTS .............................................................................................17
3.1 INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................17
3.2 LAND USES .................................................................................................................17
3.3 SITE PLANNING ..........................................................................................................17
3.4 UTILITIES ....................................................................................................................19 CHAPTER 4.0 – DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES ...............................................22
4.1 GENERAL PROVISIONS .............................................................................................22
4.2 PERMITTED USES ......................................................................................................22
4.3 PORTE COCHERE AND MOTOR COURT .................................................................24
4.4 PARKING AND LOADING ...........................................................................................24
4.5 BUILDING HEIGHT ......................................................................................................28
4.6 INTENSITY AND CAPACITIES ...................................................................................30
4.7 SIGN STANDARDS .....................................................................................................30
4.8 ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN ..................................................................................30
4.9 GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS ...............................................................................32 CHAPTER 5.0 – OPERATIONAL STANDARDS ................................................................................34
5.1 ACCESS STANDARDS ...............................................................................................34
5.2 HOURS ........................................................................................................................34
5.3 OPEN AIR DINING ......................................................................................................35 CHAPTER 6.0 – IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION ........................................................36
6.1 PURPOSE ....................................................................................................................36
6.2 ADMINISTRATION ......................................................................................................36
6.3 AMENDMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS TO THE SPECIFIC PLAN ...........................36
6.4 FINANCING .................................................................................................................37 CHAPTER 7.0 – CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AND MITIGATION MEASURES ...........................38 CHAPTER 8.0 – SP FIGURES ............................................................................................................39
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CHAPTER 1.0 – INTRODUCTION
1.1 DEFINITIONS
The following definitions of the uses in the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan (the Specific Plan) are referenced throughout and are provided here for the reader’s convenience. Further details regarding these uses and provisions governing their development and operation are found at Chapters 4 and 5 of this Specific Plan.
A. Hotel shall mean any building, or portion thereof designed or used for lodging persons for a period of less than thirty (30) consecutive days.
B. Club shall mean a private Club offering facilities for social and recreational purposes to members, who shall be persons who have paid a membership fee set by the Specific Plan operator. Facilities reserved for use by Club members and their guests may include one or more meeting rooms, a screening room, and a bar and lounge. The provisions of Beverly Hills Municipal Code (BHMC) Title 4, Chapter 2, Article 2 shall not apply to the Specific Plan.
C. Retail shall mean a business that carries on as its principal business the selling of tangible commodities, goods, merchandise or wares, including art, and including stores, shops, galleries, and retail storage.
D. Restaurant(s) shall mean indoor and outdoor restaurants, bars, and lounges, including bars as separate spaces and outdoor pool bars. Restaurants operated as Appurtenant Uses shall be open only to Hotel guests, Club members and their respective guests.
E. Appurtenant Use(s) shall mean the following uses related to Hotel and Club services and functions used primarily by Hotel guests, Club members, and their respective guests:
1. Central kitchens for food and beverage services and establishments including Restaurants, alcohol sales and service, specialty food service (including bakeries, cafes, delicatessen, ice cream parlors, and similar food services), but excluding drive-up, drive-in and drive-through.
2. Lobbies and other common areas.
3. Wellness Center including fitness and exercise equipment and services.
4. Spa including day spa, cosmetic spa, beauty and barber services.
5. Restaurants operated as Appurtenant Uses that shall be open only to Hotel guests, Club members and their respective guests.
6. Pools, decks, balconies and other outdoor areas on the rooftops and adjacent to Hotel and Club areas and related facilities, including seating and sunning areas, trellises and cabanas, landscaping, open spaces, special lighting and amplification equipment, mechanical equipment, elevator shafts and lobbies, solar collectors, wind-sound barriers, and other infrastructure.
7. Back of house (BOH) including but not limited to offices, laundry, employee facilities, storage, and kitchens.
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1.2 PURPOSE AND INTENT
The Specific Plan provides a framework for redevelopment of a 1.277-acre site (the Specific Plan Site or Site) within the northern portion of the Beverly Hills Business Triangle at an anchor location, accessible from South Santa Monica Boulevard and other major streets. This anchor location on a large parcel will enhance the pedestrian circulation within the Business Triangle and attract visitors to Beverly Hills. The Specific Plan proponent, Cheval Blanc (a division of LVMH), develops and operates a limited number of one-of-a-kind luxury hotel developments at select locations around the world. The Cheval Blanc will provide a one-of-a-kind luxury Hotel development that will promote harmonious, robust, and resilient economic development of the Business Triangle and surrounding area. The multiple use, Hotel-driven luxury anchor development is designed to be compatible with the scale and massing of the surrounding neighborhood, to provide pedestrian friendly amenities and uses along the street level providing a vital link between the North Rodeo Drive and North Beverly Drive corridors, and to be sensitive to the quality of life and character of the surrounding community. Consistent with Cheval Blanc’s commitments at its properties throughout the world, the development incorporates environmentally sensitive, sustainable, and responsible design.
The purpose of the Specific Plan is to facilitate the orderly and efficient development of the Specific Plan Site by, among other things, establishing appropriate size, height, and density limits. The intent of the Specific Plan is to provide a concise development plan for the Specific Plan Site and to optimize the use of the Specific Plan Site in a manner that capitalizes on the Site’s location at the northern entrance to the City’s Business Triangle.
The Specific Plan Site has frontage along South Santa Monica Boulevard, North Rodeo Drive, and North Beverly Drive. The Specific Plan allows for a single multiple use building including a luxury Hotel and private Club, with Restaurants and other Appurtenant Uses, and ground level and second floor Retail. The multiple use Hotel driven Specific Plan will anchor and revitalize the northern portion of the Business Triangle. The development of the Cheval Blanc project (the Project) on the Specific Plan Site includes the uses specified, at the densities set forth, in Table 1 – Development Program.
The Project incorporates modulation of building heights and massing, articulation of building façades on all elevations and pedestrian-friendly treatments along the adjacent public rights-of-way. Building height will vary between 4 stories near the western portion of the Site fronting on North Rodeo Drive and 9 stories near the eastern and northern portions of the Site near North Beverly Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard. The Project includes valet, accessible, and employee parking in a subterranean garage, at-grade large truck loading areas, below-grade small delivery van loading areas, outdoor dining on various roof decks, pool deck areas, and large windows and openings providing an indoor/outdoor dining character to the pedestrian experience at the ground level as a part of a ground level Restaurant.
The existing public alley, running north-south through the Site with access from South Santa Monica Boulevard, will be relocated to the southern portion of the Site. The new access point to the alley will be from the west side of North Beverly Drive; the surface of the relocated portion of the alley will remain public, with a portion of the hotel above. A valet porte cochere over a motor court facing South Santa Monica Boulevard will be used for drop-off and pick-up of Hotel guests and Club members and their respective guests, along with Restaurant and Spa patrons.
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The Project incorporates features that will complement and enhance the pedestrian environment on the three fronting streets, while allowing larger scale development of a multiple use anchor building with a luxury Hotel. At the corner of North Rodeo Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard a publicly accessible pedestrian plaza will be contiguous with the public sidewalk and include private artwork.
The sidewalks along North Rodeo Drive, South Santa Monica Boulevard and North Beverly Drive will be enhanced by a landscaped pedestrian parkway at the curb, providing protection for pedestrians and a landscaped character to the street. The width of the sidewalk along the South Santa Monica Boulevard frontage will be increased by dedication of a surface right-of-way for sidewalk purposes, adding an additional approximately one and a half feet (1.5’) to the existing sidewalk width along the western half of the block and an approximate three feet (3’) for the eastern half of South Santa Monica Boulevard; the resulting perimeter sidewalks will vary from approximately eight feet (8’) to twelve feet (12’) wide plus the three foot (3’) parkway. The ground level of the building will be designed to engage the street by locating Retail and Restaurant uses with large transparent glass windows and doors adjacent to the sidewalks of the adjoining streets, including large windows and openings providing an indoor/outdoor dining character to the pedestrian experience at the ground level as a part of a ground level Restaurant, and through the use of special paving on the perimeter sidewalks integrated with the design of the building. The combined sidewalk enhancements and ground level building uses will Table 1 – Development Program1
Number of Hotel
Rooms
Floor Area (SF) Max. Floor
Area Ratio
(FAR)
Above Grade Maximum Floor Area and FAR 205,700 3.91
Below Grade Floor Area and FAR varies varies
Total Maximum Floor Area and FAR 220,950 4.2
Floor Area By Use2
• Hotel Rooms, Club and Appurtenant Uses
including Restaurants operated as
Appurtenant Uses3
Up to 115 175,000
• Restaurants/Bars/Lounges that shall or may
be operated as open to the public3
12,400
• Retail 25,000
1. The Development Program sets forth the maximum allowed above grade and total floor area and FAR. Below grade floor area and FAR may vary based on actual above grade floor area and FAR, subject to the total maximum floor area and FAR. Site area for FAR purposes is 52,607 square feet. Floor area excludes exterior walls, stair shafts, elevators, elevator lobbies less than 100 square feet per cab, parking spaces and access, maintenance equipment/machinery rooms, outdoor dining areas, decks and balconies, and 2,000 square feet of storage per below grade parking level.
2. The Development Program includes the maximum number of Hotel rooms and the approximate amount of space that may be allocated to each general use in the building. The floor area by use may be increased by up to five percent (5%) pursuant to Section 6.3; however, the maximum floor area of the Project may not exceed 220,950 square feet.
3. Excludes 2,500 square feet of outdoor dining/bar on private property that is open to the public at the 6th floor and 2,260 square feet of Appurtenant Use (closed to the public) outdoor dining/bar on private property on the 7th floor.
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facilitate and promote pedestrian connections between the North Rodeo Drive and North Beverly Drive corridors and energize the North Beverly Drive corridor.
The Specific Plan contains policies, standards and guidelines, and conditions of approval designed to ensure that the Specific Plan Site is improved in a manner that recognizes the Site as an anchor in the northern part of the Business Triangle, effectively utilizing architectural elements, providing a world class architectural landmark, incorporating open space and landscaping, and encouraging pedestrian circulation between the Specific Plan Site, other businesses in the City’s Business Triangle, residential neighborhoods, and transit.
1.3 SPECIFIC PLAN SITE
A. Project Location
The Specific Plan Site is comprised of seven legal lots: 1) one legal lot at 456 North Rodeo Drive (Assessor’s Parcel Number 4343-016-012, 456 North Rodeo), 2) two legal lots at 468 North Rodeo Drive (Assessor’s Parcel Number 4343-016-001, 468 North Rodeo Drive), 3) three legal lots at 461- 465 North Beverly Drive (Assessor’s Parcel Number 4343-016-023, 461 North Beverly), and 4) one legal lot at 449-453 North Beverly Drive (Assessor’s Parcel Number 4343-016-019, 449 North Beverly). The Specific Plan Site is generally bounded by South Santa Monica Boulevard to the north, existing commercial buildings to the south, North Beverly Drive to the east, and North Rodeo Drive to the west. The overall Site Area is approximately 1.277 acres. The Site Area used for FAR calculations excluding the existing public alley is 1.208 acres. The Site’s lowest elevation is at its southeastern portion, and its highest elevation of 265.97’ (266’) is at the northeast corner along South Santa Monica Boulevard near North Beverly Drive, which is used to calculate the Project’s height in conformance with BHMC Title 10, Chapter 3, Article 1, Section 10-3-100, “Height of Building.” Specific Plan (“SP Figure”) 1 identifies the location of the Site and SP Figure 2 identifies the Specific Plan Site.
B. Existing Setting
1. Specific Plan Site
The Site is currently developed with four commercial structures, three surface parking lots, and one underground parking lot. The commercial structure at 456 North Rodeo currently houses retailer Celine and provides 6,895 square feet and nine surface parking spaces. The commercial structure at 468 North Rodeo formerly housed retailer Brooks Brothers and provides 20,265 square feet and six surface parking spaces. The commercial structure located at 461 North Beverly Drive formerly housed The Paley Center for Media and provides 23,351 square feet, five surface parking spaces, and 45 underground parking spaces. The 6,276 square foot commercial structure, which consists of two separate connected buildings located at 449 North Beverly Drive (inclusive of 451 and 453, collectively 449 North Beverly), is vacant. No residential units exist on the Site. SP Figure 3 illustrates the existing condition of the Site.
2. Surrounding Land Uses
The Site is surrounded by a mix of land uses as illustrated in SP Figure 4:
a. North along South Santa Monica Boulevard: A collection of small retail stores and restaurants, including an art gallery, are located across the street from the Site on the north side of South Santa Monica Boulevard. b. South: Immediately south of the Site fronting North Rodeo Drive is a 3- story building, which contains Ralph Lauren and Giorgio Armani stores
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on floors 1-2 and a doctor's office and other commercial office tenants on the 3rd floor. The area immediately south of the Project Site close to North Beverly Drive is developed with two 2-story buildings. The building that fronts North Beverly Drive has small retail stores and restaurants on the ground floor and office space on the second floor. The building that fronts the alley (the Geary Building) contains warehouse space on the ground floor with office space on the second floor.
c. East across North Beverly Drive: The 9-story, 110’ Bank of America Financial Center is located directly across from the Site on the east side of Beverly Drive. The building primarily contains office space with a Bank of America Branch office and vacant commercial space on the ground floor fronting North Beverly Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard. d. West across North Rodeo Drive: A collection of luxury clothing stores, including Alexander McQueen, Brioni, DSquared2, Zadig & Voltaire, and Saint Laurent are located across the street from the Site on the west side of North Rodeo Drive.
The closest residential uses to the Site are approximately 525 feet to the north, on the north side of Santa Monica Boulevard, north of Beverly Gardens Park. The Site is approximately 0.4 mile walking distance from the Metro D (formerly Purple) line station currently under construction on Wilshire Boulevard.
1.4 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
Implementation of the Specific Plan will help to achieve the following goals and objectives:
a. To encourage a one-of-a-kind luxury Hotel development setting a new international standard and providing a new anchor use that will attract visitors to the Business Triangle and Beverly Hills, providing additional tax revenue for the City both directly and indirectly by supporting robust and resilient economic development of the Business Triangle and surrounding area.
b. To ensure that a luxury multiple use Hotel development acting as an anchor use for the northern portion of North Rodeo Drive will enhance the City’s Business Triangle and will promote harmonious, robust and resilient economic development of the Business Triangle and surrounding area.
c. To provide for luxury Hotel driven development that is compatible with the scale and massing of the surrounding neighborhood, through appropriate modulation, upper story setbacks, other similar measures, or any combination thereof.
d. To provide pedestrian friendly amenities and uses along the street level, with sidewalk widths and setbacks that are generally consistent with other development along South Santa Monica Boulevard, North Rodeo Drive, and North Beverly Drive.
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e. To ensure that luxury Hotel driven development will be sensitive to the quality of life, and character of the surrounding community. f. To promote a high level of design excellence by providing an exclusive, world-class, modern yet timeless, classic design for this luxury destination that reflects Southern California and the hospitality guest experience of the Cheval Blanc brand.
g. To accommodate vehicle flow on adjacent City streets and promote multiple transportation modes (walking, bicycling) by relocating the alley bisecting the Site, placing parking underground, limiting driveway access points, and enhancing the pedestrian environment on all of the adjoining streets.
h. To provide high quality, luxury Retail along North Rodeo Drive’s ground floor frontage, enhancing and fostering the economic vitality and identity of this world-known pedestrian-oriented retail district. i. To incorporate environmentally sensitive, sustainable, and responsible design.
j. To promote and protect the public health, safety and welfare.
1.5 CONTENTS
The Specific Plan consists of the following components:
a. Chapter 1.0 (Introduction) provides a broad overview of the Specific Plan and its goals.
b. Chapter 2.0 (Planning Context) describes the planning issues and procedures for approval of the Specific Plan.
c. Chapter 3.0 (Plan Components) sets forth the general land use concept for the Specific Plan Site, and describes land uses, building placement, traffic circulation, and utilities.
d. Chapter 4.0 (Development Standards and Guidelines) sets forth Development Standards and guidelines for the Specific Plan Site, including permitted uses, parking, building height, density and capacity, signage, architecture, and design.
e. Chapter 5.0 (Operational Standards) sets forth the provisions governing the long-term operation of uses within the Specific Plan Site. f. Chapter 6.0 (Implementation and Administration) sets forth the implementation and amendment process for the Specific Plan. g. Chapter 7.0 (Mitigation Measures) sets forth the mitigation measures and conditions of approval that have been adopted by the City Council and
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incorporates those mitigation measures and conditions into the Specific Plan.1
h. Chapter 8.0 (SP Figures): Chapter 8.0 contains the SP Figures referenced throughout the Specific Plan.
CHAPTER 2.0 – PLANNING CONTEXT
2.1 INTRODUCTION
This chapter provides an overview of the Specific Plan process, General Plan and Zoning Amendments, and public participation in developing the Specific Plan.
2.2 AUTHORITY
The California Government Code (Title 7, Division 1, Chapter 3, Article B, §§ 65450-65457) authorizes cities to adopt specific plans for the systematic implementation of the general plan for all or part of the area covered by the general plan. Any specific plan adopted pursuant to this authority shall be consistent with the adopted general plan. Once a specific plan is adopted, all zoning, subdivision, public works projects, and development agreements shall then be consistent with the specific plan.
The Beverly Hills General Plan (the General Plan) provides that the Site may be used for general commercial uses including hotels and appurtenant uses and retail within the Commercial Low Density General land use designation in the City’s General Plan Land Use designation map.
2.3 GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING DESIGNATIONS
The Specific Plan Site is designated as Low-Density General Commercial on the General Plan land use map and has a zoning designation of C-3 prior to the adoption of the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan.
In connection with the adoption of the Cheval Blanc Specific Plan, the Land Use Plan Map in the Land Use Element of the General Plan shall be amended to designate the Specific Plan Site as “SP-Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan,” and the zoning designation for the Specific Plan Site shall be amended to change the designation for the Specific Plan Site to the “Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan” zone as shown in SP Figure 5. Section 2.4 of the Specific Plan provides an analysis of the Specific Plan’s consistency with the City’s General Plan.
2.4 RELATIONSHIP TO THE GENERAL PLAN
The General Plan serves as the long-term planning guide for future development throughout the City.
The General Plan operates as a guide to the type of community desired for the future and provides the means to accomplish that goal. California law requires a specific plan to be consistent with the adopted general plan. The Specific Plan will be adopted in conjunction with general plan amendments to amend the Land Use Element and map to change the land use designation for the Specific Plan Area from “Low Density General Commercial” to “SP – Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan,” 1 To be completed after CEQA certification and Specific Plan adoption.
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thereby permitting a mix of Hotel, Appurtenant Uses, and other commercial uses in the Specific Plan Area in a manner consistent with the General Plan.
The Specific Plan is consistent with the General Plan, as amended, and advances the policies, objectives, goals, recommendations and characteristics identified below:
A. Land Use Element
The Land Use Element of the General Plan contains the following policies recommendations and characteristics that are important to the Specific Plan:
LU 1 Long-Term Stability. In general, each of the land use issues is directed toward the enhancement and maintenance of the long-term durability and stability of the community. A plan which would accomplish this must recognize the unique qualities of the community, and with it, the factors which enhance the uniqueness as well as the factors which jeopardize them. Beverly Hills is fortunate in that it is able to serve a variety of residential and commercial demands in a manner and combination which is difficult to duplicate elsewhere in the Los Angeles area. Consequently, as long as Beverly Hills is able to provide an alternative not available elsewhere, it will endure. The characteristics which contribute to the special opportunities available in Beverly Hills include:
x The City's key location with respect to major professional and managerial centers of employment.
x The wide range of high-quality services, such as police, fire, and education. x The quality of the physical environment, such as its extensive network of trees and landscaping, relatively unmarred by overhead utilities. x The scale of the community, which fosters a sense of place and identity rather than a sense of anonymity.
x The pride of its residents and businesses, as reflected in many ways, such as the architecture, landscaping, and overall concern for the welfare of the community, as evidenced in the wideranging commitments to participation in community affairs. x The character of its business community, as reflected in the quality and diversity of its stores, hotels, restaurants, and offices.
x The exceptional qualities of its housing stock, which offers a variety of housing and neighborhoods rarely found elsewhere.
LU 9.3 Anchor locations (Commercial Areas). It is also recommended that certain anchor locations be set aside to permit development of a higher intensity type of development that is not otherwise provided in the community. These areas should be located so as to be accessible from or within the City’s major shopping areas and close to the City’s major streets.
These anchor locations should include large parcels that are located at the gateways to the City, such as the Site at 9900 Wilshire Boulevard or where additional building height is appropriate. A variety of land uses such as commercial, residential, and mixed use should be considered for the anchor locations. A change of use from commercial to residential or mixed use should be allowed only if such change provides an adequate transition to adjacent singlefamily neighborhoods.
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LU 9.4 Anchor Location Design Criteria. The anchor location should encourage unified development oriented towards and along Wilshire Boulevard and at the intersection of North Rodeo Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard planned to complement the scale and character of adjacent development, including residential areas. In addition, development of the anchor locations should incorporate measures to enhance streets, sidewalks, and roadways in order to encourage pedestrian circulation between these areas and the Business Triangle, and within the Business Triangle.
LU 15.2 Priority Businesses. Retain and build upon the key business sectors contributing to the City's identity, economy, and revenue for resident services, such as entertainment-related Class-A offices, high-end retail and fashion, restaurant, hotel, technology, and supporting uses.
The Specific Plan is consistent with each of these policies, recommendations, and characteristics.
The implementation of the Specific Plan will enhance the quality of the physical environment, foster a strong sense of place with the development of an anchor architectural building in Beverly Hills, incorporate modulation of building heights, articulation of building facades of all elevations and pedestrian-friendly treatments along the public rights-of-way. The heights and massing of the multiple use building respond to the Sites’ location in the Business Triangle and the character of the area, with Retail and lower building heights along North Rodeo Drive frontage near South Santa Monica Boulevard. Via stepped-back, modulated massing, the Project’s building heights along South Santa Monica Boulevard and North Beverly Drive are compatible with and transition to the unmodulated height of an existing structure to the east. The luxury Hotel, private Club, Restaurants, and other Appurtenant Uses and Retail uses that will be developed in the Specific Plan Site will be of exceptional quality and will be designed to promote pedestrian activity along its three adjoining streets in the Business Triangle. The pedestrian plaza with private artwork at the intersection of South Santa Monica Boulevard and North Rodeo Drive provides an iconic art anchor for the northern portion of the Business Triangle.
Consistent with General Plan policies LU 9.3 and LU 9.4, the Site is designated in the Specific Plan as an anchor location appropriate for higher intensity-type development and additional height. The Site is large, accessible from major streets and close to other major streets. The unified multiple use commercial development incorporates measures to enhance the street and sidewalks, encouraging pedestrian circulation within the Business Triangle, along North Rodeo Drive, South Santa Monica Boulevard, and North Beverly Drive. These measures include pedestrian supportive uses along the sidewalk with large transparent windows providing views of the Project’s Retail and Restaurant uses and including large windows and openings providing an indoor/outdoor dining character to the pedestrian experience at the ground floor Restaurant use, a publicly accessible pedestrian plaza be contiguous with the public sidewalk and including private artwork, new street trees similar to existing species, landscaped parkways, and other landscape features.
B. Open Space Element
The Open Space Element of the General Plan contains the following statements that are important to the Specific Plan:
Overview: Beverly Hills offers a variety of natural and man-made aesthetic resources that define its unique character. The City’s built environment reflects its rich architectural heritage.
However, the City’s greatest aesthetic resource is its elaborate network of landscaping and scenic vistas which fosters a sense of spaciousness within an urban setting, differentiating this community from others.
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OS 8.5 Urban Parks. Encourage and allow opportunities for new development to provide small plazas, pocket parks, civic spaces, and other gathering places that are available to the public to help meet recreational demands.
The Project provides a publicly accessible pedestrian plaza with private artwork at the intersection of South Santa Monica Boulevard and North Rodeo Drive, streetscape improvements on the three adjoining streets, and landscaping as part of its building façade.
C. Circulation Element
The Circulation Element of the Beverly Hills General Plan contains the following policies that are important to the Specific Plan:
CIR 4.1. Parking Provisions. Ensure that adequate parking is provided for existing and future uses while considering shared parking opportunities, Travel Demand Management (TDM) plans, and availability of alternate modes of travel, based on the Site’s proximity to transit.
CIR 11.2b. A program for widening and realignment of the alleys as recommended in the Master Plan of Streets Study. This proposal calls for dedication of additional alley right-of-way to better enable the alleys to serve their intended function. This is an important implementation tool which would serve as a development guide. Due to its specific nature, however, it should be adopted separately from the City’s General Plan, and modified as specific circumstances dictate.
CIR 11.2c. In commercial areas, however, there is the additional concern for alley relocation and/or closure, which may be desirable in conjunction with specific development proposals. As important as they are, the existence of the alleys should not preclude consideration of proposals which would alter them if satisfactory alternate services would be provided. In certain instances, development proposals which would utilize the alley may provide a type or quality of development or access which better serves the City’s objectives and as such, should be considered. Such development proposals might include alley closure which would permit unified development across an entire block or permit safer street access, or use of the alley as part of a landscaped pedestrian plaza or mall, or relocation of an alley of a more functional arrangement of structures or possible consideration of the space above or below the alley for parking purposes.
The Specific Plan is consistent with these provisions of the Circulation Element of the Beverly Hills General Plan. The parking for the Site provides adequate centrally located, uniformly operated parking facilities that will provide adequate access to parking for visitors and employees alike. Valet parking will be provided in the motor court for Hotel and Appurtenant Uses, Restaurant and Spa patrons, as well as guests and visitors to the Specific Plan Site. Valet parking for Club members and their guests will be provided on North Beverly. VIP and VIC Retail customers shopping by appointment and employees will self-park by accessing the down ramp at the rear of the building via the relocated alley off of North Beverly Drive. General Retail customer parking (i.e., parking for Retail customers who are not shopping by appointment) will be provided off-Site by participation in the City’s In Lieu Parking Program. Relocation of the alley and widening the South Santa Monica Boulevard sidewalk right-of-way, including by amending the Master Plan of Streets, allows for one-of-a-kind luxury, Hotel driven multiple use development across a unified series of parcels along the block of South Santa Monica Boulevard from North Rodeo Drive to North Beverly Drive, providing a more functional arrangement of the building as an anchor development revitalizing the northern portion of the Business Triangle.
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2.5 RELATIONSHIP TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE
As set forth in proposed BHMC Title 10, Chapter 3, Article 15.9, the Specific Plan supersedes other development regulations and standards set forth in the Beverly Hills Planning and Zoning Ordinances (BHMC Title 10, Chapters 3 and 4) for the Specific Plan Site. The provisions of this Specific Plan shall apply in lieu of the provisions in the Planning and Zoning Ordinances, provided that for development and operational standards not established in this Specific Plan, the standards in the Planning and Zoning Ordinances shall apply. In addition, any terms used in this Specific Plan that are not defined or described herein shall have the meanings, if any, set forth for them in the Planning and Zoning Ordinances.
2.6 RELATIONSHIP TO PARKING STANDARDS
A. The Specific Plan relationship to the City’s generally-applicable parking standards, and the Specific Plan’s parking standards set forth in Section 4.4, Table 2 – Parking Requirements, are described below. Parking for the Project shall be provided in conformance with Section 4.4.
1. For the Development Program in Table 1 – Development Program, a Parking Demand Analysis Study (Kimley Horn, 2021, revised 2022) was prepared using two methodologies from the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Shared Parking, 3rd Edition (ULI Shared Parking), with input from empirical data from hotels and restaurants in Beverly Hills and comparable, nearby communities, analytical assumptions based on empirical data and recently relied on by the City and the City of West Hollywood regarding parking demand for private member club uses, and operational information from the applicant’s existing retail stores on North Rodeo Drive regarding the demand for on-Site VIP-VIC Retail customer parking.
2. The Parking Demand Analysis Study found a thirty-three percent (33%) overnight drive rate for existing Beverly Hills hotels. Hotel drive in rates are derived by calculating the number of occupied rooms and comparing that with overnight cars parked in a hotel’s parking garage.
3. The Specific Plan provides that the Site’s ground floor Restaurant shall, and its sixth floor Restaurant may, be operated as a non-Appurtenant Use, i.e., open to the public. The Parking Demand Analysis therefore assumed that both the ground floor and sixth floor Restaurants (both indoor and outdoor) would be operated as open to the public and would be provided with parking.
4. The empirically-based drive rate and requirement that the publicly-accessible (i.e., non-Appurtenant) Restaurants be separately parked support a Hotel use parking requirement of 0.83/parking space per Hotel room.
5. Consistent with BHMC Title 10, Chapter 3, Article 28.6, section 10-3-2866(I), it is appropriate to reduce the Project’s parking requirements, excepting Club Facilities and Retail, by fifteen percent (15%) because of:
a. The Site’s close proximity to public transportation including Metro Rapid Line 704, with a 15-minute headway weekday service and stops along Santa Monica Boulevard within 600’ and 800’ of the Site, and Metro Lines 4, 14/37, 20/720 and 16/316, with stops within 500’ and 1,400’ of the Site.
The heavy rail Metro Line D (formerly Purple Line) Wilshire Rodeo
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Station, located within 0.4 mile walking distance of the Site, is currently under construction and scheduled to open in 2025;
b. The Site is located in close proximity to a dense concentration of shopping and services easily accessible on foot; and
c. Free transit passes shall be made available to Hotel and Club employees who use transit to travel to and from the Site to work, see Attachment G Transportation Demand Management Strategies in LA VMT Calculator (Los Angeles Department of Transportation), p. 11, providing a twenty percent (20%) VMT reduction when employees are eligible for employerprovided transit passes. Transit passes shall also be made available to Hotel guests upon request.
6. The Parking Demand Analysis Study analyzed peak parking demand under two methodologies: (i) the parking demand rates, credits and shared parking model supplied by ULI Shared Parking; and (ii) applying the BHMC, including applicable BHMC-parking credits, in conjunction with the ULI Shared Parking model. Under these analyses, the peak weekday parking demand varies from 139 to 151 spaces and the peak weekend parking demand varies from 140 to 146 spaces.
See Parking Demand Analysis Study Section II and Appendix E. The Specific Plan’s parking requirements, as applied to the Project, require 139 on-Site parking spaces and 33 off-Site parking spaces for non-VIP-VIC Retail customers via the City’s In Lieu Parking Program, for a total of 172 parking spaces, which is more than the estimated parking demand.
7. The Project’s participation in the In-Lieu Parking District to provide Retail customer parking is appropriate on the basis of the following findings:
a. The Site is located in an In-Lieu Parking District and contains eligible uses pursuant to BHMC Section 10-3-3301, including General Retail Sales Commercial Activities, Convenience Sale and Service Commercial Uses and Food Sales, and Service Commercial Uses.The Project encourages retail trade in the In-Lieu Parking District and will generate additional retail sales through its Retail use itself and because the Project as a whole will attract and serve potential retail sales customers in the In-Lieu Parking District;
b. The Project’s Retail use and the Project as a whole are compatible with and will not be detrimental to retail business in the In-Lieu Parking District; c. The Parking Demand Analysis demonstrates that 48 customer parking spaces, including 15 VIP-VIC Retail customer parking spaces and 10 employee parking spaces, are sufficient to serve the Project’s Retail use; d. Off-Site provision of 33 new customer parking spaces for the Project’s Retail use via participation in the In-Lieu Parking District will not unreasonably deplete parking resources within the In-Lieu Parking District, adversely affect existing and anticipated development in the vicinity, create any significantly adverse traffic safety impacts, pedestrianvehicle conflicts, or parking impacts, or be detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare.
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e. Off-Site provision of 33 total (28 new) customer parking spaces for the Project’s Retail use via participation in the In-Lieu Parking District will promote harmonious development of the area.
8. The Parking Demand Analysis Study analyzed special event parking demand, based on the Specific Plan’s limitations on the number of events and their capacities, see Parking Demand Analysis Study Section IV, and concludes that the special event peak parking demand is for 218 spaces (this is inclusive of daily weekday and weekend peak parking demand). A Valet Parking Management Plan (LAZ Parking, 2022) shows, at pages 4-6, that levels B1, B2 and B3 can accommodate up to 218 spaces with stacked parking. Therefore, the peak event parking demands anticipated in the Parking Demand Analysis Study will be accommodated by the Project.
2.7 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
The Specific Plan was presented to the Planning Commission at noticed public hearings on February 10, 2022, February 24, 2022, which were both noticed on January 21, 2022, by publication, mail and posting at the Project Site. At the conclusion of the February 24, 2022 hearing, the Planning Commission continued the matter to March 24, 2022. At the applicant’s request, the March 24, 2022 hearing was continued to a date uncertain. On May 6, 2022, notice was published, mailed and posted at the Project Site that the Planning Commission would hold public hearings on the Project on May 26, 2022, and June 13, 2022. Public comment was taken at the May 26, 2022 hearing, and the Planning Commission directed staff to prepare for adoption on June 13, 2022, Resolutions recommending that the City Council 1) certify the Final Environmental Impact Report prepared in conformance with the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq., CEQA), and 2) adopt the Specific Plan. The Specific Plan shall be presented to and considered by the City Council as provided for in the BHMC and shall be presented to the public for input and analyzed by the City in conformance with CEQA. The adopted Specific Plan shall reflect changes to the originally submitted Specific Plan proposed by the applicant and as provided by the Planning Commission and the City Council.
The applicant’s voluntary public outreach plan includes the informal notice provided to property owners and tenants on the alley. The notice was distributed by US Mail on June 26, 2020. [Note: The above text is a placeholder in the Specific Plan and will be updated as the review process unfolds. It will include a discussion of the public process including when the public was noticed, how they were noticed, and when public meetings occurred.]
2.8 CEQA COMPLIANCE
An Initial Study dated November 13, 2020, found that the Project may have a significant effect on the environment in the areas of: Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Energy, Geology/Soils (Paleontological), Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Land Use Planning, Noise, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems (Energy). Following a noticed scoping meeting held on December 2, 2020, a Draft Environmental impact report was prepared and a Notice of Availability posted on September 17, 2021. Based on comments received from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Draft Environmental Impact Report (the Draft EIR) included an analysis of potential impacts to Biological Resources (Bats). A forty-five day comment period on the Draft EIR ran from September 17, 2021, through November 1, 2021, and a hearing to receive public comment was held by the Planning Commission on October 28, 2021.
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A Final Environmental Impact Report (the Draft EIR, comments received on the Draft EIR, responses to substantive CEQA comments on the Draft EIR, and any text changes, together the Final EIR) was prepared for the Specific Plan pursuant to the provisions of CEQA, the State CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Sections 15000 et seq.), and the City’s Local Environmental Guidelines, and released in February 2022. The Final EIR identified potentially significant environmental impacts resulting from the implementation of the proposed Specific Plan, all of which will be reduced to less than significant with implementation of the feasible mitigation measures identified in the Final EIR that will be incorporated as conditions of approval into the Specific Plan.
Public comment was taken regarding, and the Planning Commission considered, the Final EIR at noticed public hearings on February 10, 2022, February 24, 2022, and May 26, 2022. At the conclusion of the May 26, 2022 hearing, the Planning Commission directed staff to prepare for adoption on June 13, 2022, a Resolution recommending that the City Council certify the Final EIR. [Note: This above text is a placeholder in the Specific Plan and will be updated as the review process unfolds. It will be revised at a later date with a full discussion of the CEQA process completed for this project.]
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CHAPTER 3.0 – PLAN COMPONENTS
3.1 INTRODUCTION
The Specific Plan is a comprehensive policy and regulatory document that will be used to guide development of the Site. This chapter addresses (a) the location, distribution, and extent of land uses within the Specific Plan Site, and (b) the location, distribution, and extent of essential facilities serving the Specific Plan Site.
3.2 LAND USES
The land use concept for the Specific Plan Site encourages a development consisting of a luxury Hotel, private Club and Appurtenant Uses, Restaurants, Retail, a subterranean parking structure, and rooftop and ground level open areas, all on 1.277 net acres of land. SP Figure 6 illustrates the basic land use concept for the Specific Plan Site.
The uses in the Specific Plan Site shall be limited to those uses set forth in Section 4.2 of this Specific Plan.
A conditional use permit shall not be required for a Hotel and private Club with Appurtenant Uses, Restaurants, Retail, or any other use listed in Section 4.2 of this Specific Plan, other than as provided for in Section 4.
3.3 SITE PLANNING
A. Building Placement
The multiple use building will be placed close to the public rights-of-way of the adjacent streets to create an active pedestrian environment along the public sidewalks as shown in SP Figures 7 and 9.
The location, distribution and type of open space, pedestrian amenities, and landscaping shall be substantially as shown on SP Figures 19 and 37 of the Specific Plan. The Specific Plan’s Development Program is summarized in Table 1 – Development Program.
B. Circulation
1. Local Circulation
The Specific Plan Site is located within the area bounded by South Santa Monica Boulevard to the north, North Beverly Drive to the east, and North Rodeo Drive to the west. The locations of these streets are shown on SP Figure 8.
According to the California Highway System - Functional Classification Roads, used by the City to define the local street network, South Santa Monica Boulevard is a principal arterial, Beverly Drive is a minor arterial, and North Rodeo Drive is a local street with regional traffic carried by both Santa Monica Boulevard and Beverly Drive. The Project Site is adjacent to South Santa Monica Boulevard; note that North Santa Monica Boulevard carries a larger proportion of the regional through traffic than South Santa Monica Boulevard. South Santa Monica Boulevard extends from the City of Los Angeles border on the west and then merges with Burton Way on the east in Beverly Hills near Rexford Drive.
South Santa Monica Boulevard has two travel lanes in each direction, left turn lanes at intersections and no on street parking adjacent to the Site. Beverly Drive extends from Sunset Boulevard in the City of Beverly Hills on the north to just past National Boulevard in the City of Los Angeles to the south, and consists of two travel lanes in each direction with metered on street parking near the southern portion of the Site. North Rodeo Drive, the premier shopping street in Beverly Hills, extends from
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Wilshire Boulevard in the south to Sunset Boulevard to the north and has two travel lanes in each direction, a left turn lane at Santa Monica Boulevard, a landscaped median south of the Site, and palm tree lined sidewalks on both sides.
Transportation improvements and facilities including alleys, driveways, and parking facilities shall be constructed within the Specific Plan Site to minimize parking and circulation impacts on adjoining streets. The alley, driveway, and parking facilities to be constructed within the Specific Plan Site shall be substantially as shown on SP Figures 9 through 12. Parking and Appurtenant Uses may be redistributed within the below grade levels from the distribution shown on the conceptual Architectural Plans submitted with the Specific Plan, dated 10/20/2020 and partially revised 12/28/2021 (Plans).
2. Transportation lmpacts
A traffic study will be prepared as part of the CEQA analysis and, separately, in compliance with the City’s Local Transportation Assessment Guidelines (October 2019). [Note: This text is a placeholder and will be updated as the review process unfolds.]
3. Pedestrian Circulation
The Project and the public sidewalks of the three adjoining streets are designed to encourage pedestrians from neighboring areas to walk to the commercial uses at the Specific Plan Site, such as the Retail and Restaurants, and to provide an attractive pedestrian link within the Business Triangle between the North Rodeo Drive corridor and the North Beverly Drive corridor. The Project continues and enhances the pedestrian-oriented retail environment along North Rodeo Drive with two-story luxury Retail façades containing large transparent windows fronting along the sidewalk providing visual interest and window-shopping opportunities. The sidewalk has a landscaped parkway with street trees near the curb providing protection for pedestrians from traffic, as well as a new pedestrian plaza at the intersection of North Rodeo Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard providing additional pedestrian space near the crosswalks; private artwork will be installed at the plaza.
Along South Santa Monica Boulevard, luxury Retail continues with large transparent windows fronting on the sidewalk. Dedication of an additional one and a half foot (1.5’) to three feet (3’) of surface rightof-way enlarges the existing sidewalk, which is also enhanced with a landscaped parkway with palms adjacent to the curb providing protection for pedestrians from traffic. The pedestrian access to the Hotel lobby is from the sidewalk along the side of the motor court, which is partially screened from pedestrians on the sidewalk by a low wall. The transparent lobby wall provides visual access to a large fine art mural to be installed at the rear lobby wall, which will provide visual interest to pedestrians. At the intersection of South Santa Monica Boulevard and North Beverly Drive, a gourmet Restaurant with large windows and openings provides an indoor/outdoor dining character to the pedestrian experience, which, along with an ancillary, pedestrian-only entrance to the Restaurant, will provide vibrant activity and interest for pedestrians along the sidewalk.
Along North Beverly Drive, the large windows and indoor/outdoor dining character of the Restaurant facing the sidewalk continue. Pedestrian access-only for Club members is provided via a lobby with an opening to the street. A landscape parkway with street trees at the curb protects pedestrians on the sidewalk from adjoining street traffic.
4. Parking and Loading Facilities
The subterranean parking structure shall provide a minimum of 139 parking spaces in compliance with Section 4.4 of this Specific Plan and substantially as shown on SP Figures 10, 11, and 12. On-
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Site parking shall be below-grade with valet parking for Hotel guests, Club members, and Spa and Restaurant patrons primarily in tandem spaces and self-parked Retail VIP-VIC customer and employee parking primarily in single loaded spaces; these spaces provide parking for all land uses within the Specific Plan Site, with the exception of 33 spaces for Retail customer parking which shall be off-Site by participation in the City’s In Lieu Parking Program. Employee parking may, subject to subsequent approval, be provided off-Site as provided for in Section 4.4(B). Truck loading spaces may be used for staging of pick-up and drop-off of passenger vehicles during occasional peak-event times, including times of general peak event congestion in the City.
The Project’s full-size loading areas shall be located at grade and located in the southern portion of the Site (see SP Figures 9 and 29); two smaller format van loading spaces will be provided below grade (see Specific Plan Figure 10).
3.4 UTILITIES
Due to the long-time operation of commercial uses at the Specific Plan Site and the urbanized nature of the surrounding area, the Specific Plan Site is currently provided with facilities for sewage, water, drainage, solid waste disposal, and energy. The Specific Plan Project has been studied to determine if the development will require additional sewage, water, solid waste disposal, energy, or other essential facilities. Supporting information and analyses have been documented in a “Utility Memorandum”, dated August 14, 2020 prepared by Kimley Horn as well as a “Preliminary Hydrology & Hydraulics Report”, dated August 14, 2020 prepared by Kimley Horn. The Project will be required to pay its fair share to mitigate any cumulative impacts on City facilities. Planning level work has been done with the applicable utility service providers to determine the Project’s demands on each system. In addition, all utility construction, connections, and maintenance shall conform to the provisions of the BHMC.
Implementation of the Specific Plan will require relocation of certain utilities substantially as shown on SP Figures 13 through 18.
A. Water
The City of Beverly Hills Water Department provides water to the Specific Plan Site. Existing water lines running along South Santa Monica Boulevard, North Beverly Drive, and the alley forming a looped distribution system. The Project proposes to interrupt the water line loop in the alley at the southern edge of the Site and South Santa Monica Boulevard. The alley line will be looped back down the existing alley. The line at South Santa Monica Boulevard will be capped at its current connection to the alley line. SP Figure 13 shows the proposed relocation of the water distribution system that serves the Specific Plan Site and adjacent buildings.
The Utility Memorandum provides further detail showing the projected water service required by the Project. City water service infrastructure does not need to be upgraded to serve the Project.
The applicant has coordinated with the Director of Public Works at the City of Beverly Hills and the City’s consultant, CIVILTEC Engineering Inc., with regard to the above noted relocation as well as the capacity of the existing supply and distribution of water to accommodate the Project’s water demand.
The applicant understands that CIVILTEC has completed a preliminary memorandum to confirm the viability of a looped water system within the existing alley. Similarly, the City has performed an initial hydraulic analysis and confirmed that additional water mains will not be required to service the load requirement of the Specific Plan Site.
B. Sewer
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The City of Beverly Hills Public Works Department provides sewer service to the Specific Plan Site.
An existing sanitary sewer line runs within South Santa Monica Boulevard from the commercial buildings north of the Site, through the Site and south along the alley. The existing sewer line will be capped on both sides of the Site. Existing sewer service lines in South Santa Monica Boulevard will be extended to the east to connect to an existing manhole and sewer line on South Santa Monica Boulevard between North Beverly Drive and Cannon Drive. The sewer line within the alley will be terminated at the southern edge of the Site. SP Figure 14 shows the proposed relocation of the sewer facilities servicing the Site and adjacent buildings.
The Utility Memorandum provides further detail showing the projected sewer loads from the Project and verifies that the City infrastructure does not need to be upgraded as a result of the Project.
The applicant has coordinated with the Public Works Department of the City of Beverly Hills with regard to the relocation and capacity of the existing sewer lines to accommodate the wastewater generated by the Project; the Department has approved the proposed conceptual plan and supporting documentation as provided in the Utility Memorandum.
C. Solid Waste Disposal
Solid waste disposal for the Specific Plan Site is provided through a franchise with the City. All solid waste generated by the Project will be disposed of at landfills in Los Angeles or Riverside Counties.
Solid waste generation projections for the Specific Plan Site are determined by the Project size and usage typology. Projections by the City’s environmental consultant will determine if any mitigation measures will be required for solid waste disposal facilities and landfill capacities to accommodate the Project’s projected solid waste.
D. Storm Drain
The City of Beverly Hills Public Works Department provides storm drain service to the Specific Plan Site. An existing storm drain line runs along South Santa Monica Boulevard flowing to the west. The location of this line is outside of the boundary of the Site. The location of storm drain facilities and proposed storm drain plan tie-in for the Project are shown on SP Figure 15.
The Site was previously developed with commercial buildings and parking facilities with no landscape area. Implementation of the Project adds planted surface areas over structure, which will reduce the amount of impermeable land on the Site and will thereby reduce the amount of stormwater runoff from the Site. In addition, development within the Site will be required to comply with the City’s National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit and the City’s stormwater and urban runoff management ordinance (BHMC Title 9, Chapter 4, Article 5). The Preliminary Hydrology & Hydraulics Report provides further detail showing the reduced stormwater flow from the Site.
E. Energy
Southern California Edison Company (SCE) provides electricity to the Specific Plan Site and Southern California Gas Company (SCG) provides natural gas to the Specific Plan Site.
Existing underground electrical service lines are run along South Santa Monica Boulevard and the alley. SCE main lines will both be capped on either side of the Site. SCE will require additional conduits and structures be installed within the existing alley to accommodate service feeds to the neighboring properties. SCE will also require a new vault to be installed on North Beverly Drive to accommodate the service to the Site. Other electric equipment will be installed in the open-air Electric Capacitor Yard on the Site to improve the power delivery quality on the circuitry as determined by
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SCE; see Section 4.8(E) regarding the Electric Capacitor Yard. SP Figure 16 shows the proposed relocation of electrical facilities. Additionally, the Utility Memorandum provides further detail showing the projected electrical loads of the Project and the work that has been done with SCE to provide service, including preliminary design plans provided by SCE.
Existing natural gas lines run along South Santa Monica Boulevard and the alley. SCG main lines will both be capped on both sides of the Specific Plan Site. SCG will require a new connection be installed within South Santa Monica Boulevard to the east or to the west to connect the existing gas line to service. The direction will be determined by the SCG engineering department in their final design.
SCG will install their service to the Project from the existing alley. SP Figure 17 shows the proposed relocation of existing gas facilities. Additionally, the Utility Memorandum provides further detail showing the projected gas loads of the Project and the work that has been done with SCG to provide service. SCG has completed preliminary design plans that show the work needed to support the Project.
The applicant has coordinated with with regard to the relocation and capacity of the existing supply and distribution facilities for electricity and natural gas to accommodate the Project’s demands.
F. Telecom
AT&T and Spectrum provide telecommunication service (cable/internet) to the Specific Plan Site.
Existing underground telecom service lines are provided along South Santa Monica Boulevard and the alley. Telecom lines will be capped on both sides of the Site. The telecom providers have requested additional conduits be installed within the existing alley to accommodate service feeds to the Project and the neighboring properties. SP Figure 18 shows the proposed relocation of telecom distribution structures to be installed to serve the Project. The applicant has coordinated with AT&T with regard to their equipment in the area and they have provided confirmation of these preliminary plans.
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CHAPTER 4.0 – DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
4.1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
The Specific Plan is a policy and regulatory document, and all development within the Specific Plan Site shall be governed by the Specific Plan in accordance with the Development Standards and guidelines contained herein. Where this Specific Plan is silent, the BHMC applies. The provisions of BHMC Title 10, Chapter 3, Article 28.6 shall not apply to this Specific Plan unless specifically provided herein.
4.2 PERMITTED USES
The uses set forth below are permitted uses within the Specific Plan Site. If a use is not listed below, or is determined not to be a similar use consistent with the goals and objectives of the Specific Plan by the Director of Community Development pursuant to Section 4.2(B)(1), then such use shall be prohibited unless a Conditional Use Permit is approved by the Planning Commission pursuant Section
4.2(B)(2) and the procedures set forth in BHMC Title 10, Chapter 3, Article 38. The foregoing notwithstanding, uses that must be permitted pursuant to State or Federal law shall be deemed permitted uses, and shall comply with any and all provisions of the BHMC regarding such uses.
A. COMMERCIAL AREAS
1. Hotel and Appurtenant Uses substantially as shown on SP Figure 6 and illustrated on Plans Sheets A111-A192.2
a. The 115 Hotel guest rooms may be rented jointly so that maximum occupancy would number less than 115 separate rentals or Keys, but may not be rented so that maximum occupancy exceeds 115 separate rentals or Keys.
b. The Penthouse shown on SP Figure 27 and illustrated on Plans Sheet A191 may be used for events no more than 6 times per year, with nonlodging occupancy limited to 75.
2. A private Club and Appurtenant Uses in the areas substantially as shown on SP Figures 19, 20, 21, 25 and 26, and illustrated on Plan Sheets A111, A121, A131, A171 and A181.
a. No more than 500 individual Club memberships may be sold; no group or family memberships may be sold.
b. Members may each bring a maximum of two guests at any one time to use Club facilities, provided that no Club member guests shall be allowed to access the Wellness Center.
c. The screening room shall have no more than 36 fixed seats. The screening room may be let to the public in its entirety only, solely on a prior-reservation basis.
2 All SP Figures to be updated as necessary at the conclusion of the hearing process; SP Figures 20-28 will be added to the Specific Plan after the hearing process; cross-references to the applicable Plans Sheets are provided for convenience.
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d. Up to 52 Club events per year, open by reservation to no more than 50 attendees who shall be Club members and their guests, may be held in the areas shown on SP Figures 20, 21, 24 and 25 and illustrated on Plans Sheets A121, A131, A161 and A171.
e. Up to 6 Club events per year, open by reservation to no more than 150 attendees who shall be Club members and their guests and Hotel guests, may be held in the areas shown on SP Figures 20, 21, 24 and 25 and illustrated on Plans Sheets A121, A131, A161 and A171.
3. Restaurants operated as non-Appurtenant Uses, i.e., open to the public, in the areas substantially as shown on SP Figures 19 and 24, and illustrated on Plans Sheets A111 and A161. At the discretion of the operator, the Restaurant shown on SP Figure 24, and illustrated on Plans Sheet A161, shall be operated as open to the public, except that it may be reserved for use by Hotel guests, Club members, and their respective guests during those club events allowed pursuant to Section 4.2(A)(2)(e), i.e., those 6 Club events per year that are open by reservation to no more than 150 attendees who shall be Club members and their guests and Hotel guests. The Restaurant in the area substantially as shown on SP Figure 19 and illustrated on Plans Sheet A111 shall be operated as open to the public.
4. Alcohol sales (on-Site and off-Site) and consumption throughout the Specific Plan Site in conjunction with room service, Restaurants including open-air dining on private property, and food and beverage establishments, subject only to issuance of a Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control license.
5. Amplified entertainment including live music and karaoke, conducted indoors and outdoors, as an ancillary use in conjunction with a Hotel, Club, or Restaurant use, subject to BHMC Title 5, Chapter 1, Article 1 and Article 2, Section 5-1-202.
Indoor amplified entertainment shall be permitted only in those areas identified on SP Figures 19, 20, 21, 24 and 25, and illustrated on Plans Sheets A111, A121, A131, A161 and A171. Outdoor amplified entertainment shall be permitted only in those areas identified on SP Figures 24, 25, 27, 43, and 44, illustrated on Plans Sheets A161, A171 and A191, and only between the hours of 11 a.m. and 11 p.m.
6. Retail in the areas substantially as shown on SP Figure 6, 19, and 20, and illustrated on Plans Sheets A111 and A121.
B. OTHER USES
1. Other similar uses may be permitted by the Director on a determination that they are consistent with the goals and objectives of the Specific Plan pursuant to the Administrative Modification provisions of Section 6.3. Those Appurtenant Service Uses listed in BHMC Title 10, Chapter 3, Article 28.6, section 10-3-2861 are presumed to be consistent with the goals and objectives of the Specific Plan.
2. Additional uses not listed in Section 4.2(A) or authorized by the Director pursuant to Section 4.2(B)(1) may be authorized by a Conditional Use Permit approved by the Planning Commission pursuant to the procedures set forth in BHMC Title 10, Chapter 3, Article 38. The Planning Commission may approve such additional
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uses if the Commission finds that (i) the proposed location of any such uses will not be detrimental to adjacent property or to the public welfare, (ii) such uses do not materially alter the distribution, location, and extent of the uses of land as set forth in the Specific Plan, and (iii) the uses fulfill the intent of the Specific Plan as described in Section 1.3 (Goals and Objectives).
4.3 PORTE COCHERE AND MOTOR COURT
The drop-off and pick-up area located between a public street and an entry to a hotel is the motor court. The porte cochere is the roof covering the motor court. The size of the porte cochere is limited to the size substantially as shown on SP Figure 19 and illustrated on Plans Sheets A111 and A131, and which is adequate to serve the Project. The porte cochere is supported on columns and may be attached on up to three sides of the multiple use building.
A. A minimum nine (9) pick-up and drop-off spaces shall be provided in the motor court which may be covered by a porte cochere. Spaces shall comply with sizes described in section 4.4.D.1.
B. Included in the minimum pick-up and drop-off spaces above are two (2) taxi/ride sharing vehicle spaces, which shall be provided in the motor court.
4.4 PARKING AND LOADING
Any project developed under this Specific Plan shall only comply with the parking requirements provisions, and limitations of this Specific Plan. BHMC Title 10, Chapter 3, Article 28.6, Section 10-3- 2866 and Article 27, Sections 10-3-2730 through 10-3-2732, 10-3-2734, 10-3-2736 through 10-3- 2742, and 10-3-2744 for parking and loading spaces shall not apply to this Specific Plan.
A. The Project’s parking requirements shall be as set forth in Table 2 – Parking Requirements, on the basis of the findings set forth in Section 2.6.
Table 2 – Parking Requirements
Type of Use Ratio of Required Parking Spaces1
1. Hotel Rooms 0.83 space per rentable hotel room.
2. Hotel and Club Appurtenant Uses, including Restaurants operated as Appurtenant Uses (not open to the public) Included in Hotel room and Club parking requirement, except as otherwise provided for in Specific Plan
Section 4.4.
3. Restaurants operated as non-Appurtenant Uses (includes BOH, serving area, kitchen, restrooms and seating areas) 1 space per 350 square feet of floor area. é Ground Floor ------------------------------------------------------ é 6th Floor ------------------------------------------------------
4. Non-Appurtenant open-air dining on private property
é 6th Floor 1 space per 350 square feet of floor area.
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5. Retail and other commercial uses permitted under the Specific Plan and not otherwise specified in this Table 22 1 space per 350 square feet of floor area; less fifty percent (50%) of the number of spaces provided for Hotel
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guest rooms up to, but not exceeding, the number of
Retail spaces provided on-Site.
6. 3rd floor Club Facilities (includes meeting rooms, screening room and lounge and bar) 1 space per 350 square feet of floor area.
BHMC Title 10, Chapter 3, Article 28.6, section 10-3-2866(I) – Project parking requirement subject to fifteen percent (15%) reduction with the exception of Club Facilities and Retail (no. 5 and no. 6 of this Table 2).
1. This parking requirement can be satisfied by providing tandem or compact parking spaces in compliance with the standards set forth in Specific Plan Section 4.4(D).
2. Thirty-three percent of the required Retail parking spaces shall be provided on-Site for employees. With the exception of 15 spaces for VIP-VIC Retail customers, Retail customer parking shall be provided off-Site via participation in the In Lieu Parking Program. Previously obtained in lieu parking spaces for prior retail uses on the Site shall be credited to the Project.
B. Off-Site Employee Parking
1. Subject to the approval of the Director of Community Development, employee parking for the Project may be provided off-Site within 750’ of the Site, on property owned by the Project owner or operator or on property in another ownership, provided that the Specific Plan operator shall furnish satisfactory evidence to the Director of a legal right to parking at the off-Site location.
C. Retail Parking
1. Thirty-three percent of the required Retail parking spaces shall be provided onsite for employees.
2. Fifteen parking spaces for VIP-VIC Retail customers shopping by appointment shall be provided on-Site.
3. The balance of the Project’s Retail customer parking shall be provided off-site via participation in the In-Lieu Parking District, provided that the bulk and size limits for the Site’s participation in the In-Lieu Parking District shall be those established for the Project by this Specific Plan at Sections 4.5 and 4.6 and the restrictions in BHMC Section 10-3-3302 shall not apply.
a. The City has previously approved, and the applicant’s predecessor in interest has paid the required fees to secure, 5 parking spaces to support retail uses at 468 North Rodeo Drive, which shall be credited against the off-Site parking requirements for the Project. The balance of the Retail customer spaces for the Project to be secured by payment of $51,674.00 per space shall be determined based on the Retail square footage in the Project’s approved construction plans at the ratio set forth in Table 2. b. Any additional Retail customer parking spaces required as a result of an approval to increase Retail square footage pursuant to Section 6.3 shall be calculated at the ratio set forth in Table 2 and purchased at the thenapplicable rate.
D. General Parking Provisions
Valet parking shall be available for Hotel guests, Club members and their respective guests, and Restaurant, and Spa patrons, unless otherwise approved by the Director of Community Development pursuant to a parking management plan reviewed as an Administrative Modification pursuant to Section 6.3. Valet service for Club members and their guests will be provided on North Beverly, with
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access for Club members and their guests to the building via the Club lobby; Club members will also self-park. VIP-VIC Retail customers shopping by appointment and all employees shall self-park. If the number of Hotel rooms is modified and a parking survey supports the need for additional parking, then the parking requirement shall be adjusted consistent with the requirements as outlined herein.
1. Parking Space Dimensions and Aisle Width
a. Standard Space: 9 feet by 19 feet (minimum). 9 feet by 26 feet for parallel parking. 9 feet by 19 feet for parallel parking with direct access from drive aisle.
b. Compact Space: 7 feet 6 inches by 17 feet.
c. Minimum Aisle Width: 26 feet for two-way traffic with 90° parking; 20 feet in the motor court; 14 feet minimum for parallel parking layout; 12 feet minimum for one-way ramps and drive aisles without parallel parking if approved by the Director of Transportation and Engineering. The Director of Transportation and Engineering shall determine the appropriate aisle width where parking spaces are provided at less than a 90o angle to a drive aisle.
d. Tandem Space: Dimensions and aisle width of tandem spaces are the same as those listed for compact or standard as described in 1a, 1b, and 1c above.
2. Tandem and Stacked Spaces
a. Each required parking space within the parking area shall be individually and easily accessible, except that automobiles may be parked permanently in tandem.
b. Permanent tandem spaces shall not exceed thirty five percent (35%) of the total spaces on the Site.
c. Stacked parking in drive aisles is permitted provided attendants are available to park vehicles consistent with the Valet Parking Management Plan.
3. Parking Under the Sidewalk
a. Ten (10) feet below grade, parking spaces and aisles may extend under the public sidewalk up to the existing curb, subject to approval of an encroachment agreement with the City.
4. Limitations
a. Except for valet and ride share/taxi drop-off and pick-up in the motor court and on North Beverly, above grade loading spaces accessed from the alley and off-Site Retail guest parking, all parking and loading accommodations shall be below grade.
b. No more than 25 percent (25%) of the parking spaces shall be compact parking spaces.
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c. For the multiple uses authorized by this Specific Plan, the total off-street parking requirement shall be the sum of the requirements for the various uses listed in Section 4.4(A) unless demonstrated during the approval process by the applicant or the City that reduced parking is justified due to the nature of the uses proposed on the Site.
d. The limitations of this Section 4.4.D.2(b) and Section 4.4 D.4(b) shall not apply to parking spaces provided in excess of the number of required spaces.
E. Loading Spaces
1. Number of Loading Spaces.
a. Two (2) truck loading spaces shall be provided for the Specific Plan Site substantially in the location and dimensions shown on SP Figure 29.
Loading Bay #1 as shown on SP Figure 29 is restricted to use by SU-30 vehicles and smaller, while Loading Bay #2 as shown on SP Figure 29 may accommodate SU-40 vehicles and smaller. In addition, two (2) smaller van loading spaces shall be provided in the subterranean garage.
2. Loading spaces minimum dimensions.
a. Truck loading spaces: thirty-five feet (35’) length, twelve feet (12’) width, and fourteen (14’) overhead, turning radius forty feet (40’), forty-five feet (45’) backup.
b. Van loading spaces: twenty-five feet (25’) length, ten feet (10’) width, eight feet (8’) overhead, twenty-five feet (25’) turning radius, twenty-five feet (25’) backup.
c. Loading spaces shall be shared by all uses on the Site. d. Truck loading spaces can be used for staging of pick-up and drop-off of passenger vehicles during occasional peak-event times, including times of general peak event congestion in the City, provided that Hotel or valet staff is available to manage traffic.
F. Bicycle Parking
1. Per the 2019 California Green Building Code requirements, long-term bicycle parking spaces equal in number to five percent (5%) of the number of vehicle parking spaces on Site (excluding truck and van loading spaces) shall be provided, located in the basement, and short-term bicycle parking spaces for guests and visitors equal in number to five percent (5%) of the number of vehicle parking spaces shall be provided located at grade.
2. A minimum of twenty five percent (25%) of the long-term bicycle parking spaces shall provide charging facilities for electric bicycles.
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4.5 BUILDING HEIGHT
A. Measurement of Height. The height of a building shall be defined as the distance from the highest point of the public sidewalk adjoining the lot or parcel upon which the building or structure is to be erected (0’-0”), whichever is higher, to the highest element of the building or structure. The following elements of a building or structure shall not be considered when determining conformance with the maximum allowable one hundred and fifteen feet (115’) height:
1. Vent pipes that are not higher than required by law.
2. Chimneys that are not higher than required by law.
3. Structures enclosing stairs to be carried to the roof if such enclosing structure is used for no other purpose than enclosing the stairs and is no larger than the stair shaft below and if such enclosure is not more than fifteen feet (15') in height as measured from the adjacent roof deck (finished walking surface of the roof).
4. Structures used for mechanical equipment for the building including solar collectors spanning this mechanical equipment, stairs, and elevator shafts shall not be more than twenty-three feet (23’) in height measured from the adjacent roof deck. Such structures shall be used solely for the purpose of providing the minimum space for the elevators and associated lobbies and the aforementioned equipment.
5. Parapets and handrails associated with balconies or other usable outdoor spaces shall not exceed more than forty-six inches (46") in height as measured from the roof or floor which they surround.
6. Shade structures and Cabanas (semi-permanent structures which provide shade, space for lounging and have amenities such as power outlets, audio/visual equipment and can be reserved or rented by hotel guests or club members) at pool decks shall not be higher than fifteen feet (15’) above the adjacent roof and/or pool deck.
7. Pools and an area no more than ten feet (10’-0”) to the sides of the pool gutter shall not be higher than two feet (2’-0”) above the adjacent roof deck. Rooftop barriers for wind protection and sound attenuation around pool decks shall be measured from the level of the raised pool deck if the pool deck is within five feet (5’-0”) of the roof edge.
8. Rooftop barriers for wind protection and sound attenuation around pool decks and outdoor Restaurants shall be at least six feet (6’) in height and not be higher than eight feet (8’). Barriers should be of relatively transparent materials above forty-six inches (46”). Visual transparency only shall be evaluated by the Architectural Commission with regard to factors such as, but not limited to, a barrier’s visibility from the street and its sun exposure.
9. Unoccupied architectural features, such as skylights and clerestories, not more than fifteen feet (15') in height as measured from the adjacent roof deck if such features do not exceed thirty-three percent (33%) of the roof area upon which they are located, and no such feature exceeds or intersects a line projecting from
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the perimeter of the roof upward at an angle of forty-five degrees (45°) from the horizontal.
10. Antennas, other than satellite dish antennas, that do not exceed fifteen feet (15') in height as measured from the surface on which the antennas are mounted and do not exceed fifteen feet (15') above the applicable zoning height limit unless a minor accommodation permit and a building permit are obtained in accordance with the provisions of BHMC Section 10-3-4506.
11. Satellite dish antennas that do not exceed fifteen feet (15') in height as measured from the surface on which the antennas are mounted and do not exceed fifteen feet (15') above the applicable zoning height limit unless a minor accommodation permit and a building permit are obtained in accordance with the provisions of BHMC Sections 10-3-4506 and 10-3-4504.
B. Building Height Envelope. SP Figure 30 illustrates the heights of buildings within the Specific Plan Site. The building heights shall be consistent with the heights shown on SP Figure 30 and not exceed the height envelope shown in the Plans. Height envelope is defined as the outline of a building indicating the height of the building at each point within the building footprint. The height envelope of the Specific Plan Site (see SP Figures 30-36) is as follows:
1. North Rodeo Drive frontage: the height of the building within twenty feet (20') of the Site's property line on North Rodeo Drive shall not exceed fifty-one feet (51’); the height of the building within seventy feet (70') of the Site's property line on North Rodeo Drive shall not exceed sixty-six feet (66'); the height of the building within one hundred seventy feet (170') of the Site's property line on North Rodeo Drive shall not exceed one hundred three feet (103’).
2. South Santa Monica Boulevard frontage: the height of the building within eight feet (8') of the Site's property line on South Santa Monica Boulevard and one hundred fifty-five (155’) from the Site’s property line along North Beverly Drive shall not exceed seventy eight feet six inches (78'-6”); the height of the building within eight feet (8') of the Site's property line on South Santa Monica Boulevard and one hundred seventy feet (170’) from the Site’s property line along North Rodeo Drive shall not exceed sixty-six feet (66’); the height of the building within seventeen feet (17') of the Site's property line on South Santa Monica Boulevard and one hundred fifty five feet (155’) from the Site’s property line along North Beverly Drive shall not exceed one hundred three feet (103’).
3. North Beverly Drive frontage: the height of the building within ten feet (10') of the Site's property line on North Beverly Drive shall not exceed seventy-eight feet six inches (78'-6”); the height of the building within seventeen feet (17') of the Site's property line on North Beverly Drive shall not exceed one hundred three feet (103’).
4. Southern property line: the height of the building shall not exceed one hundred fifteen feet (115') along the southern property line.
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5. Pedestrian Plaza: at the northwest corner of the Project Site at North Rodeo Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard, no structure shall be built above-grade within twenty feet (20') of the Site's property line on North Rodeo Drive and thirtyfive feet (35’) from the Site’s property line on South Santa Monica Boulevard.
4.6 INTENSITY AND CAPACITIES
Maximum intensity and capacities for the Site are as follows:
A. Maximum FAR
1. Exterior walls, stair shafts, elevators, elevator lobbies less than one hundred (100) square feet per cab, parking spaces and access, mechanical equipment/machinery rooms, outdoor dining areas, decks (covered and uncovered), and balconies (covered and uncovered) shall not be included in floor area calculations. For subterranean levels, up to two thousand (2,000) square feet of floor area per level devoted exclusively to storage shall not be counted in the floor area.
2. The above-grade portion of the multiple use building on the Specific Plan Site shall have a maximum aggregate FAR no greater than 3.9, and the entirety of the multiple use building on the Specific Plan Site (including subsurface areas) shall have a maximum aggregate FAR no greater than 4.2.
B. Maximum Number of Hotel Rooms
A Hotel room is a single room or suite of rooms designed for occupancy as a single unit, exclusive of units designed or used for occupancy by on-site management and/or maintenance personnel. The maximum permitted Hotel rooms shall be one hundred and fifteen (115) separately rentable rooms or Keys.
4.7 SIGN STANDARDS
All signs shall be subject to architectural review pursuant to the procedures set forth in BHMC Title 10, Chapter 4. The signage shall be consistent with the provisions in the BHMC Title 10, Chapter 4 in terms of permitted size, but the Director shall have the authority to approve alternative locations of the signage to meet the objectives of the Specific Plan, including to provide direction to uses on the Site.
4.8 ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
A. Hotel Driven Multiple Use Building
The Hotel driven multiple use building shall be constructed substantially as shown on SP Figures 19 through 28 of the Specific Plan (see Plans Sheets A111-A192).
B. Open Space/Landscaping/Art
1. The landscaping shall be developed substantially as shown on SP Figures 37 through 39 of the Specific Plan. The landscaping shall meet the following criteria:
a. The location and type of plant materials shall respond to and complement the architectural design of the buildings in the Specific Plan Site and shall be integrated with the buildings as an additional architectural element.
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b. Landscaping shall be used to highlight entries, contrast with or reinforce building lines and volumes, soften hard structural lines and building mass, and define pedestrian activity areas such as the adjoining streetscapes, the Hotel lobby entrance, the deck top Restaurants, and pool areas.
2. A plaza shall be provided at the corner of South Santa Monica Boulevard and North Rodeo Drive with enhanced paving and private art as shown on SP Figures 7 and 19.
3. Special paving may be provided within the sidewalk right-of-way subject to City Engineer approval for adequacy of the sidewalk’s static coefficient of friction.
C. Ground Floor Street Frontage and Building Setbacks
The ground floor street façade of the multiple use building shall be constructed substantially as shown in SP Figures 19, 38 and 39.
1. The majority of the ground floor street façades shall be located at or within five feet (5’) of the property line, except for the motor court and plaza, and shall contain pedestrian-oriented uses including retail, restaurants, lounges, and a secondary entrance to upper levels. Some restaurant lounge/windows shall open to the sidewalk providing an indoor/outdoor dining character along the street.
2. The motor court with its special paving, two-story landscaped porte cochere and landscaped screening shall clearly define both pedestrian and vehicular drop-off and pick-up and enhance the hotel lobby which shall be recessed from South Santa Monica Boulevard for privacy and security.
3. The parking and alley entrances shall be integrated with the façade of the multiple use structure and include art, textured paving, and a similar façade treatment for the portion of the building located twenty feet (20’) above the alley to the rest of the façade.
D. Awnings
Awnings shall be allowed to project beyond the property line on the three street frontages (North Rodeo Drive, South Santa Monica Boulevard, and North Beverly Drive) as allowed by the California Building Code section 3202. Building projections eight feet (8’-0”) or more, but less than fifteen feet (15’-0”) above finish grade may be provided limited to 2/3 the width of the sidewalk, measuring from the building. Projections fifteen feet (15’-0”) or more above finish grade shall not be limited.
E. Electric Capacitor Yard
In order to improve the power delivery quality on the circuitry in the Project when there is a spike in electrical demand, a capacitor is required. An open-air electric capacitor yard (Capacitor Yard) is required with access from North Beverly Drive substantially as shown in SP Figures 19 and 29. A fence up to twenty feet (20’) high made of a material in keeping with the architectural style of the building shall be used to screen the Capacitor Yard. It should have at least a six foot (6’) wide gate that opens fully for maintenance. The sidewalk in front of the Capacitor Yard shall be constructed of H-20 strength concrete to withstand the weight of a utility truck in the event that it may need to drive partially on the sidewalk for the installation or maintenance of equipment. The area in front of the Capacitor Yard should be clear of trees, streetlights, or other obstructions. Maintenance is infrequent for this type of equipment and has been known to not require full replacement for twenty or more
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years. In the event that replacement of the electric capacitor is required, the area above the capacitor pad should be open to the sky to allow a boom truck crane to access the equipment.
F. Architectural Review
Prior to the issuance of building permits, the design, materials and finishes of the buildings, and landscaping shall be subject to the review and approval of the Architectural Commission and shall be generally consistent with the building elevations and renderings presented to the City Council as shown in SP Figures 38 through 42. After Architectural Commission approval, all development that, in the determination of the Director, is in substantial conformance with the design, materials and finishes of the buildings, and landscaping, approved by the Architectural Commission shall be issued construction permits without further discretionary review, including architectural review. Any subsequent construction or modification to the exterior of the structures within the Specific Plan Site that is not in substantial conformance with prior Architectural Commission approval(s) shall be subject to architectural review pursuant to the procedures set forth in BHMC Title 10, Chapter 3, Article 30.
4.9 GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS
Development in the Specific Plan Site shall incorporate green construction standards and design consistent with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System with a minimum rating of ‘Gold.’ The intent of LEED is to provide a national definition and standard of what constitutes green building and then to provide third-party certification to assure correct implementation of the standard. LEED is based on a point system that determines one of four levels of certification a given building or project can achieve. The LEED categories include Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy & Atmosphere, Materials & Resources, Indoor Environmental Quality, and Innovation and Design Process. At the discretion of the Community Development Director, an alternate third party rating system may be used.
The following LEED-consistent features shall be incorporated into the Specific Plan:
A. Recessed windows, balconies and overhangs to shade window glazing, while allowing reflected and diffuse daylight into the building to enhance the use of natural light and reduce the need for artificial light sources;
B. Proximity to public transportation;
C. Provide transit passes to Hotel and Club employees who use public transportation to travel to and from work;
D. Provide transit passes to Hotel guests on request;
E. Landscaping and exterior design utilizing subterranean parking and landscaped and shaded non-roof surfaces, light-colored, low-albedo roof surfaces to reduce local heat island effects;
F. The reduction of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) from the building systems; G. The selection of materials, such as adhesives, sealants, paints, and carpeting, that reduce off-gassing to improve internal air quality;
H. The involvement during design and construction of a LEED Accredited Professional;
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I. Installation of electric vehicle charging equipment and bicycle parking including charging facilities for electric bicycles;
J. Solar ready collectors for 15% of the roof area excluding skylight areas for energy efficiency;
K. Track energy usage through advanced energy metering; L. Recycling of a minimum of 65% of demolition and construction debris; M. The use of stormwater for irrigation for landscape;
N. The use of greywater to offset building systems use of potable water; O. Reduce the Projects’ embodied carbon through the reduction of petroleum-based insulation products;
P. Achieve energy savings of 18% over ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers); and
Q. During construction, treat and reuse any water collected from dewatering operations.
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CHAPTER 5.0 – OPERATIONAL STANDARDS
5.1 ACCESS STANDARDS
Access to the Site shall be as provided in Table 3 – Site Access.
Table 3 – Site Access
Access
Floor Use Club Members Hotel Guests Public
1 Retail X X X
1 Restaurant X X X
1 Club Lobby X - -
2 Appurtenant Use Restaurant X X -
3-8 Hotel Guests’ Rooms - X -
3 Club Lounge X - -
3 Club Meeting Rooms X - -
3 Club Screening Room X - X1
4 Spa X X X2
6 Pool and Deck3 X X -
6 Restaurant and Poolside Bar4 X X X
7 Appurtenant Use Restaurant
and Terrace X X -
8 Wellness Center and Terrace3 X X -
9 Penthouse - X X5
1. The screening room may be let to the public in its entirety by prior reservation only.
2. By appointment only.
3. Access by Hotel guests and Club members only, no outside guests.
4. At the operator’s discretion, may be reserved for use solely by Hotel guests, Club members, and their respective guests. May be used for maximum 150-attendee, by reservation only special events open to Club Members, their guests, and Hotel guests, no more than 6 times per year.
5. By reservation only for non-lodging uses, no more than 6 times per year, for events with attendance limited to 75, subject to the City’s Noise Ordinance and the Public Use Hours of Operation provided in Specific Plan Section 5.2(B), Table 5 – Public Use Hours of Operation.
5.2 HOURS
A. Operating hours for Hotel, Club, and Appurtenant Uses (including Restaurants operated as Appurtenant Uses, i.e., reserved for the use of Hotel guests, Club members and their respective guests) shall be as listed in Table 4 – Hotel and Club Uses Hours of Operation.
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Table 4 – Hotel and Club Uses Hours of Operation
Hours Sunday through Thursday Friday and Saturday
INDOOR 24 hours 24 hours
OUTDOOR1 6 a.m. to 12 a.m. (midnight) 6 a.m. to 2 a.m.
1 As provided in Specific Plan Section 4.2(A)(5), outdoor amplified entertainment shall be permitted only in those areas identified on SP Figures 43 and 44, and only between the hours of 11 a.m. and 11 p.m.
B. Operating hours of other uses open to the public shall be as listed in Table 5 – Public Use Hours of Operation.
Table 5 – Public Use Hours of Operation
Hours Sunday through Thursday Friday and Saturday
RETAIL
SPA1
7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
RESTAURANT
x Ground Floor
x Sixth Floor2, 3
PENTHOUSE3, 4
6 a.m. to 12 a.m. (midnight)
6 a.m. to 12 a.m. (midnight)
6 a.m. to 2 a.m.
6 a.m. to 2 a.m.
1 Applicable only to public, by-appointment only, access to the Spa. 2 Applicable only to the extent and when open to the public. 3 As provided in Specific Plan Section 4.2(A)(5), outdoor amplified entertainment shall be permitted only in those areas identified on SP Figures 43 and 44, and only between the hours of 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. 4 Applicable only to the extent and when used for events pursuant to Section 4.2.A.1(b).
5.3 OPEN AIR DINING
BHMC Title 10, Chapter 3, Article 35 shall not apply to any project developed under this Specific Plan.
Open air dining on private property shall be permitted within the Specific Plan Site generally in those areas identified on SP Figure 45, subject to the following conditions:
A. Lights shall illuminate open air dining areas and shall not significantly adversely impact neighboring properties.
B. No alcoholic beverages shall be served or consumed in open air dining areas without the required license and approval from the State Department of Alcoholic Beverages Control.
C. Portable heaters shall be located a minimum of three feet from any combustible material and shall be located entirety within the seating area.
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CHAPTER 6.0 – IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION
6.1 PURPOSE
This chapter sets forth criteria for administration of the Specific Plan, provisions for amendments to the Specific Plan, and financing. Chapter 2.0 addresses General Plan and zoning amendments and Specific Plan consistency.
6.2 ADMINISTRATION
Although every effort has been made to include provisions in the Specific Plan that are clear, the necessity of interpreting such provisions in light of specific and unusual cases may occur from time to time. When such interpretations are necessary, the Director of Community Development shall be responsible for the interpretation of the provisions of the Specific Plan. The Director shall be the City administrator responsible for enforcing the regulations, Site Development and Operational Standards and procedures set forth in the Specific Plan. The Director shall have the administrative authority for interpretation related to the enforcement of the Specific Plan.
6.3 AMENDMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS TO THE SPECIFIC PLAN
A. Adoption of and amendments to the Specific Plan will require the review and approval of both the Planning Commission and the City Council. Amendments are governed by the provisions of Section 65450 et seq. of the California Government Code and require compliance with specific notice and public hearing requirements. An Amendment to the Specific Plan shall be required for any proposed modifications that would substantially alter the distribution, location, extent, or density of the uses and buildings permitted in the Specific Plan, including increases in (1) the total maximum floor area, (2) the maximum number of Hotel rooms, or (3) the approved building height envelope.
B. The Director of Community Development may, without the review and approval of the Planning Commission or the City Council, approve Administrative Modifications to the Specific Plan that do not substantially alter the distribution, location, extent, or density of the uses and buildings permitted in the Specific Plan. An Administrative Modification shall be required with respect to changes to the Site plan and building elevations that would materially alter the approved architectural style or modulation of the buildings. An Administrative Modification shall be processed pursuant to the procedures set forth in BHMC Title 10, Chapter 3, Article 36, except that the limitations on the type of accommodations set forth in Section 10-3-3600 shall not apply.
C. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.3, the following modifications to the Specific Plan shall not require an Amendment to the Specific Plan or an Administrative Modification:
1. The relocation of square footage devoted to uses permitted in this Specific Plan, or an increase by no more than five percent (5%) of square footage devoted to a use permitted in this Specific Plan, provided the Director determines that the relocation or increase of square footage:
a. Does not exceed the maximum floor area provided for such use, or the maximum number of Hotel rooms, set forth in Section 1.2, Table 1 – Development Program, of this Specific Plan;
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b. The Project will not exceed the Maximum FAR or Maximum and AboveGround FAR, set forth in Section 1.2, Table 1 – Development Program, of this Specific Plan; and
c. The Project will be adequately served by parking, which may be demonstrated by either (i) conformance with the parking requirements set forth in Section 4.4(A), Table 2 – Parking Requirements, of this Specific Plan; or (ii) a parking study.
2. Variations between the conceptual Plans set forth in Chapter 8.0 and the final construction documents for the Specific Plan Site, provided the final construction documents substantially conform to the conceptual Plans set forth in Chapter 8.0;
3. Changes to the number and location of the parking spaces in the subterranean parking structure, provided that the subterranean parking structure includes a sufficient number of parking spaces to satisfy the parking requirements set forth in Section 4.4(A), Table 2 – Parking Requirements, of this Specific Plan, or a reduction in such requirements is supported by a parking study;
4. Changes to the configuration of the subterranean parking structure, provided that the Director determines that any alterations to the access points to the subterranean parking structure do not present any safety issues;
5. The substitution of similar types of plant species in the landscaping plan, or minor changes to the Site plan or building elevations, provided such changes do not materially alter the approved architectural style, modulation, or height of the building;
6. A reduction in the number of Hotel rooms or the reconfiguration of Hotel rooms and BOH to accommodate operational and functional improvements to the Hotel.
6.4 FINANCING
The applicant shall be responsible for all on-Site improvements and shall pay its fair share allocation of any off-Site improvements as required to mitigate significant environmental impacts associated with implementation of the Specific Plan, as identified in the Final EIR or as required by the Project’s conditions of approval. No public funds are necessary to implement the Specific Plan.
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CHAPTER 7.0 – CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AND MITIGATION MEASURES The conditions of approval and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program adopted for the Specific Plan shall be attached hereto as Exhibit 1, and the mitigation measures set forth in the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program shall be conditions of approval on the Project. All conditions of approval shall be incorporated by reference, and shall be part of the Specific Plan as if set forth in full in this Chapter 7.
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CHAPTER 8.0 – SP FIGURES
A. LIST OF SP FIGURES
1. Specific Plan Site Location Map
2. Specific Plan Site
3. Existing Site Conditions
4. Surrounding Land Uses
5. Modified Zoning and Land Use
6. Specific Plan Land Use Concepts, revised April 7, 2022
7. Building Placement
8. Surrounding Circulation
9. Site Circulation, Access, Driveways, Roadway Improvements, revised April 7, 20221
10. Parking Plan – Level B1, revised April 7, 2022
11. Parking Plan – Level B2, revised April 7, 2022
12. Parking Plan – Level B3, revised April 7, 2022
13. Water System Plan
14. Sewer System Plan
15. Storm Drain Plan
16. Electric Facilities Plan
17. Natural Gas Plan
18. Telecom Plan
19. Building Plan – Ground Floor, revised April 7, 2022
20. Building Plan – Level 2 (see Plans)
21. Building Plan – Level 3 (see Plans)
22. Building Plan – Level 4 (see Plans)
23. Building Plan – Level 5 (see Plans)
24. Building Plan – Level 6 (see Plans)
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25. Building Plan – Level 7 (see Plans)
26. Building Plan – Level 8 (see Plans)
27. Building Plan – Level 9 Penthouse (see Plans)
28. Building Plan – Roof Level (see Plans)
29. At-Grade Loading Spaces, revised April 7, 2022
30. Building Height
31. Height Envelope – North Elevation
32. Height Envelope – West Elevation
33. Height Envelope – East Elevation
34. Height Envelope – South Elevation
35. Height Envelope – Longitudinal Section, revised April 7, 2022
36. Height Envelope – Transverse Section, revised April 7, 2022
37. Landscape Conceptual Plan
38. East and West Elevations
39. North and South Elevations
40. South Santa Monica Boulevard Rendering
41. North Rodeo Drive Rendering
42. North Beverly Boulevard Rendering
43. Building Plan – Level 6 - Ancillary Outdoor Live Entertainment, revised April 7, 2022
44. Building Plan – Level 9 Penthouse - Ancillary Outdoor Live Entertainment, revised December 28, 2021
45. Outdoor Dining Level 6 and Level 7, revised April 7, 2022
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Exhibit C
General Plan Consistency Analysis
1 General Plan Consistency Analysis
The Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan Project proposes comprehensive redevelopment of the approximately 1.28-acre Project site and includes the properties addressed 456 and 468 North Rodeo Drive; 449, 451 and 453 North Beverly Drive; and 461 through 465 North Beverly Drive. The proposed Specific Plan could include up to 220,950 SF in floor area and up to 115 hotel guest rooms in a single multiple use building that includes a hotel with private dining areas and other appurtenant uses, restaurants open to the public, a private club, and retail uses. A portion of the existing public alley bisecting the Project Site would be relocated to the southern portion of the Project Site. The proposed Specific Plan identifies a total floor area ratio (FAR) maximum of 4.2:1 and an above ground maximum of
3.91:1. The submitted Conceptual Plan includes 212,034 SF of floor area and 109 hotel rooms. The total FAR calculation for the submitted conceptual plan is 4.03:1, with an above ground FAR of 3.75:1.
The City of Beverly Hills Planning Commission finds the requested General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan, Zone Text Amendment, Zoning Map Amendment, Master Plan of Streets, Alleys, and Highways Amendment, Vesting Tentative Parcel Map, and Encroachment Permits consistent with the City of Beverly Hills General Plan based upon the analysis provided below, the General Plan consistency analysis provided in Table 4.7-1 of the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan Project Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH document # 2020110223), and the ‘Relationship to the General Plan’ discussion contained in Section
2.4 of the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan, both of which are incorporated herein by reference.
GOALS AND POLICIES:
x LU 2 Community Character and Quality. A built environment that is distinguished by its high level of site planning, architecture, landscape design, and sensitivity to its natural setting and history. x LU 2.1 City Places: Neighborhoods, Districts and Corridors. Maintain and enhance the character, distribution, built form, scale, and aesthetic qualities of the City’s distinctive residential neighborhoods, business districts, corridors, and open spaces. x LU 2.4 Architectural and Site Design. Require that new construction and renovation of existing buildings and properties exhibit a high level of excellence in site planning, architectural design, building materials, use of sustainable design and construction practices, landscaping, and amenities that contribute to the City’s distinctive image and complement existing development. x LU 11.2 Site Planning and Architectural Design. Require that commercial and office properties and buildings are planned and designed to exhibit a high level of site and architectural design quality and excellence.
The project exhibits a high level of excellence in site planning and unique architecture that is responsive and complementary to its Business Triangle location. The Project’s varied building heights and massing respond to directly adjacent existing physical development surrounding the Project site. Retail frontages and lower building heights are located on the Rodeo Drive portion of the building. Taller portions of the building are located on Beverly Drive with a height consistent with the existing commercial structure directly to the east. The building incorporates façade modulation and articulation on all elevations including varied window sizing to provide visual interest. The Project incorporates features such as a widened sidewalk and a pedestrian plaza with art to improve the streetscape and promote pedestrian activity along the Project’s three street frontages.
2 x LU 9.1 Uses for Diverse Customers. Accommodate retail, office, entertainment, dining, hotel, and visitor-serving uses that support the needs of local residents, attract customers from the region, and provide a quality experience for national and international tourists.
The retail component of the Project is designed as a continuation of the Rodeo Drive pedestrian oriented commercial corridor and the ground floor publicly accessible restaurant interfaces with the street at the corner of Beverly Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard. The street facing orientation of both the retail spaces and ground floor restaurant are complementary to the established pedestrian oriented retail environment that exists within the Business Triangle and is attractive to local and regional visitors. The high quality hotel and appurtenant amenities, including spa use, are hospitality uses centrally located in the City that will provide a quality experience for national and international tourists.
x LU 9.3 Anchor Locations. It is also recommended that certain anchor locations be set aside to permit development of a higher intensity type of development which is not otherwise provided in the community. These areas should be located so as to be accessible from the City’s major shopping areas and close to the City’s major streets. These anchor locations should include those large parcels that are located at the gateways to the City, such as the site at 9850, 9876, 9900, and 9988 Wilshire Boulevard where additional building height is appropriate. A variety of land uses such as commercial, hotel, residential, and mixed use should be considered for the gateway locations. A change of use from commercial to residential, hotel or mixed use should be allowed only if such change provides an adequate transition to adjacent single family neighborhoods. x LU 9.4 Anchor Location Design Criteria (as revised). The anchor location should encourage unified development oriented towards and along Wilshire Boulevard and at the intersection of North Rodeo Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard planned to complement the scale and character of adjacent residential areas. In addition, development of the anchor locations should incorporate measures to enhance streets, sidewalks, and roadways in order to encourage pedestrian circulation between these areas and the Business Triangle.
Consistent with these two anchor location General Plan Land Use Element policies, the Project is a unified multiple use (hotel, retail, and club uses) building with a higher intensity of development (both density and height) at an anchor location (the northern end of the City’s luxury retail shopping street within the City’s Business Triangle). The hotel/retail/club Project would demark the entry to the northern end of the Rodeo Drive luxury retail corridor and would mirror existing anchor development at the southern end of Rodeo Drive: the existing taller hotel (Beverly Wilshire Hotel) and adjacent unified retail development (Two Rodeo). The Project incorporates measures to encourage pedestrian circulation in the Business Triangle, including a widened sidewalk on South Santa Monica Boulevard, uniform landscaping and enhanced sidewalk paving material in the public right-of-way surrounding the Project, and a publicly accessible pedestrian plaza at the corner of Rodeo Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard.
x LU 11.3 Retail Street Frontages. Require that development and street frontages in districts containing retail uses be designed and developed to promote pedestrian activity including (a) location and orientation of the building to the sidewalk; (b) transparency of and direct access to the ground floor elevation from the sidewalk; (c) articulation of street-facing elevations to promote interest and sense of quality; (d) inclusion of uses and public spaces that extend interior functions to the sidewalk such as cafes and plazas; and (e) use of pedestrian-oriented signage and lighting.
Both the 150 linear feet of Rodeo Drive retail frontage and approximately 200 linear feet of South Santa Monica Boulevard and Beverly Drive ground floor restaurant frontage are consistent with
3 the specific characteristics listed in General Plan Land Use Policy LU 11.3. Both the retail and ground floor restaurant spaces are designed to: a) maintain the commercial streetwall that exists in the City’s Business Triangle; b) provide ample pedestrian level fenestration between the commercial spaces and public sidewalk and have direct pedestrian entrances from Rodeo Drive and Beverly Drive respectively; c) include upper story articulation along all street-facing sides of the building and provide a 20’ by 35’ building inset on Rodeo Drive for a publicly accessible pedestrian plaza; d) provide the plaza at the corner of Rodeo Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard as a public space and include large building openings on South Santa Monica Boulevard and Beverly Drive to provide connection between the interior dining areas of the ground floor restaurant with the adjacent public sidewalks; and e) include distinct ground level retail spaces with retail signage consistent with the pedestrian oriented retail signage pattern found within the Business Triangle.
x LU 11.5 Retail Streetscapes. Maintain and, where deficient, improve street trees, plantings, furniture, signage, public art, and other amenities that promote pedestrian activity. x CIR 7 Pedestrians. A safe and comfortable pedestrian environment that results in walking as a desirable travel choice, particularly for short trips, within the City.
The Project includes improvements to beautify the public right-of-way that surrounds the Project site and thus promote pedestrian activity and create a safer and more comfortable pedestrian environment that is integrated into the City’s walkable Business Triangle. These improvements include: a) replacement street trees around the new building that are planted at a spacing consistent with the current street tree configuration located in the immediate vicinity and are tree species consistent with those planted within the Business Triangle; b) additional 3’ wide landscaped areas in the public right-of-way that will be maintained by the Project operator; and c) widened sidewalks on South Santa Monica Boulevard as well as a publicly accessible pedestrian plaza that will include art.
x LU 14.4 New Construction of Private Buildings. Require that new and substantially renovated buildings be designed and constructed in accordance with the City’s sustainability programs such as the City’s Green Building Ordinance or comparable criteria to reduce energy, water, and natural resource consumption, minimize construction wastes, use recycled materials, and avoid the use of toxics and hazardous materials.
The Project’s new building is required to meet the City of Beverly Hills Green Building Code and CALGreen as well as be designed to meet a minimum rating of ‘Gold’ under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System. LEED-consistent features are identified in Section 4.9 of the Project’s Specific Plan and require the Project to be designed in a manner to reduce energy, water and natural resource consumption when compared with standard construction techniques, as well as require minimizing construction waste, and reduce the use of toxic and hazardous materials.
x LU 15.2 Priority Businesses. Retain and build upon the key business sectors contributing to the City’s identity, economy, and revenue for resident services, such as entertainment-related ClassA offices, high end retail and fashion, restaurant, hotel, technology, and supporting uses. x ES 1.4 Retain Existing Industries. Consistent with future economic sustainability plans, encourage existing industries such as luxury retail, tourism, hoteling, finance, entertainment and media businesses and services to remain and expand within the City.
4 The luxury retail businesses located on Rodeo Drive are closely identified with commercial identity of the City of Beverly Hills. The Project is an anchor development at the north end of Rodeo Drive that includes luxury retail and high end hotel uses. This development expands both luxury retail and luxury hotel offerings located in the City and builds upon the City’s identity as an international destination for high end retail, hotels, and services.
x LU 16.4 Public Places. Provide plazas, open spaces, and other outdoor improvements that are accessible to and used for public gatherings and activities, either through capital improvement or as a development requirement.
x OS 8.5 Urban Parks. Encourage and allow opportunities for new development to provide small plazas, pocket parks, civic spaces, and other gathering places that are available to the public to help meet recreational demands.
The Project is a new development that includes a publicly accessible plaza directly accessible from the sidewalks surrounding the building. The plaza will provide an additional public space along Rodeo Drive that will add interest to the pedestrian environment on this highly visited street. x CIR 4.1 Parking Provisions. Ensure that adequate parking is provided for existing and future uses while considering shared parking opportunities. Travel Demand Management (TDM) plans, and availability of alternative modes of travel, based on the site’s proximity to transit.
A parking demand analysis that quantified the shared parking opportunities of the multiple use Project was completed. The parking requirements of the Specific Plan will ensure that the number of parking spaces provided by the Project is adequate to meet parking needs for the included uses, including any additional parking needs for special events at the Project site. In addition, a portion of the parking for the retail component of the Project is provided offsite through participation in the in lieu parking program. Thus this portion of the retail parking is provided through the use of public parking structures that are shared with other uses located within the City’s Business Triangle. The Specific Plan also requires that TDM measures, such as providing transit passes to employees and guests and on-site bicycle facilities, are incorporated. The Project is located in close proximity to existing (North Santa Monica Boulevard rapid bus line) and future (Wilshire Boulevard Westside subway extension) transit.
x CIR 8.5 Bikeway Amenities. Require that new development projects (e.g. employment centers, educational institutions, and commercial centers) provide bicycle racks, personal lockers, showers, and other bicycle support facilities.
The Specific Plan requires the Project to include secure bicycle parking spaces within the building, at-grade bicycle parking spaces for short-term visitors, and provide charging facilities for ebicycles. The Project includes lockers and showers for use by employees who commute by bicycle. x CIR 11.2c (portion of Role of Alleys). In commercial areas, however, there is the additional concern for alley relocation and/or closure, which may be desirable in conjunction with specific development proposals. As important as they are, the existence of the alleys should not preclude consideration of proposals which would alter them if satisfactory alternate services would be provided. In certain instances, development proposal which would utilize the alley may provide a type or quality of development or access which better serves the City’s objectives and as such, should be considered. Such development proposals might include alley closure which would permit unified development across an entire block or permit safer street access, or use the alley as part of a landscaped pedestrian plaza or mall, or relocation of an alley of a more functional
5 arrangement of structures or possible consideration of the space above or below the alley for parking purposes.
The Project is an anchor development located at the north end of the City’s Business Triangle that spans four existing parcels between Rodeo Drive and Beverly Drive. The relocation of the alley is required in order to consolidate the site and allow the unified development of a single building across an entire block. The alley relocation thus helps facilitate a project that serves the City’s objective of a high quality multiple use anchor commercial development at a key location within the City’s Business Triangle.
Exhibit D
Conditions of Approval
1 Community Development/Planning Project Conditions
1. Compliance with Plans. The Project shall be built in substantial compliance with the approved plans dated ___________, 2022 (“Approved Plans”) and the approved Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan (“Specific Plan”). These Approved Plans shall be kept on file with the City Clerk’s Office and the Department of Community Development, Planning Division, and subject to additional conditions as may be imposed by the Architectural Commission.
2. Amendments. The provisions governing amendment of the Specific Plan and Approved Plans are set out in Section 6.3 of the Specific Plan. These provisions identify the criteria for amendments that require review and approval of the City Council and Planning Commission, when the Community Development Director may consider an administrative modification through a publicly noticed review process, and certain limited circumstances when minor modifications may be approved by the Community Development Director.
3. Architectural Commission Review. Prior to the issuance of building permits, the design, materials and finishes of the building, and proposed landscaping shall be subject to the review and approval of the Architectural Commission. The Developer shall submit to the Architectural Commission final landscape, lighting, and irrigation plans. Landscape and irrigation plans shall be prepared by a licensed landscape architect.
4. Architectural Commission Review of Building Signage. Prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy, Project exterior signage shall be reviewed and approved by the Architectural Commission.
5. Final Building Plans. Final building plans shall be consistent with the preliminary plans approved by this Resolution and shall be prepared by a licensed professional.
2 6. Alley Relocation. The existing north/south alley bisecting the Project Site shall remain open until the relocated east/west alley segment is completed and has been opened for public access.
7. Building Site. Prior to the issuance of excavation permits or building permits associated with the construction of the relocated alley and subsurface portions of the structure located under the relocated alley, the two parcels located on the South Beverly Drive side of the Project Site shall be legally tied to form one parcel through the use of a lot-tie covenant.
Prior to the issuance of any excavation permits for the portion of the Project Site where the existing alley is located or for building permits for the remainder of the structure, the Final Vesting Parcel Map shall be recorded. The lot-tie covenant is subject to review and approval by the City Attorney and shall be recorded with the County of Los Angeles Recorder’s Office.
In the event that the Applicant opts to proceed with the lot-tie covenant, no building shall be permitted in the existing alley area to be removed and relocated until the Final Vesting Parcel Map is recorded, except that minor work in the existing alley area may be approved by the Director of Public Works through an encroachment permit or public right-of-way use permit.
8. Outdoor Dining Area Amplified Sound. All openings, including but not limited to windows and doors, that are located on the 6th and 7th floors and between the indoor dining areas and contiguous outdoor dining areas must remain closed after 11 PM, other than when in use for ingress or egress.
9. Hotel and Club Member Dining on 2nd and 7th Floors. Dining areas located on the 2nd and 7th levels shall be accessible to hotel guests, club members and their respective guests only. Access to these dining areas shall not be available to the general public. Upon the request of the Community Development Director, table reservation information, provided as
3 aggregated data that indicates the percentage of diners at the 2nd and 7th floor dining areas that are hotel guests and their guests and the percentage of diners that are club members and their guests, shall be provided to the City to verify compliance with this use restriction.
10. Penthouse Deck Amplified Sound. All openings, including but not limited to windows and doors, that are located on the penthouse level and between the penthouse and the penthouse pool deck area must remain closed after 11 PM, other than when in use for ingress or egress.
11. Club Membership Restrictions. Club membership is limited to no more than 250 members for the first year after the date of the certificate of occupancy for the building. An additional 125 members may be added after the first anniversary of the certificate of occupancy (Maximum of 375 members during the second year of occupancy). An additional 125 members may be added after the second anniversary of the certificate of occupancy (Maximum of 500 members during the third year of occupancy and thereafter). Upon the request of the Community Development Director, total club membership information will be provided to the City to verify compliance with this condition.
12. Public access to Pedestrian Plaza. Public access to the ‘Pedestrian Plaza’ depicted in the Approved Plans and required by the Specific Plan shall be maintained at all times.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Plaza may be closed periodically by the Applicant for maintenance purposes after providing notification to the Community Development Director and Public Works Director. Any closure longer than 24 hours requires prior authorization from the Community Development Director and Public Works Director.
4 13. Pedestrian Plaza Maintenance. The Plaza shall be maintained and kept clean at all times. The Applicant shall be responsible for the maintenance and cleaning of the Pedestrian Plaza as well as all associated costs.
14. Public Plaza Review. The Community Development Director and Public Works Director shall review and approve a conceptual Public Plaza design that includes the plaza configuration and proposed materials. The following criteria shall be used in reviewing the conceptual design and materials: adequacy of pedestrian accessibility, the adequacy of materials to withstand permanent public use, and review of materials for consistency to ensure that the materials do not conflict with the materials used for the adjacent public sidewalk. This review authority does not include review of the private art other than for public safety purposes and as to its relationship to pedestrian accessibility. The Directors may choose to refer this review to the Planning Commission for its approval.
15. Right-of-Way Landscaping. The Community Development Director and Public Works Director shall review and approve the landscape plan for landscaping located within the public right-of-way. The following criteria shall be used in reviewing the landscape plan:
consistency with City and State water conservation regulations, public safety including accessibility, and the durability and maintenance needs of the proposed planting materials.
16. Right-of-Way Subsurface Encroachment Agreements. Prior to the approval for any excavation or other work within the public rights-of-way, the Applicant shall enter into an encroachment agreement with the City to allow the subterranean encroachments under the City’s rights-of-way.
17. Right-of-Way Landscaping and Sidewalk Paving Encroachment Agreements. Prior to the re-opening of the public sidewalk and the issuance of a certificate of occupancy, the
5 Applicant shall enter into an encroachment agreement with the City to allow the landscaping and special paving to be located within the City’s rights-of-way surrounding the Project Site.
18. Right-of-Way Maintenance. The Applicant shall be responsible for the maintenance of the sidewalks, parkways, street trees and other landscaping, including irrigation, within and along the public rights-of-way adjacent to the Project Site along Rodeo Drive, South Santa Monica Boulevard, and Beverly Drive, including the area adjacent to the relocated alley.
19. Public Easement for Relocated Alley. The Final Vesting Parcel Map shall dedicate to the City an easement for the relocated alley, which easement shall grant public use of the relocated alley area for public street and/or alley and public utility purposes (the “Relocated Alley Easement”). The legal description of the three dimensional space of the Relocated Alley Easement shall include the space extending between the bottom of the building area constructed above the easement area at the top, and the top of the structure below the surface of the alley that is constructed for the subterranean portion of the hotel building. A vault for public utility use between the alley surface and the top of the structure below the surface alley that is constructed for the subterranean portion of the hotel building, with dimensions authorized by the Public Works Director, shall be included in the easement area. The easement shall also provide that the Relocated Alley Easement area cannot be closed, blocked, or otherwise rendered unusable, on either a temporary or permanent basis, by any person or entity other than the City of Beverly Hills without the express prior approval of the Public Works Director.
20. Public Alley Signage. The North Beverly Drive entrance to the alley shall be appropriately marked by “blade” style signage that indicates the entrance to the public alley
6 and the direction of travel on the public alley. The size and location of signage requires review and approval by the Public Works Director and Community Development Director, and shall include the City logo to indicate that it is a public alley.
21. Public Alley ‘Stopping Prohibited’ Lane Marking and Signage. Prior to the opening of the relocated alley for public use, the pavement of the alley shall be painted to state ‘Stopping Prohibited’. In addition, ‘Stopping Prohibited’ signage shall be installed on the wall of the Project’s vehicle ramp to the subterranean parking located adjacent to the relocated alley.
The location and size of the lane markings and signage shall be reviewed and approved by the Community Development Director and Public Works Director.
22. Existing In-Alley Loading Zone Modification. Prior to the opening of the relocated alley for public use, the Applicant shall provide the Public Works Director a report prepared by a traffic engineer evaluating whether the location of the existing loading zone painted in the alley right-of-way adjacent to 437-447 North Beverly Drive conflicts with left turn vehicle movements from the relocated alley segment onto the existing north-south alley. Upon review of this information, the Public Works Director may require modification of the loading zone.
The Applicant shall pay for any modifications to this loading zone required by the Public Works Director.
23. Install Cameras to Monitor Alley. Security cameras shall be installed to monitor vehicle operations in the relocated portion of the alley located under the Project building and the access point to the Project’s at-grade loading facility. The locations of cameras shall be subject to Community Development Director review and approval. The camera feed shall be provided to a hotel security room and monitored by building security staff to the extent feasible.
If a vehicle violates the prohibition on stopping in the relocated portion of the alley located
7 under the Project building and the access point to the Project’s at-grade loading facility, building security shall inform the vehicle driver of the prohibition and/or contact the Beverly Hills Police Department to enforce this traffic regulation.
24. South Facing Ground Floor Pedestrian Entrance Restrictions. Pedestrian entrances on the ground floor of the building that face south and are adjacent to the relocated alley shall be limited to employee entrances only and shall remain locked with access allowed only to employees. Prior to Certificate of Occupancy, signage indicating that these doors are employee entrances only and no deliveries are allowed shall be installed. This restriction does not apply to openings associated with the building’s at-grade loading facility.
25. Future modification of Alley Direction of Travel. If a request to change the direction of travel on the alley adjacent to the project is authorized by the City (subject to Public Works Department – Transportation Division and Traffic and Parking Commission review and City Council approval) in the future, Project Condition 20 shall no longer be applicable. A future approval to reverse alley traffic flow should include: clear physical partition between eastbound vehicles using the alley and westbound vehicles entering the parking structure; appropriate wayfinding signage for the alley and for the Project’s parking structure; signage per CaMUTCD clearly indicating “DO NOT ENTER/WRONG WAY” so that westbound vehicles do not enter the eastbound alley; and striping to avoid wrong way vehicle traffic entering the alley from North Beverly Drive. The requestor of the alley directional change shall be responsible for submittal of a traffic analysis that fully evaluates whether a left turn from a North Beverly Drive exit should be prohibited.
26. Loading Scheduling System and Loading Review. Prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy, the Applicant shall provide to the Community Development Director
8 information regarding the delivery scheduling system that will be used for the Project’s two ground level loading bays. If the City receives complaints regarding the alley operation after the Project begins operation, the Director may require the Applicant to provide an upcoming delivery schedule and City Staff may monitor the site for compliance with the schedule, with all costs of the monitoring paid for by the Applicant. If deliveries deviate from the schedule or unauthorized locations are used by delivery vehicles, including but not limited to the relocated alley segment, the Community Development Director may choose to schedule a public hearing so that the Planning Commission may consider additional delivery restrictions for the Project.
27. Retail In Lieu Parking. Customers accessing the Project’s Rodeo Drive retail stores are prohibited from using valet services located in the Project’s motor court or using the Project’s motor court for pick-up or drop-off by ride-share, taxi, private vehicle or other mode without using valet service. Retail customer parking will be provided through participation in the in lieu parking program, except as provided for in Project Condition 28. The Project is subject to the Rodeo Drive retail rate for the required in lieu parking spaces (the per space rate at time of payment is applicable, currently the fee is $51,674.00 per space). The project requires 33 in lieu parking spaces. Payment of the Rodeo Drive rate for 28 in lieu spaces is required as 5 in lieu retail parking spaces for retail uses have been previously purchased for the Project site. Upon the request of the Community Development Director, valet parking information shall be provided to the City to verify compliance with this condition.
28. Retail Very Important Person/Client (VIP-VIC) Parking. At any one time, up to 15 VIP-VIC retail customer vehicles may directly access the subterranean parking structure on a shopping by appointment basis. These VIP-VIC retail customer vehicles are prohibited from using the Project’s motor court valet service or using the Project’s motor court for pick-up or
9 drop-off by ride-share, taxi, private vehicle or other mode without using valet service. In addition, VIP-VIC retail customer vehicles may not enter the hotel motor court for retail customer drop-off or pick-up. The entry of VIP-VIC retail customer vehicles into the secured underground parking shall be facilitated during retail business hours by security personnel stationed on the ground floor security room located on the southern end of the building.
29. Valet Parking for Club Use. Valet parking services for club members and guests of club members shall be located at a curbside location on North Beverly Drive near the ground floor entrance into the members’ club lobby. The configuration and location of the curbside valet location is subject to Community Development Director and Public Works Director review and approval prior to issuance of Certificate of Occupancy for the building. Club members and their guests are prohibited from using the valet parking service located in the Project’s motor court or using the Project’s motor court for pick-up or drop-off by ride-share, taxi, private vehicle or other mode without using valet service.
30. Club Member Self-Parking. All club members shall be offered a self-parking option to access the Project’s subterranean parking structure. The provided self-parking access shall be key card controlled.
31. Valet Access Only Signage. Signs shall be installed indicating that the on-site valet vehicle return lane with access into the hotel motor court shall be used by valet staff only. VIPVIC retail customers and self-parking club members shall use the public alley to exit the site.
32. Final Valet Parking Plan. Prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy, the Developer shall submit a final version of the valet parking plan for Community Development Director and Public Works Director review and approval. The final valet parking plan shall include information on the number of valet attendants that will be on duty at any given time,
10 the standard operating procedures for staging of limousines, ride share vehicles, car service vehicles, and taxis, and any other information deemed necessary by the Directors. The valet parking plan shall provide operational information for both the valet service within the Project’s motor court and the valet operations located on North Beverly Drive for the club use.
33. Left Turns into Motor Court Entrance Prohibited. Left turns from westbound South Santa Monica Boulevard to the Project motor court entrance are prohibited. The Applicant shall have a traffic engineer design measures that could include, but are not limited to, signage, lane markings, and/or physical barriers to restrict the prohibited left turn movement. The design measures shall be subject to Public Works Director review and approval. The Applicant is responsible for the full cost of installing these measures. The measures shall be installed prior to certificate of occupancy.
34. Motor Court Exit Signage and Lane Markings. “Right Turn Only” signage and “Keep Clear” lane markings must be installed in the eastbound lanes of South Santa Monica Boulevard at the motor court exit prior to certificate of occupancy. The design and location of the “Right Turn Only” signage and “Keep Clear” lane markings are subject to review and approval of the Public Works Director prior to installation. The Applicant is responsible for the costs of signage and lane markings.
35. On-Street Loading and Delivery. On-street loading and delivery for any use on the Project Site is prohibited on North Rodeo Drive, South Santa Monica Boulevard or in the alley adjacent to the Project. Subject to Public Works Director and Community Development Director review and approval, short-term deliveries may occur in the North Beverly Drive curbside area adjacent to the ground floor private club entrance during limited times approved in the Project’s valet parking management plan. If approved by the Directors, the allowed time
11 period and allowed parking duration for short-term deliveries shall be indicated on signage located on North Beverly Drive.
36. Unanticipated Traffic, Loading, or Parking Impacts. In the event that the Community Development Director determines that operation of the Project is having unanticipated traffic, loading, and/or parking impacts, the Director shall require the Applicant to provide an analysis of the traffic, loading, and/or parking impacts. After review of the additional analysis, the Director may recommend the implementation of additional conditions to mitigate the impacts or schedule a hearing before the Planning Commission concerning the unanticipated traffic, loading, or parking impacts being caused by the Project. At least twenty days prior to such hearing, notice shall be posted on the site; mailed to all property owners and residential occupants within 1,000 feet of the project site, plus blockface; and shall be published in two newspapers of local circulation. Additionally, the Applicant shall receive at least twenty days’ notice of such hearing. Upon conclusion of the hearing, the Planning Commission may impose additional conditions upon the Project as necessary to mitigate any unanticipated traffic, loading, and/or parking impacts caused by the Project, and the Applicant shall forthwith comply with any such additional conditions at their sole expense. However, the owner(s), Applicant, or hotel operator(s), may appeal the decision of the Planning Commission to the City Council pursuant to the provisions of the Beverly Hills Municipal Code and any decision of the Planning Commission shall be stayed pending a decision by the City Council on appeal.
37. Green Building Design. The building shall be constructed to meet or exceed LEED® Gold certification or equivalent. A green building plan shall be submitted as part of the application for a building permit. The green building plan shall indicate which LEED®
12 checklist items the project will utilize, and indicate where compliance with each selected point is shown on the plans. The Developer shall be required to implement all points shown in the final green building plan. The Building Official or their designee shall verify compliance with each selected point prior to issuance of a final certificate of occupancy. The Building Official may conduct other inspections as needed to ensure compliance with this condition. The Developer may request amendment of the green building plan and such amendment may be approved by the Building Official, provided that the LEED® Gold certification or equivalent is maintained.
Other City Departments’ Requirements
38. The Developer shall comply with all applicable conditions and permits required from the Public Works Department and Community Services-Recreation and Parks Department attached as Exhibit A. The Developer shall secure all necessary permits from the Engineering Division of Public Works prior to commencement of any demolition or Project related work.
39. The Project shall comply with all applicable conditions from the Fire Department as may be identified through the plan check process.
Construction Management
40. Prior to issuance of a demolition or grading permit, the Developer shall submit a Construction Management Plan satisfactory to the Community Development Director and the Building Official. The Construction Management Plan shall incorporate the Construction Traffic Management Plan (TRA-MM-1) and the Construction Workers Parking Plan (TRAMM-2) as described in the attached Mitigation Measures for the Project. The Construction Management Plan shall also include, at a minimum, the following requirements:
13 a. A map identifying routes and the locations of off-site construction worker parking lots to be utilized shall be provided to the City and include written certification from the owner(s) of the parking lots proposed to be used that such parking will be available to the Developer for the duration of the construction period during which off-site parking is necessary.
b. All final construction mitigation measures in the Final Environmental Impact Report. c. A construction phasing and timing plan for the Project, and implementation plan for each phase of construction (demolition, excavation, concrete, superstructure, etc). d. Specification that hauling of debris and/or soil from the site shall be allowed to take place at night and/or weekends as approved by the Director of Community Development in accordance with an after-hours work permit (BHMC Section 5- 1206).
e. Requirements for measures such as a sign-in/sign-out requirement for all persons accessing and leaving the site, defined separations between public and construction areas, fencing and/or landscape barriers, active surveillance, privacy screening, and other similar measures to prevent unauthorized access between such areas. f. Information clearly identifying the usage of cranes and other heavy equipment. g. A provision prohibiting construction trucks from queuing on South Santa Monica Boulevard or North Rodeo Drive during all aspects of construction, with the exception that trucks may queue on these streets in locations and during timeframes as may be authorized by the Building Official as part of a night-time construction permit.
14 41. Temporary Placement of Construction Equipment. City Traffic Engineer review and approval is required for all temporary placements of construction equipment in the alley.
42. Alley Closure Limitations during Project Construction. During construction, when the relocated alley becomes operational to public traffic, alley closures shall not occur earlier than 10 PM or later than 8 AM, except in the case of emergency closure. Any alley closure requires approval of the Public Works Director.
43. Alley Closure Notifications. The Applicant shall notify tenants and property owners on the west side of the 400 block of North Beverly Drive and east side of the 400 block of North Rodeo Drive of any construction related full or partial alley closure at least seven (7) days prior to the alley closure. Proof of this notification shall be provided to the Community Development Director.
44. Construction Schedule Website. The Applicant shall maintain a publicly accessible website with a current construction schedule. Prior to the issuance of building permits, the website address must be provided to tenants and property owners on the west side of the 400 block of North Beverly Drive and east side of the 400 block of North Rodeo Drive and posted at a publicly visible location on the Project Site.
45. A cash deposit of $25,000 shall be deposited with the City to ensure compliance with the conditions of this Resolution regarding construction activities. The $25,000 deposit shall be replenished as deemed necessary by the City’s Building Official. Such deposit shall be returned to Developer upon completion of all construction activities and in the event that no more than two violations of such conditions or the Beverly Hills Municipal Code occur. In the event that three or more such violations occur, the City may: (a) retain the deposit to cover costs of enforcement; (b) notify the Developer that the Developer may request a hearing before
15 the City within ten days of the notice; and (c) issue a stop work notice until such time that an additional deposit of $25,000 is deposited with the City to cover the costs associated with subsequent violations. Work shall not resume for a minimum of two days after the day that the additional deposit is received by the City. If the Developer timely requests a hearing, said deposit will not be forfeited until after such time that the Developer has been provided an opportunity to appear and offer evidence to the City, and the City determines that substantial evidence supports forfeiture. Any subsequent violation will trigger forfeiture of the additional deposit, the issuance of a stop work notice and the deposit of an additional $25,000, pursuant to the procedure set forth herein above. All amounts deposited with the City shall be deposited in an interest bearing account. The Developer shall be reimbursed all interest accruing on monies deposited. The requirements of this condition are in addition to any other remedy that the City may have in law or equity and shall not be the sole remedy of the City in the event of a violation of the conditions of this Resolution or the Beverly Hills Municipal Code.
46. The Developer shall maintain the site in an orderly condition prior to commencement of and during construction, including but not limited to, maintenance of the orderly appearance of existing structures and landscaping on the site, dust suppression for areas cleared by demolition, maintenance of safety barriers and adjacent public sidewalks.
47. City Construction Relations Officer. The Developer shall deposit with the City funds adequate to pay for a City consultant or City employee that is designated as the Project’s City Construction Relations Officer. The deposit to fund this position shall be regularly replenished by the Applicant upon City request. The City Construction Relations Officer may be contacted by the public in the event that the public has any concerns regarding the maintenance of the site or the project construction activities. The name and telephone number
16 of the City Construction Relations Officer shall be transmitted to the owners and occupants of properties located on the east side of the 400 block of North Rodeo Drive and the west side of the 400 block of North Beverly Drive. In addition, the Applicant shall post the name and telephone number of the City Construction Relations Officer on the site in a location readily visible to the general public as approved by the Community Development Director and on the Project’s publicly accessible webpage.
48. Within three working days after approval of this Resolution, the Developer shall remit to the City a cashier’s check payable to the County Clerk and inclusive of the County Clerk posting fee, for a documentary handling fee in connection with Fish and Game Code requirements in addition to the Department of Fish and Game filing fee imposed pursuant to Fish and Game Code Section 711.4.
49. Property Maintenance. The Applicant shall be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the private sewer connection to the public sewer in the public right-of-way, the site drainage system, the maintenance of the common areas and facilities, the exterior of the building, and any costs or corrections due to building or property maintenance code enforcement actions.
General Conditions
50. All electrical transformers and other such mechanical equipment shall be clearly depicted, described, or both, in the final plans reviewed by the Planning Division of the Department of Community Development Department, prior to issuance of a building permit.
Screening and/or relocation may be required if the proposed locations have the potential to adversely affect the appearance of the building from the public right-of-way.
17 51. The Project shall comply with the applicable conditions and shall obtain all necessary permits, including those from the Public Works/Engineering Department. The Conditions List is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this reference.
52. The Developer shall comply with the requirements of the Street Tree Mitigation Plan of the Recreation and Parks Department, incorporated herein by this reference.
53. These conditions shall run with the land and shall remain in full force for the duration of the life of the Project.
54. The City reserves the right to make modifications and/or impose additional conditions which may become necessary to enable implementation of the specific conditions set forth in this Resolution, and the Developer shall comply with all such modified or additional conditions.
55. The developer of the Project shall comply with the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program adopted for the Project, which is attached hereto, including all mitigation measures set forth therein.
56. Recordation. The provisions of the Specific Plan shall not become effective and no development or implementation of the Specific Plan shall be permitted until a) the ordinance approving the development agreement has become effective, b) the development agreement is executed and recorded and c) a covenant, satisfactory in form and content to the City Attorney, accepting the conditions of approval set forth in this Resolution, is recorded. The covenant shall include a copy of this Resolution as an exhibit.
18 Exhibit A
CHEVAL BLANC BEVERLY HILLS SPECIFIC PLAN
PUBLIC WORKS CONDITIONS LIST
Engineering:
1. Applicant shall contact all utility companies (Southern California Edison, the Gas Company, Time Warner and AT&T, etc.) to arrange for the relocation of their utilities before commencing relocation process.
2. Each utility within the alley shall be relocated without interruption of service. It will be the Applicant’s responsibility to make the requisite arrangements with each and every utility to provide an equivalent level of service as each utility deems necessary. All utilities proposed for relocation will need to be relocated to the satisfaction of each utility owner before any work for the proposed project will be allowed in the relocated portion of the alley.
3. All City owned and operated utilities shall be relocated at the Applicant’s expense. The Applicant shall work with franchise utilities to relocate those utilities at no expense to the City. The City will assist the Applicant with such relocation, to the extent that the City bears no expense in this effort.
4. Applicant shall clearly identify the process, phasing, and future location of utilities in the event that the alley is relocated.
5. Sidewalks, curb ramps and curb and gutter surrounding the site on South Santa Monica Boulevard, Beverly Drive and Rodeo Drive shall be removed and replaced (according to City standards), and shall be paid for by the Applicant.
6. The pavement for the full width of South Santa Monica Boulevard, Rodeo Drive and Beverly Drive (within the projection of property lines) shall be removed and replaced according to City standards, and shall be paid for by the Applicant.
7. All survey monuments, underground utilities, and any off-site improvements affected by the demolition shall be re-established according to the City standards, and shall be paid for by the Applicant. No structures or improvements are permitted within the public rightof-way without an encroachment permit.
8. All street light poles and fixtures surrounding the site shall be removed and replaced based on specifications and standards provided by the City and shall be paid for by the Applicant. In addition, two 4-inch empty conduits with pull boxes shall be installed underneath all sidewalks surrounding the site for future use based on staff’s direction and satisfaction.
19 9. The same lighting intensity shall be maintained on South Santa Monica Boulevard, Rodeo Drive, and Beverly Drive if street lights adjacent to the proposed building are removed due to excavation under the sidewalks. Also, a continuous power supply shall be maintained to the rest of the street lights on both streets if street light conduits are removed due to the excavation under the sidewalks.
10. Future driveway and alley approaches shall be constructed to current ADA and City standards.
11. In accordance with the requirements set forth in City Council Resolution 71-R-4269, the Applicant shall file a formal written request with the Civil Engineering Division for approval of any type of temporary construction encroachment (steel tieback rods, etc.) within the public right-of-way. Shoring plans and elevations prepared by a registered civil engineer shall be submitted for review. Shoring elements shall not project into the alleys. An indemnity bond shall be submitted and approved by the City Attorney prior to excavation. Shoring plans shall be in compliance with the City of Beverly Hills document titled SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
INSTALLATION/REMOVAL OF TIE-BACKS AND SUPPORTING STRUCTURES which is incorporated by reference.
12. Applicant shall provide a soil report prepared by a California registered geotechnical engineer that identifies the shoring recommendations and design parameters.
13. A minimum clearance of eight feet is required between the top of the basement slab and the finish grade of the sidewalk.
14. A east-west public alley with dimensions specified on VTPM No. 82872 that connects the north-south alley to Beverly Drive shall be granted by easement to the City of Beverly Hills.
15. A site improvement plan designed by a licensed Civil Engineer in the State of California shall be prepared and submitted to the Civil Engineering Division for plan check and approval. All work in the public right of way shall be constructed in accordance to the approved plans and required permits issued for this specific work. Plans should show the property line and the exact dimension of public right -of- way encroachments on all views and cross sections.
16. Safe pedestrian access shall be maintained (5 feet minimum) on S. Santa Monica Boulevard, Beverly Drive and Rodeo Drive during excavation and construction. No sidewalk closures are allowed unless otherwise approved by the City Engineer.
17. Applicant shall provide a Construction Management Plan (CMP) which clearly shows usage of cranes and other heavy equipment. The City Engineer has the discretion to modify the CMP during construction to address concerns created by the project.
18. Landscape plans shall be reviewed and approved by the City’s Arborist.
20 19. Removal and replacement of City trees shall be coordinated and authorized by the City’s Arborist. An indemnity bond shall be submitted and approved by the City Attorney prior to removal
Transportation:
20. Hauling shall be limited to South Santa Monica Boulevard to the western City limit (South Santa Monica Boulevard and Moreno Drive) between 7PM to 10PM; and south along Beverly Drive to Wilshire Boulevard and easterly on Wilshire Boulevard to the City limits from 10PM to 7:30 AM.
21. Staging of construction trucks is not allowed within the City of Beverly Hills.
22. All streets and alleys shall remain open during construction, unless otherwise approved by the City Engineer.
23. No construction crew parking is allowed on City streets. Contractor shall make arrangement for construction personnel parking and shuttling if needed.
24. Intersection signal modifications shall consist of new galvanized poles and blend with existing signalized intersection pole aesthetics.
25. All traffic control plans shall be stamped by a California license engineer.
Water:
26. The Developer shall make connections to the City's water system through the existing water service connections unless otherwise approved by the City Engineer. The size, type and location of the water service meter installation shall also require approval from the City Engineer.
27. The Developer shall prepare and provide final plans for the development along with finalized water demands, fire service demands and fire flow requirements from the Fire Department. The City will complete the water system hydraulic analysis based upon this finalized information. The City Fire Department shall determine the fire flow requirements per hydrant and hydrant spacing surrounding the site. These requirements will be used in the final hydraulic analysis. The City will generate a final technical memorandum summarizing the results of the analysis. Off-site water system improvements shall be required based upon the preliminary analyses performed in 2020.
Wastewater
28. The Developer shall complete a sewer hydraulic analysis/sewer area study to assess the capacity of the municipal sewer system, specifically the existing sewer lines within the City of Beverly Hills which will convey the flow from the Project site. The study shall
21 be based on the Project’s final approved use and occupancy. The Developer shall pay for any necessary sewer system upgrades that are necessary to convey the Project’s additional sewage discharge.
29. Proposed realignment of the alley will require abandonment/relocation of existing utility lines. Any sewer line in the proposed alley to be abandoned shall be CCTV’d to verify existing connections before abandoning the line. This work shall be done according to City standards and shall be paid for by the Applicant.
30. Condensate from HVAC and refrigeration equipment shall drain to the sanitary sewer, not curb drains.
31. The Applicant is required to install a new sewer maintenance hole for city access in the portion of the alley where new termination will occur and where the new sewer mainline will begin from the property to the new sewer main.
32. The Applicant is required to install a grease interceptor for food service establishment uses. Grease interceptor design shall meet the Los Angeles County Public Works Industrial Waste Program requirements. Placement shall be accessible for maintenance operation.
Storm Water
33. The catch basin located at the south side of S. Santa Monica Blvd., east of Rodeo Dr. shall be removed and replaced. The new catch basin shall be constructed per County Flood Control District standards. The new catch basin shall also include a front automatic retractable screen (ARS) and a full capture screen (FCS) systems. Design of ARS and FCS shall meet Los Angeles County Department of Public Works.
34. The Developer shall include a reclaimed water system that includes both a greywater system and a storm water capture system to reduce overall potable water demands as required by Section 4.9 of the Specific Plan, including sufficient plumbing features to allow gray water to be used for landscaped areas on the property. All plumbing requirements shall be subject to review and approval by the City’s Building and Safety Division.
35. The Developer shall install a non-potable water system to manage urban runoff or shallow groundwater that is encountered on-site. The Developer shall implement all plumbing, health and safety code requirements by the City’s Building and Safety Division and Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
36. The Developer is required to submit a Low Impact Development (LID) Plan to the City for review and approval. The LID shall comply with the numerical design criteria in the City’s MS4 permit.
22 37. During construction all items in the Erosion, Sediment, Chemical and Waste Control section of the general construction notes shall be followed, including specific requirements of properly maintaining BMPs on-site.
38. Water discharged from a loading dock and trash enclosure areas are subject to the project’s overall storm water management compliance with BHMC 9-4-508. A loading dock is not to be confused with a loading zone or designated parking space for loading and unloading.
39. Organic residuals from daily operations and water used to wash trash rooms shall not be discharged to the alley.
40. All ground water discharges must have a permit (NPDES) from the Regional Water Quality Control Board. Examples of ground water discharges include rising ground water and garage sumps. The Developer is responsible for all monitoring and reporting requirements of the NPDES permit. All ground water discharges must obtain a discharge permit from the City of Beverly Hills in accordance with BHMC 9-4-610.
Should discharge of ground water be permitted by the City to a storm drain, connection to a storm drain shall be accomplished in the manner approved by the City Engineer and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works.
41. Subject to the project’s overall storm water management compliance with BHMC 9-4- 508, storm water runoff from automobiles going into a parking garage shall be discharged through a clarifier before discharging into the storm drain system. In lieu of discharging runoff through a clarifier, parking lots can be cleaned every two weeks with emphasis on removing grease and oil residuals which drip from vehicles. Records of cleaning activities shall be maintained for verification by a City inspector.
42. The Developer shall apply for a statewide Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) permit that requires the Developer to implement all necessary Best Management Practices (BMPs) related to shoring, grading and construction activities.
The Developer is responsible for completing all the necessary permitting, monitoring and reporting requirements prescribed in the SWPPP permit.
Solid Waste
43. The developer shall complete a solid waste projection analyses that includes organics waste production. The analyses will provide the appropriate waste and organic bin size for collection. The developer is required to provide adequate space for waste hauling equipment to provide service.
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I, KAREN MYRON, Recording Secretary of the Planning Commission of the City of Beverly Hills, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Resolution No. 19
duly passed, approved and adopted by the Planning Commission of said City at a meeting of said Commission on June 13, 2022, and thereafter duly signed by the Secretary of the Planning Commission, as indicated; and that the Planning Commission of the City consists of five (5) members and said Resolution was passed by the following vote of said Commission, to wit:
AYES: Commissioners Ross, Demeter, Ostroff, Vice Chair Hudnut, Chair Licht NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
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Attachment 6
PC Resolution 1991
VTPM Conditional Approval
1 RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS CONDITIONALLY APPROVING
VESTING TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. 82872 RELATED
TO THE CHEVAL BLANC SPECIFIC PLAN PROJECT
LOCATED AT 456 AND 468 NORTH RODEO DRIVE; 449, 451,
AND 453 NORTH BEVERLY DRIVE; AND 461-465 NORTH
BEVERLY DRIVE
The Planning Commission of the City of Beverly Hills hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. 468 N Rodeo Drive LLC, 456 N Rodeo Drive LLC, 461 N Beverly Drive LLC, and 449 N. Beverly Drive, LLC, limited liability companies (the property owners and collectively the “Applicant”), submitted applications for the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan (the “Specific Plan”) to allow for comprehensive redevelopment of the approximately 1.28-acre project site including the properties located at 456 and 468 North Rodeo Drive; 449, 451, and 453 North Beverly Drive; and 461 through 456 North Beverly Drive (the “Project Site”). The project proposes a luxury hotel, restaurant and ancillary uses, a private club, and retail uses, as well as the relocation of an existing alley and widening of the public sidewalk along South Santa Monica Boulevard (the “Project”). The Project includes requests for a General Plan amendment; zone text amendment; zone change; specific plan adoption; Master Plan of Streets, Alleys, and Highways amendment; vesting tentative parcel map (“VTPM”); encroachment permits; and development agreement for the subject property. The VTPM proposes to relocate the surface public alley right-of-way, widen the public sidewalk adjacent to South Santa Monica Boulevard, and merge the four existing lots described in attached Exhibit A.
Section 2. The Planning Commission conducted duly noticed public hearings on October 28, 2021 (to consider the scope of the environmental impact report to be prepared for the Project);
2 February 10, 2022; February 24, 2022; March 24, 2022; and May 26, 2022 at which time it received oral and documentary evidence relative to the proposed Project. Thereafter, on June 13, 2022, the Planning Commission concluded deliberations on the proposed Project, and adopted resolutions recommending City Council approval of the requested General Plan amendment; zone text amendment; zone change; specific plan adoption; Master Plan of Streets, Alleys, and Highways amendment; and encroachment permits requests associated with the Project. The requested VTPM is contingent upon City Council approval of the other requested entitlements associated with the Project, and as conditioned, the VTPM would not become effective unless and until the other entitlements are approved and in effect.
Section 3. The Project proposed for the Project Site, including the above referenced General Plan amendment; zone text amendment; zone change; specific plan adoption; Master Plan of Streets, Alleys, and Highways amendment; VTPM; and encroachment permits requested in association with the Project, has been environmentally reviewed pursuant to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Sections 21000, et seq. (“CEQA”), the State CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Sections 15000, et seq.), and the City’s Local CEQA Guidelines. A Final Environmental Impact Report (“Final EIR”) was prepared to analyze the potential environmental impacts of the Project. The Planning Commission has reviewed the Final EIR and by separate Resolution No. , which is hereby incorporated
by reference, recommends that the City Council certify the Final EIR, make appropriate environmental findings, and adopt a Mitigation monitoring and Reporting Program for the Project.
Resolution No.
is incorporated by reference, and made a part hereof as if fully set forth herein. The Planning Commission’s reliance upon the Final EIR is contingent upon the City Council’s certification of the Final EIR, and as conditioned, the VTPM shall not become effective
3 unless and until the City Council certifies the Final EIR and approves all other entitlements associated with the Project, including but not limited to, the amendments to the General Plan; zoning; and Master Plan of Streets, Alleys, and Highways; and the development agreement for the Project; and those entitlements have become effective.
Section 4. On May 6, 2022, notice of the applications for the General Plan amendment, Specific Plan, Zone Text and Map amendments, VTPM, Encroachment Permit, Master Plan of Streets Amendment, and Development Agreement (collectively, the “Applications”) and public hearing was mailed to all property owners and residential occupants within a 1,000-foot radius of the property, plus block face, and notice of the public hearing was posted in five locations at the project site. The hearing notice was also published in the Beverly Hills Courier on Friday, May 6, 2022 and the Beverly Hills Weekly on Thursday, May 12, 2022. On May 26, 2022 and June 13, 2022, the Planning Commission held duly noticed public hearings to consider the applications.
Evidence, both written and oral, was presented at said hearings.
Section 5. Vesting Tentative Parcel Map Findings. Pursuant to California Subdivision Map Act Section 66474 and the City’s subdivision requirements, the Planning Commission considered the following findings:
1. Whether the proposed map is consistent with applicable general and specific plans as specified in Section 65451;
2. Whether the design or improvement of the proposed subdivision is consistent with applicable general and specific plans;
3. Whether the site is physically suitable for the type of development;
4 4. Whether the site is physically suitable for the proposed density of development;
5. Whether the design of the subdivision or the proposed improvements are likely to cause substantial environmental damage or substantially or avoidably injure fish or wildlife or their habitat;
6. Whether the design of the subdivision or type of improvements are likely to cause serious public health problems; and
7. Whether the design of the subdivision or type of improvements will conflict with easements, acquired by the public at large, for access through or use of, property within the proposed subdivision.
Section 6. Based on the foregoing, the Planning Commission hereby finds and determines as follows with respect to the VTPM:
1. As conditioned, the proposed VTPM is consistent with the objectives, policies, general land uses, and programs specified in the General Plan for the reasons set forth in Exhibit B (General Plan Consistency Analysis) of this resolution. Approval of the VTPM is contingent upon the adoption of the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan, and as such, that Specific Plan would be applicable to the Project Site. The location, geometry, and distribution of the proposed lot within the VTPM align with the locations and distribution of the site plan and land uses in the Specific Plan. The Specific Plan is consistent with the objectives, policies, general land uses, and programs specified in the General Plan for the reasons set forth in Exhibit B (General Plan Consistency Analysis) of this resolution. In connection with the adoption of the Specific Plan, the Land Use
5 Element of the General Plan would be amended to designate the Project Site as “Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan”. The proposed VTPM represents one of the steps in implementation of the Specific Plan, and as such is consistent with both the Specific Plan and the City’s General Plan.
2. As conditioned, the proposed VTPM is consistent with the objectives, policies, general land uses, and programs specified in the General Plan for the reasons set forth in Exhibit B (General Plan Consistency Analysis) of this resolution. Approval of the VTPM is contingent upon the adoption of the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan, and as such, that Specific Plan would be applicable to the Project Site. The location, geometry, and distribution of the proposed lot within the VTPM align with the locations and distribution of the site plan and land uses in the Specific Plan. The Specific Plan is consistent with the objectives, policies, general land uses, and programs specified in Exhibit B (General Plan Consistency Analysis) of this resolution. In connection with the adoption of the Specific Plan, the Land Use Element of the General Plan would be amended to designate the Project Site as “Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan”, and the zoning text and map would be amended to achieve consistency among the General Plan, Specific Plan, and zoning. The proposed VTPM represents one of the steps in implementation of the Specific Plan, and as such is consistent with both the Specific Plan and the City’s General Plan.
3. The site is physically suitable for the type of development contemplated by the Project, which will be facilitated by the proposed VTPM.
Currently, the 1.28-acre project site is already developed with commercial uses. The
6 development features of the Project as contemplated by the Specific Plan were reviewed by the Planning Commission and found to be consistent with the City's General Plan for the reasons set forth in Exhibit B (General Plan Consistency Analysis) of this resolution. The infrastructure serving the site is generally adequate to support the development proposed on the site and as conditioned, the Applicant shall be required to study and if necessary, upgrade the water, wastewater, storm water, and solid waste infrastructure prior to issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy.
The site has no unusual seismic or other hazards. Therefore, the site is physically suitable for the type of development contemplated by the Specific Plan and the proposed VTPM, which represents one of the steps in implementation of the Specific Plan.
4. The site is physically suitable for the proposed density of the development. Currently, the 1.28-acre project site is already developed with commercial uses. The proposed density of the project was reviewed by the Planning Commission and found to be consistent with the City's General Plan for the reasons set forth in Exhibit B (General Plan Consistency Analysis) of this resolution. The Specific Plan establishes allowable density on the project site, and the proposed VTPM was reviewed and found to be consistent with the Specific Plan. The infrastructure serving the site is generally adequate to support the development proposed on the site and as conditioned, the Applicant shall be required to study and, if necessary, upgrade the water, wastewater, storm water, and solid waste infrastructure prior to issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy. The site has no unusual seismic or other hazards. Therefore, the site is physically suitable for the
7 proposed density of development contemplated by the Specific Plan and the proposed VTPM, which represents one of the steps in implementation of the Specific Plan.
5. The Project will not cause substantial environmental damage or substantial and avoidable injury to fish or wildlife or their habitat. The Final EIR prepared for the Project found less than significant impacts to fish, wildlife, or habitat with mitigation measures incorporated. As conditioned, approval of the VTPM is contingent upon the City Council’s certification of the Final EIR and approval of the Applications. If the Final EIR is certified by the City Council, and the Applications are approved, mitigation measures will be required to be implemented. The VTPM would implement the Specific Plan and merge parcels and reconfigure public right-of-way that is presently already developed, and on which there are no fish, wildlife or significant habitat.
6. The design of the VTPM and the type of improvements will not cause serious public health problems. A Final EIR was prepared for the project, which found no significant impacts or less than significant impacts with respect to air quality, noise, geology and soils, hazards and hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality. The project will be built in accordance with the City’s Building Code standards and numerous conditions of approval and mitigation measures would be required in order to limit or eliminate any potential health impacts resulting from the project.
7. The design of the subdivision or type of improvements will not conflict with easements acquired by the public at large for access through or use of
8 property within the proposed subdivision. The VTPM has been reviewed by the Public Works and Engineering Department, including the City Engineer. The Project includes relocation of an existing 20-foot wide alley accessible from South Santa Monica Boulevard and replacing it with a new alley easement accessible from North Beverly Drive, ranging in width from approximately 20- to 28.9-feet. Additionally, the new alley easement flares out to approximately 37.6-feet in width at the 90- degree turn to provide additional space for vehicles to complete a southbound turn.
The Project also includes widening of the sidewalk along the Project’s South Santa Monica Boulevard frontage by an additional width of 1.5 to 7 feet, thereby enhancing the pedestrian environment. Encroachment permits will be obtained for all temporary and permanent encroachments into the public right-of-way. As conditioned, any public utility easements that are in conflict with the project shall be quitclaimed, and the applicant shall coordinate with the utility agencies on the dedication of new easements required for relocated and/or new facilities required for the project.
Section 7. Based on the foregoing, the Planning Commission hereby grants the requested VTPM No. 82872, attached as Exhibit C, merging four existing lots into a single lot, widening the public sidewalk along South Santa Monica Boulevard, and relocating the public alley right-of-way in connection with the development of the Specific Plan, subject to the following conditions:
1. Approval of this VTPM shall not become effective unless and until the requested General Plan amendment, Specific Plan, Zone Text and Map amendments, Encroachment Permit, Master Plan of Streets Amendment, Development Agreement, and Final EIR associated with the Cheval Blanc Specific
9 Plan, and Project development agreement are certified and/or approved by the City Council of the City of Beverly Hills and become effective. The approval of this VTPM shall be subject to all conditions of approval and mitigation measures associated with the foregoing approvals.
2. The Applicant shall coordinate with the affected utility agencies (easement holders) to obtain non-interference letters and/or for the quitclaiming of all existing easements listed on the VTPM that are in conflict with the proposed project. The Applicant shall also coordinate with the utility agencies on the dedication of new easements required for relocated and/or new facilities required for the project, and such easements shall be shown on any Final Map.
3. The Final Map shall be prepared in accordance with the approved VTPM and shall be filed within twenty-four (24) months from the date of approval by the City, unless, at least thirty (30) days prior to expiration of the twenty-four months, the Planning Division has received a request from the subdivider for an extension of time and the subdivider thereafter receives approval of such extension by the City.
4. RECORDATION. This resolution conditionally approving the VTPM shall not become effective until a) the ordinance approving the development agreement has become effective, b) the development agreement is executed and recorded and c) a covenant, satisfactory in form and content to the City Attorney, accepting the conditions of approval set forth in this Resolution, is recorded. The covenant shall include a copy of this Resolution as an exhibit.
10 5. Prior to any Final Map approval, Applicant or their successor shall either complete required infrastructure improvements for the Project or enter into a subdivision improvement agreement with the City and provide required security to ensure completion of any such improvements.
11 Section 8. The Secretary shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and shall cause this resolution and her certification to be entered in the Book of Resolutions of the Planning Commission.
Adopted: June 13, 2022
Andrew Licht
Chair of the Planning Commission of
the City of Beverly Hills, California
Attest:
Timothea Tway, AICP
Secretary of the Planning Commission
Approved As To Form: Approved As To Content:
David M. Snow Timothea Tway, AICP
Assistant City Attorney City Planner
Community Development Department
Exhibits:
A. Legal Description
B. General Plan Consistency Analysis
C. Vesting Tentative Parcel Map No. 82872
Exhibit A
Legal Description
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
449 N. Beverly
THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
LOT 21 IN BLOCK 2 OF BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11, PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
APN: 4343-016-019
461 N. Beverly
THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS; COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
LOTS 22, 23 AND 24 IN BLOCK 2 OF BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
EXCEPT THAT PORTION OF LOT 24 IN BLOCK 2 OF BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS,
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE MOST NORTHERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 24; THENCE SOUTH 50° 30' 50" WEST, ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 24, A DISTANCE OF 112.64 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 39° 29' 10" EAST 5.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 52° 57' 14" EAST 105.17 FEET TO
THE BEGINNING OF A TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE SOUTHERLY AND HAVING A RADIUS OF
10.00 FEET; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID CURVE, AN ARC DISTANCE OF 8.84 FEET TO THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 24; THENCE NORTH 39° 29' 42" WEST, ALONG SAID NORTHEASTERLY LINE, 13.46 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, AS PER RECORD OF SURVEY IN BOOK 301 PAGE 97 RECORDED DECEMBER 5, 2018, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
COMMONLY KNOWN AS 461 NORTH BEVERLY DRIVE, BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, 90210.
APN: 4343-016-023
456 N. Rodeo
LOT 3 IN BLOCK 2 OF BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
APN: 4343-016-002
468 N. Rodeo
THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
LOTS 1 AND 2 IN BLOCK 2 OF BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11, PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
APN: 4343-016-001
ALLEY PARCEL 1:
THAT PORTION OF THE SOUTHWESTERLY HALF OF THE ALLEY (20 FEET WIDE), IN BLOCK 2 OF
BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, LYING NORTHEASTERLY OF AND ADJACENT TO LOTS 1 AND 2 IN BLOCK 2 OF SAID BEVERLY, THAT WOULD PASS WITH A LEGAL CONVEYANCE OF SAID LOTS.
ALLEY PARCEL 2:
THAT PORTION OF THE SOUTWESTERLY HALF OF THE ALLEY (20 FEET WIDE), IN BLOCK 2 OF
BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, LYING NORTHEASTERLY OF AND ADJACENT TO LOT 3 IN BLOCK 2 OF SAID BEVERLY, THAT WOULD PASS WITH A LEGAL CONVEYANCE OF SAID LOT.
ALLEY PARCEL 3:
THAT PORTION OF THE NORTHEASTERLY HALF OF THE ALLEY (20 FEET WIDE), IN BLOCK 2 OF
BEVERLY, IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 11 PAGE 94 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE
COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, LYING SOUTHWESTERLY OF AND ADJACENT TO LOTS 22, 23 AND 24 IN BLOCK 2 OF SAID BEVERLY, THAT WOULD PASS WITH A LEGAL CONVEYANCE OF SAID LOTS.
Exhibit B
General Plan Consistency Analysis
1 General Plan Consistency Analysis
The Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan Project proposes comprehensive redevelopment of the approximately 1.28-acre Project site and includes the properties addressed 456 and 468 North Rodeo Drive; 449, 451 and 453 North Beverly Drive; and 461 through 465 North Beverly Drive. The proposed Specific Plan could include up to 220,950 SF in floor area and up to 115 hotel guest rooms in a single multiple use building that includes a hotel with private dining areas and other appurtenant uses, restaurants open to the public, a private club, and retail uses. A portion of the existing public alley bisecting the Project Site would be relocated to the southern portion of the Project Site. The proposed Specific Plan identifies a total floor area ratio (FAR) maximum of 4.2:1 and an above ground maximum of
3.91:1. The submitted Conceptual Plan includes 212,034 SF of floor area and 109 hotel rooms. The total FAR calculation for the submitted conceptual plan is 4.03:1, with an above ground FAR of 3.75:1.
The City of Beverly Hills Planning Commission finds the requested General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan, Zone Text Amendment, Zoning Map Amendment, Master Plan of Streets, Alleys, and Highways Amendment, Vesting Tentative Parcel Map, and Encroachment Permits consistent with the City of Beverly Hills General Plan based upon the analysis provided below, the General Plan consistency analysis provided in Table 4.7-1 of the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan Project Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH document # 2020110223), and the ‘Relationship to the General Plan’ discussion contained in Section
2.4 of the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan, both of which are incorporated herein by reference.
GOALS AND POLICIES:
x LU 2 Community Character and Quality. A built environment that is distinguished by its high level of site planning, architecture, landscape design, and sensitivity to its natural setting and history. x LU 2.1 City Places: Neighborhoods, Districts and Corridors. Maintain and enhance the character, distribution, built form, scale, and aesthetic qualities of the City’s distinctive residential neighborhoods, business districts, corridors, and open spaces. x LU 2.4 Architectural and Site Design. Require that new construction and renovation of existing buildings and properties exhibit a high level of excellence in site planning, architectural design, building materials, use of sustainable design and construction practices, landscaping, and amenities that contribute to the City’s distinctive image and complement existing development. x LU 11.2 Site Planning and Architectural Design. Require that commercial and office properties and buildings are planned and designed to exhibit a high level of site and architectural design quality and excellence.
The project exhibits a high level of excellence in site planning and unique architecture that is responsive and complementary to its Business Triangle location. The Project’s varied building heights and massing respond to directly adjacent existing physical development surrounding the Project site. Retail frontages and lower building heights are located on the Rodeo Drive portion of the building. Taller portions of the building are located on Beverly Drive with a height consistent with the existing commercial structure directly to the east. The building incorporates façade modulation and articulation on all elevations including varied window sizing to provide visual interest. The Project incorporates features such as a widened sidewalk and a pedestrian plaza with art to improve the streetscape and promote pedestrian activity along the Project’s three street frontages.
2 x LU 9.1 Uses for Diverse Customers. Accommodate retail, office, entertainment, dining, hotel, and visitor-serving uses that support the needs of local residents, attract customers from the region, and provide a quality experience for national and international tourists.
The retail component of the Project is designed as a continuation of the Rodeo Drive pedestrian oriented commercial corridor and the ground floor publicly accessible restaurant interfaces with the street at the corner of Beverly Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard. The street facing orientation of both the retail spaces and ground floor restaurant are complementary to the established pedestrian oriented retail environment that exists within the Business Triangle and is attractive to local and regional visitors. The high quality hotel and appurtenant amenities, including spa use, are hospitality uses centrally located in the City that will provide a quality experience for national and international tourists.
x LU 9.3 Anchor Locations. It is also recommended that certain anchor locations be set aside to permit development of a higher intensity type of development which is not otherwise provided in the community. These areas should be located so as to be accessible from the City’s major shopping areas and close to the City’s major streets. These anchor locations should include those large parcels that are located at the gateways to the City, such as the site at 9850, 9876, 9900, and 9988 Wilshire Boulevard where additional building height is appropriate. A variety of land uses such as commercial, hotel, residential, and mixed use should be considered for the gateway locations. A change of use from commercial to residential, hotel or mixed use should be allowed only if such change provides an adequate transition to adjacent single family neighborhoods. x LU 9.4 Anchor Location Design Criteria (as revised). The anchor location should encourage unified development oriented towards and along Wilshire Boulevard and at the intersection of North Rodeo Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard planned to complement the scale and character of adjacent residential areas. In addition, development of the anchor locations should incorporate measures to enhance streets, sidewalks, and roadways in order to encourage pedestrian circulation between these areas and the Business Triangle.
Consistent with these two anchor location General Plan Land Use Element policies, the Project is a unified multiple use (hotel, retail, and club uses) building with a higher intensity of development (both density and height) at an anchor location (the northern end of the City’s luxury retail shopping street within the City’s Business Triangle). The hotel/retail/club Project would demark the entry to the northern end of the Rodeo Drive luxury retail corridor and would mirror existing anchor development at the southern end of Rodeo Drive: the existing taller hotel (Beverly Wilshire Hotel) and adjacent unified retail development (Two Rodeo). The Project incorporates measures to encourage pedestrian circulation in the Business Triangle, including a widened sidewalk on South Santa Monica Boulevard, uniform landscaping and enhanced sidewalk paving material in the public right-of-way surrounding the Project, and a publicly accessible pedestrian plaza at the corner of Rodeo Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard. x LU 11.3 Retail Street Frontages. Require that development and street frontages in districts containing retail uses be designed and developed to promote pedestrian activity including (a) location and orientation of the building to the sidewalk; (b) transparency of and direct access to the ground floor elevation from the sidewalk; (c) articulation of street-facing elevations to promote interest and sense of quality; (d) inclusion of uses and public spaces that extend interior functions to the sidewalk such as cafes and plazas; and (e) use of pedestrian-oriented signage and lighting.
Both the 150 linear feet of Rodeo Drive retail frontage and approximately 200 linear feet of South Santa Monica Boulevard and Beverly Drive ground floor restaurant frontage are consistent with
3 the specific characteristics listed in General Plan Land Use Policy LU 11.3. Both the retail and ground floor restaurant spaces are designed to: a) maintain the commercial streetwall that exists in the City’s Business Triangle; b) provide ample pedestrian level fenestration between the commercial spaces and public sidewalk and have direct pedestrian entrances from Rodeo Drive and Beverly Drive respectively; c) include upper story articulation along all street-facing sides of the building and provide a 20’ by 35’ building inset on Rodeo Drive for a publicly accessible pedestrian plaza; d) provide the plaza at the corner of Rodeo Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard as a public space and include large building openings on South Santa Monica Boulevard and Beverly Drive to provide connection between the interior dining areas of the ground floor restaurant with the adjacent public sidewalks; and e) include distinct ground level retail spaces with retail signage consistent with the pedestrian oriented retail signage pattern found within the Business Triangle.
x LU 11.5 Retail Streetscapes. Maintain and, where deficient, improve street trees, plantings, furniture, signage, public art, and other amenities that promote pedestrian activity. x CIR 7 Pedestrians. A safe and comfortable pedestrian environment that results in walking as a desirable travel choice, particularly for short trips, within the City.
The Project includes improvements to beautify the public right-of-way that surrounds the Project site and thus promote pedestrian activity and create a safer and more comfortable pedestrian environment that is integrated into the City’s walkable Business Triangle. These improvements include: a) replacement street trees around the new building that are planted at a spacing consistent with the current street tree configuration located in the immediate vicinity and are tree species consistent with those planted within the Business Triangle; b) additional 3’ wide landscaped areas in the public right-of-way that will be maintained by the Project operator; and c) widened sidewalks on South Santa Monica Boulevard as well as a publicly accessible pedestrian plaza that will include art.
x LU 14.4 New Construction of Private Buildings. Require that new and substantially renovated buildings be designed and constructed in accordance with the City’s sustainability programs such as the City’s Green Building Ordinance or comparable criteria to reduce energy, water, and natural resource consumption, minimize construction wastes, use recycled materials, and avoid the use of toxics and hazardous materials.
The Project’s new building is required to meet the City of Beverly Hills Green Building Code and CALGreen as well as be designed to meet a minimum rating of ‘Gold’ under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System. LEED-consistent features are identified in Section 4.9 of the Project’s Specific Plan and require the Project to be designed in a manner to reduce energy, water and natural resource consumption when compared with standard construction techniques, as well as require minimizing construction waste, and reduce the use of toxic and hazardous materials.
x LU 15.2 Priority Businesses. Retain and build upon the key business sectors contributing to the City’s identity, economy, and revenue for resident services, such as entertainment-related ClassA offices, high end retail and fashion, restaurant, hotel, technology, and supporting uses. x ES 1.4 Retain Existing Industries. Consistent with future economic sustainability plans, encourage existing industries such as luxury retail, tourism, hoteling, finance, entertainment and media businesses and services to remain and expand within the City.
4 The luxury retail businesses located on Rodeo Drive are closely identified with commercial identity of the City of Beverly Hills. The Project is an anchor development at the north end of Rodeo Drive that includes luxury retail and high end hotel uses. This development expands both luxury retail and luxury hotel offerings located in the City and builds upon the City’s identity as an international destination for high end retail, hotels, and services.
x LU 16.4 Public Places. Provide plazas, open spaces, and other outdoor improvements that are accessible to and used for public gatherings and activities, either through capital improvement or as a development requirement.
x OS 8.5 Urban Parks. Encourage and allow opportunities for new development to provide small plazas, pocket parks, civic spaces, and other gathering places that are available to the public to help meet recreational demands.
The Project is a new development that includes a publicly accessible plaza directly accessible from the sidewalks surrounding the building. The plaza will provide an additional public space along Rodeo Drive that will add interest to the pedestrian environment on this highly visited street. x CIR 4.1 Parking Provisions. Ensure that adequate parking is provided for existing and future uses while considering shared parking opportunities. Travel Demand Management (TDM) plans, and availability of alternative modes of travel, based on the site’s proximity to transit.
A parking demand analysis that quantified the shared parking opportunities of the multiple use Project was completed. The parking requirements of the Specific Plan will ensure that the number of parking spaces provided by the Project is adequate to meet parking needs for the included uses, including any additional parking needs for special events at the Project site. In addition, a portion of the parking for the retail component of the Project is provided offsite through participation in the in lieu parking program. Thus this portion of the retail parking is provided through the use of public parking structures that are shared with other uses located within the City’s Business Triangle. The Specific Plan also requires that TDM measures, such as providing transit passes to employees and guests and on-site bicycle facilities, are incorporated. The Project is located in close proximity to existing (North Santa Monica Boulevard rapid bus line) and future (Wilshire Boulevard Westside subway extension) transit.
x CIR 8.5 Bikeway Amenities. Require that new development projects (e.g. employment centers, educational institutions, and commercial centers) provide bicycle racks, personal lockers, showers, and other bicycle support facilities.
The Specific Plan requires the Project to include secure bicycle parking spaces within the building, at-grade bicycle parking spaces for short-term visitors, and provide charging facilities for ebicycles. The Project includes lockers and showers for use by employees who commute by bicycle. x CIR 11.2c (portion of Role of Alleys). In commercial areas, however, there is the additional concern for alley relocation and/or closure, which may be desirable in conjunction with specific development proposals. As important as they are, the existence of the alleys should not preclude consideration of proposals which would alter them if satisfactory alternate services would be provided. In certain instances, development proposal which would utilize the alley may provide a type or quality of development or access which better serves the City’s objectives and as such, should be considered. Such development proposals might include alley closure which would permit unified development across an entire block or permit safer street access, or use the alley as part of a landscaped pedestrian plaza or mall, or relocation of an alley of a more functional
5 arrangement of structures or possible consideration of the space above or below the alley for parking purposes.
The Project is an anchor development located at the north end of the City’s Business Triangle that spans four existing parcels between Rodeo Drive and Beverly Drive. The relocation of the alley is required in order to consolidate the site and allow the unified development of a single building across an entire block. The alley relocation thus helps facilitate a project that serves the City’s objective of a high quality multiple use anchor commercial development at a key location within the City’s Business Triangle.
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS.
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I, KAREN MYRON, Recording Secretary of the Planning Commission of the City of Beverly Hills, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Resolution No. 19
duly passed, approved and adopted by the Planning Commission of said City at a meeting of said Commission on June 13, 2022, and thereafter duly signed by the Secretary of the Planning Commission, as indicated; and that the Planning Commission of the City consists of five (5) members and said Resolution was passed by the following vote of said Commission, to wit:
AYES: Commissioners Ross, Demeter, Ostroff, Vice Chair Hudnut, Chair Licht NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
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KAREN MYRON
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Planning Commission
City of Beverly Hills, California
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Attachment 7
PC Staff Reports
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City of Beverly Hills
Planning Division
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TEL. (310) 285-1141 FAX. (310) 858-5966
Planning Commission Report
Attachment(s):
A. Notice of Public Hearing and Notice of Availability of Draft EIR B. Registered Legislative Advocates List
C. Draft Specific Plan, dated Sept. 17, 2021
D. DEIR Public Comments received as of October 19, 2021 E. Applicant Submitted Alternatives 3, 4 and 5 Volumes Study Exhibit F. Conceptual Architectural Plans, dated 10.19.2020 (under separate cover) G. Draft Environmental Impact Report (under separate cover and available at www.beverlyhills.org/environmental)
Report Author and Contact Information:
Masa Alkire, AICP, Principal Planner
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Meeting Date: October 28, 2021
Subject: 456 and 468 NORTH RODEO DRIVE; 449, 451, and 453 NORTH BEVERLY DRIVE; and 461 through 465 NORTH BEVERLY DRIVE
(CHEVAL BLANC BEVERLY HILLS SPECIFIC PLAN)
Draft Environmental Impact Report (PL2000138)
Pursuant to the provisions set forth in the California Environmental Quality Act, the Commission will review and comment on a Draft Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIR) prepared for the Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan Project. The request is for a multiple use building containing a luxury hotel with restaurants and ancillary services, a private club, and street level retail uses with North Rodeo Drive frontage.
Project Applicant: 468 N Rodeo Drive LLC, 456 N Rodeo Drive LLC, 461 N Beverly Drive LLC, and 449 N Beverly Drive, LLC (Project Proponent: Cheval Blanc, a division of LVMH)
Recommendation: That the Planning Commission:
1. Receive public comments on the Draft EIR
2. Provide Commission comments on the Draft EIR
REPORT SUMMARY
This report provides a description of the proposed Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan Project. The Project is a proposal for a single multiple use building that contains a luxury hotel with restaurants and ancillary services, a private club, and street level retail uses facing North Rodeo Drive. The proposed Specific Plan identifies a maximum floor area ratio (FAR) of 4.2 to 1 for the Project Site overall, and a maximum above ground FAR of 3.91 to 1. The development standards contained in the proposed Specific Plan allow up to 220,950 square feet (SF) of floor area in the building and up to 115 hotel guest rooms. The proposed building varies in height across the Project Site. The proposed building is 4-stories, 51’ tall on the North Rodeo Drive frontage, has multiple step-ups in building height towards the east side of the Project Site, and a maximum height of 9-stories, 115’ tall on the Project’s North Beverly Drive frontage. This report discusses how the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) environmental review process fits into the City’s decision-making process for this Project, provides an overview of environmental issue areas studied in the Draft EIR, and includes a summary of the project alternatives that were considered in the Draft EIR. The purpose of this report is to provide information to the public, any interested outside agencies, and the Planning Commission regarding the content of the Draft EIR Planning Commission Report
Cheval Blanc Beverly Hills Specific Plan
October 28, 2021