CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR’S HEARING MEETING AGENDA TUESDAY, November 14, 2023 -- MEETING TIME 5:00 PM West Hollywood City Hall, Community Conference Room 8300 Santa Monica Boulevard West Hollywood, CA 90069

LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT: "The City of West Hollywood acknowledges that the land on which we gather and that is currently known as the City of West Hollywood is the occupied, unceded, seized territory of the Gabrieleño Tongva and Gabrieleño Kizh peoples”.

TO PARTICIPATE BY PROVIDING WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE OR AN E-COMMENT:

To better facilitate the meeting, members of the public who wish to comment on matters before the Community Development Director are strongly encouraged to submit an email to planning@weho.org no later than 2:00 pm on the Director’s Hearing meeting day.

Note: E-Comments received by 2:00 p.m. will be forwarded to the Community Development Director and posted on the City’s website as part of the official meeting record. Your comments and information will become part of the official public record. If you do not want your personal information included in the official record, please do not include your address and/or phone number.

TO PARTICIPATE BY PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT BY TELEPHONE:

This option is to provide public comment via phone ONLY.

1. You must sign up to speak no later than 2:00 p.m. on the day of the Community Development Director’s Hearing to be added to the Zoom Public Speaker List.

2. Send your name, the phone number you will be calling from, and which item you wish to speak on to: planning@weho.org

3. Dial-in 10 minutes prior to the start of the meeting (the meeting begins at 5:00 p.m.)

Dial in Code: *6 = unmute

Dial in Code: *9 = lets the host know you want to speak on the current item

Dial-in: 669-900-6833

Meeting I.D.: 849 7767 7022, then press #

This agenda was posted at: City Hall, West Hollywood Library on San Vicente Boulevard, Plummer Park, and the West Hollywood Sheriff's Station.

To comply with the American with Disabilities Act of 1990, if special assistance to participate in this meeting is required (e.g., an American Sign Language interpreter for people who are Deaf or hard of hearing), you must call or submit your request in writing to the Office of the City Clerk at (323) 848-6800 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. The City TTY line is (323) 848-6417.

For additional information on any item on the posted agenda, please contact Jennifer Alkire, AICP, Current and Historic Preservation Planning Manager (jalkire@weho.org) (323) 848-6487.

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Approve the minutes of prior Community Development Director Hearings:

A. April 11, 2023

4. CONSENT CALENDAR. None.

5. PUBLIC HEARINGS

A. 9045 NEMO STREET.

The Community Development Director will consider an amendment to a previously issued administrative permit to expand the hours of operation to 11:00 A.M. to 1:00 A.M. daily for outdoor dining, with the sales, service, and consumption of alcohol at a new restaurant. (Somni 2)

Applicant: Madison Nemo, LLC

Staff: Taylor Galindo, Planning Intern

RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Director of Community Development hold the public hearing, consider all pertinent testimony, and conditionally approve the application request by adopting the following:

Draft Resolution No. CD 23-278: “A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD, CONDITIONALLY APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT EXPANDING THE HOURS OF OPERATION FOR AN OUTDOOR DINING AREA AND THE SALES, SERVICE, AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL AT A NEW RESTAURANT, LOCATED AT 9045 NEMO STREET, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. (SOMNI 2)” (EXHIBIT A)

ITEM 5A Staff Report

ITEM 5A Exhibit A (Resolution CD 23-278)

ITEM 5A Exhibit B (Conditions of Approval)

ITEM 5A Exhibit C (Sample Menu (Somni 2))

ITEM 5A Exhibit D (9045 Nemo Radius Map)

ITEM 5A Exhibit E (9045 Nemo Project Plans)

ITEM 5.A. Additional Correspondence (110823)

ITEM 5.A. Additional Correspondence (111023)

ITEM 5.A. Additional Correspondence (111223)

ITEM 5.A. Additional Correspondence (111323)

ITEM 5.A. Additional Correspondence (111423)

6. EXCLUDED CONSENT CALENDAR. None

7. ADJOURNMENT: The Community Development Director will adjourn to a regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 5:00 PM at West Hollywood City Hall, Community Conference Room – 1^st Floor, 8300 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, California.

AGENDA POLICIES

The Community Development Director considers a range of requests for development permits, appeals, and planning policy matters, and conducts public hearings on many of its agenda items. Due to the number, complexity and public interest associated with many agenda items, meetings of the Community Development Director are generally lengthy. The Community Development Director makes every effort to proceed as expeditiously as possible; your patience and understanding is appreciated.

REQUEST TO SPEAK on an item must be submitted on a Speakers Request Form and submitted to the meeting Secretary. All requests to address the Community Development Director on Public Hearings items must be submitted prior to the Director’s consideration of the item.

CONSENT CALENDAR items will be acted upon by the Community Development Director at one time without discussion, unless the Director pulls a specific item for discussion.

PUBLIC HEARINGS PROCEDURES on each Public Hearing item include presentation of a staff report; Director questions of staff; a ten (10) minute presentation by the project applicant or applicant’s representative or team, if any; Director questions of the applicant; three (3) minutes (in order to facilitate the meeting, the Director may lengthen or shorten the three (3) minute period for all speakers on a particular agenda item based on the number of persons in attendance wishing to speak or the complexity of the matter under consideration) for each member of the public wishing to speak to the item; five (5) minutes for the project applicant to respond to the public or clarify issues raised by the public; presiding Director decisions.

PRESENTATIONS BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC should begin with the speaker stating his or her name and city of residence, followed by a statement regarding the item under consideration. Please speak to the presiding Director.

PROFESSIONALS APPEARING BEFORE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR should clearly identify their status, such as “attorney”, “paralegal”, “architect”, “designer”, or “landscape architect”. Instances of misrepresentation of professional status may be referred to the City Attorney for possible prosecution.

LETTERS OR WRITTEN MATERIALS regarding agenda items may be submitted to the City Planning Division staff prior to or at the Director Hearing; written materials submitted at least eight (8) days in advance of the meeting will be included in the Director Hearing packet. Materials submitted after the deadline may be difficult for the presiding Director to adequately review.

Your comments and information will become part of the official public record. If you do not want your personal information included in the official record, please do not include your address and/or phone number.

ASSIGNING OF TIME is not permitted.

ACTIONS OF THE PRESIDING DIRECTOR are legally binding.

The current Community Development Director’s Hearing Agenda and Staff Reports are available on-line at www.weho.org