Project Description
The Catalina Tower is a 27-story, 279-unit mixed-use project in Koreatown. It was rejected by the City Planning Commission three times due to its incompatibility with adjacent low-rise buildings, with one commissioner calling it a “tumor.”
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Project: Catalina Project/Koreatown
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Project Description
<br />The Catalina Tower is a 27-story, 279-unit mixed-use project in Koreatown. It was rejected by the City Planning Commission three times due to its incompatibility with adjacent low-rise buildings, with one commissioner calling it a “tumor.”<br />
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Issues & Rationale
<br />Key Issues</p>
<li>Numerous procedural failures allowing a project rejected by the CPC to move forward despite not being appealed by the developer.</li>
<li>Approval of a project without a valid EIR.</li>
<li>Improper designation of the area as a Regional Center despite not being part of the Regional Center.</li>
<li>Improper substitution of an appeal for one project to approve a different project.</li>
<li>Improper substitution of one EIR to approve a different project.</li>
<li>Improper conversion of a vote to receive and file into a vote to approve.</li>
<li>Improper vote at PLUM</li>
<li>Failure to adhere to the City Charter and planning laws.</li>
<li>Inconsistency with the general plan.</li>
<p>Rationale</p>
<li>A failure to adhere to city and state laws will result in improperly approved development throughout the city.</li>
<li>Public safety is compromised by inadequate first responder response times.</li>
<li>The project could set a harmful precedent for high rise development in low rise areas.</li>
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Issues & Rationale
Key Issues
- Numerous procedural failures allowing a project rejected by the CPC to move forward despite not being appealed by the developer.
- Approval of a project without a valid EIR.
- Improper designation of the area as a Regional Center despite not being part of the Regional Center.
- Improper substitution of an appeal for one project to approve a different project.
- Improper substitution of one EIR to approve a different project.
- Improper conversion of a vote to receive and file into a vote to approve.
- Improper vote at PLUM
- Failure to adhere to the City Charter and planning laws.
- Inconsistency with the general plan.
Rationale
- A failure to adhere to city and state laws will result in improperly approved development throughout the city.
- Public safety is compromised by inadequate first responder response times.
- The project could set a harmful precedent for high rise development in low rise areas.