On the other side of Dodger Stadium lies one of the most unique streets in LA. The hilltop neighborhood has a mix of craftsman homes and mid-century apartments that surround a beautiful park in the shape of a teardrop. The earliest home on the street, the Abbott Everett House, was built in 1905. The home is just days away from being torn down to make way for a 50-unit apartment complex.

The developers, Dynamic Development/Weinstock Companies, have not submitted or had their plans approved by the city yet to build such large scale project. The Everett Street Neighbors Association asked the developer to hold off the demolition until plans were approved since the other three craftsman homes that once surrounded the Abbott Everett House were torn down for a development that never ended up being built. For 30 years the lot has sat vacant.

Dynamic Development sent day workers to tear the roof off on Nov. 14, 2015 so that the home would be exposed to the elements and demolition would have to happen immediately.  The Everett Street Neighbors Association is asking for your help to stop the demo of this historic home by signing this petition.

OTHER WAYS TO GET INVOLVED

1. We need your support to help #PreserveLA from developers coming into communities to build projects that are out of scale and character.

Take a moment to send the email we composed below to the following people:

 a) Eric Huang of LADBS Development Services Case Management, who is processing the request letter to revoke the demolition permit, and Ara Sargsyan, Director of Development Services Case Management.

 Their emails are eric.huang@lacity.org and ara.sargsyan@lacity.org

 
Subject: Request to Revoke Demo Permit for the Abbott Everett House

Dear Mr. Huang and Sargsyan,

I respectfully request that LADBS rescind building permit #15019-10000-03478 for the demolition of a single-family residence located at 1003 N. Everett Street, pending further review by the City of Los Angeles as Lead Agency in accordance with CEQA.

On September 21, 2015, the Developer submitted an application to demolish the above referenced single-family residence. Pursuant to LAMC 91.106.4.5.1, the Developer posted the property with a 30-day public notice of application for demolition pre-inspection. On October 29, 2015, LADBS issued a permit to demolish the structure. Demolition work has not commenced on the subject property.

The Developer failed to disclose the full scope of the proposed project.

California Code of Regulations “CEQA Toolbox” defines the project description as the starting point for every CEQA environmental document, be it an Environmental Impact Report (EIR), a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND), or Negative Declaration (ND). A project description is a brief summary of the proposed project and its consequences in sufficient detail as to describe the project being contemplated and provide the focus for the environmental review. The term "project" means the whole of the action which has the potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. It does not mean each separate governmental approval.

The proposed project is a new 50-unit apartment building and includes demolition of the 116-year old residence. According to an article published in The Eastsider,

The home on an approximately 7,000-square-foot lot above Sunset Boulevard was purchased in May for $940,000, according to Property Shark. Meanwhile, the same company that purchased the home also purchased an approximately 37,000-square-foot vacant lot next door for $3.05 million.

Update on Sept. 23: Weinstock said he’s teaming up with Damon Porter of Dynamic Development of Santa Monica to build a 50-unit apartment complex with subterranean parking on both properties, with ground breaking planned for this year.

According to public statements made by the Developer to the media, the project is the assembly of two adjoining lots totaling 43,393 square feet and construction of a 50-unit apartment building. Therefore, it is incumbent upon the City as Lead Agency to confirm that the project description for demolition of a structure more than 45-years old includes sufficient detail about the 50-unit apartment project to satisfy CEQA, specifically 14 CCR Appendix H.

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2. Join the movement to #PreserveLA and put #NeighborhoodsFirst on Instagram @EverettStreetNeighbors and Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/Everett-Neighbors-944501678939252