Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. We're going to go ahead and get started with our meeting. If you can rise, we're going to do our pledge. Commissioner Shaw Williams going to lead us in our pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice. Madam Secretary, can we get a roll call, please? Uh, yes. Commissioner Fowler, present. Commissioner Rice, here. Commissioner Shaw Williams, here. Chairman Springs, here. Is there any communications from staff? Yes, chairman. Um, just a couple of things. We've uh launched our general plan comprehensive general plan update next level and uh to commemorate um this historic occasion, we've provided you with some gifts tonight. We always have gifts for you. We're buttering you up. Um, so you have uh a next level um pen and notebook and a coffee mug. So uh for your uh Starbucks cure eggs, you guys will be ready to go to the next level with your caffeine addiction. Um and then also we've uh provided an updated uh resolution for item 6B that'll be discussed a little bit further in the presentation this this afternoon I mean this evening. And uh that concludes um our comments. Okay. Thank you. It's public comments. We're going to open up for public comments regarding agenda items. person wishing to address the planning commission on any item on the agenda other than the public hearing may do so at this time.

You can take it back to the back mic there. Give us your name and state your reasoning hearing. Seeing none, we're going to close that segment and we need to get an approval on our minutes for May 7th, 2025. Motion to approve minutes for May 7th, 2025. Second. I have a second on approval of minutes for May 7th, 2025. Call for any questions. Hearing none, we'll call for that vote. Commissioner Fowler, I. Commissioner Rice, I. Commissioner uh Shaw Williams, I. Chairman Springsain. Okay. I need an approval on minutes for June 4th, 2025. Motion approval of minutes June 4th, 2025. Second. I hear a second. Call for any questions. Hearing none, we'll call for a vote. Commissioner Fowler. I. Commissioner Rice. Hi. Commissioner Shaw Williams. Chairman Chairman Springs. I. Okay. Madam Secretary, our first item, please. Item 6A, a public hearing to consider an application by George Kelly representing Rhythm Bar for special use permit number 25-000011 to allow the onsite sale of beer, wine, and distilled spirits and live entertainment in an approximately 3,081 square foot proposed bar and lounge that is part of the Hollywood Park tomorrow retail center on a mixeduse designated HP PSP zoned property located at 1269 South District Drive. Chairman, the file is present and notice has been given in a time and place as

required by law. Planner Angel Leon Martell is present to give a short staff presentation. All righty. Good evening, Chairman Springs and members of the commission. The subject site for the special use permit is located within the major mixeduse general plan area and is zoned HPS for the Hollywood Park specific plan. On November 1st, 2018, planning staff approved plot plan review number 2018-00004 for the construction of the retail center. On March 4th, 2020, the building safety division issued a building permit for an approximately 350,000 square foot retail center, which is phase one of the overall retail plan development at Hollywood Park. The subject tenant space is located within the Hollywood Park tomorrow retail center along Century Boulevard between Prair Prairie Avenue and District Drive. Surrounding land uses include large entertainment venues, commercial and residential uses to the north and east of the site with commercial and large entertainment venues to the south and retail to the west.

This request is to allow on-site alcohol service and live entertainment for a proposed bar and lounge located within an existing tenant suite. The tenant space currently has two pedestrian entrances. Main entry is along the north-facing retail side and the second service entrance is located at the rear accessible from the service corridor. There are no proposed changes to the ingress and egress of the existing tenant space. Parking. Parking for the proposed bar and lounge is located on site with a parking structure off Prairie Avenue and surface parking along Century Boulevard. The applicant is seeking approval for the on-site sale of beer, wine, and distilled spirits with live entertainment for proposed bar and lounge named Rhythm Bar. Food consists of pizzettas, sliders, fries. Rhythm Bar specializes in locally sourced ingredients to craft their cocktails along with their food pairings. The venue is intended to reflect a refined and upscale ambiance that includes local acts with Englewood Creatives. The proposed hours of operation are from 2:00 p.m. through 2:00 a.m. Monday through Thursday and from noon to 2:00 a.m. Friday through Sunday during which the full menu will be made available at all times. The floor area consists of a 1,140 ft dining area, 416q ft kitchen, 173 ft bar area, 717q ft open air patio and dining area, and a 150 ft restroom area. Highlighted areas on the screen depict selected areas within the bar with the

bar area in blue. Seating area in orange, the outdoor seating area in green, stage or platform area in red, and alcohol service will be provided at the bar, but predominantly within the indoor and outdoor seating areas, which will be brought by weight staff. Live entertainment will take place on the 186q foot stage and will include an array of entertainment including comedy acts, lectures, poetry, and jazz quartets. There will be five employees working at all times during regular business hours. One security guard will be present at all times during the regular business hours. At least 11 security cameras will be installed in addition to those already provided by the existing retail center. The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control allows four on-site sell licenses for the census tract. There are currently seven on-site licenses. The applicant has submitted a public convenience and necessity letter for the commission's review and approval. Hollywood Park tomorrow retail site is newly constructed and not fully occupied. There is a police substation that was developed in the retail area and the Inglewood Police Department will monitor all activity within the center. As conditioned, the proposed project will serve as an enhancement to his neighborhood setting and will continue to be compatible with the surrounding area. Site is developed in accordance with existing zoning and development standards for the Hollywood Park

specific plan zone property. Project is consistent with the major mixeduse land use designation. A categoric categorical exemption has been filed for the project and it's exempt from further environmental review. This concludes my presentation. I'm available to answer any questions the commission might have. The applicant is also here tonight to answer your questions. Thank you. Right. Thank you very much. We're going to open up for questions for you. We're going to start off with Commissioner Fowler. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh just one question for staff. Um, I noticed that there are other licenses in the area yet there was no police report available and some of these have been open for a while. So, I was just curious as to I don't know do we have any influence over that but I I heard the substation so that's a that might be why there's Yeah. So, for the I Yeah, exactly. So, for the items um that you'll hear tonight regarding alcohol license, including this this item, we did reach out to the chief of police and that's the feedback that that we that we got from him. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's it. Commissioner Rice, we're going to perhaps have two bites at the apple on this one. I'm going to ask you, and if you can't fill it, I'm going to ask the same questions of the applicant. You have one security guard for 3,000 square ft. And where where will you be positioning the security guard? Um the actual I mean part of it'll probably more like 24 2500 square ft uh because of the mezzanine kitchen actually probably less like probably more like 2,000. Uh but um the security guard is generally placed at the front entrance and they'll circle around within within the within the building stage area as required. But um

yeah, we can check with the applicant to see, you know, the fine details on that. Okay. Because the applicant's application says 3,81 ft. That's that's that's the total, right? with the kitchen, with the uh the restroom service area and storage as well. So they said they they have like approximately 500 like 480 foot mezzanine area. So but that's off limits. That's strictly for staff. Okay. And you have a substation there. What's the approximate distance from the substation to this restaurant? Uh I don't have that exact distance. Can you can you go back to the site plan? So the the police substation is right across from Make sure where's Synopoulos. Oh. So the police the police substation is right across from building 2400. So I mean it's less than 500 ft. And you have 11 security cameras available. Will the substation be able to monitor the cameras in the will it's be specific to this particular project? So the the cameras um will will have will be will be will have playback and if the police department wants to review those they're going to they're going to have the right to and those should be readily available by the applicant. I'm more concerned with something actively happening and someone being able to intervene while it's happening or before it does. Hollywood Park retail is developed with existing cameras basically on the buildings and the exterior. Um I'm not sure if those are monitored in real time. Um but they they're existing. Mhm. I I'll I'll add I would add that that Hollywood Park does have existing on-site

campuswide security that regularly patrols um the retail residential and the the parking structures and lots throughout the Hollywood Park campus. Okay. In addition to the police substation. No further questions. Chairman, you Commissioner Shaw Williams? I'm looking at the restrooms uh for the women. There's only two stalls within the bathroom and I'm assuming that they both are in compliance with handicap regulations. Is that correct? Yep. So, they will be required to be ADA accessible. Um, a lot of these buildings also have their their own exterior restrooms as well. I don't have that full plan to to show you, but maybe the applicant can confirm that. Okay. All right. Thank you. No further questions. I have no questions. If the applicant is here, you can take the mic in the back and uh give us your name and tell us about your project. I'm George Kelly. I'm a project architect and Okay, I need you to do me a favor. I need you to take the mic in your hand. Get in there. Right there. Like that. And pretend you're a rock star. And I got that, baby. Here you are. Sorry about that. I'm George Kelly. I'm the architect designer for the project and as the applicant, but the operator is Felicia, who is here with me. Uh this project is a very controlled environment. High quality sound, lighting. It there'll probably be ticketed event or security guard up front. It's not intended to be uh anything but a a quality venue at the Hollywood Park for after events, for all the special festivals, all the the RAM games. I'm a RAM ticket holder and I was just here on Saturday for the weekend and it's one of those great places where

when the concerts are over there's nowhere to go. So that's why I think she identified this a couple years ago. We've it's been wonderful working with the Kroni company on it. Uh we see this is because of the variety of people that are going to be at this facility, the global variety that the space will serve the local community, but then on the days that the stadiums are full, we're we're right between the in it and the sofi. Uh it's a flexible space that could be having any any sort of entertainment. There's an idea that we'll cater to whoever the crowd is at the time. also having a a local um program of music every uh Thursday, Friday, Saturday. It's a it's a very flexible space. You can see it's all loose furniture. So, there can be we have a requesting for not just sitting and dining, but there could be times where it's a little more of a crowded event or standing room. But, as you can see, we have a controlled entry. There's really only one way in at the top of the building. We have a also we're putting a fence a small little railing out at the front of our patio so that I would imagine that's where people would be asked to check IDs and to be brought in. Um but if we're trying to put together sort of a more of a luxury place I think is what it's looking for. We have some really great decor, high quality again, lighting, sound, um, which was adamant by the developer to really bring something of a a high level quality to the building to the to the whole Hollywood park. And I think Felicia would like to say something about her vision of why we're even here. So, hello everyone. Hello. Getting the mic. My name is Felicia Vant. I have been a resident now of Los Angeles for 14 years. I am part of the entertainment business. So in talking about how to create and elevate a space um I have been a publicist and a marketer for the music industry for 26 years starting at Mottown then Universal Records then Columbia Records and now I run um Amazon

Music Global um cultural collaborations. So in trying to bring elevation I work continuously with SoFi um into a dome um bringing artists whether it's Beyonce whether it's Usher who was the first to be at into it um working with different organizations whether it's Lockma to continuously bring entertainment um and elevate the entertainment community. I work with Terrace Washington Terrace Martin um Komasi Washington um I manage Andrew Day. So I'm constantly talking to creatives on how they can continue to elevate their voices within this community. Um so when we think about what we are trying to bring there, it has been of my understanding of being here 14 years and someone who is 47 years old that we are looking for mature um places where we can have great experiences, great cocktails um but really continue to build community whether it's not a private club like Soho House or you know Sam Bungalow. We are sure that we will be bringing in clientele that again speaks to the entertainment community because I'm constantly working with again whether it's the Lakers, where it's the Clippers, I'm constantly bringing artists to these locations and people in the entertainment business who want to have a great experience and also network and um continue to grow their clientele. So when I say immature um beautiful venue um that's respectful to the community but respectful to people attending um I'm not looking for a rager. I'm looking for a place that again brings um a different type of energy to that space. So again I'm at the forum often. Um, I know that area very really I mean really really well because I spend most of my time um in these buildings trying to bring um a different type of entertainment quality and especially experience for you know the community around Englewood. Um I have a lot of friends that live there who move there who have houses and constantly tell me they're looking for that place

to um convene. So again, I come with experience. I come with a lot of relationships in the business, and I'm hoping to continue to elevate the Englewood um surrounding areas. Okay. Okay. So, we're going to open up questions for you. Don't leave. We're going to open up questions for the both of you. We're going to start off with Commissioner Fowler. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um could you I heard your entertainment experience. Could you talk to me about Because this is a restaurant also, correct? Restaurant is what? Can you talk to me about have you owned any other restaurants or been in the that industry or are you hiring people to do that? Um yes, I've been again it's hospitality. So whether it's working with SBE which is one of the main hospitality um groups Hwood who runs most of the um bars and clubs within the West Hollywood area. I think it's a combination. We're not looking at like full plates where you sit more of a pastor or derve kind of conversation to like pair and match with the cocktails. But yes, you know, the food is part of it. Um I think during co we recognize all the various chefs and you know different people who are of course trying to experience and again elevate. So I see it as an elevation for all people whether it's culinary whether it's fashion beauty all the things that are I think coming to LA um in different capacities we're we're a place for those people artists everyone so that that's the goal. Thank you. Two more questions. One that since you mentioned culinary what is the me menu theme? I mean, typically there's some specialty or what's the menu? If we were going to go, what were what are our options? Well, he mentioned sliders, but it's kind of like you think about places like Ghetto Gastro, you know, all these different upand cominging chefs that, you know, you bring um sensibility. You think about, you know, chefs likewame um who's doing great in New York, and you think about that. So, the idea is who are the local chefs that are in the community that need exposure. You know, I'm I'm really close to the people at Somerville, but you think about like what are the moments, you know, what's happening culturally? how can we rotate

and bring different um opportunities for the various chefs that are trying to get, you know, business and that's literally how they get started and then they end up having trucks and then hopefully brick and mortars. But I see it as this type of place where we're bringing in the best DJs, the best musicians, the best chefs, um the cocktail experiences um from around the world. I think the bar culture is growing um in a significant way and people really want quality drinks um and they want quality experiences. So, having had those relationships, um, as I said, now 26 years of being in the business, um, I feel like that's what we're really trying to offer is that elevated moment to let people know that Englewood continues to be a place that, you know, encourages and uplifts everyone. And then finally, on uh, staff training, what did you have in mind in terms of uh, training the staff? Because five seems kind of small, especially if there's a chumm night, I don't know, but talk to me a little about that. Um well some of the most of the staff is from the hospitality business. Um there was this bar Bibo that was in West Hollywood for a long time. Um I believe his family owned it owned Light Lighthouse or what's the theater? But um everyone we're talking to um that are part of it have been part of bar culture. Um which is why I wanted to talk to people like from SB and the different restaurant owners that I know like from Nice Guy. Um, again, I'm I'm heavily into these restaurants because when entertainment comes to the city, there's places that they want to go, but we are looking at, again, it's it's 2,000 square feet. If I'm thinking about two bartenders, um, again, small menus, I I think about, what's the bar? Roger Room, which I think is about that size. Losen, which is across from Nice Guy, that tends to be about the staffing size for for that. Um, so checking ID and stuff and Yeah, 100%. Okay. Thank you. Okay, Commissioner Rice. Hello. How are you? I'm great. This is a little bit nerdy. I I we're we're going to settle in right now because I'm a I'm a little bit slower these days. And if

you speak a little slower, I'll understand what you're saying a little bit better. Fair enough. And then it it will give a lot more value for me. Okay. And I got your name is Felicia. So if I So I botched it. I'm sorry. I couldn't hear it. Felicia, it is it's Felicia. Like Felicia Rashad. Felicia Rashad. Okay. You you're handling the entertainment portion of the restaurant. Um entertainment and marketing. Okay. Any management or operations? Um that would be again the hospitality um professionals that we know from different bars and and restaurants around the area. So we are talking to people from SBE and Hwood which again they have Harriets um Bungalow um Sam Bungalow you have um Bootsy Bellowos. All of those people are are long-term friends of mine. So again, I I have to entertain pretty much four days a week. So the community of hospitality is again something that I know. Um so whether it's the bouncers like when Sers Club was open, one of my favorite clubs is no longer here in Hollywood. Like you tend to know the community of security guards, you know the you know promoters. So these are are close friends that I continually talk to because again I I'm entertaining artists on a regular basis. So, those are some of the people that I would be using to by the time you get to the end of this line, we're going to be real slow, okay? Easy. We're all going to understand what we're saying and uh we're going to get the full value of this. Um I'm familiar with two other restaurants and bars uh here in town and the the renaissance of Inglewood is unreal. And right now, those two bars have about 30 employees and they're 2,000 square feet also. So, it's just something I want you to consider. Um, before and after games, there are a lot of people going to be in your bar, probably 150. You got 2,000 square ft, and you're going to have to be able to accommodate them with five people. So, I don't want you to get run

over. Yeah. Um, is there anyone in your group that understands the operations of the bar, speaking specifically to security? Yes, I would say Aya, my partner um who is not here today, but he has ran a coffee shop and um other that would be the experience. So I I believe that he would have a closer relationship to that, but I definitely have a relationship with security. But in hearing your point, so I'm thinking that if you have someone that's coming as an entertainer, they're going to have to provide themselves with their own entourage and security. Okay. All right. No further questions, sh. Okay. Very good. Commissioner Shaw Williams. So, you mentioned um places like Somerville, which I'm familiar with. So, you're trying to bring that vibe in terms of entertainment. I know they usually have jazz playing. So, are you trying to bring some type of intimate vibe into your intimate? But they're more dinner served services. You know, I I like I said, I could focus on also like exclusive DJs. Um, but also they are dealing with just an in-house band. I would actually bring talent. Um, like I said, whether it's a performance from someone like Andrew Day or someone who's doing a residency. I think the best example of the merger of Summerville is probably Burst which is um in Lakers Boulevard. They tend to do residencies with artist um but it's also restaurant. But again, these are plated. We are not thinking about plated situations because of the constant turnover. We definitely want to focus on the cocktail experience as our number one moment. Um, that's the star. Um, the culinary is also a star, but again, plated, not I mean, I'm sorry, Pastor Derves, not plated and sit. We think that we're going to have a constant rotation of people in and out unlike Somerville and Bur. So, is it possible we can see a John B or Eric

Benet performing? I I think so. I think so. Good to know. Yeah. In terms of parking, are you considering uh validating parking or I think for certain nights or VIPs for sure. I think the structure at Hollywood Park, which I I've seen a couple of times is is amazing and the size is pretty good. But yes, validation um would definitely happen for for VIPs and but the idea is that through um some of the attendees which I think would be regulars, we are trying to figure out packages for them that allow them to experience the bar from an elevated experience. Like I said, it's not a private member like Soho House or San Vicente or Bird Street, but there is the idea that um we would be catering to different um levels of clients. Um, so you'll offer VIP packages to Yes. everyone, just not VIP or entertainers, but if I wanted to purchase a VIP package, I hope you would. She will. Thank you. No further questions. Okay. Thank you. I just have a couple of questions. I want to piggyback on Commissioner Rice in regards to the number of employees that you have working. your square footage is over 3,000 square feet and according to this you only have five employees. Is that five employees plus a manager or is just five employees total? And would you be opposed to let me I should back up. Let me ask staff based upon the square footage is there um a guideline for how many employees they need to have? So, let me backtrack a little. That's five employees at all times per shift. They're actually going to have more employees. Um, more than five. Yeah. So, they'll potentially have eight to 10 employees. No, Rene, tell me one more time. So, they're actually going to employ more than five. It's going to be like eight

to 10 employees, but every shift will have a minimum of five employees. So, five employees there at all times. Okay, very good. Okay, so my question to you would be, would you consider uh more employees per shift? Um we you may have someone calling off not feeling well. So you're going to have to have that person replaced and sometimes when you already know your day off may not want to come. I would definitely and um again your all your recommendations matter to me. So 100% we would increase employees to make sure that again the event flow the experience. I don't want people to feel like they're bottlenecks or not getting things in time. So um as we you know figure out the flow um I think we probably went with the lower number knowing five is minimum because of the fact that there wasn't plated and the menu was very concise. Um, so having like quick input and output, but again, um, I'm respectful of the the opportunity and will of course listen to recommendations and increase based on what Commissioner Rice said about the other two bars that have upper 30. Okay, you said a lot and that's that short span. Let me ask you, let me ask staff. Could that be u one of our conditions? I don't I don't know that we would be able to condition a number of employees um outside of because because there's not a code requirement that would require that. Um and I also believe that the number of employees is also based on the operations model, number of um customers that are available and that could vary from day to day, right? And and at this juncture um the Hollywood

Park retail is coming online and so it's pretty slow and so for us to state a a number of employees I don't think would be fair to the applicant. Um, and so I would would caution against that. I don't know if if I'm speaking out of turn. Okay. So, yeah. Okay. I don't want you I don't want I don't want them to miss the opportunity because I there's a feeling that and you mentioned it as well because you're in part of marketing. So, and you same name some top entertainers. I'm assuming you're going to try to get those entertainers to come to your venue and by doing that you're going to put out information either website radio ads or whatever you do to get the people to come to your venue. Am I correct in saying that? Yeah. Different ways to get them to come or thinking about a buyout situation. So in in when you're doing regular day services versus buyouts which is when you have private events then staffing of course there's there's different conversations or ways to look at staffing. So you have private events there as well? Yeah. So someone can actually rent your facility. Yes, sir. Okay. Very good. And what did you say? You said you've only been in Los Angeles a couple of years. 14. You've been here 14 years. Yes. Huh. Are you familiar with Did you say Somerville? Are you familiar with Somerville? Yes. I know the owners very well. I've known um them since Well, I've known Art um AJ since he had the his bar. Have you been to that venue? I have a couple of times. Is your venue similar to that particular venue? No, because as um we discussed it's more of a restaurant style in the way things are plated. Um we are hoping for more of a different flow. Speak I I'm not understanding. Say it. Say it again. Restaurant style where where they have plated and more seating. So that that is meant for having

long-term seating at tables, not a flow of people in and out. um less social in that sense. I see. Um and another question, are you going to have uh monitors, TVs, screens? Yes, that would be behind the bar. Given the um layout, knowing that we are in a sports um community and the love of sports in this city, we want to make sure that we can cater to all the various things and the happenings. So, it will be behind the bar, which is the blue section. Is that right, Art? I mean, Angel. Yes, that's correct. Okay, if I if I could. So, the the layout, this is a very simple diagram. There's whole series of much more developed renderings and details. It is more of a luxurious cabaret style where you're sitting in nice cocktail tables and and the menu, the kitchen we're designing is a pretty high-tech menu or kitchen with a lot of air fryers and quick reheat. So, at some point we talked about you wouldn't want to be holding to any one menu because you don't know if the Scottish national team is about to play for the World Cup. You might have, you know, doing hogus or something. Who knows what? But, um, there's also going to be like more built-in furniture. And the wall that's actually adjacent or parallel perpendicular to the stage here is intended to be a large video screen. So there's moments when you might be looking at the stage or we might be all just looking at that wall because again there could be amazing sports and activities or different award shows what it might it it might be they also add to the performance uh you know the performers actually more and more you see are using video screens as part of their performance. So the intention right now is to have a screen behind the stage to the side of the stage and to be as flexible as possible. It's the idea of the the very big band on the small stage. And I think it was Felicia had talked quite a bit about to get those bands, you're gonna have to match the

quality of the the venue they they normally play at at this little venue. And so we're doing a lot of uh acoustics, doing high level of acoustions in the ceilings and in the walls. Uh the whole facade we're doing is an insulated exterior wall so that we're not going to walk down the mall and hear all this noise blasting out. Okay. Yeah, it's a pretty sophisticated room. Okay. I just have another question for you. It indicates that um a waitress is going to you take the bar menu from the menu. You can order your your drinks or whatever from the menu and then that particular waitress or waiter will bring that to you. So, as a pedest as someone who comes into the bar, could I walk up? Could I get a drink from the bar or do I have to order it from the menu or It's set up as a traditional bar. It's only a small bar. There's only 10 seats at the bar. 10 seats. There's a one side seat, one to the by the entry there where there's no seats. That would be your walk up. Okay. Gotcha. Because of the cabaret style, you might have 60% of the people sitting and another 20 or 30% standing at the time of the performance. Understood. Um, but it's not it's it's the flexible room that can go from again I think cabaret is the best word I or dinner theater. So small plates. Uh we're not doing not the large plating is important because there aren't huge tables. You're not going to have forks and knives and bottles of wine and and that sort of service because you have table size would limit how many people can even be in the room. So, it's a the concept throughout has been small plates, high quality meals. Okay, very good. I think we got the concept. I believe we do. We're going to find out pretty soon. Any more questions from the commissioners? Yes, Mr. Okay, your questions is limited to one minute,

please. Thank you. Um, very quickly, um, if this project is approved, do you have a timeline? Um, we ideally were hoping to be I can't I'm sorry, I can't hear. We were ideally hoping to be ready, um, January or February. Um, just next year of next year, thinking about the opportunities, um, um, all the various events. That that answers it. And then uh I just wanted to reiterate when I look at the properties that are in the area, I think just one night of KASM could put you out of business if people can't get service. So just really look at the staffing because that's where we're we're hearing. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Commissioner Rice, you have a minute. Right. Mentioning KSM and um you got YouTube with 6,000 folks, Sofi with 75 to 100,000. Kia with n 19,000 and two with 19,000 folks and you're right in the heart of everything. The businesses that I spoke of were ancillary to where you are right now and that they're packed out with 150 people or so every night. Your seating chart there showed that you had 60 60 seats and uh and you had another 10 at the bar. That's 70 plus you said another 30% that's a just standing that's 100 people folks right there that you're anticipating being there and you got one security guard someplace. Uh situational awareness is what you have to have and you're you're here in Los Angeles 14 years. Um in order to have situational awareness you have to be aware that there's a situation potentially. If we approve this um item tonight, I'm going to put a strong emphasis that we uh mandate that you increase your security. Right. Thank you, sir. Commissioner Shaw Williams, you have a minute, please. I don't have any further questions. Oh, very good. I have no questions whatsoever. Thank you very much. Thank you. We'd

like to open it up for anyone who are for or against this particular project. You can go to the mic, give us your name, and state your reasoning, please. Seeing hearing none, we're going to close this segment and we're going to I like like to get a motion, please, if I could. Motion. I recommend that the planning commission affirm the categorical exemption EAC 2025 073 and adopt the resolution approving SU25-00001 second with the yeah the condition a friendly amendment please you go ahead sir second there was a second uh can you Um, I'll withdraw for the withdraw your second. I'll withdraw for the friendly amendment. Okay. You heard the motion and friendly amendment. I'd like to request a friendly amendment that we have two security guards. One at the entrance and one just removing the facility at all times. I agree to the You accept that? Yes. I agree to the conditions as outlined by Commissioner Rice. Okay. Second. Okay. Okay, it's been properly moved and second. You heard the m motion and you heard the second. We call for any questions. Hearing none, we'll call for a vote. Commissioner Fowler, I. Commissioner Rice, I. Commissioner Shaw Williams, I. Chairman Springs, I Mr. Chairman, according to the IMC, anyone may appeal the decision of the planning commission on this matter um within by filing a written appeal within 20 days of the notice of decision as well as the applicable appeal fee. Okay. Thank you. Congratulations on your

Madam Secretary. Item 6B, a public hearing to consider an application by Ray Gibson representing Queen of Sheba for special use permit number 25-000014 to allow the sale of distilled spirits for on-site consumption and live entertainment for an existing restaurant on a MUC mixeduse corridor zone property located at 630 North Labraa Avenue. Chairman of foul is present and notice has been given in a time and form as required by law. Planner Shawn May is available to do a short staff presentation. Can we get the uh slideshow put up? Thank you. Good evening, Chairman Springs and members of the commission. The subject site for this special use permit is located at 630 North Labraa Avenue and is zoned MU mixeduse corridor. The property is located on the east side of North Labraa Avenue between East Hide Park Boulevard and East Hazel Street. The property is surrounded by residential uses to the east and commercial uses to the north, south, and west. On July 8th, 2019, a business license was approved for this for an existing

Ethiopian change of ownership for an existing Ethiopian restaurant. There are 54 on-site spaces within the multiple tenant shopping center. The applicant is utilizing AB 2097, which prohibits the city from imposing parking requirements on the use. The proposed expansion area is at the southeast corner of the shopping center as shown in the bottom right of this picture. Uh there are six existing security cameras on site and the applicant proposes to have one security guard on site during business hours. The restaurant will have five employees providing waiter service for patrons. The hours of operation for the restaurant will be 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. every day except for Tuesday. The current restaurant occupies a 1,000q ft tennis space within the shopping center. The applicant is proposing to expand the restaurant into an adjacent 4,762 square ft vacant tennis space and establish a connection through a double door opening between the two areas. The expanded area contains three ingress and egress points in addition to the existing restaurants, one entrance and exit. There is also a 70 square foot stage for live entertainment within the expanded area. The applicant is proposing to sell beer, wine, and distilled spirits to patrons within the approximately 5,762 square foot area with a type 47 ABC license. The census track permits up to seven on sale licenses, but there are currently only two active licenses within it within this census tract, including the one held by the restaurant currently. The applicant proposes to host live entertainment, including live music,

spoken word, and DJs for patrons of the restaurant. The planning commission may want to consider requiring additional on-site security for the restaurant expansion. The as condition, the proposed project will serve as an enhancement to its neighborhood setting and will be compatible with the surrounding area. The proposed project is consistent with the goals of the city's downtown TOD and general plan designation and the project is exempt from further environmental review. This concludes my presentation and I'm available to answer any questions the commission might have. The applicant is also here to answer any questions. Okay. Thanks, Sean. We're going to open up questions for you, sir. Uh, Commissioner Follower, please. Uh, no questions for staff. I'll save mine for the applicant. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Commissioner Rice. Ditto. Ditto. Lighten it up. I don't think they can put that down on the record, sir. No questions for staff. Thank you. I'll save my questions for the applicant. Thank you, sir. Commissioner Shaw Williams, no questions for staff. Thank you. Ditto as well. Or I have no questions for staff at this time. If the applicant is here, you could take the mic in the back and talk tell us about your particular project, please. Give us your name as well. And who's that gentleman with you? We've seen him before. Hi everyone. My name is Saba Mangasha. Could I please have you spell your name? S A B A. First name, last name, M G S H A. Um, I've been running business in

Inglewood since 2012. My first location was on 1580 Sentinel Avenue and I moved to um Hard Park in LA on 2017. You're going to have to talk just a little louder talking to that mic. Don't be afraid. We're friends. So Okay. Yeah. Um so I'm going to read a little bit from my phone. I just wrote a little bit. Okay. So if you can pull the mic up to you like this. All right. Can you guys hear me now? Yeah. Okay. Okay. Um so the restaurant is Kinoshiva Ethiopian restaurant. The name of Kunishiba is important to African community. It stands for a culture pride history. Our restaurant Queen Koshiva Ethiopian restaurant brings this the spirit to Inglewood by serving authentic Ethiopian food and creating space where culture is celebrated. Englewood has a large African population and it's growing into an international city with the people from many backgrounds as the city grows. Okay, I'm sorry. As the city grows and we see a lot of change in Inglewood and all the people that we have in Englewood that's from different backgrounds, we don't have enough space to serve them. It's been limited space and we're demanding more space at this time. We are planning to expand our restaurant to serve more people, create more jobs, and be a bigger part of the city in the future. Thank you. I'll have Eddie help me the rest. That was loud. Oh, now who's who's this gentleman's name, please? Good evening, Mr. Chairman, members of the commission. Like the chairman said, my name is Eddie Iikuna.

I'm the principal of the uh Inglewood Consulting Group LLC, a small but homegrown company that is was established to help the residents and the business community. I was approached by the applicant, you know, they are Queen of Shiva restaurant. And if anybody knows what Queen of Shiva means, that means everything to every African. So when I went there, I saw exactly what they were doing. Some of them I had to stop them. I said, "Okay, if you're going before the planning commission, you have to stop until we get a uh everything approved." So I've heard the uh the the presentation by the by staff and I completely agree with everything that they've said. The only uh addition that I have is that I have actually convinced the applicant you know that u since this is a restaurant and uh according to African culture people don't start going to um uh events until or go to a restaurant until 7 or 8:00 if you are going for a special uh event like a a Christianing uh a standup comedy or dance from Africa and since the mayor has made made Gur an international city. You know, I think that this is a very good location to establish an African restaurant with the theme of Queen of Shiva that will serve all the Africans, not only Africans but people

from the Middle East also. So we have actually agreed to you know in case there is an early uh arrivals to the to the event. We have actually retained a lot right across from the shopping center to be able to accommodate them. And if you know most of the tenants in the on the the shopping centers close their their doors at 7:00 the latest one closes their their shop at 7:00. Am I right? Okay. So and in addition to that we have also discuss with staff that we are willing to have uh two uh security guards. one at the at the at the gate at the entrance, the main entrance and then one inside, you know, to make sure that everything goes smoothly. And um like I said, we've actually agreed to all the conditions, even the changes that we discussed with staff. I don't want to continue until I I'll just wait for your questions, concerns. Thank you. Okay. All right, we're going to open up questions for the two of you, I'm sure. We're going to start off with Commissioner Fowler. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, and thank you for uh acknowledging the uh security guard. I I was looking at the operation conditions and I wanted to make sure that the applicant had agreed to all of the conditions that they had here because some uh which is always a concern for us

is how we keep the property up and looking Englewood level next level I should say that. Uh so I wanted to make sure that she had read all of these conditions uh that were prepared. Has she had an opportunity to review these? Yes, actually I I related all these conditions prior to they're being put down on as a condition when I I was uh discussing all the all the conditions that the commissioners would like to see before they uh approve your your project. Yes, thank you. Because we what I heard was there were three uh entrances and exits and one security guard was not going to get that. So, thank you for increasing that. Um, my other question had to do with as I looked at the presentation, it seems to be a lot of residential uh surrounding and I heard you talk about 7:00. Uh, and you're only your hours of operation seem to be every day was it except Tuesday, but you were planning to operate till 2 in the morning. So, can you talk to me about sound, sound proofing, etc. Okay, ma'am. Uh, commissioner, if uh if you see how the the shopping center is designed on the east side of um let me just because it's actually stated in the staff report. It's only on one side, I think, cuz on the on the east side that you have residential. Yes, I see on the east side. The other the other sides are the back of the commercial establishment. Most of the doors face the commercial establishment along Labria. Are you saying there's a wall there, sir? There's a there I think there's a

small wall, not not a a full height wall. Do you know? He's saying that on the commercial side, he believes that there's a an additional wall between that and the residential area. The building wall is there. There's there's separation there because the building there is there there's no openings to that side at all. Okay. Because the shopping center faces towards u Labraa and Hyde Park. It doesn't have any uh exterior entrances that go towards that residential. Okay. Um I believe that's all my questions. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Commissioner Rice, my colleague asked a lot of my questions. Thank you very much. You're welcome. The um you trained me well. This building is almost 6,000 square ft. Well, and I don't know if you were here for the last hearing or not, but I was concerned about the occupancy um of some of the other bar clubs, restaurants, um that I'm familiar with. And being 2,000 square feet, it's common for them to have 150 people there. So is it reasonable to think that having three times the amount of space that you might have at least double the people there occupancy the occupancy will be determined uh during uh plan check I don't I don't have the number of my on top of my head but the only thing is that uh the the design of the seating will make it impossible for you uh that many people to be in this uh space because they have double double seats along the walls and u the other side of

it is just a walkway. So and the almost 900 ft is where the restaurant is the area for fixing food and the rest of that's assuming that everyone in the building will be seated. Is that a mandate? Something you're going to have there that everyone has to take a seat? Oh yes. Because that's why if you see how the stage is set, the stage is set so that you have to sit to be able to see what's happening in the st at the stage because this cultural center is just like you have um you know dancers from Africa, you know, coming to dance or comedians from Africa. Everybody's going to be sitting down. So they're dancing, they're entertaining. They're entertaining. They're there to entertain. It's not it's not a dance hall. No, it's not it's not a dance hall. But people can dance, you know, just like um in every place they can come in front of you and start dancing, but that's not a dance hall. You just kind of dance in place where you are at your seat. Right. The um parking outside, it's not it's not necessarily a parking question. It's more of an occupancy question, an operational question because people are going to be parking on this parking lot because as you said, all the other businesses are closed after 7:00. And you said you um obtained an agreement with the neighboring shopping center across the street that's also going to be all closed at 4:00. 7:00. No, no. Uh the the the I think it's a laundry mat. Laundry mat. They they close at six, right? Yeah, they close at six. Okay. So, you will you have 56 parking spaces here and maybe another 20 on the other side or No, for the uh for the for the laundry mat, it's going to be done by a valet valet parking style. So, it it has to take it has to accommodate more than 20

parking space that you're looking at. So, you may have 100 cars there. If they can fit a 100 cars and drive it out, I think that's what they will have to do. But I don't think that Yeah, because you're going to have all 56 on this side, then you're going to valley the other side, which holds 20. We're going to valet on the on the shopping center. We're going to valet to the to the uh laundry mat and the and the serving, right? The service space next door, right? So, same number. Okay. If you're val, you can stack the cards. I get I get your point. So, I'm I'm just I'm just looking at potentially there are 100 people. If if you come alone to this event by yourself, there are 100 people there. If you bring someone with you, there are 200 people there at 2:00 in the morning. 1:00 in the morning. And I'm that time you have all the parking in the shopping center because there nobody's going to be open. I'm more concerned with the neighbors and the noise level uh behind the um while people are are exiting at at 2 in the morning. I think that commissioner everybody will be restricted inside the inside the hall not outside. So and the insulation of the back wall because everything over there is just solid. There is no opening. That's a small doors that go out to the to the back of the building. Every opening faces the street. You're talking about from the entertainment itself. I'm sorry. You're talking about the noise from the entertainment itself. Yes. I'm more concerned with the noise from the public just exiting the building at night. But you did bring bring me to another important question. um sound um

dampening. What do you have as far for sound dampening in the building at 2 in the morning when music is playing and they're entertaining and their apartment building is directly behind the building? Yeah. So, we have our standard conditions in for live entertainment which is that they comply with all noise ordinance regulations uh from the IMC and that all live entertainment is conducted at the stage area. So that limits it to a small area within the building and that's far within the building away from any entrances. And we also ensure that the volume is all kept to like I said the noise requirements and that no exterior sound amplification is ever and those decibb that you keep the noise rating to is ant or anticipating that you have you're not in a commercial area that you have residential immediately behind you. Yes. when it's adjacent to um a residential the noise requirements. Did you document the decimal rating what that should be? I believe it's 65. Okay. No further questions. Chairman. Okay. Very good. Commissioner Shaw Williams. Uh speaking of the entertainment, are there going to be designated nights that you do entertainment? In other words, is it going to be Monday through Friday or are you gonna have one day a week or is it going to just be, you know, Friday or Saturday? Well, it's going to be mostly on the weekends. Mhm. You It's a restaurant, so we're going to have entertainments whenever people booked as like far as baptism or small events and you know, birthday party stuff like that. It might not happen every single day. It might happen like weekends only. might happen twice a week, but we do catering. So, people want to come and do uh you know, birthday, baptism, and all of that. So, we don't know if it's going to happen every day. We do it as we booked. Okay. Are you going to have signs posted uh for patrons to know that they need to uh

be aware of res uh residents being being around your area and to be quiet when they're exiting? Yes, we can we can we can put that at the exit doors. Mhm. I think that would be a good idea to help reduce any noise in the parking lot and as the patrons are leaving and uh we will have the security also make sure that that's that's uh implemented. Okay. Thank you. No further questions. Okay. Thank you. I just have a couple of questions. Um can we go back to the restaurant itself? Is there an opening from the restaurant going into the other portion? Yeah, there's a double door right between the existing tenant space and the expanded area. Is there a common area as you go in? Uh there's a an adjacent connection, a double door connection between the two. Okay. Um but there's no uh like lobby area for each one. No, it so when you walk out, you walk through the double doors, you're automatically in the other room. Yes. And my question to you is you said you're open every day except Tuesday. And why Tuesday? Yes. Well, during the pandemic, we had a hard time, you know, having enough employees. So, we started closing on Tuesday and then we just made it a break for everyone. as as we speak now, we have five employees and I want to have them, you know, take at least one day off because they all work. Oh, okay. So, it's not a religious day or anything. Just It's not. It's just that we want to be off one day a week. Now, you're from Nigeria. I'm from Ethiopia. Ethiopia. Yes. So, you look like a Nigerian, don't you?

Do are you connected? Do you guys get along with the South Africans? We get along with all the Africans. Okay. All right. Very good. Very good. And what And lastly, because we're approving to steal spirits, what type of foods are you having? What type of foods are you going to have? This is not going to be finger foods. It's going to be like a meal. Am I correct? Because it's a restaurant. So, we're looking at a meal, not sliders or anything like that. No, no, no, no. Uh, commission comm chairman, if you want to eat some food, you just go to their restaurant and eat some food. They have food, every type of food in including African Nigerian food, uh, South African food, uh, East LA food, everything you can see from there because they they cater to all kinds of people. You know the reason why I I started getting interest in this is because of next year is going to be World Cup. A lot of Africans are going to be here and when they hear about the Syber restaurant, they're going to start looking for where it is and they're going to come to Inglewood and they they they are they fix African they fix Ethiopian food, they fix Nigerian food. And if you go to the shopping center, they have Jamaican food next door. So if you want to go get any kind of food, that's the place to be. You know, I'm I'm going to suggest at our next when we have our next planning meeting and and they want um an SU for a special use permit for Cil Spirit and we have food, you need to bring us some so we can see what it is. Very good. Thank you. Okay. Um we're going to Yeah. I'm sorry, sir. Just really quickly, I just

want to um make make the point that in the amended um resolution, we we generally allow the planning commission to make the request for a one-year review. Um we've added that to this particular case. And one one of the one of the reasons we did that was to ensure um and to provide the um some assurityity to the planning commission that the applicant would be it's in their best interest to be great partners, right? To be great neighbors um to ensure that the the the business runs um you know appropriately safety safely, right? and they're they're um adhering to the conditions that were imposed by the by the planning commission. Otherwise, they have the they would come back to you and you could revoke the SUP, right? And so, um, just wanted to, um, state that just on the record so that the applicant is aware, but then also to to set your mind at ease as a commission that, you know, staff as we vetted through this project really looked to ensure that we were making conditions that would um, hold the applicant accountable to the things that we're asking them to do and that they're good actors and good neighbors. So, I just wanted to share that um, as you guys are kind of So, the applicant is aware of that as well. Is that correct? They are. Yes. Okay, very good. So, we're going to do one more thing. We're going to open up for questions. Just some final questions. You have one minute for your questions and answer. So, that means you have this. Starting with you, Commissioner Fowler. One minute, please. Questions, Mr. Chair. All right. Commissioner Rice, one minute, please. No questions, Chair. Okay. Commissioner Shaw William, one minute, please. No questions. Okay. And I don't have any questions either. Thank you very much. Thank you. Appreciate you. Now, thank you guys. You We're going to open

it up for those individuals who are for or against this particular project. If you're for or against it, go to the mic, give us your name, and state your reasoning. Don't be shy. You have one minute, please. Hello. Hi, my name is Mike Khalifa, and I'm going to make it very quick. I'm not sure if you guys are aware, but Englewood is the city that has the most concentrated African restaurants in Southern California. With that being said, you know, Englewood is taking the lead for Africans to have a welcome city. And at the same time, I think a gentleman mentioned before, soccer World Cup is coming soon. And as one of the residents around Englewood for a long time and also a regular customer at Queen Sheibba, you know, most of the time when we want events, we go out of Englewood. We go to Carson, Glendale, and we don't have a place where we can gather nearby. So I am in support of this event place and I hope that you guys approve it because as an African we need to stay close home and spend our money in Englewood rather than outside Englewood. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else? My name is Gideon Ambry. I'm sorry. Could you spell your name, please? My name is Gideon Embry and I live in Los Angeles for four years, especially in Inglewood. And uh I really appreciate for being in hospitality business with Sir Graham

and uh Laana, Mr. Aid, I learned from them. I was the first Africanamean being a bartender to Los Angeles airport by Olympic time transferred to Ontario in Mron airport back to LA. I love England. We have many population of Ethiopians who live in Englewood. 40,000 Ethiopians they live in Englewood. We don't have any place since I was here going to relax eating food taking our kids for birthday place. We used to take chak we know. Thank you sir. Thank you. Anyone else? Hi, my name is Solomon Brohane. Pick up the mic. Your mic. The mic, sir. Pick up the mic. It's on the It's on the table. There you go. Hi, my name is Solomon Brohane. Uh, I'm a Do you spell your last name, please, sir? B E R H A N E. And the first name is Solomon. S O L O M O N. Thank you. I am a member of the soccer team of Ethiopian. And I'm the president. And we do have a soccer tournament that uh we do yearly. uh speaking today like to this year is in in Seattle, Washington, but uh we do here once every two years or 3 years we'll come to LA and uh we do need uh a place though to go to eat our own you know Ethiopian food and entertainment and then when I went to Kumiva her food her service was very nice so I felt like you know this is the place to be and I've been angled here almost for 15

years and and I'm very happy to come today to speak up about this restaurant and I'm hoping you guys approve that. Please. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Anyone else? Okay. We're going to close this segment. And at this particular point, I need a motion. I'll make a motion. Okay. I'm going to move that we affirm the category exemption EAC 25 I'm sorry 2025-076 and adopt attached resolution approving SUP 25- 0 014 and in addition to the other items that are going to be listed and adhere to by the applicant we're going to have one security guard on the parking lot one security guard in the uh at the entrance one security guard just floating around the perimeter. And we'll add in, it just said cameras. I want to be very specific that they'll have 24 cameras for a building of this size inside and outside. Planning department or planning division to determine where the placement's going to be. I'd like to add a condition. The condition is that signs be posted that say, "Please be respectful to our neighbors and exit quietly." Except yes. You heard the motion. Second. Okay. It's been properly moved and second. We call for any questions. Hearing none. We'll call for a vote. Commissioner Fowler. I. Commissioner Rice. I. Commissioner Shaw Williams. I. Chairman Springs. I. Mr. McCumble. Chairman. And according to the IMC, anyone may appeal this decision um

within 20 days of the notice of decision by writing a written notification as well as paying the applicable appeal fee. Okay, congratulations. We're going to come by and get some of that African food. We're going to have Eddie come with us though cuz I don't know. Oh, you're pay his car. Eddie paid for it, right? Thank you very much. Okay, I think we have one more. Is it It says either or. Look at the recommendation. It says one or two. Item 6 C, a public hearing to consider zoning code amendment number 25-00001 to modify miscellaneous regulations in chapter 12 of the Englewood Municipal Code related to accessory dwelling units, fence regulations, and public art review citywide. Um, Mr. Chairman, the file is present and notice has been given in the form and manner as required by law. Senior planner Christine Rivera is available to do a short staff presentation. Good evening, Chairman Springs and members of the commission. Over the course of day-to-day implementation of the zoning code, staff is periodically confronted with code provisions that are outdated, unclear, and in some cases obsolete. This short presentation will discuss the

details of the requested code amendments that staff has identified the need for amending. So, there will be three code amendments we'll discuss. The first issue is accessory dwelling unit height requirements. This code amendment allows a 20 foot roof pitch for an ADU rather than the existing 16 ft in the code. In January of this year, the California Department of Housing and Community Development released an updated ADU handbook. The handbook states that the height of an ADU can be 18 ft with an additional 2 feet to accommodate the roof pitch that aligns with the existing primary dwelling. The update to the ADU handbook is something that multiple applicants have called out. So, it is necess necessary to update the IMC. This modification is intended to align the city standards with the state law. The second issue is fence permit regulations. This code amendment requires that all fences submit for a fence permit. Currently, the code reads, "A fence permit shall be required for the construction or installation of any wall or fence exceeding four feet in height." We are modifying that section to state a fence permit shall be required for construction or installation for any wall or fence. To ensure consistent enforcement, staff proposes requiring permits for all new or modified fences, regardless of height. This modification is intended to cause less confusion and ensure all fences comply with design and safety standards. Future amendments will clarify will further clarify allowable fence and wall types by location and design. And the final issue is planning

commission review of public art. This code amendment removes the planning commission responsibility of approving the design of proposed artwork because it is already reviewed and approved by a different department. Moving forward, the planning division will assume the responsibility of reviewing the location of public art. The artistic design will be reviewed and approved by the library services department. This will streamline the development review process and eliminate procedural overlap. The pro the proposed code amendment is consistent with the Englewood general plan and is exempt from SQUA and a notice of exemption has been prepared stating such. This concludes staff's presentation and I am available to answer any questions the commission might have. Thank you. Thank you Christine. Very good presentation. We're going to open up for questions. question. Um, Commissioner Fowler, please. No questions, Mr. Chair. Okay. Commissioner Rice. So, the art review that includes murals? No, not murals. Murals would still go through design review. Thank you, Commissioner Shaw Williams. No questions. Thank you. On my question for you will be on an existing fence, what's the height on an existing fence? existing for it to come to uh planning for review. Yes. Um so existing in the code it states if it's 4 feet or below it does not need to come to planning for review. So if it were 5T we would we would have to review it. It would come in. Is there a location for the fence? This would be for um front yard fences. Well well all fences. All fences. Backyard as well. Yes. So, a backyard fence has to be 4 feet. No, no, no, no. We're not changing that. No. Okay. No.

So, our issue was um the issue was front yard fences have to be if it was 4 feet or below, it did not have to come to planning for review. So, there were some issues with um fences that were not up to the standards of the IMC. And to add to that, there was um just so so there were some design issues. Um so a fence sets less than 4T wouldn't require fence permit. Code enforcement would be out on their normal beat and they would drive by and notice that there was a fence that might not necessarily comply with our design regulations. And so there would confusion arose because the question they would say well I don't need a permit for this fence but it didn't comply with the design regulations. So then there was an issue there. And so now to remove that ambiguity and that confusion in the in in the enforcement of our fence regulations. We now are going to require a fence permit for all fences so that now staff can take a look at the at the design and ensure that it complies with the existing design standards that the IMC sets forth and then we can also ensure that um it can be enforced in a manner that's easily understood by both the applicants and the enforcing agency which would be code enforcement. Okay. Good. Understood. Okay. I have no other questions. Is there anyone else to come to talk about this, Mr. Bernard? It's it's a public hearing, so you can um open it up for public comment. Okay, let me go back to my commissioners. Are there any other questions? No question. Okay. Uh at this time, we'd like to open

it up to the general public. Anyone wishing to uh approve? No, not approve. wishing to comment on it for either for or against this particular project, they can do so at this time. Just go to the mic in the back, give us your name, and state your reasoning. Hearing seeing none, we're going to close this segment. At this time, we're going to open it up. We need a motion for this motion. Um affirm motion to affirm negative declaration EAC2025-060 and adopt a resolution recommending the city council adopt ZCA25-00001. Second. Okay. It's been properly moved and second. We'll call for any questions hearing. None. We'll call for a vote. Commissioner Fowler. I. Commissioner Rice. I. Commissioner Shaw Williams. I. Chairman Spring. I. Is there appeal process? No, there's no appeal for the uh your vote would be your recommendation will go to city council for their um consideration. Okay. Very good. Okay. At this particular point at Christine did a good job. Thank you very much. At this time we want to open it up for public comments. Anyone wishing to address the planning commission on any matters within their jurisdiction and not elsewhere considered on the agenda may do so at this time. If you have something that you want to say to the commission or you have something in your commun in your area that you want to talk about, you can go right to the mic, give us your name, and tell us what it is.

Mr. Chairman, again, my name is Eddie and um I just want to say thank you for running a very smooth planning commission meeting and uh also to make the people of Englewood know that I'm here to help them in case if they need to navigate the permitting process in the city of Englewood. My office is right here in front of city hall. Okay. And um one other thing I wanted to mention uh Mr. Chairman, I don't know if you can if you've been listening to city council meetings because I I I have people listen uh to uh city council meetings so that we know what's going on. The thing is that this particular podium is very very is below par what what we expect from the city of Engul. Sometimes you don't even hear the people speaking here. Okay. So I I wish that you can tell an inflation to see if they can improve this section. You know the city of Ingu is so big now that everything from city of Ingu is not only listen to in ingu is listen to people that own properties outside uh California and they call me they cannot hear this. So I'm just trying to make sure that I make a formal request, you know, to see if you can tell Mr. Bernard, you know, to tell Chris to find out if there's any way they can improve so that people here can be easily be heard in the Facebook page that we listen the listen to for the planning for the city council meeting and planning commission too. Okay. Thank you. Very good. Thank you. Anyone else? Seeing none, we're going to close this

segment and we're going to open it up for commissioners initiatives. We're going to start off with Commissioner Fowler, please. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh on behalf of Council Member Gloria Greyboard, District 1, she is wishing everyone a safe and blessed July 4th. Uh she also wanted to express uh her concern about the military and ICE um disturbing and accosting our immigrant families. We are a community here and we need to stick together and support each other. Um she also on a brighter side uh wanted to acknowledge the anniversary of the American Disability Act uh which was signed in this month uh 40 years ago. It is also National Ice Cream Month, so don't forget to celebrate that. Uh we hope to see many of you at the city's annual music festival this coming Saturday. Remember, you must register. It is open uh to our families, but you must register. Uh and then on July 10th, Council Member Gray will be hosting her community meeting from 5:30 to 7:30 uh at the IOP Center, 2901 Manchester. Uh and all are welcome to attend. She plans to have some of the division heads there to answer some of the questions that have come up from her former meetings. Uh she's also asking that we save the date for Saturday, July 26th for her annual family unity day at Darby Park. Uh family, friends, and fun. And uh sign up for her newsletter. So thank you, Mr. Chair. That concludes my report. Thank you, Commissioner Rice. My time if you need more. No, I'm fine. Thank you. Okay. Commissioner Shaw Williams, I have

no comments. Thank you. Oh, okay. Great. So, I could take your minute and your minute. Okay. Commissioner Fer, you said this is ice cream month. National ice ice cream. Really? I didn't know that. So, does that mean that we can get I want my wife to hear this. That means I can get as much ice cream as I want. That is correct. Okay. We're going to make sure that happens. Um, I have uh I want to report a and I want to make sure that I'm correct in doing so, Mr. Bernard. Is there an ordinance and I think there is, but I just want to put it on record by having a big rig camper the the cab parked in your driveway. I believe there is an ordinance in for that. Yes, we do have regulations related to that. And if you can provide me with the address within reported to code enforcement. I want to put it on record. The address is 9531 South 5th Avenue. 9531 South 5th Avenue. The neighbor is complaining. He's that really bad. So I drove it, saw it. It's okay. And my last question would be, who do we contact in regards to your sidewalk has actually lifted up due to the the tree moving? Who's who do we contact on that? Uh public works. Mhm. And so, um, I in response to last month's inquiries, I sent an email today, um, that provided a reply to all of your questions um, related to last month's um, initi initiatives and comments. Um,

and in that, I also provided our public works directors Tony's email um, so that you could address um, some of those concerns with him. Tony, his name is Tony Omos. O L M O S. Got it. And I will I'll also talk with him through Chris to see if he can come by and meet you. You haven't met him um yet. And so just so that you would know who um our new public works director is. I mean think it may be a good idea. So we'll we'll work offline to try to ensure that happens. Okay. Very good. I have nothing else. I want to wish everybody a safe fourth of July holiday. You know, at one point Inglewood was um legal in doing fireworks, but now it is illegal to have fireworks in in the city of Inglewood. If you see anything, please report it. If you see anything illegal in your area, please report it. That being said, have a safe holiday and our meeting is adjourned. Good to see you, Art.