Four Sided Properties v. City of Los Angeles CA2/8

FACTS

General Background Four Sided owns a triangle-shaped parcel of real property fronting on San Vicente Boulevard on the north, Montana Avenue on the south, and a boundary line on the west running north-south between the two streets. The property is developed with a one-story commercial building of 8,465 square feet constructed about 1927. There are five parking spaces ancillary to the building. Four Sided has plans for a 3,900 square-foot restaurant within the greater building space. The space was previously used as a health and fitness gym for approximately 30 years. The planned restaurateur is Fig & Olive.1 There are

1 Fig & Olive is not a party to the current CUB-related litigation or appeal. The dissent asserts this may mean Four Sided lacks standing. It does not. Four Sided owns the property and the CUB is transferrable to another restaurant because conditional use

2 residents in the area who oppose any restaurant in Four Sided‟s property; they complain that a restaurant will increase existing traffic, noise, and parking problems in the area. At the conclusion of earlier litigation, the City‟s Department of Building and Safety issued a building permit to Four Sided to…