Karney Management v. City of Los Angeles CA2/1

STATEMENT OF FACTS

A. The Playa Vista Neighborhood and Project Site The Project site is located within a commercial office and industrial, low and medium-rise, mixed-use neighborhood. It sits at the intersection of Beatrice Street and South Jandy Place, both cul-de-sac streets and is zoned industrial M2-1. Some of the uses for which the neighborhood is appropriate include warehousing, distribution and storage, light manufacturing, and multi-family housing. Several commercial office and industrial buildings are located to the west, north, and southeast of the Project site, including two-story commercial office and industrial buildings to the east. A five-level parking structure is located adjacent to the Project site’s northeastern side. There is a single-family residential neighborhood to the east and a five- story apartment building located on the southwestern side.

Karney is the appellant, the City is the respondent, and N.S.B. is the real party in interest. N.S.B. joined the City’s brief. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.200(a)(5).)

2 B. N.S.B.’s Proposal In April 2016, N.S.B. filed an application with the City that included requests for (1) site plan review, (2) a…