Reasons to Support Appeal Agenda Item Th 14

Reasons to Support Appeal Agenda Item Th 14 a, Appeal Number A-5 -VEN -2018 -0037 2416 Frey Avenue Agenda Item Th 14 b, Appeal Number A-5 -VEN-2018 -0038 2433 Wilson Avenue Agenda Item Th 15 b, Appeal Number A-5 -VEN-2017 -0072 2412 Clement Avenue

All three projects are very large boxes • • Projects are basically the same width, depth and height bulk Projects are over 2 -3 times the size of most homes Projects are in the same neighborhood and affect similar streetscapes. A total of 105 co-appellants oppose these homes (40% of homeowners). 2416 Frey Avenue 2433 Wilson Avenue 2412 Clement Avenue De Novo

“Remodels” exempted from CDP process Homes the size of this project within Silver Triangle in 2018 2433 Wilson Avenue

Project’s corner streetscape has two exempted homes

Again … • Height alone does not equal mass, scale and character, • Some two-story homes simply are too large & incompatible, • The real issue is project’s compatibility with predominant 1 -story homes, not the fewer 2 -story homes. • The rest of Los Angeles’ R-1 properties are protected by a Mansionization Ordinance.

This Commission has three times recently ruled opposite of the two actions the Staff Report cites. The three recent actions support similar appeals. • In October, 2017 Commission found “Significant Issue and De Novo” with over-sized 767 & 768 Marr Street projects. • In February, 2018 this Commission Found “Significant Issue and De Novo” with over-sized 2412 Clement Avenue project.

In Summary: • If Venice as a Special Community is to mean anything, • If Low Residential Zoning is to mean anything, • If Cumulative Impacts and Prejudicing the LCP are to mean anything, • If you don’t want the Coastal Zone to be the only R-1 area in L. A. where one can now build a Mc. Mansion, • And if 33% of a neighborhood supporting a reasonable appeal is telling, Vote for Significant Issue and De Novo.