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Hawthorne planning commission approves façade remodel at 3820 W. El Segundo Blvd.
Summary
The Hawthorne City Planning Commission approved a design review for a façade-only remodel at 3820 West El Segundo Boulevard, adopting a Class 1 CEQA notice of exemption and Planning Commission Resolution No. 2024-25.
The Hawthorne City Planning Commission on Monday approved a design review application for a façade remodel at 3820 West El Segundo Boulevard, adopting a Class 1 categorical exemption under the California Environmental Quality Act and Planning Commission Resolution No. 2024-25.
Planning Assistant Anais Bermudez told commissioners the project is limited to exterior finishes and does not include structural or landscaping changes. "The proposal complies with the Hawthorne Municipal Code and will not result in negative impacts to the surrounding neighborhood," Bermudez said, and recommended adoption of a revised notice of exemption and the resolution approving Design Review Application DR 2024-012.
The property, in the city’s limited industrial zone and adjacent to a mix of medium- and high-density residential parcels and commercial sites, is just over an acre and contains two structures of roughly 11,000 square feet each, Bermudez said. The planned work covers only the front façades: new aluminum and wood siding, two warm paint colors described by staff as dark bronze (upper) and a teak wood tone (base). Existing windows will remain; no landscaping changes are proposed.
Bermudez said the agenda packet initially included a notice of exemption that used language from an earlier restaurant project "Mi California" in error; staff corrected the NOE in the packet and on the city website to reflect a Class 1 exemption for existing facilities. No additional documents were submitted for the administrative record, and the applicant declined to speak at the hearing.
A motion to adopt Planning Commission Resolution No. 2024-25 approving Design Review Application DR 2024-012 passed with four votes in favor. Vice Chairperson Cohen, Commissioner Houston, Commissioner Smith and Commissioner Swamy voted yes; Chairperson Richard was absent. The commission recorded no no votes or abstentions.
The commission closed the public hearing after no members of the public addressed the item and moved on to administrative business. The meeting adjourned at 6:11 p.m.; the next regular meeting is scheduled for Feb. 5, 2025.
