Trask Properties III, LLC, v. City of Los Angeles,

Judge Mary Strobel

Hearing: September 17, 2020

19STCP00644

Tentative Decision on Petition for Writ of Mandate: DENIED

Petitioner Trask Properties III, LLC (“Petitioner”) petitions for a writ of administrative mandate directing Respondent City of Los Angeles (“Respondent”) to set aside a decision of the West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission (“APC”) that reversed a decision of the Zoning Administrator (“ZA”) to grant Petitioner’s applications for a conditional use permit (“CUP”) and coastal development permit (“CDP”) to develop a parking lot at property located at 13200 West Mindanao Way (the “Property”).

Request for Judicial Notice

Petitioner’s RJN Exhibits A-F – Granted.

Respondent’s RJN Exhibit A – Granted.

Background

The Property

Petitioner owns the property at 13200 West Mindanao Way (the “Property”), a long, undeveloped parcel near the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve. (AR 7, 49, 2809.) The Property is 60 feet wid