Venice Wastewater Pumping Plant Appeal

At a glance

What: an appeal (Council File 26-0734-S1) by Kenya Lee of the City Planning Commission's approval of a two-story, 2,283-square-foot wastewater pumping plant to add capacity to the Venice Pumping Plant (flows go to the Hyperion Treatment Plant), plus a surface parking lot, in Council District 11.
Where it stands: on 2026-10-14 the Council adopted a motion by Park and Harris-Dawson to refer the item back to the Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee, by 14 ayes, 0 noes (Padilla absent).
Next: PLUM Committee consideration; no date is stated.

Applicants: the Department of Public Works and LA Sanitation and Environment. The City Planning Commission approved a Class 3 Conditional Use Permit for a pumping plant and surface parking lot in the Public Facilities zone, and a Project Compliance in the Ballona Lagoon West Subarea of the Venice Coastal Zone Specific Plan.
Parking: three on-site and seven off-site spaces. The project includes an amendment to the certified Venice Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan map to re-designate the site from Low Medium II Residential to Public Facility, with a related text change.
Sites: East Hurricane Street and South Esplanade in Venice; reviewed under the Venice Area Plan Project (VAPP) environmental impact report with addenda.
Community impact statement: the Venice Neighborhood Council submitted one (listed as "For").

Item 3. Referred to the PLUM Committee on Park's motion, seconded by Harris-Dawson, 14 ayes, 0 noes.