Land Use LA
Connect with us
  • Home
  • Our Services
  • About Us
  • Blog
  • Our Projects
  • Our Partner Firms
  • Make a Payment

Historic Koreatown Church Plans Major Expansion

8/26/2013

0 Comments

 
Picture
One of the largest and oldest Korean churches in the United States plans to dramatically increase its Los Angeles campus by replacing its nearly 50-year-old facility with a 3-story, 27,772-square-foot sanctuary, 57,536-square-foot community center and two levels of subterranean parking with 380 spaces.

Public hearings were held last week and earlier this spring for the entitlements needed by the Berendo Street Baptist Church, which is located in the heart of LA's Koreatown. Among the entitlements needed are a Site Plan Review and Zoning Administrator's Adjustments for reduced yard setbacks for the new buildings and the subterranean parking. The project's draft MND was published last month; no potentially significant environmental impacts were determined by the Planning Department.

The church was organized in March 1957, only the second Korean Baptist church in the United States. It has been called the "mother ship" of Korean Baptist churches in the U.S. because of its activist role in training Korean Baptist ministers and the missionary services that its members have traditionally provided around the country.

The Zoning Administrator's Determination Letter on the new project has yet to be issued. Typically, the ZA's office issues its ruling 4-6 weeks after the public hearing, so the church should know by early October whether it can proceed with its ambitious growth plan.

Berendo Street Baptist Church is located at 975 S. Berendo St.

ZA-2013-0001-ZAA-SPR
http://planning.lacity.org/cts_internet/index.cfm?urlCaseId=189871&caseNumber=ZA-2013-1-ZAA-SPR&fuseaction=case.summary

ENV-2013-0002-MND
http://planning.lacity.org/cts_internet/index.cfm?urlCaseId=189872&caseNumber=ENV-2013-2-MND&fuseaction=case.summary

Korean Council to meet in L.A.
http://www.christianexaminer.com/Articles/Articles%20May08/Art_May08_LA1.html

History of the Korean immigrant Baptist church movement:
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/A+history+of+the+Korean+immigrant+Baptist+church+movement+in+the...-a0130777643


0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

      Subscribe
      Receive our posts.

    Subscribe

    RSS Feed

    Tweets by @LandUseLA

    Client Disclosure

    The stories posted on LandUseLA.com are about interesting or controversial developments in Los.Angeles. They are not promotional pieces about my clients. If any story involves a current or former client, that fact will be disclosed prominently on that story's page or within the story itself.
    - Chris Parker, publisher

    Archives

    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    March 2014
    February 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    December 2012

    Categories

    All
    Bel Air
    Bel-air
    Beverly Grove
    Bho
    Bmo
    Building & Safety
    Cd1
    Cd10
    Cd11
    Cd12
    Cd13
    Cd14
    Cd15
    Cd2
    Cd3
    Cd4
    Cd5
    Cd7
    Cd8
    Cd9
    Charter School
    City Council
    City Planning Commission
    Community Design Overlay
    Conditional Use Permit
    Conservation
    Cultural Heritage Commission
    Draft Mnd
    Drive-through Restaurant
    Eir
    Elder Care
    El Sereno
    General Plan Amendment
    Granada Hills
    Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council
    Harbor
    Highland Park
    Hillside
    Historic
    Historic-Cultural Monument
    Hollywood
    Koreatown
    La Brea
    Land Use
    Little Tokyo
    Macarthur Park
    Mansionization
    Master Plan
    Merger
    Mid City
    Mid-City
    Mixed Use
    Mixed-use
    Mural Ordinance
    Northeast La
    Northridge
    Nvapc
    Plan Approval
    Planning Department
    Plum
    Plum Committee
    R1
    Residential Floor Area
    Rfa
    San Pedro
    Sherman Oaks
    Small Lot Subdivision
    Svapc
    Sylmar
    Valley Village
    Van Nuys
    West Adams
    Westlake
    Westlake South Neighborhood Council
    Wilmington
    Wilshire
    Winnetka
    Zone Change

    RSS Feed