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LINDBROOK DRIVE / GLENDON AVENUE / STREET VACATION PROCEEDINGS

Council File 06-0136

Introduced
2006-01-20
Last changed
2026-05-11
Status
open
Mover
GREIG SMITH
Second
JACK WEISS

Brief

Councilmember Greig Smith introduced a motion in January 2006 to vacate two street segments in the Westwood area (Lindbrook Drive and Glendon Avenue). The City Council voted 11-0-4 in favor on June 13, 2007. The file has remained open despite the passage of nearly two decades, with a recent Community Impact Statement submitted by the North Westwood Neighborhood Council in May 2026. The substantive outcome of the street vacation and current implementation status are unclear from the available record.

Full summary

This file concerns a subsurface street vacation — not a surface-level street closure — of a short segment of alley running southerly of Lindbrook Drive, roughly between 150 and 280 feet east of Glendon Avenue in the Westwood neighborhood. The petitioner, Plaza La Reina, L.P., owner of property described as Lots 1, 2, and 3 of Tract 10600, applied to vacate only the underground portion of the alley, from the alley surface down to a depth of 57 feet. The vacated area covers approximately 2,600 square feet of subsurface space — consistent with construction of a subterranean structure such as a parking garage or building foundation beneath what remains a public alley at street level. Councilmember Greig Smith introduced the initiating motion in January 2006 under standard street vacation procedures adopted by the City Council in 2002, which require a Rule 16 motion to assign a file number and trigger an engineering feasibility review. The Bureau of Engineering investigated the request, the Public Works Committee reviewed it, and the City Council held a public hearing on May 24, 2006, at which it found the vacation consistent with the General Plan and exempt from CEQA review under a categorical exemption. At a subsequent hearing on June 28, 2006, no protests were filed against the vacation. By May 2007, the Bureau of Engineering reported that all conditions attached to the Council's May 2006 action had been fulfilled and presented Resolution to Vacate No. 07-1400982 for adoption. The resolution, approved as to form and legality by the City Attorney, formally declared the subsurface area unnecessary for present or prospective public alley purposes. The City Council adopted the resolution on June 13, 2007, by a vote of 11-0-4, after which the resolution was to be transmitted to the Bureau of Engineering's Land Development Group for recordation with the Los Angeles County Recorder — the step that legally finalizes a vacation. Despite that adoption, the file has remained open. In May 2026, the North Westwood Neighborhood Council filed a Community Impact Statement, suggesting the matter has drawn renewed neighborhood attention nearly two decades later. Whether this reflects a dispute over recordation, a related development proposal, or some other administrative issue is not clear from the available record.

Activity (1)

  • 2026-05-11 Community Impact Statement submitted by North Westwood Neighborhood Council.

Documents (8)

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