Tower OKd near Capitol Records

The Los Angeles City Council approved plans Friday for a 16-story residential tower in Hollywood, after weeks of warnings that construction work on the project could disrupt recordings at the landmark Capitol Records building next door.

Councilman Eric Garcetti, who represents part of Hollywood, said the city had added measures to safeguard work at Capitol Records’ underground recording studios, which are less than 20 feet from where the tower’s six-level, 242-space subterranean garage is set to go.

The project will establish a fund to compensate EMI, the parent company of Capitol Records, if recording is disrupted, Garcetti said.

Second Street Ventures, which is developing the project, has also agreed to use construction techniques that minimize noise at Capitol Records’ underground studios, according to the plan.

-- David Zahniser