February 2017 – PlanCheckNCLA

Affordable Housing Linkage Fee Ordinance

February 17, 2017 plancheckncla Comments 1 comment

FAQs and an Information Sheet on the proposed Linkage Fee have been released. Also the updated ordinance. The ordinance will be heard at City Planning Commission on February 23, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. The meeting will take place at the Council Chamber on the 2nd Floor of Van Nuys City Hall located at 14410 Sylvan Street, Van Nuys, California 91401. CPC-2016-3431-CA Council District: All CEQA: ENV-2016-3432-ND Las Day to Act: N/A Plan Area: Citywide PROPOSED ORDINANCE: An ordinance adding Section 21.18…

LA2040

February 13, 2017 plancheckncla Comments 0 Comment

Thank you to Claire Bowin, Diana Kitching, and Fabiola Inzunza from the OurLA2040 team at City Planning for their presentation on Feb. 11. Take the survey at bit.ly/ourla2040 En español: bit.ly/nuestrola2040 Visit the LA2040 website at ourla2040.org on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (ourla2040). Check back in a day or two for handouts from Saturday’s meeting.

Mansionization Action Alert

February 1, 2017 plancheckncla Comments 0 Comment

Sometime in the next few weeks, the City Council will adopt amendments to the flawed citywide mansionization ordinances (BMO and BHO), and we need all hands on deck. This is an opportunity for you to talk to your Council office before that vote. As they stand, the amendments make real improvements on the current ordinance. But one last loophole remains – they still don’t fully count attached garages as floor space. This is the single most damaging feature of the…