Today I heard that our great friend and PlanCheckNC Steering Committee member Ed Hunt passed away on Monday, June 24, 2019. Over this past weekend he was communicating with the City on quality of life issues in his neighborhood and as Ed would often do, he shared them with me. I have thought all day about the many times I’ve talked with Ed about the issues that never seem to be handled effectively by the City. At our second Saturday…
Comment period is open til May 24. Thank you Claire Bowen, Sr. City Planner, for fielding a lot of great questions from our PlanCheckNCLA participants at our April meeting. Do you have photos of building designs that YOU like? You can submit them to the Urban Design Studio and they may be included in the final document. https://planning.lacity.org/urb…/citywide_design_guidelines/
COMMUNITY CORNER • DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING • APRIL 2019 We look forward to seeing you in May at one of our Planning 101 trainings! This year’s theme, Planning for the Environment, will highlight the work of the Department to plan for a healthy and sustainable future and will cover the policies and regulations that guide the Department’s environmental analysis, including the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Please invite your colleagues and neighbors and remember to RSVP here: bit.ly/P101Env. If…
Saturday, March 9, 2019 starting @ 10 a.m. @ LAPD Hollenbeck Community Room (see front page for more details) – City Planner Matthew Glesne will cover the following topics: Overview of recently adopted City Housing Policies Overview of the Housing Progress Report Housing State Bills – Highlights AB 2753: Density Bonus Application – The Density Bonus Law was originally enacted in 1979 to help address the affordable housing shortage by encouraging the development of Low and Moderate Income housing units….
To Housing Committee Direct relevant City Departments, in consultation with the City Attorney, to convene a working group with the goal of preparing a report and new departmental procedures relative to alleviating any barriers to expediting housing production.
Restaurant Beverage Program Ordinance Hearing January 31, 2019 6:30 p.m. Marvin Braude Building, 1st Floor 6262 Van Nuys Blvd., Van Nuys Staff contact: Esther Ahn, City Planning Associate To create an administrative clearance process for certain types of restaurants to serve alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption subject to a standard set of limitations and requirements. HearingNotice_2(1)
Council File 18-1226 You can read SB50 here: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB50 Introduced by Senator Wiener (Coauthors: Senators Caballero, Hueso, Moorlach, and Skinner) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Burke, Kalra, Kiley, Low, Robert Rivas, Ting, and Wicks) December 03, 2018 An act to add Chapter 4.35 (commencing with Section 65918.50) to Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code, relating to housing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST SB 50, as introduced, Wiener. Planning and zoning: housing development
Update regarding the proposed Processes & Procedures Ordinance. There is a new 7 page Expanded FAQs. The proposed ordinance lays the groundwork for a more user-friendly organization of the City’s Zoning Code, making the administrative provisions easier to use and understand. Subsequent to its approval by the City Planning Commission on October 11, 2018, City Planning has received a number of clarification questions about the proposal and developed an Expanded Frequently Asked Questions document in response — including next steps…
An amendment that would add CEQA-related provisions to the Zoning Code was approved by the City Planning Commission (CPC) on August 23, 2018, and is scheduled to be considered by the City Council’s Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee on Tuesday, October 30, 2018. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m., and will take place in Room 340, City Hall, 200 North Spring Street; this Code amendment is Item No. 13 on the agenda. You may…