An ordinance amending Sections 12.24, 14.00, and 14.3.1 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to clarify existing regulations and align affordability requirements across the range of zoning entitlements that allow for increased density or floor area ratio beyond what is allowed by zoning. The ordinance will ensure the creation of affordable housing through certain conditional use permits and public benefit projects. ProposedOrdinance VC_FAQ VC_PublicHearing Notice
The Department of City Planning has prepared the proposed Commercial Cannabis Location Restriction Ordinance, which would establish location restrictions and a limited immunity from enforcement of specified City prohibitions relating to commercial cannabis activity. In addition, the Department has prepared an ordinance supplement with a land use review process option, which the City Council may incorporate at its discretion. The proposed ordinance has been assigned a City Planning case number of CPC-2017-2260-CA. Please reference this number when corresponding with the…
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…
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.
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…
Minutes: Dec. 4, 2016 Chair: Cindy Cleghorn – CindyCleghorn@Mac.com Announcements: Planning Dept. external relations staff (NCs, CDs, Plan Comm): Yeghig Keshishian (213) 978-1324 Yeghig.Keshishian@LACity.org Accessory Dwelling Units: Presentation Matthew Glesne, Planning Dept.-Housing Unit (213) 978-2666 Matthew.Glesne@LACity.org History Original State Law in 1982, revised in 2003 to force cities to enact their own laws. Most ignored, so a revised State Law takes effect in Jan. 2017. Goal is to increase housing via a fast, by-right process. § Cities are allowed to…
Matthew Glesne, Housing Planner at the Department of City Planning presented the latest updates at the December 10 PlanCheckNC meeting on the draft Accessory Dwelling Unit ordinance CPC-2016-4345-CA that will be at the City Planning Commission Public Hearing on Thursday, December 15, 2016. On September 27th, 2016, Governor Brown signed two accessory dwelling unit bills into State law, Assembly Bill (AB) 2299 and Senate Bill (SB) 1069 that amended the State’s existing second unit law (Government Code Section 65852.2). These amendments…
The City Council’s Planning & Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee will consider the Baseline Mansionization/Baseline Hillside (BMO/BHO) Code Amendment at its scheduled meeting on Tuesday November 29, 2016. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. and will take place in the Edward R. Roybal Board of Public Works Hearing Room (Room 350) of Los Angeles City Hall, 200 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012. An agenda for the PLUM meeting will become available in the next few…
http://cityplanning.lacity.org/ The filing period may close on Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at 4:00 pm or until sufficient resumes are received.
The One Water LA Plan is well underway and we need your involvement and insights during this critical phase to help determine the Plan’s final content. Please join us on October 26th for an important discussion on the following topics: Project selection criteria finalization Potential projects and project portfolio themes Recommended policies The draft products created as a result of Workshop #4 will serve as the foundation for major plan elements to be discussed in our final two workshops. So now is an…