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Baseline Hillside Ordinance at CPC May 27

Baseline Hillside Ordinance at CPC May 27

Greetings All: As promised there is a direct link to the May 27, 2010 City Planning Commission Staff Report for the Baseline Hillside Ordinance: http://cityplanning.lacity.org/StaffRpt/InitialRpts/CPC-2010-581-CA-05272010.pdf Please note that the Staff Report that was linked to the May 27 Agenda on Friday was the wrong one, but has now been corrected. Reminder, the City Planning Commission meeting will start at 8:30 AM and will he located at: Van Nuys City Hall, Council Chamber, 2nd Floor 14410 Sylvan Street Van Nuys, CA…

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City Planning Department Reorganization

City Planning Department Reorganization

City of Los Angeles Reorganizes Its Planning Department April 8, 2010 We thought you would be interested in an important City Hall development.  Last week, the Planning Department announced a comprehensive reorganization. While it is unclear whether the City will take the drastic step of shutting down two days a week, the fiscal condition of the City is very bad. As part of the effort to close its gaping budget shortfall, the City convinced many employees to take early retirement –…

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Meeting Report for May 8, 2010

Meeting Report for May 8, 2010

Simplification of the Zoning Code Guest Speakers. Tom Rothmann, City Planning Department. Contact Information: Tom.Rothmann@lacity.org Alan Bell, City Planning Department. Contact Information: Alan.Bell@lacity.org Tom Rothmann and Alan Bell of the City Planning Department provided an update on the four-Phase Code Simplification Program that is presently underway. The goal is to complete this program in September 2010. This streamlining of the Zoning Code has been undertaken to update the outdated Zoning Code now in use. Further, the simplification of the Code…

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Athens MRF – Public Information Meeting Notice

Athens MRF – Public Information Meeting Notice

To All Interested Parties, The Local Enforcement Agency (LEA) has received an application package from Athens Sun Valley MRF for a solid waste facility permit to operate a large volume transfer/processing facility.  The LEA will be conducting a public information meeting on Monday, May 10, 2010 at 6:30 pm at John Francis Polytechnical High School Auditorium.  Please see the attached file for further meeting information. The informational meeting is open to all interested parties to ask questions and provide comments…

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Baseline Hillside Ordinance Continued to May 27, 2010 CPC

Baseline Hillside Ordinance Continued to May 27, 2010 CPC

Quick Update The Baseline Hillside Ordinance will be continued to the May 27, 2010 City Planning Commission meeting.  At this point, there will be no discussion on this proposal at the May 13, 2010 City Planning Commission Meeting, so we don’t expect a need to attend.  Please revise your calendars accordingly. More information to follow.  We hope to have a staff report by the end of next week. If you received this email via forwarded message from someone other than…

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PlanCheck Meeting – May 8, 2010 – 10:00 a.m.

PlanCheck Meeting – May 8, 2010 – 10:00 a.m.

The program will consist of two parts as follows:. Land Use and Planning Policies, Ordinances and Enforcement Update on  proposed ordinances for STREAMLINING THE ZONING CODE and other current code studies projects .  This is a work in progress and now is the time to make your comments to be part of the process. Guest Speakers  — Tom Rothmann  and Alan Bell of the City Planning Department L.A.’s Planning Crisis and What Should be Done About it. Guest Speaker  —…

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Baseline Hillside Ordinance continued to May 13, 2010 City Planning Commission Meeting

Baseline Hillside Ordinance continued to May 13, 2010 City Planning Commission Meeting

The City Planning Commission received a lot of useful comments yesterday and has decided to continue the discussion at their Thursday, May 13, 2010 meeting.  The meeting is scheduled to start at 8:30 AM and will be located at: City Hall, 10th Floor200 N. Spring St.Los Angeles, CA 90012(Google Maps) They have asked Planning staff to return with more information on the comparison of regulations of the other jurisdictions, as well as suggestions for possible changes to the guaranteed minimums,…

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Baseline Hillside Ordinance at CPC on 4-22-10 – 8:30 a.m.

Baseline Hillside Ordinance at CPC on 4-22-10 – 8:30 a.m.

Greeting All, This is email to confirm that the Baseline Hillside Ordinance (CPC-2010-581-CA) will go before the City Planning Commission on Thursday, April 22, 2010 (Item No. 7).  The meeting will start at 8:30 AM and will he located at: Van Nuys City Hall, Council Chamber, 2nd Floor 14410 Sylvan Street Van Nuys, CA 91401 (Google Maps) You can download the following documents by following the links: Staff Report: http://cityplanning.lacity.org/StaffRpt/InitialRpts/CPC-2010-581.pdf CEQA Negative Declaration: http://cityplanning.lacity.org/staffrpt/mnd/ENV-2010-582.pdf April 22, 2010 CPC Agenda: http://planning.lacity.org/MeetingsNHearings/dsp_viewFileDetail.cfm?filename=35997 If you cannot attend the meeting in person,…

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Bud Ovrom & Gail Goldberg Together May 12 – Studio City

Bud Ovrom & Gail Goldberg Together May 12 – Studio City

Hello all – I’m proud to let you know that the new Director of the Department of Building & Safety and Gail Goldberg, Department of City Planning have agreed to participate at the next Land Use Committee Meeting of the SCNC. May 12, 2010     7:00 PM CBS Studio Center  4024 Radford Avenue, Studio CityI’ll issue the agenda in about two weeks, but I wanted everyone to have a heads up with plenty of time to make arrangements to attend.See you…

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