The City Council on Monday approved a budget package for neighborhood councils that includes $45,000 in annual funding and $145,000 in banked funds. The City Clerk will continue to manage NC elections with volunteer and outreach help from councils. As of now, 2010 NC elections will run as scheduled. For more information check out today’s CityWatch.
To All Interested Parties: At the request of the Mayor and City Council, the Department of City Planning conducted a comprehensive fee study through the contracted services of Matrix Consulting Group with the intent to achieve full cost recovery for case processing services. The results of the this study and recommendations for fee increases were presented in a report dated April 17, 2009. A copy of the report is available on the Department’s website under What’s New at http://www.blogger.com/www.planning@lacity.org The…
PLUM MOTIONS:1. Supergraphics: Include in Intent provision of sign ordinance, that supergraphics will now be regulated as wall signs. 2. Clarify what an appropriate square footage maximum for wall signs and temporary signs. 3. Restrict temporary signs to only onsite signage or noncommercial signs over a certain size. Identify the appropriate size for which this restriction should apply. 4. Temporary signs should not cover windows or block access in an effort to promote fire life safety. 5. The installation of…
Dear Friends and Neighbors — Here is a thumbnail of what is transpiring on billboards. We are all awaiting a Ninth Circuit Court decision that should outline what “exceptions” to the City’s billboard ban are lawful. Even so, the City is proceeding in advance of that ruling with inexplicable speed. The next hearing before PLUM has been set for Tuesday, May 5 at 2 PM. Please stay on top of this issue as it is certain to effect all of…
The City Planning Department’s report to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee (PLUM) on the City Planning Commission’s recommended sign ordinance has been completed. On April 21st, PLUM took public testimony on the matter, and instructed Planning Department staff to report back on 20 items. The report is the Department’s response to that instruction. In addition, the report includes recommended revisions to the ordinance, based on the Department of Building and Safety’s analysis of the recommended ordinance. The report…
Join us on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. PlanCheckNC is partnering withthe Department of City Planning to present an EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM on the GENERAL PLAN FRAMEWORK and COMMUNITY PLANS with John M. Dugan, Deputy DirectorDepartment of City Planning Location: Historic Downtown Outreach Center 114 W 5th Street Los Angeles, CA 90013 Check our website www.PlanCheckNCLA.com for a map available through the calendar. Also be sure to check our Bulletin Board “IN THE NEWS” for more information on Planning…
All of the City Community Plans are scheduled to be updated. The original schedule would have provided for all of the City Plans to complete the process by 2017. Budget and staffing constraints are already impacting this schedule. At present the following are moving forward with the additional plan updates to follow as budgeting will allow. HollywoodBoyle HeightsGranada HillsSylmarSan PedroWestlakeWest AdamsSouth Los AngelesSoutheast Los AngelesCentral CityWest Los AngelesSunlandCentral City North Are you prepared? Save Saturday, May 9th for the PlanCheckNC…
The Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee of the City Council will not be meeting next Tuesday, May 5th. PLUM will further consider the proposed new sign ordinance on Tuesday, May 12th. A Planning Department report to PLUM will be released shortly. When the report has been released, all neighborhood councils will be notified. Sincerely, Alan Bell, AICPSenior City PlannerOffice of Zoning AdministrationDepartment of City Planning(213) 978-1322(213) 978-1334 faxalan.bell@lacity.org
The Department of City Planning is partnering with the Los Angeles Conservancy for the eighth straight year to organize the citywide Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ) Conference on Saturday, May 30, 2009, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at Angelica Lutheran Church, 1345 S. Burlington Ave., in the Pico Union HPOZ. This special event will be focused on the City’s historic districts, the 24 HPOZs. In the past, the conference has been largely a training session for HPOZ Board members. But…
This is to inform you that this item will not be heard at the May 6 Special Meeting of the Transportation Committee. This will give you more time to schedule discussion of this proposal by your NC and/or your Transportation Subcommittee. The next regular meeting of the Transportation Committee is scheduled for May 13; this item may appear on the May 13 agenda. I will let you know if this item will be considered by the Transportation Committee on May…