The Core Zoning Code case that is going before the Planning Commission on October 14, 2010, is the first of the six components of the Core Zoning Code Simplification work program that was laid out to PlanCheckNC at our June meeting. The original work program flyer is attached. This flyer identifies the six components. As you will note the schedule has been modified. In July were told that it would be late September or early October when the first of…
Dear Interested Parties, Please find attached the staff report and draft ordinance for the Core Findings Draft Ordinance (CPC-2010-1572-CA). Of the six code amendments comprising the Code Simplification Work Program, this is the first to be scheduled for CPC. Due to the size of the attachment, the environmental review has not been attached here, however, copies are available upon request. The draft ordinance updates the zoning code’s common findings for conditional uses, adjustments, and other quasi-judicial land use approvals to…
The Department of City Planning invites you to attend one of three upcoming informational meetings about the proposed Citywide Design Guidelines and Community Design Overlay Code Amendment. For more information about both of these efforts including drafts of the proposals, please see the “What’s New” section of the Planning Department’s homepage: www.planning.lacity.org Meetings will be held on August 30th and 31st at the following times and locations. VALLEY August 30, 6-8 pm Marvin Braude Center 6262 Van Nuys Blvd. Los…
REQUEST FOR SUPPORT The City Department of Planning has posted the Negative Declaration for the adoption of Citywide Urban Design Guidelines (Guidelines) which has a comment deadline of August 25, 2010. These Guidelines will be an Appendix to the General Plan Framework Element for Multifamily Residential, Mixed-Use, Commercial and Industrial land uses (see project description below). The purpose of the Design Guidelines is twofold: to implement the design values in the 10 Urban Design Principles, a part of the Framework…
Environmental notices are usually allowed comment up to and including the public hearing before the City Planning Commission met with surprise.
PlanCheck steering committee members had the pleasure of meeting with Gail just a few days after Gail announced her retirement. Gail has always been warm and friendly to PlanCheck and neighborhood council representatives and this meeting was no different. She says she’s not going anywhere and is looking forward to helping us if called upon. Many feel that Gail was not given the latitude and support to do the things necessary in City Planning. She is gone officially as of…
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 –…
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…
Tom Rothmann, LA City Planning Code Studies gave an update on the following: Zoning Code Simplification – City Planning has been doing an in-depth analysis to revise the Zoning Code. They expect to have it to the City Planning Commission in the summer. They are working on the 12.36 section of the Code that involves “multiple approvals”. There will be workshops on this long-in-process revision to the municipal code. Tom Rothmann and Alan Bell will be at PlanCheckNCLA on May…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 2nd, 2010 CONTROLLER GREUEL RELEASES FOLLOW-UP AUDIT OF CITY’S PLANNINGDEPARTMENTMajority of Recommendations From 2005 Audit Found to be Unimplemented (Los Angeles) –City Controller Wendy Greuel released a follow-up audit today of how the City’s Planning Department handles case processing. The audit was a follow-up from a 2005 audit which looked at time and efficiency that the Planning Department handles land-use applications from Angelenos. “Out of all of the audits I have done so far, this is among the most disappointing,…