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April 2010 – PlanCheckNC Meeting Report

April 17, 2010 plancheckncla Comments 0 Comment

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…

CONTROLLER GREUEL RELEASES FOLLOW-UP AUDIT OF CITY’S PLANNING DEPARTMENT

April 2, 2010 plancheckncla Comments 0 Comment

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,…

URGENT ISSUE Related to Increase in Appeal Fees (LA City Council, Supplemental Agenda Item No. 23, October 20 )

October 20, 2009 plancheckncla Comments 0 Comment

An important note, the land use Appeal fee increase from August 2009 did not go into effect since a Brown Act Cure and Correct letter was sent in. If this new proposal fails, then the original fee structure (pre-August 2009) will be in effect. * Link to Supplemental Council Agenda (Look for Item 23): http://ens.lacity.org/clk/councilagendas/clkcouncilagendas363120_10202009.pdf * Link to Report on this Item [See PDF page Nos. 4 & 5 for fee information]:

LA City Planning Early Notification Report

September 29, 2009 plancheckncla Comments 0 Comment

NOTIFICATION OF NEW ENTITLEMENT APPLICATIONS – EARLY NOTIFICATION REPORT To: Certified Neighborhood Council Board Members From: Iris Fagar-Awakuni, Neighborhood Council Liaison Subject: Planning Department Early Notification Report Attached is the Planning Department’s bi-weekly Early Notification Report for Certified Neighborhood Councils. The purpose of this report is to provide Neighborhood Councils with the earliest possible information about all applications for planning entitlements that have been filed in your neighborhood, even though not all applications are complete and some cases may eventually…