Back in May, you may remember that the City Council heard my motion to try and put a stop to the Bulgari Hotel. The Council voted 7-7 on the motion, which means it wasn’t successful that day – we were just one vote short. But because the vote was a tie, the motion was “continued” for reconsideration by the full council for this Wednesday, August 16th. For those unfamiliar, my motion asks the Director of City Planning to reverse initiation…
As a reminder, Los Angeles City Planning will soon be hosting two Virtual Information Sessions & Public Hearings to apply the Hillside Construction Regulations to the hillside communities of the Coldwater Canyon, Franklin Canyon, Bowmont Hazen, and hillside areas throughout the Northeast Los Angeles Community Plan. The information session for the Coldwater Canyon, Franklin Canyon, and Bowmont Hazen area will be on Tuesday, October 18, and will begin at 6 p.m. and conclude at 6:50 p.m. The public hearing will begin at 7 p.m. and…
Dear stakeholders,Los Angeles City Planning has continued its work over the past months to apply the Hillside Construction Regulations to the hillside communities of the Coldwater Canyon, Franklin Canyon, Bowmont Hazen, and hillside areas throughout the Northeast Los Angeles Community Plan.The City Council first requested that the HCR tool be applied to the Mt. Washington/Glassell Park area. However, during our engagement with stakeholders in the Northeast Los Angeles area this summer, numerous groups and individuals expressed support for expanding the…
PlanCheckNC – Los Angeles Minutes: Mar. 9, 2014 Chair: Cindy Cleghorn – CindyCleghorn@Mac.com David Lara, Building & Safety Dept., Asst. Bureau Chief-Code Enforcement 40% are zoning issues (parking, fences, uses). Frank Lara, principal sign investigator Reactive, based on complaints received (may not be anonymous). No longer have the PACE (proactive inspections) team, which would do public education and send notices in advance to target areas with many problems and visual blight. Process: Issue order to comply with inspection fee ($256),…
Greetings All: This is to let you know that the Baseline Hillside Ordinance (CPC-2010-581-CA; Council File No. 10-1001) was heard by the City Council on Friday, March 4, 2010. The Ordinance received 10 Yes votes and 0 No votes, and will go back to the City Council one more time for a “Second Reading” next Friday, March 18, 2011. It will only need 8 votes to be officially adopted. For more details, please refer to the online Council File at…
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…
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,…