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Update: Vacation Rental Ordinance

Update: Vacation Rental Ordinance

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Vacation Rental Ordinance: On Thursday, December 19th, the City Planning Commission considered a citywide ordinance to regulate Vacation Rentals or secondary residences. As proposed, the draft ordinance would allow a non-primary residence to serve as short-term lodging for visitors. In order to be permitted to list a home as a Vacation Rental, the home must be occupied on an occasional or intermittent basis by the owner, the dwelling unit must not be reserved for affordable or rent-stabilized housing and may…

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Congress 2019 Workshop – Huge Success

Congress 2019 Workshop – Huge Success

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HOW TO RUN A PLANNING COMMITTEE Coordinator: Cindy Cleghorn, Chair, PlanCheckNCLA Speakers: Ron Ziff, Past President & Land Use Committee Chair, Sherman Oaks NC; Kevin Davis, President, Foothill Trails District NC Workshop included the history and overview of the Planning Pilot Program with City Planning; Planning & Land Use Committee member certification, sharing land use committee best practices including NC board approval.

The Passing of Ed Hunt

The Passing of Ed Hunt

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Today I heard that our great friend and PlanCheckNC Steering Committee member Ed Hunt passed away on Monday, June 24, 2019.  Over this past weekend he was communicating with the City on quality of life issues in his neighborhood and as Ed would often do, he shared them with me.  I have thought all day about the many times I’ve talked with Ed about the issues that never seem to be handled effectively by the City.  At our second Saturday…

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Citywide Design Guidelines

Citywide Design Guidelines

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Comment period is open til May 24. Thank you Claire Bowen, Sr. City Planner, for fielding a lot of great questions from our PlanCheckNCLA participants at our April meeting. Do you have photos of building designs that YOU like? You can submit them to the Urban Design Studio and they may be included in the final document. https://planning.lacity.org/urb…/citywide_design_guidelines/

Planning 101 — Planning for the Environment

Planning 101 — Planning for the Environment

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COMMUNITY CORNER • DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING • APRIL 2019 We look forward to seeing you in May at one of our Planning 101 trainings! This year’s theme, Planning for the Environment, will highlight the work of the Department to plan for a healthy and sustainable future and will cover the policies and regulations that guide the Department’s environmental analysis, including the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Please invite your colleagues and neighbors and remember to RSVP here: bit.ly/P101Env. If…

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City Planning Update on State Housing Bills

City Planning Update on State Housing Bills

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Saturday, March 9, 2019 starting @ 10 a.m. @ LAPD Hollenbeck Community Room (see front page for more details) – City Planner Matthew Glesne will cover the following topics: Overview of recently adopted City Housing Policies Overview of the Housing Progress Report Housing State Bills – Highlights AB 2753: Density Bonus Application –  The Density Bonus Law was originally enacted in 1979 to help address the affordable housing shortage by encouraging the development of Low and Moderate Income housing units….

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CF 18-1222

CF 18-1222

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To Housing Committee Direct relevant City Departments, in consultation with the City Attorney, to convene a working group with the goal of preparing a report and new departmental procedures relative to alleviating any barriers to expediting housing production.

Restaurant Beverage Hearing Notice

Restaurant Beverage Hearing Notice

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Restaurant Beverage Program Ordinance Hearing January 31, 2019 6:30 p.m. Marvin Braude Building, 1st Floor 6262 Van Nuys Blvd., Van Nuys   Staff contact:  Esther Ahn, City Planning Associate To create an administrative clearance process for certain types of restaurants to serve alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption subject to a standard set of limitations and requirements.     HearingNotice_2(1)