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Baseline Hillside Ordinance & Baseline Mansionization Ordinance Sunset Update

Baseline Hillside Ordinance & Baseline Mansionization Ordinance Sunset Update

Greetings All: You haven’t heard from us in a while, so we wanted to make sure you are all brought up to up to speed. We have also included answers to our most frequently asked questions. City Planning Commission Action The City Planning Commission Determination Letter on it’s May 27, 2010 recommendation for the Baseline Hillside Ordinance (CPC-2010-581-CA) was sent to the City Clerk’s Office on June 8, 2010 for their processing and was assigned Council File Number of 10-1001….

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Baseline Hillside Ordinance Approved by City Planning Commission

Baseline Hillside Ordinance Approved by City Planning Commission

Greetings All: The City Planning Commission approved the proposed Baseline Hillside Ordinance provisions at their regular meeting today, and has recommended to the City Council that they adopt the hillside regulations as shown on Exhibit A of the May 27, 2010 Staff Report (http://planning.lacity.org/Code_Studies/BaselineHillsideOrd/CPC-2010-581-CA052710SRpt.pdf). We expect to have a Commission Determination Letter prepared for transmittal to the City Clerk by the end of next week. The next step will be to take the proposed Baseline Hillside Ordinance provisions before the…

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Baseline Hillside Ordinance at CPC May 27

Baseline Hillside Ordinance at CPC May 27

Greetings All: As promised there is a direct link to the May 27, 2010 City Planning Commission Staff Report for the Baseline Hillside Ordinance: http://cityplanning.lacity.org/StaffRpt/InitialRpts/CPC-2010-581-CA-05272010.pdf Please note that the Staff Report that was linked to the May 27 Agenda on Friday was the wrong one, but has now been corrected. Reminder, the City Planning Commission 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…

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Meeting Report for May 8, 2010

Meeting Report for May 8, 2010

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…

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Athens MRF – Public Information Meeting Notice

Athens MRF – Public Information Meeting Notice

To All Interested Parties, The Local Enforcement Agency (LEA) has received an application package from Athens Sun Valley MRF for a solid waste facility permit to operate a large volume transfer/processing facility.  The LEA will be conducting a public information meeting on Monday, May 10, 2010 at 6:30 pm at John Francis Polytechnical High School Auditorium.  Please see the attached file for further meeting information. The informational meeting is open to all interested parties to ask questions and provide comments…

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Baseline Hillside Ordinance Continued to May 27, 2010 CPC

Baseline Hillside Ordinance Continued to May 27, 2010 CPC

Quick Update The Baseline Hillside Ordinance will be continued to the May 27, 2010 City Planning Commission meeting.  At this point, there will be no discussion on this proposal at the May 13, 2010 City Planning Commission Meeting, so we don’t expect a need to attend.  Please revise your calendars accordingly. More information to follow.  We hope to have a staff report by the end of next week. If you received this email via forwarded message from someone other than…

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PlanCheck Meeting – May 8, 2010 – 10:00 a.m.

PlanCheck Meeting – May 8, 2010 – 10:00 a.m.

The program will consist of two parts as follows:. Land Use and Planning Policies, Ordinances and Enforcement Update on  proposed ordinances for STREAMLINING THE ZONING CODE and other current code studies projects .  This is a work in progress and now is the time to make your comments to be part of the process. Guest Speakers  — Tom Rothmann  and Alan Bell of the City Planning Department L.A.’s Planning Crisis and What Should be Done About it. Guest Speaker  —…

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Bud Ovrom & Gail Goldberg Together May 12 – Studio City

Bud Ovrom & Gail Goldberg Together May 12 – Studio City

Hello all – I’m proud to let you know that the new Director of the Department of Building & Safety and Gail Goldberg, Department of City Planning have agreed to participate at the next Land Use Committee Meeting of the SCNC. May 12, 2010     7:00 PM CBS Studio Center  4024 Radford Avenue, Studio CityI’ll issue the agenda in about two weeks, but I wanted everyone to have a heads up with plenty of time to make arrangements to attend.See you…

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LANI Conference is May 13

LANI Conference is May 13

Join us at LANI’s 8th Annual Community Forum!  May 13, 2010 at USC Davidson Conference Center Register Now   http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HX6ZXDH                               Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative (LANI)   900 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1128 Los Angeles, CA 90017 (213) 627-1822 www.lani.org