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City Planning Commission Hearing- Oct 15

City Planning Commission Hearing- Oct 15

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The City Planning Commission held a public hearing for an entire day this past Thursday.  The main two topics were the Citywide Zoning Code Core Findings and the Citywide Community Care Facilities ordinances. Both have been postponed so more information can be reviewed. A subcommittee of the City Planning Commission, City Planning and the City Attorney regarding Community Care Facilities was formed If you haven’t already sent your concerns to City Attorney, Amy Brothers, please do so at Amy.Brothers@lacity.org and…

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Metro IN THE WORKS!

Metro IN THE WORKS!

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Dear Transportation Partner: Metro’s transportation agenda is In The Works with the 30/10 Initiative to leverage Measure R revenues as collateral for long-term bonds and a federal loan to allow Metro to build key mass transit projects in 10 years, rather than 30 years. The initiative is gaining widespread support among labor, business, the media and mobility advocates throughout the region. Over the next six weeks, two of Metro’s significant Measure R projects will be hosting public hearings, and Metro…

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City Planning to host Informational Meetings

City Planning to host Informational Meetings

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Note: This notice arrived end of day Friday. The Oct. 9 date and time conflicts with PlanCheck’s already confirmed meeting. Also the deadline for comments is the day before the Oct. 9 meeting. We are working to reconfirm these meeting dates and times and will post here when we know. Thank you. Please share with your distribution lists: The Department of City Planning invites you to attend one of four upcoming informational meetings about the proposed Core Findings and Community…

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Zoning Code Simplification

Zoning Code Simplification

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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…

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Code Findings Draft Ordinance (CPC-2010-1572-CA)

Code Findings Draft Ordinance (CPC-2010-1572-CA)

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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…

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Citywide Design Guidelines and CDO Streamlining Amendment

Citywide Design Guidelines and CDO Streamlining Amendment

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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…

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Request for Support

Request for Support

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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…

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Meeting Report for May 8, 2010

Meeting Report for May 8, 2010

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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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