CF 14-0057-S8  at City Council   ADOPTED MOTION 19A (MARTINEZ – KORETZ – RYU – KREKORIAN – BLUMENFIELD – HUIZAR – WESSON)

Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:

AMEND to adopt the following recommendations, in lieu of the recommendations contained in the Committee Report:

REQUEST the City Attorney to revise the Draft Ordinance on the file, dated June 23, 2016, without Section 1 of the Draft Ordinance and transmit the revised Ordinance directly to Council for action.

DIRECT the Department of City Planning, in consultation with the City Attorney, to consider and report on ways to provide an interim solution, including issuing a new Zoning Administrator Interpretation (ZAI) or a new ordinance, in substantial conformance with the Inter-Departmental Correspondence entitled Second Dwelling in Single Family Zone Pursuant to AB 1866 dated June 23, 2003 (and attached to the File) that maintains the building standards set forth in Ordinance No. 159,599 adopted January 8, 1985, to sever those portions of Sections 12.24.W.43 and 12.24.W.44 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) that do not comply with Government Code Section 65852.2 and thereby bring the City’s Second Dwelling Unit policies and practices into compliance with State law.

DIRECT the Department of City Planning to initiate a new code amendment and possible amendment to the Housing Element to conduct a comprehensive, open, transparent review and process of, and propose revisions to Sections 12.24.W.43 and 12.24.W.44 of the LAMC with regard to second dwelling units to provide ministerial standards that alleviate barriers to their construction as required by the City’s General Plan Housing Element while taking into account the unique characteristics of each geographic area of the city that may result in certain limitations and prohibitions, in compliance with Government Code 65852.2.

ADOPTED

MOTION 19B (MARTINEZ – KREKORIAN)

Recommendation for Council action:

AMEND to include a provision in the ordinance that its provisions shall not apply to any second dwelling unit issued under ZA 120 that has been challenged by an administrative appeal, or judicial procedure filed prior to May 12, 2016, and where the administrative appeal process as outlined in Los Angeles Municipal Code 12.26 K, or the judicial procedure, has not been exhausted.

REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE