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Baseline Hillside Ordinance (BHO) / Baseline Mansionization Ordinance (BMO) / Updates

CF 20-1098      AT CITY COUNCIL 10/14/2020

PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to revising the Baseline Mansionization Ordinance (BMO) and Baseline Hillside Ordinance (BHO).

Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Ryu – Bonin):

INSTRUCT the Department of City Planning to:

Close the loophole allowing McMansions in multifamily zones and prepare an update to the BHO and BMO to apply the same restrictions applicable to homes in single family zones to all new and substantially remodeled single family residences in all multi-family zones, and ban construction of a new single family home where two or more units of housing were demolished at the site in the last five years.

Update the BHO and BMO to establish a maximum size for all new single family residences built in the City of Los Angeles.

Report with an analysis of current median sizes of single family housing types Citywide, and how the recommended maximum size for all new single family residences built in the City of Los Angeles will further equity and environmental sustainability.

Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

Click on the BLUE HIGHLIGHT to view official documents and reports.

  • 05/20/2021 Community Impact Statement submitted by Lincoln Heights Neighborhood Council.  Refer to  CF 20-1098
  • 02/15/2021 Community Impact Statement submitted by Mid City WEST Neighborhood Council.  Refer to  CF 20-1098
  • 11/05/2020 Community Impact Statement submitted by Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council. Refer to  CF 20-1098
  • 10/28/2020 Community Impact Statement submitted by Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council.  Refer to  CF 20-1098
  • 10/14/2020 Council action final.
  • 10/14/2020 Council adopted item, as amended, forthwith.  Refer to  CF 20-1098
  • 10/09/2020 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on October 14, 2020.  Report from PLUM  (October 1, 2020),  Motion (September 1, 2020)
  •  10/01/2020 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved item(s) .  Motion (September 1, 2020)
  •  09/25/2020 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on October 1, 2020.  Motion (September 1, 2020)
  •  09/01/2020 Motion document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.  Motion (September 1, 2020)
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