Dear Stakeholders,

In April, Los Angeles City Planning released a revised draft of the Wildlife District Ordinance with the goal of having it heard by the City Planning Commission in the fall of 2022. Next week, the Department will hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinance. This is your opportunity to record a public comment with a hearing officer.

The Wildlife District Proposal includes a code amendment to create a new Wildlife Supplemental Use District (WLD) and a zone change to apply the District regulations to the zoning of properties identified on the ordinance map, in the area approximately bounded by the 405 and 101 freeways, Ventura Blvd. and Sunset Blvd. An interactive version of this map, which allows you to search by address and view ridgeline and resource buffers, is available on the City Planning website.

An interactive map of the Wildlife District, the draft ordinance, and more information can be found on the project webpage at planning4la.org/wildlife.  Los Angeles City Planning held an information session on the ordinance on June 28. Recordings from that presentation and Q&A are now available on the Wildlife Outreach and Events webpage. Participants are encouraged to view the recordings prior to the hearing. Additional responses to frequently asked questions will be posted to the website.

Virtual Public Hearing

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Click below to join during the scheduled time.

Enter Meeting ID 825 9405 3759 and Passcode 700816

Or join by phone: +1 669 900 9128 or +1 213 338 8477

The public hearing is a formal opportunity to provide public comment on the proposed Wildlife District Code Amendment and Zone Change to a hearing officer. The public hearing is used to collect comments, and no decisions will be made at the time of public hearing. Participants may join the public hearing online or by phone at any time between 5 and 7 p.m. to offer testimony. In order that all viewpoints may be presented, speakers at the public hearing may be limited in the length of their testimony. The hearing officer will consider all public testimony and any written communication submitted prior to or at the hearing. Any written communication must include case numbers CPC-2022-3413-CA and CPC-2022-3712-ZC. Comments may be submitted by email to ourla2040@lacity.org or by hard copy through July 22, 2022, at 5 p.m.

Information about this meeting can be obtained in Spanish by calling (213) 978-1877.

La ordenanza propuesta enmendaría el Código Municipal de la Ciudad de Los Ángeles para implementar regulaciones para proteger el ambiente y fauna silvestre. Puede obtener información en Español acerca de esta junta llamando al (213) 978-1877.

Notices were mailed to about 60,000 residents affected by the proposed regulations. The official Notice of Public Hearing is available here.