CPC-2016-3182-CA-AMDT1 CPC 07/27/2023
UPDATE: City Planning Newsletter, July 2023
On July 27, the City Planning Commission considered the California Coastal Commission’s amendments to the City’s coastal development permit processes and procedures. This step follows the City Council’s adoption of Ordinance No. 187930 in June 2023 to extend the operative date of the Processes and Procedures Ordinance and allow time for the City Council to adopt the Coastal Commission’s amendments. The extension was necessary to allow the City’s amended coastal development permit provisions to become operative at the same time as the rest of the zoning code’s processes and procedures. The new operative date for the Processes and Procedures Ordinance is January 22, 2024.
The Coastal Commission’s amendments maintain the enhanced community outreach notification requirements that were established in the Processes and Procedures Ordinance. These include increasing the public hearing notification from 10 days to 24 days, increasing the public hearing notification radius from 100 feet to 300 feet, including the applicable Certified Neighborhood Council in any required public hearing notification, and increasing the local appeal period from 10 working days to 15 calendar days. Other Coastal Commission amendments include changes to the definition of “development” to align more closely with the definition in Coastal Act Section 30106, among other clarification updates.
These amendments will now head to Council for adoption in advance of the January 22, 2024, operative date.
Prior Post
Council District: ALL; 11 – Park;
CEQA: ENV-2023-4045-CE 15 – McOsker Plan Area: Citywide Last Day to Act: 09-30-23
PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED
PROJECT SITE: Citywide
PROPOSED AMENDMENT: An Ordinance amending the provisions of Ordinance 187,712 that regulate development applications and approvals in the City’s coastal zones, namely Section 13B.9.1. of Chapter 1A of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC). Section 13B.9.1. was approved with amendments by the California Coastal Commission pursuant to the California Coastal Act and must be adopted by the City Council pursuant to the LAMC to be operative in alignment with Ordinance 187,712.
REQUESTED ACTIONS: 1. Recommend that the City Council determine, based on the whole of the administrative record, that the Project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15061(b)(3) and Section 15378(b)(5), and there is no substantial evidence demonstrating that an exception to a categorical exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15300.2 applies; 2. Approve and Recommend that the City Council adopt the proposed Ordinance; 3. Adopt the Staff Recommendation Report as the Commission’s Report on the subject; and 4. Adopt the Findings.
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