CF 22-1566 AT PLUM 4.16.2024
Report from the Office of the City Administrative Officer relative to the fiscal impact to prepare and adopt a climate action and adaptation plan, and related matters.
Fiscal Impact Statement: No
Community Impact Statement: None submitted
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Bullet Urbanize Los Angeles – February 8
After completing updates for four different community plans in 2023, the City of Los Angeles is looking to pick up the pace in 2024. On February 8, the Los Angeles City Planning Commission voted to approve the Harbor LA Community Plan update – the simultaneous amendments of the Wilmington and Harbor-Gateway community plans. The Planning Department expects that the new rules will accommodate up to 47,200 homes, versus 36,275 under current conditions. Growth in the Harbor plans would be steered into “Opportunity Areas,” which comprise approximately 6 percent of the total plan land area.
CF 22-0617 AT CITY COUNCIL 06.14.2023 UPDATE
CD 1, CD 9, CD 14
PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT (PLUM) relative to rescinding the Downtown Community Plan Zoning Ordinance, Ordinance No. 187822, and instructing the Department of City Planning (DCP) to prepare a corrected ordinance for the Downtown Community Plan.
Recommendations for Council action:
RESCIND the Downtown Community Plan Zoning Ordinance No. 187822.
INSTRUCT the DCP to prepare a corrected zoning ordinance and refer the corrected ordinance to the PLUM Committee to be considered concurrently with the other ordinances prepared for the proposed Downtown Community Plan, including the Downtown Community Plan Implementation Overlay.
Applicant: City of Los Angeles
Case Nos. CPC-2017-432-CPU and CPC-2014-1582-CA
Environmental No: ENV-2017-433-EIR; SCH. No. 2017021024
Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the DCP. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.
CF 21-0934 AT CITY COUNCIL 06.14.2023 UPDATE
CD 4, CD 5, CD 13
PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT (PLUM) relative to rescinding the Hollywood Community Plan Zoning Ordinance, Ordinance No. 187823, and instructing the Department of City Planning (DCP) to prepare a corrected ordinance for the Hollywood Community Plan.
Recommendations for Council action:
RESCIND the Hollywood Community Plan Zoning Ordinance No. 187823.
INSTRUCT the DCP to prepare a corrected zoning ordinance and refer the corrected ordinance to the PLUM Committee to be considered concurrently with the Hollywood Community Plan Implementation Overlay and Hillside Construction Regulation Overlay.
Applicant: City of Los Angeles
Case No. CPC-2016-1450-CPU
Environmental No: ENV-2016-1451-EIR; SCH. No. 2016041093
Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the DCP. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted
CF 21-1230 AT PLUM 06.06.2023
Related to Council file No. 22-0403-S1
Department of City Planning report relative to providing a verbal report in response to the City Council’s instruction for a 120-day report on progress towards meeting Housing Element 2021-2029 rezoning targets and equity methodologies incorporated into rezoning efforts as well as an annual report on the progress made toward reaching the Housing Element Regional Housing Needs Assessment and affirmatively furthering fair housing.
CF 22-0403-S1 AT PLUM 06.06.2023
Related to Council file No. 21-1230
Department of City Planning report dated April 3, 2023, relative to the 2022 Annual Progress Reports on implementation of the General Plan and the Housing Element.
(Referred to Housing and Homelessness Committee and Planning and Land Use Management Committee)
After a two-year lull, the City of Los Angeles is again beginning to process updates to the land use and zoning rules that shape development in three of its central neighborhoods: Boyle Heights, Downtown, and Hollywood. Last week, the Los Angeles City Planning Commission approved the Boyle Heights Community Plan update, which has been in the works for a decade. Across the L.A. River, the update to the Central City and Central City North community plans also cleared an important milestone, with approval by the City Council’s Planning and Land Use Management Committee.
The Los Angeles City Council (City Council) at its meeting on May 3, 2023, voted unanimously to approve the Downtown Community Plan and the New Zoning Code with an amendment. The City Council also recommended a number of follow up items including studies and reports that were requested in the motions from Council Districts 1-Hernandez, 9-Price, and 14-de Leon. The amendment and the requested reports are summarized here.
Since 2014, the Downtown Plan has evolved significantly in response to public feedback, ranging from thoughtful comments from individuals, to comprehensive analysis provided by organized stakeholder associations. Our team is grateful for this hard work and collaboration to create and implement a vision for the future of Downtown Los Angeles.
Next Steps
Following City Council approval of the Plan and new Zoning Code, the implementing ordinances will be reviewed and finalized by the City Attorney, to ensure clarity of regulations and consistency with state law, which can take approximately six months to a year. After this Form and Legality process is complete, the Plan and new Zoning Code will be brought into effect by the City Council. City Planning will also prepare reports on topics that were requested by the City Council, and will present those reports to the PLUM committee in the coming months.
We sincerely thank you for your thoughtful feedback in shaping this Plan and for your sustained engagement throughout the entire update process to reach this important milestone!
CF 21-1230-S3 UPDATE
PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to Equity Indicators and methodologies, and how they relate to ongoing land use and planning efforts centered on equity and recent progress that has been achieved in the development of these tools.
Recommendation for Council action:
ADOPT the recommendations contained in the Department of City Planning (DCP) report, dated January 18, 2023, which are additional recommendations to those adopted by the Council on January 18, 2023 as part of Council file No. 21-1230, as follows:
Affirm the direction of the Housing Element Rezoning Program, as adopted by the Council and certified by the State of California Housing and Community Development Department, to utilize the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee/Department of Housing and Community Development Opportunity Map to focus new housing opportunities, in particular affordable housing opportunities, created through the Citywide Rezoning Program in Higher Resource Areas. (The DCP report indicates that this direction has been certified by the California Department of Housing and Community Development as providing a pathway to ensure compliance with the City’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation and Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing obligations under state Housing Element law.)
Direct the City Administrative Officer (CAO) to establish a technical advisory working group that includes staff from the DCP, Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD), CAO, Bureau of Engineering (BOE), Economic Workforce Development Department (EWDD), Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department (CHRED), and any other relevant City Departments, to convene quarterly to coordinate on equity tools and indices, share data sources identified as necessary to evaluate equity measures, and among other goals ensure that fair housing is incorporated into future equity indices.
Direct the DCP, LAHD, CAO, BOE, EWDD, CHRED, and any other relevant City Departments, to consider and evaluate the following factors when developing any methodologies intended to evaluate or measure equity outcomes:
High Segregation/High Poverty Areas
Racially / Ethnically Concentrated Areas of Poverty
Racially Concentrated Areas of Affluence
Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the DCP. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted
Source: Department of City Planning, May 2022
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Council District: ALL
CEQA: ENV-2020-6762-EIR-ADD1 ** Last Day to Act: N/A
Plan Area: Citywide
Related Cases: CPC-2020-1365-GPA; ENV-2020-6762-EIR; CF 21-1230
PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED
PROJECT SITE: Citywide
PROPOSED PROJECT:
The General Plan Housing Element update for the 6th cycle (2021-2029) was adopted by the City
Council on November 24, 2021. The Project proposes a General Plan Amendment to make
targeted amendments to the adopted Housing Element, including the modification and addition of
implementation programs in Chapter 6 to clarify metrics, milestones, actions, and strategies to
affirmatively further fair housing as well as expand place-based programs to encourage community
revitalization; and the correction of formatting and typographical errors.
REQUESTED ACTIONS:
1. Conduct a public hearing on the Project, as described in this Staff Recommendation Report;
2. Approve the Staff Recommendation Report as the Commission Report;
3. Approve and Recommend that the City Council adopt the Findings in the Staff
Recommendation Report;
4. Recommend the City Council find, based on their independent judgment, after consideration of the whole of the administrative record, including the 2021-2029 Housing Element EIR, SCH No. 2021010130, certified on November 24, 2021 (EIR) and the Addendum prepared for the Proposed Project (Addendum) (Exhibit C), the Project was assessed in the EIR and pursuant to the CEQA Guidelines, Sections 15162 and 15164 and the Addendum, that no major revisions to the EIR are required and no subsequent EIR, supplemental EIR, or negative declaration is required for approval of the Project;
5. Approve and Recommend that the Mayor approve and the City Council adopt the Resolution in Exhibit A to amend the Housing Element of the General Plan, as shown in Exhibit B;
6. Authorize the Director of Planning to present the Resolution (Exhibit A) and General Plan
Amendment (Exhibit B) to the Mayor and City Council, in accordance with City Charter Section 555 and LAMC Section 11.5.6.; and
7. Adopt a Resolution (Exhibit F) pursuant to City Charter Sections 559 and 560 to delegate
authority to the Director of Planning to review and make recommendations on behalf of the
City Planning Commission for future technical or targeted modifications by the City Council to the City Planning Commission’s recommendation on Resolution (Exhibit A) and General Plan Amendment (Exhibit B), or other targeted amendments to the 2021-2029 Housing Element of the General Plan, until such time as the City obtains a finding by HCD that the 2021-2029 Housing Element substantially complies with all statutory requirements for the sixth revision of the City’s Housing Element.
Applicant: City of Los Angeles
Staff: Blair Smith, City Planner
blair.smith@lacity.org
(213) 978-1886
CF 15-0103-S3 AT PLUM 11/02/2021
Environmental Impact Report (EIR), No. EIR No. ENV-2020-6762-EIR and State Clearinghouse (SCH) No. 2021010130, and related EIR Findings, Statement of Overriding Considerations, Mitigation Monitoring Program (MMP), and related California Environmental Quality Act findings; reports from the Department of City Planning, Los Angeles City Planning Commission, and Mayor relative to the technical amendments to the Health Element (Plan for a Healthy Los Angeles), Resolution to certify the EIR and adopt the EIR Findings, Statement of Overriding Considerations, and MMP; and Resolution to amend the Health Element of the City’s General Plan, pursuant to City Charter Section 555 and the Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 11.5.6, to make clarifications in regards to recent State legislation and integrate new work programs. (Also referred to Arts, Parks, Health, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee)
Applicant: City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning
Case No. CPC-2021-5499-GPA
Environmental Nos. ENV-2020-6762-EIR; SCH. No. 2021010130
Related Case: CPC-2020-1365-GPA
Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted
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Transmittal from Mayor – Department of City Planning Report 10/22/2021; Attachment to Transmittal dated 10-22-21 – Attachment 3 – Safety Heath Element Resolution 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit N – Draft EIR and Appendices 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit M – Draft EIR Resolution 10/20/2021; Report from Los Angeles City Planning Commission 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Staff Report 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Letter to City Council 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit Links 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit L – Health Atlas 2021 – Selected Draft Maps 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit K – SB 1000 Compliance Memo 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit J – Summary of Proposed Amendments 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit F – Draft Safety and Health Element Resolution 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Attachment 4 – EIR Resolution 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Attachment 2 Findings 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Attachment 1 Corrections 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Attachment 3 – Safety and Health Element Resolution 10/22/2021
Communication from Department of City Planning, dated October 26, 2021 – Supplemental Transmittal relative to the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) and Appendices prepared for the update to the General Plan Housing Element for the period 2021-2029.
Los Angeles City Planning Commission report, dated October 20, 2021, relative to a proposed amendment to the Health Element of the General Plan (Plan for Healthy of Los Angeles).
Department of City Planning report, dated October 22, 2021, relative to proposed amendments to the Health Element of the General Plan (Plan for Healthy of Los Angeles).
Read: AB 897
Existing law requires, by July 1, 2017, and every 3 years thereafter, the Natural Resources Agency to update, as prescribed, the state’s climate adaptation strategy, known as the Safeguarding California Plan. Existing law establishes the Office of Planning and Research in state government in the Governor’s office. Existing law establishes the Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program to be administered by the office to coordinate regional and local efforts with state climate adaptation strategies to adapt to the impacts of climate change, as prescribed.
This bill would authorize eligible entities, as defined, to establish and participate in a regional climate network, as defined. The bill would require the office, through the program, to encourage the inclusion of eligible entities with land use planning and hazard mitigation planning authority into regional climate networks. The bill would authorize a regional climate network to engage in activities to address climate change, as specified.
This bill would require a regional climate network to develop a regional climate adaptation and resilience action plan and to submit the plan to the office for review, comments, and certification, as described. The bill would require, on or before January 1, 2023, the office, through the program, to develop and publish on its internet website guidelines on how eligible entities may establish regional climate networks and how governing boards may be established within regional climate networks. The bill would also require, on or before July 1, 2023, the office, through the program, in collaboration with the Office of Emergency Services, to develop and publish on its internet website guidelines, as prescribed, establishing standards and required content for a regional climate adaptation and resilience action plan, including certain information, analyses, and contents to be included in a plan and certain considerations and procedures for a regional climate network when preparing a plan.
This bill would require the office, through the program, to provide technical assistance to regions seeking to establish a regional climate network and to regional climate networks in developing regional climate adaptation and resilience action plans. The bill would require, on or before January 1, 2025, the office, in consultation with the Office of Emergency Services, to make recommendations to certain policy and budget committees of the Legislature related to regional adaptation and resilience on expanding state support for the work of regional climate networks, as prescribed, and the potential sources of financial assistance and options for distributing state funds to support the creation and implementation of regional climate adaptation and resilience action plans and to support technical assistance and capacity building to engage vulnerable communities and under-resourced communities in the development of the plans.
CF 11-1441-S1 AT CITY COUNCIL 12/04/2-19
PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the feasibility of updating the Ridgeline Ordinance.
Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Koretz – Ryu):
INSTRUCT the Department of City Planning (DCP) to prepare a report with updated cost information to prepare a Ridgeline Ordinance with development standards, inasmuch as the prior estimates were prepared in 2011 (Council file No. 11-1441), and that the DCP also report on the feasibility of a Ridgeline Ordinance as part of the current Fiscal Year 2015-16 DCP work program.
Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.
Community Impact Statement: Yes.
For: Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council
Glassell Park Neighborhood Council
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CF 19-0002-S38 AT CITY COUNCIL 04/16/2019
COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHIEF LEGISLATIVE ANALYST (CLA) and RESOLUTION relative to establishing the City’s position regarding SB 50 (Wiener), which would allow construction of multi-family residential buildings near major transit stops.
Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Resolution (Koretz – Harris-Dawson), SUBJECT TO THE CONCURRENCE OF THE MAYOR:
ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION (Koretz – Harris-Dawson) to include in the City’s 2019-20 State Legislative Program, OPPOSITION to SB 50 (Wiener), which would allow the construction of multi-family residential buildings near major transit stops otherwise prohibited by local land use regulations and procedures, unless the bill is amended to exclude the City of Los Angeles from its provisions.
Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the CLA. The City Administrative Officer has not completed a financial analysis of this report.
Community Impact Statement: Yes
For:
Rampart Village Neighborhood Council
Empowerment Congress West Area Neighborhood Development Council
Westwood Neighborhood Council
Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council
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Chief Legislative Analyst report 19-02-0184, dated March 7, 2019, relative to Resolution (Koretz – Harris-Dawson) to include in the City’s 2019-20 State Legislative Program, its position to SB 50 (Wiener), which would allow construction of multi-family residential buildings near major transit stops otherwise prohibited by local land use regulations and procedures, unless the bill is amended to exclude the City from its provisions.
CF 11-1877-S3 AT CITY COUNCIL 04/02/2019 Adopted, (14); Absent: Blumenfield (1)
CD 14
MOTION (HUIZAR – HARRIS-DAWSON) relative to correcting any inconsistency between the existing Open Space zone and any Low Residential land use designation in the Northeast Community Plan.
Recommendation for Council action:
INSTRUCT the Department of City Planning, in consultation with the City Attorney, to correct any inconsistency between the existing Open Space zone and any Low Residential land use designation in the Northeast Community Plan as previously identified pursuant to Ordinance No. 182323, inasmuch as the Council approved the re-zoning in 2012 to preserve open space in the Monterey Hills community.
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CF 17-0502
CD 13
Motion (O’Farrell – Ryu) instructing the Department of City Planning to prepare a report relative to the existing zoning and land use patterns along Echo Park Avenue, Scott Avenue, Logan Street, Lemoyne Street, Montana Street, and Morton Avenue and its impact on the character of the abutting existing lower-density residential built environment; and to include recommendations for zoning/land use amendments to ensure that any potential future development complements, and is consistent with the scale and character of the existing lower density built environment in Echo Park described in the text of the motion.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted
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Purpose
The ambition of the Downtown Community Plan is to create and implement a vision of the future for Downtown Los Angeles. Downtown is the birthplace of Los Angeles and the primary center of urban activity in the region. It remains the City’s commercial, entertainment, cultural, and civic heart. Now enjoying a renaissance, Downtown is home to a diverse range of industries and a patchwork of distinct neighborhoods that sit at the center of an expanding regional transportation network. According to regional projections, by the year 2040, Downtown will be adding approximately:
+ 125,000 people
+ 70,000 housing units
+ 55,000 jobs
The Plan will strive to support and sustain the ongoing revitalization of Downtown, while thoughtfully accommodating this projected future growth.
A strong core is important to the health of the City.
The Plan will promote a dynamic, healthy and sustainable Downtown core that is tightly connected to its surroundings and supports the City of Los Angeles and the region.
The following core principles represent the long-term priorities for the Downtown Community Plan:
Virtual Public Hearing
Event Date(s)
December 8, 2020
The Public Hearing is a formal opportunity to provide public comment on the Draft Plan to a Hearing Officer. Those who do not attend the Public Hearing may submit comments by email or hard copy through December 18, 2020, at 5 p.m. The purpose of the Public Hearing is to collect comments on the Draft Plan. No presentation will be provided and no decisions will be made at the time of the Public Hearing.
Participants may join the Public Hearing online or by phone at anytime between 4 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.
Click here to join the Zoom meeting. To join by phone, dial (213) 338-8477. The meeting ID is 890 1507 3209, and the password is 497626.
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CF 16-1470 CITY COUNCIL 02/26/2018
CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF NEGATIVE DECLARATION, PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to zone changes from R1-1 to various new R1-Variation Zones to provide regulations for single-family dwellings for the preservation of neighborhood character.
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:
FIND, based on independent judgment of the decision-maker, after consideration of the whole of the administrative record, the project was assessed in Negative Declaration No. ENV-2016-2111-ND, adopted on October 13, 2016 (under Case No. CPC-2016-2115-CA); and pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Sections 15162 and 15164, no subsequent Environmental Impact Report, negative declaration, nor addendum is required for approval of the project.
ADOPT the FINDINGS of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC) as the Findings of the Council.
PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE dated January 19, 2017 effecting a zone change, from R1-1 to new zone(s), to those parcels lying within the Ordinance Map(s) in the following neighborhoods to provide new specialized development regulations for single-family residential zoned property:
Neighborhood: Council District: New Zone(s):
Cheviot Hills 5 R1V2
NOT PRESENT and ORDER FILED the ORDINANCES dated November 10, 2016, December 8, 2016 and January 19, 2017 related to Crestview, East Venice, and Faircrest Heights.
Applicant: City of Los Angeles, DCP
Case No. CPC-2016-2112-ZC
CEQA No. ENV-2016-2111-ND
Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the LACPC. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.
Community Impact Statement: Yes.
For, if amended: South Robertson Neighborhood Council
TIME LIMIT FILE – FEBRUARY 16, 2018
(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION – FEBRUARY 16, 2018)
URGENCY CLAUSE – 12 VOTES REQUIRED ON SECOND READING
(Continued from Council meeting of January 16, 2018)
As previously posted 01/16/2018
Case No. CPC-2016-2112-ZC, CEQA No. ENV-2016-2111-ND
CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF NEGATIVE DECLARATION, PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT (PLUM) COMMITTEE REPORT and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to zone changes from R1-1 to various new R1-Variation Zones to provide regulations for single family dwellings for the preservation of neighborhood character.
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:
FIND, based on independent judgment of the decision-maker, after consideration of the whole of the administrative record, the project was assessed in Negative Declaration No. ENV-2016-2111-ND, adopted on October 13, 2016 (under Case No. CPC-2016-2115-CA); and pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Sections 15162 and 15164, no subsequent Environmental Impact Report, negative declaration, nor addendum is required for approval of the project.
ADOPT the FINDINGS of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC) as the Findings of the Council.
PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE dated January 19, 2017 effecting a zone change, from R1-1 to new zone(s), to those parcels lying within the Ordinance Map(s) in the following neighborhoods to provide new specialized development regulations for single family residential zoned property:
Neighborhood: Council District: New Zone(s):
Cheviot Hills 5 R1V2
NOT PRESENT and ORDER FILED the ORDINANCES dated November 10, 2016, December 8, 2016 and January 19, 2017 related to Crestview, East Venice, and Faircrest Heights.
Applicant: City of Los Angeles, DCP
Case No. CPC-2016-2112-ZC
CEQA No. ENV-2016-2111-ND
Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the LACPC. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.
Community Impact Statement: Yes.
For, if amended: South Robertson Neighborhood Council
Final Ordinances (Note: Also refer to 16-1470-S1)
NEGATIVE DECLARATION, PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT (PLUM) COMMITTEE REPORT and ORDINANCES FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to zone changes from R1-1 to various new R1-Variation Zones to provide regulations for single family dwellings for the preservation of neighborhood character.
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:
FIND, based on independent judgment of the decision-maker, after consideration of the whole of the administrative record, the project was assessed in Negative Declaration No. ENV-2016-2111-ND, adopted on October 13, 2016 (under Case No. CPC-2016-2115-CA); and pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Sections 15162 and 15164, no subsequent Environmental Impact Report, negative declaration, nor addendum is required for approval of the project.
ADOPT the FINDINGS of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC) as the Findings of the Council.
PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying 19 ORDINANCES dated January 19, 2017 and February 14, 2017 effecting a zone change, from R1-1 to new zone(s), to those parcels lying within the Ordinance Map(s) in the following neighborhoods to provide new specialized development regulations for single family residential zoned properties:
Neighborhood: Council District: New Zone(s):
a. Beverlywood 5 R1V2
b. Cheviot Hills 5 R1V2
c. Citrus Square 5 R1V3-RG
d. Comstock Hills 5 R1V3
e. Crestview 5, 10 R1R3-RG and R1V2
f. Fairfax 5 R1V2
g. Inner Council District Five 5 R1V2
h. East Venice 11 R1V2
i. Faircrest Heights 10 R1R3-RG and R1V3-RG
j. Kentwood 11 R1V2
k. La Brea Hancock 4 R1R3-RG
l. Larchmont Heights 4 R1R3-RG
m. Mar Vista 11 R1V2
n. North Beverly Grove 5 R1V3
o. North Beverlywood 5 R1V2
p. Pacific Palisades 11 R1V1 and R1H1
q. Picfair Village 10 R1R3-RG and R1V3-RG
r. South Hollywood 4 R1R3-RG
s. Wilshire Vista 10 R1R3-RG
NOT PRESENT and ORDER FILED the ORDINANCES dated November 10, 2016, December 8, 2016 and January 19, 2017 related to Crestview, East Venice, and Faircrest Heights.
Applicant: City of Los Angeles, DCP
Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the LACPC. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.
Community Impact Statement: Yes
For, if amended: South Robertson Neighborhood Council
URGENCY CLAUSE – 12 VOTES REQUIRED ON SECOND READING – OBTAINED
AMENDING MOTION (KORETZ – WESSON) – ADOPTED
Recommendation for Council action:
AMEND to CONTINUE Recommendation No. 3-b (Cheviot Hills) of the Planning and Land Use Management Committee report relative to zone changes from R1-1 to various new R1-Variation Zones to provide regulations for single family dwellings for the preservation of neighborhood character to April 4, 2017.
Adopted as Amended, (11); Absent: Bonin, Cedillo, Price (3)
ORDINANCES OVER TO MARCH 8, 2017; CHEVIOT HILLS ORDINANCE CONTINUED TO APRIL 4, 2017
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Final Ordinance No. 184820 03/13/2017 Wilshire Vista
Final Ordinance No. 184818 03/13/2017 Picfair Village
Final Ordinance No. 184819 03/13/2017 South Hollywood
Final Ordinance No. 184816 03/13/2017 North Beverlywood
Final Ordinance No. 184817 03/13/2017 Pacific Palisades
Final Ordinance No. 184814 03/13/2017 Mar Vista
Final Ordinance No. 184815 03/13/2017 North Beverly Grove
Final Ordinance No. 184812 03/13/2017 La Brea Hancock
Final Ordinance No. 184813 03/13/2017 Larchmont Heights
Final Ordinance No. 184804 03/13/2017 Citrus Square
Final Ordinance No. 184803 03/13/2017 Beverlywood
Final Ordinance No. 184811 03/13/2017 Kentwood
Final Ordinance No. 184808 03/13/2017 Inner Council District 5
Final Ordinance No. 184807 03/13/2017 Fairfax
Final Ordinance No. 184806 03/13/2017 Crestview
Final Ordinance No. 184805 03/13/2017 Comstock Hills
Final Ordinance No. 184810 03/13/2017 Faircrest Heights
Final Ordinance No. 184809 03/13/2017 East Venice
Communication from Mayor (March 13, 2017)
Draft Ordinance an approved by Planning and Land Use Management Committee (February 14, 2017)
Motion (March 1, 2017)
Planning and Land Use Management Committee Report (February 24, 2017)
Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved item(s) , including amendments to draft Ordinances for Crestview, East Venice, and Faircrest Heights. Draft Ordinance (February 14, 2017)
Department of City Planning report, dated January 31, 2017, relative Refer to CF 16-1470 to technical correction to change the names of new R1-Variation Zones.
Los Angeles City Planning Commission report, dated December 23, 2016, relative to a follow up of Interim Control Ordinances 183,497 and 184,381 regarding Zone Changes in various locations in Council Districts Four, Five, Ten and Eleven.
CF 16-0422 City Council Adopted, Vote Given: (13 – 0 – 2)
CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION, PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT, and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to amending the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) to increase the General Plan Maintenance Surcharge (GPMS) fee.
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:
FIND that the Ordinance is exempt from the provisions of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines and Article II, Section 2(m) of the City’s CEQA Guidelines, in that it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment because the proposed Ordinance merely increases the existing GPMS fee from five percent to seven percent.
PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE dated July 17, 2017, amending Sections 19.16 and 98.0418 of the LAMC to increase the GPMS, in order to fund costs related to expansion of the City’s Community Planning Program to fund updates to the Community Plans.
INSTRUCT the Department of City Planning (DCP) to report back on the implementation plan to update the community plans.
NOTE and FILE the report from the City Administrative Officer (CAO) dated July 13, 2017 inasmuch as it is provided for informational purposes only.
Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that, consistent with the City’s Financial Policies, the Mayor and Council have authorized setting the GPMS at a level lower than full cost recovery and have appropriated the necessary funds to subsidize the fee for service. The revised fee will provide a more reliable funding source for the DCP’s Community Planning Program and decrease the Department’s reliance on the General Fund by $5 million.
Community Impact Statement: Yes
For, if Amended: Palms Neighborhood Council
Refer to CF 16-0422 For Detail
City Attorney report R17-0232, dated July 17, 2017, relative to a draft ordinance amending the Municipal Code to increase the general plan maintenance surcharge fee to fund an expansion of the Planning Departments Community Planning Program.
City Administrative Officer report 0220-04851-0012, dated July 13, 2017, relative to an increase to the General Plan Maintenance Surcharge to fund the Expanded Community Planning Program.
City Administrative Officer report 0220-05347-0000, dated February 24, 2017, relative to an increase to the General Plan Maintenance Surcharge to fund the expanded Community Planning Program..
Department of City Planning report, dated February 21, 2017, relative to a report back on necessary budget resources, funding needs, and staffing analysis to accelerate the envisioned ten-year community plan cycle to a six-year cycle.
Department of City Planning report, dated January 26, 2017, relative to Community Plans, General Plan Amendment batching, and Environmental Impact Report consultants.
Department of City Planning report, dated August 26, 2016, relative to a report back regarding System for Updating Community Plans, Batching General Plan Amendments, Environmental Impact Report Consultants, and Technology Plans.
City Planning report, dated May 26, 2016, relative to a System for Updating Community Plans, Batching General Plan Amendments, Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Consultants and Technology Plans.
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| To Planning and Land Use Management Committee City Administrator Officer report 0220-04851-0012, dated July 13, 2017, relative to an increase to the General Plan Maintenance Surcharge to fund the Expanded Community Planning Program. |
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Los Angeles city planners are taking the first step toward freshening up dozens of outdated community development plans throughout the city in the next six years, and they are starting in the San Fernando Valley.
These community plans can dictate whether apartments, single family homes or a mix of the two can be built in a particular neighborhood. The plans also are meant to reflect neighborhood character and vision that each respective community wants to see in their area.
The Los Angeles Planning Department has picked three community plans that affect the southwest portion of the Valley, and hope to have the updates to those plans adopted by 2020.
The “Canoga Park-Winnetka-Woodland Hills-West Hills,” “Encino-Tarzana” and “Reseda-West Van Nuys” plans are the three blueprints that are up first to be revised. These plans have not been updated since the late 1990s.
The neighborhood blueprints are being updated as a recently approved plan for the Warner Center area is expected to bring more density to parts of the southwest Valley, which has been known more for low-density, single-family homes. Other factors that may come into play during the update include plans to build up the public transit corridors in the area, such as the Orange Line.
Residents and other members of the public in the southwest Valley will have opportunities this week to begin learning about the city’s accelerated process for updating all 35 of the blueprints throughout the city.
On Wednesday evening, the Woodland Hills-Warner Center Neighborhood Council will host a presentation by the Planning Department during its regular meeting starting at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, 5320 Fallbrook Ave.
A “Planning 101” event has also been scheduled for Saturday, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the Rose Goldwater Community Center at Westfield Topanga, on the corner of Vanowen Street and Owensmouth Avenue. The aim of the event is to provide information on how the city’s planning process works, as residents and stakeholders get ready to give input on the update of the southwest Valley plans, city officials said.
Mayor Eric Garcetti set the six-year community plan schedule into motion as a response to Measure S, a ballot initiative that was ultimately defeated, but tapped into some residents’ complaints that the city was ignoring community plans when approving development projects. With many of the community plans collecting dust for as long as 25 years, they are often not seen by developers, community members and the city as an accurate reflection of the needs of various neighborhoods.
Los Angeles city planners began making the rounds in May at local neighborhood council groups in the southwest Valley, and have set a schedule for additional community meetings taking place this summer, starting in July. The meetings are set for:
– July 12, in Encino, at 6:30 p.m.;
– July 13, in Canoga Park, at 6 p.m.;
– July 18, in West Hills, at 6 p.m.;
– July 19, in Reseda;
– July 25, in Lake Balboa;
– July 27, in Tarzana, at 6 p.m.; and
– Aug. 1, in Woodland Hills, at 6 p.m.
The city planning department’s website for the southwest San Fernando Valley plan update process can be found here.
LOS ANGELES- Today, the Department of City Planning (DCP) unveiled the updated version of the draft Hollywood Community Plan, which will shape the future of Hollywood by directing jobs and housing near major transit corridors. In particular, the Plan focuses most of the housing anticipated through the year 2040 in central Hollywood, in areas served by the Metro Red Line.
A key feature of the Plan includes a new interactive online map that allows users to search by address to view the proposed changes to zoning. The proposal and the interactive map are available on HCPU2.org.
City Planning Department Posting (June 13, 2017)
City Planning Press Release June 26, 2017
Los Angeles – The City of Los Angeles achieved a major milestone in finalizing Plans for
the South Los Angeles and Southeast Los Angeles communities. On Thursday, June 22nd,
the City Planning Commission (CPC) unanimously recommended approval of the
Community Plans which will guide and shape future development for years to come. In
particular, the Plans will foster thriving transit centers, promote revitalized commercial
corridors, and preserve residential neighborhoods.
To learn more about the proposed Community Plans, please visit the South LA plan
website and the Southeast LA plan website.
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Cheryl Getuiza
June 13, 2017 c- (213) 978-1203
w- (213) 626-9294
Press Release (June 13, 2017)
Department of City Planning Releases Proposed Hollywood Community Plan
LOS ANGELES- Today, the Department of City Planning (DCP) unveiled the updated version of the draft
Hollywood Community Plan, which will shape the future of Hollywood by directing jobs and housing near
major transit corridors. In particular, the Plan focuses most of the housing anticipated through the year 2040
in central Hollywood, in areas served by the Metro Red Line.
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| To Planning and Land Use Management Committee Budget Recommendation, dated May 18, 2017, relative to instruct the City Planning Department to report to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee with the increased Citywide interest in planning matters. The report should include whether there are plans to create and formalize community and Neighborhood Council training as a function of the outreach team, and whether the outreach team is adequately funded. |
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CF 13-0046
INTERIM POSITION AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT RECENTLY ADOPTED DEVELOPMENT SERVICES REFORM STRATEGIES RECOMMENDATIONS That the Council, subject to the approval of the Mayor: 1. Authorize by resolution the following 28 positions within the Department of City Planning to support the expanded Community Planning Program, implement recently adopted changes to the environmental review process, and improve delivery of development services consistent with the adopted Development Reform Initiative, subject to position allocation by the Personnel Department:
— Refer to CF 13-0046 For Detail
City Administrative Officer report 0220-04851-0011, dated March 31, 2017, relative to authorize twenty-eight (28) positions within the Department of City Planning to implement Development Services Reform Strategies. Report from Administrative Officer (March 31, 2017)
City Administrative Officer report 0220-04851-0008, dated February 24, 2016, relative to the Development Services Reform Initiative – Construction Services Trust Fund.
02/23/2016 Council adopted item as amended, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51.
City Attorney report R16-0038, dated Febuary 1, 2016, relative to the draft Ordinance amending the Administrative Code and the Municipal Code; deleting code and adding sections to rename the Construction Services Trust Fund; update trust fund procedures update and establish one-stop permit centers surcharge fee provisions, and temporarily increase the surcharge to fund BuildLA.
City Administrative Officer repor 0220-04851-0010, dated January 15, 2016, relative to the Development Services Reform Initiative status report.
City Administrative Officer report 0220-04851-0009, dated September 22, 2015, relative to the Development Services Reform Initiative status report.
City Administrative Officer report 0220-04851-0006, dated August 20, 2014, relative to Development Services Reform Initiative – Status Report Two.
City Administrative Officer 0220-04851-0005, dated June 6, 2014, relative to the status report and recommendations relating to the development reform implementation.
City Administrative Officer report 0220-04851-0003, dated November 22, 2013, relative to various recommendations relating to the development services reform, restoration of funding and resolution positions authority.
Chief Legislative Analyst and City Administrative Officer joint report 0220-04851-0001, dated August 23, 2013, relative to the first status update on the functional transfer and integration of development services programs of multiple City departments into a new development services department.
City Planning and Department of Building and Safety joint report, dated April 5, 2013, relative to the realignment of City departments.
City Planning report, dated April 5, 2012, relative to the proposed realignment of City departments.
CF 16-1472 CITY COUNCIL ACTION 3/22/2107 Vote Action: Adopted
Vote Given: (12 – 0 – 3)
Case No. CPC-2016-4087-ZC, CEQA No. ENV-2016-4086-ND
Related Case Case Nos. CPC-2016-4085-CA, CEQA No. ENV-2016-4086-ND , CF 16-1472-S1 (Bel Air-Beverly Crest / Follow Up / Interim Control Ordinance (ICO) 183497 / Code Amendment / Establishment of Hillside Construction Regulation District (HCR)), CF 16-1472-S2 (Laurel Canyon Neighborhood / Bird Streets Neighborhood / Hillside Construction Regulation Supplemental Use District)
An ordinance amending Section 12.04 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code by amending the zoning map. THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 12.04 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code is hereby amended by changing the zone classifications on properties shown upon portions of the zoning maps attached thereto and the table for Section 1 below and incorporated herein by this reference, and made a part of Article 2, Chapter 1 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, together with applicable regulations set forth in Section 2 of this ordinance so that such portion of the zoning map for the Bel-Air – Beverly Crest neighborhood of the Bel Air – Beverly Crest Community Plan shall be as follows in Table 1 for Section 1, consistent with the regulations for a Hillside Construction Regulation Supplemental Use District established in Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 13.20
Negative Declaration and related California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings, report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission, and draft Ordinance relative to various zone changes applying regulations for a Hillside Construction Regulation Supplemental Use District to single family dwellings located within the Bel Air – Beverly Crest Community in Council District Five, for the parcels lying within the proposed Ordinance Map, as follows:
From Existing Zone: To New Zone:
A1-1 A1-1-HCR
A1-1-H A1-1-H-HCR
A1-1-H-RPD A1-1-H-RPD-HCR
A1-1XL A1-1XL-HCR
[T][Q]C1-1XL [T][Q]C1-1XL-HCR
[Q]C2-1VLD [Q]C2-1VLD-HCR
OS-1-H OS-1-H-HCR
OS-1XL OS-1XL-HCR
OS-1XL-H OS-1XL-H-HCR
[Q]OS-1XL [Q]OS-1XL-HCR
PF-1XL PF-1XL-HCR
[Q]PF-1XL [Q]PF-1XL-HCR
R1-1 R1-1-HCR
[Q]RD1.5-1VL [Q]RD1.5-1VL-HCR
RD2-1VL RD2-1VL-HCR
[Q]RD2-1VL [Q]RD2-1VL-HCR
[T]RD2-1VL-H [T]RD2-1VL-H-HCR
[Q]R3-1VL [Q]R3-1VL-HCR
[Q]R4-1-H [Q]R4-1-H-HCR
[T][Q]R4-1-H [T][Q]R4-1-H-HCR
(Q)RD6-1-H (Q)RD6-1-H-HCR
RE9-1 RE9-1-HCR
RE9-1-H-RPD RE9-1-H-RPD-HCR
RE15-1 RE15-1-HCR
RE15-1-H RE15-1-H-HCR
Applicant: City of Los Angeles
Fiscal Impact Statement: No
Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
— Refer to CF 16-1472 for detail
Los Angeles City Planning Commission report, dated December 23, 2016, relative to a follow up of Interim Control Ordinance 183,497 regarding a Zone Change in the Bel Air-Beverly Crest Community.
CF 16-0597 Case Nos. CPC-2006-5567-CPU; CPC-2006-5567-CPU-M1; CPC-2006-5567-CPU-M2, CEQA No. ENV-2008-478
Final Action – City Council 3/13/2017, Adopted, (12); Absent: Bonin, Cedillo (2)
CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) CLEARANCE UNDER PREVIOUSLY CERTIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR) NO. ENV-2008-478; PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT (PLUM) COMMITTEE REPORT and ORDINANCES FIRST CONSIDERATION and AMENDING MOTION (WESSON – ENGLANDER) relative to the adoption of implementing zoning Ordinances for the West Adams Community Plan Update, adopted by City Council on June 29, 2016.
ENVIRONMENTAL CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) CLEARANCE UNDER PREVIOUSLY CERTIFIED EIR NO. ENV-2008-478; PLUM COMMITTEE REPORT and ORDINANCES FIRST CONSIDERATION
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:
FIND, based on the independent judgment of the decision-maker, after consideration of the whole of the administrative record, the project was assessed in in the previously certified EIR No. ENV-2008-478-EIR, certified on June 29, 2016; and pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Sections 15162 and 15164, no subsequent EIR, Negative Declaration, nor Addendum is required for approval of the project.
ADOPT the FINDINGS of the Director of Planning, on behalf of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC), as the Findings of the Council.
PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE, as recommended by the LACPC on April 11, 2013, February 11, 2016 and June 23, 2016, amending Section 12.04 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to effect zone and height district changes in the West Adams-Baldwin Hills-Leimert Community Plan area.
PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE dated February 21, 2017, amending Section 12.04 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to amend the Crenshaw Corridor Specific Plan.
PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE dated February 21, 2017, establishing the West Adams-Baldwin Hills-Leimert Community Plan Implementation Overlay District pursuant to Section 13.14 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, and replace and supersede Ordinance No. 172913 related to use restrictions along Robertson Boulevard.
Applicant: City of Los Angeles
Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the LACPC nor the City Attorney. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
AMENDING MOTION (WESSON – ENGLANDER)
Recommendation for Council action:
AMEND Guideline E-2.B of Appendix D of the Ordinance dated February 21, 2017, establishing the West Adams – Baldwin Hills – Leimert Community Plan Implementation Overlay District (Planning and Land Use Management Committee report Recommendation 5), as reflected in the Ordinance dated March 3, 2017 attached to the Council file, to read as follows:
B. LANDSCAPING
Wherever above grade parking abuts any public street, a minimum five-foot landscaped setback should be provided along the exterior walls of the parking structure in accordance with the following standards:
* One 36-inch box tree every 20 feet.
* Ground cover on 80 percent of the surface area.
* A raised planter, three feet in height, and two feet in depth (from the exterior wall) to soften the parking wall.
(Continued from Council meeting of March 3, 2017)
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Draft Ordinance (March 3, 2017)
Amending Motion (March 3, 2017)
Report from PLUM (February 28, 2017)
City Planning Final Exhibit E – General Plan Resolution (February 22, 2017)
Report from City Attorney R17-0057 (February 22, 2017)
City Planning Report Final Exhibit D Draft Zone Change and Height District Ordinance (February 22, 2017)
Draft Ordinance (March 3, 2017)
Amending Motion (March 3, 2017)
Report from PLUM (February 28, 2017)
Report from City Attorney (February 22, 2017)
City Attorney Report Draft Ordinance Crenshaw Corridor Specific Plan (February 22, 2017)
Report from City Attorney R17-0056 (February 22, 2017)
City Attorney Report R17-0056 Draft Ordinance West Adams-Balwin Hills – Leimert Community Plan Implementation Overlay (February 22, 2017)
Report from PLUM (February 28, 2017)
City Planning Final Exhibit E – General Plan Resolution (February 22, 2017)
City Attorney Report Draft Ordinance Crenshaw Corridor Specific Plan (February 22, 2017)
City Attorney Report R17-0056 Draft Ordinance West Adams-Balwin Hills – Leimert Community Plan Implementation Overlay (February 22, 2017)
City Planning Report Final Exhibit D Draft Zone Change and Height District Ordinance (February 22, 2017)
Revised Report from City Planning (February 23, 2017)
City Planning Final Exhibit E – General Plan Resolution (February 22, 2017)
Report from City Attorney R17-0057 (February 22, 2017)
City Attorney Report Draft Ordinance Crenshaw Corridor Specific Plan (February 22, 2017)
Report from City Attorney R17-0056 (February 22, 2017)
City Attorney Report R17-0056 Draft Ordinance West Adams-Balwin Hills – Leimert Community Plan Implementation Overlay (February 22, 2017)
City Planning Report Final Exhibit D Draft Zone Change and Height District Ordinance (February 22, 2017)
City Planning Report Final Exhibit D Draft Zone Change and Height District Ordinance (February 22, 2017)
Revised Report from City Planning (February 2, 2017)
City Planning Final Exhibit E – General Plan Resolution (February 22, 2017)
Report from City Attorney (February 22, 2017)
City Attorney Report Draft Ordinance Crenshaw Corridor Specific Plan (February 22, 2017)
Report from City Attorney R17-0056 (February 22, 2017)
City Attorney Report R17-0056 Draft Ordinance West Adams-Balwin Hills – Leimert Community Plan Implementation Overlay (February 22, 2017)
City Planning Report Final Exhibit D Draft Zone Change and Height District Ordinance (February 22, 2017)
City Attorney report R17-0056, dated February 22, 2017, relative to a draft ordinance establishing the West Adams-Baldwin Hills-Leimert Community Plan Implementation Overlay.
Department of City Planning report, dated February 22, 2017, relative to a draft Ordinance for a zone and height district change to be considered in conjunction with the Crenshaw Corridor Specific Plan and West Adams Community Plan Implementation Overlay District.
City Attorney report R17-0057, dated February 22, 2017, relative to a draft ordinance amending the Los Angeles Municipal Code to amend the Crenshaw Corridor Specific Plan.
Los Angeles City Planning Commission report, dated June 23, 2016, relative to modifications to establish the West Adams-Baldwin Hills-Leimert new Community Plan Area..
Los Angeles City Planning Commission report, dated May 23, 2016, relative to establishing the West Adams-Baldwin Hills-Leimert new Community Plan Area.
CF 16-0422
CITY COUNCIL ACTION (March 3, 2017) Vote Given: (10 – 0 – 5)
PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a system for updating Community Plans, batching General Plan Amendments, Environmental Impact Report (EIR) consultants and technical plans.
Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Huizar, et al. – Krekorian):
INSTRUCT the Department of City Planning (DCP) and the City Administrative Officer (CAO) to report with the necessary budget resources, staffing needs and funding analysis to implement a six year, accelerated update cycle, and for the DCP to report with a draft ordinance to codify that requirement.
INSTRUCT the DCP to immediately implement administrative procedures to batch General Plan Amendments, and to begin working on an ordinance to make General Plan Amendments batching the law.
INSTRUCT the DCP to immediately implement EIR Processing Option Two of the DCP report dated January 26, 2017 (attached to Council file No. 16-0422), requiring that all future EIRs associated with development be prepared only by City-approved consultants, and an applicant hire a consultant from the City’s pre-qualified list.
INSTRUCT the DCP to issue an Request for Qualifications to establish a Pre-Qualified List of environmental consultants.
Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the CAO nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
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City Administrative Officer report 0220-05347-0000, dated February 24, 2017, relative to an increase to the General Plan Maintenance Surcharge to fund the expanded Community Planning Program..
Department of City Planning report, dated February 21, 2017, relative to a report back on necessary budget resources, funding needs, and staffing analysis to accelerate the envisioned ten-year community plan cycle to a six-year cycle.
Department of City Planning report, dated January 26, 2017, relative to Community Plans, General Plan Amendment batching, and Environmental Impact Report consultants.
Department of City Planning report, dated August 26, 2016, relative to a report back regarding System for Updating Community Plans, Batching General Plan Amendments, Environmental Impact Report Consultants, and Technology Plans.
City Planning report, dated May 26, 2016, relative to a System for Updating Community Plans, Batching General Plan Amendments, Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Consultants and Technology Plans.
CF 16-1470-S1
PLANNING & LAND USE MANAGEMENT MOTION I MOVE that the Council instruct the Planning Department, in consultation with the City Attorney, to prepare and present an ordinance to create a new sub-zone of the R1 (Single Family) zone in the Castle Heights neighborhood located in the South Robertson area of Council District 5, as was done for various other neighborhoods Citywide (Council File No. 16-1470), and that will enable variations as to size and scale thereby allowing houses larger or smaller than the standard R 1 zone.
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CF 16-0422 City Council Final Action 02/10/2017
PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a system for updating Community Plans, batching General Plan Amendments, Environmental Impact Report (EIR) consultants and technical plans.
Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Huizar, et al. – Krekorian):
INSTRUCT the Department of City Planning (DCP) and the City Administrative Officer (CAO) to report with the necessary budget resources, staffing needs and funding analysis to implement a six year, accelerated update cycle, and for the DCP to report with a draft ordinance to codify that requirement.
INSTRUCT the DCP to immediately implement administrative procedures to batch General Plan Amendments, and to begin working on an ordinance to make General Plan Amendments batching the law.
INSTRUCT the DCP to immediately implement EIR Processing Option Two of the DCP report dated January 26, 2017 (attached to Council file No. 16-0422), requiring that all future EIRs associated with development be prepared only by City-approved consultants, and an applicant hire a consultant from the City’s pre-qualified list.
INSTRUCT the DCP to issue an Request for Qualifications to establish a Pre-Qualified List of environmental consultants.
Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the CAO nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
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Department of City Planning report, dated January 26, 2017, relative to Community Plans, General Plan Amendment batching, and Environmental Impact Report consultants.
Department of City Planning report, dated August 26, 2016, relative to a report back regarding System for Updating Community Plans, Batching General Plan Amendments, Environmental Impact Report Consultants, and Technology Plans.
City Planning report, dated May 26, 2016, relative to a System for Updating Community Plans, Batching General Plan Amendments, Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Consultants and Technology Plans.
CF 15-0719
FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (FEIR) ADDENDUM, TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT, and RESOLUTIONS relative to proposed amendments to Mobility Plan 2035.
City of Los Angeles Planning Department, EIR No. ENV-2013-0911-EIR (Link to City Planning Website)
Refer to CF 15-0719 for the comprehensive listing for available documents.
City Attorney report R16-0334, dated October 26, 2016, relative to a revised draft ordinance amending Sections of the Municipal Code and repealing previous ordinances establishing street designations for arterial streets and arterial street segments in order to implement modifications to the General Plan’s transportation element.
Los Angeles City Planning Commission reports, both dated July 1, 2016, relative to a General Plan Amendment to adopt the amendments to the Mobility Plan 2035.
Los Angeles City Planning Commission report, dated February 26, 2016, relative to the Mobility Plan 2035 and the City’s 35 Community Plan Amendments related to equity, community input and clarification of existing policies.
City Planning Department report, dated June 2, 2015, relative to General Plan Amendment for the Mobility Plan 2035.
CF 16-0529 at PLUM TIME LIMIT AND LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION: 11/2/16
Categorical Exemption pursuant to General Exemption Article 19, Sections 15273 a(4) and 15378 b(4), and Categorical Exemptions Sections 15301 (Class 1), 15302, 15303 (Class 3), 15304 (Class 4) and 15316 (Class 16), and related California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings; reports from the Mayor, the Los Angeles City Planning Commission and the Department of City Planning; Resolution relative to a General Plan Amendment to amend the definitions of park sites and recreational amenities and facilities within the Public Recreation Plan of the Service Systems Element of the City of Los Angeles General Plan; and report from the City Attorney and draft Ordinance amending Sections 12.21 and 12.33 of Article 2 of Chapter 1, and Sections 17.03, 17.12 and 17.58 of Article 7; deleting Sections 17.07 and 19.01; and adding Section 19.17 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, to amend the Public Recreation Plan, a portion of the Service Systems Element of the General Plan to modernize the City’s Park Fee (currently the Quimby and Finn fees).
Applicant: City of Los Angeles
Case Nos. CPC-2016-2583-GPA; CPC-2015-2328-CA-GPA
CEQA No. ENV-2015-2329-CE
Fiscal Impact Statement: No
Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
City Planning Commision
CPC-2016-2583-GPA Council Districts: All
CEQA: ENV-2015-2329-CE Expiration Date: N/A
Plan Areas: All Appeal Status: N/A
Public Hearing
Location: CITYWIDE
Proposed Project: A proposed resolution amending the Public Recreation Plan of the Service Systems Element of the Los Angeles City General Plan to modernize the definitions for neighborhood, community, and regional recreational sites and facilities and update the guidelines.
Applicant: City of Los Angeles
Recommended Actions:
1. Adopt the staff report as its report on the subject.
2. Adopt the Findings.
3. Adopt the Categorical Exemption No. ENV-2015-2329-CE as the CEQA clearance on the subject.
4. Approve the proposed resolution to amend the Public Recreation Plan, a portion of the Service Systems Element of the General Plan, and recommend its adoption by the City Council.
Staff: Phyllis Nathanson
Staff Report (August 11, 2016)
CF 16-0529 At PLUM CONTINUED FROM 5/17/16
TIME LIMIT AND LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION: 7/26/16
Categorical Exemption pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guideline Sections 15301, 15302, 15303, 15304, and 15316, Statutory Exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15273(a)(4) and Public Resources Code 21080(b)(8), exemption pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4), and reports from the Mayor, the Los Angeles City Planning Commission and the Department of City Planning relative to a proposed Resolution to amend the definitions of park sites and recreational amenities and facilities within the Public Recreation Plan of the Service Systems Element of the City of Los Angeles General Plan.
Joint report from Department of City Planning and the Department of Recreation and Parks, report from the City Attorney and draft Ordinance to amend the Public Recreation Plan, a portion of the Service Systems Element of the General Plan to modernize the City’s Park Fee (Quimby and Finn Fee) will not be considered at this meeting.)
Applicant: City of Los Angeles
Case No. CPC-2015-2328-CA-GPA
CEQA No. ENV-2015-2329-CE
Fiscal Impact Statement: No.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
CPC- 2013- 910- GPA -SP- CA -MSC -M2 At City Planning Commission
Council District: All
CEQA: ENV- 2013- 911- EIR -ADD2
Expiration Date: N/A
Plan Area: Citywide
Appeal Status: N/A PUBLIC HEARING
Proposed Project: The Los Angeles City Council’s changes to the Mobility Plan Amendments
Requested Action : To add Central Avenue between 1st Street and Imperial Highway to the Pedestrian Enhanced Districts , and add Central Avenue between 95th Street and Imperial Highway to the Bicycle Enhanced Network (BEN). Applicant: Los Angeles Department of City Planning Recommended Actions: On February 11, 2016 the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (CPC) acted on several proposed amendments to the Mobility Plan. These amendments included revisions to the Plan’s text and enhanced networks. The CPC approved the amendments and transmitted their Letter of Determination to the Mayor and City Council Committees. On May 11, 2016 the Plan was heard at the Transportation Committee meeting where Councilmember Koretz introduced a motion to revise the recommended amendments to the Plan. These revised recommendations were sent to City Council for consideration. On May 13, 2016 City Council moved to send the proposed changes in Recommendation 4 of the Transportation Committee report simultaneously to the Los Angeles City Planning Commission and the Mayor for their approval. As per the City’s Charter, “if the Council proposes changes to the Plan amendment that differ from the amendment as initiated or the recommendation of the City Planning Commission, the matter shall be returned simultaneously to the City Plan ning Commission and the Mayor for their recommendations on the proposed changes.” At its June 23, 2016 meeting, the City Planning Commission will have the opportunity to make its recommendations on the City Council’s May 13th action, which would amend portions of the Mobility Plan to:
• Substitute Gayley Avenue/Midvale Avenue for Westwood Boulevard between Le Conte and Ohio
Avenues to the Bicycle Enhanced Network (BEN).
• Substitute Avalon Boulevard for Central Avenue between Jefferson Boulevard and Imperial
Highway to the BEN.
• Add San Pedro Street between Seventh Street and Jefferson Boulevard to the BEN.
• Amend the Neighborhood Enhanced Network (NEN) to include 16th Street between San Pedro
Avenue and Central Avenue.
• Amend the text under the Network Concept Maps heading on page 153 of Mobility Plan 2035,
Chapter 6: Action Plan to add the following: “For example, a north-south corridor identified on the BEN could be substituted with an alternative north-south corridor that is not currently on the BEN if it serves similar constituencies and destinations and is supported with additional, operational studies and community engagement.”
Summary and Recommendation
The proposed amendments approved by the City Council differ from the proposals previously considered by t he City Planning Commission because they now substitute parallel corridors on the Bicycle Enhanced Network (BEN) rather than eliminating corridors altogether. Gayley/Midvale would replace Westwood Boulevard within the Westwood Village area and Avalon Boulevard would be substituted for Central Avenue between Jefferson Boulevard and Imperial Highway. The BEN, which is the primary focus of the changes, is a concept strategy that highlights the City’s vision of developing a connected network of 300 miles of protected bicycle lanes (Class IV bikeways) by 2035. The corridors identified on the BEN were selected for their role in connecting people who bike to primary transit corridors as well as major employment, educational and recreational destinations. Although Westwood Boulevard and Central Avenue are preferred, the addition of Gayley Avenue/Midvale Avenue and Avalon Boulevard would achieve similar access to regional destinations and maintain the overall integrity of the BEN, as a connected citywide network. The Department of City Planning reiterates its original recommendations, as reflected in the February 11, 2016 staff report and the City Planning Commission’s Letter of Determination. However, the revised text language introduced by Council makes no substantive change to the Plan but simply reinforces the opportunity for the City to identify and explore alternative corridors in the future through a community engagement process. The proposed Council amendments would not affect the Plan’s far -reaching polic ies and programs and would make only limited changes to the plan’s networks; the amendments would therefore not significantly alter Mobility Plan 2035, considered as a whole. Supplemental Recommendation One of the Council actions above included amending the Bicycle Enhanced Network (BEN) to substitute Avalon Boulevard for Central Avenue between Jefferson Boulevard and Imperial Highway to the BEN. Subsequent discussion with Council Offices expressed support for adding the length of Central Avenue to the Pedestrian Enhanced Districts and retaining a portion of Central Avenue on the BEN from 95 th Street to the City boundary at 120th Street, if the remaining portion of Central Avenue were to be removed from the BEN. This action would not conflict with the substitution of Avalon Boulevard for Central Avenue on the BEN between Jefferson Boulevard and 95 th Street. This action would also support the opportunity to provide greater low stress active transportation network benefits in South Los Angeles. Therefore, if the Los Angeles City Planning Commission recommends to approve the City Council initiated amendments, the Department of City Planning recommends adding Central Avenue between 1st Street and Imperial Highway to the Pedestrian Enhanced Districts , and adding Central Avenue between 95th Street and Imperial Highway to the Bicycle Enhanced Network (BEN).
Staff: David Somers (213) 978- 3307
CF 16-0529 At PLUM
TIME LIMIT AND LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION: 7/26/16
07/29/2016 Note to File; This matter going back to the City Planning Commission due to Council unable to hear the item.
Categorical Exemption and report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission relative to a proposed Resolution to amend the definitions of park sites and recreational amenities and facilities within the Public Recreation Plan of the Service Systems Element of the City of Los Angeles General Plan; and a proposed ordinance amending Sections 12.21, 12.33, 17.03, 17.07, 17.12, 17.58 and 19.17 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, to amend the Public Recreation Plan, a portion of the Service Systems Element of the General Plan to modernize the City’s Park Fee (currently the Quimby and Finn fees).
Applicant: City of Los Angeles
Case No. CPC-2015-2328-CA-GPA
Fiscal Impact Statement: No
Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
CF15-1226-S1, 15-1226-S2, 15-1226-S3 At Planning Land Use and Management
CD 12
15-1226-S1
Reports from the City Attorney and the Department of City Planning relative to a draft Ordinance amending Section 12.04 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code and the Granada Hills Specific Plan Amendment for the Granada Hills-Knollwood Community Plan Update, for the adoption of several accompanying zoning implementations.
Case No. CPC-2006-5568-CPU
Fiscal Impact Statement: No
Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
15-1226-S2
Reports from the City Attorney and the Department of City Planning relative to a draft Ordinance amending Section 12.04 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to amend the zoning map for the establishment of the Old Granada Hills Residential Floor Area Supplemental Use District.
Case No. CPC-2006-5568-CPU
Fiscal Impact Statement: No
Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
15-1226-S3
Reports from the City Attorney and the Department of City Planning relative to a draft Ordinance replacing and superseding Ordinance No. 151602 to amend the boundaries of the Granada Hills-Knollwood “K” Equinekeeping District and adopt additional restrictions to protect Horsekeeping Uses for the Granada Hills-Knollwood Equinekeeping Supplemental Use District.
Case No. CPC-2006-5568-CPU
Fiscal Impact Statement: No
Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
