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City of Los Angeles Baseline Hillside Ordinance

2011-09-01T20:38:00.000-07:00

Baseline Hillside Ordinance
Ordinance Number: 181624
Adopted Date: March 18, 2011
Effective Date: May 9, 2011

Link to the Ordinance Number: 181624
http://cityplanning.lacity.org/Code_Studies/HillsideAreaDefinitionAmendment/AdoptedBaselineHillsideOrdinance.pdf

LA County Proposed Oak Tree Permit Ordinance Amendment

2009-11-30T19:11:00.001-08:00

A proposed amendment to Title 22 (Planning and Zoning) of the Los Angeles County Code Oak Tree Permits Ordinance. The amendment will update Title 22 pruning standards to be consistent with Fire Department requirements, define and specify regulation of deadwood, and add a new exemption to allow the Fire Department to adopt and implement their draft Healthy Oaks Ordinance. The amendment will not directly or indirectly allow the pruning or impact of trees for development.
The Forestry Division of the Los Angeles County Fire Department (Forester) proposed the Healthy Oaks Ordinance in order to allow property owners to prune or treat protected oak trees for health purposes without requiring an oak tree permit from Regional Planning. The Healthy Oaks Ordinance would allow property owners to maintain their trees by obtaining a permit from the Forester. The Healthy Oaks Ordinance permit will allow maintenance pruning on limbs greater than two inches in diameter and other arboricultural treatments to enhance the general health, vigor and safety of oak trees. Any construction or development activity affecting oak trees or unpermitted pruning will require an Oak Tree Permit administered by the County of Los Angeles Department of Regional Planning. The Oak Tree Permits ordinance, Part 16 of Chapter 22.56 in Title 22, must be modified in order for the Forester to implement the Healthy Oaks Ordinance.

U-2 Guitarist's mansion dreams meets opposition

2009-04-18T10:56:00.000-07:00

You might say The Edge is having boundary issues.

The U2 guitarist's plans to build five mountaintop mansions in Malibu with fantastic oceanside views is facing fierce opposition from some famous NIMBYs concerned the homes will be an environmental catastrophe.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the proposed project would be built above homes belonging to the likes of Dick Van Dyke, Kelsey Grammer and James Cameron and would require some extensive and tricky engineering, including extension of a road down a rugged elevation, grading 70,000 cubic yards of hillside and installing water lines.
Click here for the full article.

Fast Food Interim

2009-04-16T18:36:00.000-07:00

Fast Food Interim
Ordinance Number: 180103
Adopted Date: July 29, 2008
Effective Dates:
September 14, 2008

An ordinance imposing interim regulations on the issuance of all permits related to the establishment of new fast food restaurants on commercial or industrial zoned properties located on streets designated as Major Highway Class I, Major Highway Class II and Secondary Highway in the West Adams-Baldwin Hills-Leimert Community Plan area and portions of the South Los Angeles and Southeast Los Angeles Community Plan areas.
See the ordinance by clicking here.

ZI NO. 2391-BASELINE MANSIONIZATION ORDINANCE

2008-07-18T13:22:00.000-07:00

CITY OF LOS ANGELES

DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING

ZONING INFORMATION FILE

Effective Date: June 29, 2008

ZI NO. 2391

BASELINE MANSIONIZATION ORDINANCE

COUNCIL DISTRICT: ALL

COMMENTS

The Baseline Mansionization Ordinance (No. 179,883), effective on June 29, 2008, establishes new regulations for properties citywide zoned single-family residential (R1, RS, RE9, RE11, RE15, RA, RE20, and RE40) not located in a Hillside Area or Coastal Zone, and primarily focuses on new size and height limitations. If this ZI is applied to a property then the ordinance applies. If this ZI is not applied to a property then the regulations in this ordinance do not apply.

INSTRUCTIONS

Vested Development Plans This ordinance does not apply to development plans submitted for plan check prior to June 29, 2008 and vested under the provisions of Section 12.26 A.3 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code. Projects For Which This Ordinance Applies Development plans submitted for plan check on or after June 29, 2008 shall be reviewed in accordance with the size and height limitation as outlined in the Baseline Mansionization Ordinance (No. 179,883). A copy of the adopted ordinance is attached to this ZI, along with a technical summary of the new provisions.

CLEARANCE INFORMATION:

Plan checks and permit approvals for development plans are done by the Department of Building & Safety. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please call 1-888-LA-4-BUILD (1-888- 524-2845); outside of L.A. County, call 213-482-0000.

Link to full text of the above ZI NO. 2391:

http://zimas.lacity.org/zoneinfo/ZI2391.pdf

LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL PASSES ANTI-MANSIONIZATION ORDINANCE

2008-07-01T14:27:00.000-07:00

The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved an ordinance on May 06, 2008 that limits the building of over-sized McMansions on small lots throughout the city. The result is a fundamental change in the city of Los Angeles zoning code. Changes in land value, housing preferences and housing inventory have been contributing to a trend toward larger single family homes being constructed throughout Los Angeles. When larger homes replace bungalows built when Los Angeles was first developed, however, the larger structures are often incompatible with the established scale and character of older, single-family neighborhoods. The Baseline Mansionization Ordinance grew out of a motion introduced by Councilmember LaBonge in June, 2006 and pertains to homes in flatlands only. A separate ordinance, which is now under consideration by the Los Angeles Planning Department, addresses the expansion of homes in hillside and coastal areas. As part of the discussion leading up to the vote on this measure, the City Council pledged to bring the hillside antimansionization ordinance for a vote within two years. Under the new ordinance, which will be effective in 30 days, a bungalow on a typical 5,000-square-foot lot could be expanded to 3,000 square feet. Current zoning code allows more than twice that mass, with a 7,000-square-foot limit. The ordinance will apply to 300,000 properties in single-family residential zones throughout Los Angeles.

CITY OF LOS ANGELES ADOPTED ORDINANCES

Green Building Program Ordinance

Ordinance Number: 179820

Adopted Date: April 22, 2008

Effective Date: November 1, 2008

Standard of Sustainability

Non-Resedential and High-Rise Residential Projects

Effective Date: May 22, 2008

Standard of Sustainable Excellence

Effective Date: May 1, 2009

Standard of Sustainability

Low-rise Residential Projects

Density Bonus

Ordinance Number: 179681

Adopted Date: February 20, 2008

Effective Date: April 15, 2008

Comprehensive Citywide Sign Regulations

Ordinance Number: 179416

Adopted Date: December 04, 2007

Effective Date: December 20, 2007

Medical Marijuana Dispensary Interim Control Ordinance

Ordinance Number: 179027

Adopted Date: August 01, 2007

Effective Date: September 14, 2007

Revisions to Parking Codes

Ordinance Number: 179191

Adopted Date: September 12, 2007

Effective Date: November 5, 2007

Planning Fee Ordinance

Ordinance Number: 178877

Effective Date: July 22, 2007

Automotive Use Ordinance

Ordinance Number: 178,382

Effective Date: March 24, 2007

Adopted Date: January 24, 2007

Colorado Blvd. Specific Plan Amendment

Ordinance Number: 178,098

Effective Date: January 9, 2007

Adopted Date: November 08, 2006

Eldercare Facilities Ordinance

Ordinance Number: 178,063

Effective Date: December 30, 2006

Adopted Date: November 01, 2006

Residential Hotel Interim Control Ordinance

Ordinance #179,191

Effective Date: November 5, 2007

Adopted Date: September 12, 2007

Protected Tree Ordinance

Ordinance Number: 177404

Effective Date: April 23, 2006

Adopted Dated: February 28, 2006

Los Angeles Zoning News

2008-07-01T14:15:00.000-07:00