The City Planning Department recently proposed new fees for its services that would collectively increase fees department-wide by more than 33 percent. The proposed fee schedule “provides the City with an opportunity to more accurately reflect the cost of planning services,” the department announced in its most recent monthly newsletter. If adopted by the City […]
It turns out, 2020 may end up being one of the busiest years in the Los Angeles construction industry. The Los Angeles Department of City Planning reported last week that the department filed and completed more applications in the month of December than during any single month in the last three years. Overall, 7,654 applications […]
In March 2017, the city created a new overlay zone for subareas within the city’s Hillside communities. These overlay zones are known as the Hillside Construction Regulation (HCR) Special Use District (SUD) and they so far only include the communities of Bel-Air, Laurel Canyon and the “Bird Streets” of the Hollywood Hills. The SUDs established […]
The City Council recently approved an ordinance that adds Mexican Elderberry and Toyon shrubs to the city’s Protected Tree Ordinance. The ordinance requires that anyone who wants to remove a Mexican Elderberry and/or Toyon shrub which measures four inches or more in cumulative diameter, four and one-half feet above the ground level at the base […]
Earlier this month, a memo was issued jointly by the departments of Building & Safety and City Planning regarding Accessory Dwelling Units. This memo was an update to a previous memo that established new rules for ADUs beginning Jan. 1, 2017. There are a few significant changes to how Planning/LADBS will handle ADUs now versus […]
Los Angeles City Planning has resumed issuing Coastal Exclusions (or CatEx) for some projects within specific tracts in the Pacific Palisades. As background, the CatEx is a type of approval for Coastal projects that allows some projects within the Coastal zone to be approved quickly and administratively without the lengthy public hearings process associated with […]
New rules that will reduce the by-right allowable floor area and grading quantities for single-family homes in the “Bird Streets” and Laurel Canyon areas of the Hollywood Hills will take effect on May 28. As expected, the City Council approved and Mayor Eric Garcetti signed the proposed City Planning ordinance earlier this month. The ordinance […]
The City Council is expected to approve today (April 11) an ordinance that would reduce the allowable floor area and grading quantities for single-family homes in the “Bird Streets” and Laurel Canyon areas of the Hollywood Hills. The Hillside Construction Regulations (HCR) being considered today are similar to the limitations that were approved by the […]
