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Changes to BHO/BMO and R1 Zone Move Forward

1/19/2017

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As expected, the City Council’s Plum Committee at a special meeting Wednesday unanimously approved without changes three controversial ordinances that will effect development in more than 40% of the city's residentially zoned neighborhoods: R1 Variations, Bel-Air Hillside Construction Development limitations, and the BHO/BMO revisions.
 
The first two ordinances (R1 Variations and Bel-Air development) will go to the City Attorney’s Office to be converted into final, draft ordinances. They will return to the PLUM committee later this spring.
 
The third ordinance (BHO/BMO updates) was passed and can go to the City Council for a final vote. But it looks like – as predicted here – the council is going to sit on the BHO/BMO updates until the R1 Variations and Bel-Air development ordinances come back from the City Attorney’s Office for PLUM vote. That's because PLUM chairman Jose Huizar asked - as the committee was voting on the BHO/BMO proposal - when the ordinance would be with the full council, and staff said that “they” have asked that the BHO/BMO update not be voted on by the council until the other ordinances “can be packaged” with it (no explanation of who “they” is: City Attorney’s office? Fellow council members?). Huizar said that was fine by him, asked if any of the committee members objected, and when no one did, the voted unanimously to recommend approval.
 
So that means the City Attorney’s Office needs to produce the R1 Variations and Bel-Air development ordinances quickly and it is highly likely that the whole package will be approved and enacted right before the March 25 deadline.

Why is March 25 so important? Because that's when 15 Interim Control Ordinances (ICOs) around the city expire, and if these new rules aren't in place before the ICOs expire, the rules in those 15 areas revert back to 'standard' zoning which could mean an outbreak of so-called McMansions.

Those weren't the only controversial items addressed during the 3+ hour-long meeting Wednesday.
 
The committee voted to approve Rick Caruso’s controversial project at 333 La Cienega after Councilman Paul Koretz arrived to announce that they struck a deal to reduce its height from 240 feet to 185 feet and increase the amount of money Caruso is giving to community groups and increase the amount of affordable housing units in the now-16-story mixed-use project. The full council is expected to vote on the project next week.

The committee voted to approve the Sunset Square Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, despite numerous protests against the inclusion of several blocks west of Fairfax and south of Hollywood Blvd. The motion goes to the City Attorney’s Office for it to write the final draft ordinance.

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UPDATE: Anti-McMansion vote postponed

10/15/2013

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The City Council rescheduled today's vote on the anti-McMansion ordinance for the Beverly Grove area to Friday's council meeting.

The item was originally scheduled to be voted on today. But the council agreed unanimously without discussion to delay the vote three days.

If approved, the ordinance would put a Residential Floor Area (RFA) District over approximately 700 homes in a 5-street Mid City neighborhood between San Vicente Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue north of Wilshire Boulevard. This would be the second RFA District approved in the city following the February 2012 approval of a RFA District in Studio City.

The ordinance was fast-tracked last week by the council's Planning and Land Use Management Committee, which voted to recommend the new regulations with an urgency clause at the request of Councilman Paul Koretz, whose 5th District includes Beverly Grove. If the City Council votes Friday to approve the ordinance, it could take affect in about 5-8 weeks later depending upon how quickly Mayor Eric Garcetti signs it.

LandUseLA.com: 'McMansion' limits for another neighborhood
http://www.landusela.com/1/post/2013/10/mcmansion-limits-for-another-neighborhood.html



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132 Condos May Replace 54-year-old Winnetka Church

6/26/2013

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The City Planning Commission will consider Thursday whether to approve a plan to demolish the 54-year-old St. John's In The Valley United Methodist Church and replace it with 132 condos. Encino-based Montage Development Corp. needs a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change and several other Zoning Administrator actions. The 4.2-acre site is located in the 20600 block of Roscoe Boulevard in Winnetka.

Planning staff recommends approval of all actions requested and no one spoke against the project during a public hearing  in August 2012. The Winnetka Neighborhood Council voted unanimously to support the project as modified by negotiations between Montage and the Winnetka NC Planning and Land Use Management committee.

The CPC meeting this Thursday is at the Van Nuys City Hall's Council Chambers. The meeting starts at 8:30 a.m.

Planning Department report to the City Planning Commission:
http://cityplanning.lacity.org/staffrpt/initialrpts/CPC-2012-1363.pdf

Winnetka Neighborhood Council Aug. 14, 2012 Minutes
http://www.winnetkanc.com/Documents/minutes/2012-0814-minutes.pdf

Montage Development
http://www.montagedev.com/index.html

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PLUM To Vote on Very Large Small Lot Development in Van Nuys

6/23/2013

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A proposal to tear down the founding Pinecrest School and replace it with four "traditional single-family homes" and 131 single-family homes in accordance with the Small Lot Ordinance will be considered Tuesday by the City Council's Planning & Land Use Management Committee. The Van Nuys project - which includes a Tentative Tract Map, Zone Change, several Zone Variances and several Zoning Administrator's Adjustments - was already approved by the City Planning Commission in May.

PLUM Agenda:
http://ens.lacity.org/clk/committeeagend/clkcommitteeagend2682963_06252013.pdf

Pinecrest Schools announced sale/closure:
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120807005934/en/Pinecrest-Schools-Greater-Los-Angeles-Close-Van

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