Zoning Code Makeover
LA is undertaking the most significant revisions to its zoning code since 1946. About a dozen different ordinances are on the table, with the potential to dramatically affect our neighborhoods and tens of thousands of buildings over time.
LA Neighbors United supports streamlining the Los Angeles Zoning Code to consolidate language, eliminate redundancies, and modernize and strengthen the code to effect better planning in the city. Streamlining project permitting and maintaining the integrity of Community and Specific Plans through clear, strong code are not mutually exclusive. In fact, we must do both to make Los Angeles an even better place to live and do business … protecting and enhancing neighborhoods, commercial centers, boulevards and scenic areas.
We are concerned that some of the proposed changes will weaken or eliminate important protections, with potentially significant negative impacts on residential communities and commercial districts.
Proposed Ordinance Would Enable Buildings to Exceed Height, Size Limits With No Public Notice
Planning Department Report on Planned Development Districts Ordinance
Community Plans Under Attack: LA Neighbors United Files Lawsuit to Halt Implementation of New Community Plan Overlay Districts Ordinance
LA Neighbors to Appeal Superior Court Decision in Community Plan Protection Case
LA Neighbors Reply Brief in Community Plan Protection Lawsuit
LA Neighbors Opening Brief in Community Plan Overlay Districts Case
LA Neighbors Offers Conceptual Alternative to Community Plan Overlay Districts Ordinance
LA Neighbors Statement on Court Filing on Community Plan Overlay Districts
LA Neighbors Superior Court Filing on Community Plan Overlay Districts
LA Neighbors Additional Comments on Community Plan Overlay Districts
Westwood Village Comments on Community Plan Overlay Districts
LA Neighbors Comment Letter on Proposed Community Plan Overlay Districts
LA to Consider Proposed Ordinance on Community Plan Overlay Districts
First of 10 New Code Simplification Laws: Core Findings Ordinance
LA Neighbors Comments on Revised Core Findings Ordinance
Planning Department Revised Core Findings Ordinance
Conditional Use Permits and Other Approvals Subject to Core Findings
LA Neighbors Specific Recommendations on Core Findings
Pacific Palisades Specific Recommendations on Core Findings
Studio City Comments on Core Findings
LA Times Reports: Other Cities Also Gutting Zoning to Raise Cash
CityWatch: 90-Day Reprieve on Zoning Code Changes
CityWatch: Houston on the Pacific?
Planning Department Report on First Proposed Ordinance - Core Findings
