Planning Reference Library

• ZIMAS:  The City of LA Planning Dept's Zone Information and Map Access System, providing zoning related information for specific properties. Easy to use app offers a variety of different options for accessing property specific info including jurisdictional, planning, zoning and assessor details.  
• San Pedro Community Plan (existing)
• Existing General Plan Land Use Map 
• Coastal San Pedro Specific Plan
• Downtown San Pedro Community Design Overlay (CDO)
• Vinegar Hill Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ)
• San Pedro Historic Waterfront Business Improvement District (BID)
• Summary of LA Zoning Codes
• California Coastal Act
• NYC Zoning Glossary (not all applicable to CA or LA, but clear descriptions and illustrations)
• City of LA Planning Glossary

3337 and 3339 S Denison Avenue:  Parcel Map Exemption (Case # AA-2010-0689 PMEX), Zoning Administrators Adjustment (Case # ZA-2010-0799 ZAA), Categorical Exemption (2010-690-CE) and Coastal Development Permit.

• Project includes a lot line adjustment creating 2 lots from 3 side-by-side single family lots, retaining an existing SFR and building a new one on the remaining lot.
• Photos, Parcel and Lot Line Adjustment Maps, Permit Application
• Office of Zoning Administration Public Hearing:
• PLACE: San Pedro City Hall
• Room 452, Fourth Floor
• 638 South Beacon Street
• San Pedro, CA 90731
• TIME: THURSDAY, JULY 22, 2010 AT 9:00 A.M.

Local Issues

Community Plan Update

• Draft Map of Areas Under Review (Aug 08)

• Corresponding Summary of Proposed Changes

• Related links for more info:

• Existing Community;and Specific Plan

• Planning Dept's Community Plan Update Website

 LAUSD Facilities Services Division -  South Region High School #15 Project Website 

City and Regional

• DCP Reorganization Report with Cover Letter
• DCP Org Chart, effective July 2010

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Proposed Sidewalk Repair Liability Ordinance

The Bureau of Street Services, with the assistance of the City Administrative Officer and the City Attorney and in consultation with affected stake-holders such as realtors associations, apartment associations, homeowner groups, and others, has been studying creative solutions to fund sidewalk repair in the City. 

The resulting recommendations, including a point-of-sale plan for fixing the City's sidewalks whereby property sellers would be assessed the cost of fixing the sidewalks in front of their property, is up for consideration by the City Council's Public Works Committee.  Click here to be taken to the City Council File System with all records related to this proposed motion, including the Community Impact Statement submitted by the Coastal San Pedro NC.

LA Bike Plan

The City has released a draft of the revised Bicycle Plan for public review and comments. The plan is available in hard copy at the San Pedro Branch Regional Library and online at www.labikeplan.org.

A was held for public questions and comments at Peck Park on Thurs, Oct 22, but comments are being accepted through Nov 6 through the project website www.labikeplan.rg, via email to jordann.turner@lacity.org or via mail to City of Los Angeles, Dept of City Planning, Attn Jordann Turner, 200 N. Spring St Room 721 LA 90012. 

I-110 HOT Lane Demo Project

This is a one-year demonstration project being managed by the City Dept of Transportation, and funded by a $210 million grant from the US Dept. of Transportation.

The existing HOV lanes on the I-110 will be converted to High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes, allowing single passenger vehicles access to the carpool lanes for a toll that adjusts according to the level of congestion, while high-occupancy vehicles will still travel for free. A transponder will likely be required for all users.

Click here for link to Metro's project website, which provides an overview, maps, links to similar projects and a detailed primer on the technologies available for congestion pricing.

Background readings about HOT Lanes:

• "Strategies for Reducing Congestion"
• "HOT Lanes: A Better Way to Attack Urban Highway Congestion"
• "Are HOT Lanes a Hot Deal?" 
• "Considerations in Assessing the Feasibility of High-Occupancy Toll Lanes" 
• "HOV and HOT Lanes in the United States"

Mansionization & Hillsides

The Baseline Mansionization Ordinance 179883 was adopted May 6, 2008 and became effective as of June 29, 2008. This ordinance, aimed at 'big-box' single-family residential developments and redevelopments that overwhelm existing neighborhoods, applies city-wide to all residential parcels except hillside lots and lots within the Coastal Zone. Click here for a summary of this ordinance by the Planning Department.

The proposed Hillside Area Amendment would amend Section 12.03 of the Municipal Code (LAMC) to revise the current definition of "Hillside Area"襘;(as shown in this parcel-specific, huge file size map),襘;based on the true topography of the parcels. Click here for the Planning Dept Staff Report, which includes a detailed explanation of the slope analysis and proposed changes, as well as how襘;these changes will襘;bring application of the Baseline Mansionization Ordinance into effect for thousands of additional parcels city-wide.襘;襘;

Note:襘; Most of the Coastal San Pedro NC area is within the coastal zone, and while the Baseline Mansionization Ordinance does not apply in this zone, the change of hillside area definition does affect parcels in our area, including the coastal zone. Mansionization provisions may also be incorporated in the coastal zone in the future upon revision of the San Pedro Specific Plan.