Planned Development Districts Staff Hearing
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Transcript of Planned Development Districts Staff Hearing
Planned DevelopmentSupplemental Use District
Revisions
Proposed Code AmendmentCase No. CPC-2010-3315-CA
Staff Hearing, 09.28.11, 1 PM
City Hall, Room 1070
Overview
Code Simplification Background
Intro to Planned Developments& History in L.A.
Trends in PD Regulations
Proposed PD Revisions
Code Simplification
-Workshops – Fall 2007identified opportunity to update
“Planned Development” regulations
-Director’s Reports – Sept. 2008 & June 2010
-Focus groups, staff review, community presentations
-Four Community Workshops – Nov. 2010
Supplemental Use Districts
What are SUDs?:-districts for “uses whose requirements are difficult to
anticipateand cannot adequately be provided for” in the Zoning
Code
Oil Drilling Districts, Animal Slaughtering Districts, Sign Districts,Equinekeeping Districts, Community Design Overlay Districts,
Pedestrian-Oriented Districts, etc.
PUDs, PDs, or RPDs?
Planned Developments = Master-planned Communities
Residential Planned Developments in LA:
-allowed as a conditional use from ’64 - ’71
-RPD district enabling ordinance adopted ’71“greenfield” single-family neighborhoods
“cluster housing”“common open space”
-Only requested three times
ObservatoryVillage
Existing RPD Districts in L.A.
Phoenix’s “Celebrity City”
Trend of PD Ordinance Updates
L.A. Live
NBC / Universal
Playa Vista
W Hollywood Hotel & Residences
Why update PD regulations now?
-Increasing number of specific plansWarner Center, Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment District (LA Live),
NBC/Universal
-Better projects possible than through standard zoning
carrot and stick
-Implement “One Project, One Planner”neighbors & staff can assess “project,” not “bundle of approvals”
-Opportunity to update existing tool for today’s needs
enable infill, mixed-use projects on hard to develop parcels
Sample City Planning Case Process
oBakersfieldoBerkeleyoBurbankoCulver CityoGlendaleoLong BeachoOaklandoOxnardoPasadenaoRiversideoSacramento
PD Regulations in CA Cities
oSan BernardinooSan DiegooSan FranciscooSan JoseoSanta BarbaraoSanta ClaritaoSanta CruzoSanta MonicaoVenturaoWest HollywoodoCounty of L.A.
-Concept Plan & Development Standards(adopted by ordinance)
-Phasing Plan
-Plan Approvalsfor individual phases of construction
Proposed PD Regulations
-Application Requirements
An application for the establishment of a Planned Development District shall only be accepted where the applicant owns or controls
the land subject to the proposed district
LAMC Section 12.32 S
Establishment of PD Districts
Establishment of PD Districts
-Applicable Zoneseach PD District shall include only parcels within C, M, R, and P zones
-Minimum Area RequirementsEach PD District shall contain at least:
- 200,000 gross square feet of non-residential floor area;
- 200 or more dwelling units, guest rooms, or combination of dwelling units or guest rooms;
-or 3 acres of lot area
Concept Plan & Development Standards
-Approval of PD Districts-No PD district may be established until the City Council has
adopted, by ordinance, a Concept Plan and Development Standards for the entire area;
-Findings: result in a district that more fully realizes goals in general plans
-ContentsRegulations applicable to all development within the PD District, including specific details, elements, conditions, and restrictions
related to size, timing, and sequence of development
-Design Standards-Density Standards
-Use Standards
Plan Approvals for Phased PDs
-Plan approvals for phased projects-No building permit shall be issued for any project, and no
person shall perform any construction work on a project, until a PD Plan has been submitted and approved
-Finding-The project shall substantially comply with the adopted PD
District Concept Plan and Development Standards.
Public comment
period through November 7
NEXT STEPS
Thank You
Questions? Comments?
Tanner Blackman
City of Los Angeles | Department of City PlanningCode Studies | Office of Zoning Administration
[email protected] | 213.978.1195