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HARBOR ALLIANCE OF NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS

re:code LA Overview

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

History & Background

• Last comprehensive

revision to Zoning Code was in 1946

• Consolidated 11

separate Zoning Ordinances into 1

History & Background

• Grown from 84 small-format pages to over 600

standard-format pages

Current Problems

• Same basic set of Zoning Classifications

maintained since Post-War Era

• Scattered language results in vague, contradicting,

and unnecessarily complicated regulations

• Relies heavily on Entitlements, Site-Specific

Conditions, and Overlays

• Does not always promote good urban design

Overlays & Site-Specific Conditions

• 60% of the City is

covered by special

• verlays, and site-

specific conditions (Qs, Ts, & Ds)

shown in dark brown on the left

• Majority of

properties have 2 or more different sets of regulations

Code Interpretations & Memos

• Thousands of

Zoning Code Interpretations and Memos

General Plan Framework

• 1990’s, City adopted the General Plan Framework

Element

• Strategy to accommodate growth and

development

• Zoning Code never revised to implement these

policies and standards

Five-Year Work Program, 18 months in:

– Dynamic Web-Based Zoning Code – Guides to Zoning – Unified Downtown Development Code

Project Team made up of City Employees and Planning, Environmental, & Web Consultants

Image Source: SRTM Team NASA/JPL/NIMA

Project Consultants

Code Studio

Lead Consultant

John Kaliski Architects

Architecture

White & Smith, LLC

Legal/Drafting Support

Patricia Smith, Landscape Architect

Landscape Architecture

Torti Gallas and Partners

Urban Design/Planning

HR&A Advisors

Economic Impact

Winter & Company

Historic Preservation/Urban Design

The Robert Group

Community Outreach

Peter Park

Process/Administration Analysis

VPE Public Relations

Community Outreach

Lamphier - Gregory

Planning/Environmental Analysis

The Doyle Logan Company

Project Identity

Urban Insight

Web Design/Web-Based Code

Design Gnomes

Graphic Design/Editing

Impact Sciences

Environmental Impact Assessment

Visual & Streamlined Code

Easy to read & user-friendly format

Image Source: Code Studio

More Effective Community Planning Tools

Image Source: Code Studio

Web-Based Zoning Code System

• Web-based Code delivery

system

• Extensive use of graphics,

tables & charts

• Intuitive Interaction - compile

the most relevant provisions for a particular property

• Develop a “digital concierge”
• r TurboTax™-type system

Image Sources: Code Studio

Predictable & Effective Processes

Predictable & Effective Processes

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Downtown Revitalization

• Ensure that Downtown Los Angeles is poised to take

advantage of ongoing economic recovery

• Ready to absorb larger share of citywide density
• Maximize transportation infrastructure investment in

Downtown

Public Participation

• Zoning Advisory Committee
• Regional Forums
• Virtual Forums
• Stakeholder Group Meetings
• Project Website
• Other Methods
• Electronic Mailing List, Social

Networks, etc.

Image Source: Picassa

Where We Are

• June 2012 - Council Approved Funding
• June 2013 - Project Officially Launched
• November 2013 – ZAC Formed
• March 2014 – Code Evaluation Report Released
• May/June 2014 – Evaluation Report to CPC
• Summer 2014 – PLUM and City Council
• December 2014 – Code Approach Report
• January 2015 - Drafting Downtown Code

Visit Our Website at: recode.la