NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS re:code LA Overview Wednesday, November 5, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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 overlays, 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 John Kaliski Architects Lead Consultant Architecture White & Smith, LLC Patricia Smith , Landscape Architect Legal/Drafting Support Landscape Architecture Torti Gallas and Partners HR&A Advisors Urban Design/Planning Economic Impact Winter & Company The Robert Group Historic Preservation/Urban Design Community Outreach Peter Park VPE Public Relations Process/Administration Analysis Community Outreach Lamphier - Gregory The Doyle Logan Company Planning/Environmental Analysis Project Identity Urban Insight Design Gnomes Web Design/Web-Based Code 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” or TurboTax™ -type system Image Sources: Code Studio

Predictable & Effective Processes

Predictable & Effective Processes Image Source: Code Studio

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

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