On 09/28/11, Code Studies conducted a "staff hearing" to hear public input on the proposed Planned Development (PD) Districts draft ordinance.

1. Planned Development Supplemental Use District Revisions Proposed Code Amendment Case No. CPC-2010-3315-CA Staff Hearing, 09.28.11, 1 PM City Hall, Room 1070

2. Overview Code Simplification Background Intro to Planned Developments & History in L.A. Trends in PD Regulations Proposed PD Revisions

3. Code Simplification -Workshops – Fall 2007 identified opportunity to update “Planned Development” regulations -Director’s Reports – Sept. 2008 & June 2010 -Focus groups, staff review, community presentations -Four Community Workshops – Nov. 2010

4. Supplemental Use Districts What are SUDs?: -districts for “uses whose requirements are difficult to anticipate and 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.

5. 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

6. Observatory Village

8. Existing RPD Districts in L.A.

9. Trend of PD Ordinance Updates Phoenix’s “Celebrity City”

10. L.A. Live

11. NBC / Universal

12. Playa Vista

13. W Hollywood Hotel & Residences

14. Why update PD regulations now? -Increasing number of specific plans Warner 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

15. Sample City Planning Case Process

17. Berkeley

18. Burbank

19. Culver City

20. Glendale

21. Long Beach

22. Oakland

23. Oxnard

24. Pasadena

25. Riverside

26. Sacramento

27. San Bernardino

28. San Diego

29. San Francisco

30. San Jose

31. Santa Barbara

32. Santa Clarita

33. Santa Cruz

34. Santa Monica

35. Ventura

36. West Hollywood

38. Establishment of PD Districts -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

40. 200 or more dwelling units, guest rooms, or combination of dwelling units or guest rooms; -or 3 acres of lot area

41. 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 -Contents Regulations 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

42. 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.

43. NEXT STEPS Public comment period through November 7

44. Thank You Questions? Comments? Tanner Blackman City of Los Angeles | Department of City Planning Code Studies | Office of Zoning Administration tanner.blackman@lacity.org | 213.978.1195