Malibu planning staff reports steady progress on Palisades and Woolsey fire rebuilds

Dan Horter, interim assistant planning director, told the Malibu Planning Commission on May 5 that planning submittals for recent fire rebuilds have increased and that the city is operating a rebuild center to help homeowners move through planning and permitting.

“The average time for corrections is 8, that's down to 1 day previous. And then the average time for approval is 20 days,” Horter said as he summarized recent processing times and case counts.

Horter described separate tallies for the two recent fire zones. For properties affected in the Palisades area he reported that planning submittals have risen to about 25 percent of affected properties, with 18 percent pending and 7 percent approved; of those submittals he said 15 percent are “like for like” and 10 percent are “like for like plus 10%.”…