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City Council adopts charter implementation rules, sends Mulholland item back to committee
Summary
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to approve implementing ordinances for the citycharterchanges that create area planning commissions and revise land-use appeal procedures, but sent the Mulholland Scenic Parkway item back to the Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee for further review.
The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved a package of ordinances to implement the new city charterincluding the creation of area planning commissions (APCs) and an expanded City Planning Commission (CPC), while asking PLUM to re-examine whether the Mulholland Scenic Parkway specific plan should move into the South Valley APC.
The measures respond to the charter voters approved in June, which require at least five APCs, expand the CPC from five to nine members and change how appeals and quasi-judicial land-use matters are decided. Councilmembers said the package standardizes and simplifies dozens of procedural tracks while preserving a council role for citywide issues.
Planning Department staff described the ordinance package as an effort to make the city's planning processes…
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