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West Hollywood staff explain how planning, preservation and permits shape the city
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City of West Hollywood Community Development Department staff briefed Civic Leadership Academy attendees on how long-range planning, project review, historic preservation and building and safety functions work together to implement the city's general plan and policy goals.
At a Civic Leadership Academy session hosted by the City of West Hollywood, Community Development Department staff laid out how the city translates resident priorities into rules and projects that shape neighborhoods.
Nick Marasich, the city's director of community development, opened the session by describing four divisions — long range planning, current and historic preservation planning, building and safety, and administration — that together guide private development to match the city's general plan. "We connect those individual projects to the larger community vision through our land use and development review functions," Marasich said.
The presentation included…
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