Proposed Citywide Housing Incentive Program (CHIP) Ordinance, Housing Element Sites and Minimum Density Ordinance, & Resident Protections Ordinance

As part of CHIP Ordinance, Housing Element Sites and Minimum Density Ordinance, and Resident Protections Ordinance, the City Planning Commission will consider recommendations to:

• Find the Proposed Ordinances were assessed in the adopted Housing Element Environmental Impact Report No. ENV-2020-6762-EIR (SCH No. 2021010130) certified on November 29, 2021, Addendum No. 1 (ENV-2020-6762-EIR-ADD1) certified on June 14, 2022, and Addendum No. 2 (ENV-2020-6762-EIR-ADD2); and adopt the Mitigation Monitoring Program.
• Approve and recommend that the City Council adopt the proposed ordinances to amend the Zoning Code, Public Welfare Code, and the Rent Stabilization Ordinance including amendments to Chapter 1, Chapter 1A, Chapter 4, and Chapter 15 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), including revisions to Sections 12.03, 12.09.1, 12.10, 12.10.5, 12.11, 12.11.5, 12.12, 12.12.2, 12.13, 12.13.5, 12.14, 12.16, 12.17, 12.17.1, 12.21, 12.22, 12.24, 13.09, 13.15, 14.00, 14.5.4, 16.05, 19.01, 19.14, 19.18, and any related Code sections of Chapter 1;  the addition of Sections 11.5.15, 16.60, 16.61 and 16.70 in Chapter 1; and revisions to Articles 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, and any other related Code sections of Chapter 1A; the removal of Sections 51.31, 51.32, 51.33, 51.34 and 51.35 from Chapter 4; and a technical amendment to Section 151.28 of Chapter 15.
• Amend the "Affordable Housing Incentives Guidelines" and approve the proposed Fair Housing Requirements for Affordable Housing pursuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code 12.22 A.25 and Charter Section 550 and 551;
• Adopt the Staff Recommendation Report as the Commission’s report on the subject;
• Adopt the ordinance findings; and
• Recommend that the City Council instruct that the proposed Ordinances be incorporated into the New Zoning Code, subject to changes to conform to the format and style of the New Zoning Code.

The City Planning Commission meeting will take place on Thursday, September 26, 2024 beginning at 8:30am. Following a staff presentation to CPC, members of the public will have a formal opportunity to provide comments on the proposed actions. Participants may join the CPC meeting in-person, online, or by phone to offer testimony. The CPC will make a recommendation on the proposed actions to the Los Angeles City Council.

Date and Time
Thursday, September 26, 2024 after 8:30 AM

Location
Los Angeles City Hall
John Ferraro Council Chamber
200 North Spring Street, Room 340, 3rd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Agenda & Zoom Information
This meeting may be available virtually, in a hybrid format. Please check the meeting agenda approximately 72 hours before the meeting for additional information. Please see planning4la.org/hearings for the meeting agenda.

Written Comments
In lieu of attending the public meeting, comments may be submitted by email to CPC@lacity.org. Please include case number CPC-2023-7068-CA for CHIP Ordinance correspondence, CPC-2024-387-CA for Housing Element Sites and Minimum Density Ordinance correspondence, and CPC-2024-388-CA for Resident Protections Ordinance correspondence.

Receive Future Updates
To join the Interested Parties list for the Citywide Housing Incentive Program Ordinance, Housing Element Sites and Minimum Density Ordinance, and Resident Protections Ordinance, and to receive future updates, please email housingelement@lacity.org.

To submit questions, comments, or to be placed on the interested parties list, please contact City Planning staff.

Staff Contact
Theadora Trindle, City Planner
200 North Spring Street, Room 750
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 564-7099
housingelement@lacity.org
 

Accommodations
As a covered entity under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Los Angeles does not discriminate on the basis of disability. Sign language interpreters, assistive listening devices, or other services, such as translation between English and other languages, may be provided upon a written request submitted a minimum of 72 hours in advance to: housingelement@lacity.org. Be sure to identify the language to be translated into and indicate if the request is for oral or written translation services. If translation of a written document is requested, please include the document to be translated as an attachment to your email.

Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies 
If you challenge a City action in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence on these matters delivered to the Department before the action on this matter. Any written correspondence delivered to the Department before the action on this matter will become a part of the administrative record.

Notice to Land Use Industry Professionals
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Visit planning4la.org/hearings for general information about public hearings and the exhaustion of administrative remedies.