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CC - (1) Receipt and Filing of Recommendations for R-1 Neighborhood Hillside Development Standards Relating to the Upper Culver Crest Neighborhood; and (2) Direction to Staff to Proceed with Recommended Actions.
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Meeting Date: January 22, 2018
Contact Person/Dept: Michael Allen / Planning Manager
Sol Blumenfeld / Community Development Director
Phone Number: 310-253-5727
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: [X]
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [X] Date:
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (01/17/18); (Posted) City Website (01/17/18);
Department Approval: Sol Blumenfeld, Community Development Director (01/10/18)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council (1) receive and file the recommendations for R-1 Neighborhood Hillside Development Standards as it relates to the Upper Culver Crest Neighborhood; and (2) provide staff with direction to proceed with recommended actions.
BACKGROUND
In order to address on-going concerns regarding development in the Culver Crest hillside neighborhood, the City Council adopted Urgency Ordinance No. 2017-005, establishing a 45-Day Moratorium on the issuance of any new building permit for development and construction in the Lower and Upper Culver Crest hillside neighborhoods.
On April 18, 2017 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2017-006, extending the temporary moratorium by 10 months and 15 days (including a reduction in the area and properties subject to the moratorium) in order to allow the City time to thoroughly research options for regulating the development and construction on the hillside and prepare and present recommended regulations to the Planning Commission for recommendation to the City Council.
On May 30th, 2017 City Council approved an agreement with...
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