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Proposed New Guidelines

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Palisadian-Post Thursday, May 13, 2010 Page 17

Thumbs Up or Down for City’s


Proposed Hillside Ordinance?
By JODY FINE debt and this ordinance could further af- and was outraged by the department’s
and CARMEN TEBBE fect the deficit. The Zoning and Plan- lack of notification to homeowners. He
Special to the Palisadian-Post ning Department is not legally required has owned the land for over 40 years,

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––––––––––––––––––––––– to conduct an economic analysis of the but due to the slope of the lots the max-
he Planning Department of the ramifications of this ordinance on the imum size house he could build was ap-
City of Los Angeles has cre- city’s budget. By enforcing floor-to- proximately 680 square feet, according
ated a proposed Baseline Hill- area ratio restrictions based on the size to the proposed ordinance. The Planning
side Ordinance, which the Planning and slope of a lot, the ordinance as writ- Department should not be allowed to
Commission will be discussing later ten would decrease the value of many rob people of their land value without
this month. properties throughout L.A. and Pacific proper notification.
According to Erik Lopez of the De- Palisades. The city would lose millions The Planning Department is right-
partment of City Planning, this new or- of dollars in much-needed revenue from fully trying to regulate and control hill-
dinance will affect 133,618 home and property taxes when these properties are side overdevelopment. However, the
landowners throughout the city, includ- reassessed for a lower value. ordinance as currently written is confus-
ing Pacific Palisades. The goal is to cut If 10 percent of the 133,618 hillside ing and extreme. The Planning Com-
back on the amount of building allowed lots were deemed unbuildable, this mission needs to take more time to
on hillside properties by enforcing strict could further result in the loss of hun- assess both the positive environmental
regulations. Home and landowners dreds of millions of dollars in school- advantages and the negative economic
would be allowed to grade a maximum tax fees and in building permit fees over disadvantages of the Baseline Hillside
of only 1,000 cubic yards and the al- the next 10 years. When pulling a per- Ordinance.
lowable size of their house would be di- mit to construct a 3,500-sq.-ft. house, http://plancheckncla.blogspot.com/
rectly proportional to the slope and size the city charges approximately $15,400 2010/04/baseline-hillside-ordinance-
of their lot. This would represent a fun- in school-tax fees. If this ordinance continued.html will give you updated
damental change to the approach in reg- passes and the land cannot be devel- information. To view a copy of the
ulating the size and design of a proposed oped, the city not only loses revenue but proposed ordinance, visit www.plan-
hillside structure. also suffers the loss of jobs for its tax- ning.lacity.org. On the site is a map of
The Planning Department hopes paying residents. The unemployment the hillside areas that will be affected,
that the City Council will adopt the rate for the Los Angeles Metropolitan including Pacific Palisades, Brent-
ordinance this summer and that it will Area is at 12.3 percent, according to the wood and Santa Monica Canyon.
be signed by Mayor Villaraigosa. U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statis- The City Planning Commission
The American Institute of Architects tics. This ordinance would continue to will meet on May 27 at 8:30 a.m. in
chapter in Los Angeles (consisting of eliminate jobs by further restricting real City Hall to further discuss the pro-
3,200 architects) recently reviewed the estate development in an industry al- posed ordinance. Homeowners are
ordinance and although they commend ready dramatically suffering from the encourage to attend the meeting to ex-
the city for trying to control excessive recent economic downturn. press their opinions. Another valuable
hillside grading and development, they Public hearings have been held in Web site is www.concernedlahome-
view the current ordinance as onerous. Van Nuys and West Hollywood to ad- owners.com.
On their Web site they state: “The dress the opinions of both proponents
working group sees the sheer number and opponents of the proposed Base- Jody Fine, a real estate agent for over
of provisions, the complexity of indi- line Hillside Ordinance. However, no 20 years, is a director of Prudential
vidual provisions, and the extent of notice has been sent directly to the California’s Luxury Properties Divi-
proposed Zoning Administrator ac- 133,618 homeowners who are going to sion. Carmen Tebbe, also a real estate
tions as burdensome to the develop- be affected if the ordinance passes. The agent with Prudential, has been help-
ment of hillside homes.” They have Planning Department said mailing ing Jody create and continue her highly
made recommendations to the Depart- written notifications to the affected successful business for the last four
ment of City Planning on how to clar- homeowners “was not in their budget.” years. Their office is in the 881 Alma
ify and improve the ordinance. An owner of several lots in the Real building. Contacts: (310) 230-
According to Mayor Villaraigosa, the Castellammare area of Pacific Palisades 3770 and jodyfine@prula.com
city is approximately $485 million in attended the West Hollywood meeting

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