City Council

(20) 25-1182 PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to reporting on the City’s regulations regarding the installation of building wraps; and related matters. Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Rodriguez - Hutt): 1. INSTRUCT the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS), with the assistance of the City Attorney, to report on the City’s regulations relative to the installation of building wraps, and provide recommendations on whether the City can compel property owners to use building wraps as a potential solution to address blight to support the Vacant Building Abatement program. 2. INSTRUCT the LADBS, with the assistance of the City Attorney and the Department of City Planning, to report on the potential to allow property owners who are subject to vacant building abatement orders to generate temporary revenue from building wrap advertising opportunities as a way to offset City department costs associated with the Vacant Building Abatement program, and identify the appropriate building and/or planning code changes that would be necessary to effectuate this action. 3. INSTRUCT the LADBS that reports submitted pursuant to Council file No. 25-1182 also be submitted under Council file No. 26-0173. Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.