City Council

(16) 23-0861 CD 14 PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a proposed ordinance amending Chapter 1A of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) and proposed Zoning Code Maps intended to align the ordinances for the Boyle Heights Community Plan Update (BHCPU) with zoning provisions already established in the operative New Zoning Code. Recommendations for Council action: 1. INSTRUCT the Department of City Planning (DCP) to prepare a report with recommendations to justify the applicability of the Senate Bill 131 California Environmental Quality Act exemption to bonus height, floor area ratio, and density increase incentive modifications to “Low-Rise Mediums” Form Districts in the BHCPU, as identified in “Appendix B: Recommended New Zoning Code Edits for City Council Consideration” located in the “Boyle Heights CHIP Reconciliation Report” dated August 20, 2025, attached to Council file (CF) No. 23-0861-S1. 2. REQUEST the City Attorney to prepare and present the following draft ordinances to the City Council: a. The proposed Chapter 1A Ordinance, identified as “Exhibit E1. Ordinance Amending LAMC Chapter 1A“ dated October 18, 2023, attached to CF No. 23-0861, with the modifications located in the “Supplemental Report from the Department of City Planning,” dated October 15, 2025, attached to CF No. 23-0861 and the modifications located in the “Boyle Heights CHIP Reconciliation Report” dated August 20, 2025, attached to CF No. 23-0861-S1. b. The proposed Chapter 1A Zoning Code Maps ordinance, identified as “Exhibit E2. Zoning Code Maps,” dated October 18, 2023, attached to CF No. 23-0861, with the modifications in the “Report from the Department of City Planning”, dated October 15, 2025, attached to CF No. 23-0861. 3. REQUEST the City Attorney to include the following language within all ordinances prepared for the City Council’s review: As deemed necessary by the Director, the DCP may prepare technical corrections to the ordinances adopted through CF Nos. 23-0861, 23-0861-S1 and 23-0861-S6 in order to correct citations and typographical errors that do not result in substantive changes to the policies adopted by the City Council for the BHCPU (CF Nos. 23-0861, 23-0861-S1 and 23-0861- S6) in the approval of the final ordinances, in consultation with the City Attorney. a. Such technical corrections may include: i. Corrections to typographical errors and citations. ii. Stylistic and formatting consistency edits. iii. Corrections to ensure consistency between provisions. iv. Corrections to clarify the implementation of a provision. v. Corrections to illustrations or graphics to align with the text of the ordinance. vi. Corrections to map errors. b. The DCP shall bring those corrections to City Council for final approval by Ordinance. c. This section shall be effective for one year from the effective date of this Ordinance. Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the DCP. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.