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NC Coalition Calls for Density Bonus Law Revision |
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LANCC Notebook
Edited by Sara Epstein
The LA Neighborhood Council Coalition (LANCC) passed a motion at Saturday’s meeting calling for modification of the LA version of the state’s density bonus law (SB1818). Here’s the report:
On Saturday, April 12, the LANCC passed a motion calling for NCs to adopt the following resolution: To support revising the city’s SB1818 enabling Ordinance # 179681 to, among other things, bring it more into conformity with the incentives allowed by SB1818; to provide notice to the public by requesting the filing of an application in all cases even if “by right”; to allow appeals by others in addition to the immediate neighbors, owners or applicants; and to determine that even those developments with out incentives, other than parking, not be considered ministerial. Further, to support the amending of SB1818, California Government Code § 65915, at the state level to exempt from its provisions all charter cities with a population of in excess of 3 million if such cities enact comparable local legislation to incentivize the construction of affordable housing units.
Currently our enabling ordinance may actually result in a reduction of affordable housing units by allowing rent controlled buildings to be replaced by larger complexes with more market rate apartments and fewer low income units. The ordinance must be revised to remove this threat. It is hoped that by allowing Los Angeles to enact its own local ordinance that seeks to accomplish the same results as SB1818, smart density development can take place rather than what will amount to uncoordinated spot zoning.
(More info: www.lanccongress.org ) _
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