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The committee adopted several motions directing City departments to prepare reports and draft ordinances on contaminated (brownfield) site permitting, proposed Building Code changes to allow single‑exit, single‑stairway multifamily buildings up to six stories, and an interim control to halt oil well acid maintenance; it also approved a City Attorney report on a court writ and continued some project hearings.
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Members instructed City departments to study and draft rules for reusing contaminated sites, to propose code changes that could allow certain six‑story apartment buildings with a single stair, and to prepare an interim ordinance stopping oil well acid maintenance. Those actions direct staff to prepare reports or drafts for future review and do not immediately change laws or permit approvals. Several project hearings and environmental reviews were continued to later meetings for additional consideration.
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- Adopted motion (Hernandez - Price - Harris‑Dawson) directing the Department of Building and Safety, Department of City Planning, Bureau of Engineering, Department of Sanitation, Los Angeles Fire Department, and LADOT, with the City Attorney, to prepare a report with recommendations requiring coordination with agencies overseeing contaminated sites and creation of a clearance for permits for repurposing brownfield sites (File 24‑1521).
- Adopted motion (Raman - Yaroslavsky - Blumenfield) instructing the Department of Building and Safety, with input from LAFD and Planning and requested input from Livable Cities Initiative and AIA Los Angeles, to present within 90 days proposed Building Code modifications to allow single‑exit, single‑stairway multifamily residential buildings up to six stories (File 25‑0247).
- Adopted motion (Yaroslavsky - McOsker - Soto‑Martinez) directing City Planning, with assistance from LAFD, the Petroleum Administrator and the City Attorney, to prepare an interim control ordinance to halt oil well acid maintenance (File 24‑1580).
- Approved City Attorney report regarding a court‑issued Writ of Mandate and judgement requiring the City Council to set aside its October 13, 2023 action on a Winnetka Avenue project (File 23‑0908).
- Adopted motion (McOsker - Padilla) as amended instructing Planning and the Chief Legislative Analyst, with assistance from the City Attorney and LA Housing Department, to report on language to incorporate specified State labor standards and local labor standards into the draft Affordable Housing Streamlining Ordinance (File 23‑0623‑S1).
- Continued the hearing for CPC‑2022‑8609 (ENV‑2022‑8611‑MND) and related entitlements to May 27, 2025 (time limit file June 14, 2025).
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