Planning and Land Use Management Committee meeting summary
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The Committee approved several Department of City Planning recommendations (including actions to advance a Revised Low‑Rise Ordinance and a Revised Phased Implementation Ordinance), adopted a motion instructing the Department of Building and Safety to pay to board the Hi Lite Motel and pursue recovery of costs, approved a Los Angeles City Planning Commission report and draft ordinance, and continued multiple project appeals including a Starbucks drive‑through appeal to August 25, 2026.
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The committee moved forward zoning and housing-related ordinances that could affect how low-rise and phased development rules are applied citywide, and asked the City Attorney to prepare the revised ordinance language. It authorized the Department of Building and Safety to pay $23,215.06 to secure the Hi Lite Motel and to notify the owner that the city will seek to place a lien to recover costs. Several individual project appeals (including a proposed Starbucks drive‑through) were continued to later dates, so those specific projects remain undecided.
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- Approved the Los Angeles City Planning Commission report and draft ordinance dated April 22, 2026.
- Approved as amended Department of City Planning recommendations and requested the City Attorney to prepare and transmit a Revised Low‑Rise Ordinance.
- Approved as amended Department of City Planning recommendations and requested the City Attorney to prepare and transmit a Revised Phased Implementation Ordinance.
- Adopted (as amended) a motion instructing the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety to pay $23,215.06 to board the Hi Lite Motel at 10309 South Broadway and to pursue recovery of those costs, including notification to the owner of a potential lien and right to a hearing.
- Continued multiple agenda items and appeals, including a request to continue the Starbucks drive‑through appeal to August 25, 2026, and other project hearings previously continued from May 12, 2026.
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