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The Pacific Palisades Community Council submitted a letter opposing the Citywide Sign Ordinance as revised on October 5, 2011, outlining twelve major objections including concerns about off-site signs, digital displays, wall signs covering windows, and the grandfathering of 14 sign districts without adequate public hearings or environmental review. The Council requested that the ordinance be remanded to the City Planning Commission for further public workshops and hearings to restore neighborhood protections and ensure consistency with community-specific plans.
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Land UseMinutesMotionsWracDevelopment Projects
The Pacific Palisades Community Council submitted comments on the Archer School for Girls Draft Environmental Impact Report, expressing concerns about traffic impacts on Sunset Boulevard and surrounding streets, and requesting that the final EIR address potential traffic impacts on Pacific Palisades, validate the Department of Transportation's conclusions about six significantly impacted locations, and analyze cumulative impacts from nearby schools.
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The Skinny on Los Angeles Regulations – Commercial Cannabis Activity.4
Background Info December 8, 2017Land UseWracCommercial
This document summarizes Los Angeles commercial cannabis activity regulations, detailing location restrictions and buffer zones for retail sales, delivery-only operations, and other cannabis businesses, with notes that on-site retail sales are unlikely in Pacific Palisades due to proximity to sensitive uses like parks, schools, and libraries. Licensing and operating regulations adopted by the city are also referenced, with the document noting that the City Council was expected to consider amendments in early 2018.
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Land UseDevelopment Projects
The Pacific Palisades Community Council requests a Focused Environmental Impact Report for a coastal permit application at 16990-17000 Sunset Boulevard, citing concerns about geologic instability from an active landslide, traffic safety on a dangerous curve, hydrologic properties of a seasonal underground stream, hazardous fill material in a canyon, and impacts to nearby residents in a tsunami zone.
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Land UseMinutesMotionsWracDevelopment Projects
The Pacific Palisades Community Council requests a Focused Environmental Impact Report for a Coastal Development Permit application at 16990-17000 Sunset Boulevard, citing concerns about the project's location on an active landslide, seasonal underground stream, traffic safety, and the unknown hazardous nature of 44,500 cubic yards of fill material including old cars. The Council emphasizes that community safety must take priority and that the Charles Company's response to initial comments lacked required professional engineering documentation.
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Land UseMinutesMotionsWracDevelopment Projects
The Pacific Palisades Community Council submitted a letter to the West Los Angeles Planning Commission regarding a proposed multi-family residential development at 16990-17000 Sunset Boulevard, reiterating its request for a Focused Environmental Impact Report to address concerns about soils, hydrology, haul routes, traffic, and storm-drain/sewer access before issuance of a Coastal Development Permit. The council affirmed its commitment to upholding applicable zoning regulations and Coastal Act provisions.
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Land UseWracCommercial
The Pacific Palisades Community Council clarifies its positions on Conditional Use Beverage permit applications, stating it voted no objection to Sam's Restaurant's CUB request and took no position on Chipotle's application due to divided community opinions. The Council emphasizes it is an advisory body without authority to issue permits and that its non-opposition stance does not prevent permit approval.
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Land UsePotrero CanyonMinutesCommercial
The Pacific Palisades Community Council opposes the proposed home-sharing ordinance for short-term rentals, urging the PLUM Committee to cap annual rental days at no more than 90 days, allocate 10% of transient occupancy tax to enforcement, and require notification to nearby property owners. The council argues that without proper regulation, short-term rentals risk converting residential neighborhoods into commercial operations and compromising community character.
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Land UseMinutesMotionsWracSignage
The Pacific Palisades Community Council wrote to the owner of the Palisadian Post on June 7, 2017, requesting he reconsider installing parapet-level signage at 881 Alma Real that was previously rejected by the Design Review Board and Area Planning Commission as violating the Commercial Village Specific Plan. The letter acknowledges the owner's legal right to install the signs under the Permit Streamlining Act but urges good faith dialogue to address community concerns about their size and placement.
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Land UseWracSignage
This document chronicles a dispute over sign permits for 881 Alma Real involving the Palisadian Post, spanning from April 2015 to May 2017, in which the Planning Director missed the Permit Streamlining Act deadline, leading to the application being deemed approved by operation of law after a court-ordered writ of mandate. The West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission ultimately granted the appeal in May 2017 following the court's decision.