Los Angeles City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell, 13th District, announced Thursday that the Department of City Planning (DCP) is starting the public review process to update the 1988 Hollywood Community Plan.
After a legal challenge to the 2012 Hollywood Community Plan Update (HCPU), the Los Angeles Superior Court directed the city to rescind the HCPU, and to prepare, circulate and certify an environmental impact report (EIR) consistent with the state’s requirements. To address the court’s order, the city is moving forward with a new EIR.
DCP will host the scoping meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 17, at the First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood, located at 1760 N. Gower St. The purpose is to allow the community an opportunity to identify issues that should be analyzed in the forthcoming EIR. The meeting is open to all members of the public.
“I encourage my constituents to participate in the public process, weigh in and provide input that is important to them,” O’Farrell said. “The Hollywood Community Plan is the oldest community plan in the city and has outlived its purpose. Change will always be part of a thriving city. My hope is that the HCPU will create the policies and tools the community needs to preserve our historic structures, promote transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly development, encourage production of affordable housing and provide the ability to re-imagine and repurpose our surface parking lots to make Hollywood more livable and more walkable.”
For information and to view the public notice, visit planning.lacity.org/eir/nops/HwdUpdate/nop.pdf.
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