CITY WATCH LA

“Zoning Chaos in Sun Valley: Outdated Codes Turn Neighbors into Nuisances”

“FLAWED ZONING - An outdated and inconsistent zoning code is a fundamental flaw of land use planning in Los Angeles. Some of the city’s Community Plans are seriously out of date. The Sun Valley-La Tuna Canyon Community Plan was last updated in the 90’s, which leaves our code riddled with outdated Q and T conditions and antiquated designations such as commercial zones, manufacturing v. residential zone. The city planning has been working on updating community plans and implementing new zoning code. Nonetheless, this process will probably take several decades to be fully completed, if ever. As in all cases, litigation and budget cuts could also delay that process.”