Planning and Land Use Management Committee · Held

Los Angeles City Council Planning and Land Use Management Committee meeting, September 22, 2026

September 22, 2026, 2 p.m. · Updated October 7, 2026

From official records: On Sept. 22, 2026 the Los Angeles City Council's Planning and Land Use Management Committee voted 4-1 to extend the citywide freeze on new RV park permits to Oct. 30, 2027, with Nithya Raman voting no. It voted 5-0 to grant a neighbors' appeal against a hillside house on Stanley Hills Drive, to seek a cap on attached ADUs at half the size of the main house, and to move the Wilmington-Harbor City and Harbor Gateway zoning ordinances forward. All seven items go to the full Council.

As of October 7, 2026, outcomes for the September 22, 2026 meeting of the Planning and Land Use Management Committee of the Los Angeles City Council come from official records posted so far, such as council files, recorded votes and filed statements. Some results may be missing until the full minutes are posted and read.

Committee members, per the agenda: Bob Blumenfield (chair), Nithya Raman (vice chair), Ysabel Jurado, John Lee and Adrin Nazarian. All five voted on every item (committee report).

1. Extend the citywide freeze on permits for new RV parks one more year, to Oct. 30, 2027

• What it does: Extends Interim Control Ordinance No. 188753, which bars demolition, building, grading and other permits for RV parks approved as Public Benefit Projects under Municipal Code Section 14.00(A)(7) (committee report). City Planning says this is the second and last extension state law allows; the freeze began Oct. 31, 2025 and now ends Oct. 30, 2026 (City Planning report).
• Who brought it: Motion by Monica Rodriguez, seconded by Bob Blumenfield, dated Sept. 1, 2026 (CF 25-0843).
• Who it affects: Citywide, in the A, R and C zones. City Planning is separately drafting permanent zoning rules for RV parks under CF 24-1005-S1 (City Planning report).
• Neighborhood council positions: Arleta filed a Community Impact Statement on Jan. 23, 2026 (agenda).
• What happened: Approved, 4-1; Raman voted no (committee report). Raman also cast the one no vote when the Council first extended the ordinance on Dec. 12, 2025 (CF 25-0843).
• What’s next: The Council adopted it Oct. 6, 2026, 13-1, with Nithya Raman voting no and Katy Yaroslavsky absent (Oct. 6 meeting, CF 25-0843).

2. Wilmington-Harbor City Community Plan: revised instructions for the zoning ordinances

• What it does: Revises six of the recommendations the Council adopted Sept. 9, 2025 so the City Attorney and City Planning can finish the Chapter 1A zoning code, zoning code map and zone change ordinances with City Planning’s Sept. 1, 2026 corrections. It lets City Planning send technical corrections to the Council for one year, and adds rules for temporary construction and hauling to the Environmental Protection Measure Handbook (committee report).
• Who brought it: City Planning; the Council approved the plan’s General Plan amendments on Sept. 9, 2025 (City Planning summary).
• Money: No fiscal analysis was submitted (committee report).
• Who it affects: Council District 15: Wilmington and Harbor City (agenda).
• What happened: Approved, 5-0 (committee report).
• What’s next: The Council adopted it Oct. 6, 2026, 12-0, with Traci Park, Curren D. Price Jr. and Katy Yaroslavsky absent (Oct. 6 meeting, CF 25-0774).

3. Harbor Gateway Community Plan: revised instructions for the zoning ordinances

• What it does: The same revised recommendations as item 2, applied to the Harbor Gateway plan area, which runs from 120th Street south to Sepulveda Boulevard (committee report, agenda).
• Who it affects: Council District 15 (agenda).
• What happened: Approved, 5-0 (committee report).
• What’s next: The Council adopted it Oct. 6, 2026, 12-0, with Traci Park, Curren D. Price Jr. and Katy Yaroslavsky absent (Oct. 6 meeting, CF 25-0775).

4. Cap attached ADUs at half the main house and 1,200 square feet; reports on SB 9 and SB 1211

• What it does: Tells City Planning to bring the proposed Missing Middle Ordinance to the Council as soon as possible with an option that limits an attached accessory dwelling unit to 50% of the existing house and no more than 1,200 square feet. It also asks for a 60-day report on how SB 9 and SB 1211 affect attached ADUs, other local options allowed under state law, and whether “attachment” can be defined to address what the report calls the breezeway loophole (committee report).
• Who brought it: Motion by John Lee, seconded by Monica Rodriguez, dated Aug. 11, 2026. Lee’s amendment replaced the first clause and Blumenfield added the breezeway report (committee report).
• Money: No CAO or CLA financial analysis was completed (committee report).
• What happened: Approved as amended, 5-0 (committee report).
• What’s next: The Council adopted the committee report Oct. 6, 2026, 12-0, with Traci Park, Curren D. Price Jr. and Katy Yaroslavsky absent (Oct. 6 meeting, CF 16-1468-S5).

5. Appeal of the environmental clearance for a new house at 2166 and 2172 Stanley Hills Drive

• What it does: Grants the appeal by Concerned Citizens of Stanley Hills Drive, overturns the categorical exemption the Central Los Angeles Area Planning Commission approved, and sends the case back to the commission. City Planning must first obtain a study of the project’s compliance with state and local fire regulations (committee report).
• Who brought it: The appellant group, represented by Jamie T. Hall of Channel Law Group. The applicant is Rouzbeh Zarrinbakhsh, Stanley Family Residence, LLC (committee report).
• Money: No General Fund impact; costs are recovered through fees (committee report).
• Who it affects: Council District 4. The project is a two-story, 2,338-square-foot house up to 28 feet high with a roof deck, pool, 437 cubic yards of cut and two retaining walls up to 10 feet (committee report).
• What happened: Appeal granted, 5-0 (committee report).
• What’s next: The Council’s Oct. 7, 2026 agenda lists the appeal as item 3 (CF 26-1033).

6. Refund up to $35,000 in Affordable Housing Linkage Fees when a single-family project is never finished

• What it does: Asks City Planning and Building and Safety for an ordinance refunding the linkage fee, up to $35,000, when construction of a single-family home started but was never completed and no certificate of occupancy was issued. As amended by Council District 6, it reaches back to projects whose permits expired in the last three years, asks the CAO how many projects qualify and what the refunds would cost affordable housing programs, and requires the fee to be charged again if the lot is later developed (joint committee report).
• Who brought it: Motion by Bob Blumenfield, seconded by Heather Hutt (CF 17-0274-S3).
• Neighborhood council positions: For if amended: Palms (joint committee report).
• What happened: The committee concurred with the Housing Committee’s Sept. 8 recommendation, 5-0. The Housing Committee vote was 3-0: Padilla, Jurado and Park (joint committee report).
• What’s next: The Council adopted the joint committee report Oct. 6, 2026, 12-0, with Traci Park, Curren D. Price Jr. and Katy Yaroslavsky absent (Oct. 6 meeting, CF 17-0274-S3).

7. Zoning code changes for horse-keeping properties

• What it does: Asks City Planning, with Building and Safety, Animal Services and the City Attorney, for an ordinance that reconciles housing and horse-keeping policies, protects equine-keeping properties, and defines an equestrian equipment storage container with development standards. Amendments from Rodriguez and Lee add removing equestrian licensing requirements from land use permits and reconsidering the rule that equine structures in A and R zones sit on the rear half of the lot (committee report).
• Who brought it: Motion by Monica Rodriguez, seconded by John Lee; City Planning’s report is dated June 24, 2026 (CF 25-0096).
• Neighborhood council positions: Foothill Trails District filed a Community Impact Statement on Feb. 28, 2025 (agenda).
• What happened: Approved as amended, 5-0 (committee report).
• What’s next: The Council adopted the committee report Oct. 6, 2026, 12-0, with Traci Park, Curren D. Price Jr. and Katy Yaroslavsky absent (Oct. 6 meeting, CF 25-0096).

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