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Meeting: Regular City Council Meeting

Meeting Time: December 18, 2023 at 6:00pm PST
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Agenda Item

3.A. ZONE TEXT AMENDMENT TO UPDATE EXISTING AND ESTABLISH NEW CITYWIDE LANDSCAPE AND TREE CANOPY STANDARDS [R. ABRAMSON, M. BARKER, J. ALKIRE, F. CONTRERAS, C. SHEN, S. CAMPBELL, H. COLLINS]: SUBJECT: The City Council will consider a Zone Text Amendment to revise existing landscape standards and establish new tree canopy requirements for privately-owned property. This effort is intended to not only foster tree preservation or replacement, when applicable, but also ensure the introduction of a new environmentally essential tree canopy that is biodiverse and properly managed through updated and new objective standards. Staff will also continue its efforts to provide the residents, businesses, and development community with accompanying built and natural environmental design education and awareness campaigns that are tied to the implementation of the City's Climate Action & Adaptation Plan ("CAAP"). The proposed Ordinance is Categorically Exempt pursuant to the California Environment Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines section 15061(b)(3), the "common sense exemption," which provides that CEQA applies only to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment.

STAFF REPORT ITEM 3.A. - ATTACHMENT A ITEM 3.A. - ATTACHMENT B ITEM 3.A. - ATTACHMENT C ITEM 3.A. - ATTACHMENT D ITEM 3.A. - ATTACHMENT E PUBLIC CORRESPONDENCE 12.15.23 PUBLIC CORRESPONDENCE 12.18.23 (Morning) PUBLIC CORRESPONDENCE 12.18.23 (Afternoon)
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    Victor Omelczenko 11 months ago

    I've seen too many trees extirpated in my two decades of living in WeHo, and it's time to face the facts that trees cool the city by shading our homes and streets, and they protect our climate and environment by absorbing carbon pollution. Approving this Zone Text Amendment will bring balance back into our municipal code with much needed objective standards to help replace existing trees lost to development and to require minimum standards for trees in new projects. Pass this ZTA. Thank you.