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We would like to thank you for visiting the Leona Valley Town and Country web page. This page has been placed here to ensure that Leona Valley property owners are aware that the County is finalizing the Town and County project, also known as the updated Antelope Valley Areawide Plan. We encourage you to contact the County with your feedback.
(213) 974-6476 or dial (661) 272-0964 and then request a connection to 974-6476
7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday
http://planning.lacounty.gov/tnc
tnc@planning.lacounty.gov
The County has published a T&C Frequently Asked Question Document. Down load it here: tnc_faq[1].pdf
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Sent: Thu, November 10, 2011 9:09:14 AM
Subject: Invitation to Renewable Energy Focus Group Meeting
Good morning,
The Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning is starting a process to develop an ordinance to address utility-scale renewable energy projects in the Antelope Valley. The intent of the ordinance is to provide defined development standards for these types of uses which will provide more certainty for developers, residents, and other interested parties.
To ensure that this ordinance addresses the needs and concerns of varied stakeholders, we will be conducting focus group meetings to discuss how to best craft this ordinance. There will be a total of three focus groups: Residents, Industry, and Environmentalists. Information gathered from these meetings will be used in the draft ordinance that will be presented at a community meeting in 2012.
We cordially invite you to participate in the Residents Focus Group. There will be a total of two working meetings. The first meeting will go over the list of topics to be addressed by the ordinance and discussion on similar ordinances from other jurisdictions. The second meeting will be a review and discussion of a draft ordinance. At this time, only the first meeting has been scheduled.
Your participation is greatly appreciated. Please confirm your acceptance or decline of this invitation so we can ensure adequate seating.
Date: Wednesday - November 30, 2011
Time: Residents - 9:00-11:00am
Location: Department of Regional Planning - Antelope Valley Field Office
Department of Regional Planning Conference Room
335A East Avenue K-6
Lancaster, CA 93535
On behalf of the TOWN & COUNTRY Team,
Thuy Hua
(213) 974-6476 or dial (661) 272-0964 and then request a connection to 974-6476
7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday
http://planning.lacounty.gov/tnc
tnc@planning.lacounty.gov
During the October 2011 Town Council meeting, there were many concerns and questions. The County was questioned and here are the responses to a couple of questions.
Question: We have been hearing that our CSDs may override the T&C 20 and 40 acre density overlays. Any truth to this?
A CSD does not override an Area Plan (such as T&C), or vice versa, because they regulate different things. It’s an issue of maximum density vs. minimum lot size.
An Area Plan (such as T&C) regulates the maximum density for new subdivisions. For example, a new subdivision in an RL20 designation would be allowed a maximum density of 1 unit per 20 acres. A new subdivision in an RL40 designation would be allowed a maximum density of 1 unit per 40 acres. An Area Plan does not regulate minimum lot size.
A CSD does not regulate the maximum density for new subdivisions. However, in most cases, a CSD does regulate minimum lot size. For example, the existing Leona Valley CSD requires a 2.5 acre minimum lot size (or 1.5 acres in a hillside management area). The proposed Leona Valley CSD requires a 2.5 acre minimum lot size in all areas.
I know this can get confusing, so let me provide an example. Let’s say someone owns a 40 acre parcel in an RL20 designation and he or she wants to subdivide the parcel. First, the property owner would look at the Area Plan to figure out the maximum density. In an RL20 designation, the maximum density is 1 unit per 20 acres, so in this instance, the maximum density is 2 units. Second, the property owner would look at the CSD to figure out the minimum lot size. Let’s assume the CSD requires a 2.5 acre minimum lot size. Third, the property owner would design the subdivision – he or she would know that the maximum density is 2 units, but he or she would also know that they have some flexibility in designing the lots. The subdivision wouldn’t necessarily need to be 2 lots of 20 acres each. Instead, the subdivision could be 1 lot of 2.5 acres, and 1 lot of 37.5 acres. Or the subdivision could be 1 lot of 5 acres, and 1 lot of 35 acres. And so on.
Although this can get confusing, we think it is good to provide some flexibility in designing the lots. This becomes important in hillside management areas and significant ecological areas, as we encourage (and often require) property owners to cluster the lots and provide dedicated open space. So, to go back to my previous example, if the 40 acre parcel is in one of these special management areas, the subdivision could be 1 lot of 2.5 acres, another lot of 2.5 acres, and then an open space lot of 35 acres. Or the subdivision could be 1 lot of 5 acres, another lot of 5 acres, and then an open space lot of 30 acres. And so on.
This is a good question and it comes up a lot. So we attempted to explain this in a Frequently Asked Questions document that was recently posted on the T&C Web Page. We are going to work on explaining this and clarifying this in the T&C document itself. We will probably develop diagrams to help explain how this works. When we finish our zoning consistency analysis, I anticipate that we will schedule another round of community meetings to explain how the Area Plan works with zoning. We would have these meetings next year before we start the public hearing process.
I hope this information is helpful. If you have additional questions on this topic or if you require further clarification, please let me know.
Question: If a landowner wants to change the T&C overlay zoning to something less than the 20 and 40, what is the process, if any?
With regard to your second question, a property owner would need to file a Plan Amendment in order to change their land use designation. So if someone has an RL20 designation and he or she wants an RL10 designation, he or she would need to file a Plan Amendment, which is subject to California Environmental Quality Act analysis and public hearings before the Regional Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors. We cannot restrict the ability of property owners to file for Plan Amendments, but State law dictates that the County can only approve 4 of these each year. In the T&C document (Land Use Element), we have some criteria for Plan Amendments – essentially, the property owner would need to demonstrate that the change is necessary. The Board of Supervisors would make the final call.
The County has published a T&C Frequently Asked Question Document. Down load it here: tnc_faq[1].pdf
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