Overview
The Metro Area Plan (MAP) was adopted by the County Board of Supervisors on May 21, 2024 and took effect on June 20, 2024. The MAP is a long-range planning document that provides a policy framework for how and where the seven unincorporated communities within the Metro Planning Area will grow over the next 15 years, while celebrating the culture and history of these communities. The MAP streamlines and updates existing County regulations in these communities to encourage more housing development, and multi-modal transportation, while focusing on environmental justice issues. The MAP was developed with the following guiding principles of the General Plan including: Smart Growth, Community Services & Infrastructure, Economic Strength & Diversity, Environmental Resource Management, Healthy, Livable & Equitable Communities, and Community Voices, Strengths & Equity Outcomes.
The Plan was developed with corresponding code text amendments and zoning consistency.
Final Documents
Resources
- Willowbrook Transit Oriented District Specific Plan
- Connect Southwest LA Transit Oriented District Specific Plan
- Florence-Firestone Transit Oriented District Specific Plan
- Florence-Firestone Historic Context Statement and Survey Report
The availability of GIS technology allows the development of parcelized and digitized maps. The project page on the Department of Regional Planning website for the Metro Area Plan includes maps and documents that illustrate where the zoning and land use policy changed with sufficient detail that includes parcel outlines and street names. The GIS data that depict the previous versions of zoning and land use policy as well as specific change areas from this area plan update will be maintained in DRP’s internal databases. The live GIS data layers for zoning and land use policy resulting from this area plan update (and any future zone changes and/or plan amendments) can be found on LA County’s Open Data Hub here: https://egis-lacounty.hub.arcgis.com/.
