Santa Monica North Area Plan (SMMNAP) Update
Santa Monica North Area Plan (SMMNAP) Update
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The Santa Monica Mountains North Area is the unincorporated portion of the Santa Monica Mountains, west of the City of Los Angeles, and north of the Coastal Zone boundary, encompassing approximately 32 square miles. The Santa Monica Mountains North Area Plan (SMMNAP) is a component of the General Plan that provides more focused policy for the regulation of development within the Santa Monica Mountains North Area and was adopted by the Board of Supervisors in October 2000. The Santa Monica Mountains North Area Community Standards District (SMMNA CSD) implements a number of the goals and policies of the SMMNAP. It was approved by the Board in October 2001, became effect in September 2002, and has been amended four times since adoption: to add the Grading and Significant Ridgeline Ordinance in 2005, the Commercial Zoning Ordinance in 2007, the Fences, Walls, and Landscaping Ordinance in 2010, and the Vineyard Ordinance in 2015.
With the certification of the Santa Monica Mountains Local Coastal Program (SMMLCP) in 2015, it has become apparent that comprehensive revisions to the SMMNAP and SMMNA CSD are needed to ensure that land use regulations and environmental protections are applied consistently and efficiently across these two very similar areas. Moreover, there are a number of SMMNAP policies that have yet to be implemented by the SMMNA CSD, including development standards for signs, vegetation management, and water resources protection.
The Department of Regional Planning is proposing a comprehensive update to the SMMNAP, to address important community concerns that have developed over time, as well as to strengthen existing policies to ensure the continued protection of environmental resources and the region’s rural and semi-rural lifestyle. Corresponding changes to the SMMNA CSD would be proposed, in order to implement the updated SMMNAP policies. A California Environmental Quality Act review would also be conducted to ensure that potential impacts are evaluated and mitigated to the greatest extent feasible. Estimated Plan Completion: 2020
The Board of Supervisors adopted the updated Santa Monica Mountains North Area Plan (Plan) and Community Standards District (CSD) on May 4, 2021. The updated Plan and CSD become effective June 3, 2021
Click here to view the 'Santa Monica Mountains North Area Resources' GIS web mapping application.
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Adopted Documents - May 4, 2021
- Final Plan (PDF)
- Final CSD (PDF)
Board of Supervisors - November 24, 2020
- Board Letter (PDF)
- Board Hearing Notice (PDF)
- Attachment 1: Project Summary (PDF)
- Attachment 2: Draft Plan, Revised Zoning Map (PDF)
- Attachment 3: Draft Community Standards District (redlined) (PDF)
- Attachment 4: Final Environmental Impact Report (PDF)
- Attachment 5: Regional Planning Commission Hearing Proceedings (PDF)
- Attachment 6: Regional Planning Commission Resolution (PDF)
- Attachment 7: Proposed Land Use Policy and Zone Change Maps (PDF)
- Attachment 8: Hearing Notice (PDF)
Regional Planning Commission – October 7, 2020
- Supplemental Memo dated October 6, 2020 (PDF)
- Exhibit S-C: Public Correspondence Received on October 6, 2020 (Zip file)
- Supplemental Memo dated October 6, 2020 (PDF)
- Exhibit S-A: Protect Trees in the Santa Monica Mountains List (PDF)
- Exhibit S-B: Public Correspondence (Zip file)
- Staff Report (PDF)
- Exhibit A: Draft Resolution of the Regional Planning Commission (PDF)
- Exhibit B: Santa Monica Mountains North Area Plan - Public Hearing Draft (PDF)
- Exhibit C: Santa Monica Mountains Community Standards District - Public Hearing Draft (PDF)
- Exhibit D: Proposed Land Use Policy and Zone Change Maps (PDF)
- Exhibit E: Final Environmental Impact Report (PDF)
- Appendix 1 - Draft EIR Notices (PDF)
- Appendix 2 - Notice of Public Hearing (PDF)
- Exhibit F: Hearing Notice (PDF)
Environmental
- Notice of Determination (NOD) - POSTED on website on May 6, 2021
- Memo to County Clerk for the posting of NOD - POSTED on website on May 6, 2021
- Final EIR
- Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR)
- Notice of Availability – NOA
- Draft EIR virtual meeting – June 11, 2020
- Scoping Meeting Presentation - August 21, 2018
- EIR Scoping Meeting Video 8-21-18 - Session 1
- EIR Scoping Meeting Video 8-21-18 - Session 2
- NOP - Notice of Preparation
- Santa Monica Mountains North Area General Reference Map
Draft Documents
- SMMNA Community Standards District – May 2020
- SMMNA Plan - May 2020
- Figure 1 – Planning Area Boundary
- Figure 2 – Biological Resources
- Figure 3 – Scenic Resources
- Figure 4 – Recreation
- Figure 5 – Seismic and Geotechnical Hazards
- Figure 6 – Fire and Flood Hazards
- Figure 7 – Land Use
- Figure 8 – Zoning
- Figure 9 – Highway Plan
- Table 22.336-A - Protected Trees in the Santa Monica Mountains
- SMMNA Community Standards District - August 2019
- SMMNA Plan - August 2019
- Appendix A
- SMMNA Community Standards District – Oct. 1, 2018
- SMMNA Plan – Oct. 1, 2018
Outreach
September 19, 2019
- September 19, 2019 - Community Meeting Presentation
- September 19, 2019 - Community Meeting Postcard
- September 19, 2019 - SMMNAP Update Summary Sheet
April 3, 2019
- April 3, 2019 - Community Meeting Presentation
- April 3, 2019 - Community Meeting Postcard
- April 3, 2019 - SMMNAP Update Summary Sheet
October 25, 2018 and November 14, 2018
- October 25, 2018 - Community Meeting Presentation
- October 25 and November 14, 2018 - Community Meeting Postcard
