Acceptable records shall include building permits, Certificate of Occupancy, County Assessor, and Coastal Commission. On a case by case basis, the Department may consider other photographic sources such as Google Maps and LiDAR.

Under the Mayor’s Emergency Executive Order #1, DBS and other City departments will complete their initial reviews for building permits within 30 days. However, DBS has so far been able to complete the review within 10 days.

If the foundation was removed, LADBS would use available records to establish where the footprint of the foundation was originally. Please see question above regarding what records LADBS will use to establish what was on a site prior to the wildfire.

LADBS will expedite review of all rebuild projects. 

LADBS would use available records to establish what was on a site prior to the wildfire. New building plans would then need to be prepared and submitted to the Department for review.

Yes, a new ADU can be built as part of the rebuild and still qualify as a like-for-like +10% project per the Governor's Directive No. N-20-25, regardless of  whether or not an ADU existed on the site prior to the Wildfire.

Eaves: Project into the required side yard not more than 4 inches for each foot of width of such side yard, provided the width of the side yard is not reduced to less than 30 inches. Project into the required front and rear yards not more than 30 inches.

The ADU can be added on the second floor as long as the overall resulting building height is within 110% of the existing building height.

Please refer to LADWP Pacific Palisades Undergrounding Initiative, which provides more information, along with the requirements and steps for electric service installation.

No. The Standard Plan program includes pre-approved designs that are both meant to be built in place as well as designs that are prefabricated off-site.