Height Law Stiffened for Ventura Blvd.
The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday strengthened a temporary 45-foot height limit for new buildings on Ventura Boulevard by strictly defining how to measure a building’s height.
The measure, which applies to the entire 17-mile length of the boulevard from Studio City to Woodland Hills, was prompted by angry Studio City residents who complained that a 95-foot Ventura Boulevard office building blocked their view of the San Fernando Valley.
Under the law, building heights will be measured from the lowest point of the curb on Ventura Boulevard.
The restrictions are designed to close a loophole in the boulevard’s temporary construction-control ordinance, which was enacted in 1985 to give city planners time to set standards for the Valley’s most commercially popular thoroughfare.
Although the 1985 ordinance restricted heights to 45 feet, it did not clearly state how the buildings should be measured.
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