ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES.
Los Angeles Municipal Code § 11.5.15
in effectSEC. 11.5.15. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES.
(Added by Ord. No. 188,477, Eff. 2/11/25, Oper. 2/11/25.)
A. Intent. This section is intended to:
1. Ensure that development in the City does not result in detrimental impacts to those residing or working in and around construction activities, and to abutting properties, and the public right-of-way, including the habitat, cultural resources, and historic or fragile buildings.
2. Provide a mechanism for mitigation measures adopted pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for City plans, policies, or regulations to be made enforceable on future development projects consistent with CEQA Guidelines, Section 15162.4.
3. Provide a flexible mechanism to adopt and amend uniformly applicable development standards to allow streamlined environmental review, including pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15183.3.
B. Applicability. No building permit shall be issued by the Department of Building and Safety without the applicant demonstrating compliance with any regulations adopted by the Director of Planning under this section to implement environmental protection measures.
C. Adoption and Maintenance of the Environmental Protection Measures Handbook. The Director of Planning, as deemed necessary and appropriate, is authorized to prepare, maintain, amend, and adopt environmental protection measures to meet the intent of this Division, and to prepare, maintain, amend and adopt regulations to implement the environmental protection measures. The Director of Planning may, as deemed appropriate, use technical consultants or a consultant advisory panel to make recommendations on new environmental protection measures or updates to existing environmental protection measures.
D. Noncompliance. Failure to comply with the environmental protection measures, regulations adopted pursuant to this section, any condition or commitments made in compliance with the environmental protection measures or their implementing regulations, or any provision of this section, is a violation of the code, subject to all available administrative, criminal and civil remedies for a violation of this Code. Additionally, upon verification of non-compliance, the City may require as deemed necessary and appropriate the applicant or property owner to retain at its own expense an independent consultant, subject to the City’s approval, to ensure compliance with the environmental protection measures or regulations, and any conditions or commitments made in compliance with the environmental protection measures or regulations.
Source: City of Los Angeles, Charter and Codes (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/los_angeles/latest/lamc/0-0-0-424714Fetched: 10/24/2026