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LA's Proposed Baseline Hillside Ordinance
BASELINE HILLSIDE ORDINANCE SUMMARY
BACKGROUND
1.The adoption of the Baseline Mansionization Ordinance (BMO) in June 2008 which provides regulations for the non-hillside areas of the City. BMO regulations focus on Floor Area Ratios (FAR) and height.
Step 2. The verification and necessary revisions to the Hillside Area designations to more accurately reflect the actual topography of the City’s hillside regions.
Step 3. The Baseline Hillside Ordinance (also commonly referred to as the Hillside Mansionization Ordinance) will be the third step in preventing out-of-scale single-family development in the City of Los Angeles. StepBASELINE HILLSIDE ORDINANCE
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Water audits prepare you for the future
Despite a very wet season this past winter, the increase in rainfall didn’t make up for many years of below-average water levels. In 2009 California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in an effort to manage the drought crisis. Since then, many water companies have put into place mandatory water rationing with financial penalties for homeowners who don't comply. Before you find yourself paying more for your water, be prepared for the future by conducting a water audit (don't worry, you don't have to find all your water bills from the past two years).
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Seven rules for room additions
If you're happy with your home and your neighborhood but are craving a little more space, maybe adding on is a better alternative to moving out. Room additions can be a terrific alternative for many homes, adding space for a growing family and adding resale value at the same time.
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Cal Homeowner's recieve additional help
California homeowners receive additional foreclosure assistance
The Obama Administration today announced additional support to
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Exciting Summer for Real Estate
I hope you have had a wonderful summer and are enjoying all the exciting activities the weather offers. Looking back over the past few months I'm happy to report that the real estate market also had a rewarding summer.
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Design tips for updating 1950s tract home
Q: Our house is a nondescript 1950s ranch tract home with a light-gray composition shingle roof. It's currently a dated white with blue trim, and we'd like to update the paint job. We're also relandscaping with drought-tolerant tropical and contemporary plants, and not much grass -- mostly bark and flagstone walkways. Is there somewhere where I can see other updated tract homes? Do you have any color suggestions?
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Protect real estate from Medicaid
DEAR BENNY: Seven years ago, when my mother was 80, my husband and I purchased cooperative apartment shares in a senior complex for her to live in. Since at least one of the tenants had to be over 55, we put her name on the shares, as well as my name. The actual paperwork reads: " 'My Mother's Name' or 'My Name' as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common."
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What is post-consumer content?
What is it?
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Sellers face new dilemma in timing the market
Some sellers have been biding their time for three years and now wonder if they should continue to wait or bite the bullet and sell now.
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Not all buyers are worth a counteroffer
After mustering the emotional energy to make an offer on a listing, it can be devastating if you hear nothing back from the seller.
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