Building & Other Permit Approval
The Bunker Hill Redevelopment Plan requires CRA/LA's review and approval of any permit application before the Department of Building and Safety can issue a building permit.  The redevelopment plan for Bunker Hill contains development standards regarding density and design.  Developers and  contractors are strongly advised to contact Principal Planner at (213) 977-1600 early in the process in order to prevent last minute difficulties.

Development Density
The total building floor area (exclusive of building floor area for parking) in the Project Area shall not exceed 5 times the total area of all parcels in the project area.  Completed or planned development in Bunker Hill will soon reach that maximum.  Therefore, the CRA/LA is currently devising standards for the physical development of the Bunker Hill Project Area and evaluating increasing the floor area ration (FAR) of the project area from an overall average of 5:1 to 6:1.  This would create an additional four million square feet of development capacity.

Designs For Development
The Design for Development (DFD), adopted in 1971, is a document which consists of design guidelines for development within the Bunker Hill Project Area.  The DFD addresses development issues as they pertain to land use, circulation and urban form.  It encourages development of complementary uses; a circulation system which accommodates primarily private vehicles, but also transit and pedestrians as well as carefully conceived interaction of building volumes and open space.  The DFD was created to reflect the development policies, objectives and design criteria of the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles in the late 1960s and to assure that implementation of the redevelopment plan adhered to those policies and objectives.  The DFD is currently being updated as part of the process of increasing the overall destiny of the Project Area.

In November 2001, the CRA/LA  also adopted a DFD prohibiting the construction of Billboard and Pole Signs, roof signs, mural signs and supergrahpic signs, and providing standards for other sign structures in the Project Area.

Grand Avenue Streetscape Project
The Grand Avenue Project seeks to create a safer, more pedestrian friendly downtown where workers, residents and visitors will enjoy pedestrian enhancements such as additional open space seating and landscaping, sidewalk cafes and mini concert venues along a portion of Grand Avenue extending from The Los Angeles Central Library to the Music Center.

The Grand Avenue Partnership which includes the CRA/LA, County and the City, has selected a development team to negotiate with on a major mixed use project on Grand Avenue on two CRA/LA and two County-owned parcels, which would include a substantial upgrade of the current Grand Avenue streetscape, creation of a new 16-arce Civic Center park and mixed use project that may include our 1000 housing units, a hotel and commercial office space.  A refined scope for the project is currently developed with construction expected to begin 2006.