January 16, 2025 #1 Local News, Forum, Information and Event Source for Venice Beach, California.

VNC Board to Meet This Evening: 10-15-13

The Board of the Venice Neighborhood Council will meet this evening from 7-10:30pm at the Westminster Elementary School Auditorium at 1010 Abbot Kinney. Click here to read the whole agenda.

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Items of interest include:

•  Congratulations to the winners of the “Spirit of Venice” Awards at the 2013 Abbot Kinney Festival.

• The Great Venice Toy Drive is Back! Collections start in November (more on that later).

• Final presentation of the Venice Zipline Status report (click here).

Zipline

• Cleanup of Windward Circle on Sunday, October 20
Appointment of Open Land Use and Planning Committee Seat
• Support for the Creation of a “Development Services Department” by consolidating LA City Planning with Department of Building.
• Support for reevaluating future costs of DWP’s FIT 100 program

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609 Rose Ave (click through to the comments for a pict of 613)

417 Sunset Ave: Small Lot Subdivision with 2 homes

613 Rose Ave: Two story; mixed use project consisting of two dwelling units; restaurant and retail space with a cub to permit a full line of alcoholic beverages for on site consumption.

Building Code Enforcement – MOTION: The VNC shall send a letter to Councilman Mike Bonin and the City Attorney requesting that all building codes shall be enforced in Venice, including billboard regulations

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