Finding aid for the Daniel Green collection of Los Angeles City Planning documents 7126
Bo Doub
USC Libraries Special Collections
2021 December
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Daniel Green collection of Los Angeles City Planning documents
Creator:
Green, Daniel
Creator:
Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of City Planning
Identifier/Call Number: 7126
Physical Description:
2.46 Linear Feet
3 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1946-2019
Abstract: Daniel Green, an alumnus of the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy (Master of Planning, 1974), worked at the Los Angeles
Department of City Planning for more than 30 years. The Daniel Green collection of Los Angeles City Planning documents consist
of zoning codes, geographic plans, departmental procedural guides and publications, open space plans, administrative reports,
maps of Los Angeles, zoning administrative records, and other material collected during Green's career. The documents in the
collection span from approximately 1946 to 2019.
Language of Material:
English
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Scope and Contents
Daniel Green, an alumnus of the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy (Master of Planning, 1974), worked at the Los Angeles
Department of City Planning for more than 30 years. The Daniel Green collection of Los Angeles City Planning documents consist
of zoning codes, geographic plans, departmental procedural guides and publications, open space plans, administrative reports,
maps of Los Angeles, zoning administrative records, and other material collected during Green's career. The documents in the
collection span from approximately 1946 to 2019.
Following is a partial list of representative documents in the collection described by Daniel Green.
- ZAI Determination. These decisions are akin to law but are not adopted by the City Council; they are issued by the Zoning
Administrator. They apply to either specific properties or as a general rule to common situations throughout the City. I have
collected the majority of these determinations since they were first issued in 1948. It may be the largest collection in one
place. Also included is an index by subject matter. These occupy an entire box within several three-ring binders.
- 1946 Zoning Code. Prior to 1946, the City Council adopted numerous zoning ordinances but they were not catalogued into one
volume. This is the City's first comprehensive zoning code. It has been amended hundreds of times since then, whether a paragraph
or an entirely new section.
- 2000 Zoning Code. This is the version of the same code in effect in 2000. Over time, the scope of "land use" expanded and
so did the code. A completely new code is currently under preparation. (The current code is online.)
- 2006 CEQA Thresholds Guide. This volume constituted the City's guidelines in complying with the California Environmental Quality
Act as of 2006.
- Historical Guide to Styles and Terms 1600 - 1945. This volume was used when historic preservation in Los Angeles came of age
in the 1980s. The purpose of this guide was to educate citizens, including city decision makers, about the diverse architectural
styles throughout the city.
- Crime Preservation Through Environmental Design. This volume discusses among other ideas the new (at the time) concept of
defensible space.
- Open Space Plan. The State of California requires every city to adopt a general plan and to amend it from time to time. The
LA city general plan consists of 35 geographic area plans, such as those for Hollywood and Northridge, as well as specific
subjects at the citywide level such as Open Space and Fire Protection. Most of the documents in the collection are no longer
in print and/or have been superseded by newer documents. I am not providing any current general plan documents as those are
all available online.
- The Port of Los Angeles. This is an example of a geographic plan. These plans may take two to 12 years from initiation of
studies to public hearings and eventual adoption.
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special
Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder no. or item name], Daniel Green collection of Los Angeles City Planning documents, Collection no. 7126, Regional
History Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Daniel Green, November 29, 2021.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Zoning -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
City planning -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Administrative records
City maps
Manuals (instructional materials)
Reports
Green, Daniel -- Archives
Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of City Planning -- Archives
Zoning Administrator Interpreter (ZAI) Determinations
General
ZAI Determinations. ZAI decisions are akin to law but are not adopted by the City Council; they are issued by the Zoning Administrator.
They apply to either specific properties or as a general rule to common situations throughout the City. Also included is an
index by subject matter.
Box 2, Folder 2
[ZAI subject index and procedural reference guides]
2016-2019
Box 3, Folder 1-2
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Thresholds Guide
2006
Box 3
[Los Angeles City Planning publications, zoning codes, historic preservation guide, open space plan, Port of Los Angeles geographic
plan, crime and environmental design plans, and other material]
1946-2005
