Culver City Transit-Oriented Development Alternative Plan (TODAP)
Description
Three options for shifting SB 79 apartment density off single-family neighborhoods and onto station areas and corridors; the committee recommended Option C, the combined plan, plus a legal memo on the 1990 height limit and an affordability requirement.
Impact summary
Could allow up to roughly 10,000 units of apartment capacity in the TOD zones, with heights from about 5 to 8 stories depending on distance from transit — reshaping neighborhoods and corridors for decades.
Applicant
- Name
- City of Culver City Planning Department
At a glance
- Hearings
- 1
- Public comments
- 4
- Total mentions
- 1
Recorded in the meeting · Advisory Committee on Housing and Homelessness
A recommendation, not a final decision. The council decides next.
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 20, 2026.
Meeting timeline (1)
Related issues (2)
Transit Oriented Development Alternative Plan Options
State law forces apartment zoning near transit; the city is crafting a plan to shift density out of single-family neighborhoods onto corridors and station areas. Three options were presented; members favored the combined Option C, but a 1990 voter-approved height limit constrains the corridors the community most wants built.
1990 Height Initiative Constraint
A 1990 voter initiative caps most of Culver City at 56 feet, limiting where tall buildings — including hotels — can go. Commissioner Black argued the city should consider a November ballot initiative to revisit the limit for commercial areas like the Westfield Mall, not citywide.
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