Oil and Gas Drilling Ordinance (Oil Ordinance)
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025111140
Lead Agency
City of Los Angeles
Document Title
Oil and Gas Drilling Ordinance (Oil Ordinance)
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
11/3/2026
Document Description
The Project is a proposed Oil and Gas Drilling Ordinance (Oil Ordinance, Ordinance or Project) amending Sections 12.03, 12.20, 12.23, 12.24, and 13.01 of Chapter I of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) and Sections 1.4.7, 5D.9.7, 8.2.4, 12.1.2, 12.5.4, 13B.2.2, and Division 14.3 of Chapter 1A of the LAMC to prohibit new oil and gas extraction and make existing extraction activities a nonconforming use in all zones within the City of Los Angeles (City). Specifically, the Ordinance amends the LAMC to eliminate the provisions that allow for the creation of new “O” Oil Drilling Supplemental Use Districts; end by-right oil and gas extraction in the M3-Heavy Industrial Zones (including in any Industrial Use District of Chapter 1A of the LAMC); and declare existing oil and gas extraction within the City a nonconforming use. Upon being deemed nonconforming, these uses will be subject to limitations, including: 1) No new Oil Well for the production of oil, gas, or other hydrocarbon substances may be drilled. 2) No existing Oil Well for the production of oil, gas, or other hydrocarbon substances shall be maintained, drilled, re-drilled, or deepened. 3) The Oil Well site and its operations and equipment shall not be expanded or extended in any way, or intensified such that prohibited Oil Well activity under 1 and 2 above, or new permanent or temporary Oil Well site equipment are introduced beyond the limits of what was originally permitted. The Ordinance permits otherwise prohibited activities, equipment, or changes to operations through a separate zoning process to cease a threat to public health, safety, or the environment. The Ordinance exempts from its requirements wells that are operated by a public utility that is regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission. Twenty years from the effective date of the Ordinance, all nonconforming, non-exempt oil and gas extraction uses will be required to cease operations and terminate, unless required to do so earlier due to idle status and/or inactivity.
Contact Information
Name
Lilian Rubio
Agency Name
City of Los Angeles, Department of City Planning
Job Title
City Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Los Angeles
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Citywide, Southern California
Other Location Info
Oil and Gas Drilling Ordinance - Citywide
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
City of Los Angeles, Department of City Planning
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Final Environmental Document Available at
https://planning.lacity.gov/odocument/836ca0b1-eb2c-4d4b-8fee-1ef5310e6492/Pub_112625.htm
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
Yes
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
Attachments
Notice of Determination
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