More WeHo businesses might be required to have gender-neutral restrooms

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The city is looking to widen the scope of businesses that will be required to have gender-neutral restrooms.

A zone text amendment set to be reviewed Thursday by the Planning Commission expands the requirement to all commercial bathroom remodel projects and commercial building renovations requiring a building permit.

The proposed change, requested by City Council last month, would set these criteria for gender neutral restrooms:

  • All new and renovated commercial buildings that constitute a major remodel, as that term is defined under Article 19.90 of the West Hollywood Municipal Code,
  • Commercial renovations requiring a building permit that includes the removal of interior partitions or a complete floor plan alteration
  • Commercial renovations that include relocation, expansion, or accessibility upgrades of existing restrooms.

Gender-neutral restrooms have been a hot-button topic for West Hollywood residents, and wariness of the design, implementation and safety repercussions have permeated discussions for more than a year now.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

E-COMMENT

Members of the public who wish to comment on matters before the Planning Commission are strongly encouraged to submit an E-Comment using the form located at: https://www.weho.org/city-government/wehotv no later than 4:00 p.m. on the Planning Commission meeting day. E-Comments received by 4:00 p.m. will be forwarded to the Planning Commission and posted on the City’s website as part of the official meeting record.

PUBLIC COMMENT BY TELEPHONE

This option is to provide public comment via phone ONLY.  To view the meeting, please see information on how to view the meeting provided above.

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a. You are strongly encouraged to Email dgillig@weho.org in advance of the Planning Commission meeting, to be added to the Public Speaker List for the meeting.  Please include your name, the phone number from which you will be calling, and which item you would like to speak on.

b. Dial-in 10 minutes prior to the start of the meeting (the meeting begins at 6:30 p.m.) Dial in Codes:  *6 = unmute.  *9 = lets the host know you want to speak on the current item

Dial-in:          669-900-6833

Meeting I.D.:  820 9771 2649 #

c. YOUR PHONE WILL BE MUTED UNTIL YOU ARE CALLED TO SPEAK.  Comments from the public are limited to 3 minutes per speaker.

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[…] recommended to City Council on Thursday that a wider scope of businesses be required to have gender-neutral toilet facilities. The commissioners unanimously recommended that the following be subject to the […]

Manny
Manny
1 year ago

The Planing Commissioners are like deer in headlights. They will not be able to make a decision or recommendation.

Ham Shipey
Ham Shipey
1 year ago

George Santos would be a perfect fit on the WH City Council.

Kindred Spirits
Kindred Spirits
1 year ago
Reply to  Ham Shipey

We already have three candidates that would qualify as kindred spirits.

Not the Center of the Universe
Not the Center of the Universe
1 year ago

CC and city leaders appear to be legends in their own minds and believe West Hollywood to be the center of the universe. They are clearly not but are an ever enhanced point of divisiveness. Without any scope or real world experience, they perpetually propose outlandish ideas which strangle business and significantly annoy the residents.

Alison
Alison
1 year ago

This City is becoming crazier by the minute!

resident
resident
1 year ago

Sickening. Hurts women and girls–and now businesses–to promote a deviant philosophy.

JF1
JF1
1 year ago

More nonsense.

Gimmeabreak
Gimmeabreak
1 year ago

Which city council member can this be traced back to? Who was the first to bring up this policy suggestion? It had to have had a beginning.

John Arnold
John Arnold
1 year ago
Reply to  Gimmeabreak

It may have been city administrators.

Gimmeabreak
Gimmeabreak
1 year ago
Reply to  John Arnold

And who might that be? Let’s name names!