The jurisdiction of the Santa Monica Mountains North planning area is the unincorporated portion of the Santa Monica Mountains west of the City of Los Angeles and north of the Coastal Zone boundary. Surrounded by a unique and distinctive environment characterized by steep mountains, rolling hills, canyons, streams and oak woodlands is an equally distinctive group of communities. Content of the North Area Plan is influenced by the close proximity of the four cities within the planning area as well as the Coastal Zone to the south.
Traffic begins to thin out.
Further along the freeway corridor, the landscape changes again. Ladyface Mountain south of Agoura Hills. The portions of the corridor planning area within unincorporated Los Angeles County are the focus of the North Area planning report. The unincorporated area within the corridor encompasses 32.2 square miles.