'HEAD SHOP' PLAN BACKED PERMITS FOCUS OF PROPOSAL.Byline: Heather MacDonald Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - The city Planning city planning, process of planning for the improvement of urban centers in order to provide healthy and safe living conditions, efficient transport and communication, adequate public facilities, and aesthetic surroundings. Commission has endorsed an ordinance that would require new stores to get special permits if they stock bongs, water pipes or other tobacco paraphernalia. The proposed ordinance, unanimously recommended Tuesday for City Council approval, is the result of work by the mayor's Blue Ribbon blue ribbon denotes highest honor. [Western Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 127] See : Prize Task Force on alcohol and drug use, and was sparked by parents' complaints about the so-called ``head shops'' that sell chillers, clips and pipes that are marketed to adults for smoking tobacco, but are also used to smoke marijuana and other illegal drugs. Although state law prohibits the sale of drug paraphernalia drug paraphernalia Controlled paraphernalia Substance abuse As defined in a regulatory context, DP is a hypodermic syringe, needle, metal or plastic (snorting) tube, or other instrument or implement or combination adapted for the administration of controlled , head shops skirt that rule by labeling their wares as tobacco paraphernalia. The ordinance excludes matches or lighters, and only kicks in when more than 2 feet by 4 feet of shelf space is dedicated to the pipes, papers and bongs. This is intended to prevent the ordinance from applying to grocery stores or supermarkets, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. City Attorney John Luebberke. The City Council will consider the issue in about a month. Also Tuesday, the Planning Commission Noun 1. planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle asked representatives from the Hanover Company to work with city staffers to revise their plan to build 350 apartments in what is now the parking lot of the Spectrum Athletic Club. Dozens of residents of the Montecito and Avignon subdivisions told the Planning Commission the project was too dense, offered too few parking spaces and would bring down the values of their homes. Commissioner Rick Winsman recommended that the complex at Magic Mountain and McBean parkways be redesigned to three stories, rather than four. That would make the project less dense, and free up some parking spaces, he said. The Newhall Land and Farming Company The Newhall Land and Farming Company is a land management company based in Valencia, California, United States. The company is responsible for the master community planning of Valencia, as well as the management of farm land elsewhere in the state. project would also offer commercial space along Town Center Drive. The Planning Commission will discuss the project again May 15. |
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