AIRPORT AREA HOUSING PLAN HITS TURBULENCE; VAN NUYS RESIDENTS, PILOTS UNITE AGAINST PROPOSAL.Byline: Patrick McGreevy Daily News Staff Writer A plan by former city Airport Commission President Ted Stein Stein , William Howard 1911-1980. American biochemist. He shared a 1972 Nobel Prize for pioneering studies of ribonuclease. to build a 30-unit housing project underneath the flight path of Van Nuys Airport Van Nuys Airport (IATA: VNY, ICAO: KVNY, FAA LID: VNY) is a public airport located in Van Nuys, California in the San Fernando Valley, within the Los Angeles city limits. is drawing opposition from an unusual alliance: homeowners and airport users. Opponents said Stein is getting special, expedited treatment for a project with double the density of surrounding homes. The site is 1.2 miles from the end of the largest runway runway: see airport. and planes fly less than 500 feet above the site. ``They are going to pack 30 families into an area that should only have eight or nine homes,'' said Hank hank n. 1. A coil or loop. 2. Nautical A ring on a stay attached to the head of a jib or staysail. 3. A looped bundle, as of yarn. Workman WORKMAN. One who labors, one who is employed to do business for another. 2. The obligations of a workman are to perform the work he has undertaken to do; to do it in proper time; to do it well to employ the things furnished him according to his contract. , who lives near the proposed development. Sal Del Valle, a resident and a pilot at the airport, said the two-story, detached condominium condominium In modern property law, individual ownership of one dwelling unit within a multidwelling building. Unit owners have undivided ownership interest in the land and those portions of the building shared in common. project at 16536 Nordhoff St. in North Hills, site of the Nakada Nursery, faces potential danger and noise problems from airplanes. ``Every big jet that lands at Van Nuys passes over that site,'' he said. Petitions with 624 signatures were turned in to the Planning Department this week to oppose the project. A hearing is scheduled for Wednesday. Stein, who holds an option to buy the property from the owners of the nursery, denied proximity to the airport is a problem. The argument about danger from crashing planes doesn't make sense coming from people who already live in the flight path, he said. ``Everything there is already housing,'' he said. He said the site is outside the zone where jet noise is 65 decibels so special insulation is not required but probably will be used because of street noise. The zoning for the neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. single-family homes sets a minimum lot size of one home per 7,500 square feet, while Stein is seeking to change the agricultural zoning of the site to a zone allowing one house per 3,000 square feet. Stein said the four-bedroom homes will be separated by 10 feet and will have front and back yards. Del Valle and Workman said the project has been ``fast tracked'' for Stein, an Encino lawyer who ran for city attorney last year. Councilman Hal Bernson Hal Bernson served as Los Angeles City Councilman for the 12th district. He was chair of the Transportation Committee. Prior to being on the City Council, he served in the Navy. Preceded by Robert M. won council approval in November to expedite ex·pe·dite tr.v. ex·pe·dit·ed, ex·pe·dit·ing, ex·pe·dites 1. To speed up the progress of; accelerate. 2. the processing of the plan changes. His motion said the speed-up would ``avoid unusual financial loss or extreme hardship.'' But Workman asserted: ``They are trying to ramrod it through.'' Stein denied he is getting special treatment, and that the speed-up saved him only three weeks in delays. ``(It) will fill a need at a time when there is a shortage of single-family homes and prices are going through the roof,'' he said. CAPTION(S): Photo, map PHOTO Former city Airport Commission President Ted Stein seeks to have homes built at the site of the Nakano Nursery in North Hills. Tina Gerson/Daily News Map: Proposed condo complex |
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