APARTMENTS APPROVED SCHOOLS, HOMEOWNERS OPPOSE PROJECT.Byline: Jim Skeen Do you mean:
PALMDALE Palmdale, city (1990 pop. 68,842), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the irrigated Antelope Valley; a growing residential suburb of Los Angeles near Little Rock Creek where it forms Lake Palmdale Reservoir, inc. 1962. - Planning commissioners approved plans for a 285-unit apartment complex opposed by Westside Adj. 1. westside - of the western part of a city; "he lives in upper westside Manhattan" west - situated in or facing or moving toward the west School District and the Rancho ran·cho n. pl. ran·chos Southwestern U.S. 1. A hut or group of huts for housing ranch workers. 2. A ranch. Vista Homeowners Association, setting up an appeal before the City Council. 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 approved the site plan Thursday Thursday: see week. night on a 4-0 vote, with commissioner Dean Henderson Henderson. 1 City (1990 pop. 25,945), seat of Henderson co., NW Ky., on the Ohio River, in an oil, coal, tobacco, corn, and livestock area; founded 1797, inc. as a city 1867. absent. In their approval, the commissioners imposed conditions for the developer to install a raised, landscaped median on Rancho Vista Boulevard in front of the apartments and to provide nighttime security monitoring in the underground parking garage. Lancaster developer Andrew J. Eliopulos is proposing to build the 285 units in four three-story apartment buildings plus a community building on 12.3 acres southwest of Rancho Vista Boulevard and west of 30th Street West, bordering a neighborhood of houses. ``We're pleased they (the commission) recognized this as a high-quality project,'' Eliopulos said Friday. The Rancho Vista Homeowners Association will ask the City Council to overturn planners' approval of the apartments, said Will Aitchison, the association's president. ``The association has a big concern regarding the traffic and safety,'' Aitchison said. ``We will appeal. We will definitely appeal.'' The association cites several reasons for opposing the project, including concerns over safety with the project's underground garage being built on an active earthquake fault, and the lack of a traffic signal they said is needed to protect motorists and pedestrians. Westside Union School District officials also voiced opposition to the project, saying it will further crowd schools, create traffic hazards and be a financial drain on the district. Westside officials said they might be forced to add buses and crossing guards to serve students who would reside in the apartment complex. The apartments are likely to add more than 150 elementary school elementary school: see school. pupils and more than 90 high school students to local schools, city officials say. City officials say they have no legal ability to halt Eliopulos' apartment project because the property has been zoned for apartments for years. The Rancho Vista master plan earmarks the property for high-density apartments. City officials said state law forbids them from requiring anything from the developer other than the standard fees to go toward school construction, and they aren't allowed to turn the project down if the builder refuses to go beyond those. The homeowners association has clashed with Eliopulos in the past. It was at the association's urging that the City Council voted 3-2 in May 2003 to block a 90-unit apartment complex at Rancho Vista Boulevard and Avenue O-8. That vote triggered a lawsuit lawsuit: see procedure; tort. by Eliopulos that is pending in the courts. Jim Skeen, (661) 267-5743 james.skeen(at)dailynews.com |
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