CITY, BUILDER TANGLE OVER PROJECT SIZE : PALMDALE WANTS FEWER HOMES, LARGER LOTS; DEVELOPER HOLDS FIRM.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer A developer planning 898 homes and reserving land for a second Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. has revised the project, but city leaders say it is still too dense 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. rural community. While Palmdale City Council members say the project is attractive because it would bring a second community college campus, they refused to change the character of the existing neighborhood. ``All I have seen is a take-or-leave-it approach from the developer,'' said Mayor Jim Ledford. ``I'm hoping he brings something to the table.'' The project, planned for 540 acres between 37th and 47th Streets East along the south side of Barrel Springs Road, is proposed by developer David Bushnell Noun 1. David Bushnell - American inventor who in 1775 designed a man-propelled submarine that was ineffectual but subsequently earned him recognition as a submarine pioneer (1742-1824) Bushnell, Father of the Submarine , founder of Bushnell Binoculars binoculars Optical instrument for providing a magnified view of distant objects, consisting of two similar telescopes, one for each eye, mounted on a single frame. In most binoculars, each telescope has two prisms, which reinvert the inverted image provided by the eyepiece . Bushnell did not return calls Monday. Bushnell has revised his plan to include additional buffer areas and a zone of transition that calls for larger lots nearest existing homes, tapering Tapering Gradually reducing the amount of a drug when stopping it abruptly would cause unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. Mentioned in: Narcotics tapering, n toward more dense development. Still, 91 percent of the lots would be no larger than 7,000 square feet, which would result in housing far more dense than in surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. neighborhoods. Portions of a golf course in the project would be used as a buffer zone buffer zone n. A neutral area between hostile or belligerent forces that serves to prevent conflict. Noun 1. buffer zone between 6,000-square-foot lots and rural resident zoned areas west of 37th Street East. At a Sept. 10 meeting with city planners, Bushnell indicated he would not budge on the number of homes he planned, or the lot sizes. ``He has not proposed any other number to us at this time,'' said Michael Maas, a consultant for the college. Councilman David Myers said residents as well as city officials are worried not only about the density, but also about seismic safety. ``There are still well over 500 homes that are in an earthquake zone,'' Myers said of Bushnell's plans. But he said he hoped for a compromise. ``I'm disappointed the developer and the south-side residents couldn't come closer together.'' City planners have suggested cutting 142 homes from the proposal and increasing lot sizes - including the addition of 30 lots of at least an acre. Last month, representatives of the south-side Homeowners Association agreed to that proposal on the condition that 90 homes be deleted Deleted A security that is no longer included on a specified market. Sometimes referred to as "delisted". Notes: Reasons for delisting include violating regulations, failing to meet financial specifications set out by the stock exchange and going bankrupt. if the planned 18-hole golf course were not built. The homeowners also want the development's proposed 8.3-acre commercial center either moved into the interior of the project, or to impose a condition that businesses there close by 10 p.m. |
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