CITY EXEMPTS PROJECT FROM HILLSIDE LAW.Byline: Lee Condon Daily News Staff Writer The battle over hillside development in Glendale was renewed Friday, as officials announced an Irvine company The Irvine Company is a privately held real estate development company based in Newport Beach, Orange County, California. Donald Bren is its Chairman. Operations The Irvine Company develops suburban master-planned communities throughout central and southern Orange County. will not have to comply with the city's hillside ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been when it reapplies to build a controversial subdivision. Homes by Polygon polygon, closed plane figure bounded by straight line segments as sides. A polygon is convex if any two points inside the polygon can be connected by a line segment that does not intersect any side. If a side is intersected, the polygon is called concave. , the developer, and the city have struck a deal to end a legal battle that started in 1993 after the Glendale City Council unanimously denied the company's plans to build between 40 to 61 single-family homes on 29 acres of hillside property. City Attorney Scott Howard Scott Howard sings baritone with the Southern Gospel Quartet Legacy Five. He has been with the group since its inception in 2000. External Links Legacy Five's Homepage said Polygon will be allowed to reapply Re`ap`ply´ v. t. & i. 1. To apply again. reapply vi → volver a presentarse, hacer or presentar una nueva solicitud to build a substantially scaled-back project, with just 35 units. However, Polygon will not have to comply with Glendale's 3-year-old hillside ordinance, which was adopted shortly after the company was turned down. ``They're just gutting the (ordinance),'' said Rob Sharkey, president of Glenmore Canyon Homeowners Association. ``I would have preferred if the city stuck to its guns.'' One of the main challenges Polygon will face again is opposition from parents of physically and developmentally disabled students at College View School, a public school located just north of the Polygon land. Patty Madsen, whose 14-year-old daughter Kimi attends the school, said parents already are gearing up to fight off Polygon again, concerned that dust from construction will aggravate problems for students with respiratory difficulties. ``I've been talking with a lot of the mothers. If we have to, we'll get legal backing,'' Madsen said. Madsen said the city of Glendale let her down by not fighting off Polygon all the way in court. ``They're putting a price tag on tag on Verb to add at the end of something: a throwaway remark, tagged on at the end of a casual conversation Verb 1. these kids,'' she said. ``Integrity has gone out the window.'' Lance Adair, the lawyer representing Polygon, could not be reached for comment. Marlene Roth, a local planning consultant who has also worked with Polygon, also could not be reached for comment. The property in question is located at the northern end of Glenmore Boulevard, just west of the Glendale Freeway The Glendale Freeway is a minor freeway in the Los Angeles, California, USA, metropolitan area. It runs from Glendale Boulevard in the Echo Park district of Los Angeles to Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge. Throughout its length, it is signed as California State Route 2. (2), south of Mountain Street and northeast of Avonoak Terrace. Howard said the deal does not guarantee the project will go forward. ``There is absolutely no commitment by the city to approve . . . the new application,'' Howard said. ``The stipulation An agreement between attorneys that concerns business before a court and is designed to simplify or shorten litigation and save costs. During the course of a civil lawsuit, criminal proceeding, or any other type of litigation, the opposing attorneys may come to an agreement will allow Polygon to submit its new proposal and provide a fair and full public review process.'' Howard said the city made the agreement with Polygon because of the expense of the litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. and the likelihood that it would continue for a long time. Glendale's hillside ordinance was passed in 1993, shortly after the council rejected the Polygon proposal. The ordinance, strongly supported by Glendale's hillside dwellers, substantially restricts the number of homes that can be built on the city's steepest hillsides. The basis of Polygon's lawsuit was that the city had prematurely applied the strict rules of the ordinance against Polygon, even though the ordinance had not yet been enacted by the council. CAPTION(S): Map Map: GLENDALE - Polygon Development |
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