CITY HALTS HOMES WORK VIOLATIONS OF PERMITS CITED.Byline: Gregory J. Wilcox Staff Writer CHATSWORTH - Work on a controversial housing development in the West San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. has been stopped because the developer violated vi·o·late tr.v. vi·o·lat·ed, vi·o·lat·ing, vi·o·lates 1. To break or disregard (a law or promise, for example). 2. To assault (a person) sexually. 3. terms of its permit and other issues, city officials said Friday. Centex Homes has approval to build 29 single-family houses and 119 condominiums around a hillside Hillside may refer to: Places
The project was first approved in 1989 and Centex is the latest of several owners of the land. The company has already taken out 13 oak trees, which outraged some residents living near the project, and started grading the parcel. But an inspector for the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. City Building and Safety Department halted work late this week, and it was unclear Friday when it will continue. Department spokesman Dave Keim said that Centex: --Is not in compliance with the grading permit, which was modified June 13. At that time, the company got the OK to put new fill dirt Fill dirt is earthy material which is used to fill in a depression or hole in the ground. Fill dirt is usually subsoil (soil from beneath the top soil) and underlying soil parent material which has little soil organic matter or biological activity. on top of old fill on the west side of the project. But that process is also being used along the east side, something not yet allowed. ``We don't want them to go forward until they come in with a soils report,'' Keim said. ``We want to make sure that the foundation work they end up doing is going to be safe.'' --Has not filed a topographic topographic describing or pertaining to special regions. survey that shows the elevations of the lots. --Did not obtain a bond to insure that the grading is completed. Ron Gallagher, director of land development at Centex's Los Angeles/Ventura division, said that while doing excavation excavation In archaeology, the exposure, recording, and recovery of buried material remains. The techniques employed vary by the type of site, but all forms of archaeological excavation require great skill and careful preparation. on the east side of the parcel, workers discovered uncompacted soils. And the company has been working on the reports that city inspectors requested. ``I think those reports are almost complete and ready to be filed with the city,'' he said. Gregory J. Wilcox, (818) 713-3743 greg.wilcox(at)dailynews.com |
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