CITY TO HEAR SHELTER OPPOSITION.Byline: Heather MacDonald Staff Writer CANYON COUNTRY - Business owners convinced that a proposed homeless shelter Homeless shelters are temporary residences for homeless people. Usually located in urban neighborhoods, they are similar to emergency shelters. The primary difference is that homeless shelters are usually open to anyone, without regard to the reason for need. in a strip mall strip mall n. A shopping complex containing a row of various stores, businesses, and restaurants that usually open onto a common parking lot. Noun 1. will drive away their customers and cut their property values will plead their case Tuesday before the City Council. If the council declines to issue the permit, chances are there will be no shelter this winter for homeless men, women and families in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. . Last month, the Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, 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, 3-1, a conditional use permit for the storefront shelter on Sierra Highway despite the heated objections of several business owners. Those owners are asking the council to reverse that decision. The Santa Clarita Community Development Corp., which has run the shelter for the past three years, was forced to find a new home after the city moved forward with plans to build a community center at the city's Sports Complex. A grant from the Los Angeles Homeless Shelter Authority will be lost if the council sides with the proposed shelter's neighbors. The formal appeal argues that the shelter will strain the strip mall's septic system and that there is not enough parking. The Planning Commission plans to review the operation of the homeless shelter in six months. Several commissioners said they were prepared to rescind the permit if the shelter had an adverse impact on nearby businesses. |
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