COMPLEX PLAN GOES TO PANEL NEIGHBORS FEAR CONGESTION.Byline: Heather MacDonald Staff Writer VALENCIA - More than 100 Bridgeport residents are opposing The Newhall Land and Farming Company's plan to build an apartment complex and shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into at McBean Parkway and Newhall Ranch Road - a project that could be approved tonight. 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 is scheduled to vote on the 212- unit apartment complex and a 17,500-square-foot shopping center at the commission's 7 p.m. meeting at City Hall. The city's Planning Department has recommended approval of Newhall Land's plans. Newhall Land has requested a conditional-use permit, which would allow the residential development to be built though the North Valencia Specific Plan calls for a large shopping center on the southwest corner of McBean Parkway and Newhall Ranch Road. But residents expressed their concerns that added development would cause traffic congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. , overcrowded o·ver·crowd v. o·ver·crowd·ed, o·ver·crowd·ing, o·ver·crowds v.tr. To cause to be excessively crowded: a system of consolidation that only overcrowded the classrooms. schools, a decrease in their property values and an upsurge in crime. ``We as homeowners feel that Newhall Land is pushing for its own financial interest while ignoring the best interest of the Bridgeport community,'' Robert and Joan Rodenbusch wrote to the Planning Commission. Newhall Land officials say there is a demand for apartments in Santa Clarita and the new development will not harm the quality of life in Bridgeport. The development will generate only half the traffic of a 110,000-square- foot shopping center, company officials said. Officials of the William S. Hart Union High School District and the Saugus Union Elementary School elementary school: see school. District told city officials that Newhall Land had agreed to mitigate any adverse impacts the apartment complex would have on the schools. The planning commissioners will also consider a request for a variance from the city's parking code and the lifting of a requirement to provide a lockable storage area for each unit. The Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La prohibits storage facilities in parking garages. The complex, named Harbor Woods - in keeping with the nautical theme of Bridgeport - is expected to be similar to the apartments along Magic Mountain Parkway and those under construction along Town Center Drive. |
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