COUNCIL GIVES OK TO KOHL'S.Byline: - Rachel Uranga Despite concerns from residents about traffic and pollution, the City Council approved the opening of a Kohl's department store. The 4-1 vote approving the store came late Tuesday, after a contentious meeting in which dozens of residents said the store would character of their middle-class neighborhood. Nearly as many expressed their support. The move ended a months-long battle between dozens of nearby residents and developers, both of whom canvassed the neighborhood in the weeks leading up to the meeting. ``I'm disappointed,'' said Mitchell Schwartz, a leading opponent and two-year resident of the neighborhood. ``The traffic and pollution coming out of this is going to be tremendous.'' The department store will sit on a 12-acre parcel on the northwest corner of Newbury Road and Kelley Road, along with another major department store and several restaurants and retail spaces. Neighbors complained that the store would lure lure the skin-covered object which runs on a monorail on a Greyhound racing track and which the dogs are schooled to chase. The lure must be kept 30 to 40 ft ahead of the leading dog so that the field is stretched out. hundreds of patrons to their residential area, causing 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. along Kelley, a two-lane street that serves as a major thoroughfare THOROUGHFARE. A street or way so open that one can go through and get out of it without returning. It differs from a cul de sac, (q.v.) which is open only at one end. 2. Whether a street which is not a thoroughfare is a highway, seems not fully settled. for residents of Newb Schwartz, who called the traffic study flawed flaw 1 n. 1. An imperfection, often concealed, that impairs soundness: a flaw in the crystal that caused it to shatter. See Synonyms at blemish. 2. and the environmental impact study incomplete, said he was considering filing a lawsuit against the city. But Tamara Thompson, a director for 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. based-Robertson Properties Group, which is developing the site, defended the city's study and her company's efforts. ``Their statements are unfounded,'' she said, noting that the Robertson Group and Kohl's have reached out to neighbors. In a concession to residents, developers agreed to limit delivery truck access, reduce store hours and eliminate early morning an Kohl's, a Wisconsin-based retailer, will open the store as part of a larger strategy to saturate sat·u·rate v. Abbr. sat. 1. To imbue or impregnate thoroughly. 2. To soak, fill, or load to capacity. 3. To cause a substance to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance. the lucrative Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, market. In March, nearly 30 stores are slated for opening, while more plans are under way. Kohl's declined to comment on the fight waged by residents of the affluent city. But Assistant City Manager Scott Mitnick said the public outcry was not unusual. ``A large percentage (of residents) have moved from the 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. and more urban parts of Los Angeles. They come here and want to avoid the poor land-use decisions,'' he said, adding that monitoring commercial development is a city priority. |
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