COUNTY GROUP APPROVES NEW CASTAIC DISTRICT.Byline: Nicholas Grudin Staff Writer CASTAIC - Deteriorating storefronts and poorly planned neighborhoods could be a thing of the past for the Castaic region, whose new community standards Community standards are local norms bounding acceptable conduct. Sometimes these standards can itemized in a list that states the community's values and sets guidelines for participation in the community. district was unanimously approved this week by 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. County Regional Planning regional planning: see city planning. Commission. The Castaic Area Community Standards District will help protect ridge lines from development, increase the area's minimum lot size for homes and ban giant pole billboards, among other things. The new regulations must still go before county counsel and the Board of Supervisors for final approval. ``It's like a planned community Noun 1. planned community - a residential district that is planned for a certain class of residents residential area, residential district, community - a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences now,'' said Bob Lewis, the president of the Castaic Area Town Council, which worked with the 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 to devise the district standards. The town council has been working since 1998 on the special district, and ran into many impediments along the way, making Wednesday's approval even more gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to Castaic residents and council members, according to Lewis and Councilwoman Tere Tucker. ``It's great because there's a lot of people who have worked long and hard on it,'' Tucker said. ``It will give developers and residents a good idea of where Castaic wants to go.'' The CSD CSD Commission on Sustainable Development CSD Serbian Dinar (ISO currency code) CSD Christopher Street Day CSD Circuit Switched Data (Sprint) CSD Computer Science Department CSD Community School District will offer guidelines to builders who have until now enjoyed wide discretion in the Castaic area. Without the new CSD, the only development regulations in the region are Los Angeles County's, which are notoriously lax, Lewis said. ``What it does is that rather than going to the lowest common standard allowed countywide, it will give specific standards for the Castaic area,'' Lewis said. County officials said that the CSD would create more of a community feel for Castaic. Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San , who represents the area, favors the special district. ``Approval of the CSD will give the local community more control over development in their community, beyond traditional zoning regulations,'' said Paul Novak, planning deputy for Antonovich. The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to consider the CSD on March 23. Nicholas Grudin, (661) 257-5255 nicholas.grudin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) The new community standards district would help control trash dumping in Castaic. (2 -- color) Councilwoman Tere Tucker walks past storage sheds kept illegally near the Castaic Regional Sports Complex. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer |
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