COUNTY OKS PROPOSAL ON DRIVING RANGES : TIERRA REJADA PLAN BACKED DESPITE THOUSAND OAKS, MOORPARK OBJECTIONS.Byline: Christopher Noxon Daily News Staff Writer Tee time in the Tierra Rejada Valley could come as soon as next month after the county Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. approved a pair of separately operated driving ranges. The two golf facilities were approved over the objections of city officials from Moorpark and Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. , who argued that floodlights and tall sheets of netting do not belong in open space. But the supervisors said approving the two practice ranges does not compromise their commitment to maintain natural buffers between communities. ``This is a perfect use for the area,'' said Supervisor Judy Mikels. ``It's green, it's open, it's recreational and it's what residents want.'' Moorpark rancher Ralph Mahan said he hopes to begin work next week clearing and planting a 205-acre parcel once covered by the dirt pathways of a motorcycle park. The 30-tee range could be open to the public as soon as next month, he said. Still on the drawing board is a full 18-hole golf course that may be operated by the Rancho Simi Rancho San José de Nuestra Senora de Altagarcia y Simi is one of the land grants in California by the Spanish government. The name derives from Shimiji, the name of the Chumash village here before the Spanish. Recreation and Park District. Mahan would not comment on his intentions for the project now that the driving range has been approved. Tom Barber, who operates a driving range in Griffith Park Griffith Park is a large public park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains. It is situated in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park covers 4,210 acres (17 km²) of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America. in 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. , said he hopes to open his 75-tee range this summer. The range will include trees, rocks and greens arranged to resemble holes on notable courses around the world, he said. He also promised to offer free use of the facility to young people two hours a day. ``This is not going to just be a place people can go to whack whack - According to arch-hacker James Gosling, to "...modify a program with no idea whatsoever how it works." (See whacker.) It is actually possible to do this in nontrivial circumstances if the change is small and well-defined and you are very good at glarking things from context. balls at poles in a field,'' he said. The one dissenting vote on both projects came from Supervisor Frank Schillo, who said neither driving range belongs in cherished open space. ``This is a very special area,'' he said. ``What it boils down to for me is that this is a good project in a bad area.'' The driving ranges are planned on the east side of Highway 23 on either side of Tierra Rejada Road, which runs between Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. and Moorpark. Only the Barber proposal is located within the boundaries of the Tierra Rejada greenbelt. The supervisors said the agreement, which limits development to ``agricultural or open space uses,'' does not prohibit golf courses, cemeteries or other low-density projects. ``The greenbelt agreement is quite clear,'' said Mikels. ``The intent was less intensive uses, not to confiscate To expropriate private property for public use without compensating the owner under the authority of the Police Power of the government. To seize property. When property is confiscated it is transferred from private to public use, usually for reasons such as private land. . . . People who work with these documents ought to read them.'' But critics contend that the county has violated the spirit of the agreement. In March, the supervisors allowed a developer to build six estate homes in the greenbelt near the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Center for Public Affairs . The supervisors allowed the homes on 10-acre lots instead of the 40-acre lots required under current zoning, and the developer agreed to donate about 220 acres to the greenbelt. Thousand Oaks City Councilwoman Elois Zeanah said the intent of the agreement is clear. ``This is an emotional but simple issue,'' she told the supervisors. ``Do driving ranges belong in protected open spaces? The answer is clearly no. . . . Open space means natural and it does not mean urban use.'' CAPTION(S): Map Map: Driving Range |
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