COUNTY STEPS IN ON AIR PARK ANTONOVICH WANTS COMPLAINTS ADDRESSED AT PUBLIC HEARING.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Staff Writer AGUA DULCE Agua Dulce is Spanish for "sweet water". It also refers to various locations: In Mexico:
County 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 will ask the Board of Supervisors today to hold a public hearing in the community to review complaints and determine what conditions might be warranted, Antonovich aide Paul Novak said Monday. Los Angeles County code enforcement officials have issued several citations at the air park since new owner Barry Kirshner began an expansion that includes entertainment and community events. The citations included oversize o·ver·size n. 1. A size that is larger than usual. 2. An oversize article or object. adj. o·ver·size also o·ver·sized Larger in size than usual or necessary. Adj. 1. hangars - Kirshner had approval for structures 17 feet high, but built 29-foot-high hangars, said John Calas, an administrator with the county Regional Planning Department. ``When they went to build them, they far exceeded the height that was allowed,'' Calas said. A call to the air park was referred to Kirshner, who was not available Monday for comment. Complaints from residents come almost daily by e-mail, fax and telephone, Calas and Novak said. Complaints have included videotapes and photographs of alleged illegal activities, prompting the county to act. Opponents have reported excessive noise, nuisances caused by filming at the airport, unsafe flying and construction of a concrete tie-down area for plans near a runway that might be in a flood zone. Calas said several complaints have been forwarded to federal and state regulatory agencies state regulatory agency A state body responsible for establishing professional standards, and for certifying professionals or organizations through appropriate documentation that oversee airports. ``There may be a requirement for a hydrology hydrology, study of water and its properties, including its distribution and movement in and through the land areas of the earth. The hydrologic cycle consists of the passage of water from the oceans into the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration (or report,'' he said. Further complaints include a report that during a Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. celebration an emergency exit was locked and drag races were conducted on a runway, Calas said. Kirshner has faced opposition from what he has termed a small group since he began expanding the small private airport in this semirural sem·i·ru·ral adj. Having both rural and urban characteristics: a semirural town; a semirural environment; a semirural way of life. community. The airport is operating on permits from 1960 and revisions likely are warranted because the surrounding community has grown over the decades, Calas said. Patricia Farrell Aidem, (661) 257-5251 pat.aidem(at)dailynews.com |
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