DEVELOPER BUILDS CONSENSUS ON PARKING PROBLEM.Byline: GREGORY J. WILCOX Wilcox may refer to: Place names in the United States
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TARZANA - The small housing development sure caused a big uproar along a short stretch of Ventura Boulevard Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east-west thouroughfares in the San Fernando Valley; as it was originally a part of the El Camino Real (the trail between Spanish missions), Ventura Boulevard is the oldest route in the San Fernando Valley. It was also U.S. . The sticking point sticking point n. A point, issue, or situation that causes or is likely to cause an impasse. Noun 1. sticking point - a point at which an impasse arises in progress toward an agreement or a goal between developer Shawn Shawn , Ted 1891-1972. American dancer and choreographer noted for his partnership with Ruth Saint Denis. Together they founded the Denishawn Dance School (1915), for which he choreographed works based on Native American themes. Evenhaim and some businesses in the 18400 block of the boulevard turned out to be one house in a four-home development versus a couple of dozen parking spaces. Compromises abounded. The house is now out and the parking spaces are in. ``I was very pleased,'' said 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. City Councilman Dennis Zine, who represents the area. ``I think we have a good compromise. We'll have some $500,000 homes and some parking for the businesses.'' Normally, an in-fill development of this type would not attract much notice. But off-street parking is a scarce commodity in Tarzana, something that businesses and shoppers have been concerned about for a long time. The Tarzana Property Owners Association was also concerned about the parking situation, the fact that part of the development will be on a private street, and safety and landscaping issues. ``There has been a parking problem along the south side of Ventura. We want to make sure that there is as much parking left as possible,'' said John Kenworthy, whose mother owns some property in the 18400 block. The saga started about a year ago when Evenhaim bought a roughly 37,000-square-foot parcel on Avenida Hacienda hacienda also called estancia (Argentina and Uruguay) or fazenda (Brazil) In Latin America, a large landed estate. The hacienda originated in the colonial period and survived into the 20th century. just south of the boulevard that had been used for years as a parking lot for about 70 vehicles. Kenworthy said some businesses in his mother's building had been using some of those spaces for years. One of the tenants, Mark Lambert Lambert may refer to
eye drops eye npl → Augentropfen pl , concurs that the parking problem is acute. Lambert has one space for two cars and seven employees. Two ride the bus. ``I have to ride my bike to work and I'm the guy who's running this place,'' he said Friday, not long after striking a deal to lease two spaces from a nearby business. The property is zoned for residential development, though, and Evenhaim could have built seven homes if waivers for lot widths had been obtained. He also owns a building at the southeast corner of Avenida Hacienda and Ventura. The tenant is a beauty salon Salon, annual exhibition of art works chosen by jury and presented by the French Academy since 1737; it was originally held in the Salon d'Apollon of the Louvre. By the mid-19th cent. the Salon had become an expression of conservative, established tastes in art. , and employees and customers began using that lot to the exclusion of others. ``The parking lot is only for that property. Because it was not gated for the last few years, people were using it. So we stopped that and notified everybody and put up signs we would tow people away,'' Evenhaim said. Under his four-home plan there would have been 28 spaces. Now with three homes there will be between 40 and 50 spaces. ``We realized that there is so much opposition it would be appealed again and again so we decided to reach a compromise,'' Evenhaim said. ``Although it is cutting one house it's giving me more parking and in the long run it will give me more income from my rental property.'' He hopes to start construction in about four months. That is if the matter doesn't end up before the City Council. |
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