DEVELOPER GETS GO-AHEAD FOR SIMI PROJECT; SUPPORT UNANIMOUS FOR 750-HOME TRACT; PLANS ON THE DRAWING BOARD 21 YEARS.Byline: Sylvia Sylvia may refer to:
After months of work modifying the Big Sky project to suit shifting public opinions, the developer won approval this week to build more than 700-single family homes in a canyon north of the city. The 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. City Council unanimously approved the proposal to allow 730 homes and 20 estates in Sand Canyon, the hills north of Erringer Road. ``After working on this with my partner for 21 years, it's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a now for one of the best, if not the best, in Simi Valley,'' said developer Isaac Moradi. ``We have a five-and-half-mile trail system, a park that's six and a half acres . . . We provide amenities, build infrastructure.'' Moradi had earlier proposed apartments and condominiums as part of the project, but residents opposed that plan, fearing traffic and other problems that could come from multifamily housing. Instead, the project will entail entail, in law, restriction of inheritance to a limited class of descendants for at least several generations. The object of entail is to preserve large estates in land from the disintegration that is caused by equal inheritance by all the heirs and by the ordinary 730 homes plus 20 estate homes, and 535 acres will be kept for public open space. Mayor Bill Davis For the artist, animator, creative director, see . For the baseball player, see .
``This is a good project,'' he said Tuesday Tuesday: see week. . ``It's probably the first time in a long time that we've had 25 people come (to the council) and say, We like this project and we want it built . . . It was a long and onerous on·er·ous adj. 1. Troublesome or oppressive; burdensome. See Synonyms at burdensome. 2. Law Entailing obligations that exceed advantages. procedure, but I think it was worth every minute that we spent because we came up with a great project.'' Many residents spoke out in support of the project before the council at its meeting Monday night. It was in sharp contrast to the opposition the project faced earlier this summer when the city was considering allowing apartments to be built on portions of the property. Originally, the project called for 1,128 units in a gated community gat·ed community n. A subdivision or neighborhood, often surrounded by a barrier, to which entry is restricted to residents and their guests. for seniors, along with a golf course and clubhouse, on his 1,009 acre property. A subsequent proposal then included apartments and condominiums. While many were open to accepting multiunit housing for seniors, they were adamant that it not be built for families. Some city officials saw the apartments as a way to provide much-needed affordable units. Moradi said that he was never interested in putting in apartments on his property and only did it at the request of several on the council, but he recognizes the need for affordable housing. ``One day they're going to be sorry because, unfortunately, the council was doing the right thing for the city,'' he said. ``The people didn't understand that.'' To make up for the loss of the apartments, the developer has agreed to pay to the city $2.9 million. CAPTION(S): Map Map: Proposed development - SIMI VALLEY |
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