DEVELOPER PULLS PLAN FOR RUNKLE CANYON.Byline: Joseph Giordono Staff Writer 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. - The Irvine-based developer of a housing community and public golf course proposed for Runkle Canyon has put the project on hold, saying its plans are not yet ready for city review. The City Council was to consider the developer's application for a prescreening of its General Plan amendment at Monday's meeting. The company's previous application was defeated a year ago because of neighbors' concerns about traffic congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. and obscured hillside views. GreenPark Ranch, proposed by Hogle-Ireland Inc., would include about 700 housing units - including senior living centers - on 1,600 acres on the south side of the city. ``We decided to pull our application for now,'' company spokesman Randy Wheeler said. ``We are working to try and get the project to conform with what the city wants for the area.'' Wheeler said the developer likely will resubmit Verb 1. resubmit - submit (information) again to a program or automatic system feed back return, render - give back; "render money" the application in the next fiscal quarter. Under city planning city planning, process of planning for the improvement of urban centers in order to provide healthy and safe living conditions, efficient transport and communication, adequate public facilities, and aesthetic surroundings. regulations, there are four public hearings annually when developers can submit prescreening applications. The next is scheduled for October. Both the developer and city officials have been concerned with emergency access roads and traffic that might be generated from an expansion of the Brandeis-Bardin Institute Now the Bradeis-Bardin Campus of American Jewish University, this Jewish retreat in Simi Valley was formerly the Brandeis-Bardin Institute. It is known for its nondenominational summer programs for children, teens and young adults. or future residential development in that area. GreenPark officials are concerned that such a scenario would bring unwanted traffic into their development and prevent it from becoming 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. . The Runkle Canyon Specific Plan area extends from the southerly terminus of Sequoia Avenue on the north to the Simi Hills The Simi Hills are a low rocky mountain range in Southern California. Geography Simi Hills is located on the western edge of the San Fernando Valley, United States. They run east-west and they extend 26 miles east-west, and 7 miles north-south. on the south. It is bounded by the Brandeis-Bardin institute on the east and the southerly extension of Sandy Avenue on the west. Under the prescreening application that was to have been submitted Monday evening, almost 1,150 acres of the parcel were to have been preserved as open space. |
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