GREENBELT BUFFER PROPOSED FOR T.O.; COUNCILWOMAN WANTS TO DRAW THE LINE AGAINST URBAN SPRAWL.Byline: Enrique Rivero Daily News Staff Writer Hoping to guarantee a layer of open space around the city, Councilwoman Linda Parks For the DC Comics character, see . Linda Park (born July 9, 1978) is a Korean American actress who is best known for her portrayal of communications officer character Hoshi Sato in the television series . is proposing a formal boundary line that would separate development from the greenbelt. Patterned on a similar policy in San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo (săn l  `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. , the line would create an urban edge designed to protect the greenbelt just beyond the city limits and prevent urban sprawl. A sharp dividing line Noun 1. dividing line - a conceptual separation or distinction; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity" demarcation, contrast, line differentiation, distinction - a discrimination between things as different and distinct; "it is necessary to would reduce the temptation to build into open land in times of development pressure, Parks said. ``It puts the caution lights on, that, when there is a proposal to annex an·nex tr.v. an·nexed, an·nex·ing, an·nex·es 1. To append or attach, especially to a larger or more significant thing. 2. land into the city for development purposes, we have already established that this is our greenbelt,'' Parks said. It would be especially useful if plans call for annexing land not covered not covered Health care adjective Referring to a procedure, test or other health service to which a policy holder or insurance beneficiary is not entitled under the terms of the policy or payment system–eg, Medicare. Cf Covered. by the Parks Initiative, the open space protection measure approved last year by the City Council, she said. The proposal will be discussed at a City Council meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 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. Blvd. Under her proposal, urban uses would be restricted to parts of the city identified as developable, with the line drawn in such a way that the new housing and jobs allowed in the city's general plan would still be possible. ``This would be a valuable tool for the city to preserve the ring of open space, important natural features, scenic resources, sensitive habitats and maintain the separate identity of Thousand Oaks,'' Parks wrote in a memo to the City Council. It would also discourage annexation annexation, in international law, formal act by which a state asserts its sovereignty over a territory previously outside its jurisdiction. Many kinds of territory have been subject to annexation, chief among them those inhabited by settlers of the annexing power, and development of county-designated open space, she wrote. She based her proposal on a provision incorporated into the San Luis Obispo general plan in 1993 designed to create a greenbelt around that city, acting as a buffer between San Luis Obispo, neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. cities and San Luis Obispo County. Similar greenbelt buffers exist in Ventura County. As cities evolve, the sparsely developed areas near the borders where there are farms and ranches tend to be split into smaller lots for housing, destroying the sense of open space in these once-agricultural areas, said John Mandeville, long-range planning manager for San Luis Obispo. It creates a ``domino effect'' promoting urban sprawl into once open spaces, he said. ``By having a hard edge we can better control the outward expansion of the city because it will be very clear where that's happening,'' Mandeville said. But cities can only do so much, and the county's decision in January to convert 300 acres just south of the San Luis Obispo city limit from a rural to industrial zone could promote the sprawl the urban boundary line is meant to combat, he said. ``Overall, (our policy) has worked fairly well, and this recent action of the county kind of presents a concern and it makes it very clear the city's program by itself can't be successful without the cooperation of the county,'' Mandeville said. Councilman Andy Fox For the FoxTrot character, see . Andy Fox is a first base/infield coach for the Florida Marlins and a former professional baseball player. In Major League Baseball, he played for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Montreal Expos, and the Florida Marlins. said Park's idea was worth exploring, though he wasn't clear on how much of it would apply to county land in the city's sphere of influence - or how much authority the city could exercise over those areas. ``I certainly support added protection for our open space. If we can do that while still keeping responsible to our general plan, I'm all for it,'' he said. |
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