Calabasas Ca Zoning

In response to an outcry over escalating costs, Calabasas officials may help control rent for the mostly senior citizen residents of the city's only mobile home park. At a meeting attended by dozens of residents of Calabasas Village Mobile Home Estates last week, the City Council directed its staff to study mobile home rent laws of other cities, and recommend a course of action.

It was supposed to be a dream house in the making. Perched on a hill in Calabasas, it would provide ample space and awesome views of mountains, trees, homes and the San Fernando Valley below. But getting the 23,000-square-foot house built has been more of a struggle than Pamela and Richard Aronoff ever imagined.

Hoping to eke out last-minute concessions, the City Council voted Wednesday night to ask the National Park Service not to grant a permit for the Calabasas Landfill until it meets with officials from local cities. The timeline for action, however, is short. Two weeks ago, the park service released a massive environmental assessment of the landfill and declared its intention to grant a permit within 30 days.

It was supposed to be a dream house in the making. Perched on a hill in Calabasas, it would provide ample space and awesome views of mountains, trees, homes and the San Fernando Valley below. But getting the 23,000-square-foot house built has been more like a nightmare for Pamela and Richard Aronoff.

As part of an escalating war over advertising signs in the Conejo Valley region, Calabasas officials plan to give the city the authority to remove any sign that violates zoning codes. A proposed ordinance that would strengthen Los Angeles County-imposed fines by allowing city workers to remove signs that violate codes was considered briefly by the Calabasas City Council at its Wednesday night meeting and then sent to the Planning Commission for review, due to procedural issues.

The Calabasas Planning Commission this week recommended denial of an application for a carwash on the corner of Calabasas Road and Parkway Calabasas, due to concerns that the project would cause the destruction of several centuries-old oaks and could snarl traffic. The commission voted against the project Thursday night after several planners and community members also expressed fears that adding a carwash to the existing Unocal 76 gas station would blight the scenic area.

It was supposed to be a dream house in the making. Perched on a hill in Calabasas, it would provide ample space and awesome views of mountains, trees, homes and the San Fernando Valley below. But getting the 23,000-square-foot house built has been more of a struggle than Pamela and Richard Aronoff ever imagined.

Environmentalists lashed out at the Calabasas City Council on Wednesday, accusing members of playing favorites with a developer who wants to build 250 luxury homes in a secluded canyon east of Las Virgenes Road. In a tense two-hour hearing, a dozen opponents of Micor Ventures' Enclave project said the council has not adequately considered the environmental effects of the development.

Charging that a limousine service is being run out of their neighbor's home and is driving down the property values on their Calabasas cul-de-sac, seven neighbors won a judgment last week in small claims court. Sara Hyman, one of the seven neighbors on Park Antigua, said the dispute with Max's Limousine and Transportation Service has been going on for a year, and, although the city of Calabasas warned homeowner Judy Marino to stop conducting business from the property, she had not complied.

More than 200 people packed a public hearing Wednesday to protest a proposed zoning change they fear could lead to restrictions on horse ownership in rural areas across the county. "This zoning appears to be a solution in search of a problem," Ruth Gerson, an Agoura resident who owns six horses, told the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission. "Until we saw the draft of the ordinance, we were not aware there was a horse problem. We're baffled by the sudden attack."

More than 200 people packed a public hearing Wednesday to protest a proposed zoning change they fear could lead to restrictions on horse ownership in rural areas across the county. "This zoning appears to be a solution in search of a problem," Ruth Gerson, an Agoura resident who owns six horses, told the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission. "Until we saw the draft of the ordinance, we were not aware there was a horse problem. We're baffled by the sudden attack."

More than 200 people packed a public hearing in Calabasas on Wednesday to protest a proposed zoning change they fear could lead to restrictions on horse ownership in rural areas across the county. "This zoning appears to be a solution in search of a problem," Ruth Gerson, an Agoura resident who owns six horses, told the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission.

Hoping to eke out last-minute concessions, the City Council voted Wednesday night to ask the National Park Service not to grant a permit for the Calabasas Landfill until it meets with officials from local cities. The timeline for action, however, is short. Two weeks ago, the park service released a massive environmental assessment of the landfill and declared its intention to grant a permit within 30 days.

The City Council will hear a report Wednesday on the Calabasas Landfill, a dump within National Park Service boundaries for which the park service expects to grant a permit soon. City officials and some residents have expressed concerns about the safety of the 505-acre landfill, which accepted hazardous wastes for 15 years, until 1980. The landfill opened in 1961, and 17 years later it was included in the boundaries of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

The plan to build a Jewish Orthodox boarding school on Mureau Road has sparked a sign-waving protest and hours of opposition testimony at county hearings, but this week the Mountain View Estates Homeowners Assn. took its case to court. The homeowners, who live in a 385-home development less than half a mile from the school's property, filed a Superior Court lawsuit Monday against Los Angeles County Director of Planning James E.

Charging that a limousine service is being run out of their neighbor's home and is driving down the property values on their Calabasas cul-de-sac, seven neighbors won a judgment last week in small claims court. Sara Hyman, one of the seven neighbors on Park Antigua, said the dispute with Max's Limousine and Transportation Service has been going on for a year, and, although the city of Calabasas warned homeowner Judy Marino to stop conducting business from the property, she had not complied.

More than 200 people packed a public hearing in Calabasas on Wednesday to protest a proposed zoning change they fear could lead to restrictions on horse ownership in rural areas across the county. "This zoning appears to be a solution in search of a problem," Ruth Gerson, an Agoura resident who owns six horses, told the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission.

It was supposed to be a dream house in the making. Perched on a hill in Calabasas, it would provide ample space and awesome views of mountains, trees, homes and the San Fernando Valley below. But getting the 23,000-square-foot house built has been more like a nightmare for Pamela and Richard Aronoff.

A state appeal court ruled this week that the Calabasas City Council erred in its first major land-use decision--a case that could have far-reaching effects on the way new cities develop. The 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday that council members violated the city's land-use plan when they approved a 250-house development in a secluded canyon in the Las Virgenes Valley.

In response to an outcry over escalating costs, Calabasas officials may help control rent for the mostly senior citizen residents of the city's only mobile home park. At a meeting attended by dozens of residents of Calabasas Village Mobile Home Estates last week, the City Council directed its staff to study mobile home rent laws of other cities, and recommend a course of action.