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11056 DeSoto Avenue - Project Gary Booher, Zoning Associate Department of City Planning Office of Zoning Administration City Planning Department 200 N Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012-2601 Re: ZA 2003-7078 (ZV)(YV(ZAA)(SPR) 11056 DeSoto Avenue, Chatsworth, Ca CD 12 Dear Mr. Booher, It is my understanding that you recently were the hearing officer at the public hearing on the above-referenced case. Please be advised that the Chatsworth Neighborhood Council had reviewed this case in December 2003, and has unanimously disapproved the proposed project. Attached is a copy of a letter that I tried to send prior to the public hearing, but a processing error that I made (I attached an incorrect letter to the transmittal sheet), prevented your office from being advised of our position. I want to ensure that I rectify that error at this time. This large storage building is very incompatible with the residential neighborhood it is proposed to be located in. The nearest commercial building is at Devonshire Street, nine-tenths of a mile to the south. To the west, there is no commercial development within a mile south of the 118 freeway until one travels over the Simi Hills to Simi Valley, approximately 7 miles away. To the east, there is no commercial development south of the 118 freeway, north of Devonshire Street, at Mason, Winnetka, Tampa, Corbin, or Reseda, approximately 3 miles to the east. There is a large commercial center in Porter Ranch just north of 118 freeway, approximately a mile to the north east; but this is part of a master-planned community and north of the 118 freeway. And, to clarify, there is NO commercial development; not even a 3,000 or 5,000 square foot building, let alone an 86,000 square foot building that requires variances as well as amendment of the Community Specific Plan to fit it on it's proposed location. The site could be used for items compatible with RA use. De Soto Avenue is, of course, a very busy street, so an ideal use would not have large traffic impacts during rush hour. For example, many churches want larger lots with views and good access; this would represent an excellent use of this property. Other Gary Booher 11056 De Soto Avenue Page 2/January 26, 2004 uses compatible with the neighborhood and surrounding community would include a plant nursery, or a single family residential project. This entire area is built with residential projects near the freeway, as is common in other areas of Los Angeles. Good zoning practices require a central commercial core and preservation of the character and nature of residential neighborhoods. Our Chatsworth Specific Plan supports this goal, both in terms of how the zoning is shown and in its stated goals and objectives. Many community members spent countless hours developing a plan to protect the community and to provide for compatible future development in the community. Preservation of residential neighborhoods dedicated to single family residential use is a key issue for our entire community; I believe other community residents have provided you with a copy of our land use objectives in the Chatsworth Neighborhood Council area. This was a key issue in the recent elections for the stakeholders in the community. Because Los Angeles is such a large area, you may not be aware of how our community is structured. Our commercial core area is Devonshire Street, which is discussed in more detail in the Topanga-Devonshire Specific Plan. There is additional commercial and industrial development along Lassen Street (which runs parallel to Devonshire to the south), and other streets running parallel to the south, Plummer Street, and Nordhoff Street. Commercial development and industrial uses also occur along De Soto Avenue, Mason Avenue, and Topanga Canyon Blvd. south of Devonshire Street. Accordingly, the community has much space already devoted to commercial and industrial usage; but dedicated, single family residential neighborhoods, are also needed to provide balance and to attract families, and we owe it to homeowners to not go against our Community Plan because someone wants to make a bigger profit on a speculative land venture. We welcome any questions you may have. Please do not hesitate to call me if you have any questions. We feel very, very strongly that this project should not be approved at it's present location. We have three other storage improvement/construction projects that are ongoing at present in our community. The Chatsworth Neighborhood Council approved one of them that was suitably located at 20550 Lassen Street, and took no action on the other projects, which were underway before the Neighborhood Council was elected (one of these is on Devonshire Street near the train tracks and the other is on Topanga Canyon Blvd. between Nordhoff St. and Plummer St.). We have nothing against a storage facility (although we question if yet another such facility is needed in the community due to the increasing capacity of the existing and underway projects), but this project is simply in the wrong location for this type of use. Truly Yours, Teena A. Takata Treasurer, Chatsworth Neighborhood Council Secretary, Land Use Committee 818 703-1040 cc: Greig Smith, CD-12 Councilmember Phyllis Winger, Deputy, CD-12 Other Letters Sent by CNC
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