Local News in Brief : L.A. River Park Debate at Temporary Impasse
A Los Angeles City Council committee, lacking a deciding third vote, could not agree Tuesday on whether a three-block strip of land next to the concrete-walled Los Angeles River in Studio City should be a parking lot or a park.
With the only two council members present on opposite sides, the Planning and Environment Committee had no choice but to send the matter to the full City Council without making a recommendation for action. The council is expected to hear the issue on March 11.
The owner of a health club paved the area to make it a parking lot. But an environmental group protested the move, alleging it violates zoning and planning for the area. The Studio City Beautification Assn. wants the land to be a greenbelt with a meandering trail.
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