Local News in Brief : Hearing to Be Held on Plans for Convent
A public hearing is scheduled today on an application by a small order of Roman Catholic nuns for a conditional-use permit to build a hillside convent and retreat in Sunland-Tujunga.
The hearing will be at 3 p.m. at the Van Nuys Woman’s Club at 14836 Sylvan Street.
The Sisters of Bethany, based in Santa Barbara, want to build the convent and retreat on a hilly 5.6-acre site on the north side of Verdugo Crestline Drive between Viewpoint Drive and Estaban Way. The property is zoned for agricultural use and for 22 single-family homes.
The proposal has met with strong opposition from some area residents who say that the convent would disturb the tranquillity of the largely undeveloped hillside and could attract future development.
A Los Angeles County Planning Commission officer will be present at today’s hearing to record testimony, which will be passed on to the commission for review.
The commission is expected to call a public meeting later to announce its decision on the matter.
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