County IN BRIEF : WOODLAND HILLS : Compromise Settles Feud Over Temple

A Los Angeles City Council panel approved plans Tuesday for a temple and school in Woodland Hills after Councilwoman Joy Picus helped reach a compromise to end a feud between the congregation and residents worried about traffic. The compromise appears to end the three-year dispute over the plans of Temple Shir Chadash to build a 450-seat temple, a 750-seat social hall and a religious school for 300 children in the 19900 block of Topham Street, on 17.5 acres the temple leases from Pierce College. After the agreement was disclosed, the council’s Planning and Land Use Management Committee voted 2 to 0 to approve the project, which next goes to the full council. Homeowners have said they fear the temple’s plans for its Pierce College property, which include a proposal to build 23 homes on the site, would dump more traffic on nearby residential streets.