The Region : Airport Deadline Extended
The Assembly has passed a bill to give Los Angeles County an extra six months to complete controversial land-use plans for airports.
The legislation by Sen. Robert G. Beverly (R-Manhattan Beach) would extend the June 30, 1991 deadline for the plans until Jan. 1, 1992.
The plans have been required for two decades to ensure that hotels, office buildings, industrial parks and other developments are compatible with airports and flight safety.
But last year the Legislature approved a bill, which was signed into law by Gov. George Deukmejian, to toughen the law because plans had been done for only slightly more than half of the state’s 269 airports. No plans have been developed for any of the 17 airports in Los Angeles County.
Airports in Torrance, Long Beach, El Monte, Santa Monica, Compton, Hawthorne, La Verne, Burbank and Los Angeles are among those affected.
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