Porter Ranch Project Gets City Planners’ OK
Despite repeated objections from neighboring homeowners, Los Angeles city planning officials on Thursday approved a sweeping accord that would exempt the massive Porter Ranch project from slow-growth restrictions for 20 years.
The proposed deal, the largest of its kind in the city’s history, now goes to the City Council. It would guarantee that the Porter Ranch Development Co. will be allowed to build a giant residential and commercial project on the hills north of Chatsworth, as approved by the City Council last summer. In exchange, Porter Ranch must pay for more public works--mainly to alleviate traffic congestion--than those normally required.
City officials would retain the power to limit the scope of the project only in the case of unforeseen events, such as prolonged drought or overloaded sewer systems and landfills.
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