Tentative OK Given for 2nd Phase of Community
The Santa Clarita Valley’s largest developer received tentative approval Monday for the second phase of a 12,000-unit, master-planned community north of Valencia.
The county Regional Planning Commission unanimously approved a proposal by Newhall Land and Farming Co. to build 1,815 housing units and two shopping centers in the community of North River. The Board of Supervisors is expected to give final approval in coming months to this phase, known as East Copperhill.
Although North River would contain more than three times as many housing units as the controversial Porter Ranch project on the slopes north of Chatsworth, little opposition has surfaced. Newhall Land plans to make $30 million in road improvements, which community leaders and county planners have said will go far to relieve chronic traffic congestion.
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