TOPANGA CANYON : Nudist Camp’s Zoning Battle Enters New Phase
One of the longest and costliest zoning battles in Los Angeles County history enters a new phase this week when Topanga Canyon’s Elysium Fields will seek to keep its “clothing optional” camp open, marking what finally may be the end of a 21-year fight.
Elysium founder Ed Lange is expected to ask the county’s Regional Planning Commission on Wednesday for a conditional-use permit that would allow his private seven-acre compound to continue as a bastion for folks in the buff.
The permit would be the first for Elysium, which since 1976 has operated without one because county officials barred such permission by changing zoning rules. A court ruling last year allowed Elysium to apply.
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