Ruling Clears Way to Build Youth Club : Simi Valley: State Supreme Court declines to hear lawsuit seeking to halt construction of facility.

The state Supreme Court has declined to hear a lawsuit filed by a Simi Valley businessman who had sought to halt construction of a Boys & Girls Club in the city, clearing the way for the $3.2-million project to be built.

City officials said they learned Monday that the court last Wednesday denied a petition for review filed by CPC Enterprises, owner of the Park Plaza office complex adjacent to the proposed site.

Developer Lloyd Green, managing partner in CPC Enterprises, and his son, attorney Matt Green, have objected to the site behind Park Plaza, on Alamo Street and Lemon Drive at Rancho Tapo Community Park. They say the clubhouse would block their tenants’ views of mountains from the office complex windows.

“This is a victory for the youth of our community,” Simi Valley Mayor Greg Stratton said in a prepared statement at Monday’s City Council meeting.

The Supreme Court’s action follows a March 1 decision by the state Court of Appeal, which sided with Simi Valley in ruling that the city acted properly in approving the project without a full environmental review. A Ventura County Superior Court commissioner had earlier rejected the request for an environmental impact report.

The City Council in April, 1992, voted unanimously to approve the project despite protests from the Greens, who wanted an environmental review addressing the mountain view issue.

The Greens could not be reached for comment late Monday.

The case has delayed construction of the facility for at least a year. When it was first approved, officials had hoped to open the club in mid-1993.

Simi Valley officials have said the facility is desperately needed to provide a place for the growing number of teen-agers in the city.

The 25,000-square-foot clubhouse will include a gymnasium with basketball courts, a weightlifting room, a learning center, an arts and crafts room and a photography lab.

The Boys & Girls Club, which has 2,000 members, now rents space at a former school.