Valleywide : Canyon Lacks Zoning for Filtration Plant
Construction of a $250-million water filtration plant in Mission Canyon--site of a defunct landfill in Sepulveda Pass--now appears impossible, Los Angeles City Councilman Marvin Braude said Thursday.
Braude said he was advised by City Atty. James K. Hahn that a proposal by the Department of Water and Power for a filtration facility at the site would violate city zoning regulations. The DWP will be expected to find a site in an industrial zone somewhere else in the San Fernando Valley, he said.
Local homeowners who oppose the idea for the plant, which would clean impurities from water pumped from the Encino and Stone Canyon reservoirs, say it would be an improper use of the Santa Monica Mountains and is too costly for taxpayers.
The Mission Canyon site, owned by the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts, is located south of Mulholland Drive and west of the San Diego Freeway in Brentwood. The full council is expected to review the proposal in a few months after allowing enough time for the consideration of alternatives.
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