Westside : DISPUTE RESOLVED
A dispute has been resolved between Santa Monica building safety officials and the owner of one of the city’s landmark apartment buildings, which has been closed for repairs since the Northridge earthquake.
The city would not open the building--the Charmont apartment building at 4th Street and California Avenue--until the owner, Susan Connally, paid a $6,300 fine. She refused.
Connally accrued the fine by allowing construction crews to keep safety barriers in place around the building, blocking lanes of traffic, for several months after a permit for the barriers expired.
The city waived the fine this week, when the engineer on the construction project explained that the barriers were essential for public safety.
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