Neighbor Fined for Illegal Limo Business

A Calabasas woman was ordered Monday to pay $5,000 to each of seven neighbors after a Calabasas Municipal Court judge found that she has allowed her boarder to run a limousine service out of her home, despite being warned by the city and the court to cease operations.

Judy Marino said she would appeal the case, which she described as a witch hunt, adding that her neighbors were just after her money.

But Marino’s neighbors said they plan to donate their $5,000 shares to charity, and simply want her to stop.

“We don’t need her money,” said Sara Hyman, a homeowner who lives directly across the street from Marino on Park Antigua. “We just want the business out of there.”

Although the plaintiffs said they were pleased with the judge’s decision, they said they are not holding out much hope that anything will change.

Hyman said that she believes Marino and David M. Pasarow have continued to do business out of her home, and that she has witnessed more than two cars in the garage and surrounding area much of the time.

“They’re still doing it, they’re just being more sneaky about it now,” she said.

Marino maintained that the business is not run in Calabasas, but added that she has tried to accommodate the neighbors by ensuring that limousines driven by employees of Max’s Limousine and Transportation Service are not parked on the street.

“They want the cars off the streets, so we put them in the garage, and now they said we’re hiding cars,” she said.

In November, Marino and her tenant Pasarow, the owner of the limousine service, were given 30 days to cease any operation at the home, which is not zoned for commercial use.

But Pasarow was given permission to house one black town car there for his personal use.

When neighbors brought in proof that other cars belonging to the business have been parked near and on Marino’s property, the judge decided that Marino and Pasarow were in violation of the ruling.

Marino said she was unsure how she’d pay the judgment if she is unsuccessful in her appeal. “I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it,” she said.