Panel Formed to Update Plan for Los Rios Neighborhood
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A new seven-member ad hoc committee, assigned to update the 19-year-old Los Rios Precise Plan, was appointed this week by the City Council.
The plan is a blueprint to guide development in the sensitive 220-year-old historic neighborhood near the Mission San Juan Capistrano. The council decided Tuesday to review the plan since owners of some adobe homes have begun seeking permits to serve alcohol or transform cottages into bed-and-breakfast inns.
The committee comprises City Councilmen John Greiner and David M. Swerdlin; Planning Commissioners Ed Johnson and Diane Bathgate; Transportation Commissioner Bonnie Holt; Parks, Recreation and Equestrian Commissioner Ilse Byrnes; and Cultural Heritage Commissioner Don Tryon.
A series of workshops is expected to take about eight months followed by formal public hearings on the revised plan.
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