by Timothy Rutt
The Altadena town council agreed at Tuesday night’s meeting to send a letter telling the regional planning commission that the applicant for a planned day care facility at 3311 Canyon Crest Dr. has not been before the town council since their plans were revised.
The application for a conditional use permit for the property, on a busy corner, was turned down by the town council in 2006 and 2007, according to former councilman Dennis Bridwell, who spoke at last night's meeting.
The application has since been revised and resubmitted to county planners without going through Altadena’s land use committee or town council. According to council member Diane Marcussen, who spoke with county staff, the applicant has said that they will not come before the Altadena bodies in seeking approval for their day care center. As the Altadena bodies are only advisory, no applicant legally has to go through approvals in Altadena -- only the county planning committee and board of supervisors have thumb’s-up or -down power to approve permits.
Ever since an announcement for a county hearing went up on the property, neighbors have registered objections to allowing a permit. The single-family residence, which plans to take in 28 children, is without sidewalks and is at the corner of the only entrance and exit roads to the Meadows and La Vina neighborhoods. Marcussen said that, due to county schedules, the planned December county hearing for the day care center will probably be delayed at least until January 15.
