Since the LA County Zoning Dept. hasn't returned any of our phone calls for three weeks, we've been a little behind the curve in information about Sahag Mesrob Armenian Christian School's zoning problems. Neighbors tell us that the school, which received a notice of violation in October, appealed the county's denial of a "clean hands waiver." The next step in the process is the school presenting its case for appeal of the final violation notice to the a county hearing officer.
Altho' open to the public, that hearing is not open to public comment -- it will be between the school's representatives and county zoning staff -- but neighbors have been urging each other to attend the hearing, after which a decision is to be made immediately as to whether the school can continue to operate without violating zoning ordinances. That hearing is:
Planning Commission Hearing Room, RM 150
320 W. Temple St.
Los Angeles, downtown
Neighbors are also being urged to write to the county zoning authorities to have their letters put in the case file for the hearing officer.
UPDATE 11/25: Coleen Sterritt, one of the leaders of neighborhood opposition, corrects us to say that the "clean hands" waiver is not appeal-able, and next week's meeting is an appeal of the final notice of violation.
