Environment Report Ordered for Mini-Mall
The developer of a controversial mini-mall proposed for Pacific Palisades will be denied a building permit unless he prepares an environmental impact report that addresses a long list of community concerns, a city planning review panel has ruled.
Citing numerous problems with traffic, noise, parking and the site of the proposed shopping center, near a crowded intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Entrada Drive, the Los Angeles Board of Zoning Appeals voted 3 to 0 to withhold a permit unless developer Lee Benchay agrees to do a study that would exceed the scope of a city traffic study already finished.
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