Community opposition leads to delays for Ortega Carriage House PUD
By Michele Leivas The developer of the proposed Ortega Carriage House is going back to the drawing board after receiving negative feedback from some neighborhood residents. A town meeting on the Ortega Carriage House project that was initially scheduled for Sept. 19 was postponed, and public hearings on its Planned Unit Development (PUD) rezoning application […]
Town hall on Ortega Carriage House PUD Sept. 19
A town hall meeting will be held this month to discuss a Planned Unit Development (PUD) rezoning application to demolish an Ortega Boulevard building and construct 18 commercial office units. To be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19 in St. Mark’s Church’s Leatherbury Hall at 4129 Oxford Ave., the meeting will feature information on […]
Carlucci bill would require 2/3 approval to supersede zoning overlays
Following the controversial approval of a Planned Unit Development application for the Lofts at Southbank project, At Large Group 4 City Councilmember Matt Carlucci has introduced legislation he hopes will add additional protections regarding PUD applications for projects that conflict with an area’s zoning overlay. A public hearing has been continued to July 16 to […]
Oak Street PUD Returning to Land, Use and Zoning Committee
It’s been seven years since city council approved the Planned Unit Development (PUD) in a 13-to-5 vote – despite significant community opposition – but movement on the planned restaurant at the former site of the Deluxe Laundry and Dry Cleaners and Deluxe Launderette on Oak Street in Riverside is stirring. In July, Ted Stein and […]
Property condemned, court case in flux delays Roost
It’s been four years since The Roost first attempted to settle into the Oak Street site that previously housed Deluxe Laundry and Cleaners, but the proposed 150-seat restaurant has yet to occupy the space. The decision about their occupancy is still up in the air, pending the outcome of a court case filed by opponents […]
