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370, Addition & remodel of existing, CorrespondenceGEORGE R. JOHNSON ATTORNEY AT LAW 60 ELM AVENUE LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA 90802 TELEPHONE (213) 437-2973 September 4, 1992 Ms. Lola Ungar, Principal Planner City of Rolling Hills 2 Portuguese Bend Road Rolling Hills, CA 90274 xigEnylg SEP 08 1992 CITY OF ROLLING HILLS In re: Municipal Code Violation, 15 Cinchrinq Road Dear Ms. Ungar: Please refer to your letter, dated July 21, 1992, addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred V. Visco, concerning their violation of the City Ordinance No. 232 on their job site at 15 Cinchring Road. I would call your attention to the fact that although there has been some earth -moving, there is, on the whole, a lack of compliance with the requirements of the ordinance to which your letter referred. There is no apparent evidence of any compaction of the soil moved and no evidence that precautions have been taken either to prevent erosion or excessive drainage of surface water from the subject property onto my adjoining property at 20 Cinchring Road. As we rapidly approach the rainy season - or what we hope will be a rainy season the threat of erosion and illegal diversion of surface water onto and across my property becomes increasingly serious. There has been little cleanup on the job site. The easement' dividing the subject property from my property has not been restored to its original grade and condition, and the resulting threat to my property has not been remedied. Furthermore, there remains a large accumulation of boulders, part of which apear to be resting on the easement. They were appparently imported for the construction of a waterfall in connection with the swimming pool on the subject property. It appears that the large pile remaining is surplus and should certainly be removed, though that will be a major task for heavy equipment. Ms. Lola Ungar September 4, 1992 Page 2 I have deferred filing a petition for mandatory injunction in the Superior Court in the hope that these conditions would be cured, and that the city and county would take affirmative action to enforce the orders which have already been addressed to the owners of the subject property. I have employed the South Coast Engineering Company to represent me in planning for the protection of my property against the threatened damage. I believe Mr. Douglas McHattie of that firm has been in contact with you and with county officials. I hope that you and the county will shortly take affirmative action to remedy this condition before we sustain damage to our property, which will inevitably require the litigation which no one welcomes. Please let me hear from you. Sinc- ely yours, Georg GRJ/car cc: Johnson Mr. Michael Jenkins, City Attorney Ms. Lata Thakar, District Engineer. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred V. Visco Mr. Douglas Morris, General Building Contractor Ms. Peggy Minor, Association Manager • GEORGE R. JOHNSON ATTORNEY AT LAW 60 ELM AVENUE LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA 90802 TELEPHONE (213) 437-2973 June 30, 1992 Mr. Alfred V. Visco 1405 Crenshaw Blvd. Torrance, California 90501 In re: 15 Cinchring Road Project Dear Fred: J LJI 1-- 1992 (CITY cOF `ROLLING HILLS This is a followup to my letter to you of May 5, 1992 concerning my apprehension that our home is in jeopardy, or will be, the next time we have a heavy rainfall. As I pointed out in my letter, the radical alteration in the natural contours of your land, which has resulted from your building project, has the unfortunate result of directing additional, and excessive, flows of surface water and soil across your property onto mine. Although I have attempted to provide adequate drainage to carry surface water from your, property away from my property, I am afraid these efforts will prove rather feeble and inadequate when we have the next rainstorm of any consequence. We are contemplating another damaging invasion of surface water and dirt, which will engulf our landscaping and can inflict almost irreparable harm. As your construction has proceeded incredibly slowly over the past two years, more or less, so has any remedial work to restore the original and natural water course to protect us from this constant threat. Both interesting and disquieting is the fact that the San Francisco Bay Area has over the past few days experienced very heavy, though unseasonable, rainfall. We would hate to see it duplicated down here, much as we need the moisture. The immediate occasion for this letter is the recent complication of your dumping substantial quantities of dirt on your property. I assume this is an attempt to conduct a substantial landfill operation to attempt to offset and remedy the results of your previous earth moving which has been, in part, the subject of our complaint. So far I see no evidence of the compacting of this earth to stabilize it. The progress of your job, or lack of it, causes me to wonder if these quantities of loose and uncompacted dirt will still be in their present state when the rains come. If so, we can count on a good deal of it being moved down the grade and onto our property, thus aggravating an already bad situation. Mr. Alfred V. Visco June 30, 1992 Page 2 I have heard that the City has restrictions that prohibit the importation or exportation of dirt to or from a building site. I know when we prepared our site, some twenty years ago, we did not, and I suspect, could not either import or export dirt from our site. To prepare the site, we were required by the County to excavate large quantities of dirt and then replace it to be compacted to a density, which I understood, was somewhat greater than the original, undisturbed soil. I only wish that the County would take as much interest in your site preparation as they did in mine. Although I was put to considerable expense at the time, I have never regretted the precautions that were taken. We were even required to install an earthen buttress along the southeasterly side of our pad, which was supplied with drains to relieve any water pressure which might have built with the effect of causing movement of large quantities of earth from what is now your property onto ours. I am designating copies of this letter for the County and the City for their information and any action they deem appropriate. Very/truly yours, George / Johnson GRJ/rk/ /' cc: Rafael Bernal, Inspector, County Building and Safety Division of Public Works Department Craig Nellis, City Manager, Rolling Hills Peggy Minor, Manager, Rolling Hills Community Assoc. • GEORGE R. JOHNSON ATTORN EY AT LAW 60 ELM AVENUE LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA 90802 TELEPHONE (213) 437-2973 May 5, 1992 Mr. Alfred V. Visco 1405 Crenshaw Blvd. Torrance, California 90501 In re: 15 Cinchring Project Dear Fred: (MAY 0 6 1992 CITY OF ROLLING MIL, S This is just to thank you for your prompt response to my letter of April 22. I send my thank to you and/or your insurance carrier. I sincerely hope that we will not experience a repetition of the weekend of March 20/21, very soon or ever. I wish you well in your project of completing your home. It certainly seems to be proceeding slowly, to say the least. I am sure this is not to your liking. Meanwhile, I am, of course, selfishly interested in doing whatever is necessary to prevent any future damage to our property resulting from its invasion by the unnatural flow of surface water from your property. I trust that you have complied with the direction of Inspector Bernal to obtain the recommendations of a soil engineer to prevent a future replay of this problem. Actually, Irthink it is almost as much to your selfish interest as mine to keep your surface water and soil on your property instead of mine. The surface of your property should be recontoured and the necessary drainage installed, including rain gutters on your roof, among other things, to insure that the water will stay on your property along with the soil. This is a problem which should be addressed immediately and well in advance of the completion of your structure. The disposition of overflow and/or drainage from your swimming pool should also be taken into account. At the same time, attention should be directed toward restoring the horse easement between our properties to its original state, prior to its bulldozing and utilization as a roadway for heavy machinery. Disposition needs to be made of the boulders which are presently stockpiled on it. • • Mr. Alfred V. Visco May 5, 1992 Page 2 I am sympathetic with you and these problems, which I suspect are not your only problems. However, as a matter of self-protection, I have no choice but to keep the pressure on for the protection of our property, our residence, and our landscaping. I will cooperate with you in any way I can to ease the stress and strain, but I can't afford to let the matter go by default. I hope that the County Building and Safety Division, as well as the Community Association, will do their respective duties. If they fail, I have no choice but litigation, from which no one is likely to gain. With kindest regards and best wishes, I am Sincerely yours, Georg GRJ/ cc: ohnson Rafael Bernal, Inspector, County Building and Safety Divison of Public Works Department Craig Nellis, City Manager, Rolling Hills Peggy Minor, Manager, Rolling Hills Community Assoc. 818 West Seventh Street,l2th Floor 0 Los Angeles, California EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President Rep., Cities of San Bernardino County John Longville, Mayor Rialto First Vice President Rep., Imperial County Abe Seabolt, Supervisor Second Vice President Cities of Riverside County Judy Nieburger, Councilmember Moreno Valley Past President Rep., Ventura County John Flynn, Supervisor Los Angeles County Mike Antonovich, Supervisor Deane Dana, Supervisor Orange County Harriett Wieder, Supervisor Riverside County Norton Younglove, Supervisor San Bernardino County Jon Mikels, Supervisor Cities of Los Angeles County Robert Bartlett, Mayor Monrovia Cities of Imperial County Stella Mendoza, Councilmember Brawley Cities of Orange County Irwin Fried, Mayor Yorba Linda Cities of Ventura County John Melton, Councilmember Santa Paula City of Los Angeles Tom Bradley, Mayor Mark Ridley -Thomas, Councilmember Hal Bernson, Councilmember City of Long Beach Clarence Smith, Councilmember POLICY COMMITTEE CHAIRS Hal Croyts, Mayor Pro Tem Lomita; Chair, Transportation and Communications Diann Ring, Mayor Pro Tem Claremont; Chair, Energy and Environment Scott Garrett, Vice Mayor Hemet; Chair, Community, Economic, and Human Development AT -LARGE DELEGATES Robert Lewis, Mayor Thousand Oaks Fred Aguiar, Mayor Chino Richard Kelly, Mayor Palm Desert 90017-3435 JOUTHERR CRLIFORRIR r' / RJJOCIRTIOR OF GOVERRRIERTl ❑ (213) 23 MEMORANDUM DATE: May 4, 1992 TO: FROM: SUBJECT: Man MAY 05 1992 CITY OF ROLLING HILL$ 25 8y..vo..r..n...�..�...ro.nP.t^ii�'RM4f5�`►•I Mayors and City Managers Mayor John Longville, SCAG President Public Notices for SCAG District Elections In order to avoid duplication of effort, the Executive Committee has directed SCAG staff to comply with the Public Notice requirements for the District Representative elections that SCAG staff is coordinating. 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MJL:Af ALTERNATES Imperial County o Sam Sharp, Supervisor o Los Angeles County o Ed Edelman, Supervisor and Kenneth Hahn, Supervisor o Orange County o Gaddi Vasquez, Supervisor o River- side County' o Melba Dunlap, Supervisor o San Bernardino County o Larry Walker, Supervisor o Ventura County o Vicky Howard, Supervisor o Cities of Imperial County o Victor Sanchez, Jr., Mayor Pro Tem, Westmorland o Cities of Los Angeles County o Abbe Land, Councilmember, West Hollywood o Cities of Orange County o Ruthelyn Plummer, Council - member, Newport Beach o Cities of Riverside County o (Vacant) o Cities of San Bemardinb County o Elmer Digneo, Mayor Pro Tem, Loma Linda o Cities of Ventura County o Judy Mikels, Councilmember, Simi Valley o City of Los Angeles o Richard Alatorre, Councilmember o Rita Walters, Councilmember o Michael Woo, Councilmember o Long Beach 2nd po- sition o Douglas Drummond, Councilmember o At Large o George Nakano, Councilmember, Torrance o Candace Haggard, Councilmember, San Clemente o Judy Wright, Councilmember, Claremont o Ex-Officio o Judith Johnston -Weston, Los Angeles; Chair, Regional Advisory Council amiss GEORGE R. JOHNSON ATTORNEY AT LAW 60 ELM AVENUE LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA 90802 TELEPHONE (213) 437-2973 April 22, 1992 CERTIFIED MAIL Mr. Alfred V. Visco 1405 Crenshaw Boulevard Torrance, California 90501 In re: 15 Cinchrinq Project Dear Fred: r Bg@leawqj APR 2 3 1992 CITY OF ROLLING HILLS Please refer to my letter to you of March 24, 1992 relating to damage to my property at 20 Cinchring Road caused by erosion and mudslide resulting from the diversion of surface water from your lot at 15 Cinchring, Road, incident to your building operation. All of this resulted from the rainstorm of the weekend of March 20 - 21. I am enclosing copies of invoices I have received and paid for services in remedying damage to my property, digging drainage ditches and installing sandbags to protect my property against futher damage from the diversion of surface water from the natural course. Two invoices from Requa Landscaping total $1,064.00 and one from Greenlee Nursery for the sum of $550.00 making a total of $1,614.00. When I talked with you, you assured me that you would forward a statement of charges to your insurance carrier for payment and volunteered that if the carrier balked, you would compensate me. I trust that your insurance carrier will respond promptly to your request. Both David Requa and John Greenlee, who issued the enclosed invoices and whom I have paid, have my permission, of course, to cooperate fully with any adjuster sent out by your carrier. Inspector Rafael Bernal of the County Building and Safety Division has been good enough to furnish me with a copy of his "Stop Order," dated March 24, 1992, due to the violation of the grading code, asking that you submit plans to repair the erodingslope immediately to provide erosion control and prevent mudslides onto our property, and directing that you obtain a soil engineer'srecommendations to prevent failure of the slope over the easement, which appears to be unstable. • • Mr. Alfred V. Visco April 22, 1992 Page 2 I hope that you have complied with Inspector Bernal's order so that the next time we have a substantial rainfall, we will not have a repetition of this erosion and displacement of soil from your property to mine. I hope that in the course of remedying the interference with the natural flow of surface water across your property onto mine, you will also take the opportunity to restore the twenty foot horse easement between our two properties to its original condition, as it was before your construction commenced. As you know, your contractor's bulldozer, and other heavy equipment, have done a great deal to alter this easement which covers ten feet of your property and ten feet of mine. I have been told that restoration of the easement will be a condition of the issuance of a permit for the occupancy of your property as a residence. Incident to this remedial work, I would assume that you would install a system of rain gutters and downspouts on the roof of your building to avoid the free flow of rainwater in large volume from your roof to the surface below, from which it can only flow down the grade across the easement and onto my property, again violating the original natural flow of surface water. Thanking you for your cooperation, I am Very ruly yours, LC_ George ,R . Johnson GRJ/rk Encl. cc: v/Craig Nellis, City Manager, Rolling Hills Peggy Minor, Manager, Rolling Hills Community Association Inspector Rafael Bernal, County Building and Safety Division of Public Works Department r', • • 1A-tAA ci eF REQUA LANDSCAPING 21419 Wardham Lakewood, CA 90715 (213) 809-2988 •yn'1 ,:.. < MA.s Jo 14 n sae-) G C�' v 1� �� ✓Zee �c� .7' G, A-s : - -\7 C yA-� P r� �.��� ���� �(.6, i Vra F_ Xe•e_ss i ,) A--1-P R En vV\ (1;4\o`n.ftv1w 9-a s A-lSo ih �.Tit�lleD Peo x ✓h f-P l 3 • m At_ei 110,.4 (.07)C; c. fr- t (tee iDA-i rz.. S t o to /- 1,4'1 A- - - D 1.s;d nY,1 9 \' A-v1 1- S 7' 1 7,7,Z3-96,..i #594937 • • REQUA LANDSCAPING 21419 Wardham Lakewood, CA 90715 (213) 809-2988 Lei-ild,Se_n- Pi lee_p .y1 A- - ceee e. A- / r/.e.Ar Ile, IL.- .1- n /Po s f7 1D - ci ii 3.65 k c-T-- RECEIVED APR 1 7 1992 GEORGE R. JOHNSON 15 )(lit n ti C (4( 4 411;4 cf GREENLEE NURSERY 301 East Franklin Avenue POMONA, CALIFORNIA 91766 il TERMS: DATE' • (714) 629-9045 PLEASE DETACH AND RETURN WITH YOUR REMITTANCE CHARGES,. AND : CREDITS P4I) a_. Ci{- S LE 7 GREENLEE NURSERY "0AT NU ER BALANCE FORWARD MUM •r/ 7/197F02 MEWED APR 0 9 1992 GEORGE R. JOHNSON BALANCE Cig PAY LAST AMOUNT IN THIS COLUMN • • GEORGE R. JOHNSON ATTORNEY AT LAW 60 ELM AVENUE LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA 90802 TELEPHONE (213) 437-2973 April 10, 1992 Mr. Craig Nellis City Manager 2 Portuguese Bend Road Rolling Hills, California 90274 In re: Alfred Visco, 15 Cinchring Road Dear Craig: pan APR 1 3 1992 .' CITY OF ROLLING HILLS II), a For your information, I am enclosing a copy of the order issued by Rafael Bernal, Inspector, Building and Safety Division of the County Department of Public Works, on March 24, 1992, to Alfred Visco, who is, and has been for approaching two years, attempting to construct a residence at 15 Cinchring Road. I believe the order is self-explanatory. As you know, my wife and I reside at 20 Cinchring Road and we have been for some time greatly concerned by the threat to our property posed by the manner in which this construction has been proceeding. The natural flow of surface waters from the Visco job has been badly interrupted and obstructed in such a way as to dump surface water from the residence roof and surrounding land, including a swimming pool and the surrounding deck, on our property during the abnormally heavy rainfall of the end of the third week of March. This flood of water carried with it quantities of mud, which were deposited on our land inundating some expensive recently installed landscaping. Along with the diversion of surface water, and in fact as an element of that, has been a radical reshaping of the twenty foot easement between the respective properties by extensive grading. Incidentally, the easement is presently completely blocked by a large quantity of heavy boulders. I have no desire to cause trouble gratuitously for Mr. Visco, but I am anxious to have all the protection I can get from public agencies, namely Los Angeles County, Rolling Hills City, and the Rolling Hills Community Association, to control this threat to our residence. I will be happy to have you, and any other representatives of the City government and/or Association, visit our residence and see what we have been attempting to do by way of. beautification. We have spent a great deal of time and money to create what we hope will be one of the most beautiful private gardens on the Palos Verdes • • Mr. Craig Nellis April 10, 1992 Page 2 Peninsula, and it is very disturbing to us to have this damage inflicted upon our residence and its landscaping by mindless and illegal activities on the neighboring property. I am designating a copy of this letter for Peggy Minor, as Manager of the Association, and I would like to see cooperation between the County, City and Association to support us. Very ruly yours, George Johnson GRJ/rk cc: Ms. Peggy Minor, Manager, Rolling Hills Community Assoc. Inspector Rafael Bernal, Building and Safety Division, County Public Works Department JOB ADDRESS OWNER • /5" STOP ALL WORK You are in violation with the provisions of the County Ordinance as indicated below: Building Code Plumbing Code Mechanical Code Electrical Code Zoning Ordinances GradingCod DESCRIPTION: 7 _StiAbflt e/C0//cit A1/4VEPAV- CW1 //c--/00 ia•Gr Submit plans for the work witiogrittabik- the office listed above and apply for a plan check for the required Permit. Obtain a Permit within 10 days for the work at the office listed above. A referral has been made to the Enforcement Section of the Department of Regional Planning. INSPECTOR'S SIGNATURE JOB ADDRESS OWNER CtiociAzi vcc -e6;e2 1Y/co 1QL)PE Cor2TP-ex 7Z ile,gti6et)7- pup 9Li2E €1- at, C jx1 WeefAl 5LOP5 oe/ To vr'779,. Cceolefr-2V • c9775;;) :Th1i 72C4L //tifrAgy 3 -23- DATE INSPECTOR'S SIGNATURE RECEiVED APR 02 1992 GEORGE R. JOHNSON GEORGE R. JOHNSON ATTORNEY AT LAW 60 ELM AVENUE LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA 90802 TELEPHONE (213) 437-2973 March 24, 1992 Certified Mail Mr. Alfred V. Visco 1405 Crenshaw Blvd. Torrance, California 90501 In re: 15 Cinchring Project Dear Fred: As I think you can understand, we are still very much concerned about the flood of water, mud, along with other material, from your lot over and into our garden. Mrs. Visco has been heard to say that we have not suffered any damage, but that may be because apparently neither she, you, nor your contractor has been down on our property to examine it more closely. The fact is there has been substantial damage already and the prospect of more within the next few days, if the weather bureau predictions are accurate that the .coming storm will be the "big storm," following the "little storm," which we had last weekend. As a lawyer, you are of course aware of the general principle that anyone diverting the natural water course of surface water over his property, so that it invades adjoining property and damages the same, is liable for damages to the property invaded. You may also be aware of the provision of "Agreement and Declaration No. 150-AE of Establishment of Basic and Protective Restrictions, executed by Palos Verdes Corporation, as Owner, dated July 22, 1946, and recorded August 19, 1946, in Book 23571 et Page 257 of Official Records of Los Angeles County, California,...", which covers your property and mine, contained under ARTICLE I, Section 10, that: "Section 10. Maintaining Natural Drainage No obstruction, diversion, bridging, or confining of the existing channels through which surface water in time of storms naturally flows upon and across any lot, shall be made by any lot owner in such a manner as to cause damage to other properties, except that any existing channel may be diverted, bridged, confined or reconstructed, or a new channel constructed, provided the Association shall determine that said new channel or diverted, bridged, or reconstructed channel is adequate to carry the amount of storm water liable to flow therein, and shall in writing approve of the same;..." • • Mr. Alfred V. Visco March 24, 1992 Page 2 Saturday we had experts examine the subject area and, as a result of their conclusions, had a crew of men spend the best part of the day digging an extended channel to divert the water coming from your property to ours, which channel is protected, for much of its length, by sandbags. Rain, which has fallen since on your property, has thusfar been diverted away from our property and out towards the street. I took the liberty of examining your property and observed the small ditch which partly encircles a rather large, capped, circular structure fairly close to your house, which, I am guessing, is related to your sewage disposal system, septic tank, cesspool, etc. When one takes account of the volume of water poured into this area from your roof of several hundred square feet, along with the water which falls directly on the ground, it is obvious that this small circular ditch will have little or no effect. Similarly, the plastic sheeting along the edge of a part of your property would seem to do little to obstruct the flow of water across the easement and on to our property, though it may protect some of the underlying soil. I have been in contact with the County Building and Safety Division of the Public Works Department located at 24320 Narbonne Avenue, Lomita. I have talked with both Mr. Acosta, who is, I believe the office manager, and Rafael Bernal, their inspector who covers our city. I am informed that they will be giving you a notice directing you, inter alia, to provide adequate erosion control and prevent mudslides onto our property. I believe they are also aware of the threatening cracks on the slope over the easement between ourproperties, which appears to be very unstable. I hope they will require that you obtain a soil engineer's recommendation of measures to prevent further mudslides and will insist that you adopt them immediately. I think it is reasonable for me to retain a soil engineer for this purpose, and I propose to do so. I urge you to give notice of this situation immediately to your insurance carrier because I intend to take all reasonable further st.eps to protect our property and restore it to its original condition prior to this tortious invasion and will, of course, hold you liable in damages for all of my expenditures to remedy the situation to date and hereafter. It seems unfortunate, but apparently is true, that, but because your building is an addition to an existing building, you were not required to secure a grading permit which would specify precautions required to prevent this result from your inadequate site preparation in connection with the building of this very extensive addition. • Mr. Alfred V. Visco March 24, 1992 Page 3 I can well remember that when we cut the pad for our house, we were subject to extensive regulation by the county in our grading permit, which included excavation of the site to a depth which resembled my idea of the Panama Canal, after which we replaced the soil, compacted to a degree exceeding the original density. We were also required to build an earthen buttress on the upside of the length of our pad which was pierced by pipe drains to prevent the accumulation of moisture behind it. Then we were required to install a_very long cement lined open drain at the crest of this buttress to carry away surface water which would naturally flow down over what is now your building site and the easement which separates our lots, which you have radically reshaped. This has had the effect of carrying safely this relatively minor volume of surface water down to our driveway and on out without damage or harm. I have to assume you would have been required to take similar steps had this been an entirely new construction, but I also understand that before you will pass final inspection and be permitted to occupy the building, you will have to comply with the requirements of the County's rules and regulations by restoring this natural waterway to its original condition over your land and over the easement which separates our two properties. It appears to me that this could be quite a burden for you, and it seems unfortunate that the requirements were not communicated to you when you began your project rather than deferring action until it is completed. I am taking the liberty of designating copies of this letter for the Building and Safety Division, as well as the Mayor of Rolling Hills, Greg Nellis, and the Manager of the Associa ion, Peggy Minor, for their information. Very ruly yours, Gorge R GRJ/rk John - on cc: Building and Safety Division, Public Works Department, Attention: Inspector Rafael Bernal Mr. Greg Nellis, Manager, City of Rolling Hills Ms. Peggy Minor, Manager, Rolling Hills Community Assoc. GEORGE R. JOHNSON ATTORNEY AT LAW 60 ELM AVENUE LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA 90802 TELEPHONE (213) 437-2973 September 18, 1991 Mr. Alfred V. Visco (15 CtiNck-kR%N) 1405 Crenshaw Boulevard / Torrance, California 90501 Dear Mr. Visco: 4 SEP ; 0 19,?1 CITY/ON ROLLING HILLS By 42) I regret that once again I feel it necessary, for the record, to register a complaint in connection with your construction project on the property laying easterly of mine. Sunday I was inspecting my landscaping along my easterly boundary and I was understandably interested in observing what you had done with your boulders and wondered what you proposed to do with those apparently left over from the project. I happened to notice the mouth of what appeared to be the drain from your pool. It looked quite permanent and terminal and was pointed directly toward my property. I could only conclude that whenever you drain your pool, the water will flow down the grade of the hill and on to my land. The fact is that the topography is such that no matter which way you pointed your drain the outflow would inevitably flow at a fairly rapid pace down the grade and onto my property. It is in effect a large cone -shape. I feel that this is impermissible for two reasons: (1) Soil erosion is always a problem on a hillside, particularly when the soil is, like we have in the area, loose, decomposed shale; (2) As an ex -pool owner, I know that the water drained out of a pool contains acid, chlorine, etc. I well remember that when I was taking care of my own pool, I used to pour these materials into the water to stabilize the "Ph" factor and disinfect the water. I may say in passing that we had a rectangular pool approximately 45 feet long and 18 feet wide, in which we used to swim laps (my wife in her youth was a competitive swimmer, swimming and occasionally winning in national meets.) Our boys learned to swim in our pool. We were greatly pleased and relieved to leave it when we sold our house and moved to Rolling Hills. Mr. Alfred Visco September 17, 1991 Page 2 In any event, I feel I have no choice but to take exception to the prospect of your emptying your waste pool water on our property, which I feel would threaten soil erosion from simply the flow of quantities of water, and damage trees and plants as a result of the chemical pol.lution. Please take this up with your pool contractor. A possible solution would be to direct it into a deep dry well on your property. Please advise me how you propose to solve this problem. Very ruly yours, George R. Johnson GRJ/rk cc: Craig Nellis, City Manager, Rolling Hills County Building & Safety Division Ms. Peggy Minor, Manager of Rolling Hills Community Association • ei iy `/20fA Baer November 7, 1989 Mr. Alfred Visco 15 Cinchring Road Rolling Hills, CA 90274 Dear Mr. Visco: INCORPORATED JANUARY 24, 1957 NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD ROLLING HILLS, CALIF. 90274 (213) 377-1521 The City of Rolling Hills requires that an Affidavit for acceptance of all stated conditions of an approved Planning Action be recorded with the County of Los Angeles Registrar -Recorder's office. This must be executed prior to the issuance of any construction permits for the project under application. In reviewing your file regarding Zoning Case No. 370, a recorded affidavit has not been received by the City. I have enclosed the necessary forms that require recordation. Please contact Betty Volkert at City Hall, and the Office of the County Recorder, Room 15, 227 North Broadway, Los Angeles, (213) 974-6611, for any questions or further instructions. Sincerely, CITY OF ROLLING HILLS Ray Hamada Principal Planner cc Marca Weston Whitfield 1550 S. Coast Hwy. #201 Laguna Beach, CA 92651