Terrace Avenue lawsuit rejected by court


By on Tue, August 30, 2005

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Darin Boville
Terrace Avenue is the neighborhood's only access to the outside world. The plan is to put a traffic light at the outlet of Terrace Avenue to Highway 1.
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Darin Boville
Pacific Ridge would be built at the end of Terrace Avenue.

A lawsuit by Terrace Avenue resident Richard Parness to block the settlement agreement between the city of Half Moon Bay and Ailanto Properties [HMB Review] has been rejected by a county superior court. You can download the decision from Coastsider.

The suit was filed under the California Environmental Quality Act, which allows 180 days for appeals.  The suit was filed after 180 days, but Parness claimed that he wasn’t given sufficient notice that the proposed settlement was the final plan.

The settlement says that Ailanto will be able to build 63 homes for its Pacific Ridge development, that Terrace Avenue will be used as the only access road for the development, and that a traffic light would be built at Terrace Avenue and Highway 1. Terrace Avenue is currently used by 48 homes.

The court said that this was published as a fact in the Half Moon Bay Review and that Parness said he had read it there.

The Coastal Development Permit and Environmental Impact Report processes for the project have not yet been completed.