Why does the City allow construction activity in a hillside neighborhood with substandard Hillside streets until 9PM?
The likely answer is to allow extra time for DIY homeowners who don't have time during weekdays to work on their own homes. But that is a completely different situation than new home construction or permit-triggering renovations.
Most construction sites don't work past 6 PM on Corralitas Drive, but why is it even allowed? Considering parking, limited access and heavy evening traffic on residential Hillside streets in any zone, this is absurd. Multi-family zoned Hillside streets are even more congested and have bigger parking problems than R1 Hillside neighborhoods.
If it falls within the Hillside Area, no matter the zone, construction should only be allowed until 6 or 7 PM, M-F. It doesn't even benefit developers if they have to stop work, move trucks, fences and equipment every time people try to drive up the hill.
Why is construction allowed on all national holidays like Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Day?! Neighbors of this site report the developer will be drilling holes with heavy equipment on Thanksgiving. No grading, hauling, deliveries or heavy equipment use, associated with construction permits, should be allowed on residential Hillside streets on Saturdays or national holidays. This should include any site where vehicle access is via residential Hillside streets.
Corralitas Drive has suffered through construction of 11 lots in the past 27 years, this is now the 12th. Yet another duplex has been proposed for another lot on the street. The fastest site took 18 months to build by developers who knew what they were doing in Hillside. The longest was 5 years. Corralitas Drive is not a through street and does not have regulation sized cul-de-sacs. Weekend construction with heavy equipment and deliveries is not worthwhile.
You can file complaints about violations like failure to adequately control fugitive dust, equipment stored in the street or on sidewalks, blocking the street and public staircases, dangerous conditions, damage to adjacent property on Building & Safety's (LADBS) website.
Neighbors should save the phone number of Parking Enforcement (LADOT) to their phone: (818) 374-4823
