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Council orders removal of private encroachment on city street and sets two-month timeline
Summary
Councilmember Reyes secured commitment from Bureau of Street Services to order a property owner to remove an illegal encroachment blocking part of a street serving redeveloped housing, with staff estimating removal could occur within two months; council adopted the related easement/encroachment item (item 30) 12 ayes.
The Los Angeles City Council on Sept. 5 directed city engineering and the Bureau of Street Services to require a property owner to remove an illegal encroachment that has reduced a public street near a redeveloped housing area, and the council adopted the related item by roll call (12 ayes).
Councilmember Reyes said private encroachment had taken “half the street,” interfering with access to recently redeveloped housing and public improvements, and asked the bureau for a clear timeline to restore the right-of-way.
Jim Washington of the Bureau of Street Services told the council the bureau had communicated with engineering and would refuse a revocable permit for the encroachment. “Once we receive that communication from engineering, we will go forth and order the property owner to remove and restore the right of way to its previous condition,” Washington said. He added that, absent a timely response from the owner, bureau crews would remove the encroachment.
When pressed on timing, Washington said the process “could take as long as 2 months,” which prompted Reyes to say many families in the neighborhood were relying on the street’s reopening.
The council adopted the item calling for staff action and ordered follow-up; the clerk recorded the roll call as 12 ayes.
