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Committee backs zoning administratordecision to discontinue motel use after police and residents cite crime
Summary
A city planning committee voted unanimously to deny an appeal and uphold a zoning administratordetermination to discontinue transient motel use at the Highland Motel after police described years of drug, prostitution and violent-crime activity; the committee forwarded the recommendation to the full council.
The City Planning and Land Use Committee voted unanimously to deny an appeal and uphold the Zoning Administratordetermination to discontinue transient use at the Highland Motel and to forward the recommendation to the full City Council.
The committee took the action after Los Angeles Police Department officers and community members described sustained criminal activity they said was tied to the motelincluding prostitution, drug sales, shootings, robberies and at least two homicides reported in the area. The committeevote was 5-0 to deny the appeal.
Police and planning staff said officers and code enforcement repeatedly met with the motel operators over several years and that suggested conditions and security improvements were not consistently implemented. A senior LAPD officer told the committee the motel had…
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