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Neighbors urge council to relocate Santa Monica Trapeze School, citing privacy and noise
Summary
Multiple Dewey Street and Mar Vista residents told the City Council that the city-approved Santa Monica Trapeze School, sited adjacent to single-family homes, is "fundamentally incompatible" with the neighborhood and asked the council to relocate it to a commercial or industrial site or require relocation terms.
Dozens of neighbors told the Santa Monica City Council on April 14 that a newly permitted trapeze school near Dewey Street has created severe privacy and quality-of-life concerns for adjacent residents.
At the start of public comment, Patrick Bolick, a Los Angeles business owner, said the project "is fundamentally incompatible with the neighborhood it will border," arguing that the aerial platform, amplified voices and music, public crowds and seven-days-a-week hours placed 30 to 35 feet from private yards create an unmitigable intrusion. Other Dewey Street neighbors described doorbell surveillance,…
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