TOWER LANE PROPERTIES v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

No. B244092.

224 Cal.App.4th 262 (2014)

168 Cal. Rptr. 3d 358

TOWER LANE PROPERTIES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant and Appellant; BRUCE KARSH et al., Interveners and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

February 28, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carmen A. Trutanich , City Attorney, Terry Kaufmann Macias , Supervising Attorney, and Michael J. Bostrom , Deputy City Attorney, for Defendant and Appellant.

Latham & Watkins, James L. Arnone , Jeffrey P. Carlin , and Benjamin J. Hanelin for Interveners and Appellants.

Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Mitchell, Robert E. Mangels , Benjamin M. Reznik , and Matthew D. Hinks for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

CHANEY, Acting P. J.

Respondent Tower Lane Properties (Tower Lane) sought a grading permit from the City of Los Angeles (the City) for construction of a three-residence family compound over three contiguous hillside lots totaling 85,000 square feet. The City's engineers conditioned the permit upon compliance with Los Angeles Municipal Code section 91.7006.8.2, which states no grading permit shall be issued for a hillside site...

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