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Las Trampas Rd. gate [98.7.11.1516]
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* Tuesday 14 July 1998 3:00 P.M. *

PUBLIC HEARING
LAST CHANCE TO STOP THE LAS TRAMPAS RD. GATE OUTSIDE OF COURT
attendance and support needed:

Las Trampas Rd. has been a public thoroughfare continuously since it was
the stage coach road from Alamo to Oakland in the 19th century.  19
wealthy homeowners, in violation of the law and the conditions of the
approval of their subdivision, have built a gate closing off the road, and
public access by vehicles, to the established public trail head to Las
Trampas Regional Wilderness.  In addition, they have posted no trespassing
tow-away signs on the public road, well below the gate, obstructing public
access to the beginning of a dedicated public foot trail, and the small
parking area at its head, which are on the public road well below the
gate. 


* Tuesday 14 July 1998 3:00 P.M. *


Board of Supervisors Meeting Room
651 Pine Street, Room 107
Martinez, California

(tallest building downtown)


[Hearing on the appeal of granting electric permit
 for Las Trampas Road Gate]

On 10 March 1998, The Contra Costa County Board of 
Supervisors denied all permits for the gate, after a series 
of public hearings over months, but the homeowners, 
operating under a legal fiction that if they moved the gate 
a few feet from an oak tree, they didn't need the county's 
approval, built the gate illegally anyway.

The county staff, ignoring that the gate is a violation of 
the scenic easement, and the Conditions of Approval for 
Subdivision 6419, as approved by the San Ramon Valley Area 
Planning Commission, 15 February 1984, allowed the 
homeowners to proceed with their legal fiction, and did not 
require any permit except for the electrical wiring to the 
gate, which was approved perfunctorily.

The hearing noticed above is of the Las Trampas Trails 
Advocates' appeal of the granting of that permit.  This is 
the last opportunity to stop the gate outside of court.

Anyone who cares about how much park access is being lost by 
developers illegally closing off public ways to parks, by 
gated communities that illegally close off long-time public 
access to parks and open space, should attend.

Last chance to stop the gate outside of court - your 
attendance and support needed.

Public Hearing:

* Tuesday 14 July 1998 3:00 P.M. *

Board of Supervisors Meeting Room
651 Pine Street, Room 107
Martinez, California

(tallest building downtown)


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johnny king
northern california usa
johnnyk@primenet.com
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