The city of Santa Clarita has filed a formal complaint with the Los Angeles County Superior Court regarding solar panels installed on the hillsides adjacent to the Canyon View Mobile Home Estates in Canyon Country.
The complaint, filed Monday, asks the court for “preliminary and permanent injunction and declaratory relief to abate a public nuisance” related to the solar panels.
The city alleges the solar panels were installed without proper permits, in violation of the Santa Clarita Municipal Code and also in violation of Canyon View Mobile Home Estates’ conditional use permit, which states that 50 percent of the park needs to be maintained as open space.
The city originally provided a written Notice of Violation in July, directing the property owner to remove the solar panels.
As no action was taken by the property owners to remove the panels, the city brings this legal action, alleging the property owners “have caused and maintained a continuing public nuisance on the Property in that they have constructed and are maintaining illegal Accessory Solar Panel Structures on Park Property,” in violation of the Municipal Code.
Other complaints included in the suit allege the property owners did not obtain the necessary permits, did not submit the required geotechnical report, did not complete the required hillside development plan and are operating a power generation business within the park, which the property is not zoned for.
While the city supports efforts to move to renewable energy, it takes seriously its responsibility to enforce conditions of approval, which are designed to protect the quality of life in Santa Clarita, balancing the need for development with the preservation of open space.
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91 Comments
Rick Drew
Thats a worse eye sore than that parking structure in the wash off the 14
I was wondering how long this would take ?
Iris Jaqueline Escobar this means nothing.
Jane Zahnow Cox
I hope this step finally brings action!
Christina Essex I hope the park wins. All you clowns complain about the environment but get mad about solar panels. Did everyone think they were invisible. I don’t see any of you complaining about the huge amount of panels at out local high schools though.
Along people clowns just makes you look ignorant.
The root of the issue is the joke of an install job that makes it look like a joke.
Steve Craig looks like one of those ‘blue lives matter but your opinions don’t’ douchers
Anthony Fierro #Truth
John – do you know of a place where hey have a handful of sledgehammers just sitting around waiting to be put to good use?
I sure do ?
Ask anyone who works for Edison (someone above a lineman who understands electricity generation) if solar is going to save our environment…and I have NEVER complained about the environment!
Its not the park, (or the people who live there) it’s the owner you want to win. The people there are pissed and they don’t benefit one bit from the panels.
Can I have 1 little square part?
Richard David Alfaro “sorry, I don’t have a square to spare” – Seinfeld episode. :D
“not even a square”…”you can’t spare a square” ha
Lol
Why did it take this long? After the first one was put up someone should have been investigating. Whoever is in charge dropped the ball. Seriously 20 panels later they took notice. ?
That is a whole lot more than 20 panels.
But the point is well made.
My guess is that most assumed the Cory approved the work via permits.
Cindy Sanders they new….
Mike Motherspaw @ Danielle Desch ??
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That’s attractive-
I am all for renewable energy, but what they did here is ridiculous. And their hapharzard siting makes them look really ugly and out of place. What were they thinking?
Whoever did this sucked at Tetris
What’s everyone so upset about? Lol buncha complainers
Give me an afternoon, a 24 pack, and a sledgehammer. I’ll take care of it
I have rage issues – but they can be helpful in a situation like this
So basically the city is mad they didn’t get there money for all the outrages permits and fees!
Jeff Thompson Exactly!
Aaron Barnes ?
Charlene, I hope this ends up helping you all.
Thanks Sharon . I hope. Land leases are soaring and we get no benefit from these. Just a little engineering goes a long way…
The city investigation is false! but like everything and government they’re hoping to drag it as long as possible….
Did the contractor not own a level?
Aesthetics don’t matter when it’s environmentally friendly.
Ryan Chaer
Michele
I was just reading this at lunch
Crazy stuff happening.
We will see if anything happens
Yea here goes our rent hike
Im waiting for it.
Time to sell
Waste of taxpayer money.
Charlotte A Bell
Sad part is. .my mom’s rent keeps going up every 2 months!!! Just cause of this 0_0 and my mom loves where she lives, but it’s getting too pricey.
goodness that’s ugly. at least level those things
I wonder why? They look so good on the hillside
Yea nothing like turning nature into a circuit board
Kyle Hidalgo and at that they are just thrown up there. Not straight or even nice to look at. Just out in plan wide open site. We laugh every time we drive by them
It’s trash. Looks horrible.
Omid Aeen
It’s so hot here. The Whole SCV should use solar panels. We should be smart enough to see that we should all get free energy and power with solar panels.
Tracy Bachman the owners sell the power, it does not benefit home owners.. in fact the homes that are directly next to the panels are hotter because of them and our bills are higher than ever.
Lynn Perriello I meant in general there should be solar panels in my hometown. It’s smarter. But obviously not in such a way that it exploits or abuses users.
That’s lame they charge for the energy, solar should be discussed tho scv would benefit greatly from proper discrete solar farms.
Its not lame that they charge for energy. If you ever go backpacking with noobs that dont purify their own drinking water and constantly drink yours, you will see that nothing is free. The money it took to get the solar panels, the knowledge to set them up, the labor itself getting the panels installed. Discounted energy sure, but unless it’s your solar panels I wouldn’t expect anything.
I work and with live with solar energy every day, it wasn’t free for me. It’s more like paying for energy in advance, and it slowly works itself off, and it’s not like its matinence free.
The billboards on Solad are a bigger eye soar. But the city makes money on them. It seems the city is a pack of hypocrites.
Finally. It’s a total eyesore ?
Lol I noticed those the other day ?
Perhaps daisies would be appropriate not much needed electricity
We used to live there 15 yrs ago. Now in Florida. I’m watching this because the owner was always a “my way or the highway” kinda guy. It looks awful. Cant say I’m surprised … karma baby
It wouldn’t be a problem if they lined them up straight. These just look goofy.
Would love to have a sit down with 1. the Electrical Design Engineer who designed this cluster. 2. His boss who signed approved it. 3. City inspector who approved this install. 4. SCE’s Electrical Service Rep. who needs to ensure construction is up to code before final inspection. So many stages of this construction should have been a red flag. Also would love to see construction blue prints and see if they actually show exact locations of panels. Or maybe their were no design prints to work off of and a contractor was hired to install these panels. I’m all for green power, but design standards need to be followed or else all the hillsides (that don’t have homes on them) will look like a jigsaw puzzle.
No city inspector approved the installation. Mobile home parks are regulated by the state. The reason the city can go after is the developer violated the terms of the project approval.
Yes you’re in SCV… manicured, organized & high standard of living ?
It’s about time! Those are defiantly an eyesore ?? I know it takes time to get all the ducks in a row before the City could do anything! I’m all for solar, but come on people those are really really ugly.
Raymond Villasenor Fiona Villasenor
Good. They didn’t go about putting them up through the proper channels. I appreciate solar, but do it right. Plus it’s an eyesore. Could have been more aesthetically plotted.
The city council would probably recommend that they should plant trees to hide them
Yah the city could have put 50 more house’s there now they are upset !!!!!
I hope they take it down. What an eyesore!!
A definite eyesore.
Not only that but the value of my house went down ever since they been planted. Which sucks. How about a story about the people that have to live with them literally in our back yards. Let me know I’ll get you interview…
It G-d awful ugly
They look like they slid down the mountain.
It’s an eyesore??? LMAO People need to get a clue. Ridiculous. The entire valley should have them everywhere.
Amanda Brianne Harper
They should. Looks awful! Can you imagine living and having to look at that?
No F*cks given apparently
Haha to protect the quality of life ? okay ?
Can’t imagine why??? It looks so nice…
Michael Farrow
so glad we moved out of there when we did!
I am for solar power, but this is just an eyesore
Just read through all of these comments. I agree that the layout of the panels leaves much to be desired. To me they look terrible. The city has the right and obligation to make them go away since installed without proper permits. Try adding an extension onto your home without proper permits and see how long before it is torn down. I just want to know then name and contact information for the solar company responsible for the install here so if I ever am in the market for solar panels I know who NOT to hire.
File a complaint? That sounds like something they will ignore again, like they did with Notice of Violations filed in July. Can anyone elaborate on the process?
Jessica Nazarian Tiffani Reibert
I can’t even handle that hillside, drives my ocd insane
I think who installed had eye site issues..I could not believe how horrible it looked when going in..