Mesa North home does not fit...

Mesa North home does not fit with zoning

We also suffer from the very same circumstances in our R-1 zoned

neighborhood (“City approves two-story plan in Mesa North,”

Wednesday). There is a home for developmentally challenged children

directly across from our front door. Six to eight cars are parked in

front of various houses along the street. Plus constant activity --

employees coming and going, loud voices, slamming car doors, gunning

their engines, etc.

Five days per week, four school buses arrive -- the first at 7

a.m. All return again mid- to late afternoon. The drivers honk their

horns until a staff member finally brings out or takes in the

children. Not to mention the fumes and pollution produced while these

vehicles are idling.

In addition, there is also a home for senior citizens across the

street. This leads to numerous emergency visits by the paramedics and

refrigerated food delivery trucks, running their loud engines up to

30 minutes while unloading. This is R-1 zoning?

The present situation is certainly unfair to homeowners in the

area. Our formerly quiet neighborhood is under siege.

With all the traffic and noise, it’s like living in downtown New

York City.

MARYALICE WILSON

Costa Mesa

Health clinic shouldn’t be in neighborhood

Want to win an argument -- just bring up all the helpless,

vulnerable children who will suffer. That’s just what Patrick Kunody

(husband of CHOC marketing director) did in his letter to the Daily

Pilot (“Health clinic can better prepare children for school,” Aug.

27). Who dares to debate the issue now? I do.

A school in a residential community is not an appropriate place

for a health clinic. If it is not there, that does not mean the

health of that neighborhood’s children will suffer any more than the

children of any other community. In fact, it could actually increase

harmful risks.

The additional cars on streets unprepared for increased traffic

could create a safety issue. Also, inviting sick and contagious

children to a school environment invites potential contact with well

students. That too is an unnecessary health risk.

There is a reason hospitals, clinics and doctor’s offices are in

areas zoned for them. Residential neighborhoods are inappropriate

environments and the Costa Mesa City Council should make no

exceptions.

JUANITA PEREZ

Costa Mesa

Dog laws are treated unfairly in Newport

The judges are not the problem (“Newport can tighten leash,” Sept.

5). Their legal interpretation that the leash law does apply to the

public surf is just rote. The real culprit is the pettiness of law

enforcement by a bureaucratic administration. Such rigorous follow

through by the dog catcher must certainly make Newport Beach a better

place to live without danger of lawsuit or any nonconforming

behavior. Meanwhile, coyotes must be protected and allowed to

threaten family pets in the canyon areas. This dual standard must

make sense to someone, but not me.

DWIGHT RYAN

Newport Beach