Agua Dulce Airpark Issues

Stories 2006 - 2005

Community comments about the Airpark
Complaints about violations at the Airpark
Complaints about his Events
Crashes around the Airpark
Documents about the Airpark
Filming at Airport
Links and information

2006 Stories

5-19-06 Los Angeles county claims residence's protected speech sign illegal
5-5-06 Clouds Over the Airpark LA Times Story
2-13-06 Plane crash kills at least one, sets 3 houses aflame

2005 Stories

11-6-05 Printed in the Signal Kristopher Daams Signal Staff Writer. The Agua Dulce Airpark has split the Agua Dulce community in recent years, especially when its new owner Wayne Spears purchased it in September
3-31-05 Agua Dulce Airport Filming
1-25-05 More Illegal Events at the Airport.
1-25-05 More illegal Takeoffs before Day Break

Here is what the community said in 1959 about the Airport

Finally the community will be heard

8-9-04 Antonovich made a motion to modify or revoke the Airpark's permit to be heard at the 8-17-04 Board of Supervisors meeting See transcript

Community comments about the Airpark

7-26-04 This letter was sent by Ron Bird to various county offices to support the position that the 1961 plot plan (revised exhibit A) violated the permits already approved and should not be used as a basis for calculating aircraft storage square footage at the Agua Dulce Airport.
7-22-04 More Noise caused by the Airport
7-9-04 More on "night landings" at the Airport
6-29-04 Response from Regional Planning to 6-16-04 presentation
6-16-04 Members of the community representing the Agua Dulce Civic Association and Concerned Citizens of Agua Dulce, with members of the Agua Dulce Town Council observing, met with Supervisor Antonovich and County staff regarding the Agua Dulce Airport
5-25-04 Ron Bird originally sent us his 4-4-04 Bird's Eye View, which we placed online the same day. While it was also sent to the Country Journal advertiser it was not published until the 5-1-04 issue. In the 5-8-04 issue the advertiser published an unsigned letter opposing Ron's views and republished the same letter in full with a signature of Brandon Cangiano on 5-15-04. We do not have permission to republish his letter
5-22-04 I am very concerned about the July 4th fireworks at the Agua Dulce Airpark.
5-19-04 Aviation Problems Related to the Expansion of the Agua Dulce Airpark by Ron Bird
5-11-04 Letter from Robert Wiswell, Chief Division of Aeronautics DOT
4-30-04 The Airpark from the Air versus the Ground
4-20-04 Letter from the Agua Dulce Civic
4-2-04 The Bird's Eye View on How Barry Has Pulled the Wool Over the Community's Eyes
Here is a false rumor in Agua Dulce "The School Board will close the Agua Dulce Elementary School because of the airpark". Wrong. Barry Kirshner of The Agua Dulce Airpark and Charles Brink personally confirmed that this is incorrect. The proposed closing of the School has nothing to do with the Airpark but is an effort to pass the school bond.
7-15-03 Jeremy G. Schuster responded to Dusick's claims that "the council has listened to this argument at least four times as it cycled through the community," by saying "then I submit that the argument you reference is of obvious, continuing community concern, warranting the attention of the Town Council, not the imposition of limitations on presentations or discussion of the community before the council" when Dusick tried to stop discussing of the Airpark issues.
7-1-03 Letter to County council restating the problems with the Airpark
7-1-03 Letter to Antonovich which states "As you may know, operation of an airport in Agua Dulce has been a community concern since 1958"

Complaints about his Events

7-1-04 Protest of Airpark 7-4-04 Fireworks
6-7-04 This is LA County Fire Department's response to the 5-22-04 letter opposing the fireworks in a tinder dry high risk fire area
5-22-04 Celebrating July 4th without Firing the Brush with Fireworks
9-15-03 Agua Dulce Country Fair issues. It has been taken from the community, renamed the Airpark's "Wild West Days" and now controlled by the Airpark
Airpark's Wild West Days was small and not as intrusive as they wanted. With some fine tuning this type of event could be acceptable to the community.
9-15-03 Temporary use permit case no. TUP 03-020 ( 5 ). The TUP was received from Regional Planning on Monday 9/15/2003 6:40 AM after the event was over. Regional Planning included a number of our requests in the TUP.
9-12-03 Letter sent to Airpark about their apparent pollution of Agua Dulce's

water supply. It states in part "My concern on this issue is the discharge of petroleum products that will contaminate the ground water. Your proposed Demolition Derby will dump petroleum products (oil, rubber, and antifreeze, etc.) directly into the ground in violation of the Fish and Game Code Section 5650." More pictures

9-8-03 Letter to LA County Regional Planning Concerning TUP 03-20
9-8-03 Letter to stop pollution of Agua Dulce ground water by the demolition derby.
9-9-03 How the TUP is not the same event as the Airpark's Wild West days.
2-04-00 The point is to raise my annual objection against granting of a permit for a fireworks display and public entertainment at the Agua Dulce Airport

Violations at the Airpark

7-19-04 This is the 8th Violation letter issued in a 1 year period and is a rejection of his revised map of the airport
7-8-04 This is the 7th Violation letter issued in a 1 year period
6-24-04 Second violation (6th) in two days. This time for grading and building without permit.
6-23-04 Another Violation letter (5th) this time on illegal helicopter instruction
5-20-04 This is the 4th Regional Planning's Violation letter. A Final Zoning Enforcement Order against the Agua Dulce Airpark
1-8-04 This is the 3rd Violation letter. An inspection was conducted to determine compliance with the provisions of Special Permit 1404(5) and Temporary Use Permit 03-020(5). Violations were noticed.
10-2-03 Agua Dulce Airpark restaurant shut down by LA County Health Department for lack of a license.
More Airpark Violations of CUP 1404 Click for full size images

Illegal sign Illegal Helicopter Another Illegal Helicopter Illegal Motocross

Report on Prohibited Activities at Airpark
8-15-03 The County of Los Angeles has issued a letter on August 15th by Judith Fries, Principal Deputy County Counsel for Public Works on CUP issues and prohibited uses.
7-1-03 Letter to Regional Planning which starts "As you may know, operation of an airport in Agua Dulce has been a community concern since 1958"
6-27-03 LA County Regional planning letter to Airpark listing violations.

Documents about the Airpark

9-25-00 Fries review of the zoning permits
3-95 Agua Dulce Airpark may resurface
7-6-92 Letter by Charles J. Moore invaliding 1352
4-6-86 LA County Regional Planning letter to James Annin 4-6-86 confirming 1352 is closed
10-29-68 JOE BEN HUDGENS claiming that 1352 controlled 1404
1-5-67 From RPC "This matter was considered by the Commission which declined to initiate special permit proceedings. Pursuant to the County Zoning Ordinance and State Law, any further Planning Commission deliberation on this subject would require the processing of a complete case rather than reactivation of a previous case. "
6-26-67 Here is a letter that some county worker, without the benefit of public hearing , opined that helicopters are a class of propeller driven aircraft and made the Agua Dulce Airport a Helicopter airport.
6-30-66 Read the arrogance of the California Aeronautics attacking the action of the LA County Planning Commission, The Board of Supervisors, and the community of any restriction of the Agua Dulce Airport.
12-21-64 Sworn proof that 1570 permit was accepted by the Airport. It is posted in image form as an OCR would not clearly show the document
Exhibit A for 1404 Dated 6-12-1961 Showing the layout of the airpark
CUP 1404 October 27, 1959 The second and current CUP for the Airpark

Links and information

FAR 91.119 - Minimum safe altitudes: General
FAA site to lookup N numbers and other data on aircraft registration
Temporary Use permit procedures
Here is the Air Nav Information about the Airpark
How to complain about low flowing aircraft along with the FAA regulations
Another view of the Airpark see http://www.aguadulce1.org/airpark/
Van Nuys Flight Standards District Office Home Page
The Airpark's side see his website.

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