Monastery applies for cemetery on outskirts of Santa Paula
July 09, 2021
Hearing July 15 on controversial ‘after the fact’ permit
An application for a conditional use permit to establish and operate a cemetery for 30 years at the St. Barbara Monastery on the outskirts of Santa Paula at 15799 Ojai Road will be heard by the Ventura County Planning Commission on Thursday, July 15, at 8:30 a.m. at the county Government Center.
The applicant is the Foundation for the Support of the St. Barbara Monastery Cemetery and the application number is PL18-0116.
The Planning Commission meets in the Board of Supervisors meeting room in the Ventura County Government Center’s Hall of Administration, 800 S. Victoria Ave., Ventura.
Firefighters launched a rescue operation in Upper Ojai Sunday afternoon after a motorcycle crash sent a rider off the road along the Dennison Grade.
The accident was reported around 2 p.m. on Highway 150, also known as Ojai Road, south of Dennison Park, according to Ventura County Fire Department and California Highway Patrol reports. The incident took place near the Lion Canyon Creek bridge, reports showed.
Firefighters at the scene said the rider was about 20 feet vertically down over the side of the bridge, radio traffic indicated. A Ventura County Sheriff s helicopter responded for a possible hoist rescue.
As of about 2:30 p.m., crews at the scene said they needed to shut the highway in both directions for the rescue. Firefighters said the patient would be transported to the hospital by air.
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