Date: _________________
ATTENTION: Local and State Agencies

LETTER OF COMPLAINT

1810 West Oceanfront, Newport Beach - Narconon of Southern California, Inc.
This residential triplex property is currently the 'southern California headquarters'
of Narconon. Inc., a halfway house for drug and alcohol addicts. This is a MAJOR
BUSINESS with excessive occupancy in the midst of a residential neighborhood.

The city's 'Certificate of Occupancy' indicates 27 persons maximum.  Narconon
publicizes 32 residential beds and 34 staff in this residential property of three
apartments, on a lot only 30 ft. wide.  This is a total of 60+ individuals.  Within
the last 8 weeks, Narconon has leased another property across a narrow alley (1811
West Balboa Blvd.) and added additional beds- two to three BUNK beds per room
(including living rooms).

Narconon's operation of this Residential Treatment Center creates an excessive
disturbance and public nuisance for neighbors.  There is excessive noise (including
profanity, voices, yelling, music, door slamming, large group celebrations), foot
traffic and vehicle traffic. There are only three parking spaces for this property.
IF the occupancy is enforced, how can this business with 27 total persons (addicts,
employees and staff) operate on this property with only 3 parking spaces, and only
accessible via a small alley?  The foot traffic is constant in the small alley:
arrival/departure, AND to/from the additional property across the alley.  There is
excessive commercial/business VEHICLE use of a small alley, which is the only vehicle
access to the property.  These vehicles must past at least 10 residential lots to
access Narconon.  The vehicle noise, exhaust, door slamming, and alley blockage is a
problem numerous times per day.  Many of our bedrooms face this alley.  Vehicle
traffic includes cars from constant entering/exiting property, daily trash trucks,
refrigerated semi-trucks delivering food, carpet cleaning vans, plumbing services,
multiple commercial vans owned and operated by Narconon, business/office products
truck deliveries, and Unilab vans for blood/urine testing, etc.

Other problems include the noise of industrial vacuum cleaners that can be heard 4
homes away, and industrial washers/dryers that disturb neighbors night and day.
Since buildings are only 6 feet away, several neighbors can hear the sound of
vomiting as addicts 'detox' 24 hours a day.  Cigarette butts litter neighbors'
properties and 2nd hand tobacco smoke affects neighbors.

Narconon has operated this state licensed Residential Treatment Center since 1995
without any 'local use permit'  (although this is a 'nonconforming use' of a
residential property).  As neighbors, we were never given the opportunity for
notification and a public hearing as provided in City Code Section 20.90.030.  Our
neighborhood has been 'ill-served' by the state Alcohol and Drug Program's continued
issuance of a state license to Narconon, without a local use permit.

Narconon has intruded upon our right to the peaceful utilization of our home.  We
will confirm the negative, costly, and disturbing impact this 'business' has had to
us personally, our homes and families.  As a resident/property owner, I wish to file
a complaint against the use of this residentially zoned property in this excessive,
abusive and inappropriate manner.

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