San Elijo Hills history

September 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment

San Elijo Hills history

1994 – The San Elijo Hills Development Company purchased the 1,921-acre San Elijo Hills property and planning commenced.
1997 – The overall plan for the community approved by the San Marcos City Council.
1998 – The Tentative Map was approved; ground was broken; and grading commenced.
2000 – First homes sold in the neighborhood of Acacia.
2003 – San Elijo Hills named “Master Planned Community of the Year” in “The Nationals” competition at the National Association of Home Builders annual conference.
2003 – San Elijo Hills honored with the Gold Nugget Grand Award in the “Community/Town Plan” category at the Pacific Coast Builders Conference (PCBC).
2003 – San Elijo Hills named “Best Master-Planned Community” at MAME, an industry competition that receives 500 entries from throughout Southern California.
2003 – Ground broken for the San Elijo Elementary/Middle School.
2004 – San Elijo Middle School opened, with both the elementary and middle school sharing facilities for two years, until the completion of the elementary school.
2004 – San Elijo Park, a 19-acre city park, opened.
2004 – The San Elijo Hills Community Association was awarded the 2003 Association of the Year Award by the San Diego Chapter of the Community Associations Institute. (The association is managed by Walters Management Company.)
2004 – San Elijo Hills Development Company installed a Peace Monument at the easterly entrance to the community’s town square on Sept. 11. The 20-foot (6.1 m)-tall monument features the following inscription: “Dedicated with gratitude to those who have sacrificed to preserve peace, with hope that such sacrifices will not be necessary in the future.”
2005 – San Elijo Hills’ sales reached the halfway point, with the sale of the 1,700th home.
2005 – San Elijo Hills Development Company started construction on the 1-mile (1.6 km) Twin Oaks Valley Road Extension, an $18 million project, jointly funded by San Elijo Hills Development Company and the city of San Marcos.
2005 – San Elijo Hills Development Company commenced construction on the towncenter’s retail component.
2006 – San Elijo Hills Elementary School was completed.
2008 – Albertsons grocery store opened in the towncenter.
2008 – San Elijo Road/Twin Oaks Valley Road extension opened.
2008 – A $5.9 million fire station opened in San Elijo Hills.
2009 – MarketWalk, a mixed-use residential/retail project in the towncenter opened.
2009 – Double Peak Park opened.
2010 – MarketWalk was honored as the Best Designed Mixed-Use Project in the Building Industry Association of San Diego’s inaugural Icon Awards competition.

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San Elijo Hills architectual terms

August 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment

San Elijo Hills real estate agents are notorious for inserting highfalutin expressions into much of our ad copy.  Ever wonder where these ‘descriptors’ come from…the majorty of architectural terms used are in fact legit.

Coffered or soffited ceiling: 

Before the Romans built the Pantheon, the Chinese were building soffited ceilings in many of their palaces.  Now you too can live like a Chinese emperor or a Roman Senator right here in San Elijo Hills 😉

A coffer (or coffering) in architecture, is a sunken panel in the shape of a square, rectangle, or octagon in a ceiling, soffit or vault.[1] A series of these sunken panels were used as decoration for a ceiling or a vault, also called caissons (‘boxes”), or lacunaria (“spaces, openings”),[2] so that a coffered ceiling can be called a lacunar ceiling: the strength of the structure is in the framework of the coffers. The stone coffers of the ancient Greeks[3] and Romans[4] are the earliest surviving examples, but a seventh-century BCE Etruscan chamber tomb in the necropolis of San Giuliano, which is cut in soft tufa-like stone reproduces a ceiling with beams and cross-beams lying on them, with flat panels fillings the lacunae.[5] Wooden coffers were first made by crossing the wooden beams of a ceiling in the Loire Valley châteaux of the early Renaissance.[6]

Experimentation with the possible shapes of coffering, which solve problems of mathematical tiling, or tessellation, were a feature of Islamic as well as Renaissance architecture. The more complicated problems of diminishing the scale of the individual coffers were presented by the requirements of curved surfaces of vaults and domes.

A prominent example of Roman coffering, employed to lighten the weight of the dome, can be found in the ceiling of the rotunda dome in the Pantheon, Rome.

In ancient Chinese wooden architecture, coffering is known as zaojing (Chinese: 藻井; pinyin: zǎojǐng).[7

 

Cul de sac:

A cul-de-sac (literally “bottom of bag” in French) is a word of French origin referring to a dead end, close, no through road (UK English) or court (American, Canadian, and Australian English) meaning dead-end street with only one inlet/outlet. While historically built for other reasons, its modern use is to calm vehicle traffic. In the United States, a cul-de-sac is notably longer than a court.

 

Foyer:

A foyer is a large, vast room or complex of rooms (in a theatre, opera, concert hall, showroom, cinema, etc.) adjacent to the auditorium. It is a repose area for spectators and place of venues, especially used before performance and during intermissions, but also as a place of celebrations or festivities after performance.

Usually a foyer is a large, specially designed hall, but sometimes it is a corridor surrounding the main hall. It is furnished and big enough to enable spectators to stroll, get together and rest. Foyers are commonly adorned with art works, permanent or temporary exhibitions related to the activity of the institution, and a refreshment room or buffet. Moreover, the foyer can be the main place of some events such as vernissage, meetings with the artists, actors’ benefit, etc.

A foyer in a house is usually a small entry area or room by the front door. Other public rooms such as the living room, dining room, and family room typically attach to it, along with any main stairway. It was initially intended as an “airlock“, separating the fireplace-heated rooms from the (colder, in winter) front entrance, where cold air infiltration made for cold drafts and low temperatures. It is commonly used for outer garment and umbrella storage for both residents and guests.

 

Port-Cochere:

A porte-cochère ( from French, literally “coach gate”; also called a “carriage porch”) is the architectural term for a porch– or portico-like structure at a main or secondary entrance to a building through which a horse and carriage (or motor vehicle) can pass in order for the occupants to alight under cover, protected from the weather.

The porte-cochère was a feature of many late 18th and 19th-century mansions and public buildings. Well-known examples are at Buckingham Palace in London and the White House in Washington D.C. Today a porte-cochère is often constructed at the entrance to public buildings such as churches, hotels, health facilities, homes, and schools where people are delivered by other drivers. Porte-cochères should not be confused with carports in which vehicles are parked; at a porte-cochère the vehicle merely passes through, stopping only for passengers to alight.

At the foot of the porte-cochère there are often a couple of guard stones to prevent the wheels of the vehicle from damaging the wall.

 

Rotunda:

A rotunda (from Latin rotundus) is any building with a circular ground plan, often covered by a dome. It can also refer to a round room within a building (a famous example being within the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.). The Pantheon in Rome is a famous rotunda. A Band Rotunda is a circular bandstand, usually with a dome. An outcrop around said building.

 

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San Elijo Hills home builders

August 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment

San Elijo Hills subdivision home builders

Saverne by Standard Pacific Homes.

Standard Pacific Homes was founded in 1965 in Southern California.  The firm built their company around the importance of creating lasting neighborhoods and homes that their customers could be proud to own for generations to come. In those nearly 50 years, Standard Pacific Homes has built more than 113,000 homes across the United States, 93 of which are in San Elijo Hills.

As we have grown, we have remained faithful to our original vision: to build thoughtfully designed homes, well-crafted to provide quality of life for the families who live in them and complement the neighborhoods they share.

As Standard Pacific has grown and matured through the years, they have built more than homes, and more than a thriving business. They have also built a reputation for excellence in homebuilding that’s respected not only by our customers, but by their peers across their industry as well.  As they say themselved ” from that first day you visit to the service you’ll continue to receive years after you buy your home, we’ll treat you with respect and appreciation.”

Standard Pacific Homes corporate headquarters is located less than one hour away in Irvine, CA.  Their phone number is:   (949) 789-1600

San Elijo Hills home owners living in Saverne   CLICK HERE FOR A SERVICE REQUEST.  

Waterford by Ryland Homes.

Ryland Homes story begins in 1967, when founder James P. Ryan left his family’s company, Ryan Homes, to build homes in the nation’s first master-planned community of Columbia, Md. He and his partner, Bob Gaw, created The James P. Ryan Company and built 48 homes that first year.  Nearly three years and 700 homes later, Ryland got its official name when Jim Ryan spotted a banner that read “Maryland,” with the “M” and “A” covered. The combination of Ryan and Maryland seemed like a perfect choice for the name of his company.  By 1971, Ryland had expanded from Columbia into new suburban communities around Baltimore and Reston, Va., and had enjoyed considerable success in Houston. Sales approached $30 million and the company wanted to raise cash to enter new markets.  The first public stock offering was made later that year, raising $4.6 million in equity, and enabling Ryland to enter the Atlanta, Dallas/Fort Worth and Philadelphia markets.  During its first decade, Ryland built more than 10,000 homes and increased its earnings from $46,000 to $4.7 million.

Ryland Homes Southern California Warranty Supervisors number is  (866) 303-2690
San Elijo Hills homeowners living in Wateford CLICK HERE FOR A SERVICE REQUEST

Mariners Landing by Pulte Homes.

Pulte Homes, Inc is headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, MI and was founded by Bill Pulte.  On April 8, 2009, Pulte Homes has agreed to acquire Centex – creating the nation’s largest homebuilding company in a stock transaction worth $3.1 billion, including $1.8 billion of debt. The companies said that, after the merger, Pulte shareholders will own 68% of the combined company, and Centex shareholders will own 32% of the combined company. Pulte completed the acquisition of Centex Homes on February 23, 2010.

Pulte’s company motto is “A Homeowner for Life,” signifying that their business goals are to provide first time homeowners with their first homes and work them up through their signature communities up to an estate size home and even to their custom built retirement homes. Pulte’s customer devotion ranks high on a 2009 JD Power and Associates survey and records show that compared to other public homebuilders, their repeat buyer business is the highest, however, some simple internet sleuthing can also expose some unsatisfied homeowners in regards to construction defects, namely in South Carolina.

San Elijo Hills homeowners living in Mariners Landing CLICK HERE FOR A SERVICE REQUEST

 

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San Elijo Hills lattice towers

August 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment

San Elijo Hills has several large menacing lattice towers that push and pull eletrical power to and from the Encinas Power Plant is Carlsbad, California.

Lattice towers have been around for almost 100 years and perhaps your are familiar with this one:

A lattice tower or truss tower is a freestanding framework tower. They can be used as electricity pylons especially for voltages above 100 kilovolts liek the ones we have in San Elijo Hills, as a radio tower (a self-radiating tower or as a carrier for aerials) or as an observation tower.

Before 1940 they were used as transmission towers especially for short and medium wave, occasionally lattice towers consisting of wood were utilized. The tallest wooden lattice tower was at Mühlacker. It had a height of 190 metres and was built in 1934 and demolished in 1945. Most wood lattice towers were demolished before 1960. In Germany the last big radio towers consisting of wood were the transmission towers of the Golm transmitter and the transmitter Ismaning. They were demolished in 1979 and 1983 respectively.  The tallest lattice tower is the Kiev TV Tower, with a height of 385 meters.  San Elijo Hills lattice towers are made of steel.

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San Elijo Hills homes near power lines – living near electromagnetic radiation

August 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment

San Elijo Hills homes are generally located well away from power lines and their lattice towers, however, some subdivisions are much closer than others.  Generally speaking, proximity to power lines carry a highly negative stigma whereas most homes, if not priced dramatically lower than other like-kind homes in the same general neighborhood albeit in better locations are the last homes to sell.  In a ‘sellers marker’ most home sell as there is a increaded demand in getting into a community but in a ‘buyers market’ such as the one in late 2011, homes with red flag flying above them, such as those San Elijo Hills homes near power lines languish on the market as families with kids bypass this properties for fear that the electormagnetic radiation emitted from the lines may be an unknown health hazard.

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If you are interested in learning more about San Elijo Hills homes that are close to power lines and risks associated with these properties, please keep reading or go to the bottom of this page and click on the link to get it straight from the source.

An overview of EMF Research (electromagnetic field):

Background

The transport of electricity is described in terms of both its voltage and current flow. Using these terms, the transport of electricity is analogous to the flow of water through a pipe. The pressure driving the water is the counterpart to the voltage on the power line, and the amount of water flowing in the pipe is the counterpart to the amount of electric current on the line.

Electrical lines and equipment produce an electric field as a result of the voltage applied to their wiring. The strength of the electric field is expressed in terms of volts per meter (V/m) or kilovolts per meter (kV/m).

The electric field strength falls off sharply with distance. Objects such as houses or trees shield electric fields. Thus, even in proximity to power lines or substations, the electric field in nearby residences is largely a result of internal sources; external sources of electric fields are effectively shielded from indoor environments.

Current flow in electrical lines and equipment produces a magnetic field. The strength of the magnetic field is measured in units called Gauss. Because this unit is much too large for expressing magnetic field intensities encountered in daily life, most often magnetic field intensities are expressed in milligauss (mG), which is one one-thousandth (1/1000) of a Gauss.

The field intensity varies with the amount of current flow. Like electric fields, the intensity of a magnetic field decreases as distance from the source increases. But, unlike electric fields, buildings, trees and most other objects do not provide shielding from magnetic fields.

Electrical transmission and distribution systems are not the only sources of magnetic fields. Within homes and work places, local sources of magnetic fields include building wiring and plumbing, electric blankets, electric stoves, computer terminals, bedside clocks, ceiling fans, and other appliances that people may use for prolonged periods.

It is noteworthy that some of the common sources of higher magnetic fields are appliances and electrical devices found within the home. The magnetic field levels from such sources in typical use can range up to thousands of milligauss or higher; however, the duration of exposure from many appliances is typically much shorter than that from other sources.

Thus, exposure to both electric and magnetic fields occurs continuously, and is not simply a function of living or working near a power line or facility. Exposure depends upon the many sources and field strengths that are present where a person lives, works and otherwise spends time.

History

In the late 1960’s and early 1970’s the possibility of adverse health effects resulting from exposures to electric fields received considerable attention. This attention was motivated by reports from the Soviet Union of various health complaints among utility workers in high-voltage switchyards.

Subsequent research on electrical utility workers in Europe and North America failed to confirm the presence of such complaints; Soviet investigators later indicated that their earlier concerns had been “overstated.”

In the 1980’s, interest shifted primarily to magnetic fields, for two major reasons. First, Wertheimer and Leeper published in 1979 a paper reporting a statistical association between childhood cancer and the apparent current-carrying capacity of the power lines near their residences.

Second, it was recognized that exposure to electric fields from outside sources is limited because of effective shielding by building materials. This was confirmed in studies that failed to find associations between the capacity of outside power lines and electric field levels within homes.

This resulted in a shift in interest to the study of magnetic fields. The shift away from electric fields has been further justified by subsequent residential studies that failed to report even a weak association between measured electric fields and cancer in either children or adults (Savitz et al, 1988; Severson et al, 1988; London et al, 1991).

Current EMF Health Research

To assess potential health risks from an environmental agent such as power frequency electric and magnetic fields (EMF), interdisciplinary groups of scientists must consider the results from epidemiologic investigations and laboratory studies on animals, tissues and cells.

Epidemiology

Epidemiology investigates the patterns and potential causes of disease within human populations. The objective of epidemiology is to evaluate and measure the associations between exposures to environmental factors (e.g., asbestos, benzene) and health outcomes (e.g., lung disease, leukemia). Epidemiological studies look for associations between the exposure of a group of people to an agent (possible risk factor) and the occurrence of disease in that group.

Epidemiology deals with people in their natural environments, so exposures cannot be controlled or limited to the factors being studied. Thus, epidemiology addresses associations with disease outcomes; it does not establish whether a particular agent causes disease.

Some epidemiological studies conducted in community settings have reported weak associations between childhood cancer and estimates of exposure to magnetic fields;. others have reported no association. Those reporting associations are not consistent with respect to cancer type. A universal deficiency in the epidemiological literature concerns exposure assessment.

The ability of surrogate measures to predict power-frequency magnetic field exposures is quite limited. Improved methodology in recent studies has failed to show a commensurate strengthening of the evidence relating to health risks. In the occupational setting, some studies have reported weak associations between work in electrical occupations and leukemia or brain cancer, but other studies have not.

Laboratory Studies

A wide range of magnetic field intensities at extremely low frequencies (ELF) have been studied in the laboratory to attempt to elicit biological responses and identify the conditions and mechanisms under which they can be produced. At present, there is no accepted biophysical mechanism that can readily explain how a cell could respond to low intensity, low frequency magnetic fields.

Any imposed external electric and magnetic fields must compete with fundamental physical fluctuations (e.g., thermal noise) and endogenous background biological fields (e.g., those generated by the normal activity of the heart, brain, skeletal muscle, and smooth muscle in the gut and airways). Most of the laboratory studies have involved exposures which are hundreds to thousands of times higher than those typically found in residential backgrounds and some occupational settings.

From several thousand studies in the literature, relatively few biological responses are confirmed to occur with exposure to time varying magnetic fields at intensities less than 1,000 mG, and those that have been confirmed have not been clearly linked to adverse health effects.

Although there is considerable interest in determining whether there is any biological basis for a cause and effect relationship between power frequency fields and cancer, the available laboratory data have not provided substantive support for this hypothesis.

Conclusions

Numerous internationally recognized scientific organizations and independent regulatory advisory groups have conducted scientific reviews of the EMF research literature. It is their ability to bring together experts from a variety of disciplines to review the full body of research on this complex issue, that gives their reports the credibility and recognition they have received.

Without exception, these major reviews have reported that the body of data, as large as it is, does not demonstrate that exposure to power-frequency magnetic fields causes cancer or other health risks, although the possibility cannot be dismissed.

Most reviews recommend further research. The weakness of the reported associations, the lack of consistency and the severe limitations in exposure assessment in the epidemiology studies together with the lack of support from laboratory studies were key considerations in the findings of the scientific reviews.

Panels charged with recommending exposure limits for environmental levels of electric and/or magnetic fields have concluded that no meaningful experimental data exist (e.g., no dose-response information is available) on which to base standards or limits to which the public is exposed.

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