Inside CITY HALL
Jennifer Kho
WHAT HAPPENED: The Planning Commission on Monday extended Sebastian
Valente’s conditional-use permit to construct and operate Car Gallerie, a
new and used car dealership.
Because of financial difficulties, Valente was not able to obtain
building permits for the project before his conditional-use permit
expired. Plans were originally approved in April 2000.
WHAT IT MEANS: Valente will be able to build a dealership including a
5,380-square-foot showroom building, a 4,046-square-foot service building
with a 393-foot loft and a 3,098-square-foot covered display
structure.The dealership also is allowed a 15-foot landscape setback
rather than the 20-foot setback normally required.
WHAT THEY SAID: “It was just a standard course of business,”
Chairwoman Katrina Foley said. “They had already done the grading and
their conditional-use permit expired just before they were pulling their
[building] permits.”
VOTE: 3-0, with Commissioner Bill Perkins absent. Commissioner Katie
Wilson resigned last week, and her position has not yet been replaced.
WHAT HAPPENED: The commission postponed a decision on whether to allow
Beacon Bay Enterprises to subdivide property at 2059 Harbor Blvd.,
previously Beacon Bay Auto Wash, into two lots.
Beacon Bay Enterprises also is requesting permits to use the Harbor
Boulevard half of the lot for vehicle sales and the Charle Street half of
the lot for outdoor vehicle storage. The proposal calls for primary
access through Charle Street.
WHAT IT MEANS: The commission will review the proposal again at its
next meeting, July 9.
City staff has recommended that the commission deny the subdivision
because of the proposed primary access on Charle Street.
The west side of the street is housing, not commercial use, and future
commercial uses on the rear half of the property would generate traffic
on Charle Street that would be a burden on the residents, according to
the staff report.
City staff is recommending that the commission approve the vehicle
sales and outdoor vehicle storage, provided that the business closes off
its Charle Street driveways and uses only Harbor Boulevard for access.
VOTE: 3-0, with Perkins absent.
NEXT MEETING:
WHAT: Costa Mesa Planning Commission meeting
WHERE: Costa Mesa City Hall, 77 Fair Drive
WHEN: 6:30 p.m. July 9
INFORMATION: (714) 754-5245
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