Here are some of the decisions...

Here are some of the decisions coming out of the Costa Mesa

Planning Commission meeting on Monday.

CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTER PARKING

Costa Mesa planning commissioners unanimously approved a request

from Christian Outreach Center officials to deviate from usual

parking requirements for their new place of worship on Harbor

Boulevard.

Officials representing the Christian Outreach Center, slated to

move into a 1,954-square-foot space in the Commerce Park complex,

asked for a conditional-use permit that would reduce the required

parking spaces from 25 to six.

Plans for the church, which has about 30 members, call for a

reception area, office space, sanctuary and restroom on the first

floor and a youth room, “clothing and food room,” and restroom on the

second floor, according to a staff report.

Planner Mel Lee said he did not expect any parking problems

because church services are held when the other complex businesses

are closed.

WHAT IT MEANS

The Christian Outreach Center will conduct business out of the

office on weekdays and hold services on weekends only.

BARNACLE BILL’S

The Planning Commission again thwarted any plans for an owner of

the Barnacle Bill’s boat repair business to build a deck for boat

detailing and storage by upholding the original denial of the

project.

In July, the commission denied a request to build a detailing deck

at the 1609 Pomona Ave. business, saying the view of the boats would

not be properly shielded. Commissioners also decided the deck would

create a traffic hazard.

Business owner Dan Zaccuri appealed the decision, saying the

proposed ramp would block visibility of the lower storage yard and

proposed additional decorative screening to shield people from the

view, a staff report reads.

Planning commissioners expressed the same concerns Monday, saying

the project did not allow enough room to move the boats in and out of

the storage without backing them out onto the street and causing a

traffic jam.

Commissioners encouraged Zaccuri to use a canopy that falls in

line with city regulations as a detailing area.

WHAT IT MEANS

Zaccuri will not be permitted to build a deck and ramp for boat

storage and detailing.

--Compiled by Lolita Harper