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No jacket required The east-facing side of the Sanctuary Beach townhouses looks onto adjacent condominiums on Carpinteria Avenue.
ARB considers trio of city-changing projects By LeA Boyd
Condo project sent back to the drawing board
Members of the Carpinteria Architectural Review Board decided that their support of a proposed fourunit, two-story condominium project on the west end of Carpinteria Avenue would require a reduction to the overall size and height of the buildings. As presented to the ARB on Feb. 12, the Sanctuary Beach townhouses consisted of four, three-bedroom units located at what is now a mostly vacant lot at 4295 Carpinteria Ave. A private tennis court now exists on the 3,616-squarefoot lot, which is bordered by the railroad tracks and Carpinteria Salt Marsh to the south, a condominium complex to the east and a small single family residence to the west. The maximum height of the project would be 29 feet, and each Spanish style unit would include its own two-car garage and private yard. In a staff report, planners noted that though the project meets city code, “the overall size and scale of the two-story buildings appear quite large for the site, especially in relationship to the smaller residential structures to the west.” Several members of the public voiced concern about the impact that the project would have on their views of the salt marsh. According to City Planner Nick Bobroff, the applicant’s team will revise the plans for a more friendly street presence and a lowered overall building height with more articulation of the rooflines. The project will be back in front of the ARB on April 16.
ANTONy MARCHIANDO
Terry Brown and her four-legged pal Cassie know that a short walk down a dirt path on the Carpinteria Bluffs yields crowd-free basking in the sun. The pair harvested some vitamin d on the afternoon of Feb. 13, when sunny skies brought unseasonable heat to the West Coast. The weekend’s warmth lured many locals out of doors for the type of play that flouted the current calendar page. More photos of local recreation can be found on pages 12 and 13.
How far will they go?
At left, Warrior boys soccer player Oscar Trujillo battles with Cate player Iman Fardghassemi in the recent 1-1 tie between the Tri-Valley League co-champions. Cate edged the Warriors in the season series but both finished with 8-11 TVL records. Cate enters playoffs as the TVL top seed and Carpinteria High School gets the second spot from the league in the CIF Division 4 playoffs. Cate hosts Saugus at 3 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 20, and the Warriors host Centennial (Compton) at 5 p.m. the same day.
Carp Ave. bridge project moves forward
Plans for a new Carpinteria Avenue bridge over Carpinteria Creek were well received by the Architectural Review Board at its Feb. 12 meeting. The conceptual review was the first of several public appearances for the proposed project to replace the existing 54-foot wide bridge, built in 1937 and now failing to meet structural grade, with a 15-foot wider version. Construction on the project is slated to begin in summer 2017. The city expects the work to take around two years because the bridge will be built one half at a time as a means of keeping two-way traffic open.
ARB continued on page 5
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