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By Aaron Burgin
ENCINITAS — A pair of Encinitas establishments received approval from the Encinitas Planning Commission, including a downtown restaurant whose request for an outdoor patio sparked controversy in January. This time around, however, the Planning Commission unanimously approved Union Kitchen and Tap’s request for a 500-square-foot outdoor patio after most of the public outcry over the proposal evaporated following several concessions made by the restaurant. The Planning Commission also approved Leucadia sandwich shop Moto Deli’s request to sell beer and wine. Most of the discussion at
By Bianca Kaplanek
DEL MAR — Having previously determined short-term rentals are prohibited in most residential areas, council members at the June 19 meeting began the process of regulating and allowing the use on a limited basis. Property owners will be able to rent out their homes for less than 30 days at a time for a maximum of 28 days per year. Each rental must be at least seven days long and a permit will be required. Under the proposed new regulations, rentals will be limited to two people per bedroom, and owners must provide off-street parking and adopt a voluntary good neighbor policy. Contact information to report problems 24/7 must also be made available. The stipulations apply to home sharing, during which the primary resident or owner remains in part of the house, and whole-home rentals, during which only visitors paying for occupancy are in the unit. Home swaps, which don’t involve any monetary compensation, will be allowed with no rules. The city has budgeted money to hire a company to help monitor vacation rental advertising. Council members crafted the rules after about 75 minutes of public testimony, during which all but one of the 18 speakers
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Council supports replacing 70-year-old lifeguard station By Bianca Kaplanek
Queen for a Day? Paige Dreeuws of San Marcos High School is one of six top North County high school volleyball players who have been invited to participate in the prestigious Queen of the Beach volleyball competition at Hermosa Beach this weekend. Dreeuws has committed to the University of Hawaii. Story on Page A17. Courtesy photo
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SOLANA BEACH — Council members unanimously agree the more than 70-year-old lifeguard station at Fletcher Cove should be demolished and replaced. But when that will happen, what it will look like and how it will be funded have yet to be decided. The existing 1,480-square-foot structure built in 1943 doesn’t meet current lifeguard needs and its compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act is “questionable at best,” City Engineer Mo
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the June 15 meeting revolved around the Union THE Kitchen’s revamped proposal, which VISTA included a 10-foot-tall, conNEWS crete-then-glass sound wall along the west side of the new patio area and several other noise-buffering barriers. A sound study showed that the barriers would cut the sound emanating from the patio to well below the city’s 60-decibel noise limits in the surrounding neighborhood. AsRANCHO in January, Union representatives also agreed SFNEWS to allow no live music, amplified sound or games in the patio eating area, which they agreed would close at 10 p.m. This was enough to satis-
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