. . . and then Ponto can look just like this! Epic.
At Wednesday night’s Planning Commission meeting, the Ponto Beach Front Vision Plan got thumbs up all around (no surprise) with a few slight alterations according to a story in the North County Times.
It was the second time the commission has backed the document. Two years ago, the group gave its endorsement, but the City Council later ordered an extensive environmental review. The council’s decision came after intense pressure from neighbors and coastal preservationists.
The “modifications” include:
- expanding the buffer zone — a public parkland — along Batiquitos Lagoon. The recommendation calls for a 75-foot buffer area, up significantly from the original footpath area that the plan initially called for;
- mandating underground parking structures unless the developers can show they aren’t feasible;
- requiring trail links and encouraging the state park system to allow public access through its South Carlsbad State Beach campground; and
- putting additional noise mitigation measures on a proposed hotel project in the northern end of the Ponto area.
This will go before the City Council in late October, so there is still time to slow it down.
[Link: North County Times]
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