25 Feet Still The Limit …. At least right now!
May 22, 2009 by Wilm
Filed under Local News
The citizens of Seal Beach showed considerable support in the form or letters, phone calls, and attendance at Wednesday night’s Planning Commission. At the meeting an applicant asked to put both an elevator housing and a stairway housing – more commonly known as a doghouse – above the 25 foot height limit set for Old Town by Measure Z.
On Wednesday night the Planning Commission voted 4-0 to deny the applicant who was seeking a height variation on four properties on 10th Street. Commissioners Henry Eagar, Erin Bello, Sandra Massa-Lavitt, and Chair Ellery Deaton all voted to maintain the 25 foot height limit on this new construction and to deny the height variation that had been applied for; Commissioner Larson was absent due to medical issues. All four properties considered in the application are being built on speculation.
The Planning Commission will discuss the future of height variations at the next regularly scheduled meeting on June 3, at 7:30. A variation sounds like a variance, but is quite a bit different. A variation is an easier way of exceeding beyond the limits of the zoning code and the legal requirements for a variation are less demanding.
We will track of defense of the 25 foot height limit in Old Town Seal Beach and keep you informed.
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