Re: Project No. R2015-03107-(3) / Tentative Parcel Map 073804 /
Minor Coastal Development Permit 201500112
Opposition to Project Approval
Dear Supervisor Kuehl:
The purpose of this correspondence is to notify you of my opposition to the proposed condominium development at 18225 Coastline Drive (the “Project”). I live in the Sunset Mesa community that surrounds this Project site. The approval of the proposed Project will negatively impact our community, particularly with regard to ocean and coastline views. Such views are so paramount within Sunset Mesa that the CC&Rs for the tract explicitly prohibit “any fence plants, hedges, or any other structure or device” from interfering with the ocean views enjoyed by adjacent lots within the community.
In 2014, the County adopted the Santa Monica Mountains Local Coastal Program (“LCP”) to guide development in our area. The very first overriding goal identified in the LCP’s Land Use Plan (“LUP”) is to “Protect, maintain, and where feasible, enhance and restore the overall quality of the coastal zone environment and its natural and man made resources.” Among the policies in the LUP that support this goal is Policy LU-35: “Require that new development preserve views of the ocean or Scenic Elements from public parkland, trails, Scenic Routes, and the principal permitted use on adjoining parcels…”
The Project as proposed is inconsistent with the LCP, and approval will set a bad precedent for future developments in our community. I respectfully urge that the Board of Supervisors grant the pending appeal and deny the Project as proposed.
Updates
March 20, 2017
I have submitted a formal request for a meeting with the planning department to review the inconsistencies between the project proposal and current local coastal policies. I am currently documenting feedback from regional planning staff and will provide a summary of their position once I receive a written response to my inquiry.
March 20, 2017
The scale of support has reached a point where it is no longer possible for the planning department to ignore our presence. I am currently preparing a formal packet including these signatures to present directly to the county office next week. Expect a report regarding my scheduled meeting with the district representatives once the session concludes.
30 Comments
Thank you for doing this work I think it's very important not to allow precedents to happen against our CC&Rs
Destroying or reducing people's ocean views is not and should not be allowed. This negatively impacts both quality of life and property values!
We moved into Sunset Mesa based on their rules regarding protecting ocean views. These rules must be respected and followed
Project No. R2015-03107 will directly interfere with my ocean view. I own property at 18219 Coastline drive directly next to the proposed building. is inconsistent with Policy LU-35. Sincerely, Lisa Hollingshead
We have managed to preserve the California coastline in a beautiful way - and avoid creating the sad results that Miami and South Beach have seen. To enter a community with plans to build a complex at this stage in the community's history is without sense and demonstrates a disregard for the surrounding neighborhood and its longtime residents. The community should oppose this for multiple reasons - not just to preserve views but to prevent over development of the coastal communities as well.
Keeping our ocean views is a top priority for all of us who bought homes here for that reason
We have been here over 25 years. The ocean views are EVERYTHING EVERYTHING EVERYTHING We are very fortunate to live here. We MUST preserve what we HAVE. Thank You !
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Re: Project No. R2015-03107-(3) / Tentative Parcel Map 073804 /
Minor Coastal Development Permit 201500112
Opposition to Project Approval
Dear Supervisor Kuehl:
The purpose of this correspondence is to notify you of my opposition to the proposed condominium development at 18225 Coastline Drive (the “Project”). I live in the Sunset Mesa community that surrounds this Project site. The approval of the proposed Project will negatively impact our community, particularly with regard to ocean and coastline views. Such views are so paramount within Sunset Mesa that the CC&Rs for the tract explicitly prohibit “any fence plants, hedges, or any other structure or device” from interfering with the ocean views enjoyed by adjacent lots within the community.
In 2014, the County adopted the Santa Monica Mountains Local Coastal Program (“LCP”) to guide development in our area. The very first overriding goal identified in the LCP’s Land Use Plan (“LUP”) is to “Protect, maintain, and where feasible, enhance and restore the overall quality of the coastal zone environment and its natural and man made resources.” Among the policies in the LUP that support this goal is Policy LU-35: “Require that new development preserve views of the ocean or Scenic Elements from public parkland, trails, Scenic Routes, and the principal permitted use on adjoining parcels…”
The Project as proposed is inconsistent with the LCP, and approval will set a bad precedent for future developments in our community. I respectfully urge that the Board of Supervisors grant the pending appeal and deny the Project as proposed.
Updates
March 20, 2017
I have submitted a formal request for a meeting with the planning department to review the inconsistencies between the project proposal and current local coastal policies. I am currently documenting feedback from regional planning staff and will provide a summary of their position once I receive a written response to my inquiry.
March 20, 2017
The scale of support has reached a point where it is no longer possible for the planning department to ignore our presence. I am currently preparing a formal packet including these signatures to present directly to the county office next week. Expect a report regarding my scheduled meeting with the district representatives once the session concludes.
30 Comments
Please don't allow our ocean views to be compromised. I've lived at 3727 Malibu Vista Drive with my husband since 1986. We raised 2 children here. We cut our trees every year so that our neighbors keep their ocean views. I watched so many friends in the Palisades and in Redondo Beach lose their ocean views, their privacy and even the sun light, because a board gave some inconsiderate new buyer permission to destroy the beauty of the neighborhood. Please don't let that happen here in Sunset Mesa.
Thank you for doing this work I think it's very important not to allow precedents to happen against our CC&Rs
Destroying or reducing people's ocean views is not and should not be allowed. This negatively impacts both quality of life and property values!
We moved into Sunset Mesa based on their rules regarding protecting ocean views. These rules must be respected and followed
Project No. R2015-03107 will directly interfere with my ocean view. I own property at 18219 Coastline drive directly next to the proposed building. is inconsistent with Policy LU-35. Sincerely, Lisa Hollingshead
We have managed to preserve the California coastline in a beautiful way - and avoid creating the sad results that Miami and South Beach have seen. To enter a community with plans to build a complex at this stage in the community's history is without sense and demonstrates a disregard for the surrounding neighborhood and its longtime residents. The community should oppose this for multiple reasons - not just to preserve views but to prevent over development of the coastal communities as well.
Keeping our ocean views is a top priority for all of us who bought homes here for that reason
We have been here over 25 years. The ocean views are EVERYTHING EVERYTHING EVERYTHING We are very fortunate to live here. We MUST preserve what we HAVE. Thank You !
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Please don't allow our ocean views to be compromised. I've lived at 3727 Malibu Vista Drive with my husband since 1986. We raised 2 children here. We cut our trees every year so that our neighbors keep their ocean views. I watched so many friends in the Palisades and in Redondo Beach lose their ocean views, their privacy and even the sun light, because a board gave some inconsiderate new buyer permission to destroy the beauty of the neighborhood. Please don't let that happen here in Sunset Mesa.