In January, Pacific Beach Planning Group approved recommendations on how to make Mission Boulevard more bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly.
\nThe advisory group also overwhelmingly opposed a proposed second-story single-family home expansion with the addition of a companion unit in Crown Point.
\nPB community planners on Jan. 8 green-lighted a letter to the San Diego Planning Department concerning the Mission Boulevard Public Spaces & Active Transportation Plan. That plan is an ongoing study to reconfigure the boulevard to better accommodate non-vehicular traffic and includes roundabouts.
\nPB Planning Group\u2019s recommendations call for: – Pocket parks and\/or pedestrian promenades on Ocean Front Walk from PB Drive to Diamond Street;
\n– Closing Oliver Street to non-emergency service vehicular traffic and developing it as a pedestrian promenade all the way from Ocean Front Walk to Mission Boulevard;
\n– Redesigning Mission Boulevard to include much wider sidewalks on both the east and west sides of Mission Boulevard, and much-improved pedestrian- and bike- crossing facilities east-west across Mission Boulevard;
\n– Roundabouts\u00a0at every current signaled intersection along Mission Boulevard from PB Drive to Diamond Street;
\n– Sufficient ride-share\/drop-off locations;
\n– Creation of a mobility hub accommodating placement of a mass-transit station and\/or shuttle service near the beach to facilitate convenient and affordable transit from beach areas to nearby communities;
\n– Widening the boardwalk from Grand Avenue to PB Drive wherever possible, recapturing public right-of-way from businesses encroaching on public space and eliminating vehicular access on Ocean Boulevard from Thomas Street to Grand Avenue. GRANNY FLATS Arguing\u00a0new rules making it easier to build companion units (granny flats) to alleviate the housing crunch has gone too far, PBPG also voted 10-1-1 to oppose plans for redeveloping a lot at 3535 Promontory St.\u00a0
\nThe group vote followed a presentation by applicant Igor Prokopenko, who made his case for redeveloping the parcel, which has been a rental property.
\nThe Promontory project is seeking permitting to remodel an existing dwelling unit to convert a garage into living space, construct a new garage and add a second-story addition for a total of 3,697 square feet. The project would include construction of a new companion unit of 1,151 square feet with the entrance on Ingraham Street.
\nNeighbors came out strongly against the proposal. They argued short-term tenants there have been problematic, while insisting the redevelopment as proposed, particularly the second-story home addition and large-size companion unit, are out of scale and character with their neighborhood.
\nPBPG board members sided with neighbors. Eve Anderson expressed displeasure with the lack of any parking proposed for the redevelopment.\u00a0
\n“I agree with everything the neighbors have said,” noted board member Joe Bettles, who added he generally favors building more granny flats as one answer to the present housing crisis.
\n“This is what you\u2019re getting,” said board member Scott Chipman, about the new more-relaxed rules now allowing companion units to be built in the front, as well as the back, of properties.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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