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Board supports revised automated car wash plan at South Lacumbra Road and asks for procedural return to consent
Summary
On Sept. 15 the Santa Barbara Architectural Board of Review reviewed a revised automated drive‑through car wash at 3150 South Lacumbra Road that relocates the building nearer Lacumbra Lane and requests a front setback modification of 3 feet 4 inches.
On Sept. 15 the Architectural Board of Review considered revisions to a previously approved automated drive‑through car wash at 3150 South Lacumbra Road. The applicant presented a changed footprint that flips the wash tunnel, lengthens the tunnel by about 15 feet to increase queuing capacity, shortens the equipment room, and relocates the structure closer to the Lacumbra Lane property line, triggering a requested front setback modification of 3 feet 4 inches.
Project architect Kent Mixon described the rationale: flipping the building improves sightlines to the existing gas station on State Street, provides roughly 20…
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