Zoning administrator refers Coastal Abode outdoor-display request to planning commission

Adam Matamian, Zoning Administrator for the City of San Clemente, referred a minor conditional use permit application for outdoor display at Coastal Abode, 228 Avenida Del Mar, to the city planning commission after a public hearing and extensive public comment on Wednesday.

The item, filed as public hearing project 24-085, concerns outdoor display in front of a historic single‑story building listed by the city as an Ole Hansen–era Spanish Colonial Revival structure on a roughly 4,000‑square‑foot lot. Laura Corey, assistant planner, told the zoning administrator that the municipal code allows outdoor display only where minimum standards are met, that display areas cannot occupy required parking or the public right of way, and that parking must be calculated at one space per 400 square feet of commercial area.

Staff told the zoning administrator that the site includes a fire hydrant requiring a 15‑foot clearance and an existing 20‑minute public parking curb. Corey said…