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Carpinteria council delays rezoning of S & S Seeds site after public concern; directs consider in later housing phase
Summary
City council voted to decline initiating a standalone rezoning for the two-parcel S & S Seeds site east of Viola Fields, instead leaving the property to be considered in the next phase of the city's housing-element rezones; council members and residents cited habitat sensitivity, parking and process concerns.
Carpinteria City Council on July 14 declined to adopt a resolution that would have launched a local coastal program amendment and rezoning process for two S & S Seeds parcels east of Viola Fields.
The move stops short of immediate rezoning. Council members said they want a fuller public process and more environmental review before changing the site's longstanding industrial/research park zoning. The motion also leaves the parcels available for consideration as part of the next phase of housing-element rezonings bundled with the forthcoming general-plan update.
Why it matters: Property owner Victor Schaff and a landowner…
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