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HLC grants project-design approval for adaptive-reuse conversion at 133–135 East Ortega with conditions
Summary
The Historic Landmarks Commission on May 21 granted project-design approval for an adaptive-reuse conversion at 133–135 East Ortega Street, allowing an adaptive-reuse plan for 26 rental units to proceed while asking the applicant to study several façade and courtyard refinements.
The Santa Barbara Historic Landmarks Commission on May 21 granted project design approval for an adaptive-reuse project at 133–135 East Ortega Street, a mixed set of existing commercial/industrial structures proposed to be converted to 26 rental units.
Applicant agent Lonnie Roy described the proposal as adaptive reuse of three existing structures — including two Quonset-hut–type volumes at the rear — and said the project would provide 26 units (four two‑bedrooms, the rest studios) with no on-site car parking. The team said the metal canopy over part of the property will be “peeled back” roughly 20 feet to increase light and air, facades will…
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