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Ventura County planning commission OKs 40‑year continuance for Bacalley’s Pizza and Pasta
Summary
The Ventura County Planning Commission voted 4-0 to grant a continuation permit allowing Bacalley’s Pizza and Pasta to operate as a nonconforming restaurant in the open‑space zone for 40 years, subject to conditions including dark‑sky compliant lighting, environmental health and fire‑safety requirements.
The Ventura County Planning Commission on March 20 approved a continuation permit allowing Bacalley’s Pizza and Pasta to continue operating as a legally established, nonconforming eating establishment in the open‑space zone near Ojai for a 40‑year term.
Planning staff said the property qualifies for a continuance because the restaurant was established before a 1984 rezoning that rendered it nonconforming and because retrofitting the small parcel for another use would be cost prohibitive. The commission’s decision (4‑0) follows staff’s recommendation to grant the permit as categorically exempt from environmental review under the cited "section 15,301, existing facilities," provided the project meets several conditions.
Charles Anthony, case planner for Ventura County, told the commission the restaurant sits in the western corner of a five‑acre parcel near Reeves Road…
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