Planning Commission approves Marburg corporate office at 2 S. Quarantina St.; coastal permit and development plan granted

The Santa Barbara Planning Commission on Feb. 13 approved a coastal development permit and development plan for a two‑story, 18,575‑square‑foot corporate office building for Marburg at 2 South Quarantina Street.

Pilar Plummer, associate planner, summarized staff’s recommendation and the project’s zoning and coastal considerations. She told commissioners the site lies in the non‑appealable jurisdiction of the coastal zone in the industrial component of the local coastal land use plan and that City Council previously allocated 12,142 square feet of non‑residential floor area to the project under a community benefit designation. The applicant combined that allocation with demolition and minor‑project credits to reach the 18,575 square‑foot request.

“Marburg is a locally owned company that provides a broad public benefit in solid waste management for the city,” Plummer said, summarizing the council’s reasoning when it granted the community‑benefit allocation.

What the commission approved -…