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San Clemente Planning Commission OKs Miramar courtyard changes, requires material and landscape conditions
Summary
The commission approved amendments to the Miramar Event Center permit to infill two small wrought‑iron openings with stucco, add a freestanding fountain and allow limited courtyard landscape modifications, with conditions on materials, a lighting follow‑up and retaining required water‑quality treatment devices.
The San Clemente Planning Commission on Dec. 17 approved amendments to the Miramar Event Center’s Core Cultural Heritage Permit (PHP 25‑5 to 7; CH‑P16376) that allow portions of the interior courtyard fence to be infilled and a freestanding fountain to be added, while imposing conditions on materials, landscape and follow‑up lighting plans.
Staff senior planner Jonathan presented the proposal and staff’s recommendation to adopt the changes as categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), citing the work as minor alterations to an existing facility. The applicant, represented by Roger Cellini of Wedgwood Weddings, said the changes are intended to create a more intimate, private space for ceremonies and cocktail hours and to screen the view of a used‑car lot across El Camino Real. "We want a place of privacy for our clients," Cellini said, adding the fountain would be freestanding and that the applicant is…
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