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Encinitas planning commission approves 120‑unit Sage Canyon project but denies developer concession to omit El Camino Real frontage improvements
Summary
After extensive testimony from staff, fire officials, residents and the developer, the Planning Commission approved a 120‑unit apartment project in Sage Canyon but denied the developer's request to omit required frontage improvements on El Camino Real, finding such omission would cause unmitigable public safety impacts; the motion carried 4‑0 with one recusal.
The City of Encinitas Planning Commission voted on Jan. 7 to approve a 120‑unit multifamily project (Sage Canyon) on a 5.23‑acre site in New Encinitas while denying the developer's requested density‑bonus concession that would have allowed the project to avoid constructing standard public frontage improvements on El Camino Real.
Senior planner Christina Bustamante told the commission the project seeks a design review permit, a density‑bonus request (six waivers and one concession), a coastal development permit and an exemption from CEQA for a 120‑unit apartment development. Bustamante said the applicant proposes 24 low‑income units (20% of the total); 22 of those would be deed‑restricted in perpetuity under local inclusionary rules and two restricted for 55 years, with the remainder of program details recorded in project conditions.
City engineer Dan Nutter summarized the technical basis for…
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