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Planning commission approves Encinitas Brewing Company with bike‑rack condition, citing parking study and indoor operations
Summary
The commission approved a use permit, design review and coastal permit to convert the former Islands Restaurant into Encinitas Brewing Company, allowing an ancillary brewery and distillery (ABC types 23 and 74), expanded patios and an added condition to install at least three bike racks (space for up to six bikes); vote was 5‑0.
The Encinitas Planning Commission on Feb. 18 approved permits allowing Encinitas Brewing Company to occupy 1588 Locadia Boulevard, converting the former Islands Restaurant into a full‑service restaurant with an ancillary brewery and craft distillery. The commission approved a major use permit modification, design review and coastal development permit and added a condition asking the applicant to install at least three bike racks (space for up to six bikes); the motion passed 5‑0.
Planner Raffi presented the project and described the scope: façade improvements, increased outdoor dining from 517 to 1,565 square feet (two patios), interior seating of 106, and outdoor seating of 72 and 16 in the two patios,…
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