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Hearing officer approves front-setback modification for Westmont College Ocean View Apartments trash enclosure

Staff Hearing Officer · April 23, 2026
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Summary

The staff hearing officer approved a front-setback modification to permit a single screened trash enclosure at the front lot line serving 11 and 15 Ocean View Avenue (Westmont College Ocean View Apartments), finding the work exempt under CEQA Section 15301 and conditioning recording of an off-site trash-easement; parking, screening and ABR review were discussed.

Tess Harris, Staff Hearing Officer, approved a front-setback modification on April 22 to permit a single trash enclosure at the front lot line serving the 11 and 15 Ocean View Avenue apartment properties owned by Westmont College.

Pilar Plummer, associate planner with the City of Santa Barbara Planning and Zoning Division, told the hearing the two lots each contain two-story, 12-unit apartment buildings. Staff said the rear parking lots are…

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