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Planning Commission approves 7‑Eleven remodel and sign package at 2178 41st Avenue amid neighbor concerns about easement and noise
Summary
The commission approved a design permit, conditional use permit and a sign permit for a new 7‑Eleven at 2178 41st Avenue, keeping the existing fuel canopy and adding landscape buffering; neighbors raised concerns about a drainage easement, runoff and noise, which staff and the applicant addressed in answers during public comment.
The Capitola City Planning Commission voted to approve a design permit, conditional use permit and a sign permit for a new 7‑Eleven at 2178 41st Avenue, subject to conditions in the staff report including an additional short‑term bicycle parking space and standard design and operational conditions.
Staff described the project as a replacement of the existing convenience market with a remodeled building at the rear of the property while retaining the existing fuel canopy and pumps. The project includes four new signs (each not to exceed 50 square feet), new landscaping that provides roughly 26½ feet of buffer in the rear, façade articulation to reduce a boxy appearance,…
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