2) Klentner Mixed Use Project Hotel Conversion Appeal
Planner: Bret McNulty
Appellants: 1. Aaron Beaudoin; 2. Andrea Harrison & Robert Ruben Gonzalez; 3. Karen Aragaki
Applicant: Justin Klentner
Project: 23-2221-DPR/CDP
Location: 4745 Carpinteria Avenue
Hearing on the request: 1. Aaron Beaudoin; 2. Andrea Harrison and Robert Ruben Gonzalez; and 3. Karen Aragaki, to consider appeals of the Community Development Director's decision to approve Project 23-2221-DPR/CDP (application filed May 5, 2025 by Justin Klentner) for a minor revision to a previously approved Development Plan and Coastal Development Permit to allow the conversion of 2,807 square feet of second floor commercial area into a six-unit hotel use within the mixed-use building currently under construction pursuant to the provisions of the Commercial Planned Development (CPD) zone district and Visitor-serving/Highway Commercial (V) overlay district; and to find that the Hotel Conversion is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to §15332 of CEQA Guidelines. The application involves APN 003-251-021, addressed as 4745 Carpinteria Avenue.