3) APPLICANT: Justin Marsh, agent, for G6 Hospitality Property LLC (Project: 19-1976-DPR/CDP)
PLANNER: Marysol Smith
PROJECT LOCATION: 5550 Carpinteria Avenue - Motel 6
ZONING: Commercial Planned Development (CPD):
Request of Justin Marsh, agent for G6 Hospitality Property LLC (Motel 6), to consider Project 19-1976-DPR/CDP for preliminary review of a request to upgrade exterior lighting and re-landscape the site. Approximately 29 existing exterior building mounted lights and parking lot/grounds lighting would be replaced with night-sky friendly fixtures. A total of 56 trees would be removed, including forty-nine trees that have been removed without City approval and another 7 proposed to accommodate the adjacent Holiday Inn solar carport project. Fifty-two trees would be replanted and a variety of shrubs are also proposed. Some of the existing landscaping on site would remain as-is. The property is a 4 acre parcel zoned Commercial Planned Development (CPD) and shown as APN 001-070-039, addressed as 5550 Carpinteria Avenue.