Half Moon Bay Review/Mark Noack, 3/5/15. "Church Street Subdivision wins approvals."
| Coastal city Half Moon Bay develops tourism. Meantime, gateway to the coast city Pacifica earns the commercial NIMBY booby prize. |
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| This Booby approves the other photograph caption. |
"The buildings, proposed by local developer Cameron Jeffs, of Gibraltar Capital, would mix retail space on the ground floor with upstairs residences. Four separate units would be built across two buildings, each with commercial space downstairs and a two-bedroom apartment on the second story.
Commissioners approved the project after a long discussion over intricate details of the plans, including plantings, architectural design and subdivision of the lot. The project needed an exemption to build on lots slightly smaller than standard under normal city rules."
Reference - City of Half Moon Bay, 320 Church Street project, prepared by PMC, 3/2012 pdf pages 162, "Initial Study Mitigated Negative Declaration. Church Street/Kelly Avenue empty lot Google Street view.
Related articles - Half Moon Bay review/Mark Noack, 1/29/15..... "If built, the commercial space would be perfect for a new downtown restaurant, gallery or retail space, Jeffs said. Similar such mixed-use buildings can be found along the downtown corridor. “Our hope is to attract business to focus more in the downtown area,” he said. “It’s going to enhance the gateway into Main Street.” .... In a separate project, Jeffs is also seeking to build a 10-home subdivision at the end of Church Street. That project remains a work in progress with initial infrastructure planned in the coming months, Jeffs said."
Related articles - Half Moon Bay review/Mark Noack, 1/29/15..... "If built, the commercial space would be perfect for a new downtown restaurant, gallery or retail space, Jeffs said. Similar such mixed-use buildings can be found along the downtown corridor. “Our hope is to attract business to focus more in the downtown area,” he said. “It’s going to enhance the gateway into Main Street.” .... In a separate project, Jeffs is also seeking to build a 10-home subdivision at the end of Church Street. That project remains a work in progress with initial infrastructure planned in the coming months, Jeffs said."
Note photographs. Downtown Half Moon Bay by Lauren from Something in her ramblings.com blog. Blue-Footed Booby from The Phrase Finder, UK, "Booby prize", "Meaning: A prize given to make fun of the loser in a contest or game."
Posted by Kathy Meeh
1 comment:
Nice to have a downtown. "Gateway". There's a word you don't hear in Pacifica. Look at the hodge podge mess along Palmetto. Cleaning up a few blocks won't make it a downtown. And what is the city's idea of a gateway to Linda Mar and Park Pacifica? An enormous poop pit surrounded by a high wall. Brilliant.
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