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From Sidewalk Cafe, A1 DPR on Nov. 18 with modifications to the sidewalk café, seeking its approval before presenting the project to the Community Planning Association on Dec. 5. La Valencia hopes to open the café in December. Though each concern was individually addressed — with the exception of the rounded railing, which La Valencia decided not to change — DPR members voted not to approve findings for a Neighborhood Use Permit as presented. Member Diane Kane, although voting for the necessary permit, said she was “on the fence,” and hoped it would ultimately be voted down. “I think there is way too much going on in that location and this is adding to it,” she said. “We are losing more and more public realm to private uses, and that spot is really a critical bottleneck, so I think there are safety issues and pedestrian issues. There is just not enough room on that sidewalk for all the stuff people want to do there.” Representatives for the project said they would next proceed to the CPA, despite the “no” vote from the DPR. La Valencia Hotel representative Carey Algaze polled those who voted against the plans to understand their reasoning so she could address those concerns at the CPA meeting.
In other DPR news: n The Reserve Project
Plans to develop a four-lot subdivision
with three estate-home lots and one open-space lot at 6850 Country Club Drive (aka The Reserve Project) were back before the DPR for final approval. The DPR committee has reviewed the project twice, visited the site in 2012, and based on its observations, expressed concerns about height, view impacts, runoff and fencing options. Project representatives presented updated plans, and cited La Jolla design standards as the basis for their choices of color, height and building materials. However, some DPR members said they didn’t have the chance to review the design standards in the parts applicable to the project, and needed more time before they could approve the project. The DPR voted that findings could not be made for the necessary permits, but invited project representatives to their next meeting, when they’ve had more time to verify design standards. DPR Chair Paul Benton said project representatives have the option of returning to DPR or proceeding to the CPA.
n 6767 Neptune Place
One project that did garner DPR approval was the residential apartment complex located at 6767 Neptune Place. Benton said the applicant was “very responsive,” and changed the proposed bright white exterior to muted colors, and recessed the balcony, per DPR requests. — The DPR committee meets at 4 p.m. the second and third Tuesday of the month, at the La Jolla Rec Center, 615 Prospect St. LaJollaCPA.org
From Beach Access, A3 (designed by Irving Gill), said he also does not want public access reinstated. “We’ve been against it forever,” Reynolds said. “It’s just not safe; it’s a liability issue. … There’s very easy access from the Marine Room. Plus, it would be an invasion of the neighborhood.” However, WindanSea Surf Club president Ozstar De Jourday said the beach access north of Princess Street, near the Marine Room restaurant on Spindrift Drive, is not always a safe route. He said the Princess Street access is the safest way up during high tide or rough water conditions, and a necessary point of access for divers, surfers and others walking the coast. De Jourday recalled once being stuck on the rocks below with a group of young surfers, having to cajole Ure Kretowicz into allowing them to come up through his property. “When the waves are big that’s super dangerous (trying to get up from the beach near the Marine Room),” he said. Ure Kretowicz said he is not yet sure whether he will appeal the Nov. 18 court ruling. “We’re sitting here with
Wording was added to this former city sign near the closed Princess Street public access point that directed people to access the beach near the Marine Room restaurant. The city says it does not know who added the Marine Room wording, who removed the sign, or when. Courtesy of Melinda Merryweather
counsel looking at all of our options — one of which is to appeal,” he said.
for the city’s Park and Recreation department, said it was most likely a city sign. However, he said the city did not modify it, nor remove it. Kretowicz also denied any implication that he removed the sign. Should the Kretowiczes appeal the ruling, Pederson said, the CCC would “certainly continue to vigorously defend the commission’s action and argue in favor of the trial court ruling.” Once a legal path is clear for the CCC to move forward with enforcement, McEachern said, “there’s some pretty specific time frames (in which) they need to get the easements recorded.”
n Sign of the times
Merryweather provided La Jolla Light with photos of a sign that once stood near the railing where Princess Street and Spindrift Drive connect, which she said denoted Princess Street as a beach access point. She said that at some point the words “At Marine Room” were added, with an arrow pointing north on Spindrift Drive. Several years ago, the sign was inexplicably removed. Shown a photograph of the sign, Dan Daneri, district manager of shoreline parks
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