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No new lifeguard station Construction stopped following judge’s ruling On December 24, superior- court judge Katherine Bacal ruled that the City of San Diego violated the city’s own site development permit while going about the construction of a state-of-the-art lifeguard tower in South Mission Beach. The city had waited eight
and a half years after permits were obtained to demolish the current 897-square-foot lifeguard station to make room for a new structure. The three-story, 3125-square- foot building with observation tower was to have a first-aid room, a lobby, enclosed park- ing and storage for safety vehicles, and restrooms. A group of residents call-
ing themselves Citizens for Beach Rights filed an emer- gency writ of mandate after witnessing construction crews prepping the site for
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construction in March 2015, six years after the city’s building permit expired. City staf f first intro-
duced plans to replace the old tower in 2004. The Mission Beach Planning Group, however, rejected staff’s proposal to build a 3500-square-foot building. The city then returned with a smaller, abridged version. Staff obtained permits for the building in 2006. It was around that time that funding ran short. Decreas- ing revenues mixed with increasing budget demands and a growing infrastructure backlog saddled the city. In September 2009 the permit expired before the city could begin work. However, the lapsed permits didn’t stop
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staff from petitioning the Cal- ifornia Coastal Commission for a Coastal Development Permit in 2011. Again work was delayed. In 2014, city staff resurrected the project; this time, the plans called for a slightly larger tower. In her December ruling,
Bacal stated that the city was well aware of the dead- line and at no point did staff try and obtain an extension. Wrote Bacal, “Even if
the city demonstrated that it ‘utilized’ the [Site Develop- ment Permit] pursuant to the Municipal Code (which the court does not conclude), the evidence was conclusive that the [Site Development Permit] was not utilized under its own terms…. [A]t issue here, the specific man-
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datory means of utilization was through construction, grading, or demolition, com- menced or pursued in a dili- gent manner. Alternatively, if this could not be accom- plished, the city could have sought an extension. “
...For all these reasons
the court finds that the [Site Development Permit] is void.” Dorian Hargrove
Warning: thirdhand smoke SDSU researchers say cigarettes’ toxins last long While the public has long been aware of the dangers of smoking and passive expo- sure to secondhand smoke, researchers at San Diego State University are raising a call for vigilance regarding
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