SeaBreeze Project upheld in split vote of Redondo Beach City Council
Discussion of the mixed-use development project at 1914-1926 Pacific Coast Highway, designed to build more than 10,000 square feet of commercial frontage to act as a buffer for 52 condo units, was the centerpiece of a City Council meeting that stretched from Tuesday evening into the early hours of Wednesday morning. The SeaBreeze Plaza project was contentious enough during Planning Commission meetings, as countless residents from South Redondo and Torrance spoke against the project. But an appeal of the project’s Conditional Use Permit by District 2 councilman Bill Brand stoked fires anew. The public hearing of the appeal, conducted on July 21, led to council directing staff to determine conditions and draft a report of reasons to deny the project — a move required by state law for cities to deny a developer to right to build on his land. The meeting was then continued to September 1, allowing staff time to complete the request. In the meantime, SeaBreeze developer Nick Buchanan, of Cape Point Development, authored a letter to Redondo Beach Director of Public Development, Aaron Jones. In it, he requested that SeaBreeze’s hearing to be pushed back another two weeks, allowing for…
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