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Volume 21 Issue 232
08.17.22
40 foot lot could house new 84 foot hotel
Malibu’s Airbnb ordinance thrown out by Coastal Commission HANS LAETZ
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A legal gambit drafted by Malibu Councilmember Bruce Silverstein and signed on by the Malibu City Council went down in flames before the California Coastal Commission Friday, when the Coastal Commission said all rules governing short term vacation rentals (STR) in the city were null and void. By a five to three vote, the commission told the city its plan to regulate overnight rentals was too strict. And by refusing to negotiate a compromise with Coastal Commission staff, the death of the STR ordinance means that all city rules on overnight rentals are not SEE MALIBU PAGE 7
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HOTEL: The proposed hotel would fit between two apartment buildings along Colorado, near the Downtown train station.
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With school starting for local students this week, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) is updating parents on efforts to track COVID19 infections, provide transportation and continue funding for free food SEE SCHOOL PAGE 6
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A third hotel could be coming to the corner of 5th and Colorado with nearly 80 rooms squeezed onto a lot just over 40 feet wide. The Santa Monica Architectural Review Board (ARB) reviewed a proposal Monday night for a
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hotel to be built in a narrow space between two existing residential buildings along Colorado Avenue, between 5th and 6th Street. The lot is the former site of the Angels Attic dollhouse museum and is only 41.75 ft wide. The proposed project would be eight stories high with 74 guest rooms, a ground floor restaurant, outdoor seating area, lobby, guest
drop-off area, rooftop bar and two subterranean levels with a fitness area and business center. To meet the challenges of the limited space, Howard Laks Architects, the firm designing the building, came up with an angledbalcony design. Rooms on the north and south sides of the building will have alternating, diagonal balconies
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designed to maximize views of Downtown Santa Monica, Santa Monica Pier, Marina Del Rey and Catalina Island on a clear day, according to principal architect Howard Laks who presented the project at the meeting. A review by the ARB is a
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