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Miramar Hotel

Caruso BSC Miramar LLC has received approval for a revised Development Plan to redevelop the Miramar Hotel with all new buildings of approximately 385,296 gross (164,849 net) square feet, including a main building with a lobby, meeting rooms and conference facilities, back-of-house areas, and underground parking; a ballroom; a spa, a Beach and Tennis Club; 192 guest rooms; two restaurants and a beach bar; two pools and two tennis courts; new landscaping; new 10-foot high sound wall; four employee dwellings; and abandonment of the north-south segment of Miramar Avenue with approximately 36,300 cubic yards of cut and 46,100 cubic yard of fill with 10,000 cubic yards to be imported. All existing buildings would be demolished.

Environmental documentation, technical reports, maps and staff analysis of a proposal may be reviewed at the Planning and Development Department, 123 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara.

Next Steps

Applicant will return to the Montecito Planning Commission for a discussion of the project's architecture prior to returning to the Montecito Board or Architectural Review for preliminary and final approval. A date will be identified when it becomes available

Status

The project was approved by the County Board of Supervisors on December 9, 2008. The Board's decision was subsequently appealed to the California Coastal Commission. Resolution of the Coastal Commission appeal occured on April 6, 2009 and the County's approval of the project is now final.

A one year time extension was approved on March 16, 2010 by the Board of Supervisors for the Coastal Development Permit, extending its life to April 6, 2011.

In October 2009, the applicant submitted historic documentation of the Miramar property as required by Condition #32. The historic documentation has been reviewed by the Historic Landmarks Advisory Committee (HLAC) and was archived at the Santa Barbara Historical Society's Gledhill Library.