A gasoline station and minimarket was approved for the intersection of Lakeview Road and Orcutt Road at Highway 135 by the Santa Barbara County zoning administrator in a virtual hearing Monday morning.
Three area residents sent letters to the Planning and Development Department, four spoke at the hearing and several posted messages on various social media pages, all but a few opposing the project based on its effect on traffic congestion in the intersection.
Lakeview Road crosses both Orcutt Road and Highway 135 within a distance of about 200 feet, and the two eastbound lanes of Lakeview merge into a single lane about 200 feet east of Orcutt Road, right before a crosswalk serving students from nearby Lakeview Junior High School.