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For the applicant team behind the La Casa de Los Amigos replacement, the last eight months have been a bit of a rollercoaster between frequent and lengthy meetings, project revisions, votes to approve that were later up for reconsideration and more.
Del Mar is implementing the California HOME Act — better known as Senate Bill 9, or SB-9 — which went into effect last year and allows developers to split a residential plot zoned for a single-family home into duplexes and fourplexes.
The next step isn't certain after the Development Permit Review Committee votes to revisit the issue following a resident's objections over the roof structure on a proposed new house on the historic property.
The street frontage would stay the same, and the planned new home’s size has been reduced by about 800 square feet.
Efforts to repopulate the Bay with sea otters and help the coastal kelp forest gain support in Sonoma County, although local fishers and sharks could stand in the way.