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County Pulls Plug on Montecito Planning Commission’s Miramar Recommendations

Caruso’s expansion project now goes straight to Santa Barbara County Planning Commission.

County Pulls Plug on Montecito Planning Commission’s Miramar Recommendations

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The Montecito Planning Commission won’t be able to weigh in on the Rosewood Miramar expansion project after all; its Friday hearing on October 18 ended abruptly for lack of a quorum. The county has said it has no plans to reschedule it.

The project, which has elicited much community debate, includes 26 affordable housing units for the resort’s workforce, plus 13 retail spaces and eight market-rate apartments on the parking lot near All Saints-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church.