One of my favorite quotes: “I will never understand why it is called Common Sense, when it is so uncommon.”
I recently sold my office/retail property in the 900 block of State Street after almost 40 years of ownership, and moved my investments to Texas. Being a third-generation Santa Barbaran, it pains me to be forced to make these kinds of decisions.
The one-on-one relationship between retail sales volume and available shopping time should easily be discerned by even the most unaware city official. Obviously this is not the case.