1. The Crummer Bluff Mansions
Presentation to the California Coastal Commission August 12, 2015 LCP-4-MAL (W 12b) By
Sherman L. Stacey, Esq.
Gaines & Stacey LLP
For
Green Acres, LLC
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2. Why? Why Five Mansions (subdivision)? Why 10,000 square feet?
Why 40’ tall trees?
Why only 1.7 acres of park (on top of leach field)?
Why $2 Million?
Why no visitor serving alternatives?
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3. Project Inconsistent with Coastal Act
30213 – Visitor serving and recreation shall be protected – Visitor serving shall have priority over private residential – Upland areas necessary to support coastal recreation shall be reserved (a) – Limits land divisions – New development should enhance public access.
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4. Project Inconsistent with Malibu LUP
2.33 – Priority shall be given to visitor-serving and commercial recreation – New visitor-serving shall be encouraged – Coastal recreation and visitor-serving shall be protected – Priority shall be given to recreational uses not currently available – Property to be Commercial Visitor-Serving (CV-2) – Land divisions to be minimized – Land divisions to minimize impacts to public access. 6.1 – Scenic and visual qualities shall be protected. 6.2 – Scenic vistas from parks are public viewing areas. 6.4 – Vistas of the ocean are scenic. 6.5 – New development shall minimize impacts on scenic views.
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5. Crummer Bluff Mansions
View Blockage Impacts
“Unavoidably visible”
-Staff Report p.39
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6. View Effects from Scenic Vistas -
Green Acres View Impacts –
Visitors, pedestrians and hikers traversing the site trails will have their panoramic scenic vistas altered extensively.
Malibu Canyon View Impacts –
Travelers heading West on Malibu Canyon Road will have their scenic vistas altered from multiple vantage points.
Bluffs Park View Impacts –
Visitors and users of Malibu Bluffs Park will have their scenic vista of the Bay almost totally obscured.
PCH View Impacts –
Scenic views will be impacted on both up coast and down coast sides of Pacific Coast Highway.
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7. Pepperdine University Crummer Bluff Mansions
Scenic Vistas Perspective Map
PCH South
Pepperdine University
Bluffs Park
Malibu Memorial Park
Crummer Bluff Mansions
PCH North
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8. Sample View Blockage From Malibu Bluffs Park
Photos from Crummer own EIR Fig
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10. Crummer Bluff Mansions
Failure to Consider Visitor
Serving Alternatives
“Lower cost visitor serving and recreational facilities shall be protected, encouraged, and where feasible provided.
- Malibu LCP
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11. Equestrian Center Alternative
A feasible all “Visitor Serving” use.
Reduced Visual Impacts:
Changing from Residential to a low building profile Visitor Serving Use will also reduce Blue-Water view blockage.
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12. Crummer Bluff Mansions
Failure to Address Commissioner Concerns raised at
February 2015 hearing
Fewer Homes
Eliminate Lots 1 - 2
Smaller Homes
5,000-6,000 sq.ft.
Cluster the homes
Limit Landscape Height
$2M must be Justified
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13.
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14. So Why? Why Five Mansions? Why 10,000 square feet? Why 40’ tall trees?
Why only 1.7 acres of park?
Why $2 Million?
Why no visitor serving alternatives?
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