Over the course of every project we design, there are several key milestones that take place marking the various levels of approval requried for a new project to be entitled.
During this year, our Altair project has been very well received at each of these milestones & has received unanimous support all the way through. In September I wrote about our approval from the La Jolla Planning Group, before that in August I wrote about our approval from the La Jolla Development Permit Committee. Well, today marked another one of these milestones – approval from the City of San Diego Process 3 Hearing Officer (SDP3HO).
What is the ‘SDP3HO’ you ask? The ‘SDP3HO’ is one of several levels of approval that any given project in San Diego can go through. The Hearing Officer obtains, reviews & ultimately approves all documentation for a project on behalf of the City of San Diego. This is often (but not always) a simpler approval process that is only eligable to projects that request no ‘variations’ to City of San Diego Development Codes.
In our case, the Altair project was not only designed 100% code compliant, it was also categorized as a ‘Sustainable’ Project (through use of photovoltaic cells on the roof) also and therefore able to reviewed as Process 3, and through the expedite program with Senior Review staff Dan Stricker (before he moved to Washington) and Diane Murbach – both of which have been incredible to work with & extremely knowledgable at every step of the process.
As always, I would really like to that the entire team that has worked diligently on Altair including:
- Matthew Cumming
- Dan Stricker – City of San Diego Project Manager
- Diane Murbach – City of San Diego Project Manager @ www.sandiego.gov
- Billy Church – City of San Diego Senior Planner @ www.sandiego.gov
- David McCullough – McCullough Landscape Architects @ www.mlasd.com
- Bill Snipes – Snipes Dye Associates Civil Engineering @ www.snipesdye.com
- Kevin Dougherty – SeaSide Realty Group in PB @ www.kevindougherty.com
This does not mean however that we are done just yet. As outlined below, we are still one step away from entitlement on the project – the final step being a review by the California Coastal Commission which we anticipate the be completed sometime towards the end of January 2011.
Well done boys!
BTW…nice image.
You guys are percervering and inching closer to discretionary approval across the board. Congratulations for a job well done.
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Thanks Mateo & Bill – team effort all around!