Architectural Review Board Votes to Continue Ruling and Give Developer a Chance to Bring the Proposal in Line with City Rules. Following a standing-room-only hearing with hundreds of community members spilling out from the Carpinteria City Council Chambers, the City of Carpinteria Architectural Review Board voted not to recommend advancing a development proposal to build a massive luxury resort on the Carpinteria Bluffs. ARB members continued the decision in order to allow the developer to come into compliance with the city’s General Plan and propose a project that is much smaller in its footprint and intensity, protects valuable view sheds and considers other impacts like those on Chumash cultural heritage and the protected Harbor Seal Rookery.