The Carpinteria City Council on Monday voted 4-1 not to initiate the rezone of two industrial parcels on the bluffs for housing and not pursue a development agreement with the property owner, against staff recommendation.
While City Principal Planner Mindy Fogg made it clear that the resolution on the table on Monday wasn’t a rezone approval, but rather a first step in a multi-step process to potentially rezone the property — Site 21, with 6.31 acres across 6155 and 6175 Carpinteria Ave. — for residential/mixed use, the council still largely voted to stop the process while they were ahead, citing concerns with building housing on the bluffs.
With the council’s rejection, Site 21 will now be bundled in with the second round of city rezone proposals, which will return to the council sometime later this year or early 2026…