Congested traffic on neighborhood streets is driving community concerns over a planned four-story development that stretches an entire city block across from Pancho’s Tacos at 2903 Lincoln Boulevard. The City Council will consider the neighborhood’s plight at Tuesday’s public meeting when they hear an appeal on the Development Review Permit for the 47-unit apartment complex with ground floor shops and restaurants from the CIM Group.

“We just see mass out to the edges,” said the appellant, Rachel Kelley, before the Planning Commission ultimately approved the permit in a 5-2 vote Jan. 10. The promised two levels of underground parking with 150 spaces have done little to quell neighborhood fears of congestion and increased competition for precious parking on Ashland Avenue and Wilson Place.

Read More: http://smdp.com/development-appeal-scheduled-for-light-council-agenda/165678

AND: http://surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2018/April-2018/04_23_2018_Mixed_Use_Project_on_Lincoln_Will_Have_%20Devastating_Impact_Neighbors_Claim_in_Appeal.html