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Planning Commission To Hold Study Session On Downtown Specific Plan Tonight:

Latest Santa Monica City Hall news.

A study session to review and receive Santa Monica Planning Commission comments on the elements contained within the Draft Downtown Specific Plan will be held tonight, Nov. 3.

The session will look at guiding principles, the proposed land use subareas, development standards and design guidelines, circulation and parking strategies, infrastructure, cultural resources, and strategies for public amenities.

It is anticipated that public testimony at City Hall will be heard and completed at tonight’s Planning Commission meeting, and that the Commission may opt to deliberate at a continued meeting, which will begin on Nov. 4, 2015, at 6 p.m.

For more information, visit http://www.smgov.net/Departments/PCD/Plans/Downtown-Specific-Plan.

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