<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=26KLBr_198iZkzO00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=26KLBr_198iZkzO00" width="1269" height="710" ><figcaption>A rendering shows Cottage Health medical offices at 515 McMurray Rd. in Buellton. The project received its final check to begin development. Courtesy of City of Buellton</figcaption></figure>The Buellton Planning Commission unanimously approved plans for a new Cottage Health medical office building at 515 McMurray Rd., adopting Resolution No. 26-03 on a 3-0 vote.The action grants both a conditional use permit and a final development plan for the three-story, approximately 15,000-square-foot facility proposed on the former Parks Plaza movie theater site.Associate City Planner Cara Miralles presented the staff report to commissioners Kasey Kump, Marcilo Sarquilla and Chair Shannon Reese during the Feb. 19 meeting.The 1.48-acre property is zoned general commercial, which allows medical offices with a conditional use permit. Plans call for demolition of the existing structure and construction of a new building offering primary and specialty care.Specialty services — including cardiac rehabilitation, diagnostic laboratory services, imaging and X-rays, infusion and medical oncology — would occupy the second floor, with primary care exam rooms and offices on the third floor.Miralles told commissioners the building would measure consistent with the zone’s height limit, and step down with the site’s slope toward the rear. The maximum height at the back would reach 46 feet, calculated at 43.25 feet under city code, requiring an 8.25-foot height modification.“The building is at 35 feet at McMurray frontage,” Miralles said, adding that the roofline remains consistent and that the slope “softens the appearance of the height further away from the frontage view.”<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1bB3nO_198iZkzO00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1bB3nO_198iZkzO00" width="1280" height="661" ><figcaption>The new Cottage Health building in Buellton will measure 35 feet along the McMurray Road frontage, consistent with the zone’s height limit.&nbsp; Courtesy of City of Buellton</figcaption></figure>Commissioners asked about rooftop mechanical equipment, and staff said it would be screened by a raised parapet — an extension of the exterior wall above the roofline — to prevent visibility from the street and nearby properties.The project includes 119 parking spaces, exceeding the 116 required, along with five long-term and six short-term bicycle spaces. Shared access easements with neighboring properties, McDonald's and the Santa Ynez Valley Marriott, will remain in place.A transportation analysis found no significant impacts. Under current California Environmental Quality Act standards, projects are evaluated using vehicle miles traveled rather than intersection delay.Miralles said the medical office was screened out of vehicle miles traveled because it is considered a locally serving use. Staff determined that while cumulative growth could occasionally cause queuing near the Highway 246 and Highway 101 southbound ramp intersection, the project itself would not create a significant traffic impact.The commission also confirmed the project qualifies for a Class 32 categorical exemption under CEQA — which applies to infill development within city limits on sites surrounded by urban uses that are consistent with zoning and do not create significant environmental effects. Because the parcel is already developed and located within Buellton’s commercial core, no additional environmental study was required.Commissioners also inquired about tribal consultation requirements.Staff said standard tribal cultural resource conditions were included, requiring work to stop and consultation to occur if artifacts are discovered during construction.“I think it’s a very well-designed project,” commissioner Sarquilla said. “When you go to the dentist and even in the doctor’s office, you kind of feel down, but that’s uplifting to go to a site like that.”The project plans and timeline updates can be tracked at buellton.civilspace.io/en</div></body>

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The Buellton Planning Commission unanimously approved plans for a new Cottage Health medical office building at 515 McMurray Rd., adopting Resolution No. 26-03 on a 3-0 vote. The action grants both a conditional use permit and a final development plan for the three-story, approximately 15,000-square-foot facility proposed on the former Parks Plaza movie theater site.

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