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Contact Information

For process questions please contact:

Kathleen Kennedy
Project Planner 
KKennedy@SantaBarbaraCA.gov

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Garden Street Hotel

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The proposed "Garden Street Hotel" would be a new 250-room hotel spanning a 4.53-acre site, consisting of six lots, at the southwest corner of Garden and East Yanonali Streets.  Guest amenities include library, bar, lounge, market, media salon, meeting rooms, living room, breakfast area, outdoor seating areas with spa, courtyard with pool and spa, fitness room, and a roof deck. In addition, the hotel development would also include six affordable housing units. Parking would be provided in a subterranean parking garage. The main entrance to the hotel would be from Garden Street, with secondary entrances from East Yanonali and Santa Barbara Streets. The project also includes restoration of the wetland/drainage area and 15-foot-wide buffer area located along the Garden Street frontage.

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Project Status

The project was approved by the Planning Commission on February 29, 2024; then was appealed to the City Council and heard on October 1, 2024, and continued to November 19, 2024, where the appeal was denied and the project was approved; then appealed to the California Coastal Commission, and heard on April 10, 2025, who found “No Substantial Issue” and upheld the approval; however the project is now under litigation.

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