After three hearings and lengthy public comment, the Bayonne Planning Board voted 5-0 (one recusal) to deny Peninsula View Urban Renewal LLC's preliminary and final site plan for a proposed 8-story, 164-unit building, citing unresolved concerns about access, circulation and stormwater. The applicant had withdrawn variances and sought three deviations and two design exceptions.

After debating circulation and entrance location, the commission approved a drive-through window for the Mint cannabis dispensary at Harmon and Paradise with a two-year review period to monitor circulation and impacts.

Committee addresses pedestrian access and traffic circulation concerns in site plan revisions.

Commission supports SIP request for new drive through car wash with additional landscaping.

The council adopted a resolution authorizing an amendment to the Transportation Master Plan to evaluate up to six local roadway packages after staff concluded a state‑funded SR‑152 bypass is not feasible; the amendment adds $53,914 in consultant services funded by the city’s traffic‑impact fee.

Council directed staff to return with a revised, lower‑cost traffic circulation study scope for the Parkside 2 area and continued the item to a future meeting after extended council debate and public comment about feasibility, safety and sea‑level rise.

After hours of public comment, the Laguna Beach Planning Commission on May 6 approved a modified one‑year parking pilot for a roughly 3‑mile stretch of Pacific Coast Highway in South Laguna that will delineate about 501 parking spaces, place about 22 solar pay stations where sidewalks provide access and limit paid parking to the PCH corridor; inland first‑block spaces will be delineated but remain unpaid with no time limits.

City staff presented concept designs for sidewalk replacement, tree-well treatments, curb bump-outs and a KOA one-way study for Lower Ocean Avenue. Residents and business owners raised concerns about traffic circulation, parking, tree species and construction timing; staff said the KOA study will go to city council on Nov. 18 and an independent arb

After a public hearing, the commission voted to recommend approval of Wakefield Valley development-plan amendment DP 2401 (parcels W and X) to the mayor and common council, adding nine conditions that include improved trail construction, abandonment of unused stormwater easement, and Bell Road sidewalk installation.

Economic Director Kyle Markley told the commission that roundabout construction is moving forward despite a one-week delay, the Sixteenth and Mickley property survey and two appraisals are complete, and an RFP tied to an IMPO grant will be released Nov. 3 with bids due Dec. 5.