Commission to discuss condo conversions

The Costa Mesa Planning Commission on Monday will hold a new hearing on developer Barry Saywitz’s request to subdivide a 12-unit apartment complex on Victoria Street into condos for individual sale.

Saywitz requested a rehearing after the commission voted in April to allow the conversion to condos if three of the apartments were eliminated — a condition he said makes the project economically unfeasible.

The City Council in April placed a moratorium on condo conversions while new standards are drawn up, but Saywitz’s request was one of several that were grandfathered in because they were already in process.

The Costa Mesa Planning Commission meets at 6:30 p.m. Monday at 77 Fair Drive. To view the agenda visit www.ci.costa-mesa.ca.us.

— Alicia Robinson