San Diego's Pacific Beach neighborhood is known for its nightlife, and now one restaurant and bar has gotten the first approval to expand in a big way.

Waterbar cleared an important hurdle on Wednesday in its quest to expand its establishment to include a rooftop space.

The city of San Diego’s Development Services Department approved a Coastal Development Permit . The action laid the groundwork for the business to begin the process of applying for other permits and developing Waterbar’s rooftop.

“This is basically the permit from the city to build it, and then from there, you know, we still have a process to go through that's afforded by the city to complete the project in terms of where we can start to do construction,” said Todd Brown, co-owner of Waterbar.

Brown envisions what the

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