The updated Dana Reserve Plan received final approval this week in front of the Board of Supervisors this week.

After changes to the development plan were approved by the Planning Commission in September, Developer NKT Commercial went before the county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, November 4 asking for the number of housing units to be reduced from 1,470 to 1,242. The changes narrowly passed in a 3-2 vote.

“I'm really grateful for what I saw as a serious real effort on the part of both the California Native Plant Species and the Nipomo Action Committee to come to a settlement. And those weren't easy discussions," NKT Commercial's Nick Tompkins explained.

According to Tompkins, the reduction in units includes 100 required ADU units that can still be added if the owner chooses. The re

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