The Planning Commission on April 11 unanimously approved a Conditional Use Permit allowing The Beverly Hills Hotel to renovate several of its indoor and outdoor spaces. Hotel staff will repurpose an existing ballroom into a restaurant and bar, add a new café in the lobby, and turn an existing hotel room into a veranda bar.
The commission’s decision came after almost two hours of deliberations and questions, and while there was ample support for the project some residents also expressed concerns that rideshares would cause congestion and the outdoor bar would cause noise impacts.
However, the commission was satisfied by hotel representatives’ commitments to mitigate these concerns and voted unanimously for the project with amendments.
For the full story, read the Courier’s April 19 issue.
