Concern about the safety of some clifftop apartments in Isla Vista has led to a new plan to step up bluff monitoring.
The Santa Barbara County Planning and Development Department is requiring additional monitoring.
Property owners with apartment complexes within 20 feet of the cliff’s edge will have to have engineers, or surveyors check the distance to the building’s foundations twice a year.
The idea is to keep a closer eye on bluff erosion. Two apartment complex balconies have failed so far this year. No one was hurt. But, the additional monitoring is intended to insure there isn’t a balcony, or building failure when people are in the area.
