South Shores Church proposes expansion

South Shores Church proposes expansion

This rendering shows South Shores Churchs reduced project alternative, which would result in reduced construction and smaller buildings compared to the original proposal.

, COURTESY OF MATLOCK ASSOCIATES INC.

No decisions were made, but close to 200 people came to the Planning Commissions meeting to hear about a proposed expansion of South Shores Church.

The church and its members are pushing to renovate buildings they say are outdated and lack amenities. Vocal residents against the project are worried about a long 10-year construction process, potential land erosion and ruined vistas.

At least three-fourths of the audience at the standing-room-only Dana Point Community Center gym Oct. 13 were church supporters, decked out in lime-green shirts with the words Time to BUILD. Residents from Voices of Monarch Beach, a group against the project, were also present.

The proposed five-phase, 10-year renovation includes demolishing three buildings and building four new ones, along with a partially underground parking structure.

Many of the buildings on the property lack heating, cooling and technology, pastor Rob DeKlotz said at the meeting. The church moved from Laguna Beach to its current site on Crown Valley Parkway in 1962.

The existing preschool, administration/fellowship hall, chapel and parking lot would be demolished, a total of 23,467 square feet of building space. Two new Christian education buildings, a community life center and a preschool/administration building would be constructed, comprising 70,284 square feet of new space. The existing sanctuary building would remain the same.

Construction would not be continuous over the 10 years.

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South Shores Church proposes expansion