Failing bluffs along the Pacifica shoreline have led city officials to declare a third apartment building uninhabitable.
Failing bluffs along the Pacifica shoreline have led city officials to declare a third apartment building uninhabitable Monday.
Eroding cliffs along Esplanade Avenue have already led the city to declare apartment buildings at 320 and 330 Esplanade Ave. uninhabitable, and neighboring 310 Esplanade Ave. joined them Monday, city officials said in a statement.
The building was “yellow-tagged,” meaning residents can go inside to get belongings out but can no longer stay there. The neighboring buildings at 320 and 330 Esplanade will need to be demolished, city officials said.
City chief building official Mike Cully said in a statement:
“Recent bluff failures have resulted in unsafe conditions for living space at 310 Esplanade Avenue. … Cavities in the bluff are forming to the south, west and north of the building and these critically over-steepened slopes are anticipated to fall back to more stable profiles in the next several days.”
Significant storm damage in the city over the last several weeks led the city manager to declare a local state of emergency on Friday. The City Council is expected to approve the declaration at its meeting Monday night.
The Pacifica Pier has sustained storm damage and is partially closed. Beach Boulevard remains closed near Santa Maria Avenue because of the failure of the seawall there, according to city officials.
The apartment buildings on Esplanade have been at risk of collapse for years. In January 2010, cliff erosion left the building at 330 Esplanade teetering on the edge of the cliff and residents were evacuated.
In April 2010, the apartments at 320 Esplanade were deemed unstable as well and the owners had to come up with a repair plan to keep the buildings from being demolished.
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