Paso Robles was set to get a 4-hotel resort — then nothing happened. Now the project is back
A plan to develop a large resort complex with four new hotel buildings was re-approved by the Paso Robles Planning Commission on Tuesday night after the commission’s previous approval expired.
The “Destino Paso Resort” project site, located at 3350 Airport Road, was first brought before the Commission in 2009, and a project redesign of the same site was brought before the Commission again in 2017.
At that time, commissioners granted a development plan and a conditional use permit for the proposed projects — but the approval ultimately lapsed after eight years without development.
Tuesday night, the Commission heard the latest iteration of the plan for the site — which had virtually no changes from the previously approved project — and once again approved it.
New hotels would bring nearly 300 rooms to Paso Robles
Tuesday’s decision paves the way for four new hotels on the site with a total of 291 rooms.
According to planning documents, the first and largest hotel would include 136 rooms across three stories, as well as a restaurant, bar, ballroom and outdoor gathering space.
The second hotel would include 80 rooms across two stories with a fitness center and a bar in the lobby.
The smaller third and fourth hotels would include 28 and 47 rooms, respectively.
According to the documents, the site currently has a farmhouse, which would be maintained throughout the development process, as well as one other structure that would be demolished. Six oak trees would need to be removed to make way for construction.
Ultimately, the Planning Commission gave the project its seal of approval once again Tuesday night with a 6-0 vote.
The decision included one amendment to the original conditional use permit that eliminated certain restrictions on occupancy limits that were included in the 2017 plan. Commissioners deemed those were no longer needed due to changes to the city’s airport land use plan.
Commissioners also re-approved the oak tree removal plan and the tract map.
The plan did not include a timeline for development of the property.
As of Tuesday, the 136-room hotel was furthest along in the preliminary planning process, according to project architect Michael Stanton.
”I can’t speculate as to what’s going to happen with hotels two, three and four because I see them as a long way down the road,” he said during the meeting.
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