Pirates Cove near Avila will get makeover improving the trail that runs above it along Cave Landing Rd and the rough trail that leads to Shell Beach.
The County of San Luis Obispo General Services Agency has issued an environmental notice it intends to do a major construction of a bike/pedestrian trail of approximately 1,800 linear feet long and approximately 12 feet wide with some 800 feet of this proposed trial is located within the abandoned road segment of Cave Landing Road.
The notice says this trail will be made of decomposed granite or similar permeable surface and will require removal of approximately 800 linear feet of existing abandoned road pavement. A 30 foot span bridge will cross a natural drainage way; 2) formalization of the Pirates’ Cove parking lot by leveling, resurfacing with asphalt, landscaping, and providing 35 parking spaces; 3) installation of drainage improvements of vegetated bio-swales and two level spreaders in the parking lot area; 4) Improvement of the existing pedestrian trail from the parking lot to Pirates Cove beach including: a four foot wide trail; additional water bars for drainage; stairs to the beach; and rails or fencing as necessary; 5) construction of accessory facilities including a waterless vault restroom, picnic tables, benches, garbage cans, and interpretive signs, and 6) regular maintenance of these facilities.
This project will also require a variance of the Bluff Top Setback and Development on Slopes of 30 percent standards and a waiver of the fencing and screening standard for side and rear setbacks. This project will result in approximately 700 cubic yards of ground disturbance, on two parcels totaling approximately 53 acres.