SeaWorld only needs a routine approval from the California Coastal Commission before it can begin improvements. Plans call for a lighthouse structure at the front gate and a 95-foot-tall "Splashdown" roller coaster ride.
The city is also requiring the water park to build $4 million in pedestrian, bicycle and road improvement around the bay--and another $10.6 million over five years to smooth traffic in the area.
The approval ends five years of debate that included a 1998 public vote to allow SeaWorld to exceed the 30-foot coastal height limit for structures. On Tuesday, the council approved the Coastal Commission's changes to the master plan, as well as an amendment to SeaWorld's 50-year lease that will implement some of those changes.
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