With a 4-1 vote at a special meeting Aug. 11, City Council approved an ordinance only slightly modified from one considered the previous week to place a measure on the November ballot allowing an increase in the transient occupancy tax, or TOT. The new ordinance includes a subsection in which council agrees to consider other fees before setting the TOT. If the measure passes, council will have the flexibility to raise the tax by an amount up to 13 percent, however, the increase is not automatic and not necessarily for the full 13 percent.

The Planning Commission delayed its decision on a proposal to expand the Sanderling Waldorf school in Cardiff-by-the-Sea. After four hours of public testimony and deliberation Aug. 7, the panel voted to continue the matter until Oct. 2.