CARLSBAD – An oceanfront hotel with a rooftop restaurant will be built at the west end of Oak Avenue, after the Carlsbad City Council approved the plans for it Tuesday.

The Lumiere Carlsbad Village Hotel, at Oak and Ocean Street, will be four stories tall. It will have 39 hotel rooms and 10 condominiums, retail shops on the ground floor and two levels of underground parking.

It also will provide two low-income housing units to meet a city requirement.

The building will be 45 feet tall, which falls just within the city's height restriction, a city staff report said.

The site is now occupied by 21 short-term vacation units. Construction is expected to begin next year. –M.B.

Two indicate run for MiraCosta board

NORTH COUNTY: Two candidates have signaled their intention to run against incumbents for the MiraCosta College board of trustees.

John Ford, a retired anthropology instructor at the Oceanside-based community college, filed nomination papers Monday to run for the seat now held by trustee Gloria Carranza.

George McNeil, who previously announced he was challenging trustee Carolyn Batiste, has taken out papers.

The four-year terms of Carranza, Batiste and Jacqueline Simon expire this year.

In the college district, which extends from Camp Pendleton to Carmel Valley, candidates must live within a certain area, but are elected by voters districtwide.

Monday was the first day candidates could pick up election forms, which must be filed no later than Aug. 8.

Ford said yesterday that he is not particularly upset with Carranza but is opposing her because of where he lives.

“I have spent most of my time in academia and I understand it,” he said. –L.S.

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Staff writers Michael Burge and Lola Sherman contributed to this report.