The Santa Barbara County Planning Commission denied a Lompoc resident’s attempt to waylay an alternative energy project Wednesday, but approved the first step for a senior housing development in Old Town Orcutt. The commission unanimously denied an appeal that took issue with temporary meteorological towers that are part of a renewable wind-energy project southwest of Lompoc. In February, the wind farm was approved by the county Board of Supervisors with a list of conditions, some of which were