Laguna Beach City Council Regular Meeting - August 16, 2011

August 16, 2011

Executive Summary

- The City Council recognized county lifeguards, including Tammy Lang, Tommy Cantrell, and Joseph James Carvan V, for an extraordinary rescue of a 25-foot powerboat carrying four individuals and a dog near Aliso Beach on October 11, 2011. - Laguna Beach artist Bill Atkins was honored for his winning design of the whale tail license plate benefiting coastal education programs through the California Coastal Commission. - The Council adopted the Good Neighbor Outdoor Lighting Ordinance (3-2 vote) to regulate residential lighting with specific exemptions for Valentine's Day, Independence Day, Halloween, and the November 15-January 15 holiday period, with complaints limited to immediately adjacent neighbors. - The Council declined to adopt an ordinance transferring design review authority for certain non-residential projects from the Design Review Board to the Planning Commission, leaving the current process unchanged. - The Council adopted an ordinance prohibiting smoking at Forest Lane (the downtown area near Toes and the Nose and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory). - The Laguna Canyon Flood Mitigation Task Force received approval for a $38,400 early warning system including four remot

Key Decisions

- Adopted the Good Neighbor Outdoor Lighting Ordinance effective February 1, 2012, limiting outdoor lighting with exemptions for Valentine's Day, Independence Day, Halloween, and November 15-January 15, restricting complaints to immediately adjacent neighbors (approved 3-2, with Councilmembers Boyd and Pearson opposed). - Declined to adopt an ordinance transferring design review authority for non-residential projects in CN, SLV, and institutional zones from the Design Review Board to the Planning Commission, leaving current procedures unchanged. - Adopted an ordinance prohibiting smoking at Fo