Laguna Beach Design Review Board Meeting - October 8, 2026

October 8, 2026

Executive Summary

- Approved Design Review 2025-1678, Coastal Development Permit 2025-2042, and Variance 2026-1675 for 2647 Glenneyre Street on a 3-0-1 vote (Board Member Covney abstaining), authorizing an upper-level addition, lower-level addition, patio, 600-square-foot ADU, and two-car tandem garage, with conditions requiring the garage be shortened from 36 to 30 feet to allow 18-foot legal parking spots in front, installation of privacy louvers between the house and trellis post on the north deck, and retention of a tree on the landscape plan. - Approved Design Review 2026-0759, Variance 2026-0760, and Coastal Development Permit 2026-0761 for 661 Nyes Place on a 4-0 vote, authorizing a remodel and addition with an attached ADU, elevated decks, and front yard setback and height variances, with conditions requiring obscuring the stairwell window facing the uphill neighbor, a 45-degree cutout on the upper-level addition for light and air to the downhill neighbor's kitchen, and a 15-gallon podocarpus tree for privacy subject to fire marshal approval. - Board Member Louis Weill participated remotely from 17311 W Glendale Ave., Waddell, AZ 85355, with no members of the public present at his location.

Key Decisions

- Approved the 2027 Design Review Board calendar (4-0 vote) - Approved Design Review 2025-1678, Coastal Development Permit 2025-2042, and Variance 2026-1675 for 2647 Glenneyre Street (3-0-1 vote, Board Member Covney abstaining) - Approved Design Review 2026-0759, Variance 2026-0760, and Coastal Development Permit 2026-0761 for 661 Nyes Place (4-0 vote) - Continued Design Review 2025-0875 at 195 High Drive to October 22, 2026 - Continued Design Review 2025-1619 and Coastal Development Permit 2025-1777 at 1199 Temple Hills to November 12, 2026 - Continued Coastal Development Permit 2026-1033 and