Laguna Beach Planning Commission - November 6, 2024

November 6, 2024

Executive Summary

- The Administrative Design Review meeting on November 6, 2024, reviewed two design review applications for properties in Laguna Beach, both of which were approved as presented. - Design Review 19-3531, Coastal Development Permit 19-3532, and Revocable Encroachment Permit 19-2533 for 815 Bluebird Canyon Drive (Schrantz) received a final one-year extension for a previously approved new single-family home in the R-1 zone. - Design Review 2024-2048 for 1085 Laguna Canyon Road (Boys Club of Laguna Beach) was approved for a new play structure, synthetic turf soccer field, and new landscape planters in the Arts District of the Downtown Specific Plan. - Associate Planner Daniel Latham staffed both applications reviewed at the meeting. - Both projects qualified for CEQA categorical exemptions under Sections 15303 and 15301 respectively. - The meeting addressed administrative design review items that do not require Design Review Board or Planning Commission review. - The Bluebird Canyon Drive extension represents the final allowable extension for that project, originally approved in 2019.

Key Decisions

- Design Review 19-3531, Coastal Development Permit 19-3532, and Revocable Encroachment Permit 19-2533 for 815 Bluebird Canyon Drive were approved for a one-year extension of time. - Design Review 2024-2048 for 1085 Laguna Canyon Road was approved for a new play structure, synthetic turf soccer field, and new landscape planters. - Both applications were approved as presented without modifications.