Laguna Beach
City Council
Agenda Item 1
A. 31565 EAGLE ROCK WAY: PUBLIC HEARING FOR DOWNLOAD\nAPPEAL OF DESIGN REVIEW BOARD APPROVAL OF\nDESIGN REVIEW 2025-0407 FOR A NEW SINGLE-\nFAMILY DWELLING, ATTACHED TWO-CAR\nGARAGE, ELEVATED DECK, GRADING, POOL, SPA,\nLANDSCAPING, HARDSCAPE, NEW VEHICULAR\nACCESS, PUBLIC STREET IMPROVEMENTS, AND\nDEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING STORAGE\nBUILDING, AND COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT\n2025-0408 FOR A DETACHED ACCESSORY\nDWELLING UNIT AT 31565 EAGLE ROCK WAY IN\nTHE VC (VILLAGE COMMUNITY) ZONE, SUBJECT\nTO IMPOSING A MORE RESTRICTIVE CONDITION\nOF APPROVAL, AND CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION\nUNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL\nQUALITY ACT GUIDELINES SECTION 15303 (CLASS\n3)\nRecommendations:\n1. Conduct a Public Hearing, including receiving a staff\nreport and taking public testimony and evidence\nrelating to the consideration of Design Review 2025-\n0407 and Coastal Development Permit 2025-0408 and\nthe California Environmental Quality Act exemption\nunder Section 15303 of the state CEQA Guidelines;\nand\n2. Adopt the Resolution titled, “A RESOLUTION OF\nTHE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA\nBEACH, CALIFORNIA, DENYING THE APPEAL\nAND SUSTAINING THE DECISION OF THE\nDESIGN REVIEW BOARD TO CONDITIONALLY\nAPPROVE DESIGN REVIEW 2025-0407 FOR A\nNEW SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING, ATTACHED\nTWO-CAR GARAGE, ELEVATED DECK,\nGRADING, POOL, SPA, LANDSCAPING,\nHARDSCAPE, NEW VEHICULAR ACCESS,\nPUBLIC STREET IMPROVEMENTS, AND\nDEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING STORAGE\nBUILDING, AND COASTAL DEVELOPMENT\nPERMIT 2025-0408 FOR A DETACHED\nACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT AT 31565 EAGLE\nROCK WAY IN THE VC (VILLAGE COMMUNITY\nZONE), SUBJECT TO IMPOSING A MORE\nRESTRICTIVE CONDITION OF APPROVAL, AND\nCATEGORICAL EXEMPTION UNDER THE\nCALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT\nGUIDELINES SECTION 15303 (CLASS 3),”\nupholding the Design Review Board’s conditional\napproval of Design Review 2025-0407 and Coastal\nDevelopment Permit 2025-0408, and finding the\nProject categorically exempt from the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act.\n\n\nB. 399 PEARL STREET: PUBLIC HEARING FOR APPEAL DOWNLOAD\nOF DESIGN REVIEW BOARD APPROVAL OF DESIGN\nREVIEW 2025-1819 AND COASTAL DEVELOPMENT\nPERMIT 2025-1820 FOR AN ADDITION TO AN\nEXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND A NEW\nATTACHED ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT\nLOCATED IN THE R-1 (RESIDENTIAL LOW\nDENSITY) ZONE, AND CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION\nUNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL\nQUALITY ACT GUIDELINES SECTION 15301 (CLASS\n1)\nRecommendations:\n1. Open the public hearing, take public testimony, and\ncontinue the public hearing to a special meeting of the\nCity Council on July 28, 2026; and\n2. Find that the action to continue the public hearing is\nexempt from the California Environmental Quality Act\npursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3)\n(Common Sense Exemption).\nG. COUNCIL MEMBER ITEM(S). The City Council shall consider matters submitted\nby members of the City Council in accordance with Resolution No. 24.011, as it may\nbe amended.