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Design review board pauses Coast Highway project and orders archaeological study
Summary
Board continued a proposed single‑family home at 31502 Coast Highway to a date uncertain and directed staff to initiate an initial study focused on potential archaeological resources after community evidence raised questions about a categorical exemption under CEQA.
The Laguna Beach Design Review Board continued a planned single‑family house at 31502 South Coast Highway to a date uncertain on Oct. 9 and directed city staff to begin an initial environmental study focused on potential archaeological resources.
Staff planner Daniel presented the project, which proposed a roughly 3,400‑square‑foot home with an attached two‑car garage, decks and street‑front sidewalk improvements on a vacant lot in South Laguna. Staff noted revisions since an August hearing: the applicant removed a rooftop deck, recessed part of the master‑bedroom wall and lowered the highest roofline by about 1.5 feet.…
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