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Laguna Beach design board delays approval of oversized copper chimney shrouds after neighbor objections
Summary
The Design Review Board continued consideration of decorative copper chimney shrouds at 2755 Park Avenue after neighbors said the caps doubled chimney size and affected sight lines; staff and applicants said the hearths are gas-fired and the city previously approved replacement spark arrestors.
Chair Trey Gibbs presided over a public hearing Wednesday on a design review application that would add Jerusalem stone cladding and two copper chimney shrouds at 2755 Park Avenue. Staff recommended approval of the stone cladding but reported the chimney shrouds had been installed without permits, prompting a code-enforcement case and neighbor objections.
The issue matters because the unpermitted shrouds sit roughly at eye level for nearby homes and, neighbors said, increased the apparent size of existing chimneys and affected ocean and white-water views. Board members repeatedly described the case as a close call between property-improvement and view equity.
Staff member Sarah told the board the shrouds measure “approximately 2 and a half…
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