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Council upholds Hotel Joaquin garage conversion but adds restrictions to conceal storage
Summary
After neighbors appealed an administrative approval to convert three existing garages into partially covered carports with behind‑door storage, the city council sustained the approval but added conditions that all storage be concealed and garage doors remain closed when no vehicle occupies a space.
Laguna Beach City Council resolved an appeal on June 24 of an administrative design review that would convert three existing hotel garages at Hotel Joaquin (985 N. Coast Highway) into partially covered carports and build enclosed storage behind sliding barn doors.
An adjacent property owner appealed the director’s designee approval on the grounds that the change would create visual impacts, would not meet city definitions of carport, and should have received a higher discretionary review. Appellant Loretta Lewis told the council the change would expose storage and increase deliveries and activity on…
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