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Planning commission approves color and material palette for Lift Station No. 2 with staff review of revised board
Summary
The commission approved final design review for Lift Station No. 2, requiring the applicant to deliver a revised color and materials board for staff approval, match roof color to adjacent ranch metal roof, and eliminate simulated stone veneer per commissioners’ direction.
The Laguna Beach Planning Commission on June 18 approved design review 25-0266 for Lift Station Number 2 at 31104 Country Club Drive and required the applicant to prepare and submit a revised color and material board for staff approval reflecting commission guidance.
Staff noted the project replaces and relocates a 60-year-old sewage lift station and that the planning commission’s 2021 conditional approval required a return for final review of color, materials and landscape. The current item covered only colors and materials; the landscape plan will return later. The proposed palette included cool earth tones: a taupe stucco and siding, dark bronze metal roofing and synthetic stone veneer accents for generator and control buildings. Staff said the colors are intended to reduce visual contrast with surrounding properties and are consistent with city review criteria.
Taryn Colson, engineering manager at South Coast Water District, presented large sample panels at the hearing and said the design team sought tones that matched surrounding ranch buildings. Commissioners expressed preference for a warmer tan/brown siding and trim to better align the new structures with the adjacent ranch palette and questioned the need for simulated stone veneer, calling it awkward in the natural setting. Commissioners also recommended matching the roof color and finish to the ranch’s standing-seam metal roof.
Planning staff incorporated those preferences into a condition requiring the applicant to prepare a revised color and material board for review and approval by city staff; the revision must change the siding and trim colors as specified by Commissioner Whiting, remove or modify the simulated stone veneer, and adjust the roofing color/finish to match the ranch roof material. A motion adopting the resolution approving the design review and finding the action exempt from CEQA passed unanimously. The commission noted the applicant will return with a revised landscape plan at a future meeting.
