Encinitas zoning administrator to issue decision on 483‑square‑foot addition at 1746 Whitehall Road

The City of Encinitas Zoning Administrator closed an administrative hearing May 27, 2025, on an application to add 483 square feet to a single‑family home at 1746 Whitehall Road and said staff recommended approval. The Zoning Administrator said a signed decision would be issued and would be subject to the appeal period.

The project planner, Ho Horger, told the hearing the property is in the Residential 11 zone and the coastal overlay zone and lies within Coastal Commission appeal jurisdiction as part of the Sea Bluff Village Plan. Horger said the applicant seeks a Coastal Development Permit and a Substantial Conformance Permit to construct a 483‑square‑foot addition and that staff found the project "consistent with the city's adopted local coastal program" and the Encinitas General Plan.

Horger said the applicant mailed invitations to a citizen participation meeting on May 14, 2024, to all property owners and tenants within 500 feet; no one attended and staff received no written comments. He said the project "complies with all municipal code requirements" and is exempt from environmental review under section 15.301, which the planner described as applying to additions that do not increase floor area by more than 50 percent or 2,500 square feet, whichever is less.

After the presentation the Zoning Administrator closed the hearing and directed that Horger update the draft decision. The Zoning Administrator said the decision would be signed and issued and would be subject to applicable appeal periods. The applicant was present to support the project but did not request to speak, and no public comments were received during the hearing.

The administrative hearing addressed a single agenda item (the Peacock Remodel Addition, case references in the record appear as variations of MULTI‑00757‑2024). The Zoning Administrator did not read a separate vote tally into the record; staff's recommendation and the administrator's stated intent to sign and issue the decision were the final procedural steps recorded at the hearing.

The project remains subject to the city's appeal procedures and any Coastal Commission review that may be triggered by the coastal overlay designation. Additional details about conditions of approval, standard conditions or mitigations (if any) were not read into the public record at this hearing and are not specified in the transcript.