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Torrance Council denies appeal, upholds planning approval for Susanna Avenue home
Summary
The Torrance City Council voted to deny an appeal and uphold a Planning Commission approval for a two‑story single‑family home at 22209 Susanna Avenue (APN 7515‑001‑025), adopting Resolution 2025‑39. A council member urged review of the appeal process and consideration of refunding the $750 appeal fee.
The Torrance City Council on June 10 denied an appeal and upheld the Planning Commission’s approval of a precise plan of development to allow construction of a two‑story single‑family residence at 22209 Susanna Avenue, adopting Resolution 2025‑39.
The resolution, read into the record by the deputy city clerk, cited the Torrance Municipal Code, Division 9, Chapter 1, Article 41, as the authority for the precise plan of development. The property was identified in the report as located within the Hillside Overlay in the single‑family residential district (APN 7515‑001‑025).
Council members debated whether the matter had been essentially ministerial. One council member moved “to reluctantly deny the appeal and approve 2025‑39” and asked that the council consider refunding the appellant’s $750 appeal fee because the decision was “ministerial at best.” Another council member supported directing staff to review the appeal process and to consider a public input process for revising the Hillside Overlay with more objective standards.
The motion carried; the meeting record notes Council Member Matucci voted no and Council Member Schaake was absent. The clerk did not read a roll‑call tally beyond those named votes in the meeting transcript.
The council did not adopt any additional text changing the approved precise plan at the meeting. Council members requested that staff examine the appeal process and return with options for public engagement and possible objective measures for the Hillside Overlay; that review was described as a requested follow‑up, not a formal, itemized direction adopted in ordinance form at the meeting.
Clarifying details discussed in the meeting included the address and APN for the project (22209 Susanna Avenue; APN 7515‑001‑025) and the appellant’s $750 appeal fee, which council members suggested could be refunded because of the ministerial nature of the approval.
The Planning Commission approval remains in effect. Any administrative steps required to process a possible appeal‑fee refund or to change the Hillside Overlay would follow separately through staff reports and potential future agenda items.
