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Dana Point planning commission upholds denial of ADU at 33861 Malaga Drive, 3–1
Summary
The Dana Point Planning Commission voted 3–1 to recommend upholding the Community Development Director’s denial of an accessory dwelling unit permit for 33861 Malaga Drive, citing mapped parking and driveway safety restrictions in Lantern Village.
The Dana Point Planning Commission voted 3–1 on April 28 to recommend upholding the Community Development Director’s decision to deny an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) permit for 33861 Malaga Drive, a conversion of an attached two‑car garage into a one‑bedroom, 384‑square‑foot ADU.
City project planner Alyssa Gonzalez, the project planner on the item, told commissioners the property is in the Lantern Village neighborhood within the RMF‑14 zoning district and falls inside map area No. 1 of the city’s ADU ordinance, an area the city identified as having existing nonconforming parking or driveway lengths that could harm traffic flow and pedestrian safety. “The application was denied because it did not meet the City’s established ADU requirements,” Gonzalez said, and staff recommended the commission uphold the Community Development Director’s denial of permit PLN25‑0003.
Why it matters: The city’s ADU rules allow staff and the city engineer to identify mapped areas where new ADUs are restricted when…
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