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Board approves new house at 514 Poplar Street with 6-inch roof reduction and plant-height limits to protect views
Summary
Laguna Beach's Design Review Board approved a new single-family residence at 514 Poplar Street, adding a Poplar Street sidewalk and requiring a 6-inch overall lowering of the roofline plus caps on certain landscape heights to preserve neighbors’ view corridors.
The Laguna Beach Design Review Board on April 24 approved construction of a new single-family house at 514 Poplar Street, contingent on lowering the proposed ridge by approximately six inches and imposing maximum heights on specific landscape species to help protect nearby view corridors to Catalina Island.
Planner Daniel Latham (presenting staff material) described the project as a demolition of the existing site improvements and construction of a new residence at the Poplar/High Drive corner in North Laguna. Staff said the applicant pulled the front corner of the house back and eliminated a variance for the driveway slope. The revised design replaces the Harold…
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