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Laguna Beach board approves new driveway and grading at 719 Saint Anne’s Drive with hedge-removal condition

2958177 · April 11, 2025
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The Design Review Board approved design review 25-0486 and coastal development permit 25-0504 for a new vehicular access and grading at 719 Saint Anne’s Drive, with a condition requiring removal of hedging that encroaches into the public right of way adjacent to the applicant’s property.

The Laguna Beach Design Review Board on April 10 approved design review 25-0486 and coastal development permit 25-0504 for a new vehicular access and grading at 719 Saint Anne’s Drive, finding the actions exempt from CEQA under Sections 15301 and 15303.

The project, presented by staff planner Jessica Mendoza and architect Todd Skindarian, will add a separate driveway off Browncroft Road to serve a proposed detached accessory dwelling unit; staff noted the ADU itself is exempt from design review. "We're committed to removing the portion of hedge that extends in front of the Nataglia property," architect…

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