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Council backs move to revise design review rules, orders staff to seek urgency pathway
Summary
Council asked staff to pursue a package of zoning and design‑review changes to speed project reviews, including exploring an urgency ordinance and sending revisions for Planning Commission and Coastal review.
After a multi‑year review, the Laguna Beach City Council directed staff to pursue updates to the municipal code that would streamline and clarify design review triggers, criteria and procedures across residential, commercial and public projects.
Staff presented a package of recommendations that (a) adjusts which triggers require full design‑review board consideration versus administrative review, (b) consolidates and shortens design criteria, (c) creates an…
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