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Encinitas staff recommend approval for oversized garage at Angel Residence
Summary
City staff recommended approval of a minor use permit and coastal development permit for a 670-square-foot addition to a detached garage at the Angel Residence in Encinitas; no public comment was received and a final decision will be issued later in the week.
The Encinitas Zoning Administrator on March 25, 2025, heard a proposal for a 670-square-foot addition to an existing detached garage at 858 High Menace Avenue and staff recommended approval of the required minor use permit and coastal development permit, city staff said.
Assistant Planner Hogar Salo told the Zoning Administrator that the property is in the Residential 3 zone and the coastal overlay zone and that the project would add 670 square feet to an existing detached garage that the presentation recorded as 1,077 square feet. Because the detached garage exceeds 1,000 square feet, the project requires a minor use permit, Salo said.
Salo said the proposal complies with the main building setbacks, height limitations and lot-coverage requirements for the Residential 3 zone, aligns with the Encinitas General Plan and the city—s Local Coastal Program, and is exempt from environmental review under section 15.303(e). "Staff recommends the approval of the minor use permit and the coastal development permit," Assistant Planner Hogar Salo said.
No members of the public offered oral comments during the legal notice or the public-comment portions of the hearing, and the applicant, Brian Church, declined to speak, the record shows. The Zoning Administrator concluded the hearing by saying, "Following the hearing, we'll move for the final decision, updating the NOSA decision. And then we'll be issuing the decision, like, probably later in the week."
Because the hearing record contained only a staff recommendation and not a final ruling, the city has not yet issued a permit decision; the Zoning Administrator indicated a written decision would follow later in the week.
