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Laguna Beach council pauses new parklets, orders study of sidewalk‑based outdoor dining and fee updates
Summary
Laguna Beach will pause approval of new parklets while staff studies a downtown streetscape plan that would use sidewalk expansions and bulb‑outs to create consistent spaces for outdoor dining, landscaping and ADA access.
The Laguna Beach City Council ordered a temporary pause on new parklet applications and directed staff to conduct a feasibility study of sidewalk‑based and bulb‑out solutions for outdoor dining downtown. The action followed more than an hour of public comment from residents and business owners who described the current mix of temporary wooden parklets, private‑lot outdoor dining and ad‑hoc sidewalk encroachments as unevenly used and visually inconsistent.
What the council directed: Staff will: (1) impose a temporary moratorium on new parklet approvals while the study proceeds; (2) prepare a feasibility and design study (proposed consultant work by SWA) that identifies downtown bulb‑out locations,…
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