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Board approves variance allowing one on-site parking space at 32002 Sunset Avenue
Summary
Laguna Beach's design review board approved a variance for 32002 Sunset Avenue to provide one uncovered parking space instead of two covered spaces, finding special circumstances that justified the deviation from parking requirements.
The Laguna Beach Design Review Board on March 13 approved a variance allowing one uncovered parking space at 32002 Sunset Avenue in lieu of the two covered spaces ordinarily required by code.
Staff told the board the project had been heard previously and that staff prepared findings supporting the variance after reviewing comparable approvals. The applicant—s representative said they located multiple precedents of variances granted to nearby properties and argued the project met the intent of the code despite its measured floor area being slightly over the 1,500-square-foot threshold that triggers parking requirements.
Board members debated whether granting the variance would set a broader precedent. Several members described the case as close but concluded that the locality—s mix of parking conditions in South Laguna and the findings staff drafted supported approval. The board adopted the resolution approving design review 24-1159 and variance 24-2622 and found the action exempt from CEQA under §15303.
