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Board tables 852 Diamond Street ADU concept, requests boundary survey and major redesign
Summary
The Laguna Beach Design Review Board on Oct. 23 tabled a concept ADU at 852 Diamond Street and directed the applicant to obtain a certified boundary survey and substantially redesign the project to avoid public‑way encroachments and to reduce retaining‑wall and ADU height impacts.
The Laguna Beach Design Review Board on Oct. 23 took concept testimony for an accessory dwelling unit proposed at 852 Diamond Street in the Diamond Crestview specific plan area and unanimously tabled the application to a date uncertain, directing the applicant to provide a certified boundary survey and substantially redesign the project.
The proposal sought several variances and entitlements for a narrow, irregular lot with a proposed detached ADU that would be 27.5 feet tall (exceeding the detached ADU 16‑ft height limit by 11.5 feet), retaining walls up to 9 feet exposed in height where the Diamond Crestview plan limits retaining walls to 5 feet exposed, exterior stairs and terraces projecting beyond the 6‑ft projection…
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