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Board denies appeal and upholds planning commission on Emerald Bay home; debate centers on historic-resource nomination
Summary
The board denied a neighbor's appeal and sustained the planning commission's categorical-exemption and variance approvals for a demolition and new residence at 211 Emerald Bay, after residents argued the house may be a historic resource; supervisors ruled the record supported the commission and staff determinations.
The Orange County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 17 denied an appeal by an adjacent property owner and upheld a planning commission approval that allows demolition of existing structures at 211 Emerald Bay and construction of a new two-level single-family home.
Neighbors and an appellant lawyer argued the house is emblematic of 1930s coastal California architecture and urged the board to defer action pending a…
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