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Design Review Board approves revised plan for large Mystic View home after neighbors win privacy and landscaping concessions
Summary
Board approved a revised 5,096 sq ft residence at 610 Mystic View with conditions requiring a living/green wall, podocarpus hedge up to 14 ft, reduced deck depth, additional trees and privacy screening after neighbors raised concerns about massing, deck size and pool placement.
The Laguna Beach Design Review Board on May 14 approved design review 2025‑2408 and a coastal permit for a three‑story home at 610 Mystic View, but only after the applicant agreed to multiple revisions aimed at reducing visual mass and protecting neighbors’ privacy.
Staff planner Matthew Kilroy summarized major changes made since the first hearing: the applicant reduced habitable square footage by roughly 1,001 square feet (a 16% reduction), stepped the upper level back 8 feet, increased side‑yard setbacks, removed wraparound decks and reduced glazing by nearly 388 square feet. Staff also described shifting the pool terrace uphill to lower the retaining wall from 18 feet to about 13 feet and proposed a vegetated “living wall” on the terrace.
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