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Council denies hedge‑height appeal and orders benchmarked trimming to restore neighbor's ocean horizon view
Summary
After a de novo hearing, the council sustained the administrative approval ordering a side‑yard hedge reduced to 10 feet (not to exceed 11) to restore an ocean horizon view; council directed staff to mark an enforceable benchmark for compliance.
Laguna Beach councilmembers on Monday denied an appeal of an administrative hedge‑height decision and sustained a hearing officer's order that a side‑yard Eugenia hedge be trimmed to 10 feet (not to exceed 11) to restore a neighbor's ocean horizon view.
The dispute concerned property at 511 and 527 Brook Street. The hearing officer found that photographic evidence, site visits and longitudinal photos from 2022 through 2025 documented that the hedge…
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