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File #: 25-707   
Type: Public Hearing Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 8/25/2025 In control: Zoning Administrator
On agenda: 9/3/2025 Final action:
Title: COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NO. 25-004/CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 25-008 (HOANG RESIDENCE WALL, CONTINUED FROM THE AUGUST 20, 2025 ZONING ADMINISTRATOR HEARING) REQUEST: To permit the construction of a block/retaining wall with glass top at a setback of 10 ft. within the sloped rear yard of a through lot. The block wall is proposed at an overall height of 13 ft. 4 in. (measured from top of curb along Somerset Lane) in lieu of the maximum allowed height of 42 in. within the rear setback of a through lot. LOCATION: 16542 Mariana Circle, 92649 (North side of Mariana Circle, East of the terminus of Mariana Circle)
Attachments: 1. Suggested Findings and Conditions of Approval, 2. Site Plan and Elevations received and dated July 17, 2025, 3. Landscape Plan received and dated August 28, 2025
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ZONING ADMINISTRATOR STAFF REPORT

TO: Zoning Administrator
FROM: Marco Cuevas Jr., Associate Planner

SUBJECT:
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COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NO. 25-004/CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 25-008 (HOANG RESIDENCE WALL, CONTINUED FROM THE AUGUST 20, 2025 ZONING ADMINISTRATOR HEARING)

REQUEST:
To permit the construction of a block/retaining wall with glass top at a setback of 10 ft. within the sloped rear yard of a through lot. The block wall is proposed at an overall height of 13 ft. 4 in. (measured from top of curb along Somerset Lane) in lieu of the maximum allowed height of 42 in. within the rear setback of a through lot.

LOCATION:
16542 Mariana Circle, 92649 (North side of Mariana Circle, East of the terminus of Mariana Circle)
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APPLICANT:
Jim Brophy, 932 Palo Verde Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90815

PROPERTY
OWNER:
Huy Hoang, 16542 Mariana Circle, Huntington Beach, CA 92649


STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
recommendation
That the Zoning Administrator take the following actions:

A) Find the proposed project categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15303, Class 3; and

B) Approve Coastal Development Permit No. 25-004/Conditional Use Permit No. 25-008 with Suggested Findings and Conditions of Approval.

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General Plan:
RL (Residential Low Density)

Zone:
RL-CZ (Residential Low Density - Coastal Zone)


Environmental Status:
The project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15303, Class 3 because the project consists of the construction of a block/retaining wall that is considered a small structure.

Coastal Status:
Appealable

Existing Use:
Residential Property

ATTACHMENTS:
1. Suggested Findings and Conditions of Approval.
2. Site Plan and Elevations received and dated July 17, 2025.
3. Landscape Plan received and dated August 28, 2025.