AGENDA
Location: City Council Chamber, 33282 Golden Lantern, Suite 210, Dana Point, California 92629 Next City Council Ordinance No. 25-11
Public comment may be provided in-person, electronically, or by mail. Comments may be submitted via mail: City Clerk, 33282 Golden Lantern, Dana Point, CA 92629; or via email at [email protected]. To be provided to the City Council prior to the meeting, comments must be received by 3:00 P.M. on the day of the meeting. Comments should include the date of the meeting as well as reference to the Agenda Item number, if applicable. Written comments will not be read aloud during the meeting but are considered a public record and will be included in the meeting record.
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Matthew Pagano, Mayor
John Gabbard, Mayor Pro Tem
Jamey M. Federico, Council Member
Mike Frost, Council Member
Michael Villar, Council Member
CLOSED SESSION
A. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION, SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION, Government Code § 54956.9 (d)(2), (1 case)
RECONVENE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
READING OF ORDINANCE TITLES
At this time, the City Clerk will read the title(s) of the ordinance(s) listed on the agenda.
CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL
MEETING
THURSDAY
SEPTEMBER 18, 2025
4:00 P.M.
City of Dana Point
City Council Special Meeting Agenda September 18, 2025
2 CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and all will be enacted by one roll call vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless members of the City Council, the public, or staff request specific items be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action.
1. WAIVE THE READING OF ORDINANCES AND APPROVE READING BY TITLE ONLY RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council approve the reading by title only of all ordinances and that further reading of such ordinances be waived.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Any person wishing to address the City Council during the Public Comments section or on an Agenda item is asked to complete a “Request to Speak” form available on the table at the side of the Council Chamber. The completed form is to be submitted to the City Clerk prior to the Agenda item being called by the Mayor and prior to the individual being heard by the City Council.
In order to conduct a timely meeting, there will be a three-minute time limit per person and an overall time limit of thirty minutes for this Public Comments portion of the agenda. At the Mayor’s discretion, the balance of public comments will be heard after the New Business portion of the agenda. All comments are to be directed to the City Council and shall not consist of any personal attacks. Members of the public are expected to maintain a professional, courteous decorum during their comments. State law prohibits the City Council from taking action on a specific item unless it appears on the posted Agenda.
If anyone has handouts to distribute to the City Council, please follow the proper procedure and hand them to the City Clerk. The City Clerk will see that they are distributed.
NEW BUSINESS
2. ADOPTION OF URGENCY ORDINANCE 25-XX: AN INTERIM MEASURE ADOPTING
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT (ADU) REGULATIONS EXPRESSLY APPROVED BY THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (HCD) AND PROHIBITING ADU USES CONFLICTING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL’S CONTEMPLATED
ADOPTION OF ADU REGULATIONS EXPRESSLY APPROVED BY HCD
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council adopt Urgency Ordinance 25-XX entitled:
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DANA POINT,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING AN INTERIM MEASURE RELATED TO ACCESSORY DWELLING
UNITS AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, AND PROHIBITING ADU/JADU USES CONFLICTING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL’S CONTEMPLATED ADOPTION OF ADU
REGULATIONS EXPRESSLY APPROVED BY HCD
City of Dana Point
City Council Special Meeting Agenda September 18, 2025
3 3. ADOPTION OF URGENCY ORDINANCE 25-XX: AN INTERIM MEASURE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 22-01, WHICH ADDED CHAPTER 9.72 (REGULATING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DUPLEXES), AND CHAPTER 7.37 (REGULATING URBAN LOT SPLITS) TO THE
CITY OF DANA POINT MUNICIPAL CODE, AND PROHIBITING USES CONFLICTING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL’S CONTEMPLATED ADOPTION OF REGULATIONS REPEALING THE FORGOING WHICH WAS ADOPTED TO IMPLEMENT SB9 IN AS MUCH AS IT IS NO LONGER
CONSISTENT WITH RELATED STATE LAW
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council adopt Urgency Ordinance 25-XX entitled:
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DANA POINT, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING AN INTERIM MEASURE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 22-01, WHICH ADDED CHAPTER 9.72 (REGULATING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DUPLEXES), AND CHAPTER 7.37 (REGULATING URBAN LOT SPLITS) TO THE CITY OF
DANA POINT MUNICIPAL CODE, AND PROHIBITING USES CONFLICTING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL’S CONTEMPLATED ADOPTION OF REGULATIONS REPEALING THE FORGOING WHICH WERE ADOPTED TO IMPLEMENT SB9 IN AS MUCH AS IT IS NO
LONGER CONSISTENT WITH RELATED STATE LAW
4. ADOPTION OF URGENCY ORDINANCE 25-XX: AN INTERIM MEASURE APPROVING ZONE TEXT AMENDMENT ZTA25-0001 REPEALING CHAPTER 4.40 OF THE DANA POINT MUNICIPAL CODE, AND ADDING SECTION 9.07.270 TO TITLE 9 OF THE DANA POINT MUNICIPAL CODE, AND PROHIBITING USES CONFLICTING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL’S CONTEMPLATED ADOPTION OF THE FORGOING THEREBY ENSURING THE CITY’S ZONING
REGULATIONS ARE CONSISTENT WITH STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council adopt Urgency Ordinance 25-XX entitled:
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DANA POINT,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING AN INTERIM MEASURE APPROVING ZONE TEXT AMENDMENT ZTA25-0001 REPEALING CHAPTER 4.40 OF THE DANA POINT MUNICIPAL CODE, AND ADDING SECTION 9.07.270 TO TITLE 9 OF THE DANA POINT MUNICIPAL CODE, AND PROHIBITING USES CONFLICTING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL’S CONTEMPLATED ADOPTION OF THE FORGOING THEREBY ENSURING THE CITY’S ZONING
REGULATIONS ARE CONSISTENT WITH STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW
ADJOURNMENT
The next Regular Meeting of the City Council will be October 7, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. in the City Council Chamber located at 33282 Golden Lantern, Suite 210, Dana Point, California.
City of Dana Point
City Council Special Meeting Agenda September 18, 2025
4 CERTIFICATION
I, Shayna Sharke, City Clerk of the City of Dana Point, do hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing Agenda was posted at Dana Point City Hall and danapoint.org by September 17, 2025, by 4:00 p.m.; and, was delivered and/or noticed accepted by email not less than twenty-four hours before the hour of 4:00 p.m. on the 17th day of September, 2025 to:
Matthew Pagano, Mayor
John Gabbard, Mayor Pro Tem
Jamey M. Federico, Council Member
Mike Frost, Council Member
Michael Villar, Council Member
Dana Point Times
Dana Point Chamber of Commerce
Orange County Patch News
Orange County Register / DP News
KSBR / Saddleback Radio
City News Center
___________________________________ 9/17/2025
SHAYNA SHARKE, CITY CLERK DATE
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