RESOLUTION NO. 25.XXX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING PARKING
RESTRICTIONS ON SUNSET RIDGE DRIVE AND FINDING
THE PROJECT EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT PURSUANT TO STATE
CEQA GUIDELINES SECTIONS 15061(b)(3) AND 15304
WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code Section 22507(a) and Laguna Beach Municipal Code (“LBMC”) Section 10.03.010 provide for and authorize the City Council to establish traffic controls within the City; and
WHEREAS, at its meeting on September 25, 2025, the City’s Parking, Traffic and Circulation Committee reviewed, considered, and made a recommendation regarding a request to establish parking restrictions on Sunset Ridge Drive adjacent to 1700 and 1701 Sunset Ridge Drive; and
WHEREAS, the Public Works Department has reviewed the proposed parking restrictions for safety, in accordance with LBMC Section 10.03.010(b); and WHEREAS, at its meeting on December 9, 2025, the City Council considered the recommendation of the Parking, Traffic and Circulation Committee.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH DOES RESOLVE:
SECTION 1. The recitals above are true and correct and are incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2. Twenty feet of “No Parking” restrictions shall be installed on both the southwesterly side of Sunset Ridge Drive commencing at the northerly corner of 1701 Sunset Ridge Drive and continuing twenty feet to the southeast; and on the northeasterly side of Sunset Attachment 1
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Ridge Drive commencing at the westerly corner of 1700 Sunset Ridge Drive property line and continuing twenty feet to the southeast.
SECTION 3. The Director of Public Works and Utilities shall establish and maintain signage and/or markings to indicate the parking restriction as established in Section 2 and is authorized to take incidental actions necessary to carry out Section 2.
SECTION 4. Portions of all prior resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict and are of no further effect.
SECTION 5. For purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), the establishment of 40 feet of parking restrictions on Sunset Ridge Drive adjacent to 1701 and 1700 Sunset Ridge Drive is a part of the recommendations made by the Parking, Traffic, and Circulation Committee, which also include the installation of two golf cart parking spaces on Ocean Way adjacent to 1941 Ocean Way and 1990 Ocean Way, and establishment of 4 feet of Parking Restrictions on Fairview Street adjacent to 165 Fairview Street (collectively referred to as the “Project”). The approval of the Project is not subject to CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines sections 15060(c)(2) and 15061(b)(3) because it will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable physical change in the environment. Here, it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity may have a significant effect on the environment because it does not involve any significant physical actions that could present harm to the environment.
Alternatively, the Project is also categorically exempt pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15304 - Class 4, Minor Alterations to Land, which consists of minor alterations to the land, water and/vegetation that does not involve the removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees. Here, the proposed parking restrictions are minor in nature and do not have the potential to cause a 5 -3- Reso. #
significant physical effect on the environment. Further, none of these actions involves the removal of any healthy, mature, scenic trees.
Further, none of the exceptions outlined in CEQA Guidelines section 15300.2 apply. The project site does not contain any environmentally sensitive areas. There will be no cumulative impact resulting from successive projects of the same type in the same place over time. There are no unusual circumstances resulting in a significant impact on the environment. There will be no damage to scenic resources, including trees, historic buildings, rock outcroppings or similar resources, within a highway officially designated as a state scenic highway in that project is temporary. The project is not located on a hazardous waste site or any other site included on a list compiled pursuant to Government Code section 65962.5. The Project will not result in significant adverse impacts to historical resources as the existing structures onsite are not on the California Register of Historical Resources. Thus, the Project falls under the Class 4 exemption. Upon adoption of this Resolution, staff is directed to cause a Notice of Exemption to be filed with the County Clerk and State Clearinghouse within five working days.
ADOPTED this 9th day of December, 2025.
Alex Rounaghi, Mayor
ATTEST:
Ann Marie McKay, City Clerk
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I, Ann Marie McKay, City Clerk of the City of Laguna Beach, certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 25.XXX was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held on December 9, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
City Clerk, City of Laguna Beach, CA
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