MINUTES
LAGUNA BEACH CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
December 18, 2025
A Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Laguna Beach was called to order on Thursday, December 18, 2025, at 5:00 p.m., in the City Hall, 505 Forest Avenue, Laguna Beach, California, Mayor Orgill presiding.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Kempf, Rounaghi, Whalen, Jones, Orgill PARTICIPATING REMOTELY: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
PUBLIC HEARING
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1. SECOND READING BY TITLE ONLY, PUBLIC HEARING, AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 14, CHAPTER 14.50 (BUILDING CODE) OF THE LAGUNA BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 15, CHAPTER
15.01 (CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE) OF THE LAGUNA BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT THE 2025 CALIFORNIA BUILDING, FIRE CODE, AND OTHER RELATED CODES, INCLUDING LOCAL
AMENDMENTS, ADOPT A RESOLUTIONS SETTING FORTH FINDINGS BASED ON LOCAL
CONDITIONS FOR CERTAIN LOCAL AMENDMENTS AND FINDING THE PROPOSED ACTIONS
ARE NOT A PROJECTS SUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT OR IN
THE ALTERNATIVE ARE EXEMPT FROM CEQA
Moved by Councilmember Alex Rounaghi, seconded by Councilmember Bob Whalen, and carried unanimously 5/0 to:
(1) Waive full reading and introduce second reading by title only an Ordinance titled, “AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE 2025 EDITIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE AND OTHER RELATED 2025 CODES BY AMENDING TITLE 14 (BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION), OF THE LAGUNA BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING CHAPTER 14.50 (BUILDING CODE), CHAPTER 14.52 (RESIDENTIAL CODE), CHAPTER 14.54 (MECHANICAL CODE), CHAPTER 14.64 (PLUMBING CODE), CHAPTER 14.68 (ELECTRICAL CODE), CHAPTER
14.70 (WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE CODE), CHAPTER 14.86 (GREEN BUILDING CODE), AND ADDING CHAPTER 14.90 (ENERGY CODE), CHAPTER 14.91 (HISTORICAL BUILDING CODE), CHAPTER 14.92 (EXISTING BUILDING CODE), AND CHAPTER 14.95 (INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE), WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS AND
FINDING THE ORDINANCE IS NOT A PROJECT SUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE IS EXEMPT FROM CEQA”; and
(2) Waive full reading and introduce second reading by title only an Ordinance titled, “AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 15, CHAPTER 15.01 (CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE) OF THE LAGUNA BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT THE 2025 FIRE CODE WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS
AND FINDING THE ORDINANCE IS NOT A PROJECT SUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE IS EXEMPT FROM CEQA” Attachment 2
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ADJOURNMENT
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There being no further business, Mayor Orgill at 5:02 p.m., Thursday, December 18, 2025, adjourned.
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Approved: January 13, 2026
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Mark Orgill, Mayor
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Ann Marie McKay, City Clerk
Note: All components of minutes shall be for the primary purpose of memorializing decisions made by the legislative body. Any minute component that does not serve this primary purpose will be minimized or eliminated; this includes comments made by individual body members and members of the public. Discussions that occurred during the meeting can be viewed in archived video recordings on the city’s website. Public submittals on items received prior to adjournment of the meeting are retained in the administrative record and can be viewed in the city clerk’s repository.
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