RESOLUTION NO 26.XXX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING
THE CITY PARKING LOT RENTAL PROGRAM; AND
FINDING THE ACTION CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT
FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ACT PURSUANT TO STATE CEQA GUIDELINES
SECTION 15304
WHEREAS, the City of Laguna Beach, California (“City”) is a municipal corporation, duly organized under the California Constitution and laws of the State of California; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the police powers delegated to it by the California Constitution, the City has the authority to enact laws and regulations which promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of its citizens; and
WHEREAS, the City operates various parking lots open to the public throughout the City; and
WHEREAS, the City currently rents out certain parking lots on an ad hoc basis to various parties and community groups attending establishments within the City; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to establish a city-wide program for renting out parking lots and spaces on a temporary basis and the rules and regulations for such program; and WHEREAS, all other legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Resolution have occurred.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH DOES RESOLVE:
SECTION 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby establishes the City Parking Lot Rental Program, where by the City Manager, or the City’s Manager’s Designee, is authorized to rent, on a temporary Attachment 1
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and first come, first serve basis, certain parking lots operated by the City at certain times and on a certain basis, as specified in Exhibit A, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 3. As part of the City Parking Lot Rental Program, the City Council also hereby authorizes the City Manager, or the City’s Manager’s Designee, to rent, on a temporary, first come first serve, and non-exclusive basis, certain on-street public parking space, as depicted in Exhibit B, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, at certain times and on a certain basis, as determined by the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee.
SECTION 4. The City Council hereby establishes the following rules and regulations for the City Parking Lot Rental Program:
A. Administrator.
a. The City Manager or their designee shall administer the City Parking Lot Rental Program.
b. The City Manager or their designee shall develop an application form and identify information necessary to evaluate and process the application.
B. Application.
a. An application for Temporary Parking Permit shall be submitted at least two weeks prior to the proposed use.
b. The application shall be accompanied by a non-refundable fee in the amount so designated in the City Council Master Fee Resolution to cover the processing of the application.
c. The Applicant is required to enter into an agreement with the City, in a form approved by the City Attorney, setting forth Applicant’s obligations to indemnify and hold harmless the City from any claim or damage asserted by a third party 5 -3- Reso. #26.XXX
relating to the City Parking Lot Rental Program or temporary parking permit, and to maintain adequate forms and limits of insurance, at the determination of the Risk Manager in consultation with the City Attorney.
C. Rules and Regulations
a. Non-exclusive basis: The temporary parking permit issued on a non-exclusive basis shall be indicated by a City-issued or other City-recognized placard that can be displayed on a vehicle’s dashboard or rear-view mirror. b. Exclusive basis: The temporary parking permit issued on an exclusive basis shall be indicated by City-issued signs and ropes that can be displayed at the entrances of the City parking lot.
c. The City Manager, or the City Manager’s designee, may establish additional rules and regulations to implement the City Parking Lot Rental Program.
SECTION 5. The City Council hereby makes the following findings with respect to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”). This action is exempt from the requirements of the CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15304 (Minor Alterations to Land, Class 4) which exempts minor public or private alterations in the condition of land, water, and/or vegetation which do not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees except for forestry and agricultural purposes.
Examples include but are not limited to minor temporary use of land having negligible or no permanent effects on the environment, including carnivals, sales of Christmas trees, etc. (14 CCR Section 15304(e).) Here, this action will allow people to prepurchase temporary parking placards to use certain City lots at the same time as members of the public and also will also make more parking available by renting out parking lots and spaces when those lots and spaces are not generally open to the public use. This action does not authorize permanent infrastructure and merely creates an 6 -4- Reso. #26.XXX
administrative system to allow persons to coordinate use of the City’s parking lots and spaces.
Therefore, this action falls within the minor alterations to land exemption.
None of the exceptions to the use of the categorical exemptions identified in State CEQA Guidelines section 15300.2 apply. The Project will not result in a cumulative impact from successive projects of the same type in the same place, over time. Moreover, there are no unusual circumstances surrounding the Project that would result in a reasonably possibility of a significant effect on the environment. Additionally, the Project will not damage scenic resources, including trees, historic buildings, rock outcroppings, or similar resources. The Project will not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource. Finally, the Project does not include any hazardous waste sites. Thus, Class 4 exemption applies, and no further environmental review is required. The City Council directs staff to cause a Notice of Exemption to be filed with the County of Orange County and State Clearing house within five (5) days of adoption of this Resolution.
SECTION 6. The documents and materials that constitute the record of proceedings on which this Resolution has been based are located at City Hall, 505 Forest Avenue Laguna Beach, CA 92651. The custodian of the record of proceedings is the Director of Community Development.
SECTION 7. If any provision of this Resolution is held invalid, the remainder of this Resolution shall not be affected by such invalidity, and the provisions of the Resolution are severable.
SECTION 8. This Resolution shall not become effective unless and until a coastal development permit for the change in the intensity of the use of land for the Parking Lot Rental Program is both approved and effective.
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ADOPTED this 24th day of February, 2026.
Mark Orgill, Mayor
ATTEST:
Ann Marie McKay, City Clerk
I, Ann Marie McKay, City Clerk of the City of Laguna Beach, certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 26.XXX was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held on February 24, 2026, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
City Clerk, City of Laguna Beach, CA
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EXHIBIT A
(Parking Lot Rental Program)
Lot Address Hours Available to
Public
Parking
Spaces
Hours Available
for Temporary
Parking Permit
Basis Available
for Temporary
Parking Permit
1 234 Broadway Street
(the Broadway Lot)
5:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. 26 N/A N/A
2 322 Forest Avenue
(the Peppertree Lot)
5:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. 38 N/A N/A
3 243 Ocean Avenue
(Ocean Avenue West,
Lot B)
5:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. 24 N/A N/A
4 225 Ocean Avenue
(Ocean Avenue West,
Lot A)
5:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. 15 N/A N/A
5 348 Glenneyre Street
(the Mermaid Lot)
5:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. 15 N/A N/A
6 501 Glenneyre Street
(the Glenneyre Street
Structure)
5:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. 215 N/A N/A
7 30801 Coast
Highway (the
Treasure Island
Surface Lot)
5:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. 31 N/A N/A
8 30799 Coast
Highway (the
Treasure Island
Garage Lot)
5:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. 39 N/A N/A
9 21540 Wesley Drive 5:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. 29 N/A N/A
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(the Fred Lang Lot)
10 725 Laguna Canyon
Road (the Laguna
Canyon Road Lot)
5:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. 65 5:00 a.m. to 2:00
a.m.
Non-exclusive
5:00 a.m. to 2:00
a.m.
Exclusive (as
available)
11 551 Forest Avenue
(the Forest/Laguna
Canyon Lot)
5:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. 126 5:00 a.m. to 2:00
a.m.
Non-exclusive
5:00 a.m. to 2:00
a.m.
Exclusive (as
available)
12 521 Forest Avenue
(the Lumberyard Lot)
Monday through
Thursday: 6 p.m. to 2
a.m.; Friday through
Sunday: 5:00 a.m. to
2:00 a.m.
79 N/A N/A
13 380 3rd Street (the
Laguna Beach
Community and Susi
Q Center)
Monday through
Friday: 5:00 p.m. to
2:00 a.m.; Saturday
and Sunday: 5:00 a.m.
to 2:00 a.m.
74 Monday through
Friday: 5:00 p.m.
to 2:00 a.m.;
Saturday and
Sunday: 5:00
a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Non-Exclusive
Saturday and
Sunday: 5:00
a.m. to 2:00 a.m.\
Exclusive (as
available)
14 480 Mermaid Street
(the Hagan Place Lot)
Monday through
Friday: 5:00 p.m. to
2:00 a.m.; Saturday
and Sunday: 5:00 a.m.
to 2:00 a.m.
25 N/A N/A
15 362 Ocean Avenue
(the Transit Depot
5:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. 14 N/A N/A
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Lot)
16 1900 Laguna Canyon
Road (the ACT V
Parking Lot)
Summer (June to
September): 5 a.m. to 2
a.m.
250 N/A N/A
N/A N/A
Non-Summer
(September to June):
Saturday: 5:00 a.m. to
2 a.m.; Sunday: 5:00
a.m. to 2 a.m.
Non-Summer:
Saturday: 5:00
a.m. to 2:00 a.m.;
and Sunday: 5:00
a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Non-Exclusive
Non-Summer:
Monday through
Friday: 5:00 a.m.
to 2 a.m.
Exclusive (as
available and
only as to up to
50 spaces)
17 Closed until June
2026
N/A N/A N/A
18 Closed until June
2026
N/A N/A N/A
19 31872 Coast
Highway (the
Mission Hospital Lot)
Friday: 5:00 p.m. to
2:00 a.m.;
Saturday: 5:00 a.m. to
2:00 a.m.;
Sunday: 5:00 a.m. to
2:00 a.m.
50 spaces
N/A N/A
20 31681 Coast
Highway (the Sea
Cove Lot)
10 spaces
N/A N/A
21 303 Legion Street
(the Legion Lot)
10 spaces
N/A N/A
22 31131 Coast 258 N/A N/A
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Highway (the Aliso
Beach Lot)
spaces
23 363 Glenneyre Street
(the Laguna Beach
Library Lot)
Monday through
Thursday: 7:00 p.m. to
2:00 a.m.; Friday and
Sunday: 5:00 p.m. to
2:00 a.m.; and Sunday:
5:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
30 spaces
N/A N/A
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EXHIBIT B
(On- Street Parking Space Rental Depiction on Laguna Canyon Road) 13