Hedge heights spur threats of legal action from City of Redondo Beach
by Garth Meyer Late this spring, homeowners in North Redondo Beach started to receive notices from the city, saying that they are in violation of a code which bans side hedges over six feet and front-setback hedges over 42 inches. The letters were the result of dozens of complaints purported to be from one person. Some of these were on Huntington Lane, where Hai Tran has lived in a duplex with his wife since 2020. Residents in the neighborhood say they have maintained their hedges at the same height for decades without complaint. Those who complied with the letters have ‘seen mature hedges reduced to stumps,” Tran said. For his own property, which dips below the level of the sidewalk, if the front hedge was 42 inches, it “would effectively eliminate all privacy” for the front-unit tenants, whose windows and outdoor living space face the sidewalk. After Tran and his wife received their letter, he contacted District Four City Councilman Zein Obagi, Jr., and Tran and others affected began to appear at city council meetings to speak about the issue. City Manager Mike Witzansky responded June 9 saying that there will be no additional enforcement of the hedge height limits. “That’s the…
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