List “gutted”: Redondo Beach moves to turn home design guidelines into rules
by Garth Meyer Whether to allow a mezzanine – where and how big – is one of a list of questions facing the Redondo Beach City Council as it looks to update residential design guidelines from 2003 to make them into rules. The council took input from the public July 18, including a group of designers/architects opposed to changing the regulations. The council’s mission was to “update existing residential design guidelines to objective residential standards,” as described by Brandy Forbes, community services director. In June, the planning commission adopted a resolution, with a list, sending the matter to the city council. The project stems from resident complaints in recent years, which led to the city applying for, and receiving, a 2021 grant of $140,000 from the state Department of Community Development. Last week, after input from a city consultant and the planning commission work, the issue made it to the Redondo city council. Planning commission recommendations ranged from height restrictions, landscaping, floor area ratio – what percentage of a lot can be built on leaving the rest open space – setbacks for roofdecks and balconies, garage placement and more. Mezzanines…
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