Public Hearing — 7355 Berry Hill Drive, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (PLHV20240007)

CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES April 30, 2026 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes will conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will take place in accordance with the requirements of the Ralph M. Brown Act, Section 54950 et seq. of the Government Code. Remote participation by any City Council member shall be in accordance with Subdivisions (b)(3) or (f) of Government Code Section 54953. The meetings are held at Hesse Park, McTaggart Hall, 29301 Hawthorne Boulevard and/or via teleconference for staff/consultants/participants using the Zoom platform and broadcast live on the City's website at rpvca.gov/agendas and on PVPtv channels Cox 35 and Frontier FiberOptic 39. Public participation will be in person and using the virtual platform. The City Council will consider the following proposed project: APPEAL OF A HEIGHT VARIATION AND SITE PLAN REVIEW (CASE NO. PLHV20240007) On January 27, 2026 the Planning Commission denied an Appeal and upheld the Director of Community Development's conditional approval of a Height Variation Permit and Site Plan Review application allowing the Applicant to construct a 720 ft 2 secondstory addition and 263 ft 2 roof deck to the existing 2,467 ft 2 singlestory residence for a new total structure size of 3,187 ft 2 (garage included), along with ancillary site improvements. A timely appeal of the approved application was filed by an interested party. The proposed addition will measure 21.75 feet, as measured from the lowest finished grade covered by structure (elev. 278.51 feet) to the highest roof ridgeline (elev. 300.26 feet); and a height of 21.00 feet as measured from the highest elevation of the existing grade covered by the structure (elev. 279.26 feet) to the highest roof ridgeline (elev. 300.26 feet). LOCATION: 7355 BERRY HILL DRIVE APPLICANT: NEVERT GUIRGIS PROPERTY OWNERS: HANY & CAROL FRANCIS Staff has reviewed the proposed project for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and determined that the proposed project is exempt from CEQA, pursuant to Article 19, Section 15301 (Existing Facilities). If you have any comments or concerns about the proposed project, please communicate those thoughts in writing to Associate Planner, Jeffrey Kim, by noon on Friday, May 8, 2026. By doing so, you will ensure that your comments are taken into consideration for the staff analysis of the proposed project. Written comments submitted after noon on Friday, May 8, 2026 , will be given to the City Council on the night of the meeting. Please note that written materials, including emails, submitted to the City are public records and may be posted on the City's website. Accordingly, you may wish to omit personal information from your written materials as it may become part of the public record. In addition, this virtual City meeting will be televised and can be accessed through the City's website. If you would like the opportunity to discuss or review the project plans and/or appeal filing , the information is on file in the Community Development Department at 30940 Hawthorne Boulevard, Rancho Palos Verdes, and is available for review from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday. The final staff report will be available on the City's website, https://www.rpvca.gov/772/CityMeetingVideoandAgendas on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, under City Council Agenda. If you have any questions, please contact Jeffrey Kim at (310) 5445390 or via email at jkim@rpvca.gov for further information. Brandy Forbes, AICP Director of Community Development NOTE: STATE GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 65009 NOTICE: you challenge this application in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised in written correspondence delivered to the City of Rancho Palos Verdes during the public review period described in this notice. Palos Verdes Peninsula News Published: 4/30/26