Agenda - Environmental Review Board (ERB)

AGENDA

Meeting Place: In-person: Calabasas Field Office - 27001 Agoura Rd, Suite 250, Calabasas, CA

91302

Meeting Date:

August 17, 2026 - Monday

Time: 1:00 PM

PROVIDING WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT

To provide written public comment for the record, send an email to comment@planning.lacounty.gov

with the agenda item number, first and last name, email address, and phone number, and identify

yourself as the applicant or not the applicant. Written public comments submitted prior to 12 p.m. on

Thursday, the week previous to the meeting, will be provided to the Environmental Review Board.

Written public comments submitted after 12 p.m. on Thursday, the week previous to the meeting, will

not be provided to the Environmental Review Board but will be added to the public record.

PART I - PRELIMINARY BUSINESS

Roll Call

Coordinator's Report

PART II - MINUTES FOR APPROVAL

July 20, 2026 Draft ERB Minutes (Available 7/28/26)

PART IV – NEW BUSINESS

Diskin Single-Family Residence

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Project No.: PRJ2024-001264

Permit No.: RPPL2024001898, RPPL2024001899

APN: 4438-038-003

Address: 21955 Saddle Peak Road, Los Angeles, CA 90290

Location: Topanga Creek Watershed

USGS Quad: Topanga, California

Project Applicant: Steve Diskin

Project Biologist: Daryl Koutnik

Staff Planner: Tyler Montgomery

Staff Biologist: Michael Cady

GENERAL PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The Applicant proposes the construction of an 18-foot-tall single-family

residence, as well as a new onsite wastewater treatment system (OWTS)

with seepage pits, an attached two-car carport, retaining walls, and

hardscaping on a 4.03-acre property.

The proposed single-family

residence would have a floor area of 3,498 square feet on a building site

of 6,433 square feet. A total of 684 cubic yards of grading is proposed, all

to be cut and exported. The lot would be accessed from Saddle Peak

Road, a 60-foot-wide limited secondary highway and designated scenic

route to the south, by an existing 1,300-foot-long paved private driveway.

The subject parcel is surrounded by vacant land to the north and east and

by single-family residences to the south and west. ERB review is

required, as area proposed for development is less than 200 feet from

mapped H1 and H2 Habitat. Land use designation is RL20, Rural

Land—1 dwelling unit/20 acres maximum; Zoning is R-C-20, Rural

Coastal—20 Acre Minimum Required Lot Area.

ERB Recommendations

Biological Assessment

Fuel Modification Approval

Site Plans

Attachments:

Preliminary Approved Septic Plot Plan

Project Narrative

Site Photos

PART V - PUBLIC COMMENT

PART VI - ADJOURNMENT

ADJOURNMENT TO SEPTEMBER 21, 2026 AT 1:00 PM.

TIME LIMITS: The Director of Regional Planning has established time limits with respect to receipt of testimony regarding

matters on this Agenda. Applicants will be allowed fifteen (15) minutes to present testimony in support of their application,

with an additional ten (10) minutes for responses to issues raised by other witnesses. Other proponents and opponents will

be limited to three (3) minutes per speaker. Responses to questions from the Environmental Review Board members will

not be included in these time limitations. All speakers are urged to refrain from repeating testimony presented by others.

The Coordinator may impose different time limits, depending upon the length of the agenda, the number of speakers

wishing to give testimony and/or the complexity of an agenda item.

WRITTEN TESTIMONY: Written testimony that is received prior to the public meeting will be made a part of the record

and need not be read into the record.

LOBBYIST REGISTRATION: Any person who seeks support or endorsement from the Environmental Review Board on

any official action may be subject to the provisions of Ordinance No. 93-0031, relating to lobbyists. Violation of the lobbyist

ordinance may result in a fine and other penalties. FOR INFORMATION, CALL (213) 974-1093.

MEETING MATERIALS: The agenda package is accessible on the Department's website at

http://planning.lacounty.gov/agenda/erb/. Any meeting-related writings or documents provided to a majority of the

Environmental Review Board after distribution of the agenda package, unless exempt from disclosure pursuant to

California law, are available at the Department webpage for Environmental Review Board and will not be also available in

the Environmental Review Board meeting room on the day of the Board’s meeting there regarding that matter. Projects are

reviewed under the Santa Monica Mountains Local Coastal Program LIP:

http://planning.lacounty.gov/assets/upl/project/coastal_amended-LIP-maps.pdf