A Laguna Beach couple is appealing a court order to remove a seawall from its beachfront property and pay a $1 million fine. The latest ruling, in which a panel of three judges in an appellate court unanimously upheld an earlier order by the California Coastal Commission that required the couple to take down the seawall and pay the fine, was issued Dec. 4. But the couple on Dec. 21 filed a 58-page petition to the same Fourth Appellate District Court that ruled against them—and a decision on whether to rehear the case is expected by Jan. 4, 2021. The petition furthers the couple’s claim that the home remodel was permitted “repair and maintenance,” as opposed to new development. “This court’s Dec. 4 opinion contains a fundamental misconception that undermines the entirety of the court’s analysis: that ‘new development’ and ‘major remodel’ are two different things,” the petition, obtained by …