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PLN240358 - CLAY DOUGLAS A & CLAY HEATHER R TRS
Continued from August 12, 2026 - Public hearing to consider an appeal by Douglas Clay of the June 11, 2026, Zoning Administrator’s decision to approve an after-the-fact Use Permit (PLN240358/Clay) to allow a Commercial Vacation Rental for transient lodging of a residential property for a period of 30 calendar days or fewer.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Planning Commission continue the hearing on the project until December 9, 2026, to allow the Board of Supervisors to take action on a separate appeal regarding a similar contention for the rights to access the property.
PROJECT INFORMATION
Agent: Clay Douglas
Property Owner: Douglas A. and Heather R. Clay Trust
APN: 007-541-008-000
Parcel Size: 0.21 acres
Zoning: Medium Density Residential with a maximum gross density of 4 units/acre with Building Site District 6, Design Control, and Recreational Equipment Storage in Seaward Zone Overlays or “MDR/B-6-D-RES”
Plan Area: Greater Monterey Peninsula Area Plan
Flagged and Staked: N/A
Project Planner: Fionna Jensen, Principal Planner
JensenF1@countyofmonterey.gov, 831-796-6407
SUMMARY
The project site is located at 2924 Congress Road, a privately maintained road, in the Greater Monterey Peninsula Area of the unincorporated area of the County of Monterey. The site is developed with a 1,821 square foot single-family dwelling with an attached garage, and consists of three bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, a living room, a dining room, a kitchen, and a patio. The Applicant has applied for a Use Permit to allow use of the existing single-family dwelling located in a residentially zoned neighborhood as a Commercial Vacation Rental.
The project came before the Planning Commission on August 12, 2026, and was continued to October 14, 2026. Staff is recommending the Planning Commission continue the hearing on the project to a further date, December 9, 2026, to allow the Board of Supervisors to take action on a separate appeal regarding a similar contention for the rights to access a subject property with the Del Monte Forest area, which also includes the properties in Pebble Beach subject to the Greater Monterey Peninsula Area Plan.
Prepared by: Jacquelyn M. Nickerson, Principal Planner
Approved by: Melanie Beretti, AICP, Chief of Planning
cc: Front Counter Copy; HCD-Planning; Fionna Jensen, Principal Planner; Douglas Clay and Heather Clay, Property Owner/Appellant; Josh Ohanian, Applicant; Shaun Murphy, Agent; The Open Monterey Project (Molly Erickson); Laborers International Union of North America (Lozeau Drury LLP); Christina McGinnis, Keep Big Sur Wild; LandWatch; Planning File PLN240358.