Title
PLN210091 - Santa Rosa Motel Co.
Public hearing continued from November 14, 2024 and December 12, 2024 to consider demolition and rebuild of nine structures and site renovations to the existing Portofino Inn and removal of two protected oak trees (one landmark).
Project Location: 10 Country Club Way, Carmel Valley, Carmel Valley Master Plan
Proposed CEQA action: Find the project Categorically Exempt pursuant to Section 15302 of the CEQA Guidelines
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Zoning Administrator continue the hearing on this project to a date uncertain.
PROJECT INFORMATION:
Agent: Anna Bornstein, EMC Planning Group
Property Owner: Santa Rosa Motel Co.
APN: 187-252-011-000
Parcel Size: 6.7 acres
Zoning: Visitor Serving/Professional Office Zoning District with Design Control, Site Plan Review and Residential Allocation District overlays (VO-D-S-RAZ)
Plan Area: Carmel Valley Master Plan
Flagged and Staked: Yes
Planner: Mary Israel, 755-5183, israelm@countyofmonterey.gov
SUMMARY:
The project is located on and accessed from Country Club Drive in Carmel Valley, approximately 0.6 miles northwest of Carmel Valley Village. The property boundary of the subject parcel fronts Carmel Valley Road for approximately 0.24 miles. The parcel is zoned VO-D-S-RAZ and is subject to the policies of the 2010 General Plan, Carmel Valley Master Plan (CVMP) and regulations of the County of Monterey Inland Zoning Ordinance (Title 21).
The proposed project includes an Administrative Permit and Design Approval to allow facility renovations to the existing development previously known as the Portofino Inn, not to increase density or intensity, consisting of the extensive remodel of nine existing buildings (including selective demolition and rebuild of portions of structures).
Project also includes the removal of two Oak trees: one single trunk (7.5 inches diameter) and one landmark tree with a cluster of trunks (10, 5, 10, 14.5, 5, 8, and 12 inches diameter), onsite wastewater treatment system upgrade, driveway and an upper parking area resurfacing.
The project was heard in a duly-noticed hearing before the Zoning Administrator on November 14, 2024 and December 12, 2024. A significant number of public comments were received in the November 14, 2024 and the December 12, 2024 Zoning Administrator hearings. In the hearing, staff noted that the applicant had expressed an effort to bring new materials forward promptly, so staff recommended the continuance be set as date certain of January 30, 2025. Although Planning staff received a letter from the applicant on December 20, 2024, it was not found sufficient in addressing the questions raised by the public which the Zoning Administrator recommended staff and the applicant address. Staff has conferred with the agent on the applicant’s proposed project scope and the related documentation of established uses since the Zoning Administrator’s motion to continue on January 30, 2025. The process is not finished and staff has not received a firm date at which updated application materials will be available. Therefore, staff recommends a continuance of the item to a date uncertain.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
The following agencies have reviewed the project, have comments, and/or have recommended conditions:
Environmental Health Bureau
HCD-Engineering Services
HCD-Environmental Services
Monterey County Regional Fire District
Prepared by: Mary Israel, Supervising Planner
Reviewed and Approved by: Melanie Beretti, AICP, Chief of Planning
cc: Front Counter Copy; Zoning Administrator; Monterey County Regional Fire District; HCD
Engineering Services; HCD-Environmental Services; Environmental Health Bureau - Land Use;
Mary Israel, Planner; Anna Ginette Quenga, AICP, Principal Planner; Santa Rosa Motel Co.,
Property Owner; Anna Bornstein, Agent; Terri Beatty, Interested Party; Pamela and Jerry
Takigawa, Interested Party; Richard Rosenthal, Interested Party; Paul Ingram, Interested Party;
Klaus Kaasgaard, Interested Party; Christine Kolisch, Interested Party; Robert Kornstanje,
Interested Party; Denise Kuehl, Interested Party; Mark Lewis, Interested Party; Ernest Long,
Interested Party; Andrea Mason, Interested Party; Denise Rainoldi, Interested Party; Leland
Smith, Interested Party; Valerie Stack, Interested Party; Richard Westbrook, Interested Party;
James and Kimberley Brier, Interested Party; Bruce and Lauren Haase, Interested Party; Beatrice
Bernard, Interested Party; Susan Fox, Interested Party; The Open Monterey Project (Molly
Erickson); Laborers International Union of North America (Lozeau Drury LLP); LandWatch;
Project File PLN210091.