File #: ZA 25-001    Name: PLN230072 - HUGHES DAVID S TR & HUGHES SUSAN
Type: Zoning Administrator Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 1/3/2025 In control: Monterey County Zoning Administrator
On agenda: 1/9/2025 Final action:
Title: PLN230072 - HUGHES DAVID S TR & HUGHES SUSAN Public hearing to consider a Commercial Vacation Rental to allow the use of residential property for transient lodging for a period of 30 calendar days or fewer. Project Location: 584 Viejo Road, Carmel Proposed CEQA Action: Find the project Categorically Exempt pursuant to Section 15301 of the CEQA Guidelines and none of the exceptions to the exemptions listed in Section 15300.2 can be made.
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Exhibit A - Draft Resolution, 3. Exhibit B - Vicinity Map, 4. Exhibit C - Public Comment Letters
Title
PLN230072 - HUGHES DAVID S TR & HUGHES SUSAN
Public hearing to consider a Commercial Vacation Rental to allow the use of residential property for transient lodging for a period of 30 calendar days or fewer.
Project Location: 584 Viejo Road, Carmel
Proposed CEQA Action: Find the project Categorically Exempt pursuant to Section 15301 of the CEQA Guidelines and none of the exceptions to the exemptions listed in Section 15300.2 can be made.

Report
RECOMMENDATIONS
It is recommended that the Zoning Administrator adopt a Resolution:
a. Finding the project qualifies for a Class 1 Categorical Exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15301 and none of the exceptions to the exemptions listed in Section 15300.2 can be made; and
b. Approving a Use Permit for a Commercial Vacation Rental to allow the use of a residential property for transient lodging for a period of 30 calendar days or fewer.

The attached draft resolution includes findings and evidence for consideration (Exhibit A). Staff recommends approval subject to nine conditions of approval.

PROJECT INFORMATION
Agent: Susan Hughes
Property Owner: Hughes David S Tr & Hughes Susan
APN: 103-021-004-000
Parcel Size: 5.07 acres
Zoning: Rural Density Residential, 5.1 acres per unit with Urban Reserve, Design Control, and Site Plan Review zoning overlays, or “RDR/1-UR-D-S”
Plan Area: Greater Monterey Peninsula Area Plan
Flagged and Staked: No
Project Planner: Taylor Price, Senior Planner WOC
(831) 755-5730 or pricet1@countyofmonterey.gov





SUMMARY:
The project is located at 584 Viejo Road, Carmel, and is subject to the policies and regulations of the 2010 County of Monterey General Plan, Greater Monterey Peninsula Area Plan, Monterey County Code Title 7 Chapter 7.120, Monterey County Code Chapter 16.80, and the Monterey County Zoning Ordinance - Title 21. The proposed project includes the use of a pre-existing single-family dwelling as a vacation rental.

On June 13, 2024, the Owner, David Hughes...

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