File #: PC 25-031    Name: PLN210223 - Gard
Type: Planning Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 4/2/2025 In control: Monterey County Planning Commission
On agenda: 4/9/2025 Final action:
Title: PLN210223 - GARD HERMALINA Public hearing to consider the Standard Subdivision and Vesting Tentative Map to subdivide a four-acre lot into 16 residential lots plus one drainage parcel, one road and utility parcel, and a remainder lot retaining the existing residential dwelling unit, and demolition of unpermitted accessory structures. The proposed project includes three moderate-income units and a Variance to reduce the 200-foot agricultural buffer to 139 feet/78 feet. Project Location: 442 Boronda Road, Salinas Proposed CEQA action: Find the project Categorically Exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3).
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Exhibit A - Discussion, 3. Exhibit B - Draft Resolution, 4. Exhibit C - Applicant's Letter of Request, dated May 5, 2024, 5. Exhibit D - Letter of Technical Assistance from State HCD, dated December 22, 2020, 6. Exhibit E - Vicinity Map, 7. Exhibit F - Agricultural Advisory Committee April 27, 2023 Meeting Minutes, 8. RESpc_25-008_PLN210223_040925
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PLN210223 - GARD HERMALINA
Public hearing to consider the Standard Subdivision and Vesting Tentative Map to subdivide a four-acre lot into 16 residential lots plus one drainage parcel, one road and utility parcel, and a remainder lot retaining the existing residential dwelling unit, and demolition of unpermitted accessory structures. The proposed project includes three moderate-income units and a Variance to reduce the 200-foot agricultural buffer to 139 feet/78 feet.
Project Location: 442 Boronda Road, Salinas
Proposed CEQA action: Find the project Categorically Exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3).
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Planning Commission adopt a resolution to:
a. Find the project Categorically Exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3);
b. Approve a Standard Subdivision and Vesting Tentative Map to subdivide a four-acre lot into 16 residential lots (“Lots 1-16,” median size 0.138 acre), a road and utility parcel (Parcel 1, 0.93 acre), a drainage parcel (Parcel 2, 0.11 acre), and a remainder lot (approximately 0.6 acre) that retains the existing residential dwelling unit, and demolition of unpermitted accessory structures to clear Code Enforcement Case No. CE050196; and
c. Approve a Variance request to reduce the agricultural buffer from 200 to 139 feet on the northwest and 78 feet on the southwest.

The draft Planning Commission resolution (Exhibit B), draft Conditions of Approval, and draft Vesting Tentative Map (VTM) are provided for consideration. Staff recommends approval of the VTM subject to 29 conditions of approval.

PROJECT INFORMATION:
Owner: Hermalina Gard
Agent: Dale Ellis, Anthony Lombardo & Associates
APN: 261-101-006-000
Zoning: Medium Density Residential, 4 units per acre, with Limited Agriculture and Urban Reserve overlay districts (MDR/4-A-UR)
Parcel Size: 4 acres
Plan Area: Greater Salinas Area Plan
Flagged and Staked: No
Project Planner: Mary Israel, Supervising Pla...

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