Title
PLN140602 - JIMENEZ SALVADOR JR. TRUST (a.k.a. THE RED BARN)
Continued from the July 8 and August 28, 2024 Planning Commission meeting, public hearing to consider amendment to Use Permits ZA-3117 and ZA-3629, as amended by Zoning Administrator Resolution No. 19-018, to increase the parking and sales area; amend an adopted General Development Plan to allow new uses (such as corporate events, weddings and quince?eras within and adjacent to the Red Barn structure and electric carts, nursery events, outdoor movies, paintball club outside and allowing construction of on-site storage, shipping containers or similar, for vendors to rent); after-the-fact permitting of grading on slopes greater than 25%; and abating Code Enforcement Case Nos. 20CE00297 and 22CE00422.
Project Location: 1000, 1050, 1060 and 1150 North Highway 101, Aromas
Proposed CEQA action: Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15074
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the Monterey County Planning Commission continue the hearing on this project to a date uncertain. The reason is that the resubmitted amended General Development Plan (August 27, 2024) and plans (September 20, 2024) are not aligned, and that HCD and Environmental Health Bureau staff require additional information to assess the project.
PROJECT INFORMATION:
Agent: Joel Panzer
Property Owner: Jimenez Salvador Jr Trust
APNs: 141-013-035-000, 141-013-034-000, 141-013-037-000 and 141-131-025-000
Project Size: 32 acres
Zoning: Light Commercial or "LC" and Rural Density Residential or "RDR"
Plan Area: North County Area Plan
Flagged and Staked: No
Planner: Mary Israel, 755-5183, israelm@countyofmonterey.gov
SUMMARY:
The Red Barn is a commercial center focused on a Sunday flea market. It has a large red barn which is an historic structure with a 60-year history of commercial uses inside and around its exterior. Permitted uses consolidated by the Board with Resolution 10-037 included outdoor reta...
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