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File #: PC 26-100    Name: PLN240181 - FORSBERG NANCY LEE & CELESTE LORENZ TRS
Type: Planning Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 10/15/2026 In control: County of Monterey Planning Commission
On agenda: 10/28/2026 Final action:
Title: PLN240181 - FORSBERG NANCY LEE & CELESTE LORENZ TRS Public hearing to consider a Fee Waiver Request to waive permit fees associated with HCD-Planning File No PLN240181. Project Location: 554 Maher Road, Royal Oaks. Proposed CEQA Action: Find that consideration of a fee waiver is not a “Project” pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378 and Public Resources Code section 21065.
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Exhibit A - Draft Resolution, 3. Exhibit B – Denied Fee Waiver Request with justification, 4. Exhibit C – Stipulated Agreement dated February 6, 2024, 5. Exhibit D – Additional Fee Waiver Justification
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PLN240181 - FORSBERG NANCY LEE & CELESTE LORENZ TRS
Public hearing to consider a Fee Waiver Request to waive permit fees associated with HCD-Planning File No PLN240181.
Project Location: 554 Maher Road, Royal Oaks.
Proposed CEQA Action: Find that consideration of a fee waiver is not a “Project” pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378 and Public Resources Code section 21065.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Planning Commission adopt a resolution to:
1) Find that consideration of a fee waiver is not a “Project” pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378 and Public Resources Code section 21065
2) Deny the Fee Waiver Request to waive permit fees associated with HCD-Planning File No PLN240181.

The attached draft resolution includes findings and evidence for consideration (Exhibit A).

PROJECT INFORMATION:
Agent: Sheryl Fox with the office of Anthony Lombardo and Associates
Property Owner: Nancy Forsberg
APN: 127-401-006-000
Parcel Size: 7.8 acres or 333,768 square feet
Zoning: Low Density Residential, Building Site 7 overlay within the Coastal Zone, or “LDR/B-7(CZ)”
Plan Area: North County LCP
Flagged and Staked: N/A
Project Planner: McKenna Bowling, Associate Planner
bowlingmr@countyofmonterey.gov, (831) 755-5298

SUMMARY:
The project site is located at 554 Maher Road, Royal Oaks, within the North County Land Use Plan. HCD-Planning File No. PLN240181 has been proposed to partially abate an existing code enforcement case (21CE00071), through legalizing after-the-fact works consisting of: conversion of a 1,369 square foot barn into a residence, construction of a 528 square foot bedroom addition and 278 square foot covered porch, construction of 566 square foot garage, conversion of an existing garage to a 425 square foot guesthouse and unpermitted development on slopes in excess of 25 percent. According to the adopted fee schedule, permit fees to process the after-the-fact project should be $28,604.00. . O...

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