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File #: AP 26-048    Name: PLN250221 - COWELL JOHN F IV TR
Type: Administrative Permit Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 5/12/2026 In control: Administrative Permit
On agenda: 5/20/2026 Final action:
Title: PLN250221 - COWELL JOHN F IV TR Administrative hearing to consider construction of a 5,810 square foot single-family dwelling, 685 square foot attached garage, 1,194 square foot barn and associated site improvements, including the removal of 2 Coast Live Oak trees. Project Location: 62 Chamisal Pass, Carmel Proposed CEQA action: Consider an Addendum together with the Santa Lucia Preserve Subdivision Environmental Impact Report (EIR No. 94-005/Resolution No. 96-059) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15164.
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Exhibit A - Draft Resolution, 3. Exhibit B - Vicinity Map, 4. Exhibit C - Addendum, 5. Exhibit D - Arborist Report (County of Monterey Library No. LIB260103)
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PLN250221 - COWELL JOHN F IV TR
Administrative hearing to consider construction of a 5,810 square foot single-family dwelling, 685 square foot attached garage, 1,194 square foot barn and associated site improvements, including the removal of 2 Coast Live Oak trees.
Project Location: 62 Chamisal Pass, Carmel
Proposed CEQA action: Consider an Addendum together with the Santa Lucia Preserve Subdivision Environmental Impact Report (EIR No. 94-005/Resolution No. 96-059) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15164.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
It is recommended that the Chief of Planning adopt a resolution to:
a) Consider an Addendum together with the previously certified Santa Lucia Preserve Subdivision Environmental Impact Report (EIR No. 94-005/Resolution No. 96-059) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15164; and
b) Approve an Administrative Permit and Design Approval to allow the construction of a 5,810 square foot single-family dwelling, a 685 square foot attached garage, a 1,194 square foot barn and associated site improvements, including the removal of 2 Coast Live Oak trees.
The attached draft resolution includes findings and evidence for consideration (Exhibit A). Staff recommends approval subject to 13 conditions of approval.

PROJECT INFORMATION
Agent: Ken Linsteadt
Property Owners: John and Michelle Cowell
APN: 239-041-009-000
Parcel Size: 38.5 acres, including the developable homeland boundary of 2.1 acres
Zoning: Resource Conservation with a 40-acre minimum and Design Control and Site Plan Review overlays or “RC/40-D-S”
Plan Area: Greater Monterey Peninsula Area Plan
Flagged and Staked: No
Project Planner: Kayla Nelson, (831) 796-6408
nelsonk@countyofmonterey.gov

SUMMARY
Staff is recommending approval of an Administrative Permit and Design Approval subject to the findings and evidence in the attached Resolution (see Exhibit A), and subject to the conditions of approval attached to the Resolution.
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