Legislation Details

File #: PC 26-059    Name: PLN220125 - MONTEREY COUNTY SHERIFFS POSSE
Type: Planning Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 6/2/2026 In control: County of Monterey Planning Commission
On agenda: 6/10/2026 Final action:
Title: PLN220125 - MONTEREY COUNTY SHERIFFS POSSE Public hearing to consider allowing existing public and private recreational events, including concerts, equestrian and livestock events, and family gatherings at the Monterey County Sheriff's Posse grounds. Project Location: 395 Old Natividad Road, Salinas. Proposed CEQA Action: Find that the project qualifies for Class 1 and Class 23 Categorical Exemptions pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15301 and 15323, and that no exceptions pursuant to section 15300.2 apply.
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Exhibit A - Draft Resolution, 3. Exhibit B - County of Monterey Zoning Administrator Letter Dated 1992, 4. Exhibit C - Traffic Analysis Report, 5. Exhibit D – Vicinity Map, 6. Exhibit E - Historic Events 2017-2024
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PLN220125 - MONTEREY COUNTY SHERIFFS POSSE
Public hearing to consider allowing existing public and private recreational events, including concerts, equestrian and livestock events, and family gatherings at the Monterey County Sheriff's Posse grounds.
Project Location: 395 Old Natividad Road, Salinas.
Proposed CEQA Action: Find that the project qualifies for Class 1 and Class 23 Categorical Exemptions pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15301 and 15323, and that no exceptions pursuant to section 15300.2 apply.
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RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the County of Monterey Planning Commission adopt a resolution:
1. Finding that the project qualifies for Class 1 and Class 23 Categorical Exemptions pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15301 and 15323, and that no exceptions pursuant to section 15300.2 apply;
2. Approving a Use Permit to allow hosting of eight concerts per year, and memorializing of existing legal-nonconforming public and private recreational events, equestrian and livestock events, and family gatherings at the Monterey County Sheriff's Posse grounds.

A draft resolution, including findings and evidence, is attached for consideration (Exhibit A). Staff recommends approval subject to 8 conditions.

PROJECT INFORMATION
Property Owner: Monterey County Sheriff’s Posse
Agent: Dale Ellis
APN: 211-061-028-000
Zoning: Public/Quasi-Public
Parcel Size: 47.57 acres
Flagged and Staked: Not Applicable
Project Planner: Taylor Price, Senior Planner
PriceT1@countyofmonterey.gov, 831-784-2179

SUMMARY:
The project site, approximately 47.57 acres, is located at the corner of Natividad Road and Old Natividad Road, within the Greater Salinas Area Plan. The subject property is designated and zoned Public/Quais-Public. Surrounding land uses include agriculturally zoned Farmland parcels, to the west and southwest of the parcel and residentially zoned parcels to the north, east, and southeast zoned Low Density Residential. T...

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