File #: ORD 25-018    Name: REF240016 - CZ Updated ADU & JADU Regulations
Type: Ordinance Status: Scheduled PM
File created: 11/3/2025 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 11/18/2025 Final action:
Title: REF240016 - COASTAL ZONE UPDATED ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS (ADU) AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS (JADU) REGULATIONS Public Hearing to consider amending the Monterey County Local Coastal Program to modify policies and regulations for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units (JADUs), including the Big Sur Coast Land Use Plan, Carmel Area Land Use Plan, North County Land Use Plan and Monterey County Coastal Implementation Plan, Part 1, the Coastal Zoning Ordinance (Title 20), Coastal Zoning, and Part 6, Appendices. Project Location: All unincorporated areas of Monterey County in the Coastal Zone Proposed CEQA Action: Find statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) section 15265 for the purpose of local government activities and approvals involving the preparation and adoption of local coastal program amendments.
Attachments: 1. Board Report, 2. Attachment A - CCC Certified Ordinance Amending Title 20 (clean), 3. Attachment B - CCC Certified Ordinance Amending Title 20 (redline), 4. Attachment C - Board Resolution of Intent (Resolution 25-016), 5. Attachment D - Board Resolution amending the Carmel Area, Big Sur Coast and North County Land Use Plans (Includes Exhibits 1 and 2– Amendments to the Carmel Area, Big Sur Coast and North County Land Use Plans (clean and redline), 6. Attachment E - CCC Certification of the Amendments, 7. Item No. 17 Presentation
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REF240016 - COASTAL ZONE UPDATED ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS (ADU) AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS (JADU) REGULATIONS
Public Hearing to consider amending the Monterey County Local Coastal Program to modify policies and regulations for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units (JADUs), including the Big Sur Coast Land Use Plan, Carmel Area Land Use Plan, North County Land Use Plan and Monterey County Coastal Implementation Plan, Part 1, the Coastal Zoning Ordinance (Title 20), Coastal Zoning, and Part 6, Appendices.
Project Location: All unincorporated areas of Monterey County in the Coastal Zone
Proposed CEQA Action: Find statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) section 15265 for the purpose of local government activities and approvals involving the preparation and adoption of local coastal program amendments.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
1. Find the project statutorily exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15265;
2. Acknowledge receipt of the California Coastal Commission resolution approving Monterey County Local Coastal Program Amendment Number LCP-3-MCO-25-0034-1-Part A (Accessory Dwelling Units);
3. Adopt a resolution to amend the text to the Big Sur Coast, Carmel Area and North County Land Use Plans as certified by the California Coastal Commission to update policies and regulations for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units (JADUs);
4. Adopt an Ordinance to amend the Monterey County Coastal Implementation Plan, Part 1 the Coastal Zoning Ordinance (Title 20), Coastal Zoning, and Part 6, Appendices. to modify policies and regulations for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units (JADUs) as certified by the California Coastal Commission;
5. Certify that the amendments are intended to be carried out in a manner fully in conformity with the Coastal Act; and
6. Direct staff to transmit the amendme...

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