File #: AP 25-026    Name: PLN240097 - WHITTEMORE EDWARD WILLIAM III & COLLEEN JOY TRS
Type: Administrative Permit Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 4/25/2025 In control: Administrative Permit
On agenda: 5/7/2025 Final action:
Title: PLN240097 - WHITTEMORE EDWARD WILLIAM III & COLLEEN JOY TRS Consider replanting 20 native trees (Monterey pine and Monterey cypress) and protecting 24 existing Monterey pine saplings to clear Code Enforcement No. 24CE00074. Project Location: 1263 Sombria Lane, Pebble Beach Proposed CEQA action: Find the project Categorically Exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15333, and there are no exceptions pursuant to Section 15300.2.
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Exhibit A - Draft Resolution, 3. Exhibit B - Arborist Report (LIB240237), 4. Exhibit C - Biotic Assessment (LIB250056), 5. Exhibit D - Vicinity Map
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PLN240097 - WHITTEMORE EDWARD WILLIAM III & COLLEEN JOY TRS
Consider replanting 20 native trees (Monterey pine and Monterey cypress) and protecting 24 existing Monterey pine saplings to clear Code Enforcement No. 24CE00074.
Project Location: 1263 Sombria Lane, Pebble Beach
Proposed CEQA action: Find the project Categorically Exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15333, and there are no exceptions pursuant to Section 15300.2.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
It is recommended that the County of Monterey Chief of Planning adopt a resolution to:
a. Find that the project qualifies for a Class 33 Categorical Exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15333, and that there are no exceptions pursuant to section 15300.2; and
b. Approve a Restoration Permit to replant 20 native trees (Monterey pine and Monterey cypress) and protect 24 existing Monterey pine saplings to clear Code Enforcement No. 24CE00074.

The attached draft resolution includes findings and evidence for consideration (Exhibit A). Staff recommends approval subject to 6 conditions of approval.

PROJECT INFORMATION
Property Owner: Whittemore Edward William III & Colleen Joy Trust
APN: 008-291-014-000, 008-291-016-000, & 008-291-023-000
Parcel Size: 4.7
Zoning: Low-Density Residential, 2 acres per unit, with a Design Control overlay, coastal zone and Resource Conservation with a Design Control overlay, coastal zone or “LDR/2-D (CZ)” and “RC-D (CZ)”
Plan Area: Del Monte Forest Land Use Plan
Flagged and Staked: No

SUMMARY
Staff is recommending approval of a Restoration Permit subject to the findings and evidence in the attached Resolution (see Exhibit A), and subject to the conditions of approval attached to the Resolution. Please read these carefully and contact the planner if you have any questions. Unless otherwise noted in the conditions, the applicant will be required to satisfy all permit conditions prior to the issuance of a building/grading permits and/or commencement of the approved use.

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