File #: 14-1292    Name: Andrew Berlin
Type: General Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: 11/21/2014 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 12/9/2014 Final action: 12/9/2014
Title: a. Accept and authorize the chair to execute the Conservation and Scenic Easement Deed; and b. Direct the Clerk of the Board to submit the Conservation and Scenic Easement Deed to the County Recorder for filing. (Conservation and Scenic Easement Deed - PLN110257/Berlin, 36000 & 35986 Highway 1, Big Sur)
Attachments: 1. Board Report, 2. Attachment A - Conservation & Scenic Easement Deed, 3. Completed Board Order & Recording Cover Page, 4. Conservation and Scenic Easement Deed (Coastal) , Andrew T. Berlin and the County of Monterey
Title
a. Accept and authorize the chair to execute the Conservation and Scenic Easement Deed; and
b. Direct the Clerk of the Board to submit the Conservation and Scenic Easement Deed to the
County Recorder for filing.
(Conservation and Scenic Easement Deed - PLN110257/Berlin, 36000 & 35986 Highway 1, Big Sur)

Report
PROJECT INFORMATION:
Planning File Number: PLN110257
Owner: Andrew T. Berlin Dated July 27, 2001
Project Location: 36000 & 35986 Highway 1, Big Sur
APN: 243-231-025-000 and 243-231-026-000
Agent: Aengus L. Jeffers
Plan Area: Big Sur Land Use Plan
Flagged and Staked: No
CEQA Action: Adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration (Resolution No. 11-048)

RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Accept and authorize the chair to execute the Conservation and Scenic Easement Deed; and
b. Direct the Clerk of the Board to submit the Conservation and Scenic Easement Deed to the
County Recorder for filing.

SUMMARY:
On December 14, 2011, the Planning Commission approved a Combined Development Permit (Resolution No. 11-048) subject to 30 conditions of approval and 1 mitigation measure. Condition No. 13, Critical Viewshed, requires the applicant to record a Conservation and Scenic Easement Deed over any area that is located in the critical viewshed. The applicant has submitted the conservation and scenic easement deed and map showing the exact location of the easement on the property, along with the metes and bounds description.

DISCUSSION:
A Combined Development Permit (CDP) for the project (Berlin Project) was approved by the Planning Commission on December 14, 2011. A Mitigated Negative Declaration was prepared for the project and also adopted at that time by the Planning Commission. The CDP allowed the construction of a 9,255 square foot two-story single family dwelling. Condition No. 13 of the CDP required the recordation of a conservation and scenic easement deed on the property. Conditio...

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