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File #: PC 25-088    Name: PLN220308 - LINCOLN GREEN INN LLC
Type: Planning Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 11/4/2025 In control: County of Monterey Planning Commission
On agenda: 11/12/2025 Final action:
Title: PLN220308 - LINCOLN GREEN INN LLC Public hearing to consider a Local Coastal Program Amendment to change the zoning district of a 0.3 acre parcel from Medium Density Residential with a density of 2 units an acre, a height limit of 18 feet, and a Design Control Overlay [MDR/2-D(18)(CZ)] to Visitor Serving Commercial with a height limit of 18 feet and a Design Control Overlay [VSC-D(18)(CZ)], and an amendment to the Monterey County Code Chapter 20.12 to remove reference to the “Lincoln Green Cottages”. Project Location: 26208 & 26200 Carmelo Street, Carmel Area Land Use Plan Proposed CEQA Action: Find the project Statutorily Exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15265.
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Exhibit A - Draft Resolution, 3. Exhibit B - Draft Ordinance (redline)
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PLN220308 - LINCOLN GREEN INN LLC
Public hearing to consider a Local Coastal Program Amendment to change the zoning district of a 0.3 acre parcel from Medium Density Residential with a density of 2 units an acre, a height limit of 18 feet, and a Design Control Overlay [MDR/2-D(18)(CZ)] to Visitor Serving Commercial with a height limit of 18 feet and a Design Control Overlay [VSC-D(18)(CZ)], and an amendment to the Monterey County Code Chapter 20.12 to remove reference to the “Lincoln Green Cottages”.
Project Location: 26208 & 26200 Carmelo Street, Carmel
Area Land Use Plan
Proposed CEQA Action: Find the project Statutorily Exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15265.
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RECOMMENDATIONS:
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission adopt a resolution recommending that the Board of Supervisors:
1) Find that the project qualifies as a Statutory Exemption under Section 15265 of the CEQA Guidelines;
2) Amend the Monterey County Local Coastal Program by:
a. Adopting an Ordinance to amend Sectional District Map 16 of Title 20 section 20.08.060 to rezone 0.3 acre parcel from Medium Density Residential with a density of 2 units an acre, a height limit of 18 feet, and a Design Control Overlay [MDR/2-D(18)(CZ)] to Visitor Serving Commercial with a height limit of 18 feet and a Design Control Overlay [VSC-D(18)(CZ)]; and
b. Adopting an Ordinance to amend the Monterey County Code Chapter 20.12 to remove the reference to the “Lincoln Green Cottages”; and
3) Direct HCD staff to submit the Local Coastal Program Amendment to the California Coastal Commission for certification.

PROJECT INFORMATION:
Property Owner: Lincoln Green Inn, LLC
Applicant: Maureen Wruck Planning Consultant, LLC
Project Location: 26208 & 26200 Carmelo Street
APN: 009-403-003-000
Parcel Size: 0.30 acres
Zoning: Medium Density Residential with a density of 2 units an acre, a height limit of 18 feet, and a Design Control Overlay or “MDR/2-D(18)(CZ)”
Plan Area: Carmel Area Land Use Plan ...

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