Title
PLN240184 - YEUNG GABRIEL M TR
Public hearing to make a recommendation on a Historic Property (Mills Act) Contract for the property located at 62 Yankee Point Drive, Carmel (Assessor's Parcel Number 243-152-005-000), which contains the "June Haas House".
Project Location: 62 Yankee Point Drive, Carmel, CA 93923
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the Monterey County Historic Resources Review Board (HRRB) adopt a resolution recommending that the Chief of Planning:
1) Determine that the property at 62 Yankee Point does not qualify for a Historic Property (Mills Act) Contract; and
2) Find that determining the property doesn't qualify for such a contract would be statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15720.
SUMMARY:
The property is situated on a bluff on Yankee Point Drive in the Carmel highlands area, and contains a one-story single-family home constructed in 1969 (the "June Haas House"), a detached garage built in 1979, and a one-story detached guest unit built in 1980. The house was listed on the Monterey County Register of Historic Resources by the Board of Supervisors on November 8, 2023 (Exhibit C).
The applicants have requested a Historic Property (Mills Act) contract for the property, and while staff does see merit in many elements of the application, the property is over the value cap limitation for Mills Act Contracts established in Monterey County Code (MCC) section 18.28.040.C., and staff does not believe that the criteria can be met to grant a Value Cap Exception pursuant as set forth in MCC section 18.28.080.B. The value cap was established after the consideration of a Mills Act Pilot Program where it was found that one property with a high fair market value accounted for nearly 80% of the total reduction in property tax revenue experienced by the County as a result of the pilot program. Properties that have high fair market values may also require less financial assistance in the form of property tax reducti...
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