File #: PC 24-053    Name: PLN210223 – GARD HERMALINA
Type: Planning Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 5/1/2024 In control: Monterey County Planning Commission
On agenda: 5/8/2024 Final action:
Title: PLN210223 - GARD HERMALINA Public hearing to consider the Gard Standard Subdivision for a Vesting Tentative Map for standard subdivision of a developed four-acre parcel to create 17 residential parcels, including 3 moderate income units, and a drainage parcel; and reduce the 200 foot agricultural buffer to 139 feet. Project Location: 442 Boronda Road, Salinas Proposed CEQA action: Find the project is covered by the common-sense exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3) because it meets most requirements of the residential infill exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15195.
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Exhibit A - Discussion, 3. Exhibit B - Draft Resolution, 4. Exhibit C - Vicinity Map, 5. Exhibit D - Agricultural Advisory Committee April 27, 2023 Meeting Minutes
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PLN210223 - GARD HERMALINA
Public hearing to consider the Gard Standard Subdivision for a Vesting Tentative Map for standard subdivision of a developed four-acre parcel to create 17 residential parcels, including 3 moderate income units, and a drainage parcel; and reduce the 200 foot agricultural buffer to 139 feet.
Project Location: 442 Boronda Road, Salinas
Proposed CEQA action: Find the project is covered by the common-sense exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3) because it meets most requirements of the residential infill exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15195.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Planning Commission adopt a resolution to:
a. Find the project is covered by the common-sense exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections15061(b)(3) because it meets most requirements of the residential infill exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15195;
b. Approve a Vesting Tentative Map to subdivide a four-acre lot with an existing dwelling and accessory buildings into seventeen residential lots (2.93 acres), a 0.93-acre road and utility lot, and a 0.11-acre lot for onsite drainage control; and
c. Approve a Variance to reduce the agricultural buffer from 200 to 139 feet on the northwest and 78 feet on the southwest.

The draft Planning Commission resolution (Exhibit B), including draft Conditions of Approval and the Vesting Tentative Map (VTM) is provided for consideration. Staff recommends approval of the VTM subject to 27 standard conditions of approval.

PROJECT INFORMATION:
Owner: Hermalina Gard
Agent: Dale Ellis, Anthony Lombardo & Associates
APN: 261-101-006-000
Zoning: Medium Density Residential, 4 units per acre, with Limited Agriculture and Urban Reserve overlay districts (MDR/4-A-UR)
Parcel Size: 4 acres
Plan Area: Greater Salinas Area Plan
Flagged and Staked: No
Project Planner: Mary Israel, Supervising Planner
(831) 755-5183
israelm@co.monterey.ca.us

PROJECT SUMMARY:
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