Title
PLN150609 - JAMKE (MYRTAKIS)
Public hearing to consider action on a Use Permit to allow a guesthouse on the second floor of a previously permitted barn.
Proposed CEQA Action: Categorically Exempt per CEQA Guidelines Section 15301.
22125 Parrott Ranch Road, Carmel Valley, Cachagua Area Plan.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Zoning Administrator adopt a resolution to:
a. Find the project Categorically Exempt per CEQA Section 15301; and
b. Approve a Use Permit allowing a 600 square foot guesthouse in the second story of a previously permitted barn, based on the findings and evidence and subject to 7 conditions of approval (Exhibit B)
PROJECT INFORMATION:
Prior Property Owner: Fosso, Bill & Bonnie
Applicant: JAMKE (John Myrtakis, current property owner)
Parcel size: 12.02 acres
APN: 418-281-050-000
Agent: John Moore Design
Plan Area: Cachagua Area Plan
Zoning: "RC/B-6" [Resource Conservation with a Building Site Zoning District Overlay]
Flagged and Staked: No. No additional changes are proposed to the existing structure.
SUMMARY:
The applicant JAMKE (Myrtakis) purchased this parcel in 2012 as a foreclosure, sight unseen. At the time of purchase the owner did not know there were outstanding violations on the property as there was nothing recorded that would affect the title. A code enforcement violation was initiated in 2013 (13CE00143) when the Assessor's Office discovered an unpermitted living area on the second story of an existing barn. Guesthouses located on the second story of an accessory structure require approval of a Use Permit. The new owners did not cause the violation, but request after-the-fact approval of a Use Permit to allow them to retain this living space as a guesthouse.
The living space is currently being used as an accessory dwelling unit. In discussions with the property owners, staff found that a Long Term Sustainable Water Supply was required to retain this as an accessory dwelling u...
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