File #: PC 17-072    Name: PLN160647 - Rajagopalan
Type: Planning Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 8/17/2017 In control: Monterey County Planning Commission
On agenda: 8/30/2017 Final action:
Title: PLN160647 - RAJAGOPALAN VIDYA & SRIBALAN SANTHANAM TRS Public hearing to consider the construction of a new single family dwelling and conversion of a test well to a production well within 750 feet of a known archaeological site and within 100 feet of environmentally sensitive habitat (ESHA). Project Location: 31613 Highway 1, Carmel, Big Sur Coast Land Use Plan Proposed CEQA Action: Adopt Mitigated Negative Declaration
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Exhibit A - Project Data Sheet, 3. Exhibit B - Draft Resolution, 4. Exhibit C - Vicinity Map, 5. Exhibit D - Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration, 6. Exhibit E - Reports, 7. Exhibit F - Minutes - Big Sur Coast LUAC - 013117, 8. PC Resolution 17-036
Title
PLN160647 - RAJAGOPALAN VIDYA & SRIBALAN SANTHANAM TRS
Public hearing to consider the construction of a new single family dwelling and conversion of a test well to a production well within 750 feet of a known archaeological site and within 100 feet of environmentally sensitive habitat (ESHA).
Project Location: 31613 Highway 1, Carmel, Big Sur Coast Land Use Plan
Proposed CEQA Action: Adopt Mitigated Negative Declaration
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the Planning Commission adopt a Resolution to:
a. Adopt Mitigated Negative Declaration; and
b. Approve Combined Development Permit consisting of:
1) Coastal Administrative Permit to allow conversion of a test well to a production well;
2) Coastal Administrative Permit and Design Approval to allow construction of an approximately 4,400 square foot single family dwelling with an attached 500 square foot two-car garage, 330 square foot billiard building/storage room, 1,700 square foot courtyard, 660 square foot deck, and 7,600 cubic yards of cut and fill to be balanced on site;
3) Coastal Development Permit for development within 750 feet of a known archaeological site; and
4) Coastal Development Permit to allow development within 100 feet of ESHA.
c. Adopt a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program

A draft resolution includes findings and evidence for consideration (Exhibit C)
Staff recommends approval subject to 12 conditions and 8 Mitigation Measures.

PROJECT INFORMATION:
Agent: Studio Schicketanz
Property Owner: Vidya Rajagopalan and Santhanam Sribalan
APN: 243-221-019-000
Parcel Size: 25.53 acres
Zoning: "WSC/40-D(CZ)" (Watershed and Scenic Conservation Residential in the Coastal Zone with a design control overlay, max. gross density 40 acres/unit)
Plan Area: Big Sur Coast Land Use Plan
Flagged and Staked: yes

SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
RMA-Planning received an application for construction of a single family dwelling with an attached garage that will implement a green roof and solar panels, unde...

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