Title
REF120030 - DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION SYSTEM
(COUNTY OF MONTEREY)
Public workshop to:
a. Receive a presentation updating the Planning Commission on the status of the Development Evaluation System (DES) including outcomes and recommendations from a public DES workgroup; and
b. Provide direction to staff.
Project Location: County Wide
Proposed CEQA Action: Statutorily Exempt pursuant to Section 15262 of the CEQA Guidelines
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Planning Commission:
a. Find that this workshop is a planning study for possible future action which the commission has not approved, which qualifies as a Statutory Exemption per Section 15262 of the CEQA Guidelines;
b. Receive a presentation updating the Planning Commission on the status of the Development Evaluation System (DES) including outcomes and recommendations from a public DES workgroup; and
c. Provide direction to staff.
PROJECT INFORMATION:
Planning File Number: REF120030
Owner: County of Monterey
Project Location: County-wide - Inland Areas Only
Plan Area: Cachagua Area Plan, Carmel Valley Master Plan, Central Salinas Valley Area Plan, Greater Monterey Peninsula Area Plan, Greater Salinas Area Plan, North County Area Plan, South County Area Plan, and Toro Area Plan.
Flagged and Staked: N/A
SUMMARY:
Policy LU-1.19 of the 2010 Monterey County General Plan calls for the establishment of a Development Evaluation System (DES) to provide a systematic, consistent, predictable and quantitative method for decision-makers to evaluate certain proposed developments located outside development priority areas (i.e. Community Areas, Rural Centers and Affordable Housing Overlay Districts).
The DES was discussed at a Planning Commission workshop on February 11, 2015, at which time Commissioners and members of the public were provided with an initial draft of the DES and an explanation of how the evaluation system would be incorporated into the existing procedures for processing discreti...
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