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PLN160851 - MORGENRATH (BLAZE ENGINEERING)
Public Hearing to consider appeals by Matt and Carol Donaldson and by Paul Smith from the November 14, 2018 Planning Commission decision approving a Combined Development Permit [RMA-Planning File No. PLN160851 (Morgenrath)] establishing a commercial operation, construction of an office, workshop, storage area, and formal parking area with associated site improvements and tree removal within environmentally sensitive habitat areas (Up to 16 trees, consisting of Bay laurel (14), cypress (1), and Coast Redwood (1), trees ranging in size from 13 to 60 inches).
Project Location: 46821 Highway 1, Big Sur, Big Sur Coast Land Use Plan area (APN: 419-201-007-000)
Proposed CEQA action: Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution to:
a. Deny the appeals of Matt and Carol Donaldson and of Paul Smith from the November 14, 2019 Planning Commission decision approving a Combined Development Permit (RMA-Planning File No. PLN160851/Morgenrath);
b. Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration; and
c. Approve a Combined Development Permit consisting of:
1. Coastal Development Permit, Design Approval, and General Development Plan to establish a commercial business operation at 46821 Highway 1 including a 760 square foot office, a 600 square foot workshop, 800 square feet of storage containers, storage of construction equipment such as generators, cement silo, and diesel storage tanks;
2. Coastal Development Permit to allow development on slopes in excess of 30%;
3. Coastal Development Permit to allow removal of up to 16 trees [14 Bay laurel trees (two at 13-inches; two at 30-inches and ten, each at 14, 18, 23, 25, 26, 35, 36.5, 40, 50, and 60-inches respectively), 1 cypress tree at 48-inches, and 1 Coast Redwood at 20-inches] in an environmentally sensitive area; and
4. Coastal Administrative Permit to convert a test well into a permanent well; and
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