Title
PLN180550 - RAMOS
Public hearing to consider allowing replacement of a 672 square foot mobile home with a 780 square foot manufactured home that maintains a legal non-conforming residential use in a light commercial zone.
Project Location: 538 Salinas Road, Watsonville (Assessor's Parcel Number 117-271-004-000), North County Area Plan
Proposed CEQA action: Rely on previous determination that the replacement of the mobile home is Categorically Exempt pursuant to Section 15302 of the CEQA Guidelines.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Zoning Administrator take no action on the replacement of a 672 square foot mobile home with a 780 square foot manufactured home that maintains a legal non-conforming residential use in a light commercial zone, and remand the project back to the Director of Planning for consideration.
PROJECT INFORMATION:
Agent: Juan Perez
Property Owner: Miguel & Irene Ramos
APN: 117-271-004-000
Parcel Size: 0.33 acre (14,375 sq. ft)
Zoning: Light Commercial "LC"
Plan Area: North County Area Plan
Flagged and Staked: No
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
A permit for the removal and replacement of the non-conforming mobile home was approved by the Zoning Administrator on May 25th, 2006 (PLN050698, Resolution No. 050698). That approval included the demolition of a 672 square foot mobile home destroyed by flood and replacement with a 784 square foot manufactured home. On January 26, 2006, the property owner pulled a building permit (BP060218) and removed the damaged mobile home. On July 14, 2008, the property owner applied for a building permit to install the replacement manufactured home on the property (BP081249) but, due the recession, the permit for the replacement home (BP081249) was left to expire and the new manufactured home was not constructed. It has now been more than 1 year since the legal non-conforming residential use existed at the site, meaning that the non-conforming use may be considered abandoned pursuant to Chapter 21...
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