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CITY OF SALINAS
HOUSING AND LAND USE COMMITTEE STAFF REPORT
DATE: FEBRUARY 14, 2023
DEPARTMENT: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
FROM: MEGAN HUNTER, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
THROUGH: COURTNEY GROSSMAN, PLANNING MANAGER
BY: MARISOL RUVALCABA, ASSISTANT PLANNER
TITLE: CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 2022-057; MINOR EXCEPTION TO
EXTEND A LE GAL NONCONFORMING TWO-FOOT SIDE
YARD SETBACK IN CONNECTION WITH A 220 SQUARE FOOT
GARAGE A DDITION LOCAT ED AT 106 SAN JUAN DRIVE IN
THE R-L-5.5 (RE SIDENTIAL L OW DENS ITY) ZONING
DISTRICT
RECOMMENDED MOTION:
A motion to r ecommend City Council approve a resolution finding the project exempt pursuant to Section 15303 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, affirming the findings, and approving Conditional Use Permit 2022-057.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Mark Edwin Norris, on behalf of Jerry Lee Jr. and Dorothy Blakeman, property owners, is requesting approval of a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for a Minor Exception to extend a legal nonconforming two- foot side yard setback in connection with a 220 square f oot garage addition to an existing 480 square foot, two- car garage. The garage is accessory to an existing single family detached dwelling unit. Extending a non-conforming setback is subject to a CUP for Minor Exception per Section 37-50.160(g)(1)(B). The project has been determined to be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Section 15303 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) of the CE QA Guidelines. This item was continued from the January 4, 2023 and January 18, 2023 Planning Commission hearing dates. On February 1, 2023, the Planning Commission was unable to act on the Conditional Use Permit due to a lack of quorum as a result of two Commissioners recusing themselves due to their potential conflicts of interest .
Therefore, the Conditional Use Permit has been forwarded to the Council for final action.