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Board adopts coastal‑zone ADU rules to align county with state law, with Big Sur limits
Summary
The Board of Supervisors approved Local Coastal Program amendments to allow accessory and junior accessory dwelling units in coastal zones while keeping coastal protections. Big Sur will be limited to smaller ADUs, a 90‑day minimum rental and a 1,000‑sq‑ft cap.
On Nov. 19 the Monterey County Board of Supervisors adopted amendments to its Local Coastal Program to align accessory dwelling unit (ADU) and junior ADU rules in the coastal zone with recent state law, while retaining coastal resource protections.
Planning staff told the board the amendments remove outdated acreage and unit caps in several coastal planning areas, establish a 60‑day decision timeline for complete ADU applications, and create a tiered permitting approach: an LCP coastal permit exemption for qualifying ADUs, a coastal administrative permit where the exemption does not…
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