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San Clemente City zoning administrator adopts storage restriction to resolve parking shortfall at 540–542 North El Camino Real
Summary
On Dec. 23, 2025, Zoning Administrator Adam Atamian adopted Resolution ZA 25-029, finding the project exempt from CEQA and allowing the lower-level 1,300 sq. ft. at 540 N. El Camino Real to be restricted to storage so the proposed salon and retail/office uses meet parking requirements.
SAN CLEMENTE — The San Clemente City Zoning Administrator on Dec. 23 adopted an interpretation that limits a building’s lower-level space to storage so proposed new uses can meet the city’s parking baseline without a minor exception permit.
Adam Atamian, the city’s zoning administrator, closed a continued public hearing on Project 25-461 and said he would adopt Resolution ZA 25-029 after accepting staff’s recommendation that the lower-level 1,300 square feet at 540 North El Camino Real be restricted to storage "to accommodate the current and proposed uses of the site and shall remain as storage in perpetuity of those uses, period." The action also included a finding that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under CEQA Guidelines section 15301.
Staff planner Dave Perillo described the situation to the zoning administrator: the property includes two street addresses,…
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