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Planning commission approves replacement Big Sur home with clarified conservation-easement timing
Summary
The Monterey County Planning Commission approved PLN250111, a replacement single-family dwelling at 35700 Highway 1 in Big Sur, after staff recommended approval and the applicant requested and received a clarification to Condition 13 narrowing the easement to the bluff area and allowing recording before final inspection.
Chair Getzelman and the Monterey County Planning Commission voted to approve PLN250111, a permit to demolish an existing residence and construct a 5,754-square-foot single-family dwelling with a 701-square-foot detached garage at 35700 Highway 1 in the Big Sur Coast land-use plan.
Planning staff presented the application and told the commission the project was designed to stay within a 14-foot height limit, avoid direct impacts to mapped environmentally sensitive habitat areas (ESHA) and 30% slopes, and comply with Big Sur Coast land-use policies. Planning staff (McKenna Bowling, Planning staff) said biological and geologic reports were prepared and that archaeological Phase I/II work found no evidence of significant cultural or tribal resources on the site. Staff recommended the commission find the…
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