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Planning commission approves design review for 110 Chestnut Street over neighbor objections
Summary
The Salinas Planning Commission approved Conditional Use Permit 2024-067 to build a single-family home with an ADU and JADU at 110 Chestnut Street despite neighborhood protests about parking, sewer lines, density and CEQA review. Two commissioners recused; the decision is subject to a 10-day appeal period.
The Salinas Planning Commission voted to approve Conditional Use Permit 2024-067 for 110 Chestnut Street, authorizing a 1,614-square-foot detached single-family house with an 818-square-foot accessory dwelling unit (ADU), a 470-square-foot junior ADU (JADU) and a 748-square-foot attached three-car garage.
Sanfang Gallardo, the project planner, told commissioners that staff found the project consistent with the city’s residential design standards and exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under sections 15303 and 15332. "Staff finds it to be exempt from CEQA pursuant to section 15303 and 15332," Gallardo said, summarizing the staff report and the project’s required notice and outreach.
The commission’s nut graf: neighbors urged the body to delay or refer the project for further environmental review, citing parking strain near Lincoln Elementary and Salinas High School, aging sewer infrastructure and a recent history of fire and trespass at the vacant lot. Joel Panzer, a nearby resident,…
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