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Hereby call the September 4th, 2025 zoning administrator administrator meeting to order.

My name is Levi Hill.

I'll be serving as zoning administrator for today's meeting.

Also in attendance is Principal Planner Riveri, Senior Associate Planner Chris Schmidt, and recording secretary Barrera.

Ms.

Barrera, will you please remind the public how they can participate in today's meeting?

Sure.

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Thank you.

I'll first open up the consent agenda item two, the consideration of the August 21st, 2025 meeting minutes.

Are there any members of the public online or in the chambers who wish to comment on the consent agenda?

I see no one in the chambers that would like to comment and there are no attendees online.

Wonderful.

Seeing and hearing none, I was present at the August 21st meeting.

I have reviewed the draft minutes, have no edits.

There are still no attendees.

Thank you.

With that, we'll move on to item number three, our first public appearance item consideration of 1000 Eighth Street use permit application UP 250152 to allow mixed use development in the form of two new residential units at an existing medical office building, uh exempt from CEQA requirements per Article 19, Section 15301, class one.

Do we have a staff report?

Yes, thank you, honorable zoning administrator Hill.

My name is Chris Schmidt, I'm a senior associate planner for the city of Monterey.

I've been working on this project uh with the applicant and and the owner, the owner for a few years now, but with the applicant uh in the more recent months.

Uh so we're looking at a use permit for mixed use at an ex uh existing commercial office building.

The applicant's proposing converting a portion of the building to residential use.

So to begin the staff recommendation is that the zoning administrator adopt a resolution approving the use permit uh with conditions of approval.

Uh here we see the subject property.

Um it is located in the oak grove neighborhood and it has an R36 AP zoning district.

Um the R 36 is the city's multifamily district, and the AP is the administrative professional overlay district, which does allow office uses and in the case of this project requires use permit for mixed use.

The project has changed slightly.

It does include two residential units, but there's also an ADU and accessory dwelling unit component, which is not subject to discretionary review, unless the mixed use or residential units are not approved.

The project also includes new laundry within each of the new units, not inclusive of the accessory dwelling unit, though this is compliant with the city code, parking for each unit and for the office use and storage for each residential unit.

Exterior alterations would involve things like new windows and doors or replaced windows and doors, as well as a new staircase and deck to access one of the units, which we'll see on one of the floor plans here.

But to start, this is the project site as viewed from the 8th Street frontage.

This is the main office building entrance, which you can see behind these bushes here.

The office is a medical office.

It's used by the owner as a doctor's office.

And then you can see one of the balconies that would be in the proposed unit number one.

And then on the left-hand side would be where that unit would have its new front door access with a new stair and a balcony proposed as for access.

Looking at the other side of the lot, this is the 10th street frontage.

You can see the entrance to the subsurface parking garage.

The applicant has proposed that this garage would be enclosed with gates.

And they would lead up to the new stair to access one of the units, and then another stair to access the other unit.

And as noted here, you can see one of the unit decks is visible here.

So here's a site plan showing the subject building at the corner here.

So this is a double fronting lot with 10th Street on the south side and 8th Street on the north side.

And then adjacent, there are multifamily uses, which are occupied for residential use.

A portion of this space would be converted to the ADU as seen here at the first floor.

And then moving on.

Oh, and then also worth noting is the project does involve elimination of an interior stair to access the second floor.

So there's access from the exterior to both of the residential units.

And this was one of the changes from the original project.

And then here looking at the second floor plan, these are the two proposed residential units.

So you can see in orange unit number one, and in green that proposed stair and deck to access the proposed front door here.

Here's the balcony that we saw on that first street view image.

And then in blue, unit number two, which is a two-bedroom unit.

As I mentioned, the project does include residential storage, which I've shown in orange here.

This is a requirement of the city code.

And then the project does exceed the required parking.

There are eight proposed parking spaces, which exceeds the requirement of seven for the combined uses.

So in order to approve the project, these zoning administrators to make three findings for use permit approval.

First is that the proposed use is in accord with the objectives of this chapter and the purposes of the zone.

Staff was able to make this finding.

Uh, and it includes the various amenities required by the code, parking, laundry, storage, and it does meet the development standards, including setbacks and height.

The second finding is that the proposed use and the proposed conditions under which it would be operated or maintained will be consistent with the general plan, will not be detrimental to public health safety or welfare of persons residing or working in or adjacent to the neighborhood of such use, and will not be detrimental to properties or improvements in the vicinity or to the general welfare of the city.

Staff was able to make this finding.

It is consistent with the commercial general plan land use designation, which does allow up to 30 units per acre.

It does support the mixed use goals of the updated land use and housing general plan sections.

And as I mentioned, parking and amenities are provided to residents.

The office use is open during the day during the week, and neither use should really have any sort of disturbance.

And the third finding is that the proposed use will comply with any specific condition required for that use.

There is a condition that the staff is recommended for approval to label the residential parking spaces.

So with that, staff recommends approval of the project.

Available for questions, the project applicant and architect is here of it as well.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Schmidt.

Excellent report.

You just for my own clarification, it was noted uh as it pertains to the ADU.

That is a proposed ADU and not an existing ADU.

Correct.

It's proposed.

Got it.

And does it have any bearing or was it factored into the parking requirements?

Are there parking requirements for the ADU since it's in proximity to the transit stop?

There's no parking required.

There is uh parking within the specific radius.

I believe it's a quarter mile or a half mile.

I did check that it is within a certain distance.

There's there's a bus stop at the corner of the Remont.

Uh the cross street Camino.

El Estero, the other Camino.

Anyway, there are a bus stop.

Got it.

Okay.

Um, I think that that's all that I have right now.

Um, is the applicant present and would he like to make a presentation or speak?

Yes.

Honorable.

Gonna get used to that.

Thank you very much.

Um, well, Chris said it all.

So um, I just know that we've been working in uh probably have done five or six different plans to do things with this building.

And at this point, I think all are really pleased that my my client is pleased.

I am in the city.

And so we're excited about uh this project, and would we just uh encourage you to approve it?

Thank you very much.

Um at this point, I'll open the meeting up for public comment on this item.

Um, still seeing nobody in the chambers other than the applicant, uh, recording secretary Barrera, anyone present online.

Uh there are no attendees online.

Thank you.

With that, I'll close the public hearing.

Um I have read the staff report and reviewed the draft resolution.

Um, was able to hear from the applicant today and have uh open the meeting up to public comment, and there was no comment from the public.

With that, I agree with the staff recommendation.

And specifically, I find that the proposal is consistent with the objectives of the zoning ordinance and the purposes of the zone.

Mixed use is allowed by use permit in the R3 in the AP overlay district.

The proposal meets all applicable development standards, including minimum uh setbacks, uh provides appropriate amenities for residential tenants, and includes adequate parking, laundry, and storage facilities.

Additionally, I find that the proposal is consistent with the general plan and is compatible with surrounding development.

The general plan land use designation for the site is commercial, and the project proposes to construct two residential units, which is supported by the general plan land use element and supported in supporting a mixed use development.

And lastly, uh the proposed use will be required to comply with all conditions for the uh proposed use.

With that, I hereby approve use permit application UP 250152 with the conditions of approval as reflected in the draft resolution.

I will note that decisions of the zoning administrator are appealable to the planning commission within 10 days of this meeting.

Applications for appeal can be found online or in the planning office.

With that, congratulations to the applicant.

And with there being no further business, this meeting is adjourned.

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