Zoning Administrator Meeting - August 20, 2026
Zoning Administrator Meeting - August 20, 2026
Zoning Administrator Levi Hill called the meeting to order at 21:55 UTC. The consent agenda was approved, and the primary agenda item was a use permit for a personal improvement service (gym/fitness studio) at 2024 Del Monte Avenue. No public comments were received.
Consent Calendar
- The August 6, 2026 meeting minutes were approved as submitted.
Public Comments & Testimony
- No members of the public provided comments on the consent agenda or on non-agenda items, either in chambers or online.
Discussion Items
- Consideration of Use Permit UP 260116 for 2024 Del Monte Avenue to allow a personal improvement service (gym and fitness training studio currently called "The Lab") within lease spaces B, C, and D. Senior Associate Planner Matthew Buggert presented the staff report. The proposal would combine existing fitness spaces, add two golf bays, move the entrance to lease space D, and relocate bathrooms. Operating hours are weekdays from 6 to 11 p.m. Background music will be played. No additional parking is needed. Conditions include limiting amplified sound to 65 dB, occupancy maximum per building and fire codes, prohibition of the Helvick Avenue gate for this use, and a requirement to update the use permit if the reciprocal parking easement is terminated. The use permit may be reopened if conditions are violated. Staff recommended approval.
Key Outcomes
- Zoning Administrator Levi Hill approved Use Permit UP 260116 with the conditions in the draft resolution, adding a whereas clause that repeals previously approved use permits UP 02085 and UP 13539. The decision is appealable to the Planning Commission within 10 days of the meeting.
Meeting Transcript
Good afternoon. I hereby call the August 20th, 2026 zoning administrator meeting to order. My name is Levi Hill. I'll be serving as zoning administrator for today's meeting. Also in attendance today is senior associate planner Matthew Buggert and recording Secretary uh Spencer Argonbright. Mr. Argentbright, will you please remind the public how they can participate in today's meeting? Yes. Information on participating in this meeting and providing public comment, including remotely by Zoom or telephone, is on this meeting's agenda, which is online at Monterey.gov forward slash agendas. Remote commenters will be muted until it is their turn to speak and a timer will be shown on the screen. If you are connected on Zoom, the timer is accurate with no delay. In the chamber, we recommend keeping phones and devices muted to prevent audio interference with the meeting. Thank you for participating in your city government. Thank you. I'll first open up the consent agenda, which is item number two, the consideration that August 6, 2026, uh meeting minutes. Mr. Augabride, are there any members of the public online who would like to speak on the consent agenda? Uh there are currently no attendees online, but information on how to participate remotely by Zoom or telephone is found at Monterey.gov for slash agendas. And if you are joining by telephone, dial star nine to raise your hand and star six to unmute. Still no attendees online. Thank you. Hearing and seeing none in the chambers. I'll close the public hearing on the consent agenda. I have viewed the August sixth meeting minutes and have reviewed the draft minutes and watched the meeting and was there for the meeting. August six minutes are hereby approved as submitted. I'll now open up the meeting for uh public comments for items not on today's agenda. If there are any members of the public who wish to speak on an item that is not on today's agenda, please approach the podium if in the chambers, or if participating online, please use the raise hand function. Hearing and seeing none in the chambers. And there are no no attendees online. Thank you. With that, we'll move on to item number three, which is consideration of twenty twenty-four Del Mani Avenue. Use permit application UP twenty six zero one one six to allow personal improvement service use within lease spaces B, C, and D. Mr. Bugger, do we have a report? We do indeed. I will share my screen. Thank you. My name is Matthew Bugger, and my and I am a senior associate planner with the City of Monterey's planning division. Today we're here to talk about two zero two four Delmonte Avenue for a personal improvement service use permit at today's zoning administrator meeting. Some background on the project. This project site is located in the eastern region of the city near Del Mani. It includes a one-story building, taller building as a warehouse and has multiple tenants in it. The land use is commercial, and the zoning is C to D2, which is the community commercial district with a design overlay. Here's an aerial of the site. The primary access is from Del Monty Avenue over here, and there is a secondary one through the shared parking lot from the west. Access is not provided from the south near the residential areas. There are five tenant spaces here. The proposed project would occur within tenant spaces B, C, and D. There is currently an existing fitness training center within Lease Spaces B and C here, who is the current operator under this proposal. And there was an existing fitness facility here, which seized operations at roughly last September or no October of last year.
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