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File #: 25-1180    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: New Business
File created: 9/23/2025 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 10/2/2025 Final action:
Title: Daniels Coastal Development Permit, Special Permit, and Variance Assessor Parcel Number: 111-121-037 Record Number: PLN-2023-18280 Shelter Cove area A Coastal Development Permit (CDP) for the construction of a new single-family residence with a footprint of approximately 1,100 square feet. The structure is a 1,630 square foot, two story residence on a coastal bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean with a two-tiered deck, a one-car garage, two on-site parking stalls, and one offsite parking location on Sea Court which will be in a Public Works-approved parking lane. The site is served by the Shelter Cove Resort Improvement District and is powered by PG&E. A Special Permit is required for the removal of a large Monterey cypress and for design review, and a Variance is requested to reduce the front yard setback from 20 feet to 6 feet, 3 inches to increase to setback from the bluff edge. Less than 50 cubic yards of grading will occur to prepare the site for development.
Attachments: 1. 18280 Staff Report 10.02.25, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 2 - Site plan, 5. Attachment 3A.1 - Solis Report, 6. Attachment 3A.2 - Addendum to Soils Report, 7. Attachment 3B - Biological Assessment - lam, 8. Attachment 3C - Botanical Report 08.01.2023, 9. Attachment 3D - Daniels Residence Plans Revised 07.16.25, 10. Attachment 3E - Variance Request 07.28.2023, 11. Attachment 3F - Wave Uprush Report, 12. Attachment 4 - Referral Agency Responses Directory, 13. Attachment 4A - CCC Comments, 14. Attachment 4B - Additional CCC Comments, 15. Attachment 4C - CDFW

To: Planning Commission

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
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Daniels Coastal Development Permit, Special Permit, and Variance
Assessor Parcel Number: 111-121-037
Record Number: PLN-2023-18280
Shelter Cove area

A Coastal Development Permit (CDP) for the construction of a new single-family residence with a footprint of approximately 1,100 square feet. The structure is a 1,630 square foot, two story residence on a coastal bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean with a two-tiered deck, a one-car garage, two on-site parking stalls, and one offsite parking location on Sea Court which will be in a Public Works-approved parking lane. The site is served by the Shelter Cove Resort Improvement District and is powered by PG&E. A Special Permit is required for the removal of a large Monterey cypress and for design review, and a Variance is requested to reduce the front yard setback from 20 feet to 6 feet, 3 inches to increase to setback from the bluff edge. Less than 50 cubic yards of grading will occur to prepare the site for development.

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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Planning Commission:
1. Adopt the resolution, (Attachment 1) which does the following:
a. Finds the Planning Commission has considered the project's exemption from environmental review under CEQA section 15303 (a) (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures), which applies to the construction of one single family residence; and
b. Finds the proposed project complies with the South Coast Area Plan and Zoning Ordinance; and
c. Approves the Coastal Development Permit, Special Permit and Variance subject to the recommended conditions of approval (Attachments 1A).
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DISCUSSION:
Project Location: The project is located in the Shelter Cove area, on the West side of Sea Court, approximately at the intersection of Lower Pacific Drive and Sea Court, on the property known as 495 Sea Court.

Present Plan Land Use Designations: Residentia...

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