Title
PINE KNOT MOTEL CDP (PA2023-0027)
Site Location: 6302 West Coast Highway
Recommendation
Summary:
An appeal of the Zoning Administrator’s September 28, 2023, decision to approve a coastal development permit to rehabilitate a 12-room motel that was significantly damaged by fire in 2018 and partially demolished pursuant to Emergency Coastal Development Permit No. ECD2018-150. The project involves replacing the demolished portions of the structure, repairing the uninhabitable portions of the structure, the addition of a partial second story at the front of the property, construction of a commercial trash enclosure, and site improvements. Site improvements include but are not limited to, hardscaping, drainage, and restriping of the existing parking lot. Approximately 306 square feet will be added to the total gross floor area of the structure to modernize and enhance the usability of the motel. The rehabilitated motel will maintain a relatively similar footprint to the damaged structure and will maintain the same number of guest rooms.
Recommended Actions:
1. Conduct a public hearing;
2. Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15302 under Class 2 (Replacement of Reconstruction) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3, because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment; and
3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2023-041 denying the appeal and upholding and affirming the Zoning Administrator’s approval of a Coastal Development Permit to allow the addition of a partial second story and the rehabilitation of a 12-room motel filed as PA2023-0027 (Attachment No. PC 1.)