300 Glenwood Circle; Application 09-143 to Re-open Master Use Permit 05-072; Applicant Sheryl Machado; Owner Monterey Kimberly Place, LLC, LP; R-3-15 Zoning District; Negative Declaration Previously Filed and Certified.  (Continued from July 28, 2009.)  (Staff Report) 

Recommendation to the City Council Considering a Release of Deed Restriction on Three (3)  Inclusionary studio units in the Footprints on the Bay Condominium Conversion project.   Release of the Deed Restriction requires amending  Master Use Permit Condition of Approval No. 9 and the Affordable Housing Agreement.

Recommend continuance to September 22, 2009.

2 Upper Ragsdale Drive; Application 08-343 to Reopen Planned Unit Development 01-295, Lot Line Adjustment, and Variance; Applicant Mike Bellinger, Bellinger Foster Steinmetz; Owner Community Hospital Properties; I-R-150-D-2 Zoning District; CEQA Initial Study with proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration Circulated.  (Staff Report)

Request to construct a three story, 66,173 square-foot medical office building that includes a third-story 7,668 square-foot mechanical penthouse with roof structure.  This request also includes a lot line adjustment and height variance.

Recommendation to the City Council to Adopt Resolution Adopting Negative Declaration; and Adopt Ordinance Amending Monterey City Code  (Staff Report)

• Section 33-9 (Residential Condominium Subdivisions) to clarify permitting procedures and to add a process for resolving disagreements between developer and tenant;

• Section 38-26 (Supplemental Regulations Applicable in R Districts) to incorporate standards for condominium projects from Resolution 13,273;

• Section 38-115 (Off Street Parking and Loading Spaces Required) to add specific parking requirements for condominium conversions;

• Section 38-161 (Required Findings) to add special finding for approval of condominiums;

• Section 38-163 (Planned Unit Development Approval) to clarify submittal requirements for Planned Unit Developments consistent with recent ordinance amendments;

• Sections 38-28B, 38-29B, 38-30B, 38-31B (C1, C2, C3, and CO District Land Use Regulations) to reference condominium and mixed use ordinance sections; and,

• Section 38-33G2 (Mixed Use Projects – Principally Permitted Uses, Conditional Uses, and Accessory Uses) to reference other ordinance sections for open space and parking requirements.

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