Kiosk In This Issue Fridays Pacific Groove Dance Jam Chautauqua Hall 8-10 PM • Saturdays Dance at Chautauqua Hall • Sun. June 25 Feast of Lanterns Kick-Off Brunch & Auction Fundraiser Noon The Beach House My Dad, My Hero - Page 7 Dumpster Dining - Page 18 Adv. tickets $50 Art Gala- Pages 12 PG Travel 831-373-0631 • Sun. June 25 Pacific Grove’s Free, public Jazz Jam Monterey Elks Lodge 150 Mar Vista Dr., Monterey 2:30 – 5:30 p.m. • Wed. June 28 Dine Out with Friends Michael’s 1126 Forest Lunch & Dinner Benefits Friends of the Library June 23-29, 2017 Your Community NEWSpaperTimes Vol. IX, Issue 39 • Fri. June 30 Sunset Music Series The Bolero Bros. Asilomar • 6:30-9:00 PM Accessory Eat, Drink, Enjoy Worried Neighbors Win Appeal Phone 831-642-4222 Dwelling Unit • to Have Tree Removed Sat. July 1 Monthly Book Sale Ordinance to Friends of the PG Library 10AM - 4 PM Change at the Library The first reading of an ordinance • which would update – and relax – ex- Sat. July 1 isting standards and requirements for Peninsula Potters 50 Years “granny units” and other dwelling units Noon to 4pm (accessory dwelling unites or ADUs) on Peninsula Potters Studio/Gallery residential properties was held at the city 2078 Sunset Dr. in the Russell council meeting Wed., June 21. The state Service Center of California recently passed legislation • Fri. July 7 requiring cities, counties, and utility Gala reception for new art districts to re-examine and relax require- Pacific Grove Art Center ments concerning such units, primarily to 568 Lighthouse Ave. address the problem of affordable living 7 PM • Free space. Discussion on the idea was long PGAC 831-375-2208 and pointed but in the end, the first reading • passed unanimously, with some revisions Sun. July 9 to what was originally presented, and with Obon Festival only Ken Cuneo being absent. Buddhist Temple In a city where conformity to rules and 155 Noche Buena, Seaside regulations regarding housing has brought Japanese food offered more than its share of appeals to the city Entertainment, games, bonsai, council, the new ordinance relaxing rules ikebana, Taiko Free about accessory dwelling units may come • as a boon to many property owners. Pacific Sat. July 15 Grove staff and government have sought “Changes in the Making” relief for density issues, recognizing an Gallery opening affordable housing shortage in the city. Monterey Peninsula Art Foundation The new ordinance would address 425 Cannery Row allowing an ADU to be located within the 11 AM. - 5 PM existing structure, as an existing accessory • (garage) or detached unit, whether as new Fri. July 21 construction or conversion and whether as Third Friday Art Walk a part of a new home or an existing one. 6 PM - 8 PM There are not likely to be many requests ArtWorks Pacific Grove to include an ADU as part of new dwelling 125 Oceanview Blvd Suite 209-210, Pacific Grove construction as Pacific Grove is virtually • built out. Sat. July 22 Community and Economic Develop- Four Shillings Short Concert ment Direct Mark Brodeur sees it as a “first Pacific Grove Art Center step to providing affordable housing.” 7:00 – 9:00 PM The ordinance would allow only $10 members/$12 non-members one such ADU on buildable lots of 4,000 Call PGAC to reserve your tickets square feet or more. The ADU can be no After two appeals for a permit to remove this tree, the neigborhood of 19th and Gib- (831) 375-2208 more than 50 percent of the existing liv- son will feel safer soon. The City Council approved the removal permit at its June • ing area, up to a maximum of 800 square 21 meeting, agreeing with the appellants, who were all neighbors, that the tree is feet. Setbacks must be sufficient for fire dangerous at its current 17 percent angle and that, as it is approaching the end of suppression access. Height requirements its life expectancy, it could be removed. Photo by Linda Pagnella drew some considerable discussion and will be spelled out in the second reading, Inside and will be dependent on lot size, but con- PGUSD seeks 15-mile-an-hour zones And Other Random Thoughts .......... 16 formance to architectural standards for the Cartoon ............................................. 2 neighborhood will still be examined with Crime ................................................ 6 around all local schools Financial ........................................... 6 the plan application. Forest Grove Principal Buck Roggeman, along with District Facilities Director Matt Homeless in Paradise ....................... 18 Portions of Pacific Grove now consid- Kelly, approach the city Coucil at the June 21 meeting to request that the council examine Keepers of Our Culture .................... 14 ered to be city lots were originally tents so their proposal to reduce speed limits to 15 miles an hour in school zones around all Pacific Legal Notices ................................... 19 parking, of course, is an issue, particularly Grove schools - Forst Grove Elementary on Congress, the David Avenue School on David Otter Views ...................................... 15 in those certain neighborhoods. When con- Avenue, Robert H, Down Elementary on Pine Avenue, the Pacific Grove Middle School on Old Car Corner ................................ 12 Opinion ............................................. 8 sidering an ADU, off-street parking must Forest Avenue, the Adult Education campus on Lighthouse Avenue, and Pacific Grove High Postcards from the Kitchen .............. 12 be provided for both the main unit and the School on Sunset Drive. In very recent memory, there have been two serious incidents, one Puzzle .............................................. 6 ADU. “Off-street parking if overloaded is in front of the high school when a student was struck by a car as she exited her parents’ car Rain Gauge ....................................... 2 a safety issue,” Brodeur pointed out. For and headed for soccer practice, and one when a father, discharging his son for class at Pacific Real Estate ................................. 16, 20 See ADUS page 2 Grove Middle School, was struck and killed by an impaired driver on Forest Avenue. PENROLLMENT From Page 1 Page 2 • CEDAR STREET Times • June 23, 2017 Joan Skillman PADUS From Page 6 this reason and because of Pacific Grove’s desire to maintain historicity and to protect Skillshots traffic flow and public safety, the Retreat area presents problems and may be excluded. The Retreat area includes Ocean Boulevard to the north, Lighthouse Avenue to the south, City of Monterey boundary to the east, and Jewell Avenue portions to the west. Councilmember Robert Huitt expressed discomfort with including the Retreat area. Also excluded will be Monarch Pines, for obvious reasons; the lot size require- ment can’t be met. Also exempted are portions of the Beach tract, bounded by Lorelei Street, Ocean View Blvd., Sea Palm Avenue, and the south side of Mermaid Avenue because the existing development on small lots is dense in nature. Asilomar Dunes is under consideration. for exclusion because of sensitive habitat issues. Completion of the Local Coastal Plan may answer some of the questions about Asilomar. Another issue is water. Owner/applicants will need to provide the City with a Monterey Peninsula Water Management District release and water permit application. If the District deems that sufficient water units are not available to allow plumbing of the ADU, the applicant can request to be placed on the Pacific Grove water waiting list. Other utilities will be installed underground, and sewer connections must be adequate. Currently, there is a requirement that properties where an ADU is desired be owner occupied. The new ordinance allows for rental of both the main dwelling unit and the ADU but in no case will the main dwelling unit be available for short term vacation rental. And the ADU cannot be sold separately from the main dwelling unit. Grandfathering: Regardless of when an accessory unit was built or established, property owners may obtain permits to recognize those ADUs under the new Ordinance. After completion of revisions and changes requested by the City Council, the Ordinance will be brought back for a second reading and adoption. Pacific Thai to celebrate 9 years Pacific Thai restaurant will cele- Lex and Gina have fit right in here brate nine (9) years in Pacific Grove in Pacific Grove, with their warm, on Friday, June 23, 2017. gracious hospitality and delicious This will be a very special occa- menu offerings. They have also gen- sion for owners, Lex and Gina Jun- erously given back to our community taradarapun and their staff and it will throughout the years, participating in include a visit from Buddhist monks local events and contributing charita- who will bless the restaurant and those ble donations. associated with it at 10:30 a.m. on Fri- Stop by sometime soon and meet day morning. Incense will be burned Gina and Lex, sample their fare, and and warm smiles will abound. All the congratulate them on their success. while they will be open for lunch and Pacific Thai restaurant is located at dinner, just as they have seven days a 663 Lighthouse Ave Pacific Grove, week for the past nine years. (831) 646-THAI (8424) $ 1095 JAMESON’S CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM More than 75 classic motorcycles, scooters, sidecars from 1913-1980 305 Forest Ave. • Pacific Grove Across the street from City Hall But a lot more fun! OPEN 12-5 WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS Other Days By Appt. Call 831-331-3335 Pacific Grove’s Rain Gauge Data reported at Canterbury Woods Week ending 06-22-17- at 8:15 AM ....... .11" Total for the season ............................ 24.70" The historic average to this date is .......N/A" Times Wettest year ................................................. 47.15" Cedar Street Times was established September 1, 2008 and was adjudicated a legal newspaper for Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California on July 16, 2010.