2110 North Main Street Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration (GPA 2022-003, RZ 2022-003, and CUP 2022-005)

The project site is located at 2110 North Main Street at the southeast corner of North Main Street and East Bolivar Street and includes the following applications:

1. General Plan Amendment 2022-003 (GPA 2022-003); Request to change the General Plan designation of an approximately 8,349 square-foot eastern portion of a 18,880 square-foot lot located at 2110 North Main Street from “Residential Low Density” to “Retail”;
2. Rezone 2022-003 (RZ 2022-003); Request to change Zoning designation of the above referenced 8,349 square-foot eastern portion of the project site from “Residential Low Density (R-L-5.5)” to “Commercial Retail (CR)”; and
3. Conditional Use Permit 2022-005 (CUP 2022-005); Request to establish and operate an Extended Stay Hotel for 22 of 25 on-site rooms.

The project site is currently developed with an existing hotel/motel (Capitol Motel) which is estimated to have been constructed circa 1936 and is considered a legal non-conforming use pursuant to Zoning Code Section 37-50.160.  The Applicant (Capitol Motel – Ray Patel) is requesting to establish and operate an Extended Stay Hotel for 22 of the 25 on-site rooms pursuant to Zoning Code Section 37-50.085 (Extended Stay for Hotel/Motel uses). 

The site is split zoned with Commercial Retail (CR) along the western portion of the site and Residential Low Density (R-L-5.5) along the eastern portion of the site.  Per the Zoning Code, Extended Stay Hotels located on Commercial Retail (CR) zoned land can be considered through the Conditional Use Permit (CUP) process.  However, in the Residential Low Density (R-L-5.5) Zoning District, Extended Stay Hotels are not permitted.  Therefore, the applications have been submitted so that the General Plan and Zoning designations of the subject property are consistent with the western portion of the lot which are “Retail” and “Commercial Retail (CR)” respectively. Upon approval of the General Plan Amendment and Rezone, the proposed Extended Stay Hotel use can be approved through the CUP process. 

Copies of the MND and Initial Study are available at the flowing locations: City of Salinas Community Development Department, 65 West Alisal Street and online at https://www.cityofsalinas.org/our-city-services/community-development/documents-public-review.  Documents referenced in the MND are available for public review at City of Salinas Community Development Department.  If you have any questions, please contact the project planner, Thomas Wiles, at (831) 758-7206 or at [email protected].