36700 Hwy 1, Monterey, CA 93940

This is a high-constraint coastal entitlement stack — eight separate CDPs required on a bluff/viewshed/ESHA/archaeological site — making it a strong benchmark for what coastal redevelopment of legacy restaurant/hospitality assets along Hwy 1 actually takes to permit, and any competing or adjacent site-selector needs to track LUAC feedback closely for community tolerance signals.

Combined Coastal Development Permit and Design Approval sought to demolish the existing Rocky Point Restaurant and construct a replacement 120-seat restaurant, two employee housing units, a public restroom, 55-stall parking lot, public access trails, signage, replacement OWTS, and landscaping on a coastal bluff site in the Big Sur Coast Land Use Plan/Coastal Zone; seven additional Coastal Development Permits required for sensitive habitat, archaeological resources, coastal bluff proximity, slope development, parking reduction, offsite employee parking, and Critical Viewshed impacts.