City of Pacific Grove

Shall Chapter 23.45 of the Pacific Grove Municipal Code be amended, in the form included in the voter information guide, to add a definition of timeshare project that will henceforth be associated with the City’s longstanding prohibition of timeshare projects; prohibit advertising and sale of any prohibited timeshare project; and other related changes?

Shall the Pacific Grove City Charter be amended to reduce the size of the City Council from six Councilmembers and a Mayor to four Councilmembers and a Mayor such that: in 2026 two Councilmembers shall be elected to four-year terms, and one to a single two-year term, and every two years thereafter two Councilmembers shall be elected to four-year terms; with associated amendments for votes needed for a quorum, majority vote and other select actions?

Should the Pacific Grove City Council be authorized to amend the Municipal Code to allow retail sales of medical or recreational cannabis, limited to one single location within the City, at a location no closer than 1000 feet from any existing licensed Daycare/Preschools, Youth Center, and Schools, to engage in commercial cannabis activities?

To fund general municipal expenses such as police, fire, roads and recreation, and for unrestricted general fund purposes, shall an ordinance be adopted establishing a City excise tax on cannabis businesses (which includes hemp) at an annual rate not to exceed 6% of gross receipts for retail and delivery cannabis businesses, which is expected to generate an estimated $300,000 annually and will be levied until repealed by the voters?

Shall the Pacific Grove City Charter requirement for six elected City Councilmembers be changed to four elected Councilmembers via this sequence: (1) in 2024 two Councilmembers shall be elected to four-year terms, and one shall be elected to a single two-year term, (2) every two years thereafter, beginning in 2026, two Councilmembers shall be elected to four-year terms, with other revisions for votes needed for a quorum, a majority vote and other select actions?

Shall Pacific Grove Municipal Code be amended to increase the City’s current 1% transactions and use tax to 1.5%, until amended by subsequent vote, as a general tax to generate an estimated $1,126,000 or $1.1 million annually, to fund capital needs; maintain public safety and emergency preparation; enhance City infrastructure including roads, parks, trees, trails, and beaches, and invest in community facilities; and provide general City services, with all revenues requiring an annual independent audit?

Shall the Pacific Grove Municipal Code be amended to increase the City of Pacific Grove’s current 1% sales tax to 1.5% as a general tax beginning January 1, 2021 to generate a long-term yield estimated at $1,000,000 annually, to fund capital needs; maintain public safety and emergency preparation; enhance the City’s infrastructure of parks, trails, beaches and trees; invest in community facilities and spaces; and provide general local City services, with all revenues requiring an annual independent audit?

Shall the Pacific Grove Municipal Code Section 23.64.350 be amended to prohibit short-term rentals in residential districts outside the Coastal Zone, provide an 18-month phase-out period for existing permitted short-term rentals that become nonconforming uses under the measure, and require voter approval of any changes to the measure except with regard to the Coastal Zone or enforcement?

Shall the measure amending the Pacific Grove Municipal Code be adopted to increase the City of Pacific Grove’s Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT), effective July 1, 2019, imposed on occupants of short-term rentals such as hotel rooms, from 10% to 12%, and apply TOT to total rent paid by a guest for the short-term rental, including online travel companies, which is anticipated to raise $1,135,000 annually and will continue until repealed by City Council or City voters?

Shall Chapter 6.13 be added to the Pacific Grove Municipal Code to impose a five percent (5%) admission tax to enter or attend events or facilities within the City of Pacific Grove, including but not limited to attendance at an aquarium, sporting or athletic events, concerts, golf courses, marathons, motion pictures, museums, or organized activities, in accord with Resolution No. 16-045, which Chapter shall not sunset and shall have an annual yield approximating $4 million?

(INITIATIVE) Shall the Pacific Grove Municipal Code be amended to add Section 23.31.025 to change the zoning designation at the American Tin Cannery Site, located in Pacific Grove on Assessor Parcels (APN) 006-231-001, 006-234-004, 006-234-005, and the portion of Sloat Street between Eardley Avenue and Dewey Street, from Visitor Commercial (C-V) and Heavy Commercial (C-2) to Visitor Commercial (C-V-ATC) to reestablish hotels as a permissible land use?

Shall the ordinance be adopted to amend Pacific Grove Municipal Code Chapter 23.33, the C-1-T District (the Holman Block bounded by Lighthouse Avenue, Grand Avenue, Central Avenue and Fountain Avenue), to allow buildings with a maximum height of 75 feet and 100 percent site coverage, provided upper stories step back along Central Avenue to create a pedestrian scale at the sidewalk and maintain compatibility with the character of downtown Pacific Grove, and further provided this amendment shall apply only to a project application submitted to the City on or before December 31, 2017