Less than a month ago, Henry Miller Memorial Library shut itself down after county planners pointed out it never—in 33 years of operation—actually had a valid permit allowing public uses. (The building was formerly the home of Emil White, good pal and confidante to legendary writer Henry Miller.)
This afternoon, the Monterey County Planning Commission granted it that permit.
It's just the permit allowing the HMML bookstore/gift shop to operate, not the permit allowing HMML to host big events like concerts and weddings. That's a separate, and more complicated, project application tentatively scheduled for the Planning Commission agenda next month.
One of the big problems with HMML, from the county's perspective, was the water and septic systems. Library managers have made major improvements to those in recent years.
But the other biggie, parking, remains thorny. There are only about a dozen spaces onsite, and those technically belong to Caltrans. Some events draw up to 300 people.
Nic Coury contributed to this report.
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