Article: Planners OK permit with strict noise requirements for historic Las Palmas house.

Byline: Larry Parsons

Dec. 15--Over strong protests by neighbors, owners of the historic Corey House mansion in the Las Palmas subdivision won permission Wednesday to use the home's lush grounds for weddings and other outdoor events.

Monterey County planning commissioners, after imposing stringent noise-monitoring requirements, voted 8-2 to approve the sharply contested permit sought by Corey House owners Linda and Samuel Persall.

"We're very happy with the commission's vote," Linda Persall said, after the second of two commission hearings where Las Palmas neighbors registered fierce opposition to using the historic River Road mansion for ...

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