HomeMy WebLinkAboutCD 2024-0027; OMNI LA COSTA BALLROOM; Admin Decision LetterFebruary 11, 2025
Paul Klukas
1530 Faraday Ave., Ste 100
Carlsbad, CA 92008
SUBJECT: CD 2024-0027 (DEV02092)-OMNI LA COSTA BALLROOM
{city of
Carlsbad
The City Planner has completed a review of your application for Consistency Determination CD 2024-0027
pursuant to Chapter 21.89 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code (CMC). The substantial conformance review
consists of a minor modification to Minor Master Plan Amendment AMEND 2017-0026 and Site
Development Plan SOP 2017-0011-OMNI LA COSTA BALROOM, approved by the Planning Commission
on January 16, 2019. AMEND 2017-0026 and SDP 2017-0011 permitted a 32,240-square-foot addition to
the existing 42,510-square-foot ballroom at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa. The amendment included
a condition of approval requiring the applicant prepared a parking management plan to address concerns
related to parking. The parking management plan included an approximately 200-space gravel temporary
parking lot in Planning Area 2 and a 264-space temporary parking lot in Planning Area 1. These parking
lots were considered temporary as they were designated in the Master Plan for commercial dwelling units
(CDUs). The CD Us were not constructed or proposed at the time of approval of the ballroom expansions
project, nor was it certain they would be constructed in the future. To ensure adequate permanent
parking would be provided for the ballroom and the possible future CD Us, the ballroom expansion project
was conditioned to complete one of the following options within 5 years of the date of approval of the
ballroom expansion: (1) secure all necessary permits for the improvement of the surface parking lot on
Planning Area(s) 1 and/or 2, or; (2) submit, process and attain a complete application for the allowed
CDU's while concurrently processing plans and permits for a parking structure within Planning Area 5
which includes submitting a parking assessment for review and approval. Five years have elapsed since
the approval of the ballroom expansion and CD Us have not been approved or proposed in Planning Areas
1 or 2. This CD has been submitted to allow for the conversion of the temporary parking lots into
permanent parking lots to comply with conditions 18 and 20 of Planning Commissions Resolution 7315
for the ballroom expansion project.
After careful consideration of the request, the City Planner has determined that the request meets all the
findings of CMC Section 21.89.080 listed below and APPROVES this request. The proposed modifications
include:
• Replacement of a temporary, approximately 200-space gravel parking lot with a 171-space
permanent parking lot in Planning Area 2 (APN 216-590-01-00) and replacement and
expansion of a temporary 264-space parking lot with a permanent 311-space parking lot in
Planning Area 1 (APN 216-591-25-00). As a result, there will be a net gain of 218 permanent
parking spaces. Both parking lots will include landscaping consistent with the Carlsbad
Landscape Manual.
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For a Discretionary Permit Consistency Determination to be approved, all of the following findings must
be made pursuant to CMC Section 21.89.080:
l) That the proposed revision provides an architectural style of development that is substantially
consistent with the building forms, building colors, and building materials that were approved as
part of the authorizing discretionary action, in that the project does not include the construction
of any structures. The proposed parking lots will be landscaped in compliance with the city of
Carlsbad landscape Manual and the la Costa Resort and Spa Master Plan (MP 03-02C).
2) That the proposed revision complies with all relevant development standards and design criteria
and will not result in any health, safety, or welfare impacts in that the parking lots will comply
with all city standards and codes including but not limited to parking dimension and circulation
standards and therefore, will not result in any health, safety or welfare impacts.
3) That the proposed revision is consistent with the density, intensity, or use from what was approved
as part of the authorizing discretionary action, in that the project site is zoned Planned
Community (P-C) and is within Planning Areas (PA) 1 and 2 of the la Costa Resort and Spa
Master Plan (MP 03-02C). PAs 1 and 2 are designated within the Master Plan for Commercial
Dwelling Units {CDUs). However, these planning areas also allow parking lots as described in
Finding No. 5 below.
4) That the proposed revision is minor and authorizes a deviation or deviations of no more than 10
percent, provided that it is consistent with the authorizing discretionary action and maintains
compliance with all relevant development standards, in that as described in Condition No. 5
below, the Master Plan required these temporary parking lots within Planning Area 1 and
Planning Area 2 to be fully improved in compliance with all city codes and standards. All
development standards will be met, and the Omni la Costa Resort and Spa will continue to
exceed parking requirements established by the Master Plan. In addition, the total number of
parking spaces provided onsite is increasing by 18.
5) That the proposed revision maintains, in their entirety, all of the project conditions required as
part of the authorizing discretionary action as approved by Planning Commission Resolution No.
7315 dated January 16, 2019. Condition Nos. 18 and 20 of Planning Commission Resolution No.
7315 require that the temporary parking lots in Planning Area 1 and Planning Area 2 be fully
improved in compliance with all city codes and standards if Commercial Dwelling Units (CDUs)
are not developed within Planning Area(s) 1 and/or 2 within five years of the date of approval
of the Minor Master Plan Amendment and Site Development Plan. Therefore, with the filing of
the subject Consistency Determination, the project is consistent with AMEND 2017-0026/SDP
2017-0011.
6) That the proposed revision is consistent with the previously evaluated environmental findings and
will not result in any significant environmental impact, and/or require further environmental
review as approved by Planning Commission Resolution No. 7315 dated January 16, 2019.
7) That the proposed revision is consistent with the standards set forth in the Village and Barrio
Objective Design Standards or the Citywide Objective Design Standards, as applicable in that the
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project is not a housing development project; therefore, the ODS are not applicable to this
substantial conformance review.
Therefore, the City Planner has determined that the application qualifies for a substantial conformance
with the approved permit and approves the changes to the project pursuant to CMC Section 21.89.060.
NOTICE
Please take NOTICE that approval of your project includes the "imposition" of fees, dedications,
reservations, or other exactions hereafter collectively referred to for convenience as "fees/exactions."
You have 90 days from the date of final approval to protest imposition of these fees/exactions. If you
protest them, you must follow the protest procedure set forth in Government Code Section 66020(a), and
file the protest and any other required information with the City Manager for processing in accordance
with Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 3.32 .030. Failure to timely follow that procedure will bar any
subsequent legal action to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul their imposition.
You are hereby FURTHER NOTIFIED that your right to protest the specified fees/exactions DOES NOT
APPLY to water and sewer connection fees and capacity charges, nor planning, zoning, grading or other
similar application processing or service fees in connection with this project; NOR DOES IT APPLY to any
fees/exactions of which you have previously been given a NOTICE similar to this, or as to which the statute
of limitations has previously otherwise expired.
This decision may be appealed by you or any other member of the public to the Planning Commission
within ten days of the date of this letter. Appeals must be submitted in writing to the Planning Division
at 1635 Faraday Avenue in Carlsbad, along with a payment of $930. The filing of such appeal within such
time limit shall stay the effective date of the order of the City Planner until such time as a final decision
on the appeal is reached. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please feel free to contact
Lauren Yzaguirre at 442-339-2634 or by email at Lauren .Yzaguirre@carlsbadca.gov.
CITY OF CARLSBAD
ERIC LARDY, AICP
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