HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-05-20; City Council; CS-492; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF AND APPROVING THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION’S SUGGESTED MODIFICATIONS T...Exhibit 1
ORDINANCE NO. CS-492
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF AND APPROVING THE
CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION’S SUGGESTED MODIFICATIONS TO THE
LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM (VILLAGE & BARRIO MASTER PLAN) FOR AMEND
2021-0008/LCPA 2023-0016
WHEREAS, on Sept. 12, 2023, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. CS-458, approving
AMEND 2021-0008/LCPA 2023-0016 – Village & Barrio Objective Design Standards Project; and
WHEREAS, the Village & Barrio Master Plan is the implementing ordinance of the Local Coastal
Program for the Village & Barrio Master Plan area, and therefore, an amendment to the Village & Barrio
Master Plan also constitutes an amendment to the Local Coastal Program; and
WHEREAS, the California Coastal Act requires California Coastal Commission certification of any
Local Coastal Program Amendment; and
WHEREAS, on March 13, 2025, the California Coastal Commission approved the city’s Local
Coastal Program Amendment (LCPA 2023-0016) with suggested modifications; and
WHEREAS, the California Coastal Commission’s approval of LCPA 2023-0016 will not become
effective until the Commission certifies that the city has amended its Local Coastal Program pursuant
to the Commission’s suggested modifications; and
WHEREAS, on May 13, 2025, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing as prescribed
by law to consider the California Coastal Commission’s suggested modifications.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, ordains as follows:
1. The above recitations are true and correct.
2.The proposed action to make minor modifications to existing objective standards within
the Village and Barrio Master Plan, is exempt from environmental review under CEQA
Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) and 15378(b)(5) as it can be seen with certainty that
there is no possibility the proposed action may have a significant effect on the
environment. The notice of exemption will be filed with the Recorder/County Clerk
within five days after project approval by the decision-making body.
3.Village & Barrio Master Plan Page 2-85 Section 2.8.3 (Area-Wide Standards) Subsection
E, is amended to add the following language at the end of the section:
7.Within the Coastal Zone, outdoor light fixtures, including pole lights, wall-
mounted lights and bollards shall be fully-shielded and downward-facing in order
to minimize glare and light trespass within and beyond the project site.
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4.Village & Barrio Master Plan Page 6-1 Section 6.2.1 (Local Coastal Program), the
following paragraph is amended to read as follows:
For properties within the Coastal Zone (shown in Figure 2-1), the goals and policies in
Chapter 1, the use and development standards in Chapters 2 and 3, provisions on
managing parking and increasing mobility in Section 4.5.2, the administrative processes
of Chapter 6, and the definitions in Appendix A of this Master Plan, and the objective
design standards for multifamily and mixed-use development in Appendix E of this
Master Plan, together with CMC Chapters 15.12 – Stormwater Management and
Discharge Control, and 15.16 – Grading and Erosion Control, as well as those provisions
of the Zoning Ordinance not superseded herein, shall constitute the Local Coastal
Program for the Village and Barrio. If conflicts or discrepancies arise between the Local
Coastal Program and other policies, standards, or guidelines of the Master Plan, the
Local Coastal Program provisions shall be controlling.
5.Village & Barrio Master Plan Page A-2, Appendix A (Definitions) is amended to include
the following new defined term between the “Financial Institution” and “Laundromat”
definitions:
Fully-Shielded. A term describing a light that is constructed so that light rays directly
emitted by the fixture are projected below a horizontal plane running through the
lowest point on the fixture where light is emitted. Shielded shall mean that the light rays
are directed onto the site, and the light source (e.g., bulb, tube, etc.) is not visible
beyond the property boundary of the site of the light source.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective either thirty days after its adoption, or upon
the date the Executive Director of the California Coastal Commission certifies that implementation of
LCPA 2023-0016 will be consistent with the Coastal Commission's approval of the Local Coastal Program
amendments with suggested modifications, whichever occurs later. The City Clerk shall certify the
adoption of this ordinance and cause the full text of the ordinance or a summary of the ordinance
prepared by the City Attorney to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the
City of Carlsbad within fifteen days after its adoption.
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INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the 13th
day of May, 2025, and thereafter
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 20th day of May, 2025, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Shin.
NAYS:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
Burkholder.
None.
None.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
_________________________________
CINDIE K. McMAHON, City Attorney
_______________________________________
KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor
_______________________________________
SHERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk
(SEAL)
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