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Council Chamber
1200 Carlsbad Village Drive
Carlsbad, CA 92008
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PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
Regular Meeting
May 21, 2025, 5 p.m.
Welcome to Your Planning Commission Meeting
We welcome your interest and involvement in the city’s legislative process. This agenda includes information about
topics coming before the Planning Commission and the action recommended by city staff. You can read about each
topic in the staff reports, which are available on the city website.
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• For non-agenda public comment, speakers must confine their remarks to matters within the Commission’s
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• Speakers have three minutes, unless the presiding officer (usually the Chair) changes that time.
• You may not give your time to another person, but can create a group. A group must select a single speaker
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at the beginning of the meeting). Group representatives have 10 minutes unless that time is changed by the
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after being asked by the presiding official to cease may result in removal from the meeting.
• In writing: Email comments to planning@carlsbadca.gov. Comments received by 3 p.m. the day prior to the
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in the subject line the agenda item to which your comments relate. All comments received will be included as
part of the official record.
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Reasonable Accommodations Persons with a disability may request an agenda packet in appropriate alternative
formats as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Reasonable accommodations and auxiliary aids
will be provided to effectively allow participation in the meeting. Please contact the City Manager’s Office at 442-
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the day of the meeting, and will seek to resolve requests before the start of the meeting in order to maximize
accessibility.
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CALL TO ORDER: 5:02 p.m.
ROLL CALL: Burrows, Merz, Lafferty, Stine, Foster, Hubinger, Meenes
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Commissioner Burrows led the Pledge of Allegiance
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Minutes of the Regular Meeting held on April 2, 2025
ACTION: Minutes were approved as presented – 7/0
PUBLIC COMMENT: The Brown Act allows any member of the public to comment on items not on the
agenda. Please treat others with courtesy, civility, and respect. Members of the public may participate in
the meeting by submitting comments as provided on the front page of this agenda. The Commission will
receive comments at the beginning of the meeting. In conformance with the Brown Act, no action can occur
on these items.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
1. JEFFERSON STREET HOMES – CT 2024-0004/PUD 2024-0004/CDP 2024-0021 (DEV 2024-0012) - A Resolution
of the Planning Commission approving a CEQA exemption determination and approving Carlsbad
tentative tract map, Planned Development Permit and Coastal Development Permit to allow the
demolition of two existing single family residences on two lots and the development of a 12-unit, three-
story, residential condominium project on a 0.542-acre site located at 2502 & 2518 Jefferson St., within
the Mello II Segment of the Local Coastal Program and within local Facilities Management Zone 1.
ACTION TYPE: Quasi-Judicial
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Take public input, close the public hearing,
and adopt the Resolution.
PLANNER: Kyle Van Leeuwen ENGINEER: Jason Geldert
ACTION: Adopted Resolution 7543, 6/1 (Lafferty – No)
DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS:
2. PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 - A Resolution of the Planning
Commission of Carlsbad, California recommending acceptance of the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Work Plan
Annual Report and approval of the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Planning Commission Workplan.
ACTION TYPE: Administrative
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: That the Planning Commission adopt a Resolution
recommending acceptance of the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Work Plan Annual Report and
recommend approval of the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Work Plan.
STAFF: City Planner, Eric Lardy
ACTION: Adopted Resolution 7544, 6/1 (Hubinger, No) with the revision that “Title
XVIIII review” be added under the Training and City Operations section of Exhibit 1,
Attachment B of the Work Plan.
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DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS:
COMMISSION MEMBER COMMENTARY AND REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS: This portion
of the agenda is for the Commission to make brief announcements, brief reports of their activities and
requests for future agenda items.
STAFF COMMENTS:
ADJOURNMENT: 6:58 p.m.