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Home My WebLink About2025-09-17; Planning Commission; Agendas Council Chamber 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive Carlsbad, CA 92008 carlsbadca.gov PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA Regular Meeting Sept. 17, 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. How to watch In Person City Council Chamber 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive Online Watch the livestream at carlsbadca.gov/watch How to participate If you would like to provide comments to the Commission, please: • Fill out a speaker request form, located in the foyer. • Submit the form to the Clerk before the item begins. • When it’s your turn, the Clerk will call your name and invite you to the podium. • For non-agenda public comment, speakers must confine their remarks to matters within the Commission’s subject matter jurisdiction. • For public comment on agenda items, speakers must confine their remarks to the question or matter under consideration. • Speakers have three minutes, unless the presiding officer (usually the Chair) changes at that time. • You may not give your time to another person, but can create a group. A group must select a single speaker as long as three other members of your group are present. All forms must be submitted to the Clerk before the item begins and will only be accepted for items listed on the agenda (not for general public comment at the beginning of the meeting). Group representatives have 10 minutes unless that time is changed by the presiding officer or the Commission. • Failure to comply with the rules for public participation is disruptive conduct. Continuing disruptive conduct 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 meeting will be shared with the Commission prior to the meeting. When e-mailing comments, please identify in the subject line the agenda item to which your comments relate. All comments received will be included as part of the official record. Reasonable accommodations 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 442-339-2821 (voice), 711 (free relay service for TTY users), 760-720-9461 (fax) or manager@carlsbadca.gov by noon on the Tuesday before the meeting to make arrangements. City staff will respond to requests by noon on Wednesday, the day of the meeting, and will seek to resolve requests before the start of the meeting in order to maximize accessibility. Agenda C 11111 I I □-=□ Sept. 17, 2025 Page 2 CALL TO ORDER: 5 p.m. ROLL CALL: Fitzgerald, Burrows, Lafferty, Foster, Hubinger, Meenes (Merz – Absent) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Commissioner Fitzgerald led the Pledge of Allegiance. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes of the Regular Meeting held on August 20, 2025. ACTION: Minutes were approved as presented. - 5/0/1/1 (Fitzgerald – Abstain; Merz – Absent). 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.BLVD BEACH COMMERCIAL- SDP 2024-0020/CUP 2024-0010/CDP 2024-0032 - A Resolution of the Planning Commission of the City of Carlsbad, California, recommending approval of Site Development Plan, Conditional Use Permit, and Coastal Development Permit to demolish three existing one-story buildings, the consolidation of two legal parcels totaling 0.51 acres into one lot and develop a 18,606- square-foot, 42.5-foot-tall commercial structure consisting of three levels, with the first level to include restaurant and retail space, the second level to include an event and assembly space, kitchen, and terrace, and a third level with outdoor seating areas, bar service area, and bridal suite, and 10 surface-level parking spaces, and a request to utilize off-stie parking lots to accommodate event space guests, on property generally located on the southwest corner of Carlsbad Boulevard and Beech Avenue (Assessor Parcel Numbers 203-143-01-00 & 203-143-02-00) in the northwest quadrant of the City. 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: Held the public hearing; and adopted Resolution No. 7550 – 6/1/0/1 (Lafferty - No; Merz – Absent). 2.CARLSBAD OCEAN ESTATES (LOT 1) - CDP2024-0030 (DEV02030) – A Resolution of the Planning Commission of the City of Carlsbad, California, approving a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemption determination and a Coastal Development Permit to construct a 5,322 square foot single- family residence and 903 square foot attached garage on a 0.37-acre site located at 1115 Hoover St. within the Mello II Segment of the city’s Local Coastal Program and Local Facilities Management Zone 1. ACTION TYPE: Quasi-Judicial STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Take public input, close the public hearing, and adopt the Resolution. PLANNER: Edward Valenzuela ENGINEER: Jose Sanchez Sept. 17, 2025 Page 3 ACTION: Held the public hearing; and adopted Resolution No. 7551 – 6/0/1. (Merz – Absent). 3. CARLSBAD OCEAN ESTATES (LOT 2) CDP2024-0031 (DEV02030) – A Resolution of the Planning Commission of the City of Carlsbad, California, approving a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemption determination and a Coastal Development Permit to construct a 5,787 square foot single- family residence and 1,397 square foot attached garage on a 0.36-acre site located at 4332 Adams St. within the Mello II Segment of the city’s Local Coastal Program and Local Facilities Management Zone 1. ACTION TYPE: Quasi-Judicial STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Take public input, close the public hearing, and adopt the Resolution. PLANNER: Edward Valenzuela ENGINEER: Jose Sanchez ACTION: Held the public hearing: and adopted Resolution No. 7552 – 6/0/1. (Merz – Absent). 4. CARLSBAD OCEAN ESTATES (LOT 3) CDP2024-0029 (DEV02030) - A Resolution of the Planning Commission of the City of Carlsbad, California, approving a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemption determination and a Coastal Development Permit to construct a 5,787 square foot single-family residence and 1,397 square foot attached garage on a 0.38-acre site located at 4340 Adams St. within the Mello II segment of the city’s Local Coastal Program and Local Facilities Management Zone 1. ACTION TYPE: Quasi-Judicial STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Take public input, close the public hearing, and adopt the Resolution. PLANNER: Edward Valenzuela ENGINEER: Jose Sanchez ACTION: Held the public hearing: and adopted Resolution No. 7553 – 6/0/1 (Merz – Absent). 5. FORREST RESIDENCE TAMARACK AVENUE CDP 2025-0004 (DEV2024-0096) - A Resolution of the Planning Commission of the City of Carlsbad, California, approving a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemption determination and a Coastal Development Permit to allow for the construction of a new 1,930-square-foot, one-story single-family residence with loft and an attached 574-square- foot two-car garage on an existing graded vacant 0.18-acre lot, located at 1640 Tamarack Ave. within the Mello II Segment of the city’s Local Coastal Program and Local Facilities Management Zone 1. ACTION TYPE: Quasi-Judicial STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Take public input, close the public hearing, and adopt the Resolution. PLANNER: Jason Goff ENGINEER: Jose Sanchez ACTION: Held the public hearing; and adopted Resolution No. 7550 – 6/0/1 (Merz – Absent). Sept. 17, 2025 Page 4 DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS: None. 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: 7:12 p.m.