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Home My WebLink AboutPRE 2025-0051; BEECH AVENUE RESIDENCES; Admin Decision Letter Community Development Department Planning Division 1635 Faraday Avenue  Carlsbad, CA 92008-7314  442-339-2600 October 7, 2025 ATIEH KAENI 119 E AVENIDA SAN JUAN SAN CLEMENTE, CA 92672 SUBJECT: PRE 2025-0051 (DEV2024-0135) – BEECH AVENUE RESIDENCES APN 203-172-03-00 Dear Ms. Kaeni, Thank you for submitting a preliminary review application for the demolition of an existing single-family home and the development of a four-story, eight unit, multiple-family residential development with an 11-stall underground parking garage. The approximately 0.19-acre project site is located at 367 Beech Avenue (Assessor’s Parcel Number 203-172-03-00) and is presently developed with a one-story single- family home. In response to your application, the Planning Division has prepared this comment letter. Please note that the purpose of a preliminary review is to provide you with direction and comments on the overall concept of your project. This preliminary review does not represent an in-depth analysis of your project. It is intended to give you feedback on critical issues based upon the information provided in your submittal. This review is based upon the plans, policies, and standards in effect as of the date of this review. Please be aware that at the time of a formal application submittal, new plans, policies, and standards may be in effect and additional issues of concern may be raised through a more specific and detailed review. Planning Division Comments: General 1. General Plan and zoning designations for the property are as follows: a. General Plan: Village-Barrio (V-B) b. Zoning: Village-Barrio (V-B) c. Coastal Zone: The project site is located within the Coastal Zone and subject to the Mello II Segment of the Local Coastal Program (LCP). The LCP Land Use and Zoning for the site are consistent with the City’s General Plan Land Use and city-wide Zoning Map. The project site is not located within the California Coastal Commission’s appeals jurisdiction, which means the city’s decision on the project would be final at the City Council. PRE 2025-0051 (DEV2024-0135) – BEECH AVENUE RESIDENCES October 7, 2025 Page 2______________________________________________ Community Development Department Planning Division 1635 Faraday Avenue  Carlsbad, CA 92008-7314  442-339-2600 d. Master Plan: The project site is located within the Village Center (VC) District of the Carlsbad Village & Barrio Master Plan (VBMP). 2. The project requires the following permits: a. Site Development Plan (SDP). An SDP is required pursuant to the provisions outlined within Section 6.3.3(B) of the VBMP (p. 6-4). Per the VBMP the City Council is the decision maker for the SDP. b. Tentative Tract Map (CT). If the units are proposed to be for-sale (i.e., condominiums instead of apartments), a tentative tract map will be required. c. Coastal Development Permit (CDP). A CDP is required pursuant to Carlsbad Municipal Code (CMC) Section 21.201.030 where the applicant wishes to undertake a development (define in CMC Section 21.04.107) located in the coastal zone. Together, the SDP, CDP, and CT (if required) will require a recommendation from the Planning Commission and approval by the City Council at separate public hearings. 3. Land Use. Pursuant to Table 2-1 of the Village & Barrio Master Plan (VBMP), multiple-family dwellings is a permitted use. However, pursuant to Figure 2-2 of the VBMP, the subject parcel is located within a use restriction area of the Village Center (VC) District. Specifically, residential uses are only an allowed use with the specific provision that they are not permitted on the ground floor street frontages. Additionally, commercial space shall occupy more than one-half of the habitable space on the ground floor and shall span at least 80 percent of the building frontage. This conceptual proposal, which does not include commercial space on the ground floor meeting the above requirements, does not comply. Most importantly, it should be noted that the proposed request to waive the ground floor commercial land use requirements cannot be supported. Specifically, the project is located in the Coastal Zone. Through passage of the Coastal Act of 1976, the State Legislature created the mandate for preparation of Local Coastal Programs (LCP). Local Coastal Program is defined as the following: "... a local government's (a) land use plans, (b) zoning ordinances, (c) zoning district maps, and (d) within sensitive coastal resources area, other implementing actions, which when taken together, meet the requirements of, and implement the provisions and policies of, this division at the local level." "Each local government lying, in whole or in part, within the coastal zone shall prepare a local coastal program for that portion of the coastal zone within its jurisdiction ..." "The precise content of each local coastal program shall be determined by the local government, consistent with Section 30501, in full consultation with the commission and with full public participation." PRE 2025-0051 (DEV2024-0135) – BEECH AVENUE RESIDENCES October 7, 2025 Page 3______________________________________________ Community Development Department Planning Division 1635 Faraday Avenue  Carlsbad, CA 92008-7314  442-339-2600 The VBMP and the City’s LCP are both adopted by the California Coastal Commission and are consistent internally and with the Coastal Act. In this case, the VBMP is the adopted land use plan for the Village, and to deviate from the land use plan (in this case not providing the ground floor commercial land use) would mean that the project is inconsistent with the LCP. Pursuant to Government Code § 65915(e)(1), the conceptual request to waive the ground floor commercial land use requirement would be contrary to State Law, and thus, the City would be in its right to deny said waiver request as part of formal application submittal. A Coastal Development Permit would be required for any development on the site, and would be subject to review and findings consistent with the state laws impacting coastal development, including those that encourage access and accessibility to the areas within the coastal zone. 4. Density. The density range for the VC district is 28-35 dwelling units per acre. Units permitted for 0.19-acre parcel: 5 or 6 dwelling units (exclusive of a density bonus request): Minimum density = 28 du/ac: Minimum unit yield = 28 x 0.19 = 5.32; rounds down to 5 units (can round down per Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 21.53.230, Table A) Maximum density = 35 du/ac: Maximum unit yield = 35 x 0.19 = 6.65; rounds up to 7 units Conceptual project: The conceptual proposal to construct 8 multi-family residential units exceeds the maximum allowable residential density for the site. A density bonus would be required in order to proceed beyond the maximum density. Informational Bulletin, IB-112, provides additional information regarding density bonus projects. IB-112, Density Bonus, can be found on the city’s website at: https://www.carlsbadca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/8169/638600078695630000 Inclusionary Housing Requirement. Pursuant to CMC Chapter 21.85, Inclusionary Housing Ordinance, and Informational Bulletin, IB-157, Inclusionary Housing Program, all residential developments proposing 7 or more housing units are required to provide at least 15% of the base number of units to be restricted for low-income households. In the case of 7 base units, 1 affordable unit would be required (0.15 x 7 base units = 1.05 units, 1 unit rounded down). Due to the conceptual nature of the project, the project was not reviewed by the Housing & Homeless Services Department. However, inclusionary units shall be reasonably consistent or compatible with the design of the total project in terms of appearance, materials, and finished quality. The affordable unit bedroom counts should be commensurate with the market-rate unit bedroom counts. The occupants of the affordable housing units within the project shall have the same access to the common entrances, common areas and amenities to that of the market-rate housing units. PRE 2025-0051 (DEV2024-0135) – BEECH AVENUE RESIDENCES October 7, 2025 Page 4______________________________________________ Community Development Department Planning Division 1635 Faraday Avenue  Carlsbad, CA 92008-7314  442-339-2600 IB-157, Inclusionary Housing Program, can be found on the city’s website at: https://www.carlsbadca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/9634/637897580094270000 5. Village & Barrio Master Plan Objective Design Standards. In addition to the standards contained within the Village & Barrio Master Plan (VBMP), the proposed project will also be required to comply with the recently adopted Objective Design Standards (ODS) found within Appendix E of the VBMP. Please note that there are architectural styles associated with each of the various subdistricts that will need to be identified, and the proposed design adhered to. Please review the proposed architectural design against the VBMP ODS and revise where any non-compliance might occur. Please see links below for reference and apply the standards to the final design, as applicable. Please include a detailed compliance analysis with a formal project application submittal. VBMP Objective Design Standards can be found on the city’s website at: https://www.carlsbadca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/13754/638312276242470000 IB-302, Multifamily Housing and Mixed-Use Development Objective Design Standards, can be found on the city’s website at: https://www.carlsbadca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/18333/638603458786370000 Please note, as discussed in Item 5 above, the proposal to develop multifamily residential and waive the ground floor commercial land use is not supported due to the ground floor use restriction area this project site falls within. A formal submittal of a project application will need to be redesigned as a mixed-use project (either large or small) in order to proceed and will also need to demonstrate compliance with the ground floor commercial requirements of the VBMP ODS. 6. As it relates to both the site and building design, please see Village & Barrio Master Plan (VBMP), section 2.7.1 (I) on pg. 2-40 as it relates Ground Floor Street Frontage Uses: New ground floor street frontage uses permitted within the boundaries of the use restriction area identified on Figure 2-2 shall occupy more than one-half of the habitable space developed on the ground floor and shall span at least 80 percent of the building frontage. (VBMP, Section 2.7.1 (I)(1)). Up to 20 percent of a building frontage may be used for a lobby or entryway to uses above or behind ground floor street frontage uses. (VBMP, Section 2.7.1 (I)(2)). 7. Parking/AB 2097. Assembly Bill 2097 (AB 2097), effective January 1, 2023, which added Government Code §65863.2, effectively eliminated parking requirements in new residential and commercial developments when located within a half mile of a major transit stop. The project is within one-half mile of Carlsbad Village Train Station and therefore the project qualifies for AB 2097. The intent of AB 2097 is to provide flexibility for project design, concurrent with planning studies that have shown that parking should be market driven. Developers could still voluntarily provide onsite parking, but the PRE 2025-0051 (DEV2024-0135) – BEECH AVENUE RESIDENCES October 7, 2025 Page 5______________________________________________ Community Development Department Planning Division 1635 Faraday Avenue  Carlsbad, CA 92008-7314  442-339-2600 number of parking spaces provided will be based on builder preference and market demand, not by city-established minimum parking standards. IB-131, AB 2097 Parking Requirements, can be found on the city’s website at: https://www.carlsbadca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/12218/638083521809200000 Irrespective of proximity to public transit, state law allows the city to continue to apply minimum parking standards for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations as well as required parking spaces accessible to persons with disabilities (ADA). Please determine the number of required EV capable spaces and EV charging stations, accessible spaces and accessible EV charging stations required pursuant to CMC 18.21.040, and the California Building Code Title 24 Part 2. Show, dimension and label the location of these spaces on the plans to show compliance. Please note, EV and ADA spaces required for retail spaces must be made available to the retail spaces. 8. Underground Parking. No dimensions are depicted on the conceptual site plan for the proposed underground parking structure. Please be aware, pursuant to CMC Section 21.44.060, Table D, the minimum dimension for parking stalls in a parking garage are 8.5 feet x 20 feet, exclusive of supporting columns/posts. In addition, a back-up distance of 24 feet and 5-foot turning bump-out is required at the end of a stall series (i.e., dead end). Please also ensure an area is striped for “No Parking” to allow room for cars to pull-into and safely back-up and turn-around. 9. Open Space. A minimum of 60 square feet of private open space per residential unit shall be provided with a minimum dimension of 6 feet in any direction. As less than 11 units are proposed, there is no requirement for common open space. 10. Building Height. The maximum allowable building height in the VC district is 45 feet and four stories. Ground floor commercial is required to provide a minimum ground floor plate height of 14 feet. If a 4-Story building is proposed: a. A maximum of 30 percent of the fourth story street facing façade can have a 0 foot setback (as measured from the property line). The remaining 70 percent shall be set back a minimum of 10 feet (as measured from the property line). b. The total square footage of enclosed fourth floor space shall not exceed 80 percent of the largest enclosed floor space below (floors one, two, or three). However, in no case shall the fourth floor enclosed space exceed the amount of third floor enclosed space. 11. The following technical studies/reports, beyond those listed as required in Development Permit Application Form P-2, shall be required with a formal submittal. Each of the studies/reports shall be provided in hardcopy (2 copies each) and digital (.pdf): a. Air Quality Analysis. PRE 2025-0051 (DEV2024-0135) – BEECH AVENUE RESIDENCES October 7, 2025 Page 6______________________________________________ Community Development Department Planning Division 1635 Faraday Avenue  Carlsbad, CA 92008-7314  442-339-2600 b. Historical, Cultural and Paleontological (3 separate reports). The development of the proposed project will require demolition of an older single-family home and excavation in an area of the city known to have a high sensitivity as it relates to (1) architectural history, (2) archeological resources, and (3) paleontological resources. Please direct your consultant to the city’s Tribal, Cultural and Paleontological Resources Guidelines. Please note that any archeological pedestrian survey of the site for the cultural resources study shall also include a Native American monitor during the survey. The city’s Tribal, Cultural and Paleontological Resources Guidelines may be found on the city’s website at: https://www.carlsbadca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/254/637425976516870000 c. Noise Study. A noise study shall be submitted for any residential project requiring a discretionary permit containing five or more dwelling units or any multiple-family dwelling units located within or 500-feet beyond the 60 dB(A) CNEL noise contour line of the Noise Contour Map as part of the Carlsbad General Plan. This project meets both of the above qualifications, in that the multiple- family project is proposing 17 dwelling units and the property is approximately 266 feet beyond the 60 dB(A) CNEL contour line. Please provide a noise study in compliance with the City of Carlsbad Noise Guidelines. The city’s Noise Guidelines Manual may be found on the city’s website at: https://www.carlsbadca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/238/637425974092370000 The city’s General Plan Noise Element (Chapter 5) may be found on the city’s website at: https://www.carlsbadca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/3426/637434861102600000 This does not represent an exhaustive list. Additional Planning-related studies may be required as part of the preliminary CEQA compliance review. 12. Early Public Notice and Stakeholder Outreach. The project is subject to City Council Policy Statement No. 84, Development Project Public Involvement. The city has prepared an Informational Bulletin (IB), IB-184, to assist project applicants with this process. IB-184, Council Policy 84 Implementation Guide, can be found on the city’s website at: https://www.carlsbadca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/19417/638741675682230000 Please be aware that it is the project applicant’s responsibility to fully implement the requirements of Policy 84 and the IB-184 guidance document. Failure to comply shall cause the formal application to be deemed incomplete pursuant to Carlsbad Municipal Code §21.54.010(F). 13. Conceptual Landscape. This preliminary review application did not include preliminary landscape exhibits; and thus, it was not routed for landscape review. Please note with a formal application PRE 2025-0051 (DEV2024-0135) – BEECH AVENUE RESIDENCES October 7, 2025 Page 7______________________________________________ Community Development Department Planning Division 1635 Faraday Avenue  Carlsbad, CA 92008-7314  442-339-2600 submittal, conceptual landscape exhibits are required and shall be prepared in accordance with the General Requirements listed in Section 3 of the City of Carlsbad Landscape Manual (February 2016). The exhibit package shall include a Conceptual Landscape Plan; Conceptual Water Conservation Plan; Conceptual Fire Protection Plan; and a Conceptual Landscape Maintenance Responsibility Exhibit (private or common). The city’s Landscape Manual may be found on the city’s website at: https://www.carlsbadca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/234/637425974086270000 14. The Housing Crisis Act of 2019 (SB 330) established a preliminary streamline application process for housing projects. It is not mandatory unless applicants seek the vesting and processing benefits offered under SB 330. Participation in the SB 330 streamline process would occur first, followed by the formal development application process required under Government Code (Gov. Code) §§ 65940, 65941, 65941.5, and Carlsbad Municipal Code (CMC) § 21.42.050. Acceptance by the city of a complete SB 330 Streamline Application (Form P-32) and fee will vest the project for 180 days in accordance with the ordinances, policies and standards in effect at the time the SB 330 Application is accepted. 15. Per the Housing Crisis Act of 2019 (SB 330), any project that includes the removal or demolition of a "protected unit" is required to provide the occupants with 1) relocation benefits (Gov. Code § 7260 et seq.), and 2) right of first refusal for a comparable unit available in the new housing development. (Gov. Code § 66300 (d)(2)(D).) "Protected units" are generally defined by Gov. Code § 66300(d)(2)(E)(ii) as including residential units subject to affordability restrictions, price controls, or occupied by low income households. The formal submittal of the project will need to include documentation regarding any existing “protected units.” 16. New requirements related to the city’s goals to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will likely impact development requirements of this project. A formal application submittal will need to include a completed Climate Action Plan Checklist (Form P-30) to determine what requirements will apply to the project. New GHG reduction requirements are related to energy efficiency, photovoltaic, electric vehicle charging, water heating and traffic demand management requirements, as set forth in the California Green Building Standards Code and in Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapters 18.21, 18.30 and 18.51 which is available on the city’s website at the following address: http://www.qcode.us/codes/carlsbad/view.php?topic=18&frames=on To the extent that new GHG reduction requirements are in effect at the time of application for grading or building permits, the project will be required to comply with the effective requirements even if different than what is proposed in the project’s planning approvals. GHG reduction requirements may impact, but are not limited to, site design and local building code requirements. If incorporating new GHG reduction requirements results in substantial modifications to the project after planning approvals are obtained, then prior to issuance of grading or building permits, the applicant may be required to submit and receive approval of a Consistency Determination or an Amendment application for the project through the Planning Division. PRE 2025-0051 (DEV2024-0135) – BEECH AVENUE RESIDENCES October 7, 2025 Page 8______________________________________________ Community Development Department Planning Division 1635 Faraday Avenue  Carlsbad, CA 92008-7314  442-339-2600 All necessary application forms, submittal requirements, and fee information are available at the City’s Planning Division counter located in the Faraday Building at 1635 Faraday Avenue or online at https://www.carlsbadca.gov/departments/community-development/planning. You may also access the General Plan Land Use Element and the Zoning Ordinance online at the website address provided above. Please review all information carefully before submitting your application. Land Development Engineering Division Comments: 1. Contact Nick Gorman in the Transportation Division at Nick.Gorman@carlsbadca.gov, a division of the Public Works Department, to determine if a Scoping Agreement is required. Scoping Agreements are used to determine if a Local Mobility Analysis (LMA) is required and the scope of analysis. If an LMA is deemed necessary, first, work with Transportation Division staff to obtain an approved scoping agreement. After the scoping agreement has been approved, submit the approved Scoping Agreement as an appendix within the LMA that is to be prepared per the most recent Transportation Impact Analysis Guidelines. 2. After the scoping agreement has been approved or deemed not necessary by the Transportation Division, submit a completed Transportation Analysis Need Statement Form P-42 to Land Development Engineering at LandDev@carlsbadca.gov prior to discretionary application submittal. If an LMA has been deemed not necessary by the Transportation Division, please provide correspondence from the Transportation Division indicating one is not required. 3. Complete a Stormwater Standards Questionnaire Form E-34. This questionnaire will guide you and the city in determining what type of reports and storm water mitigation must be completed to satisfy state and City storm water quality requirements. The questionnaire is located on the City of Carlsbad website. 4. Based on this project’s general plan land use designation of Village-Barrio (V-B), this project is subject to the City of Carlsbad trash capture requirements. Please incorporate trash capture measures on the project plans. Please prepare a Preliminary Trash Capture Storm Water Quality Management Plan, Form E-35A (if standard project) or incorporate into Storm Water Quality Management Plan, Form E- 35 (if PDP). 5. Please provide a Preliminary Title Report (current within the last six (6) months). 6. Please annotate and delineate all existing easements and encumbrances listed in the Preliminary Title Report on the site plan. If any vacations or quitclaims are planned with this development annotate on the site plan. 7. A preliminary geotechnical report is required to evaluate the feasibility of the project. Guidelines for preliminary geotechnical studies are available on the City of Carlsbad Engineering website. 8. Pursuant to Section 15.16.060 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code, this project will require a grading permit and grading plan. 9. A separate improvement plan for work within the right-of-way is required for this project. PRE 2025-0051 (DEV2024-0135) – BEECH AVENUE RESIDENCES October 7, 2025 Page 9______________________________________________ Community Development Department Planning Division 1635 Faraday Avenue  Carlsbad, CA 92008-7314  442-339-2600 10. This project shall utilize City of Carlsbad Survey Control Network established on Record of Survey Map 17271, NAD83, Zone VI, 1991.35 Epoch for horizontal control and NGVD 29 datum for vertical control per City of Carlsbad Engineering Standards. 11. Please delineate and annotate the limits of grading. 12. Please delineate and annotate approximate topographic contours for existing and proposed condition. Provide one-foot (1’) contours for slopes less than 5%; two-foot (2’) intervals for slopes between 5% and 10%, and five-foot (5’) intervals for slopes over 10%. Extend contours a minimum 25 feet beyond the project boundary. 13. On the site plan, please show and identify all existing surface improvements screened back (curb, gutter, sidewalk, paving, manholes, inlets, street lights, adjacent driveways, vaults, transformers, etc.) at the project site, project frontage and within 25 feet of the boundary. 14. Please delineate location of all existing and proposed buildings, walls, fences and permanent structures onsite and within 25 feet of the site. 15. Please indicate the earthwork quantities (cut, fill, import, export, remedial) proposed for the project in cubic yards. 16. Please provide spot elevations at the corners of each pad in the proposed condition. Include finish pad and floor elevations. 17. Provide the method of draining each lot. Unless otherwise specified by a geotechnical engineer, method of drainage shall comply with California Building Code (latest version) section 1804.4. 18. Please provide a cross section to show the existing and proposed ground, the proposed wall, the footing and remedial excavation. If it is determined that remedial grading, wall footing, or subdrain will be constructed on adjacent property. Please provide a temporary construction easement or permission to grade letter from adjacent owner to construct walls on their property or delineate and annotate proposed temporary shoring walls. 19. The project frontage has been identified in the city’s inventory as a vacant planting site. Please coordinate with the Parks & Recreation Department regarding any planting requirements per Chapter 11.12 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code. 20. Please show existing lot line bearing and distance. 21. This project is proposing a one lot subdivision with eight (8) air-space condominiums. A TENTATIVE MAP is required. 22. Please provide typical street cross sections for existing frontage street. Please provide existing right- of-way width and existing improvements and proposed improvements and dedications. PRE 2025-0051 (DEV2024-0135) – BEECH AVENUE RESIDENCES October 7, 2025 Page 10______________________________________________ Community Development Department Planning Division 1635 Faraday Avenue  Carlsbad, CA 92008-7314  442-339-2600 23. Please delineate and annotate proposed driveway and driveway width. 24. Please provide a five-foot (5’) minimum back-up clearance at the last stall of the proposed row of parking spaces. 25. Please show all existing and proposed utilities and callout sizes for: water, sewer, storm drain, underground dry utilities, overhead lines, traffic signals, street lights in Beech Avenue and laterals affecting the property. 26. All transformers and electrical facilities solely serving this project site shall be located onsite and outside of the public right-of-way 27. Please obtain a letter from SDG&E confirming their approval of the proposed transformer location and stating that no additional off-site facilities will be necessary for this project. Please also include all existing and proposed dry utilities and the services that will supply power to the proposed transformer. 28. Please provide a Sewer Study for new development based on City of Carlsbad Sewer Master Plan Update 2019, Section 4.2 Design Criteria. 29. Please provide a Water Study for the new development based on City of Carlsbad Potable Water Master Plan 2019, Section 4.2 Design Criteria. 30. Public potable water and sewer mains along project frontages must meet minimum design diameter and material as specified in City of Carlsbad Engineering Standards Vol. 2 Section 3.2.2 for water and Volume 1 Section 6.2 for sewer. Utility replacement and/or upsizing may be required as a condition of development. 31. Please locate fire service, backflows, potable and recycled water services, meters, landscape irrigation services, and sewer laterals for the new development in compliance with City of Carlsbad Engineering Standards requirements. 32. Please provide multiple cross-sections of the site to demonstrate differences in grade from adjacent properties, existing and proposed grades on-site, fences and location of structures on-site and on adjacent properties. 33. A three-inch (3”) AC grind and overlay may be required for half street of Beech Avenue. 34. Please meet with the Fire Department to identify the necessary fire protection measures required for this project (access, fire hydrants, sprinkler system, on-site circulation, emergency access, etc.) 35. Please plot stopping sight distance at driveway. 36. Please address the comments on the attached redlined plan before submitting a formal application. PRE 2025-0051 (DEV2024-0135) – BEECH AVENUE RESIDENCES October 7, 2025 Page 11______________________________________________ Community Development Department Planning Division 1635 Faraday Avenue  Carlsbad, CA 92008-7314  442-339-2600 37. Please be advised that a more in-depth review of the proposed development will occur with the discretionary permit application when a more complete design of the project is provided. Building Division Comments: 1. The building shall conform to the current provisions of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, as adopted and/or amended by the city, and other applicable city building, zoning and municipal codes and ordinances, including but not limited to current building codes related to disabled access (See Chapter 11A and 11B). A ground floor unit will need to show path of travel and meet access requirements. Show ADA, EVCS, EV Capable, and EV van accessible space(s). Fire & Life Safety Comments: 1. Aerial fire apparatus access (ladder truck). Aerial Fire Apparatus Access roads shall be provided when the distance from grade plane to highest level of the roof exceeds 30 feet. The aerial access road must be a minimum of 15 feet and a maximum of 30 feet from the building and shall be positioned parallel to one (1) entire side of the building. No overhead utility and power lines shall be located over the aerial fire apparatus obstructions. Please demonstrate aerial apparatus parking location and ability to access the upper floor and roof. 2. Fire Department Access hose pull requirement. A fire apparatus access road must extend to within 150 feet of all portions of the exterior of the first floor of any structure to allow for the effective hose pull distance to be 150 feet or less. Hose pull measurement begins at a point in the street where fire apparatus would park to perform emergency operations, located 10 feet from the edge of the curb. Please show hose pull measurements on the plans and demonstrate how the project can reach all points of the first floor of the buildings within 150 feet. 3. Please show location of fire sprinkler riser. 4. Please provide documentation that hydrants are provided in the quantity and spacing described in California Fire Code (CFC) Appendix and prove that they are capable of delivering the amount of water required by CFC Appendix B. Please complete a Form P-99F and submit to the fire permit technician for review prior to a formal application submittal. 5. Sleeping rooms below the fourth story above grade plane shall have not fewer than one exterior emergency escape and rescue opening (EERO). EEROs shall open directly into a public way or to a yard or court that opens to a public way. Access walkways must be provided to all required egress doors from a building, all firefighter access doorways and the area beneath each emergency rescue opening. Access walkways must be a minimum of five feet (5’) in width. 6. The ladder pad shall be provided to access EEROs above ground level. The ladder pad shall be located at a distance from the building determined by measuring the required length of the ladder at the proper climbing angle. The measurement is made with the top of the ladder leaning against the emergency rescue opening and the foot of the ladder on the ground. The ladder angle is to be at least 70 degrees and no greater than 76 degrees. Ladder pad shall be sized six-feet (6’) by six-feet (6’) minimum to allow for 3 feet (3’) of working space in front, behind, and around the ladder. PRE 2025-0051 (DEV2024-0135) – BEECH AVENUE RESIDENCES October 7, 2025 Page 12______________________________________________ Community Development Department Planning Division 1635 Faraday Avenue  Carlsbad, CA 92008-7314  442-339-2600 7.Please provide a detailed egress plan, including exit access travel distance from each dwelling unit to exit discharge. 8.Please detail the use of roof and if there are plans for an occupied roof. If you would like to schedule a meeting to discuss this letter with the commenting departments, please contact Jason Goff at the number below. You may also contact each department individually as follows: •Planning Division: Jason Goff, Senior Planner, at (442) 339-4643 •Land Development Engineering: Jose Sanchez, Associate Engineer, at (442) 339-5486 •Building Division: Mike Strong, Acting Building Official, at (442) 339-2721 •Fire & Life Safety: Darcy Davidson, Fire Marshal, at (442) 339-2662 Sincerely, ERIC LARDY, AICP City Planner EL:JG:cf Attachment(s): 2.LDE, Redline, Sheet A0 c: Jose Sanchez, Land Development Engineering Laserfiche/File Copy Data Entry