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Home My WebLink About2025-10-15; Planning Commission; Agendas; Regular Session Council Chamber 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive Carlsbad, CA 92008 carlsbadca.gov PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA Regular Meeting Oct. 15, 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 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. Oct. 15, 2025 Page 2 CALL TO ORDER: 5 p.m. ROLL CALL: Meenes, Fitzgerald, Burrows, Lafferty, Merz, Foster, Hubinger PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Commissioner Burrows led the Pledge of Allegiance. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes of the Regular Meeting held on Sept. 17, 2025 ACTION: Minutes were approved as amended – 6/0/1 (Meenes - Abstain). 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 in the beginning of the meeting. In conformance with the Brown Act, no action can occur on these items. PUBLIC HEARINGS: 1. 2647 JEFFERSON ST. HOMES 2024-0006/PUD 2024-0007/CDP 2024-0036 - Adoption of a Resolution of the Planning Commission of the City of Carlsbad, California, approving a CEQA exemption determination and approving Carlsbad Tentative Tract Map, Planned Development Permit and Coastal Development Permit to allow the demolition of an existing single-family residence and the development of a 12-unit, three-story, residential condominium project on a 0.34-acre site located at 2647 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: Edward Valenzuela ENGINEER: Sanchez ACTION: Adopted Resolution 7555 - 6/1 – (Lafferty – No). 2. BARONS MARKET - SDP 2025-0006 (DEV2025-0063) – Adoption of a Resolution of the Planning Commission of the City of Carlsbad, California, recommending approval of a CEQA exemption determination and a standards modification for increased signage for a Barons Market grocery store to include increased number of wall signs, wall sign area, wall sign letter height, number of monument signs, monument sign area, and monument sign height located at 2800 Roosevelt St. within 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: Fine ACTION: Adopted Resolution 7556 - 6/1 – (Lafferty – No). Oct. 15, 2025 Page 3 3. LAGUNA VIDA - PUD 2024-0005/CDP 2024-0024/MS 2024-0005 (DEV 2024-0025) - Adoption of a Resolution of the Planning Commission of the City of Carlsbad, California, recommending approval of a CEQA exemption determination and approving Carlsbad Tentative Tract Map, Planned Development Permit and Coastal Development Permit to allow the demolition of an existing single-family residence, a detached garage and a detached park-model trailer, and the construction of four, three-story, detached single-family home condominiums on a 0.31-acre site located at 2618 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: Edward Valenzuela ENGINEER: Sanchez ACTION: Adopted Resolution 7557 - 7/0. Item 4 was originally heard at the Sept. 17, 2025 Regular Meeting and is being presented for reconsideration and adoption of a new resolution number. 4. CARLSBAD OCEAN ESTATES (lot 2) - CDP2024-0031 (DEV02030) - Adoption of Resolution of the Planning Commission of the City of Carlsbad, California, approving a 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: Sanchez ACTION: Adopted Resolution 7558 - 7/0. DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS: 5. CITY COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATE – Receive a presentation regarding the work of the City Council Legislative Subcommittee, the City of Carlsbad Intergovernmental Affairs Program and the city’s recent and ongoing advocacy efforts related to land use planning and development. Recommended Action: Receive the report. ACTION: The Commission received the report. 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: 8:08 p.m.