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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCD 2025-0014; JUBILANT DRAXIMAGE; Admin Decision LetterJanuary 7, 2026 Lydia Foust 3113 Woodcreek Dr Downers Grove, IL 60515 SUBJECT: CD 2025-0014 (DEV2025-0091)-JUBILANT DRAXIMAGE Dear Lydia Foust, {city of Carlsbad The City Planner has completed a review of your application for Substantial Conformance, CD 2025-0014, pursuant to Chapter 21.89 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code (CMC). The substantial conformance review consists of minor modifications to Site Development Plan SDP 2021-0016 -CARLSBAD OAKS NORTH, LOT 3, which approved the development of three (3), 33-foot-tall light industrial buildings totaling 67,714 square feet which have been constructed. The subject property is located on the west side of Whiptail Loop and is identified as Lot 3 of the Carlsbad Oaks North Business Park Specific Plan, SP 211(C), in the Planned Industrial (P-M) Zone. After careful consideration of the request, the City Planner has determined that the request meets the required findings of CMC Section 21.89.080 listed below and APPROVES this request. The proposed minor modifications include site design and architectural revisions to Building "B" designed to accommodate the proposed use of Building "B" while also aesthetically matching the project site, which was approved by the City Planner on October 31, 2022 (SOP 2021-0016, DEV2021-0137). These revisions include: • Infill one overhead door opening. • Install a six-foot-tall screen fence around new chillers on the south side of Building "B". • Construct a ten-foot-tall masonry screening wall around a new emergency generator in an area previously approved as parking spaces on the east side of the lot. A total of four parking spaces are proposed to be removed. In order for a substantial conformance to be approved, the following findings must be made pursuant to CMC Section 21.89.080: 1) That the proposed revision provides an architectural style of development that is substantially consistent with the building forms, building colors, and building materials that were approved as part of the authorizing discretionary action, in that the proposed revision of enclosing an overhead door will use the same colors and materials originally approved for the structures. The screen fence around the chillers and masonry wall screening around the generator are in substantial conformance with the building forms, building colors, and building materials of the original project design. 2) That the proposed revision complies with all relevant development standards and design criteria and will not result in any health, safety, or welfare impacts, in that the project complies with all relevant development standards and design criteria which has also been reviewed for compliance with the building code, and therefore, will not result in any health, safety or welfare CD 2025-0014 (DEV2025-0091)-JUBILANT DRAXIMAGE January 7, 2026 Pa e 2 impacts. 3) That the proposed revision is consistent with the density, intensity, or use from what was approved as part of the authorizing discretionary action, in that there have been no changes made to the unit count or commercial square footage within the project area. The project density, land use, and project boundary remain unchanged from the original approval. 4) That the proposed revision is minor and authorizes a deviation or deviations of no more than 10 percent, provided that it is consistent with the authorizing discretionary action and maintains compliance with all relevant development standards, in that the proposed revisions to enclose an overhead door, install screening around chillers and construct a masonry screening wall around a generator in the parking lot that would remove four (4) parking spaces {189 spaces originally provided) is less than a 10 percent deviation from the original discretionary approval. 5) That the proposed revision maintains, in their entirety, all of the project conditions required as part of the authorizing discretionary action as approved by October 31, 2022 and attached below. 6) That the proposed revision is consistent with the previously evaluated environmental findings and will not result in any significant environmental impact, and/or require further environmental review as approved on October 31, 2022. 7) That the proposed revision is consistent with the standards set forth in the Village and Barrio Objective Design Standards or the Citywide Objective Design Standards, as applicable, the project is not a housing development project or mixed use, therefore neither set of Objective Design Standards apply. Materials compliant with the architectural style and color palette of the site are proposed for the screening structures for the project. Therefore, the City Planner has determined that the application qualifies for a substantial conformance with the approved permit and approves the changes to the project pursuant to CMC Section 21.89.060. Community Development Department Planning Division I 1635 Faraday Avenue I Carlsbad, CA 92008-7314 I 442-339-2600 CD 2025-0014 (DEV2025-0091)-JUBILANT DRAXIMAGE January 7, 2026 Pa e 3 NOTICE Please take NOTICE that approval of your project includes the "imposition" of fees, dedications, reservations, or other exactions hereafter collectively referred to for convenience as "fees/exactions." You have 90 days from the date of final approval to protest imposition of these fees/exactions. If you protest them, you must follow the protest procedure set forth in Government Code Section 66020(a), and file the protest and any other required information with the City Manager for processing in accordance with Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 3.32.030. Failure to timely follow that procedure will bar any subsequent legal action to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul their imposition. You are hereby FURTHER NOTIFIED that your right to protest the specified fees/exactions DOES NOT APPLY to water and sewer connection fees and capacity charges, nor planning, zoning, grading or other similar application processing or service fees in connection with this project; NOR DOES IT APPLY to any fees/exactions of which you have previously been given a NOTICE similar to this, or as to which the statute of limitations has previously otherwise expired. This decision may be appealed by you or any other member of the public to the Planning Commission within ten days of the date of this letter. Appeals must be submitted in writing to the Planning Division at 1635 Faraday Avenue in Carlsbad, along with a payment of $952. The filing of such appeal within such time limit shall stay the effective date of the order of the City Planner until such time as a final decision on the appeal is reached. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please feel to contact Tate Hillmann at (442) 339-2016. CITY OF CARLSBAD ERIC LARDY, AICP Assistant Director of Community Development EL:TH :cf c: Laszlo Zsidai, Jubilant Draximage Inc., 790 Township Line Rd Suite 325, Yardley, PA 19067 Linda Ontiveros, Project Engineer File Copy Community Deve lopment Department Planning Division I 1635 Faraday Avenue I Car lsbad, CA 92008-7314 I 442-339-2600