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AB# 22,204 DEPT. DIRECTOR r!fl.
MTG. 01/26/16 WESTIN HOTEL AND TIMESHARE CITY ATTORNEY u
DEPT. CED CITY MANAGER lf\
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Introduce Ordinances No. CS-292 and CS-293 approving Zone Change 14-02
and Specific Plan Amendment SP 207(K), and adopt Resolutions No. 2016-021 and 2016-022
certifying the Environmental Impact Report EIR 15-02, and adopting the Candidate Findings of Fact and
a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and approving a General Plan Amendment, Local
Coastal Program Amendment, Tentative Tract Map, Planned Development Permit, Site Development
Plan, Conditional Use Permit, Coastal Development Permit, and Hillside Development Permit as
recommended for approval by the Planning Commission.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
The 3.6 acre project site is located at the northern terminus of The Crossings Drive, west of The
Crossings at Carlsbad clubhouse, and east of the existing MarBrisa timeshare resort and Sheraton Hotel.
The site is comprised of a pad elevated above the surrounding development that was created at the
same time as The Crossings at Carlsbad golf course. On the western part of the pad is a de
commissioned 1.5 million gallon, 40-foottall water tank which will be removed.
The project includes both legislative and adjudicatory actions. The legislative actions are a General Plan
Amendment, Zone Change, Local Coastal Program Amendment, and Specific Plan Amendment. The
legislative actions designate the site for Visitor Serving/Commercial Tourist development, add the 3.6
acre property to the Carlsbad Ranch Specific Plan as Planning Area SA, a subset of PA 5, and establish
development standards for the site.
The adjudicatory actions regulate the physical development of the site with a 71-room hotel building
and a 36 timeshare building. The two buildings flank a central passive open space area. The western
most building is the hotel. It has a north-south orientation, is proposed with four habitable floors of
hotel rooms within a 45 foot height, all rooms have a western view orientation, there is a central atrium
lobby space, and it is topped by an outdoor roof veranda. The architecture is of the same
Mediterranean style as the MarBrisa and Sheraton developments to the west. The timeshare building is
located on the eastern side of the lot in an expanded "V" configuration also in a north-south
orientation. This building is proposed with three habitable floors of timeshare units, the view
orientation of the units are both to the west toward the central open area and to the east. The
timeshare building includes a ground floor of tuck-under parking and the overall building height is 45
feet. The architecture is also of the same Mediterranean style as the MarBrisa and Sheraton
developments to the west.
DEPARTMENT CONTACT: Christer Westman 760-602-4614 christer.westman@carlsbadca.gov
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