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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCDP 96-16; Legoland Carlsbad; Coastal Development Permit (CDP) (3)City of Carlsbad Planning Department January 16, 1997 Svend Aage Madsen LEGOLAND Carlsbad, Inc. 5600 Avenida Encinas, Suite 130 Carlsbad, CA 92008 SUBJECT: SDP 96-14/CDP 96-16 - LEGOLAND Carlsbad Thank you for applying for Land Use Permits in the City of Carlsbad. The Planning Department has reviewed your site development plan and coastal development permit, application no. SDP 96-14 and CDP 96-16, as to its completeness for processing. The application is complete, as submitted. Although the initial processing of your application may have already begun, the technical acceptance date is acknowledged by the date of this communication. The City may, in the course of processing the application, request that you clarify, amplify, correct, or otherwise, supplement the basic information required for the application. In addition, you should also be aware that various design issues exist and are listed on the attached pages. These issues must be addressed before this application can be scheduled for a hearing. The Planning Department will begin processing your application as of the date of this communication. Please contact your staff planner, Don Neu, at (619) 438-1161, extension 4446, if you have any questions or wish to set up a meeting to discuss the application. Sincerely, MICHAEL J. HOLZMILLER Planning Director MJH:DN:bk Marty Orenyak Gary Wayne Don Neu Bob Wojcik Walter Brown Sherri Howard Bobbie Hoder File Copy Data Entry Planning Aide Richard Apel, LEGOLAND Carlsbad, Inc. Don Hansen, McGraw/Baldwin Architects Jim Hettinger, Nolte and Associates Bill Hofman, Hofman Planning Associates Attachments 2O75 Las Palmas Dr. • Carlsbad, CA 92OO9-1576 - (619) 438-1161 • FAX (619) 438-O894 ISSUES OF CONCERN No. SDP 96-14/CDP 96-16 - LEGOLAND Carlsbad Planning: 1. Add the project number for the Site Development Plan of 96-14 to the project plans in addition to Coastal Development Permit 96-16. 2. Provide street grades for those areas of Palomar Airport Road, Armada Drive and Hidden Valley Road which are adjacent to the project site. 3. Dimension on the project plans the distance between the driveways proposed onto Hidden Valley Road. 4. Include on the plans the proposed topographic contours within a 100 foot perimeter of the boundaries of the project site including the grading proposed for the Research and Development lots adjacent to the site on the west. 5. Include the following on the landscape plans for the project: A. Include the quantity of each species proposed on each cluster area landscape plan sheet. B. Provide an estimate of the yearly amount of irrigation (supplemental) water required to maintain each zone on the plans not just in a supplemental study. C. Indicate the landscape maintenance responsibility for all areas on the plans. 6. Provide a copy on an 8 Vz" x 11" sheet of a reduced site plan for the project. 7. Provide a construction materials board and color samples (i.e., roofing, exterior walls, textured pavement, glass, wood, etc.) for the service and administration area buildings. 8. Submit information dealing with all the water and sewer use needs for the project consistent with the units of measurement and categories utilized in the Carlsbad Ranch Specific Plan Amendment Program EIR. If the water and sewer use exceeds the projections in the certified EIR and the threshold for determining significance for water supply/reclaimed water the project cannot be found to be in prior compliance with the EIR. A subsequent EIR would then be required to be prepared. 9. Please submit three sets of plans for the project immediately so they can be sent to the Palomar Airport Manager and SANDAG for review and comment relative to the project's compatibility with the Airport Land Use Plan for Palomar Airport. The third set is needed so that the City has a set on file for public inspection. 10. On the Title Sheet, "T" some minor corrections are needed including adding sheet A 202 to the drawing list. Please refer to the sheet for all corrections. 11. The following revisions are needed for sheet PW 001: A. Provide the boundaries for the expansion area west of "The Beginning." B. The setback labeled as 20 feet east of the service and administration area scales to 30 feet. Please revise. C. In the legend change the existing land use to agriculture and the proposed use to LEGOLAND. D. Revise the building area calculations for several of the clusters as noted on the sheet. E. Change the total count for the guest parking spaces provided to 3,560. F. For the average daily traffic generated by the project include the totals for August Friday and Sunday for the year 1999 as well as August Friday and Sunday for buildout. Refer to sheet PW001 for the numbers from the KAKU report and the footnote to that study required by the city. G. Add a note under the grading quantities that the number listed includes mass grading for Lots 18 and 19 of CT 94-09 - DWG No. 333-2Y. 12. On sheet PW 002 the following revisions are needed: A. An upgraded type of fencing must be used adjacent to Armada Drive in the location noted on this sheet. Wrought iron would be an acceptable type of fencing for this location. B. Policy 3-8 (Buffer Zones) of the Mello II Segment of the Local Coastal Program requires a 50 foot buffer around all riparian areas. The parking expansion area encroaches into the required buffer which is not permitted. Include the 50 foot buffer on this sheet and remove the parking area shown as encroaching into the buffer. C. Specify the contrasting type of material to be used for the pedestrian sidewalk where it crosses the main entrance drive aisle and revise the connection to the pedestrian spine to show the sidewalk going straight across or revise the parking counts to reflect the loss of several spaces. D. Revise sheet references on the plan as noted. 13. On sheet PW 005 the following revisions are needed: A. Specify the color for the vinyl coated chainlink. B. Include a different fence detail for the fence type to be used adjacent to Hidden Valley Road and note the area for it's use with a new symbol. 14. Revise the percentage of area for Zone 1 and 3 landscaping as noted on sheet N102. 15. On all sheets showing the sidewalk adjacent to the private section of LEGO Drive please label the location of the sidewalk. 16. On sheet OP 100 the following revisions are needed: A. Provide calculations demonstrating that the 3% of the parking area landscape requirement is being met. B. Revise the references to the sheets containing the sections referenced. 17. On all plans that include the area for the Hidden Valley Road basin and the pedestrian access from Armada Drive show both of these features. 18. Provide a grading index key map on all grading plan sheets. 19. All plan references to the 140 foot setback from Palomar Airport Road should not label this setback as an easement. 20. On all plans dimension the width of driveways to Hidden Valley Road. 21. Revise the sheet and cross section references on sheets OP 120 through OP 122. Also several of the berms heights are proposed as 30 inches while exhibits in the Specific Plan show 36 inches. 22. On sheet OP 123, Outer Park Sighage Layout, the following revisions are needed: A. Dimension the maximum flag pole height at the toll plaza booths and provide dimensions for the banners. B. Specify the color for all light poles and light fixtures. C. Revise the signage matrix as shown on the sheet. 23. The outer park light fixtures must be a neutral color and not the bright primary colors proposed on sheet OP 124. The proposed banners for these poles will serve the function of attracting attention and providing a festival atmosphere. The bright colors conflict with the efforts to screen the parking area. 24. Provide a detail for the pedestrian spine lights listed in the legend on sheet OP 124. 25. Numerous revisions need to be made to the Parking Layout on sheet OP 125. Required revisions include the following: A. The width of the space adjacent to handicapped parking is 5 feet not 4 feet, 6 inches according to the Uniform Building Code. B. A dashed in layout of the parking expansion area with aisle counts is required to verify that the required number of spaces can be accommodated in the area provided. C. The parking table should be revised as noted on the sheet. 26. A solid block wall textured to match the Administration Building is needed between the Maintenance Building and the Electrical Pad parallel to Hidden Valley Road as well as between the Gardeners Shed and the Electrical Pad parallel to the main employee/service area entrance. The Specific Plan requires the use of block walls to screen service/trash handling areas. The proposed open sided design of the refuse facility further supports the need for block walls in the perimeter locations indicated. 27. Provide elevations for the Security Booth. 28. Within several of the cluster plans revisions to the building area tables are needed. Please refer to the plan set. 29. The offsite trail area northeast of the site contains a slope which exceeds the 30 foot maximum height. Please revise. 30. Numerous grading plan sheets contain finish floor elevations. The City's building height ordinance requires height measurements to be from finish grade. Please revise the plans to comply with the required method of measurement. 31. Information is missing for the proposed building elevations. The elevations appear to lack detailing. It cannot be determined if the lines on the elevations are meant to represent score lines, accent reveals or some similar feature. Building color is also not specified. Painted tilt up concrete panels will not be supported for this area due to its visibility. The panels must have one of the surface treatments listed on the plan applied in keeping with the design standards being utilized for the Carlsbad Ranch. The buildings in this area should be consistent with the level of quality required in the other areas of the Carlsbad Ranch Specific Plan. 32. Roof equipment screening should be incorporated into the building design. The design of equipment should match the building in the type of material used, color, and the use of score lines or other detailing. 33. The building areas containing LEGO themed colored metal panels, columns, and entry features must be detailed on the project plans. 34. For the proposed Maintenance Building show roof equipment screening or include a note indicating that equipment will be at grade, showing the locations and necessary screen walls. 35. For buildings in the Service and Administration Area specify the color proposed for all exterior building surfaces including overhead doors, man doors, and metal roof canopies. 36. The landscape sheet included within each cluster plan includes references to information not included within the plan set. All of these references must be deleted from each of the cluster landscape plans as specified in an earlier city comment letter on a preliminary review plan. 37. Within several of the cluster plans the area to be landscaped shown on the site plan sheet is inconsistent with the area on the landscape plan provided for the cluster. Please revise as necessary to resolve. 38. The castle flag pole on sheet C 203 is over the 45 foot height limit for architectural features which includes flag poles. Please revise the plan so that no architectural features including flag poles exceed 45 feet in height. 39. Accurately locate the northbound Armada Drive bus turnout on the plans per City Drawing No. 333-2J, Sheet 9. 40. Enclosed is a set of the project plans containing Planning Department review comments. Please revise the project plans to incorporate all the revisions noted and return these plans with your resubmittal. If these plans are not returned it will significantly delay the City's processing of the project. 41. Landscape plancheck comments are provided on a separate set of plans which are being returned to you for your use. Please return these plans with your revised plan set. 42. Enclosed are comments from several City departments which should be incorporated into the revised plan set. Engineering: 43. Show easements on the grading plan sheets OP 110 - OP 114, on the two page site plan sheets PW 001 and PW 002 and on the landscape plan. 44. The existing and future utilities shown on the grading plan need to be shown more clearly. Verify the undergrounding currently being performed by SDG&E along Palomar Airport Road will not construct any vaults that will interfere with the toe of slope. 45. Show the distance between the two driveways off Hidden Valley Road on the Site Plan. 46. Show the sight distance corridor at the two driveways off Hidden Valley Road (using 25' from BCR triangle) and at the Palomar Airport road intersections with Hidden valley Road and Armada Drive (intersection sight distance) on the grading, site plan and landscape plan. 47. Nonstandard streetlighting is proposed on Lego Drive. The portion from the public Lego Drive, including Lot 19, to the toll booths must meet City standards. It is fine to use nonstandard streetlighting as long as specifications are provided to show the lumination meets City standards. Verify the lumination travels as far as the sidewalk. The sidewalk meanders quite a ways away from the street at one point. 48. Provide a different paving surface for the bus stop pedestrian access through the entrance. Provide the grades of the sidewalk through the pedestrian spine circulation. 49. We suggest you consider making a break in the median to the north of the bus stop pedestrian walkway to allow early arrival cars shorter route to front parking spaces and allow pedestrian less hazardous access. The area would be closed off when not in use. 50. Since no changes were made to the plan for the Administration Cluster since the preliminary review, the plans were not reviewed. All comments made previously still apply. 51. Use new handicap ramp design from Caltrans for any ramps you are proposing. Two copies have been provided for your use. 52. There is a waterline currently running through the inner park. Indicate what will happen to the line. I.e. - remove at grading permit or building permit. 53. Provide oil/water separator/trap within storm drain system. Some information has been provided to Nolte 1/13/97. 54. Please address the following issue from the soils report: a. Have the soils engineer prepare an addendum to the soils report stating the new plans have been reviewed and any additional recommendations. b. Address issues raised in the attached soils report on pages 13, 19, 20, 17 and Plate 2. c. Address more specifically the deed restricted area along Palomar Airport Road. It needs to be shown and the area within deed restricted area can not be graded. Address impact on site. d. I did not see how "R" value of 40 was determined, please address. 55. Identify on the site plan where the excess soil will go. 56. Top of slope along Lego Drive between the R&D and Lot 18 and 19 meanders on and off the property. Carltas, LLCI and the City have agreed that property owners will record a private drainage and maintenance easement over the slope on the R&D lots since it drains onto Lot 18 and 19. The slope needs to be reflected on the site development and grading plans. 57. Offsite grading for Hidden Valley Road is approved with City Engineer signature on the grading plans. No additional easements are required. City staff working on the City golf course have been to the site and reviewed the proposed grading in the field and do not have any issues. 58. If construction phasing is planned, address at this time. 59. It has been agreed that construction access will be through Lot 5 from Cannon Road. No construction traffic will be permitted in the roundabout. 60. Please provide a copy of the following documents from the title report: Reimbursement agreements F/N 86-349360, F/N 88-557946, F/N 86-349359, F/N 88-557947, covenant and agreement F/N 95-0245821 and 95-0245822, Notice of Restriction on Property F/N 96-0450388. 61. Verify that there are not any conflicts with the toe of slope of the basin along Palomar Airport Road and vaults from the undergrounding of overhead utilities currently underway along Palomar Airport Road. 62. Show desilt basin required for Hidden Valley Road. Show access points to basin along Palomar Airport Road from Hidden Valley Road and Palomar Airport Road. 63. The sidewalk from the NCTD bus stop on Palomar Airport Road needs to be shown consistently on all sheets. Parking lot space count needs to be corrected to reflect two spaces lost for pedestrian pathway. 64. Provide the grid on the grading plan consistent with the other sheets. 65. Show the existing stockpile and refence by plan number (DWG 285-2B and 2D). 66. An NPDES requirement will be to provide an operating manual on-site dealing with day to day activities of the park. We have hired a consultant to assist us in the preparation of City NPDES documents. If you or your representative would like to confer with our consultant, please contact me and I will set something up. 67. Provide information on the water quality of the water features. If water goes into sewer system, need Industrial Waste Permit. If water goes into storm drain, need discharge permit from the Regional Water Quality Board. 68. Provide the traffic control signage standard drawing number or detail indicating what the signs will say. 69. General comments to the inner park cluster submittals: a. Verify that the landscape plan, grading plan and site plan consistently show building pad locations, pathways, etc. b. Clearly indicate the storm drain and sewer system are private. c. Indicate which water line are for fire service and will require an easement. If the easements are in areas of landscaping, note constraints to planting and irrigation on the landscape plan. d. Contours between Imagination Center Cluster grading plan and Miniland Cluster grading plan do not line up. e. Building square footages from the floor plan do not match those on the site plan. f. Prepare an Excel file with all buildings, building types, use, square footage and number of seats when applicable. Plan to bring in diskette and spreadsheet to meet with City (Sherri Howard, Mike Peterson and Mike Bock) week of January 20, 1997. The City will use this information to determine which buildings will have impact fees associated with them. g. It is difficult to differentiate the existing topography from the proposed topography. Either darken the proposed or lighten the existing. h. The drawing numbers refenced on the landscape plans do not match those in the set. i. In the Beginning, what is the Market Place, Area development? j. In Funtown, where is the birthday pergola? Is there water, sewer or food service? k. The project description for Castle Hill includes attractions not identified on the plans: Royal Pavilion, Green Room, Puppet Show Cart, Outdoor Show, Birthday Tent. I. In the Imagination Center project description, are Free Play, Learning Center and Structure Play all considered LEGO workshops? Note: References to Lot 18 and 19 are future Lot 18 and 19 to be created with the recordation of CT 94-09 Unit 2 and 3. 70. Attached is a redlined check print of the site plan. This plan is given to the applicant for corrections and changes as noted. The applicant must return the redlined checkprint with the corrected site plan to assist us in our continued review. 71. Attached is a copy of the "APPROVED" certificate to be added to each sheet, 2 copies of handicap ramp standards - one for LLCI and one for Nolte, checklist for completeness, redlined soils report. -TO APPROVED THIS IS THE APPROVED TENTATIVE MAP/SITE PLAN PER CONDITION NO OFPLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO ENGINEERING DEFT. - DATE PLANNING DEFT. - DATE January 13, 1997 TO: DON NEU, PLANNING DEPT. From: Virginia Me Coy, Community Services Dept, Special Projects COMMENTS ON SDP 96-14/CDP 96-16 - LEGOLAND Thank you for the opportunity to review the referenced set of plans for Legoland. This sections main concern will be the portions of the project that will require maintenance by the City Street Section such as the storm drain system lying within public easements. Although storm drain maintenance easements will be shown on additional improvement plans for the area, we find it convenient to also have them labeled on the drawings included in this set; OP 110, 111 and 112 as we will retain a final copy of these plans in our office for future maintenance calls. For this reason we request that easement areas be shown for all areas of the storm drain that the City is to maintain. It is understood the street lighting system for Lego Drive as shown on drawings OP 123 and 124 will be a private system maintained by Legoland staff, however after reviewing the system two questions arise. 1. Pole height is inconsistent. The profile gives a 35' proposed height while the Legend lists the proposed height as being 30*. A 30* height at maximum is recommended as the street is only 50* wide and a taller mounting height would reflect too far beyond the traveled right of way. 2. The lighting fixture as shown is a double luminaire with one of the heads mounted over the street side and the other mounted over a unpaved area. Is their a reason to illuminate the untraveled side? December 30, 1996 TO: DON NEU FROM: Captain George Suttle, Police Department SUBJECT: LEGOLAND CARLSBAD - PLAN REVIEW Senior staff of the police department reviewed the plans for Legoland Carlsbad. Two areas of concern were addressed. First, on Drawing number PW005 the emergency access plan, it appears that emergency vehicles entering the park from the Lego Drive side of the park, once inside would have to drive across the entrance way (The Beginning) to get to the First Aid Station. This of course is directly in the path of park visitors entering the park. While crossing pedestrian pathways is not the best scenario it would be acceptable if the security/communications plan calls for park security to control pedestrian ingress/egress during emergency vehicle operations. Secondly, on Drawing number OP125, Parking Layout South. It appears that there is a pedestrian crossing that traverses Lego Drive at the main ingress- egress point to the park. It appears that this pedestrian walkway is only a marked (painted) crossing. We are concerned that if there is any amount of pedestrian traffic during peak vehicle traffic that without better traffic controls this would be a hazardous situation particularly with small children. Are there plans to staff this with a crossing guard - parking control person? Other than those two issues the plans look good. Date: January 13, 1997 To: Planning Department From: Police Department/Crime Prevention Subject: Plan Review-SDP 96-14/CPD 96-16 Plan Review Recommendations The following are optimal security suggestions provided by the Carlsbad Police Department. The purpose is to create an atmosphere that is free from crime opportunities. The recommendations are presented in two sections, site considerations and building recommendations. A. Site Issues A-1 Lighting It is suggested that aisles, passageways, and recesses related to and within the building complex should be illuminated with an intensity of at least twenty-five one hundredths (.25) footcandles at the ground level during the hours of darkness. Lighting devices should be protected by weather and vandalism-resistant covers. Open parking lots should be provided with a maintained minimum of one (1) footcandle of light on the parking surface during the hours of darkness. White lights provide better vision and surveillance capabilities than do yellow lights. Lighting devices should be protected by weather and vandalism covers. The main entry and rear dock areas should be given additional lighting during hours of darkness. A-2 Landscaping The exterior landscaping should be kept at a minimal height and fullness giving police, security services and the general public surveillance capabilities of the area. Landscaping should be designed to not detract from lighting. Low level plants should be planted in front of windows so as to not cover windows. All entrances shoiii^ be kept clear of clutter. > trimeter landscaping should not take away from vision into the property. Trees should have a canopy of not less than five feet. Shrubs and bushes should not be higher that three feet. Walkways should be clear providing surveillance capabilities and should be lined with low level ground cover or trees with high canopies. Security plants should be applied where necessary to prevent loitering and tampering. Burms should b kept at a minimum when they detract from surveillance. A-3 Addressing A street number should be displayed on a prominent location on the street side of the building. The number should be placed in a position that is easily visible to emergency vehicles to hasten their approach. The numbers should be no less than four (4) inches in height and should be of a contrasting color to the building to which they are attached. A diagrammatic representation of the park should be placed at all emergency entrances to speed response. B. Building Recommendations B-1 Doors Hollow steel doors shall have a minimum sixteen U.S. gauge and have sufficient reinforcement to maintain the designed thickness of the door when any locking device is installed. Glass doors shall have fully tempered glass or rated burglary resistant glazing. All exterior door should be protected with security hardware. All doors shall be equipped with an astragal constructed of steel a minimum of .125 inch thick which will cover the opening between the door and frame or other door. The astragal shall be attached to the outside by means of welding or with non-removable bolts spaced apart on not more than ten inch centers. The jamb on all aluminum frame swinging doors shall be so constructed or protected to withstand 1600 pounds of pressure in both a vertick distance of three inches anc horizontal distance of one inch each side of the strike, so as to prevent violation of the strike. B-2 Windows Movable windows should be equipped with security hardware. B-3 Roofs All roof openings shall be secured. B-4 Gates and Fences All gates, fences and walls should be constructed to allow surveillance into park areas. B-5 Loading and Unloading Areas All loading areas should maintain additional lighting and cargo roll-up doors should be equipped with security hardware. Rear pedestrian doors in this ares should be equipped with a viewer. Trash areas should be positioned away from areas of loading and unloading. If you have questions or comments regarding this review, please contact the Crime Prevention Unit. If you would like additional assistance with regards to securing buildings or employee security issues, please contact the Business Liaison at 931-2177. Reviewed by: Jodeene R. Sasway Crime Prevention Specialist (619) 931-2195