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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCT 02-14; Bressi Ranch Residential; Tentative Map (CT) (14)*""*>,. » "UP" City of Carlsbad Planning Department March 7, 2003 Lennar Communities Kristine Zortman 5780 Fleet Street Suite 320 Carlsbad CA 92008 SUBJECT: MP 178(A)/CT 02-14/PUD 02-06/CUP 02-17 BRESSI RANCH RESIDENTIAL Thank you for applying for Land Use Permits in the City of Carlsbad. The Planning Department has reviewed your development applications nos. MP 178(A), CT 02-14, PUD 02-06, and CUP 02-17 as to their completeness for processing. All of the items requested of you earlier have not been received and therefore your application is still deemed incomplete. Listed below are the item(s) still needed in order to deem your application as complete. This list of items must be submitted directly to your staff planner by appointment. All list items must be submitted simultaneously and a copy of this list must be included with your submittals, including five (5) sets of plans. No processing of your application can occur until the application is determined to be complete. When all required materials are submitted the City has 30 days to make a determination of completeness. If the application is determined to be complete, processing for a decision on the application will be initiated. In addition, please note that you have six months from the date the application was initially filed, July 12, 2002, to either resubmit the application or submit the required information. Failure to resubmit the application or to submit the materials necessary to determine your application complete shall be deemed to constitute withdrawal of the application. If an application is withdrawn or deemed withdrawn, a new application must be submitted. Please contact your staff planner, Christer Westman, at (760) 602-4614, or staff engineer Clyde Wickham at (760) 602-2742, if you have any questions or wish to set up a meeting to discuss the application. Sincerely, MICHAEL J. Planning Director MJH:CW:sn Don Neu Clyde Wickham File Copy Data Entry Planning Aide 1635 Faraday Avenue • Carlsbad, CA 92008-7314 • (760) 602-4600 • FAX (760) 602-8559 • www.ci.carlsbad.ca.us W LIST OF ITEMS NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION No. MP 178(A)/CT 02-14/PUD 02-06/CUP 02-17- BRESSI RANCH RESIDENTIAL Planning: 1. The maintenance plan sheets leave some areas blank. As an example, some areas that should be HOA maintained are not identified as such. 2. Elevations should be provided for significant structures within the common parks. 3. Street trees are not shown for some areas. Please include the tree planting scheme for all planning areas. 4. Garden walls are shown in section for planning areas 7 and 8 at the front property line, but are not shown on the plot plans. Please explain why. Will there be any type of fencing on top of these garden walls? Will each home in PAs 7 and 8 have a short stairway directly from the sidewalk up to the pad level? Plan two in PA 7 shows a stairway to the front courtyard. Will there really be a stairway? 5. A typical location for return fencing should be shown on the floorplans for all product. 6. See redline prints for additional comments. ISSUES OF CONCERN Planning: 1. PA 8; Plan 1: Farmhouse. Although the wrap-around porch looks great in elevation, the effect of the side porch may very well be lost in most cases when plotted on the lot. I suggest possibly capturing the porch space adjacent to the dining room as interior space thereby shortening the extent of the porch toward the rear of the lot. 2. After reviewing the fencing plans it became apparent that final plans will need to be developed once each floor plan has been matched to an elevation style. Refer to comments on the fencing plan for individual lot suggestions. However a basic fencing strategy can be developed at this time. The components of that strategy should be as follows: • Perimeter fencing should either be of a solid masonry material, wrought iron view, or combination of the two. • Street side yard fencing should be solid masonry because it requires less maintenance once constructed and is more durable than wooden fencing. • Wooden fencing is appropriate for internal rear and side yards. The exception may be if the rear yard fence is at the toe of a slope. • Side yard return fencing should be a straight shot from one home to the next as much as possible. Return fencing should be positioned far enough back from the front plane of the home to allow for shrub and/or tree planting opportunities. Pulling the return fencing back from the building face also visually strengthens building separation. 3. Regarding fence designs, is your intention to use the same fence designs for each of the different residential planning areas? 4. Some homes should be angled to be more parallel with their corresponding front property line for the purpose of making the front door more visible from the street. 5. In planning area 7, the side yard including the courtyard is the premium outdoor space for the lot. Homes should be plotted to take maximum advantage of side yard courtyard combinations. 6. The front door element may be strengthened on the plan one in planning area 9 by bringing the entry element forward. Farmhouse = porch. Colonial = portico. Eclectic = garden gate. 7. See individual architectural plans for comments. However, a general comment is that so much effort is spent developing front elevations that are extraordinary yet the garage doors, which are still a significant element of the street presence, are presented as generic one design fits all. I suggest that some thought be given to how the garage doors will compliment the overall appearance of each elevation. 8. See redline prints for additional comments. Please return the redline prints with your next submittal.