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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCUP 154D; Pacific Bell; Conditional Use Permit (CUP) (21)- City of Carlsbad October 19, 2000 Allied Design Group Andrew Atkinson 2359 Fourth Avenue San Diego CA 92101 SUBJECT: CUP 154(D) - PACIFIC BELL Dear Andrew: Please find attached a list of items regarding the review of the Pacific Bell expansion project. Please address the items and resubmit four sets of plans to the Planning Department. I am currently submitting additional plan sets to other departments for their review and hope to have additional comments to you within a couple of weeks. Some of the items we have discussed previously over the phone. If you have any comments regarding the items below, please call me at (760) 602-4613 or for Engineering comments, contact David Rick at (760) 602-2781. Attached is a set of redlined plans to aid the engineer and architect with their revisions. Please return the redlined plans with the next resubmittal package. Sincerely, Associate Planner VL:cs Attachments C: David Rick file 1635 Faraday Avenue Carlsbad, CA 92008-7314 (760) 602-4600 FAX (760) 602-8559 www.ci.carlsbad.ca.us ~~ CUP 154(D) - PACIFIC BELL PLANNING 1. Please explain what will happen to the new temporary paved area after the expansion is completed. This area should be replaced with landscaping as it is not needed for parking. 2. Please draw in and label the 50-foot front yard setback line on the plans. The proposed temporary paving will need to be removed from this area. 3. Please correct item number 16 which may conflict with item number 6 on the General Notes, Sheet A1 . 4. Please identify item number 18 of the General Notes, sheet A1 . 5. Add new notes to identify the new driveway and entry gates. Please show any proposed keypad entry feature. 6. Please correct note under "Average Daily Trip Generation" that the "public does - NOT have access to this facility." 7. Please explain the Recreational Space number of 1,340 sq ft under Resume, Sheet Al. 8. Please add the square footage of the employee eating area on the title sheet. The project currently provides 1,886 square feet. The requirement is for 2,368 square feet of area but Planning will consider the 1,886 square feet provided as adequate for the site. Also show the existing second floor outdoor patio space on the roof plans and floor plans. 9. Please provide the projected number of employees at this location. 10. Please delete the first five parking spaces on the right side of the parking lot as you enter the site. This area is preferred to be left as a landscaped area and will preserve a large eucalyptus tree as well. The site generates approximately 40 parking spaces based on a warehouse use (1 space /lo00 sq ft). The remaining 52 parking spaces will be adequate to serve the site. 1 1, Please correct item three on the east elevation and item 10 on the west elevation of Sheet A5. 12. Please verify on grading plan, Sheet C2, that the top of wall (TW) and FL are correct at the southwestern corner of the property. (TW 216.0/FL206.25 and TW 21 5.O/FL205.81). Is the flow line of the proposed browditch or of the curb? ENGINEERING 1. Adequate turn-around for trash trucks must be provided. Turn around can be achieved by preserving the paved area north of the proposed trash receptacle. This -. 2. 3. space is currently being used as a parking space. Place a note stating "parking space to be replaced with backup space for trash truck and marked with a no parking sign". The angle of intersection between the driveway and street cannot be more than ten degrees from a right angle within the public right-of- way. This standard applies to that portion of the driveway within the proposed 5-fOOt dedication for public right- of-way as well. Provide curves to the driveway as it connects with that portion of the driveway within the right-of-way. Also, add a "Do Not Enter" sign next to the driveway for egress. In addition, the required minimum driveway width is 12 feet for the egress and ingress portions. Please revise the site plan and grading plan accordingly. Please explain how the site is constrained such that the concrete brow ditch cannot be replaced with a grass swale. Based on my field observation, the entire concrete brow ditch could be replaced with a grass swale from the curb outlet to the existing ditch. Although drain inlet filters can be an effective method of filtering pollutants, vegetation requires less monitoring, maintenance and expense. Failure to maintain and replace the inlet filter will render the filter useless. Furthermore, I don't understand where the outlet would be placed for the proposed inlet in the brow ditch. One alternative design to consider is as follows: Replace the concrete brow ditch with a grass and gravel swale beginning approximately 30 feet from the street curb (about where the inlet box is currently proposed yet is no longer needed) to 100 feet or more southward. In addition, adjust the grades to drain the parking lot to a proposed curb opening at the northwest corner of the most northerly parking space instead of the location currently proposed. Unlike the current proposal, this location will not be subject to any water bypassing the curb opening. This opening would be followed by a grass and gravel swale to connect with the modified drainage ditch. 4. You indicated that the on-site fire hydrant and water main is private. You may be correct, but only because documents to record easements for the benefit of the City were never processed under the previous Conditional Use Permit Amendment. The intent, however, was to provide the City access to these water facilities via an easement. Therefore, this project will be conditioned to require that the property owner dedicate a water easement to the City prior to the issuance of building permit or show proof that dedication has already been granted. In addition, a construction change to DWG 348-9 will be required. 5. Provide an energy dissipater at the terminus of the brow ditch that collects slope runoff at the rear of the lot. If the cobblestone rock is to remain as the dissipater, then state so on the plans.