HomeMy WebLinkAboutEIR 93-02; Green Valley; Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (15)CARLSBAD PARTNEM, LTD.
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February24, 1994
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
City of Carlsbad
1200 Carlsbad Village Drive
Carlsbad, California 92008-1989
Dear Council Members:
We request your approval of the applicant's alternative for the area of Green Valley commonly referred
to as the "Red Barn". This will allow the subsequent planning process to work as it has been intended.
Any development must come back to the Planning Commission and City Council for approval of Site
Plans and Architectural Design. Carlsbad Partners is well aware that it is their responsibility to
demonstrate that any change in the current use will be an asset to the City.
The Carlsbad staff and Planning Commission have recommended a designation of "Unplanned". This
was an approach identified at the last minute during the public hearing process. It leaves the issue of the
land use and intensity of development open. We believe no substantive purpose is served by the
unplanned designation; it creates uncertainty and future confusion over the use of the property. /c
Carlsbad Partners sees any use on this corner as an important, very visible statement about the quality
of the entire Green Valley project. Only a very limited range of uses are appropriate to consider at this
location. These are represented by a dramatically reduced version of the uses permitted within the zoning
category of Neighborhood Commercial (NC). Additionally, any use must be small in scale and
architecturally designed appropriate to the site. These uses and design criteria are contained in the Master
Plan text attached which, in the PC zone, will constitute both land use and development standards for the
site. As a further effort to reach an agreement on the Neighborhood Commercial designation we propose
to amend the Master Plan text to reduce the allowed square footage by one-third to a maximum of 8,000 s.f. and elimination of the convenience food store seen by some as potentially allowing an inappropriate
type of use for this location. These changes are reflected in the attached proposed Master Plan text.
Carlsbad Partners finds itself in the unusual position for an applicant of requesting that any future
development on a portion of the property be very narrowly defined rather than left open. The adoption
of the Green Valley Master Plan should include a clear statement that any change in the use of this site
will not be to a type of use that is a concern to many people and agencies. Those uses will be
permanently removed from consideration with the adoption of the applicant's alternative.
Thank you for your consideration of this matter.
Very truly yours,
Tom Curnes, General Partner
Carlsbad Partners, Ltd.