HomeMy WebLinkAboutGPA 11-05; CUP Code Amendments; General Plan Amendment (GPA)The City of Carlsbad Planning Division
A REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION
Item No.
Application complete date: N/A
P.C. AGENDA OF: May 1, 2013 Project Planner: Shannon Werneke
Project Engineer: N/A
SUBJECT: GPA 11-05/ZCA 09-03/LCPA 09-02 – CUP CODE AMENDMENTS – A
request for a recommendation of approval of a General Plan Amendment, Zone
Code Amendment, and Local Coastal Program Amendment to simplify and
streamline the development review process for conditional use permits in the nonresidential zones by reassigning the approval authority to the lowest
appropriate decision-maker, to amend the text of the General Plan and Zoning
Ordinance to provide greater flexibility for a variety of conditional uses in the
nonresidential zones, and to amend the Commercial Visitor-Serving Overlay Zone
to address minor miscellaneous amendments relating to decision-making authority for conditional uses.
I. RECOMMENDATION
That the Planning Commission ADOPT Planning Commission Resolutions No. 6960, 6961 and 6962 RECOMMENDING APPROVAL of GPA 11-05, ZCA 09-03, and LCPA 09-02 based on
the findings contained therein.
II. INTRODUCTION
At the April 17, 2013 hearing the Planning Commission continued the agenda item to May 1,
2013 to allow the commissioners sufficient time for discussion and consideration of the CUP
Code Amendments project. The public hearing was not opened on the item due to the late hour at
which the previous agenda item was finished.
III. DISCUSSION
At the April 17, 2013 Planning Commission hearing, a letter from Mr. Ted Owen, President of
the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, was circulated to each of the commissioners. Based on the project’s beneficial impact on businesses interested in locating to Carlsbad, the letter indicated the Chamber of Commerce’s strong support for the project. In addition, Mr. Owen requested
that the proposed changes for properties located outside of the coastal zone become effective
immediately following approval from City Council. This is being requested not only because it
is anticipated that it will take up to 18 months for the California Coastal Commission to act on the project, but also because the vast majority of properties which would benefit from the project are located outside of the coastal zone.
While staff understands this issue and the need for the changes to become effective as soon as
possible, currently there is only one city-wide Zoning Code which covers properties located inside as well as outside of the coastal zone. Because the proposed CUP amendments affect a number of chapters within the Zoning Code, it would create the need to publish a second Zoning
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Code for properties located outside of the coastal zone. Although this is the direction staff appears to be headed towards with the General Plan update, because the General Plan update
process has not been completed, it is staff’s desire to retain one Zoning Code. Not only is it
unknown what the format will be for the new Zoning Code, but it is also extremely complex,
costly and time-consuming (i.e., could take up to a year) to publish a second Zoning Code. Therefore, staff cannot support the request to separate the proposed amendments for properties located outside of the coastal zone.
ATTACHMENT:
1. Planning Commission Staff Report dated April 17, 2013 (previously distributed)
ATTACHMENT 1
Previously distributed with
Planning Commission Packets
dated April 17, 2013
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ERRATA SHEET FOR AGENDA ITEM #1
Memorandum
April 23, 2013
To:
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Shannon Werneke, Associate Planner{) v
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Errata Sheet for Age;;;Ja Item Ill -GPA 11-05/ZCA 09-03/LCPA 09-02 -CUP CODE
AMENDMENTS
Staff is recommending that the .Planning Commission include the following revisions to address a
typographical error:
Revise page 6 ("Mobile home", footnote reference) of Exhibit "Y" of Planning Commission Resolution
No. 6961 as follows:
Mobile home (see note 3 and &2, below) (defined: Section 21.04.266H
Revise page 10 (Mobile home", footnote reference) of Attachment 7-Strike-out/underline version of
the proposed Zoning Ordinance text amendments as follows:
Mobile home (see note 3 and &2, below) (defined: Section 21.04.266H
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