Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutLCPA 86-01; City of Carlsbad Citywide Zone Change; Local Coastal Program Amendment (LCPA) (5)? STAFF .=PORT DATE : AUGUST 13 , 1986 TO: PLANNING COMMISSION FROM: PLANNING DEPARTMENT SUBJECT: GPAILU 86-8IZC-347ILCPA 86-1 - CITY OF CARLSBAD - General Plan Amendments, Zone Changes, Local Coastal Plan Amendments to bring the General Plan, Zoning and Local Coastal Plan maps into conformance. I. RECOMMENDATION That the Planning Commission recommend APPROVAL of the Negative Declarations issued by the Planning Director and ADOPT Resolution Nos. 2584, 2585 and 2586 recommending APPROVAL ofmLU 86-8IZC- 347 and LCPA 86-1 per staff's recommendation to the City Council based on the findings contained therein. 11. PROJECT DESCRIPTION This item was previously discussed at the July 30, 1986 Planning Commission meeting. At that time the Planning Commission voted on most of the proposed General Plan Amendments , Local Coastal Plan Amendments or Zone Changes. However, a number of these proposals were continued to this meeting, due to the requests of effected property owners or last minute information that was made available to staff. The following items were continued to tonight's meeting. Exhibit 'ID" - Costa Real Property - El Camino Real Staff is recommending that this 6.09 acre site's zoning be changed from R-1-10, Single Family Residential 10,000 square foot miniumum lot size to M-Q, Industrial with a Q (Qualified Overlay) , see Exhibit "D". This zone change would bring its zoning into conformance with its PI , Planned Industrial General Plan designation. The properties to the north, east and west are zoned M-Q, while the property to the south is zoned OS, Open Space. The recommended zone change would have no impact on the existing building on this site which appears to be a single family residence being used as an office by the Costa Real Municipal Water District. A representative of Costa Real Municipal Water District requested that this item be continued until the August 13, 1986 Planning Commission meeting. This would give the Board of Director's of the Costa Real Municipal Water District the opportunity to discuss the proposed change prior to the August 13, 1986 Planning Commission meeting. Staff's recommendation remains the same, Exhibit "F" - Hughes Property, Highway 78 and Jefferson Street This is a General Plan Amendment (GPA) from Intensive Regional Commercial (RRI) to Open Space (OS) for that portion of the property containing Buena Vista Creek in order to provide consistency with the LCP. In addition, a zone change from C-2-Q to OS for the same area would be required to implement the proposed modification. The day of the Planning Commission meeting the owners of this property made staff aware of a small sliver of flat land north of Buena Vista Creek. This property is adjacent to a buildable site in Oceanside. When the property in Oceanside is developed this parcel may be utilized as a parking area. Staff believes that a LCP amendment is warranted to change this site's designation from OS to RRI to allow it to be developed with the adjacent commercial property. The purpose of the OS, designation in this area is to protect Buena Vista Creek. Staff recommends that this site's General Plan designation, Local Coastal Plan designation and Zoning be modified as shown on Exhibit "F". Exhibit IIJ" - Ticor (APN 155-101-65 and 155-190-13) and Native Sun (APN 203-010-21) located near the mouth of Buena Vista Lagoon On July 30, 1986 the Planning Commission considered a General Plan Amendment and Zone Change for the properties to provide consistency with the LCP. Staff had recommended a General Plan Amendment from residential medium (RM) and open space (OS) to residential low medium (RLM) for both properties. Staff also recommended a zone change from R-A to R-1-10 for the Native Sun parcel and from R-A to R-1-20 for the Ticor parcels to allow for a gradual decrease in intensity of land use approaching the lagoon. Finally, staff recommended a LCP amendment from open space (OS) to residential low medium (RLM) to clarify that an LCP map note which designated first row from lagoon parcels as RLM did apply to the subject properties. Just prior to the July 30th meeting staff was informed by the Coastal Commission that the Native Sun parcel had an open space easement over it as a condition of a coastal development permit for the adjacent bluff-top development. Since Native Sun has recorded an irrevocable offer to dedicate an open space easement over the parcel, staff is no longer recommending the RLM General Plan designation. Instead, the General Plan should be amended to designate the Native Sun parcel as open space (OS) to provide -2- consistency with the previous Coastal Commission action. A LCP amendment is probably no longer needed since permit action clarifies the LCP map designation of open space (i.e, the map note affecting the first row of parcels does not apply to the Native Sun property). Regarding the Ticor parcels, the Planning Commission expressed concerns that the staff recommended RLM General Plan designation would allow an overly intensive use adjacent to the sensitive lagoon wetlands. The Planning Commission expressed further concerns regarding both traffic impacts related to development at RLM densities and the possibility that the site was constrained by geologic hazards (e.g, soil liquefaction). The Planning Commission reserved taking action on the Exhibit "J" amendments to allow Ticor time to analyze its options. Subsequently, staff has reviewed the Coastal Development Permit No. 6-83-51 that affected the Native Sun parcel. The Ticor parcel was originally involved in the Native Sun development but it was removed from direct consideration when the parcels were the subject of a State Lands Commission law suit. The text of the permit contains specific guidance regarding the future development of the Ticor property. Based on the sensitivity of the site the Coastal Commission adopted findings that would allow the future development of a single family residence (or two since two lots are involved) or an educational interpretative facility on the Ticor property. Recognizing both the concerns of the Planning Commission and the guidance provided by the Coastal Commission, staff is recommending the following for the Ticor property: 1. A General Plan Amendment from residential medium (RM)/open space (OS) to residential low (RL). 2. A Zone Change from R-A to R-1-30,000 to implement the proposed General Plan Designation (RL). 3. A Local Coastal Plan amendment from open space (OS) to (RL) residential low (0-1 1/2 du's/ac). Exhibits "N" - "N1" and "0" - Area in the vicinity of Harrison and Adams Streets and Chinquapin Avenue At the July 30, 1986 Planning Commission meeting staff was recommending that the zoning of the properties surrounded by the above-mentioned streets be changed from R-1-7500 to RD-M. Staff also recommended that two properties on the west side of Harrison Street adjacent to the freeway have their zoning changed from R- 1-7500 to RD-M. This would have brought their zoning into conformancy with their General Plan and Local Coastal Plan designation of RMH, 8-15 du's/acre. -3- At the July 30, 1986 Planning Commission meeting a number of property owners spoke out against the proposed General Plan Amendments and zone changes. They expressed concerns about traffic and stated that. they felt that this area is basically a single family neighborhood and should remain that way. Based on the citizen input the Planning Commission directed staff to return with revised recommendations for these properties reflecting the input received at the July 30, 1986 meeting. Staff is recommending that the zoning for the area surrounded by Harrison Street, Adams Street and Chinquapin Avenue keep its existing R-1-7500 zoning. The two parcels on Harrison Street adjacent to the freeway should be rezoned to RD-M to bring them into conformance with their RMH, General Plan and Local Coastal Plan designations, see Exhibit "0". Staff is also recommending that the properties surrounded by Harrison Street, Adams Street and Chinquapin Avenue have their General Plan and Local Coastal Plan designations changed from RMH and RM to RLM, see Exhibits "N" + "Nl". Exhibit "U" - Paseo Del Norte between Palomar Airport Road and Encinitas Creek This would be a proposed LCP amendment to provide consistency with the General Plan. The LCP currently designates the entire area east and west of Paseo Del Norte, except for the southwest corner of Palomar Airport Road and Paseo Del Norte, as PI (Planned Industrial). The City's General Plan, however, designates the area for Travel Service and Office (TS/O). The General Plan also designates the Caltrans maintenance yard as G (Government). The proposed LCP amendment would provide consistency with the General Plan and Specific Plan for the area, as well as compatibility with existing development. It should be noted the Coastal Commission has already granted several permits consistent with the proposed LCP amendment. The proposed amendment would also require a zone change from C-2 to CT-Q for the area north of the Caltrans property on both sides of Paseo Del Norte. This would be consistent with the General Plan's (Travel Service), TS designation for the area. All other zoning is compatible with the General Plan designations. See Exhibit "T" for zone change and Exhibit "U" for Local Coastal P 1 an amendment s . The Planning Commission approved the proposed zone change shown on Exhibit "T" . However, the Commission continued the proposed Local Coastal Plan Amendment shown on Exhibit "U" due to concerns expressed by one of the affected property owners. -4- Exhibit "EE" - Commercial area, northwest of Alga Road and El Camino Real. This would be three separate actions to establish the boundary between commercial uses on the south and residential uses on the north side of the future westward extension from El Camino Real of Dove Lane. The first action would be a GPA from C (General Commercial) to RM (Residential Medium 4-8 du's/ac) for the portion of the area north of the future extension of Dove Lane which is designated General Commercial (C> on the General Plan. The second action would involve a proposed LCP amendment from RM to C to extend the commercial area on the northwest side of Alga Road and El Camino Real northward to Dove Lane. Just before the Planning Commission meeting the owner of the property made staff aware that this property has been annexed into the City with a zoning of C-2-Q. Since this property is not in the county as staff originally believed a zone change from C- 2-4 to RD-M will be required on the portion of the site north of the future extension of Dove Lane. Exhibits "GG" and "HH" - South end of Batiquitos Drive (Savage and Lyman Properties) staff is recommending that this item be continued to the next Planning Commission meeting. Staff and the owner of the property have not had sufficient time since the last Planning Commission meeting to meet and come to a resolution as to what this site's designation should be or what the intent of the Local Coastal plan was in regards to this site. Exhibit "MM" - Ecke property south of Palomar Airport Road This proposed Local Coastal Plan Amendment would reduce the location and extent of the OS, Open Space designation on the Local Coastal Plan to correspond to the General Plan designation of OS on this property. The intent of the OS designation in this area was to preserve the steep slopes on the south side of Canyon de Las Encinas and to protect an appropriately sized channel for the stream itself. However, the OS designation on the Local Coastal Plan extends beyond the channel and includes much of the developable portion of this property. Staff believes that the revised open space corridor based on a biological examination of the property will adequately protect sensitive coastal resources. This item was presented to the Planning Commission in a memorandum that was passed out at the Planning Commission meeting. Staff has included it in this report to provide the Commission with adequate time to review this request. In conclusion, staff recommends that the Commission approve the proposed General Plan Amendments, Local Coastal Plan Amendments, and Zone Changes as shown on the attached exhibits. -5- IV. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW The Planning Director has determined that the projects outside the Coastal Zone will not have a significant effect on the environment and issued Negative Declarations on July 12, 1986. The projects within the Coastal Zone are exempt from environmental review per Section 15265 A1 of the California Environmental Quality Act. Attachments 1. Planning Commission Resolution Nos. 2584, 2585, 2586 and 2597 3. Staff Report dated, July 30, 1986 w/attachments 4. Memorandum to the Planning Commission dated, July 30, 1986 MH/ar 8/6/86 -6- EXHIBIT 0 JULY 14, 1986 CITY OF CARLSBAD vue 3. ! EXHIBIT E JULY 14, 1986 4 CITY OF CARLSBAD EXHIBIT F LCPA from OS to RRI zc from C-2- I 35 0' L.' 20.57AC. > '? to os to os PLAZA CAMINO REAL 2.31AC 0 .v 2 3.73AC n 27 (L LCBA 86-1 LCPA from OS to RRI GPMLU 86-8 zc- 347 GPA from RRI to OS ZC from C-;4 to OS PORTIONS OF APN 156-301-1 -2 -5 JULY 14, 1986 EXHIBIT J ZC RA to R-1-30 GPA rtI/OS to RL zc RA to 0 GPA/LU 36-8 zc-347 GPA from Rtl/OS to RL /OS ZC from RA to 6s & R-1-30 APN 155-101-65 155-190- 13 203-010-21 JULY 14, 1986 EXHIBIT N August 5, 1986 I L t CHI NQWAP I N AVE. RLM LCPA From RPI to RLM/~IH to mvl APN 206-120-3 to 9, 12,I-It 14 EXHISIT N.l August 5, 1986 I I t CH INQWAP I N AVE. \ GPA and LCPA From RHH to RLM APN 206-120-1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 15 EXHIBIT 0 August 5, 1986 I P C H INWAP I N I From R1 to RDM APN 206-120-23 and 24 HA RBORVI EW LN. -- L CAPFAIRE LN. 4 EXHIBIT R -. I EXHIBIT R zc- 347 I ZC from R-2 to R-1 I APN 210-032-1-8 210-0624-3,S- 13 I JULY 14. 1986 PI TO TS 3 APN 211-050-4 -12 211-040-20 ,2t ,24,25,26,27,28,2cJ1 -5 -6 -8 PI -. EXHIBIT EF: 5 074C "4 io OOAC P I . LCPA FROM RM TO C zc-347 ZC from C-2-0 to RD-21 GPA/LU 86-8 LCPA 86-1 LCPA from RM to C GPA from C to RM APN 215-050-portion of 61 JULY 14, 1986 x F EXHIBIT GG GPA 86-8 - GPA from RMH & OS to Rtl & OS JULY 14, 1986 EXPIRIT t'l.r S P I NNAKER HILLS t \ 2C-347 ZC from LC to RD-M July 14, 1986 EXPIPIT !P July 14, 1986 GPA 86-8 From PI to OS LCPA 86-1 From PI to OS From OS to PI