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September 20, 1995
Don Neu Senior P1 anner
Ci ty of Carl sbad
P1 anni ng Department
2075 Las Palmas Drive
Carlsbad, CA 92009-1576
Re: Carlsbad Local Coastal Program Amendment Submittal - Development
Agreements and Carlsbad Ranch Flower Fields Trai 1 Realignment
Dear Don,
This office received several items representing the above-described request on
August 30, 1995. Pursuant to Section 13553 of the Commission's Administrative Regulations, the Executive Director has reviewed the transmittal and determined it to be in proper order and legally adequate to comply with the requirements of Public Resources Code Section 30510(b). Therefore, as of August 30, 1995, this item is deemed properly submitted. For future reference, this item has been assigned the following title: Carlsbad LCP Amendment #2-95 (Development AgreementsICarlsbad Ranch Flower Fields Trail).
The submittal involves an amendment to the City's Zoning Code to incorporate a chapter on development agreements and amends the certified Carlsbad Ranch
Specific Plan to realign the flower fields trail and pedestrian promenade; the
amendment has been classified as a major amendment. As a major amendment, the Coastal Commission has 60 days to review an implementation plan modification.
Therefore, the amendment has been tentatively scheduled for Commission review at its October 10-13, 1995 meeting here in San Diego. Once the actual agenda is set for the meeting, you will receive a more specific notice for the time
and date of the public hearing.
The amendment has been classified as a major amendment because there are some technical clarifications which need to be made in the development agreements chapter. For instance, a standard of review for approving and/or denying any development agreement should be its consistency with the City's certified local coastal program. In addition, as presently drafted, the submitted version would require that all development agreements be reviewed as a local coastal program amendment and that is not correct in all situations. I apologize that we did not bring these issues to your attention earlier so that you could have considered them at the local level. This office will keep you informed as we continue our staff review on this amendment request.
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Don Neu
September 20, 1995 Page 2
Lastly, although this amendment request is entitled LCP Amendment #2-95, it is actually the City's first major amendment item for this calendar year. Earlier, the City had submitted LCP Amendment #1-95 which included only
portions of the development agreements chapter, the senior citizen housing provisions and the second dwell ing units ordinance.
items were withdrawn and the item was never formally heard by the Coastal Commission. Therefore, for our records, the number was assigned but since there was no formal action and the staff did not even prepare a staff report on the request, we have not counted it against the City's three allotted LCP amendment requests for the year.
The planner who will be reviewing this item is Bill Ponder. Please don't hesitate to call Bill or me if you have any questions.
U1 timately, a1 1 of those
Sincerely,
Deborah N. Lee Assistant District Director
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