HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002-01-02; Planning Commission; Resolution 51131
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PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 5113
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING
APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE LAND USE
ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN TO IMPLEMENT
VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE CALAVERA HILLS MASTER PLAN ON PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF
THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE, WEST OF LAKE! CALAVERA
AND EAST OF EL CAMINO REAL, IN THE NORTHEAST
QUADRANT OF THE CITY IN LOCAL FACILITIES
MANAGEMENT ZONE 7.
CASE NAME: CALAVERA HILLS PHASE II
CASE NO: GPA 99-03
WHEREAS, Calavera Hills II, L.L.C, “Developer”/“Ownerr,” has tiled a verified
application with the City of Carlsbad regarding property described as
A portion of Lots “D”, n n “ ” E , J And “L” of Ranch0 Agua Hedionda,
according to partition map thereof No. 823, filed in the Office of the
County Recorder of said San Diego County on November 16, 1896.
Ail being in the City of Cat&bad, County of San Diego, State of
California.
(“the Property”); and
WHEREAS, said verified application constitutes a request for a General Plan
Amendment as shown on Exhibit “GPA - A”, attached hereto and on file in the Carlsbad
Planning Department CALAVERA HILLS PHASE II - GPA 99-03 as provided in
Government Code Section 65350 et. seq. and Section 2152.160 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code;
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did, on the 19th day of December 2001,
and on the 2nd day of January, 2002, hold a duly noticed public hearing as prescribed by law
to consider said request;
WHEREAS, at said public hearing, upon hearing aud considering all testimony
and arguments, if any, of all persons desiring to be heard, said Commission considered all factors
relating to the General Plan Amendment.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the Planning
Commission of the City of Carlsbad, as follows:
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That the above recitations are true and correct.
That based on the evidence presented at the public hearing, the Commission
RECOMMENDS APPROVAL of CALAVERA HILLS PHASE II/BTD
#4/DETENTION BASINS BJ AND BJB - GPA 99-03, as shown on Exhibit
“GPA -A” based on the following findings and subject to the following
condition:
Findines:
1. The Planning Commission finds that the project, as conditioned herein, is in
conformance with the Elements of the City’s General Plan, based on the facts set forth in
the staff report dated December 19,200l including, but not limited to the following:
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Overall Objective B.l - Create a distinctive sense of place and identity
for each community and neighborhood of the City through the
development and arrangement of various land use components.
Overall Objective B.2 - Create a visual form that is pleasing to the
eye, rich in variety, reflecting environmental values. The proposed
open space designations create large contiguous conservation areas
that are visually pleasing and reflect the environmental value of the
areas.
Overall Policy C.4 - Encourage clustering when it is compatible with
adjacent development. The general plan amendment provides for the
shift of dwelling units out of the conservation areas resulting in a
clustering of development.
Overall Policy C.7.(4) - Provide public and/or private usable open
space and/or pathways designated in the Open Space and Recreation
Elements of the General Plan.
Overall Policy C.7.(8) - Provide affordable housing to lower and/or
moderate income households. Village Y will satisfy the master plan’s
affordable housing requirement.
Overall Policy C.12 - Develop and retain open space in all categories
of land use. The project includes open space for the preservation of
natural resources and open space for outdoor recreation.
Residential Objective B.4 - Ensure that master plan communities
contribute to a balanced community by providing, within the
development, adequate areas to meet some social/human service needs
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b) Circulation
9 Streets & Traffic Control Policy C.18 - Require new development to
dedicate and improve all public rights-of-way for circulation facilities
needed to serve development. Dedication and improvement of all
circulation facilities needed for the project as well as citywide facilities
identified on the circulation plan will be completed. This project
assesses and/or implements various planned roadways of the Calavera
Hills Master Plan and the City’s Circulation Element of the General
Plan.
c) Housing
i) Policy 3.6a - A minimum of fifteen percent of all units approved for
any master plan community shall be affordable to lower-income
households. Village Y of the Calavera Hills master plan is proposed
to be designated RMH to accommodate affordable housing
developments.
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such as sites for worship, daycare, youth and senior citizen activities.
The proposed master plan amendment will comply with the City’s
Community Facilities requirements.
viii) Residential Policy C.3 - Consider density and development right
transfers in instances where a property owner is preserving open
space in excess of normal city requirements. The basis of this master
plan amendment was to provide regionally significant wildlife corridors that were in excess of the normal city requirements and
determined by affected resource agencies. Associated with the wildlife
corridor creation was the allowance to transfer the dwelling unit
allowance remaining in the master plan to non-open space areas.
ix) Community Facilities Policy C.1 - Require new master plan
developments to provide land for a child daycare use and other
community facilities uses. The proposed master plan amendment will
comply with the City’s Community Facilities (CF) requirements by
providing two CF sites, one as a part of Village Y and one in Village
H.
i.) Open Space Planning Policy C.4 - Identify existing open space for
protection, management, and potential enhancement and, if possible,
increase its value as wildlife habitat. This project will implement regionally significant wildlife corridors out of existing open space
areas as well as area previously designated for residential
development.
ii.) Obtaining Open Space Objective B.l - Develop and implement
financing programs for the acquisition and maintenance of open
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space. This project proposes open space areas that will be managed
and financially maintained. In addition, this project includes, as an
environmental mitigation measure, the long-term financing by the
master plan developer of the Calavera Nature Preserve, which is a
llO-acre parcel known as Village Z in the proposed master plan
amendment.
4 Public Safety
i) Fire and Emergency Medical Services Policy C.2 - Review new
development proposals to consider emergency access, fire hydrant
locations, tire flow requirements and wildland fire hazards. This
project proposes fire protection areas and policies that have been
reviewed and approved by affected resource agencies, as well as the
Carlsbad Fire Department, since native areas with fire potential
surround the master plan’s development areas.
Proposed project consistency with applicable environmental goals of each of the
eight General Plan elements is attachment No. 12 to the staff report dated December
19,200l and is incorporated herein by reference.
In order to adjust the boundaries of any open space shown on the “Offtcial Open
Space and Conservation Map” dated September 1994 the findings listed in
implementing policy C.20 of the Open Space Planning and Protection Section of the
General Plan Open Space and Conservation Element are required to be made. The
three required findings and affirmative justification for each are as follows:
i) The proposed open space area is equal to or greater than the area depicted on the
Official Open Space and Conservation Map.
Proiect Finding The Offtcial Open Space and Conservation Map defines
approximately 138.8 acres of Calavera Hills Phase II land as either
“Existing/Approved Open Space,” “ Constrained Open Space,” or both. As depicted
on the project’s proposed open space equivalency exhibit in the Draft EIR (Fig. 3 B-
7), the proposed Phase II project designates 159.1 acres of Calavera Hills Phase II
land as open space. Because the proposed open space areas are a greater quantity of
acreage than the areas depicted on the City’s existing Offtcial Open Space and
Conservation Map, the proposed project is consistent with this Finding.
ii) The proposed open space area is of environmental quality equal to or greater than
that depicted on the Official Open Space and Conservation Map.
Proiect Finding: The proposed revision to the Offbzial Open Space and
Conservation Map would bring the City’s General Plan into conformance with the
Draft Habitat Management Plan (HMP), inasmuch as it would provide for a habitat
link across Village I& which constitutes a biological link between open space Core Area 2 and Core Area 3. As depicted on the project’s proposed open space
equivalency exhibit in the Draft EIR (Fig. 3 B-7), this link of coastal sage scrub
vegetation is considered biologically important in the multi-species planning effort,
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and will protect 14.2 acres of coastal sage scrub vegetation that would not have been
protected under the existing Open Space and Conservation program. The proposed
open space design will additionally serve to protect several important sensitive
animal species.
iii) The proposed adjustment to open space, as depicted on the Official Open Space
and Conservation Map, is contiguous or within close proximity to open space as shown on the Offkial Open Space and Conservation Map.
Proiect Finding: The proposed adjustments to open space are within close
proximity to the open spaces presently shown on the Open Space and Conservation
Map. As depicted on the project’s proposed open space equivalency exhibit in the
Draft EIR (Fig. 3 B-7), the primary difference is the new provision of the Village K
conservation link, which provides a biological link between habitat core areas,
which had not previously existed. This link is a significant component of the
proposed revisions to the Open Space and Conservation Map.
4. The proposed land use changes to the General Plan, which will be reflected and
implemented via the proposed master plan amendment (MP 150-H) for Calavera
Hills, are consistent with the intent and purpose of the General Plan as outlined
below on a village-by-village basis:
a) Village Z: The proposal to remove the existing Residential-Low (RL)
designations from the Calavera Nature Preserve and replace them
with Open Space (OS) is in keeping with the requirements of a 1993
mitigation agreement that accompanied the development of a portion
of Calavera Hills Phase I (Villages Q and T). This entire llO-acre
village will remain in permanent open space to be managed into
perpetuity as a nature preserve under the terms of the previously
referenced agreement. No residential or other development will be
allowed on Village Z except for a trail system.
b) Village E-l: The proposal to replace the existing Community
Commercial (C) designation with a residential designation (RMH) is
consistent with the intent and purpose of the General Plan since the
City Council has adopted a Commercial Land Use Study (March
2001) which locates the commercial centers within the city at buildout.
The subject site was determined to not be a commercial site per the
analysis and conclusions of the Council-adopted Study. Its
redesignation to a residential use, therefore, is consistent with the
General Plan since facilities and public service will be able to serve the
additional dwelling units, which will not exceed the master plan’s
remaining dwelling unit allowance for buildout.
d Villaoe H: The proposal to replace the existing Residential-Low (RL)
designation with Community Facilities (CF) and Open Space (OS), is
consistent with the General Plan, and the city’s recent adoption of
community facility regulations which applies to master plan’s
processing amendments. A two-acre CF site will be located on Village
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H with the balance of the site designated as Open Space. The master
plan requirement to provide community facility uses is approximately
three acres; two acres will be provided at Village H and one acre of
CF uses within Village Y, the master plan’s affordable housing site.
Village K: The proposal to replace the existing Residential-Medium
High (RMH) designation with Residential-Medium (RM) and Open
Space (OS) is consistent with the General Plan because it implements
a regionally significant wildlife corridor by greatly reducing the
developable area of the site which currently allows up to 400+
dwelling units. The reduction in density from RMH to RM, and the
establishment of a large open space corridor with Open Space
General Plan designations, implements the concept of transferring
dwelling units from an environmentally sensitive portion of the
master plan to another location. The redesignation of Village K
establishes an important wildlife corridor that has been targeted by
various resource and wildlife agencies.
Village L-2: The proposal to replace the existing Residential-Medium
(RM) designation with Residential-Low Medium (RLM) is consistent
with the General Plan because it further implements the master plan
amendment’s objective of establishing wildlife corridors and
transferring residential densities.
Village R: The proposal to replace the existing Residential-Low
Medium (RLM) designation with Residential-Medium (RM) and Open Space (OS) is consistent with the General Plan because it
further implements the master plan amendment’s objective of
establishing wildlife corridors and transferring residential densities.
Village U: The proposal to replace the existing Residential-Low
Medium (RLM) designation with Residential-Medium (RM) and
Open Space (OS) is consistent with the General Plan because it
further implements the master plan amendment’s objective of
establishing wildlife corridors and transferring residential densities.
Villaees W and X: The proposal to replace the existing Residential-
Low (RI,) designations with Residential-Medium (RM) and Open
Space (OS) designations is consistent with the General Plan because it
further implements the master plan amendment’s objective of
establishing wildlife corridors and transferring residential densities.
Villaee Y: The proposal to replace the existing Residential-Low (RL) designations with Residential-High (RR) and Community Facilities
(CP) designations is consistent with the General Plan because it
further implements the master plan amendment’s objective of establishing wildlife corridors and transferring residential densities.
Specifically, Village Y is proposed to be the site of the master plan’s
affordable housing development. In addition, and as a compliment to
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the dense residential development, Village Y will also be the site of the
l-acre balance of the master plan’s three-acre community facilities
requirement.
8 Various minor and incidental General Plan clean-uo corrections and
refinements have been made to the General Plan map due to
increased detail and resolution that is now available on current
mapping technology. These changes are incidental and consistent
with the General Plan since they will eliminate designation
inconsistencies and/or cartographic inaccuracies without materially
affecting a parcel’s land use designations or development potential.
Conditions:
1. Approval of GPA 99-03 is granted subject to the approval of EIR 98-02, MP 150(H),
LFMP 87-07(A), ZC 01-01, CT 00-02 and HDP 00-02. GPA 99-03 is subject to all
conditions contained in Planning Commission Resolution No. 5112 for EIR 98-02.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Planning
Commission of the City of Carlsbad, California, held on the 2nd day of January, 2002, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Chairperson Trigas, Commissioners Compas, Dominguez,
Heinemsn, Nielsen, and Segall
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Baker
ABSTAIN: None
SEENA TRIGAS, Chairp
CARLSBAD PLANNING COMMISSION
ATTEST:
Planning Director
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EXISTING
PROPOSED
CALAVERA HILLS PHASE II
GPA 99-03