HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-09-15; Planning Commission; Resolution 57251
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PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 5725
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING
APPROVAL OF PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT
AMENDMENT PUD 02-12(A) TO APPROVE ARCHITECTURE
AND PLOTTING FOR 129 SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED
HOMES GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG THE EAST AND
WEST SIDES OF ALICANTE ROAD, SOUTH OF POINSETTIA
LANE AND JUST NORTH OF ALGA ROAD WITHIN THE
GREENS NEIGHBORHOODS 1.11, 1.13 AND 1.14 OF THE
VILLAGES OF LA COSTA MASTER PLAN IN LOCAL
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT ZONE 10.
CASENAME: VILLAGES OF LA COSTA - LA COSTA
GREENS NEIGHBORHOODS 1.11, 1.13 AND
1.14
CASE NO.: PUD 02-12(A)
WHEREAS, John Laing Homes, “Developer,” has filed a verified application
with the City of Carlsbad regarding property owned by Real Estate Collateral Management
Company, “Owner,” described as
Lots 1 through 129 of Carlsbad Tract No. CT 02-24, La Costa
Greens, in the City of Carlsbad, County of San Diego, State of
California, According to Map No. 14807 filed in the office of
the San Diego County Recorder on May 27,2004
(“the Property’); and
WHEREAS, said verified application constitutes a request for a Planned Unit
Development Amendment as shown on Exhibits “A” - “GGGG” dated September 15,2004, on
file in the Planning Department, VILLAGES OF LA COSTA - LA COSTA GREENS
NEIGHBORHOODS 1.11, 1.13 AND 1.14 - PUD 02-12(A) as provided by Chapter 21.06 of
the Carlsbad Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did, on the 15th day of September 2004,
hold a duly noticed public hearing as prescribed by law to consider said request; and
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WHEREAS, at said public hearing, upon hearing and considering all testimony
and arguments, if any, of all persons desiring to be heard, said Commission considered all factors
relating to the Planned Unit Development Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the Planning
Commission of the City of Carlsbad as follows:
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That the foregoing recitations are true and correct.
That based on the evidence presented at the public hearing, the Planning
Commission RECOMMENDS APPROVAL of VILLAGES OF LA COSTA -
12(A) based on the following findings and subject to the following conditions:
LA COSTA GREENS NEIGHBORHOODS 1.11,1.13 AND 1.14 - PUD 02-
Findinps:
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That the proposed project complies with all applicable development standards included
within Chapter 21.45 and the Villages of La Costa Master Plan, in that the Villages of
La Costa Greens Neighborhoods 1.11, 1.13 and 1.14 were subdivided into 129
residential lots and the project floorplans were designed to fit within the lot
boundaries of each residential lot and comply with all applicable development
standards.
That the proposed project’s density, site design and architecture are compatible with
surrounding development, in that the proposed building floor plans, elevations and
plotting have been designed consistent with the design criteria of the Villages of La
Costa Master Plan which has taken the site, surroundings, environmental settings,
and traffic circulation into consideration prior to its adoption.
The Planning Director has determined that:
a. the project is a subsequent activity of the Villages of La Costa Master Plan for
which a program EIR was prepared, and a notice for the activity has been given,
which includes statements that this activity is within the scope of the program
approved earlier, and that the program EIR adequately describes the activity for
the purposes of CEQA); [ 15 168(c)(2) and (e)]; and
b. this project is consistent with the Master Plan cited above; and
c. the Villages of La Costa Master Plan EIR 98-07 was certified in connection
with the prior plan; and
d. the project has no new significant environmental effect not analyzed as significant
in the prior EIR, and
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e. none of the circumstances requiring a Subsequent EIR or a Supplemental EIR
under CEQA Guidelines Sections 15 162 or 15 163 exist; and
f. the Planning Commission finds that all feasible mitigation measures or project
alternatives identified in the Villages of La Costa Master Plan EIR 98-07,
which are appropriate to this Subsequent Project, have been completed,
incorporated into the project design or are required as conditions of approval for
this subsequent project.
4. The project is consistent with the City-Wide Facilities and Improvements Plan, the Local
Facilities Management Plan for Zone 10 and all City public facility policies and
ordinances. The project includes elements or has been conditioned to construct or
provide fbnding to ensure that all facilities and improvements regarding: sewer collection
and treatment; water; drainage; circulation; fire; schools; parks and other recreational
facilities; libraries; government administrative facilities; and open space, related to the
project will be installed to serve new development prior to or concurrent with need.
5. The Planning Commission has reviewed each of the exactions imposed on the Developer
contained in this resolution, and hereby finds, in this case, that the exactions are imposed
to mitigate impacts caused by or reasonably related to the project, and the extent and the
degree of the exaction is in rough proportionality to the impact caused by the project.
Conditions:
Note: Unless otherwise specified herein, all conditions shall be satisfied prior to issuance of a
precise grading plan or building permits whichever occurs first.
1. If any of the following conditions fail to occur; or if they are, by their terms, to be
implemented and maintained over time, if any of such conditions fail to be so
implemented and maintained according to their terms, the City shall have the right to
revoke or modify all approvals herein granted; deny or further condition issuance of all
future building permits; deny, revoke or further condition all certificates of occupancy
issued under the authority of approvals herein granted; institute and prosecute litigation to
compel their compliance with said conditions or seek damages for their violation. No
vested rights are gained by Developer or a successor in interest by the City’s approval of
this Planned Unit Development Amendment.
2. Staff is authorized and directed to make, or require the Developer to make, all corrections
and modifications to the Planned Unit Development Amendment documents, as
necessary to make them internally consistent and in conformity with the final action on
the project. Development shall occur substantially as shown on the approved Exhibits.
Any proposed development different from this approval, shall require an amendment to
this approval.
3. Developer shall comply with all applicable provisions of federal, state, and local laws and
regulations in effect at the time of building permit issuance.
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If any condition for construction of any public improvements or facilities, or the payment
of any fees in-lieu thereof, imposed by this approval or imposed by law on this Project are
challenged, this approval shall be suspended as provided in Government Code Section
66020. If any such condition is determined to be invalid this approval shall be invalid
unless the City Council determines that the project without the condition complies with
all requirements of law.
Developer/Operator shall and does hereby agree to indemnify, protect, defend and hold
harmless the City of Carlsbad, its Council members, officers, employees, agents, and
representatives, from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, demands, claims
and costs, including court costs and attorney’s fees incurred by the City arising, directly
or indirectly, from (a) City’s approval and issuance of this Planned Unit Development
Amendment, and (b) City’s approval or issuance of any permit or action, whether
discretionary or non-discretionary, in connection with the use contemplated herein. This
obligation survives until all legal proceedings have been concluded and continues even if
the City’s approval is not validated.
Developer shall submit to the Planning Department a reproducible 24” x 36” mylar
copy of the Site Plan reflecting the conditions approved by the final decision making
body.
Prior to the issuance of a building permit, the Developer shall provide proof to the
Director from the San Marcos Unified School District that this project has satisfied its
obligation to provide school facilities.
This project shall comply with all conditions and mitigation measures, which are required
as part of the Zone 10 Local Facilities Management Plan and any amendments made to
that Plan prior to the issuance of building permits.
This approval shall become null and void if building permits are not issued for this
project within 18 months from the date of project approval.
Prior to the issuance of a precise grading permit or building permit whichever
occurs first, Developer shall submit to the City a Notice of Restriction to be filed in the
office of the County Recorder, subject to the satisfaction of the Planning Director,
notifylng all interested parties and successors in interest that the City of Carlsbad has
issued a Planned Unit Development Amendment by Resolution No. 5725 on the real
property owned by the Developer. Said Notice of Restriction shall note the property
description, location of the file containing complete project details and all conditions of
approval as well as any conditions or restrictions specified for inclusion in the Notice of
Restriction. The Planning Director has the authority to execute and record an amendment
to the notice, which modifies or terminates said notice upon a showing of good cause by
the Developer or successor in interest.
Building permits will not be issued for this project unless the local agency providing
water and sewer services to the project provides written certification to the City that
adequate water service and sewer facilities, respectively, are available to the project at the
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time of the application for the building permit, and that water and sewer capacity and
facilities will continue to be available until the time of occupancy.
The Developer shall implement and comply with all applicable mitigation measures
required by the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program certified with the Final
Program EIR for the Villages of La Costa Master Plan - EIR 98-07, as contained in
Planning Commission Resolution No. 5010.
Developer shall construct the required inclusionary units as stipulated in the First
Amended and Restated Affordable Housing Agreement (dated February 21, 2003)
between Morrow Development and the City of Carlsbad concurrent with the project’s
market rate units, unless both the final decision making authority of the City and the
Developer agree within an Affordable Housing Agreement to an alternate schedule for
development.
Developer shall pay the citywide Public Facilities Fee imposed by City Council Policy
#17, the License Tax on new construction imposed by Carlsbad Municipal Code Section
5.09.030, and CFD #I special tax (if applicable), subject to any credits authorized by
Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 5.09.040. Developer shall also pay any applicable
Local Facilities Management Plan fee for Zone 10, pursuant to Chapter 21.90. All such
taxedfees shall be paid at issuance of building permit. If the taxedfees are not paid, this
approval will not be consistent with the General Plan and shall become void.
If satisfaction of the school facility requirement involves a Mello-Roos Community
Facilities District or other financing mechanism which is inconsistent with City Council
Policy No. 38, by allowing a pass-through of the taxes or fees to individual home buyers,
then in addition to any other disclosure required by law or Council policy, the Developer
shall disclose to fbture owners in the project, to the maximum extent possible, the
existence of the tax or fee, and that the school district is the taxing agency responsible for
the financing mechanism. The form of notice is subject to the approval of the Planning
Director and shall at least include a handout and a sign inside the sales facility stating the
fact of a potential pass-through of fees or taxes exists and where complete information
regarding those fees or taxes can be obtained.
Developer shall display a current Zoning and Land Use Map, or an alternative, suitable to
the Planning Director, in the sales office at all times. All sales maps that are distributed
or made available to the public shall include but not be limited to trails, fbture and
existing schools, parks and streets.
Developer shall post a sign in the sales office in a prominent location that discloses which
special districts and school district provide service to the project. Said sign shall remain
posted until ALL of the units are sold.
Developer shall post aircraft noise notification signs in all sales andor rental offices
associated with the new development. The number and locations of said signs shall be
approved by the Planning Director (see Noise Form #3 on file in the Planning
Department).
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Prior to the issuance of building permits, the Developer shall prepare and record a Notice
that this property may be subject to noise impacts from the proposed or existing
Transportation Corridor, in a form meeting the approval of the Planning Director and City
Attorney (see Noise Form #1 on file in the Planning Department).
Any signs proposed for this development shall at a minimum be designed in conformance
with the Villages of La Costa Master Plan and shall require review and approval of the
Planning Director prior to installation of such signs.
The Developer shall comply with all the applicable conditions set forth by CT 02-24
in Resolution No. 5476 which are incorporated by reference herein.
Enpineering
22. Prior to issuance of a precise grading permit, Developer shall process and receive
approval of a construction revision to City Drawing No. 406-3 or other applicable
City record drawings to document the relocation or installation of new sewer
laterals, water laterals, curb outlets, and driveways as necessary to support the
development of the dwellings as shown on this site plan for this project. The
construction revisions shall be processed and prepared to the satisfaction of the City
Engineer.
Code Reminders:
The project is subject to all applicable provisions of local ordinances, including but not limited to
the following:
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Developer shall exercise special care during the construction phase of this project to
prevent offsite siltation. Planting and erosion control shall be provided in accordance
with Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapter 15.16 (the Grading Ordinance) to the satisfaction
of the City Engineer.
Some improvements shown on the tentative map and/or required by these conditions are
located offsite on property which neither the City nor the owner has sufficient title or
interest to permit the improvements to be made without acquisition of title or interest.
The Developer shall immediately initiate negotiations to acquire such property. The
Developer shall use its best efforts to effectuate negotiated acquisition. If unsuccessful,
Developer shall demonstrate to the City Engineer its best efforts, and comply with the
requirements of the Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 20.16.095 to noti@ and enable the
City to successfully acquire said property by condemnation.
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NOTICE
Please take NOTICE that approval of your project includes the “imposition” of fees, dedications,
reservations, or other exactions hereafter collectively referred to for convenience as
“fees/exactions.”
You have 90 days from date of final approval to protest imposition of these fees/exactions. If
you protest them, you must follow the protest procedure set forth in Government Code Section
66020(a), and file the protest and any other required information with the City Manager for
processing in accordance with Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 3.32.030. Failure to timely
follow that procedure will bar any subsequent legal action to attack, review, set aside, void, or
annul their imposition.
You are hereby FURTHER NOTIFIED that your right to protest the specified fees/exactions
DOES NOT APPLY to water and sewer connection fees and capacity charges, nor planning,
zoning, grading or other similar application processing or service fees in connection with this
project; NOR DOES IT APPLY to any feedexactions of which you have previously been given a
NOTICE similar to this, or as to which the statute of limitations has previously otherwise
expired.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the planning
Commission of the City of Carlsbad, California, held on the 15th, day of September 2004, by
the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Chairperson Whitton; Commissioners Baker, Cardosa, Dominguez,
Heineman, Montgomery and Segall
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
FRANK H. WHITTON, Chaiq&?qn
CAlUSBAD PLANNING COMMISSION
ATTEST:
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Planning Director
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