HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-09-19; Planning Commission; Resolution 6341PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 6341
1 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
2 CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING
APPROVAL OF THE PONTO BEACHFRONT VILLAGE
3 VISION PLAN FOR THE AREA GENERALLY LOCATED
BETWEEN CARLSBAD BOULEVARD AND SAN DIEGO
4 NORTHERN RAILROAD, NORTH OF BATIQUITOS
, LAGOON AND SOUTH OF PONTO ROAD.
CASE NAME: PONTO BEACHFRONT VILLAGE VISION
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CASE NO: PI 05-01
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WHEREAS, the Ponto Beachfront Village Vision Plan has been prepared by8
g the city and submitted to the Planning Commission for review; and
10 WHEREAS, the intent of the Ponto Beachfront Village Vision Plan is to
11 create a mixed use, active pedestrian and bicycle oriented area with a strong sense of place,
12 village atmosphere and unique character of design in the Ponto area; and
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WHEREAS, a General Plan Amendment (GPA 05-04) and Local Coastal
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Program Amendment (LCPA 05-01) to incorporate reference to the Ponto Beachfront
, g Village Vision Plan has also been considered by the Planning Commission; and
17 WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did on the 4th day of May, 2005, consider
18 said matter and all factors relating to this item; and
19 WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did on the 5th and 19th days of
20 September, 2007, consider said matter and all factors relating to this item.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the Planning
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»- Commission of the City of Carlsbad as follows:
24 A) That the foregoing recitations are true and correct.
25 B) That based on the evidence presented at the public hearing, the Commission
RECOMMENDS APPROVAL of the PONTO BEACHFRONT VILLAGE
26 VISION PLAN - DI 05-01 based on the following findings and subject to the
27 following conditions:
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Findings:
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1. The Ponto Beachfront Village Vision Plan is consistent with the General Plan and
3 the Local Coastal Program as described in GPA 05-04 and LCPA 05-01.
The Ponto Beachfront Village Vision Plan contains desirable land uses, circulation
system and design guidelines which will allow future development proposals to
comply with the intent of the Plan to create a mixed use, pedestrian and bicycle
6 oriented, and visitor-serving area with a strong sense of place and village
atmosphere.
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Conditions;8
Approval is granted subject to certification of Program Environmental Impact Report
(EIR 05-05) and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, and approval of
10 GPA 05-04 and LCPA 05-01 by the City Council, and is subject to Planning
Commission Resolutions No. 6338, 6339 and 6340 for those other approvals
incorporated herein by reference.
12 2. The following development guidelines shall be added to, and appropriate graphics
13 revised in the appropriate section(s) of the Ponto Beachfront Village Vision Plan:
a. Carlsbad Boulevard Re-alignment Alternative 2 is the preferred alignment.
14 b. Parking garages shall be underground unless proven to be technically or
financially infeasible.
c. Buildings shall implement "green" construction techniques and materials to
•>s the greatest extent feasible.
d. Trails within the Ponto Beachfront Village shall be linked to the greater
17 Carlsbad citywide trail system.
e. Coordination with the California State Department of Parks and Recreation
to develop physical connections from the Ponto Beachfront Village through
the Carlsbad State Beach campground to the beach is strongly encouraged.
f. All parks on public property shall be reviewed by either the Parks and
20 Recreation Commission, Planning Commission, and/or City Council as
determined by the permit necessary for the development of the facility.
21 g. Any hotel on the southernmost Resort Hotel Character Area parcel shall
incorporate an ocean view restaurant.
22 h. The Character Areas shall be revised to reflect the Increased Recreational
~~ Amenities/Green Space Alternative (Figure 6.6) of the Ponto Beachfront
Village Vision Plan Final Environmental Impact Report with the
24 buffer/setback from the bluff edge set at 75 (seventy-five) feet and restricted
to passive public park uses only.
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PCRESONO. 6341 -2-
1 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Planning
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Commission of the City of Carlsbad, California, held on the 19th day of September, 2007, by
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the following vote, to wit:4
<- AYES: Chairperson Baker, Commissioners Boddy, Cardosa, Dominguez,
Douglas, Montgomery, and Whitton
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ABSENT:8
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13 JULIE ^AKEfy Chairperson
COMMISSION
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DON NEU
18 Planning Director
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