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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-07-06; Planning Commission; Resolution 67841 PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 6784 2 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE 3 CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO THE 4 LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN TO APPROVE A GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION OF "PRIME ARTERIAL" ON 0.696 ACRE OF ANNEXED ROAD RIGHT- 6 OF-WAY GENERALLY LOCATED ON A PORTION OF THE EAST SIDE OF RANCHO SANTA FE (RSF) ROAD, SOUTH 7 OF THE INTERSECTION OF RSF AND MELROSE DRIVE, AND NORTH OF LA COSTA MEADOWS DRIVE IN LOCAL 8 FACILITIES MANAGEMENT ZONE 11. 9 CASE NAME: RSF BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT CASE NO: GPA11-Q3 10 WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad, "Applicant," has filed a verified application 11 with the City of Carlsbad; and 13 WHEREAS, said verified application constitutes a request for a General Plan 14 Amendment as shown on Exhibit "GPA 11-03" dated July 6, 2011, attached hereto and on file 15 in the Carlsbad Planning Department, RSF BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT - GPA 11-03, as provided in Government Code Section 65350 et. seq. and Section 21.52.150 of the Carlsbad 17 Municipal Code; and 18 WHEREAS, the 0.696 acre of road right of way to be annexed is legally 2Q described as "Parcel C" in Exhibit "A" to Planning Commission Resolution 6786; said resolution 21 is incorporated herein by reference; and 22 WHEREAS, in 2003 the cities of San Marcos and Carlsbad entered into an 23 agreement (Resolution No. 2003-305) for the construction of a segment of RSF Road and 24 mutually agreed to pursue jurisdictional boundary adjustments through the San Diego County 25 Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) upon completion of roadway improvements to 26 ~7 better match the realignment of the road and simplify jurisdiction of the intersection and 28 adjoining roadway segments; and WHEREAS, it was mutually agreed that the City of San Marcos would be the 2 lead agency and would be responsible for processing the environmental document to comply 3 with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); and 4 , WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad supports the City of San Marcos submitting an 6 application on behalf of both cities to process the boundary adjustment with LAFCO pursuant to 7 the Cortese/Knox/Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, Division 3, o commencing with Section 56000 of the California Government Code; and 9 WHEREAS, the boundary adjustment is for the annexation of 0.696 acre to the 10 City of Carlsbad and detachment of 1.746 acres to the City of San Marcos for three parcels on 11 RSF Road north of the intersection of RSF Road and Melrose Drive to south of La Costa 13 Meadows Drive, as shown on Exhibit "ANX 11-02/DTCH 11-01," attached to Reso No. 6786 14 and by this reference incorporated herein; and *5 WHEREAS, the proposed boundary changes are shown and legally described on Exhibit "A," attached to Planning Commission Resolution No. 6786; said resolution is 17 incorporated herein by reference; and 18 WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did, on July 6, 2011, hold a duly noticed 2Q public hearing as prescribed by law to consider said request; and 21 WHEREAS, at said public hearing, upon hearing and considering all testimony 22 and arguments, if any, of all persons desiring to be heard, said Commission considered all factors 23 relating to the General Plan Amendment. 24 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the Planning 25 Commission as follows: 26 27 A) That the above recitations are true and correct. 28 B) That based on the evidence presented at the public hearing, the Commission RECOMMENDS APPROVAL of RSF BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT - GPA 11-03, based on the following findings: PC RESO NO. 6784 -2- Findings; 2 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 July 6, 2011 including, but not limited to the following: a. Land Use and Circulation: The proposed General Plan Land Use designation of "Prime Arterial" is consistent with the General Plan Land Use Map and the f Circulation Element. The amendment also facilitates the boundary adjustment necessary between the cities of San Marcos and Carlsbad after the realignment 7 and improvements of the RSF Road segment to address the 0.696 acre that is now right-of-way land. b. Land Use: The proposed boundary adjustment and Prime Arterial Land Use " designation amendment are consistent with the Growth Management and Public . ~ Facilities Goal A.2, which states, "A City which maintains a system of public facilities adequate for the projected population," in that it respects and recognizes a Prime Arterial roadway constructed to be adequate in width and capacity to accommodate the build-out of the city. 12 c. Circulation: The proposed amendment is consistent with Streets and Traffic Control, Goal A.4, which states, "A City with properly maintained, smooth .. functioning and safe traffic control systems," in that the boundary adjustment makes jurisdictional boundaries and maintenance responsibilities of the 15 roadway and traffic lights at the intersection of RSF Road and Melrose Drive easier to determine and logical. 16 Condition:17 This approval is granted subject to the finding by the City Council that the ND prepared and approved by the City of San Marcos (ND 10-807) is adequate as described in 19 Planning Commission Resolution No. 6783, and the approval of ZC 11-02 and ANX 11- 01/DTCH 11-01 and is subject to all conditions contained in Planning Commission 20 Resolutions No. 6783, 6785 and 6786 for those other approvals incorporated herein by reference.21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PC RESO NO. 6784 -3- 1 PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Planning 2 Commission of the City of Carlsbad, California, held on July 6, 2011, by the following vote, to 3 wit: 4 " <- AYES: Chairperson L'Heureux, Commissioners Arnold, Black, Nygaard, Schumacher, Scully and Siekmann 6 NOES: 7 ABSENT:8 9 ABSTAIN: 10 11 12 STEPHEN "HAP" L'HEUREUX, Chairperson ! 3 CARLSBAD PLANNING COMMISSION 14 u ATTEST: 15 16 17 DON NEU 18 Planning Director 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PC RESO NO. 6784 -4- Exhibit "GPA 11-03" July 6, 2011 GPA 11-03 RSF Boundary Adjustment Annex to Carlsbad Detach to San Marcos EXISTING Proposed Bounda^ Annex to Carlsbad Detach to San Marcos PROPOSED Related Case File No(s): ZC 11-02 / ANX 11-02 / DTCH 11-01 General Plan Land Use Designation Changes** Property A. B. C. Right-of-way From: Right-of-way (Currently in San Marcos) To: Prime Arterial ' Applies to property to be annexed only.