HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-05-20; City Council; 3373; California Coastal Zone Plan ReviewCITY OF CARLSBAD
AGENDA BILL No._.3.='$&.:..,1. .... 1:-.----------
DATE: May 20, 1~75 . _________ _
DEPART~NT: City Manager
Subject:
CALIFORNIA COASTAL ZONE PLAN REVIEW
Statement of the Matter
Initial:
Dept.Hd. __
C. Atty.
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At an earlier meeting the City Council had a work/study
session on the California Coastal Zone Plan. At that time
representatives of the San Diego Regional Coast Commission
reviewed the plan with the City Council and the Planning
Commission.
Since that time, one public hearing on the plan has been
held in San Diego, with a second public hearing scheduled
for May 23,-1975.
Exhibit
Recommendation
It is recommended that the City Council give consideration
to taking a position on the Coast Plan as presently proposed.
Council Action
5-20-75 It was moved that the Council's position be that the land
po~icy be carried out by the local governments; the State
Coastal Agency would a) keep the plan up-dated, b) hear appeals
from local decisions and c) protdct state-wide coastal in-
terests. The staff was instructed to prepare a letter stat-.
ing the Council's pDsition. ·
TO:
FROM:
CITY MANAGER
PLANNING DIRECTOR
MEMORANDUM
May 20, 1975
SUBJECT: PROVISIONS OF THE PRELIMINARY CALIFORNIA COASTAL PLAN
AS THEY AFFECT CITY OF CARLSBAD
The Planning Department has reviewed the findings, policies and recommend 9tions
of the preliminary coastal plan as they may affect the City of Carlsbad.
Without going into a lengthy analysis of each finding.and policy and its
impact on the City planning process, I would offer the major issues identified
within the Coastal Commission document:
l) The Plan identifies Carlsbad as a priority area for the application
of subre,,ional Coasta 1 Cammi ssi on planning. A 1 though there is no
specific committment proposad in the Plan, it is apparently the
intent f.o use Carlsbad as one of the three prime subregions in
the State as an ex amp 1 e for future Coasta 1 zone planning. Resources
which '~he Coastal Commission staff believes are significant and
for which the subregional plan is proposed are agricultural lands,
lagoo·1 resources and the redevelopment of the downtown
2) The following major issues directly affect the City of Carlsbad:
a) Designation of a potential coastal zone boundary which extends
five miles inland from coastal mean high tide.
bj Recognition of a substantial amount of prime and potentially
prime agricultural land in the undeveloped portion of Carlsbad
southerly of the Agua Hedionda Lagoon.
c) Provisions for public access including pedestrian, bicycle and
automobile, to beaches and lagoons within the City.
d) Recreational use of the lagoon and coastal resources so as to
concurrently provide for trails, marinas and public parking
facilities.
e) Recognition of the downtown as a regionally significant project
in that, pressures in the undeveloped portions of Carlsbad may
be relieved by development in the existing developed areas of
the City.
f) A strong recommendation for provision of design review 1~hich
would includu regulation of cor.stal views, coastal open space
structures and signs.
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It also seems the plan incorporates a variety of methods whereby the
control of the coastal resources zone would be given to varying com-
binations of state or local government. The recommendation to date
is for the extension of the existing State Coastal Conservation
Commission or a similar successor agency. It would seem that local
control of items a through f would be relinqu'ished if the State
became involved in design review, land use, especially with respect
to agricultural lands and the downtown.
There have been two hearings in San Diego on the plan, a third meeting is
scheduled for May 23 during which Coastal Commission will be requesting input
from all affected agencies. I believe the above information can assist in
developing an opinion that would be submitted to the Commission by the City
Council. I quote from the document the primary issues that affect the City
of Carlsbad. 11 Protection of lagoon and surrounding areas, protection of flori-
cultural and agricultural lands, and maximum public access to beaches are of
prime concerns of the Carlsbad subregion." I believe that the preceding
statement warrants a strong position by the City Council. It is my belief
that planning currently developing in the City through the General Plan process
meets to a large degree the policies and recommendations of the plan and I
see no need to grant additional review authority unnecessarily to the State.
Any questions you may have regarding this matter, please contact this office
at your convenience.
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