HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-08-05; City Council; 6317; Lake Calavera Hills Sewer Service Area Planning, Building Moratorium' O 3
CITY OF CARLSBAD
Initial:
AGENDA BILL NO. ^3/7 S^7~Head__£
DATE: August 5, 1980 , C. Atty \/
DEPARTMENT: ENGINEERING • C. Mgr.
SUBJECT- LAKE CALAVERA HILLS SEWER SERVICE AREA -
PLANNING AND BUILDING MORATORIUM
STATEMENT OF THE MATTER
The Lake -Calavera Hills Wastewater Reclamation Plant is under construction and plans
for the effluent disposal line are in preliminary design stages. It appears that the
completion of the treatment capacity will precede completion of new structures by
over a year. The Regional Water Quality Control Board has approved a modification
of the Encina Permit to allow the Lake Calavera Hills discharge through the Ocean
.Outfall. The Council may now make the findings that will lift the Planning Morator-
ium in the Lake Calavera Hills Sewer Service Area.
The Council may also'wish'to' consider lifting the Building Moratorium in the Lake
Calavera Hills Service Area when they are assured that sewer capacity will be avail-
able for new construction. That point should be reached when: (1) The Lake
Calavera Hills Reclamation Facility is complete and ready for testing; (2) the
Council is satisfied that the acquisition of right-of-way for the effluent disposal
line is assured; (3) the construction of the pipeline is guaranteed by bonds and
agreements.
EXHIBITS
Staff Report
RECOMMENDATION
1. Lift the Planning Moratorium in the Lake Calavera Hills Sewer Service Area.
2. Lift the Building Moratorium in the Lake Calavera Hills Sewer Service Area when:
a. LCH Reclamation Facility is complete and ready for testing.
b. The right-of-way acquisition for the effluent disposal line is assured.
c. Construction of the effluent disposal line is guaranteed by bonds and
agreements.
Council Action:
8-5-80 Council approved the above stated recommendations.
MEMORANDUM - JULY 30, 1980
TO: CITY MANAGER
FROM: CITY ENGINEER
SUBJECT: LAKE CALAVERA HILLS SEWER SERVICE AREA-
PLANNING AND BUILDING MORATORIUMS
The City has imposed both Planning and Building Moratoriums throughout the
City with mechanisms for removing those moratoriums when specific conditions
are met. In the Lake Calavera Hills Service Area the following Code section
applies to the Planning Moratorium: Applications for projects located within
the service territory of the city to be served by a satellite sewage treatment
facility may be accepted and processed, provided such facility has been
approved by the city council, provided initial approvals from the state have
been issued, and provided further, that the city council finds that it is
reasonable to expect that sewer capacity from such facility will be available
to serve the project concurrent with need.
As the Council is aware, the Lake Calavera Hills Wastewater Reclamation Plant
is under construction and scheduled for completion in the fall. The excess
effluent disposal line is in preliminary design stages and final alignment
decisions, precise design, etc, should be completed within the next 30 days.
Completion of the pipeline is projected within six months.
On July 2 , 1980, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board modified
the Encina NPDES permit to provide for the Lake Calavera Hills discharge. This
action constitutes "initial approval from the State." Should the Lake Calavera
Hills Sewer Service Area be released from the Planning Moratorium, it is
unlikely that new tentative maps could be processed and finaled, and new homes
built and occupied in less than two years. The Council could now make the
required findings to lift the Planning Moratorium in the Lake Calavera Hills
Sewer Service Area.
The Building Moratorium prevents the approval of final tract maps or issuance
of building permits. The Building Moratorium could be lifted at such time as
sewer capacity is available "to serve potential building in the City." The
Council should consider lifting building moratoriums at such time as they are
sure that treatment capacity will be available to serve new structures. In
the case of the Lake Calavera Hills Sewer Service Area, the Council may wish
to consider lifting the Building Moratorium when the treatment plant is complete
and ready for testing and the excess effluent pipeline right-of-way has been
acquired, or the Council is reasonably assured that acquisition is certain, and
that the costs of construction of the pipeline have been guaranteed by appro-
priate agreements and surety.
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