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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983-08-02; City Council; 7461; Revisions to Council Policy No. 23Cii ( OF CARLSBAD — AGENDA BILL \ ABtf 7V6/ MTG 8/2/83 DEPT. P & R TITLE-' u^f REVISION OF COUNCIL POLICY STATEMENT NO. 23 AND APPROVAL OF LANDSCAPE GUIDELINES J1ANUAL DEPT. HD.J2E— r|TY ATTY \/^*3 CITY MfiR ^^- oo:a.o_ o o o oo RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1. The City Council by motion approve revised Council Policy No. 23. 2. Adopt Resolution No. >J31^> and introduce Ordinance No. £*/Q I to adopt the Landscape Guidelines Manual. ITEM EXPLANATION The City Manager directed staff to revise and update the Council Policy relating to Open Space and to create a Landscape Guidelines Manual. The revised Council Policy will: 1. Define criteria for the establishment of maintenance districts if the City so desires. 2. Adopt the open space maintenance program in the Landscape Guidelines Manual as a requirement for developments containing open space. The Landscape Guidelines Manual has been established to help developers and their landscape architects in understanding the City's policieis toward landscaping. The document contains the following information: 1. Preliminary Landscape Plan 2. Fire Suppression Plan 3. Open Space Easement Maintenance Program 4. Erosion Control Plan 5. Landscape Construction Plan 6. Landscape Irrigation Plan The Landscape Manual has gone through an extensive review process by City staff, landscape architects, area developers, and the City Manager's office. Resolution No. '~f<3/ Q. will adopt the manual and make it part of the City's standards (Agenda Bill 6406, Resolution No. 6334). Ordinance No. fi^/Q / will amend the grading ordinance to provide for the manual and to require compliance with its terms. PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION They have reviewed and recommended conceptual approval. FISCAL IMPACT A fee of $10 will be charged for a copy of the manual. It is estimated that approximately $200 will be collected annually. EXHIBITS Resolution No. '7'3/tt Ordinance No. P/o / ~ j 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 RESOLUTION NO. 7316 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA ADOPTING A LANDSCAPE GUIDELINES MANUAL PURSUANT TO SECTION 11.06.025 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE AND INCORPORATING THE PROVISIONS OF SAID MANUAL IN THE CITY'S STANDARDS FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC WORKS IMPROVEMENTS. WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is necessary to adopt a Landscape Guidelines Manual containing provisions for plans, programs and standards for landscaping, fire suppression and protection, open space easement maintenance, erosion control, planting and irrigation; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined to incorporate the provisions of this manual in Chapter 11.06 regarding grading and to require developments approved pursuant to Chapter 20, Subdivision, and Chapter 21, Zoning, to comply with the provisions of the manual; and WHEREAS, the City Council also desires to supplement the standards for design and construction of public works improvements in the City as adopted by Resolution No. 6334 by the addition of the provisions of the manual, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of th City of Carlsbad, California as follows: 1. That the above recitations are true and correct. 2. That pursuant to Section 11.06.025 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code the City Council of the City of Carlsbad hereby adopts and approves the Landscape Guidelines Manual on file with the City Clerk and incorporated herein by reference. 8 .2 8 >C 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "- < O) o " s | 14 9° iligjjs J lu O sl* 8 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3. The City's standards for the design and construction of public works improvements in the City of Carlsbad as adopted by Resolution No. 6334 shall include the Landscape Guidelines Manual. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, held on the 2nd day of August , 1983, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Council Members Casler, Lewis, Kulchin, Chick and Prescott NOES: None ABSENT: None MARY H./CASLER, Mayor ATTEST: ALETflA L. RAjaTENKtfANZ. G*ty Clerk"-—^ R. KUNDTZ, Deputy City Clerk 2. 3K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 re 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 '24 25 26 27 28 ORDINANCE NO. 8101 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA AMENDING TITLE 11, CHAPTER 11.06 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE ADDITION OF SECTION 11.06.025 TO PROVIDE FOR A LANDSCAPE GUIDELINES MANUAL The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California does ordain as follows: SECTION 1: That Title 11, Chapter 11.06 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is amended by the addition of Section 11.06.025 to read as follows: "11.06.025 Landscape Guidelines Manual. The City Council may by resolution adopt a Landscape Guidelines Manual to provide for plans, programs and standards for landscaping, fire suppression, open space easement maintenance, erosion control, planting and irrigation. Upon adoption the contents of that manual shall be part of the requirements of this chapter. Any permits issued pursuant to this chapter or any development approved pursuant to Chapter 20, Subdivision and Chapter 21, Zoning, shall comply with the provisions of that manual. EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty days after its adoption, and the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be published at least once in the Carlsbad Journal within fifteen days after its adoption. INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council held on the 2nd day of August f 1983, and thereafter o23 ^ o O u.a o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 I 13 | 14 t 15 Ulu 5 O S < O 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 16th day of August , 1983, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Council Msrribers Casler, Lewis, Kulchin, Chick and Prescott NOES: None ABSENT: None / ATTEST : MARY H. /CASLER, Mayor *-V-Et,£<Txa Jx <'lz'I'?CS'-£-J\ALETjflA L. R&OTEjyfcRAftZ^City Clerk R. KUMDTZ, Deputy City Clerk CITY OF CARLSBAD COUNCIL POLICY STATEMENT General Subject: opEN SPACE Specific Subject- OpEN SPACE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS Policy No. 23 page 1 of 4 Dc-tte Issued 8/2/83 Effective Date 8/2/83 Cancellation Date _Supersedes No. 23 (l/5/77)_ Copies to:City Council, City Manager, City Attorney, Department and Division Heads, Employee"Bulletin Boards, Press, File PURPOSE To establish a policy that will: 1. Outline the circumstances when the City will agree to create, or allow annexation to, a public district for. the maintenance of open space. 2. Outline procedures for the establishment of open space maintenance districts. 3. Adopt an open space easement maintenance program as described in the Landscape Guidelines Manual. BACKGROUND As the City develops and certain areas are set aside or established as open space, it may be necessary to provide for the maintenance of such areas. In certain instances the City may provide for the maintenance and •in other instances maintenance must be provided by other means. However, in many instances it may not be necessary to provide for the active maintenance of open space areas. It is not the intent of this policy to encourage the formation of maintenance districts. The need to actively maintain open space should be minimized. The responsibility for open space maintenance should remain with the individual property owner unless there are substantial reasons for providing common or public maintenance. The creation of intensively landscaped areas, which are expensive to maintain, should be carefully limted. Open space areas should be developed so as to obviate the need for a public maintenance district. The intent of this policy is to define criteria for establishing maintenance districts when appropriate, and to outline the procedure involved. The characteristics, degree of development,.landscape, and maintenance standards for open space areas are outlined in the City's Landscape Guidelines Manual. The Manual describes the "Open Space Maintenance Program" submittal that is required of developments containing open space. In those instances where a public maintenance district is essential, this policy will provide guidelines to help insure that open space areas will be adequately maintained. CJ.J.-Y OF CARLSBAD COUNCIL POLICY STATEMENT General Subject: OPEN SPACE Specific Subject: OPEN SPACE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS Policy No^ 23 page 2 of 4 Date Issued 8/2/83 Effective Date 8/2/83 Cancellation Date Supersedes No. 23 (1/5/77) Copies to: City Council/ City Manager/ City Attorney, Department and Division Heads, Employee' Bulletin Boards, Press/ File DEFINITIONS . * _ Open Space Maintenance Areas; Land and water areas within subdivisions, specific plans, or planned communities which are dedicated in fee to the City or upon which easements for open space purposes have been granted, excluding the following: City parks to be maintained out of the general funds of the City; prime open space and conservation areas identified in the Carlsbad General Plaji? private recreation areas not open to the public. Maintenance District; A district to provide maintenance of open space maintenance areas formed pursuant to the "Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972" (Section 22500 et seq. of the Street and Highway Code). Maintain or Maintenance; The furnishing of services and materials for the ordinary and usual maintenance, operation, and servicing of any improvement, including: (a) repair, removal or replacement of all or any part of any improvement. (b) 'providing for the life, growth, health, and beauty of landscaping, including cultivation, irrigation, trimming, spraying, fertilizing, or treating for disease or injury. • . . • (c) removal of trimmings, rubbish, debris, and other solid waste (Section 22531, Street and Highway Code). Public Places; One or any combination of the following: (a) Any public street, highway, road, alley, lane, boulevard, parkway, or other way dedicated to or used for public use. (b) Any public property, right-of-way, or leasehold interest which is in use in the performance of a public function and which adjoins any of the ways described in subdivision (a) (Section 22535, Street and Highway Code). CRITERIA FOR ESTABLISHING DISTRICTS; The City Council will consider the creation of a maintenance district pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, or the annexation of addtional territory to an existing district under the•following conditions: • 1. The area to be maintained is a public place as defined herein. Clijf OF CARLSBAD COUNCIL POLICY STATEMENT General Subject: OPEN SPACE Soecific Subject: OPEN SPACE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS Policy No. 23 page 3 of 4 Date Issued 8/2/83 Effective Date 8/2/83 Cancellation Date Supersedes No. 23 (1/5/77) Copies to: City Council, City Manager, City Attorney, Department and Division Heads, Employee'Bulletin Boards, Press, File 2. An active maintenance program is essential in order for the open space maintenance area to serve its designated function. 3. The use of a maintenance district is the best way of providing maintenance. . 4. The property owners within _the district will benefit by the active maintenance of open space ^maintenance areas. . . 5. The subdivider will bear the cost of the incidental expenses necessary to establish the district. 6. The subdivider will provide maintenance for a year for all newly planted areas. '.-• Maintenance district shall not be used to provide maintenance to the following: • 1. Areas designated as City parks. 2. Private recreation areas. -- - 3. Privately owned property unless an appropriate easement has been granted to the City. .PROCEDURES FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS; The following procedure shall be followed in order to establish a maintenance district: T. As part of the development review process, City staff shall analyze open space requirements in all proposed subdivisions. 2. City staff shall prepare recommendations to the Planning Commission on the following: a. the intended function of all proposed open space. b. maintenance responsibility for all proposed open space. c. categories of landscape development in proposed open space. 3. The Planning Commission shall recommend what tentative map conditions will be imposed on subdivisions to insure adequate open space maintenance, . 4. Upon tentative map approval by the City Council, the City staff shall prepare estimates on the cost of forming a district and the annual cost of maintenance. 5. City staff report shall be presented to the City Council. 6. If the Council decides to proceed with the formation of a district, a resolution initiating proceeding should be adopted pursuant to the provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972. PROCEDURES R ESTABLISHING AND OPEN SPACE VJ U.S. ., THE LANDSCAPING-AND LIGHTING ACV "ENANCE DISTRICT OF 1972 Page 4 of 4 c r SUBDIVIDER Submits Development Plans. STAFF REVIEWS PLANS Staff analyzes open space requirements and prepares recommendations to the Planning Commission. PLANNING COMMISSION Reviews development proposal and estab- lishes conditions needed to implement open space requirements of General Plan and Open Space Maintenance District. Policy and makes report to City Council. CITY COUNCIL City Council approves, conditionally approves, or disapproves Planning Commission Report. SUBDIVIDER Submits landscape improvement plans to Park 6 Recreation Director. PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR Evaluates plans and specifications for confonnance to City standards and pre- pares estimate of annual maintenance cost and improvement costs. Prepares estimate of. cost of forming district and prepares report to City Council. CITY COUNCIL . Adopts resolution initiating proceedings to form district. Authorizes employment of engineering consultant to prepare. necessary reports. ENGINEERING CONSULTANT Prepares report-as required by Section 22565-22574 of the Street & Highway Code. Files report with City Clerk for submission to City Council. CITY COUNCIL .- After approval of the report, City Council adopts Resolution of Intention. The'resolution shall, among other things, fix a time and place for a public hearing. CITY CLERK • ; Shall give notice of hearing as provided in the Act. CITY COUNCIL ' . Hold hearing as provided in'the Resolu- t5.on of Intention-. If a majority protest has not been filed or is overruled, the City Council may adopt n resolution or- dering the improvements and the forma- tion of the assessment district.