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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984-08-21; City Council; 7859; Amendment of the Zoning Ordinance for Dealershipsr' . n W > 0 fx e n a 2 a 4 0 z a 0 0 0 5 Cln-JF CARLSBAD - AGENDA JILL ,' TITLE: LETTER FROM THE MEISTEX? WANIES -1% AMENDMENT OF THE ZONING 0RJX"CX FOR AtJXBlOBILE DEALERSHIPS AB# 78- 5-9 MTG. 3/21/84 DER. 'ln ClTY AlTY CITY MGR.~ RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution of Intention No. 172 to initiate consideration of an amendment to the zoning ordinance as it relates to automobile dealerships and directing the Land Use Planning Manager to set the matter to a public hearing before the Planning Commission. ITEM EXPLANATION By letter dated August 10, 1984, the Meister Campany is requesting that the City Council initiate an amendment to the zoning ordinance to allow consideration of automobile dealerships in the P-M (Planned Industrial) Zone by conditional use permit. locate in Carlsbad and the possibilities of expanding the existing Car Country on the east side of 1-5 are pretty much non-existent. The problem is that there are additional dealerships that want to Staff recognizes the need for the availability of additional parcels for automobile dealerships in Carlsbad. expanding existing Car Country for a considerable amount of time now with little success. The problem with the area on the west side of 1-5 across frm existing Car Country which is being considered by the Meister Canpany is that it is zoned and general planned for planned industrial use. does not allow for commercial uses except those that directly support industrial uses. the zone to purely cumercial uses. Staff has been investigating ways of The planned industrial zone Staff is concerned about the precedence that could be set by apening up While staff is not opposed to setting this matter to public hearing, staff has not had sufficient time to adequately study all the implications of this request and formulate a recarmnendation since the letter frm the Meister Company was expedited to Council for consideration. Therefore, if the City Council desires to initiate a public hearing to consider this matter, staff recommends that the consideration be left somewhat open-ended so that other alternatives and qtions which muld address this matter can be considered. The attached resolution of intention has been prepared to reflect an open-ended consideration. take approximately two months before this matter could be considered by the Planning Cmission at a public hearing. It wwld Fiscal Impact Staff time to process a zone code amendment (approximately 40 hours). Environmental ImDact No environmental review is necessary at this time. Exhibits Resolution of Intention No. 172. Letter frm the Meister Companies, dated August 10, 1984. I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1E 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 RESOLUTION OF INTENTION NO. 172 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO CONSIDER AN AMENDMEN' OF TITLE 21 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE. Pursuant to Section 21.52.020 of the Carlsbad Municipal :ode, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad hereby declares its intention to consider an amendment of Title 21 of the Carlsbad lunicipal Code as it relates to the location and the review of sutomobile deaalerships in the City of Carlsbad. The Land Use Planning Manager is directed to prepare a report on this matter and to set the matter for public hearing Defore the Planning Commission. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the :ity Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, held on the 21st lay of August, 1984 by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Council pikrnbers Casler, Lewis, Kulchh, Prescott NOES: None ABSENT : Council Menber Chick ATTEST : -2 Q- ALETHA L. RAUTENKRANZ, City $lerk a August 10, 1984 The HonoraHe Mayor and City City of Carlsbad 1200 Elm Avenue Carlsbad, California 92008 Council Members Jc RE: Amendment to PM Zoning Ordinance Dear Ms. Casler and Council Members Due to the current demand and lack of supply of parcels within the City of Carlsbad for use as automobile dealerships we are proposing the following solution. Please accept this letter as our formal request to amend the PM Zoning Ordinance to allow by CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT the construction and operation of automobile dealerships. Specific reference is made to the PM Zone west of 1-5 between Cannon Road and Palomar Airport Road. By allowing automotive use by CUP only, the City can control in which areas of the PM Zone dealerships may locate. This proce- dure allows the City to continue to maintain absolute control and jurisdiction over location andd2sign of dealerships. We have six acres along Avenida Encinas on the west side of 1-5 near Cannon Road in the PM Zone under purchase contract. We can locate three dealerships on the parcels indicated on the attached Exhibit. These dealerships, including Subaru currently located in Oceanside, may other wise be forced to locate outside the City of Carlsbad. Our need is immediate and since time is of the essence under our purchase agreement we ask that at your next council meeting you direct the planning staff to amend the PM Zone Ordinance. We have met with Mike Holtzmiller and he appeared to favor this approach. We look forward to your favorable response. Thank you for your consideration, r -I d City Manager Planning Director Corpornte Heiidqiiarters, 4 Upper Newport Plriza, Nc;"port Bcnc/i, CL?/iforjiia 92660 (T141 R3.?-Q100 3 Z. . ~ -'. \ \ BURROUGH'S CORP. c. I I I- CL 0 z -- w ea