HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-08-18; City Council; ; Adoption of Ordinance No. CS-379 – Amendment to the Carlsbad Corporate Plaza Specific Plan to Remove the 6,000 Square-Foot Limitation on Medical Office Use for existing o Meeting Date: Aug. 18, 2020
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Scott Chadwick, City Manager
Staff Contact: Faviola Medina, City Clerk Services Manager
faviola.medina@carlsbadca.gov, 760-434-5989
Subject: Adoption of Ordinance No. CS-379 – Amendment to the Carlsbad
Corporate Plaza Specific Plan to Remove the 6,000 Square-Foot
Limitation on Medical Office Use for existing office buildings located at
6183-6185 Paseo del Norte
Recommended Action
Adopt Ordinance No. CS-379 amending the Carlsbad Corporate Plaza Specific Plan (SP 23(H)) to
remove the 6,000 square-foot limitation on medical office use for existing office buildings
located at 6183-6185 Paseo del Norte within the Mello II segment of the city’s Local Coastal
Program and Local Facilities Management Zone 3.
Executive Summary /Discussion
Ordinance No. CS-379 was introduced and first read at the City Council meeting held on July 28,
2020. On a motion by Mayor Pro Tem Blackburn, seconded by Council Member Bhat-Patel, the
City Council voted 4-0 to introduce the ordinance. The second reading allows the City Council to
adopt the ordinance, which will become effective thirty days after adoption.
Fiscal Analysis
All required improvements needed to serve this project will be funded by the developer.
Next Steps
The city clerk will have the ordinance, or summary of the ordinance, published in a newspaper
of general circulation within fifteen days following adoption of the ordinance. Environmental Evaluation (CEQA)
The city planner has determined that the project belongs to a class of projects that the state
secretary for resources has found do not have a significant impact on the environment, so the
project is categorically exempt from the requirement for the preparation of an environmental
document in keeping with California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15061(B)(3)
(the general rule or common sense exception) and City of Carlsbad Municipal Code Section
19.04.070(A)(1)(c) (for Specific Plan amendment 2019-0002), and CEQA Guidelines Section
15332 – In-Fill Development Projects (for Minor Site Development Plan and Coastal
Development Permit SDP 2019-0003/CDP 2019-0005). A notice of exemption will be filed by the
city planner upon project approval.
Public Notification and Outreach
Public notice of this item was posted in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act and it was
available for public viewing and review at least 72 hours prior to scheduled meeting date.
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Exhibits
1. Ordinance No. CS-379
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EXHIBIT 1
ORDINANCE NO. CS-379
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE CARLSBAD CORPORATE PLAZA SPECIFIC PLAN
(SP 23(H)) TO REMOVE THE 6,000-SQUARE-FOOT LIMITATION ON MEDICAL
OFFICE USE FOR EXISTING OFFICE BUILDINGS LOCATED AT 6183-6185
PASEO DEL NORTE WITHIN THE MELLO ll SEGMENT OF THE CITY'S LOCAL
COASTAL PROGRAM AND LOCAL FACILITIES MANAGEMENT ZONE 3.
CASE NAME: CARLSBAD CORPORATE PLAZA PARKING STRUCTURE
CASE NO.: AMEND 2019-0002
The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, does ordain as follows:
WHEREAS, the Carlsbad Corporate Plaza Specific Plan (SP 23) was originally adopted
by City Council Ordinance No. 9293 on March 21, 1972 and has been amended several times and
contains the uses, development standards and design guidelines for the development of the Specific
Plan area; and
WHEREAS, the Carlsbad Corporate Plaza Specific Plan is the implementing ordinance for
this property; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad has reviewed and considered a Specific
Plan Amendment (AMEND 2019-0002); and
WHEREAS, the amendment to remove the existing 6,000-square-foot limitation on
medical office use will allow the two existing buildings, currently used as a combination of general
offices and medical offices, to be used entirely as medical offices; and
WHEREAS, medical offices are listed as a permitted use in the Carlsbad Corporate Plaza
Specific Plan and a parking structure is allowed with the approval of a minor site development plan and
coastal development permit; and
WHEREAS, after procedures in accordance with requirements of law, the City Council has
determined that the public interest indicates that said Specific Plan Amendment (AMEND 2019-0002)
be approved.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California,
ordains as follows that:
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CELIA A. BREWER, City Attorney
1. The above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the Specific Plan Amendment AMEND 2019-0002 (Attachment A), is adopted. The
Carlsbad Corporate Plaza Specific Plan shall constitute the zoning for the property and all development
of the property shall conform to the Specific Plan.
3. That the findings and conditions of the Planning Commission in Planning Commission
Resolution No. 7371 shall also constitute the findings and conditions of the City Council.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty days after its adoption; and the
City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause the full text of the ordinance or a
summary of the ordinance prepared by the City Attorney to be published at least once in a newspaper
of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen days after its adoption.
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the 28th
day of July, 2020, and thereafter
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 18th day of August, 2020, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Hall, Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Schumacher.
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: None.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
MATT HALL, Mayor
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BARBARA ENGLESON, Cit Clerk
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