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Home My WebLink About1969-08-12; Planning Commission; Minutes"r MINUTES OF: DATE OF MEETING: TIME OF MEETING: PLACE OF MEETING: I I 1 I 1 \ 1 1 I ! f t 1 c 1 t i 1 I C C n c i r 1 n r t C 1 c < I I I \ PLANNING COMMISSION AUGUST 12, 1969 7:30 P.M. COUNCrL CHAMBERS ROLL CALL: - City Staff representatives present: Joe Spano and Hunter. Cook of the Engineering Department, Stuart Inlilson, City Attorney, Bob Joh.nston and Joe Olinghouse. Df the Planning Department, 4PP'ROVAL OF M I NUTES: (a) Minutes of the regular meeting of July 22, 1969 Mere approved as corrected and. the motion carri'ed by voice vote. dRlTTEN COMMUNICATIONS: (a) The City Managerls memorandum of July 23 which hac 3een sent to the Council, Planning Commission and Parks 3nd Recreation Commission members was reread by the secretary inasmuch as this joint meeting to discuss the :ityls future parks program was scheduled for the follc ing evening of August 13 at 7:30 PM. The Chairman 2mphasized the importance of this meeting and stated he lad been asked to chair the meeting.He briefed a plannec Format in line with the tentative agenda items, a copy ~f which had recently been ma i 1 ed to a1 1 members. A jiscussion followed as to whether some of those items, listed (Items 3, 5 and 6) actually belonged in the 'workshop" discussions originally planned. Mr. 01 i:ng- louse explained that perhaps th.e order of th.e agenda items was in error, i'n that based on the results. of latter agenda items, th.e earlier ones would be more 3pplicable. It was suggested thts be explai'ned at the Inset of the joint meettng ?or the benefit of all. The Chairman stated he would adjourn this regular neeting .to the. joint meeting date and, ti:me. [b) A letter from Mr, John H. Grant to the Plannrng :ommission, dated June 27, 1969 was read in full, wflere 'n Mr. Grant requested a further continuance of h.ts -ezoning application to a date early i'n January 197Q. -his application had been continued to the August 26 leeting by Planning Department request and pri'or to .eceiving Mr. Granths request. Mr. Olinghouse c1ari:Pte :hat this application would Be almost a year old if iontinued to January 1970 and further suggested that the Commission write Mr. Grant req.uesting that h.e consi vithdrawing his original appl i'cati'on. The CSty Attorne added that, while there was no legal problem tn such a lengthy continuation, it was his unders-tanding thi:s ap- ~lication had been enlarged upon as to land area and ~roposed development wi thin. Following a discussion to determine whether the original application still applied and what would be required if it were continued,. it was agreed a letter should be sent to Mr. Grant asking that he either w-i'tk. draw his application or be aware of certarn additional costs he would incur by continui'ng si-nce the scope of his project had changed and the Plannfng Department would have to treat this almost as a new applicati'on, 4 motion was made to this effect and to await further ~ord from Mr. Grant as to his wishes for this applica- tion. COMMISSIONERS P reaen t Absent Mot ton er Motion Ayes a rn X X CI'W OF CARLS~AD -2- I I I I I I I I ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: There were no Oral Communications at this time,. PUBLIC HEARINGS: (a) RESOLUTION OF INTENTION NO. 67 - To consider amenc ing Ordinance No. 9060 by adding Subparagraph 26 to Section 1400, Article 14 re Service Stations, and addir to Section 1404, Article 14, "Conditions of Approval for Auto-Relat.ed Uses Listed under Permitted Uses, Sec- tion 1400, Article 14" The Chairman called for the Staff report and Mr. Oling- house briefed the background of this Resolution of In- tention, stating his department had drafted a resolutic at the request of the City Council in June 1969 in orde that Carlsbad might have better control of service sta- tion and auto-related establishments by means of con- ditional requirements. He further stated the proposed amendments of the ordinance had been thoroughly researc ed for the various problems involved. The proposed resolution was read in full, after which discussion waz given some of the items therein. It was agreed that tt use of the Conditional Use Permit application appeared to be the best controlling means in this case, Following the Staff presentation, the Chai'rman called for any in the office to speak in favor or i'n opposi:ti.c 2f the resolution as previously read. JOSEPH A. STRANS Community Relations representative for Western Oil and ;as Association, 609 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles 30017,. addressed the Commission in opposition to this resolution, a copy of which he had obtained previously, Mr. Stransky proceeded, by section and each ?tern con- tained therein, to read those phases or words- that wept confusing or offensive as to intent. Mr. Stransky, stated he had attended many pub1 ic hearings or communi;i meetings to consider the control of servcce stattons and he felt this was somethtng that could well be w0rk.e out between the oil i,ndustry and th.e local c?ty adrqirn- istrations. He also desi'red clarification of wh.etRer this resolution appl led to estahl ishments already 6ut.11 or only to those who might apply in th.e future, He felt many of the condttions of approval were too con- fining and misleadi'ng, according t.o interpretatton. He concluded that he could agree wtth this resolution in form only, but not in content. HARRY L. TRUAX, 4125 Harb.or Drive, addressed the Corn- mission with comments as to the di'fficulty of drafti,ng such a controlling resolution so as to si:mpli:fy the many details to be covered. He felt that interpretatrc of such points as itemized by Mr.Stransky was the matn problem. The terms ''freeway-oriented facrl Tty", "total 1yt.planned shopping centkr'.', "economic analysts acceptable to the City", and some of the requi.rements under landscaping [Section 2) could tie interpreted as- quite confining for the potenti:al developer of a serv-. ice station. There being no others in the audi'ence who wished tg . speak and no questions from the Commission, the publtc hearing was closed at 8:35 P.M. .., . .- . .-. C OF -3- CAFlLS6AD 4r;Olinghouse then reviewed the proposed resolution anc 3ffered explanations or clarification of some items thz night improve upon it. Additionally, it was stated th: this resolution would app,ly to proposed uses only and lot for those non-conforming uses at this time. The subject of need being justified by service stations de- {elopers was covered, from the view of a planner and 3s it applied to the overall needs of a city. Possible additions to the resolution to clarify intent by means of terminology-were discussed and it vas generally agreed to add a clause to the effect that the resolution applied to new uses only and not non- :onfdrming existing ones. The long-time need for some neans of control within the City which would better ful Fill the public needs for such establishements and alsc nake for better land use were cited but it was felt the 3roposed resolution should be continued to allow the 'lanning Department time to improve or alter it further The motion was made to continue the public hearin: )n Planning Commission Resolution No. 634 to a later jate for the purpose of further study as to content. ILD BUSINESS: (a) Continued - City Engineer's letter to the Commiss. ion dated July 17, 1969 re request for Lot Split on 23 lcres (Dortion of oriainal a~~roved Tentative M~D for :arlsbad Industrial Pirk). bb'western Land and DeveloD- nent ComDanv. The Chairman asked the City Engineer for his repol 3nd Mr. Cook reiterated his original request and the items governing this Lot Split application, stating he lad disc-ussed this matter with the City Attorney as to the previous action on this property, the new ownersb intent, etc. The City Engineer stated the Planning Commission could take action on this matter either by a motion or by means of a resolution. He felt Mr. Cook's suggestil for handling this Lot Split, in which no variance re- quirements were involved, could be handled by a motion Thequestions regarding the originally approved Tenta- tive Map and this L.ot Split applicatton were clarified and he stated the developer could 'do this with his pro1 erty. There being no further questions from the Commtss ion, the Chairman asked if the developer OY hts repre- sentative were present and wished to comment at thFs time. RONALD SCHWAB, 5500 El Cam.ino Real, representa- tive of Western Land and Development Company, approach1 the Commission and presented a plan for this subject parcel of land developed as an -industrial area.. He sta that at this time they could not foresee just how i't inlould completely be developed, 6ut they were tn accord inlith the City Engineerl's requirements at this time. He added that he hoped when they came Back in wtth other details regarding this development it would 6e agree- able as well. COMMISSIONERS .lot ion 9y.e s s d . . .. '. . , 1. -4- . The motion was made to approve the request for Lot Split as submitted by Western Land and Development Co,, and in accordance with the recommendatrons as set fortP in City engineer"^ report, dated July 17, 1969 and re- vised August 12, 1969. NEW BUSINESS: (a) Progress Report - Housing Element of the General Plan Mr. Olinghouse presented an oral report in bring- ing the Commission uptodate with the more recent activi ties'of the Housing Element Committee. Also, the tent: tive Housing Element text will be presented to the Com- mission for review and discussion prior to any action required of them. Mr. Olinghouse advised that Tuesday, August 19th at 2:OO P.M. at the Pilgrim Congregational Church is scheduled for a discussion meeting for the final two or three phases of the complete report. ADJOURNMENT: At 9:15 P.M. the motion was made and unanimous carried to adjourn the regular meeting to 7:30 P.M. August 13, 1969 at the Library Conference Room. Respectfully submitt d, A G Yd€R ER, Recording Secretary COMMl SSlONERS lot ?on \yes lotion