HomeMy WebLinkAboutCUP 2020-0010; REKINECTED; Admin Decision LetterJanuary 5, 2021
Stan Weiler
Howes Weiler Landy
2888 Loker Avenue East, Suite 217
Carlsbad, CA 92010
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SUBJECT: CUP 2020-0010 (DEV2020-0281) -REKINECTED -Request for approval of a Minor
Conditional Use Permit (CUP 2020-0010) to allow a one-on-one athletic and physical
training and rehabilitation center on property generally located at 3141 Tiger Run Court,
Suite 114, in the Planned Industrial (P-M) Zone and Local Facilities Management Zone 18.
Dear Mr. Weiler,
The City Planner has completed a review of your application for Minor Conditional Use Permit CUP 2020-
0010 for an athletic and physical training and rehabilitation center at 3141 Tiger Run Court, Suite 114.
A notice was sent to property owners within a 300' radius of the subject property requesting comments
regarding the above request. No comments were received within the ten-day notice period (ending on
January 4, 2021). After careful consideration of the circumstances surrounding this request, the City
Planner has determined that the findings required for granting a Minor Conditional Use Permit can be
made and therefore, APPROVES this request based on the following findings and conditions.
Findings:
1. That the requested use is ,necessary or desirable for the development of the community, and is in
harmony with the various elements and objectives of the general plan, including, if applicable, the
certified local coastal program, specific plan or master plan in that the proposed one-on-one
athletic/physical training and rehabilitation use will have no more than two clients and three
employees at the site at any one time and its impacts will therefore be less than traditional gyms
or physical therapy uses. The use will provide specialty athletic and physical training in close
proximity to employees of businesses within the surrounding P-M Zone as well as the residents of
nearby residential communities. Furthermore, per Industrial Policy 2-P.29 of the General Plan Land
Use Element, commercial and recreational facility uses are a compatible land use in the Planned
Industrial {Pl) land use designation and physical conditioning businesses are conditionally permitted
in the implementing P-M zone.
2. That the requested use is not detrimental to existing uses or to uses specifically permitted in the zone
in which the proposed use is to be located in that the proposed one-on-one athletic/physical training
and rehabilitation use will have no more than two clients and three employees at the site at any
one time and its impacts will therefore be less than traditional gyms or physical therapy uses.
Physical conditioning is a conditionally permitted use in the P-M zone and is compatible with
surrounding uses. The proposed center requires no changes to the existing site design, except for
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tenant improvements to the interior of an existing tenant space. The existing industrial complex
provides adequate parking on-site (five parking spaces are required, and six spaces are available)
and the site provides for adequate traffic circulation.
3. That the site for. the proposed conditional use is adequate in size and shape to accommodate the
yards, setbacks, walls, fences, parking, loading facilities, buffer areas, landscaping and other
development features prescribed in this code and required by the City Planner in order to integrate
the use with other uses in the neighborhood in that the proposed athletic/physical training and
rehabilitati.on center will occupy a 1,739 square foot suite in an existing industrial building with
existing on-site landscaping and parking, and requires no site alterations or additional amenities.
The proposed use is not a traditional physical therapy/medical office use and will not adversely
impact parking. The proposed one-on-one athletic/physical training and rehabilitation use will
have no more. than two clients and three employees at the site at any one time and its impacts will
therefore be less than traditional gyms or physical therapy uses. Furthermore, the existing building
compiles with all of the required development standards of the P-M zone and the 1,739 square foot
lease space is adequate in size and shape to accommodate the proposed one-on-one
athletic/physical training and rehabilitation center as shown on Exhibits "A" -"C".
4. That the street system serving the proposed use is adequate to properly handle all traffic generated
by the proposed use in that the project is provided access from Eagle Drive which is currently
operating at acceptable level of service. The increase in 20 average daily trips (ADT) associated with
this proposed athletic/physical training and rehabilitation center can be accommodated by the
existing street system. The use intensifies ADT from 28 ADT (existing) to 48 ADT (proposed), which
is below the street system's ultimate capacity and will not change level of service.
5. That 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, and it is
therefore categorically exempt from the requirement for the preparation of environmental
documents pursuant to Section 15301(a)-interior alteration to existing facilities of the state CEQA
Guidelines. In making this determination, the City Planner has found that the exceptions listed in
Section 15300.2 of the state CEQA Guidelines do not apply to this project.
6. That the request for a Minor Conditional Use Permit was adequately noticed at least ten (10) calendar
days before the date of this decision pursuant to Section 21.54.060 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code.
7. The City Planner has reviewed each of the exactions imposed on the Developer contained in this
approval letter, and hereby finds, in this case, that the exactions are imposed to mitigate impacts
caused by or reasonably related to the project, and the extent and the degree of the exaction is in
rough proportionality to the impact caused by the project.
Conditions:
1. Approval is granted for CUP 2020-0010 as shown on Exhibits "A" -"C" dated January 5, 2021 on file
in the Planning Division and incorporated herein by reference. Development shall occur substantially
as shown unless otherwise noted in these conditions.
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2. If any of the following conditions fail to occur, or if they are, by their terms, to be implemented and
maintained over time, if any of such conditions fail to be so implemented and maintained according
to their terms, the city shall have the right to revoke or modify all approvals herein granted; deny or
further condition issuance of all future building permits; deny, revoke, or further condition all
certificates of occupancy issued under the authority of approvals herein granted; record a notice of
violation on the property title; institute and prosecute litigation to compel their compliance with said
conditions or seek damages for their violation. No vested rights are gained by Developer or a successor
in interest by the city's approval of this Minor Conditional Use Permit.
3. Staff is authorized and directed to make, or require the Developer to make, all corrections and
modifications to the CUP 2020-0010 documents, as necessary to make them internally consistent and
in conformity with the final action on the project. Development shall occur substantially as shown on
the approved Exhibits. Any proposed development different from this approval shall require an
amendment to this approval.
4. The Developer/Operator shall and does hereby agree to indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless
the City of Carlsbad, its Council members, officers, employees, agents, and representatives, from and
against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, demands, claims and costs, including court costs and
attorney's fees incurred by the city arising, directly or indirectly, from (a) city's approval and issuance
of this Minor Conditional Use Permit, (b) City's approval or issuance of any permit or action, whether
discretionary or non-discretionary, in connection with the use contemplated herein, and (c)
Developer/Operator's installation and operation of the facility permitted hereby, including without
limitation, any and all liabilities arising from the emission by the facility of electromagnetic fields or
other energy waves or emissions.
5. The Developer shall comply with all applicable provisions of federal, state, and local ordinances in
effect at the time of building permit issuance.
6. This project shall comply with all conditions and mitigation measures, which are required as part of
the Zone 18 Local Facilities Management Plan and any amendments made to that Plan prior to the
issuance of building permits.
7. CUP 2020-0010 shall be reviewed by the City Planner on a yearly basis to determine if all conditions
of this permit have been met-and that the use does not have a substantial negative effect on
surrounding properties or the public health, safety and general welfare. If the City Planner determines
that: 1) the minor conditional use permit was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation; or 2) the use
for which such approval is granted is not being exercised; or 3) the conditions of approval have not
been met; or 4) the minor conditional use permit is being or recently has been exercised contrary to
any of the terms or conditions of approval; or 5) the use for which such approval was granted has
ceased to exist or has been suspended for one year or more; or 6) the use is in violation of any statute,
ordinance, law or regulation; or 7) the use permitted by the minor conditional use permit is being or
has been so exercised as to be detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare or so as to constitute
a nuisance, the City Planner shall hold an informal public hearing and after providing the permittee
the opportunity to be heard, the City Planner may revoke and terminate the minor conditional use
permit in whole or in part, reaffirm the minor conditional use permit, modify the conditions or impose
new conditions.
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8. This Conditional Use Permit is granted without an expiration date. This permit may be revoked at any
time after a public hearing, if it is found that the use has a substantial detrimental effect on
surrounding land uses and the public's health and welfare, or the conditions imposed herein have not
been met.
9. Prior to the issuance of a building permit, the Developer shall provide proof to the Building Division
from Carlsbad Unified School District that this project has satisfied its obligation to provide school
facilities.
10. If any condition for construction of any public improvements or facilities, or the payment of any fees
in-lieu thereof, imposed by this approval or imposed by law on this residential housing project are
challenged this approval shall be suspended as provided in Government Code Section 6602D. If any
such condition is determined to be invalid this approval shall be invalid unless the City Council
determines that the project without the condition complies with all requirements of law.
11. Prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy Permit, owner/applicant shall submit to the city a
Notice of Restriction to be filed in the office of the County Recorder, subject to the satisfaction of the
City Planner, notifying all interested parties and successors in interest that the City of Carlsbad has
issued a Minor Conditional Use Permit on the real property owned by the owner/applicant. Said
Notice of Restriction shall note the property description, location of the file containing complete
project details and all conditions of approval as well as any conditions or restrictions specified for
inclusion in the Notice of Restriction. The City Planner has the authority to execute and record an
amendment to the notice, which modifies or terminates said notice upon a showing of good cause by
the owner/applicant or successor in interest.
12. This approval shall become null and void if building permits are not issued for this project within 24
months from the date of project approval.
13. Developer shall report, in writing, to the City Planner within 30 days, any address change from that
which is shown on the permit application.
14. The number of on-site clients receiving services is limited to a maximum of two persons per any
given hour. The developer shall not use more than six parking spaces (three for personnel, two for
clients, and one for client overlap) at any given time.
Building:
15. A Certificate of Occupancy Permit must be applied for through the building division prior to the
issuance of a business license and is required whether or not physical changes are made to the
tenant space. The new use and occupancy must comply with the California Building Codes in use
by the· City, for that occupancy, at the time of issuance of the Occupancy Permit, and tenant
improvement building permit if one is required.
Code Reminders:
16. Approval of this request shall not excuse compliance with all applicable sections of the Zoning
Ordinance and all other applicable city ordinances in effect at time of building permit issuance, except
as otherwise specifically provided herein.
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17. Premise identification (addresses) shall be provided consistent with Carlsbad Municipal Code Section
17.04.060.
18. Any signs proposed for this development shall at a minimum be designed in conformance with the
City's Sign Ordinance and shall require review and approval of the City Planner prior to installation of
such signs.
NOTICE
Please take NOTICE that approval of your ,project includes the "imposition" of fees, dedications,
reservations, or other exactions hereafter collectively referred to for convenience as "fees/exactions."
You have 90 days from the date of final approval to protest imposition of these fees/exactions. If you
protest them, you must follow the protest procedure set forth in Government Code Section 66020(a), and
file the protest and any other required information with the City Manager for processing in accordance
with Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 3.32.030. Failure to timely follow that procedure will bar any
subsequent legal action to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul their imposition.
You are hereby FURTHER NOTIFIED that your right to protest the specified fees/exactions DOES NOT
APPLY to water and sewer connection fees and capacity charges, nor planning, zoning, grading or other
similar application processing or service fees in connection with this project; NOR DOES IT APPLY to any
fees/exactions of which you have previously been given a NOTICE similar to this, or as to which the statute
of limitations has previously otherwise expired.
This decision may be appealed by you or any other member of the public to the Planning Commission
within ten days of the date of this letter. Appeals must be submitted in writing to the Planning Division at
1635 Faraday Avenue in Carlsbad, along with a payment of $876. The filing of such appeal within such
time limit shall stay the effective date of the order of the City Planner until such time as a final decision
on the appeal is reached. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please feel to contact Esteban
Danna at (760) 602-4629.
Sincerely,
Don Neu
City Planner
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c: Don Neu, City Planner
Tecla Levy, Project Engineer
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