HomeMy WebLinkAboutCT 99-07; La Costa Fairway Villas; Tentative Map (CT) (3)April 5, 1999
Mr. Arthur Moore
Darling Pacific Builders
28720 Roadside Drive, Suite 274
Agoura Hills, CA 91376
SUBJECT: CT 99-07/ PUD 99-04/HDP 99-05 - LA COSTA FAIRWAY VILLAS
Thank you for applying for Land Use Permits in the City of Carlsbad. The Planning
Department has reviewed your Tentative Tract Map, Planned Development Permit, and
Hillside Development Permit, application no. CT 99-07/ PUD 99-04/HDP 99-05, as to its
completeness for processing.
The application is incomplete, as submitted. Attached are two lists. The first list is
information which must be submitted to complete your application. This list of items
must be submitted directly to your staff planner by appointment. All list items must be
submitted simultaneously and a copy of this list must be included with your submittals.
No processing of your application can occur until the application is determined to be
complete. The second list is issues of concern to staff. When all required materials are
submitted the City has 30 days to make a determination of completeness. If the
application is determined to be complete, processing for a decision on the application will
be initiated. In addition, please note that you have six months from the date the
application was initially filed, March 9, 1999, to either resubmit the application or submit
the required information. Failure to resubmit the application or to submit the materials
necessary to determine your application complete shall be deemed to constitute
withdrawal of the application. If an application is withdrawn or deemed withdrawn, a
new application must be submitted.
Please contact your staff planner, Barbara Kennedy, at (760) 438-l 161, extension 4325,
if you have any questions or wish to set up a meeting to discuss the application.
Sincerely,
Planning Director
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c: Gary Wayne
Chris DeCerbo, Team Leader
Clyde Wickham, Project Engineer
Bobbie Hoder
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LIST OF ITEMS NEEDED
TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION
No. CT 99-07/PUD 99-04/HDP 99-05
Planning:
1. Please submit a new Public Facilities Fee Agreement. Return the signed and
notarized original plus one Xerox copy.
2. Additional information is required to complete your Hillside Development
Application. Please include items 3, 4, 6 of the Hillside Development Permit
Application on the preliminary landscape plan. Include the square footage of the
total area to be graded on the grading plan.
3. Please indicate how the 15% inclusionary housing requirement will be met. If
affordable housing will be constructed either on or off-site, you will need to submit
an application and fee for a Site Development Plan. If you are proposing to
purchase housing credits, the SDP is not required.
Engineering:
1. Comments will be sent under separate cover.
ISSUES OF CONCERN
Planning:
1. In general, the project appears to be overbuilt for the product type proposed. There
is an excessive use of retaining walls, the open space areas are not centrally
located, and the project does not meet many of the minimum Planned Development
standards (see below for more detail). Furthermore, the architectural design of the
buildings is not consistent with the architectural hillside guidelines which are
included within the City’s Hillside Development Guidelines. The buildings should
utilize a terraced design to minimize grading, and the building elevations facing the
street and private driveway should be stepped back to provide some architectural
relief and minimize the bulk and mass of the building. It is staff’s recommendation
that the project be redesigned using a different product type and utilizing a
clustered development rather than duplex units. The rear slopes, front yards, and
open space areas should all be maintained by the H.O.A., rather than by the
individual homeowner.
2. The minimum lot size for a postage stamp lots is 3,500 square feet. The proposed
subdivision does not meet this minimum standard. In addition, the Council Policy
Statement for Small Lot Guidelines will apply to the project if it is designed with
individual lots.
3. If the project is redesigned as a condominium project, it will require a CP (Condo
Permit) application as opposed to a PUD (Planned Unit Development.
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Multifamily units which face onto a private drivewav may have a five foot setback
provided that guest parking is dispersed along the entire driveway. All garages
must be equipped with an automatic garage door opener (CMC 21.45.090 (B). In
order to meet this criteria, guest parking spaces should be interspersed between
units, rather than clustered at the end of the driveway. Open parking spaces shall
be setback at least 5 feet from the building (please dimension parking spaces). In
addition, please show a minimum 5 foot setback to the garages from the 30 foot
wide driveway.
Common recreation facilities shall be located so as to be readily accessible to the
occupants of the dwelling units. You have the opportunity to create a centralized
common open space area where the guest spaces currently exist, since the guest
spaces need to be dispersed throughout the project (see comment above). At least
50% of the required open space needs to be provided as common active open
space. Please refer to the Planned Development Ordinance for acceptable
amenities within the active open space areas. Rear yards for private open space
must have a minimum dimension of 15’ x 15’.
For planned unit development lots (CMC 21.45.090 (o)(5), the building height for
duplex residences shall not exceed thirty feet and two-stories if a minimum roof
pitch of 3:12 is provided. Your product type appears to exceed this height limit.
Recreational vehicle storage must be provided on site and shall equal at least 20
square feet for each unit in the planned development. The storage space shall be
screened from view by a fence, wall or landscaping.
Separate storage space of at least 480 cubic feet in area shall be provided for each
unit.
Centralized refuse pick-up area shall be designed for the development.
Per the Hillside Ordinance, retaining walls may not encroach more than 6 feet into
an uphill perimeter slope. The rear yard retaining walls exceed the height limit.
Also, please clearly show the height of the retaining wall along Gibraltar Street and
the height of the existing retaining wall on the east side of the site.
Please submit an Environmental Impact Assessment fee of $1,030.
Engineering:
12. Comments will be sent under separate cover.
Code Reminder:
13. Per Fire and Building Codes, all buildings will require automatic fire sprinklers since
they exceed two stories.