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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 If an application is withdrawn or deemed withdrawn, a new application must be submitted.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 MJH:EK:eh c: Gary Wayne Chris DeCerbo, Team Leader Clyde Wickham, Project Engineer Bobbie Hoder File Copy Data Entry Planning Aide 2075 La Palmas Dr. - Carlsbad, CA 92009-l 576 - (760) 438-l 161 - FAX (760) 438-0894 @ 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. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 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.