HomeMy WebLinkAboutPRE 2021-0041; SKYLINE DRIVEWAY; Admin Decision LetterDecember 1, 2021
Rebecca LeBlanc
3840 Skyline Road
Carlsbad, CA 92008
--SUBJECT: PRE 2021-0041 (DEV2021-0222) -SKYLINE DRIVEWAY
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Thank you for submitting a preliminary review for a proposed access easement to allow the residential lot
located at 3840 Skyline Road to take access off of El Camino Real. The subject property is a flag-lot with
access and frontage on Skyline Road. The project site, an approximately 1.26-acre lot, is currently
developed with an existing single-family residence.
In response to your application, the Planning Division has prepared this comment letter. Please note that
the purpose of a preliminary review is to provide you with direction and comments on the overall concept
of your project. This preliminary review does not represent an in-depth analysis of your project. It is
intended to give you feedback on critical issues based upon the information provided in your submittal.
This review is based upon the plans, policies, and standards in effect as of the date of this review. Please
be aware that at the time of a formal application submittal, new plans, policies, and standards may be
in effect and additional issues of concern may be raised through a more specific and detailed review.
Planning:
General
1. General Plan and zoning designations for the property are as follows:
a. General Plan: R-4 Residential, .0-4 units/ac
b. Zoning: R-1-10000 One-Family Residential (10,000 square foot lot minimum)
2. The proposed access easement does not conform to the City of Carlsbad Engineering Standards
Volume 1, Chapter 4, Section lE and the flag-lot lot width requirements specified in Carlsbad
Municipal Code (CMC) Section 21.10.100.D.4 as described in the bullets below. Therefore, staff
cannot support the project as proposed at the subject location. However, if the applicant wishes to
submit an application for an easement agreement, they need to provide a legal description and plat
of the easement, traverse calculations and a title report.
3. Per the flag-lot lot width requirements as specified in CMC Section 21.10.100.D.4, the minimum width
for flag-lot access shall be twenty feet except where the access portion is adjacent to the same portion
of another such lot, in which case the required minimum frontage shall be fifteen feet, provided a
joint easement ensuring common access to both such portions is recorded. The proposed access point
does not meet these minimum frontage width requirements and is, therefore, not allowed.
Community Development Department
Planning Division I 1635 Faraday Avenue I Carlsbad, CA 92008 I 760-602-4600 I 760-602-8560 fax
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Land Development Engineering:
1. Per City of Carlsbad Engineering Standards Volume 1, Chapter 4, Section lE: "No driveway will be
allowed onto prime or major arterial streets unless no other access is available to the lot(s) _being
served." Since El Camino Real is a prime arterial street, secondary access is not allowed.
If you would like to schedule a meeting to discuss this letter with the commenting departments, please
contact Paul Dan at the number below. You may also contact each department individually as follows:
• Planning Division: Paul Dan, 760-602-4614 Planner, at (760) 602-4614
• · Land Development Engineering: Allison McLaughlin, Project Engineer, at (760) 602-2732
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