HomeMy WebLinkAboutCD 2022-0026; MARJA ACRES; Admin Decision LetterSeptember 29, 2022
Jonathan Frankel
Atlantis Group
2488 Historic Decatur Road, Ste. 220
San Diego, CA 92106
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SUBJECT: CD 2022-0026 (DEV16038) -MARJA ACRES
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Carlstiad
The City Planner has completed a review of your application for a Consistency Determination, CD 2022-
0026, which is a request to review changes to CT 16-07, Marja Acres.
The Marja Acres project, approved by the City Council on November 3, 2020, includes 248 townhomes,
46 senior apartments, and 10,000 square feet of specialty commercial uses on 20.65 acres at 4901 El
Camino Real. The subject Consistency Determination entails a request to eliminate 12 out of a total of 38
carports for the placement of an underground stormwater retention vault in the parking lot for the senior
apartments. The total number of parking spaces for the senior apartments {47 spaces assigned spaces
plus 9 guest spaces), will not be impacted.
After careful consideration of the request, the City Planner has determined that the request meets all of
the findings below and APPROVES this request.
In order for a Discretionary Permit Consistency Determination to be approved, all of the following findings
must be made:
1) No project condition, feature, facility or amenity is changed or deleted that had been considered
essential to the project's design, quality, safety or function in that the elimination of 12 out of 38
carports in the senior apartments' parking lot allows for the placement of an underground
water retention vault, a required stormwater facility. Pursuant to the staff report for CT 16-07,
as the project included a density bonus request, pursuant to Government Code Section
65915(p}{1}, no covered parking spaces were required. Therefore, the elimination of 12 carports
remains consistent with the approved project. The total number of parking spaces for the senior
apartments (47 spaces assigned spaces plus 9 guest spaces), will not be impacted.
2) The request represents an upgrade in overall design features and or materials and improves upon
the project's compatibility with the surrounding neighborhood in that no parking spaces will be
eliminated.
3) The proposed revision does not change the density or boundary of the subject property in that no
additional residential units are proposed, and the boundaries of the project will remain the
same.
4) The proposed revision does not involve the addition of a new land use not shown on the original
permit in that the land uses will remain as approved pursuant to CT 16-07.
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5) The proposed revision does not rearrange the major land uses within the development in that the
location of the parking spaces will remain the same.
6) The proposed revision does not create changes of greater than ten percent provided that
compliance wl/1 be maintained with the applicable development standards of the Carlsbad
Municipal Code in that while 38 covered parking spaces were approved pursuant to CT 16-07,
no covered parking spaces are required for density bonus projects pursuant to Government Code
Section 65915(p){l). Therefore, the removal of 12 carports for the senior apartments remains
consistent with CT 16-07.
7) The proposed change will not result in any significant environmental impact, and/or require
additional mitigation in that the request to eliminate 12 carports allows for the placement of an
underground water retention vault, a required stormwater facility. The elimination of 12
carports will have no impact on the environment or require additional mitigation. The proposed
project is consistent with EIR 2017-0001.
8) The proposed change would not result in any health, safety or welfare impacts.
9) There were not any major issues or controversies associated with the original project which would
be exacerbated with the proposed change.
10} The proposed change would not be readily discernable to the decision makers as being
substantially different from the project as originally approved in that the mix of land uses and
number of parking spaces provided for the senior apartments pursuant to CT 16-07 remains the
same (47 spaces assigned spaces plus 9 guest spaces),
After careful consideration of the circumstances surrounding this request, the City Planner has
determined that the application qualifies for a consistency determination with the approved permit and
therefore, approves the changes to the project based on Planning Division Administrative Policy No. 35.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please feel free to contact your project planner, Shannon
Harker, at (442) 339-2621 or shannon.harker@carlsbadca.gov.
CITY OF CARLSBAD
ERIC LARDY, AICP
City Planner
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c: Jesse Kleist, KB Marja Acres 248 LLC, 9915 Mira Mesa Boulevard, Ste. 100, San Diego, CA 92131
Robert Rauscher, USA Properties Fund, 3200 Douglas Boulevard, Ste. 200, Roseville, CA 95661-4238
Allison Mclaughlin, Project Engineer
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