HomeMy WebLinkAboutCD 2022-0032; ABSTRACT ALE WORKS; Admin Decision LetterDecember 29, 2022
Matthew Zirpolo
6350 Yarrow Drive, STE C
Carlsbad, CA 92011-1544
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SUBJECT: CD 2022-0032 (DEV16021) -ABSTRACT ALE WORKS
{"Cityof
Carlsbad
The City Planner has completed a review of your application for Consistency Determination CD 2022-0032
(APN: 213-050-06-00, 6350 Yarrow Drive), which is a modification to Abstract Ale Works, a 9,925-square-
foot brewery in an existing industrial building which includes 5,203 square feet of warehouse, 2,738
square feet of manufacturing and a 1,984 square foot tasting room (CUP 16-03). The original CUP also
included a 16'x10' outdoor chiller yard surrounded by a chain-link fence. Condition No. 12 of Planning
Commission Resolution No. 7186 for the CUP states "No outdoor storage of materials, including but not
limited to barley, hops and spent grain shall occur on-site. If at a future date outdoor storage is desired, a
Consistency Determination application shall be submitted and approved by the City Planner."
After careful consideration of the request, the City Planner has determined that the request meets all of
the findings below and APPROVES this request. The proposed modifications include:
• Approval of a 28' -4"-tall bulk grain silo in a 10' by 10' outdoor area at the rear of the existing
building.
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 CUP 16-03 includes a condition
that prohibits outdoor storage of materials on-site, including but not limited to barley, hops and
spent grain, unless a Consistency Determination is approved. Therefore, with the filing of the
subject Consistency Determination, the project is consistent with CUP 16-03. In addition, no
parking spaces will be removed or restricted as a result of the project and the proposed 28'-4"-
tall silo will not be visible from the surrounding roadways.
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 the proposed silo will allow
the existing brewery to bulk purchase grains, therefore reducing truck deliveries to the property.
The silo will be screened from view from Yarrow Drive and Camino Vida Roble by the existing
building and mature vegetation.
3) The proposed revision does not change the density or boundary of the subject property in that the
project site is zoned Planned Industrial (P-M} and contains no existing dwelling units, nor are
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any dwelling units proposed as part of this project. Also, the property boundaries will remain as
existing.
4) The proposed revision does not involve the addition of a new land use not shown on the original
permit.
5) The proposed revision does not rearrange the major land uses within the development.
6) The proposed revision does not create changes of greater than ten percent provided that
compliance will be maintained with the applicable development standards of the Carlsbad
Municipal Code in that the project does not propose an increase in height or square footage to
the existing building. The silo will be 28'-4"-tall, which is shorter than the existing 29'-1"-tall
building.
7) The proposed change will not result in any significant environmental impact, and/or require
additional mitigation.
8) The proposed change would not result in any health, safety or welfare impacts in that parking
circulation will not be impacted, as the project is proposed 33' from the edge of the existing
parking stalls.
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 discernab/e to the decision makers as being
substantially different from the project as originally approved in that the previously approved
brewery will remain as-is, no new land uses are proposed, and the proposed silo is hidden from
view from both Yarrow Drive and Camino Vida Robles by the existing building onsite and mature
vegetation.
Therefore, the City Planner has determined. that the application qualifies for a consistency determination
with the approved permit and approves the changes to the project based on Planning Division
Administrative Policy No. 35.
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
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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 $786. 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 free to contact your
project planner, Lauren Yzaguirre at 442-339-2634 or by email at Lauren.Yzaguirre@carlsbadca.gov.
CITY OF CARLSBAD
ERIC LARDY, AICP
City Planner
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c: David Rick, Project Engineer
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