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Home My WebLink AboutCD 2024-0004; OCEAN VIEW POINT; Admin Decision Letter□ Fl LE ~ -s-ievz-1 May 8, 2024 MARK GROSS MARK GROSS & ASSOCIATES, INC. 8881 RESEARCH DRIVE IRVINE, CA 92618 SUBJECT: CD 2024-0004 {DEV15043) -OCEAN VIEW POINT (cityof Carlsbad The City Planner has completed a review of your application for Consistency Determination, CD 2024- 0004, which is a modification to CDP 2022-0014, which allowed for the development of 13 single-family residences and associated site improvements on property located at the terminus ofTwain Avenue within the Mello II Segment of the Local Coastal Program and within Local Facilities Management Zone 8. 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 architectural revisions include: A. Plan 1 1. The rear sliding doors at the dining room area were changed to a bi-fold door system. To accommodate a sixteen inch (16") furrout around the door, the door wall was moved in twelve inches (12"). 2. The great room rear windows were changed to a bi-fold door system. A sixteen inch (16") furrout was added to the exterior elevation. 3·. The master bath windows located at the bathtub were changed from five feet (5') tall to three feet (3') tall. 4. The master bath water closest window was changed from four feet (4') tall to three feet (3') tall. 5. On the front elevation, the shed roof over the garage was changed to a gabled roof; the flat roof over the porch was reduced in width; and siding material placement was modified. B. Plan 2 1. The great room rear windows were changed out to a bi-fold door system. An eighteen inch (18") furrout was added to the exterior elevation. 2. The sliding door in the dining room was changed out to a bi-fold door system. C. Plan 3 1. The sliding doors in dining/kitchen area were changed out to a bi-fold door system. 2. The powder room window was changed from four feet (4') tall to three feet {3') tall. 3. Bathroom No. 3 was relocated to the front of the second floor and a two-foot by two-foot (2' x 2') window was added to the right elevation. 4. Elevation A Community Development Department Planning Division I 1635 Faraday Avenue I Carlsbad, CA 92008-7314 I 442-339-2600 CD 2024-0004 {DEV15043)-OCEAN VIEW POINT May 8, 2024 Page 2 a. The brick veneer was omitted and replaced with a board and batten siding. b. Board and batten siding was added at the one-car door wall plane, and horizontal siding was added at the two-car door wall plane. 5. On Elevation B, the brick veneer at the one-car garage door wall plane was omitted and replaced with a board and batten siding. D. Plan 4 1. The rear kitchen wall was extended six inches (6") and the sixteen foot (16') sliding door was changed out to a fifteen foot (15') bi-fold door system. 2. The master bedroom windows were shifted to center of the room. 3. On Elevation A, the stucco area in the front was replaced with horizontal siding. 4. On Elevation B, the stucco area above the brick veneer was changed to board and batten siding. E. Plan 5 1. The great room sliding doors were changed out to a bi-fold door system and moved inward twelve inches (12") to provide an exterior soffit. 2. The kitchen sliding doors were changed out to a bi-fold door system. 3. The pantry area was redesigned and a bi-fold window and serving counter was added. 4. Office/Bedroom No. 5 area was redesigned to move the exterior door on the side closer to the front. 5. Balcony and sliding doors added to the master bedroom rear wall, except for Lot 6. 6. The bonus room sliding doors were changed out to a bi-fold door system. 7. The rear covered patio and deck area was extended two feet (2') and squared off, except for lot 6. 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. 2) The request represents an upgrade in overall design features and or materials and improves upon the project's compatibility with the surrounding neighborhood. 3) The proposed revision does not change the density or boundary of the subject property in that the number of residential units and the boundary of the subject property remains as originally approved. 4) The proposed revision does not involve the addition of a new land use not shown on the original permit in that the proposed modifications consist only of minor architectural style changes to the homes, reflecting the new owner's style, and distinguishing it from the previous owner. The number of residential units and the boundary of the subject property remains as originally approved. 5) The proposed revision does not rearrange the major land uses within the development in that the proposed modifications consist only of minor architectural style changes to the homes, Community Development Department Planning Division I 1635 Faraday Avenue I Carlsbad, CA 92008-7314 I 442-339-2600 CD 2024-0004 (DEV15043)-OCEAN VIEW POINT May 8, 2024 Page 3 reflecting the new owner's style, and distinguishing it from the previous owner. The number of residential units and the boundary of the subject property remains as originally approved. 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 proposed modifications consist only of minor architectural style changes to the homes, reflecting the new owner's style, and distinguishing it from the previous owner. None of the proposed revisions create measurable changes. 7) The proposed change will not result in any significant environmental impact, and/or require additional mitigation in that the proposed architectural modifications do not create any inconsistencies or new impacts relative to the environmental review process associated with the original project's approval. 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. 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. Community Development Department Planning Division I 1635 Faraday Avenue I Carlsbad, CA 92008-7314 I 442-339-2600 CD 2024-0004 (DEV15043}-OCEAN VIEW POINT May 8, 2024 Page4 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 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 $900. 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, Jason Goff, at (442) 339-2643. CITY OF CARLSBAD ERIC LARDY, AICP City Planner El:JG:cf c: Jordan Silva, Shea Homes limited Partnership, 9990 Mesa Rim Road, Ste 200, San Diego, CA 92121 Nichole Fine, Project Engineer Laserfiche/File Copy Data Entry Community Development Department Planning Division I 1635 Faraday Avenue I Carlsbad, CA 92008-7314 I 442-339-2600