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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-01-11; Planning Commission; ; CUP 42D - CARLSBAD RACEWAY CORPORATIONSTAFF REPORT/MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: PLANNING COMMISSION CITY MANAGER JANUARY 11, 1972 SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW CONTINUANCE OF THE CARLSBAD RACEWAY APPLICANT: CARLSBAD RACEWAY CORPORATION Report submitted by: City Manager, Building, Engineering, Fire, Parks & Recreation and Planning Departments Section I -General.Discussion The applicant wishes to continue the conditional use permit originally granted by City Council Resolution #963 of 17 December 1964. The original application was approved by the Planning Commission and was subsequently appealed to the City Council by the adjoining property owners. City Council Resolution #963 was the product of that appeal. In March 1965 the applicant applied to the Planning Commission to expand the types of uses allowed under the ori- ginal Conditional Use Permit. Planning Commission #391 granted that request. On May 27, 1969 the applicant submitted an application to extend the original Conditional Use Permit for a period of ten (10) years, and an amendment to the original Conditional Use Permit to allow the sale of beer. Application was denied. During 1969 there was the issue of the potential and future use of Palomar Airport. The staff at that time felt it was impossible to make any determination pertaining to land use in areas which may be affected by landing patterns of the airport, especially since the future of the airport facility was at that time questionable. At this time, the airport is establishing a function in the north county. An FAA approved tower is scheduled to be built in the immediate future indicating an extended life-1 time for the airport as a land use. During the past eight years of operation, the Carlsbad Raceway has maintained a good relationship with the community. Police and fire problems have been minimal. Compatible non- residential land uses adjacent to airport traffic patterns have been approved by the City during the last year: l. Cemetary/Planned Community master plan at the intersection of Palomar Airport Road and El Camino Real. 2. An agricultural Preserve was established through county zoning northerly of Palomar Airport Road between the cemetary and the raceway. • l l Staff Report/Memorandum Page Two January 11, 1972 3. The recreational vehicle park south of Palomar Airport Road at the westerly end of the runway. 4. The Tri-City Automobile Dealers Association complex on Interstate-5 in the departure pattern. S. Existing city C-M (Heavy Commercial -Limited Industrial) Zone and M (Manufacture) Zone are located along the northerly property boundary of Palomar Airport. Section II -Recommendation The staff recommends approval of the subject application for the following reasons and subject to the following conditions. Section III -Reasons of Approval l. The extension of the existing Conditional Use Permit will be an asset and benefit to the community. 2. The land use as proposed is compatible with airport traffic patterns and facilities. Section IV -Conditions of Approval l. An ambulance shall be on the premises and shall be on stand- by for all events with one driver/or attendant who has a valid first aid license. 2. No alcoholic beverage~ shall be permitted on the grounds or premises of the dragway and spectator stands; and all above areas will be posted to this effect. 3. There will be no jet drags. 4. The required off-street parking ordinance shall be complied with, such as parking for the spectators shall be one for each five seats, and improved to the City's standards. The Plans must be submitted to the Engineering Department for their approval and built to their standards. 5. Before any night meets are held, all parking lots, entrances and pertinences shall be adequately lighted as specified by the Engineering Department. p. The water supply shall be a p!l;Jble water supply as spe- cified by San Diego County Health°ifepartment at no expense to the City of Carlsbad. 7. Within a reasonable time after an event, the premises shall be cleaned of rubbish or waste material to conform with Ordinance No. 5010. B. That the construction privileges hereby granted are granted solely to the owner, his vestee or agent in said construction and these privileges are not transferable without the expressed consent of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad. Upon the date of the granting of this Conditional Use Permit, the operation and maintenance privileges of subject facility shall Page Three Staff Report/Memorandum January 11, 1972 be for a period of ten(lO) years or until January 11, 1982 and such operational and maintenance privileges shall be transferable. At the end of such ten(lO) year period there shall be an annual review period to establish further con- tinuance. In the event of any further application for a conditional use permit for a raceway facility at the same location, subject shall be judged and considered without regard to the privileges granted herein. 9. That a landscape and sprinkler plan to aid in noise abatement and erosion control shall be designed by a regis- tered landscape architect and submitted to the Parks & Recreation Director for approval. 10. That all motor vehicles shall have an adequate muffler system -motorcycles are required by state law to have silencers. 11. Major drag races (those where competitors use fuel burning blown engines) shall be limited to one event per month. @ Any future major recreational use, i.e. recreational . le park, overnight camping shall be submitted as of a specific plan for the entire parcel. 13. Erosion control on all motorcycle trails shall be approved by the City Engineer. 14. That an adequate fencing control ingress and egress to by the Planning Director. sll program shall be established to the property a~sha}J) be approved [f.!::lt.J•~ CK~RNOLD, City Manager L