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Home My WebLink About2015-05-20; Planning Commission; AgendasThe City of CARLSBAD Planning Division PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA www.carlsbadca.gov Council Chambers Wednesday May 20, 2015 6:00 p.m. 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: 1. It is the Planning Commission’s Policy to adjourn the meeting no later than 10:00 p.m. 2. Meetings are divided into categories shown below. 3. When you are called to speak, please come forward and state your name and address. 4. Persons with a disability may request an agenda packet in appropriate alternative formats as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 by contacting the City Manager’s office at 760-434-2821 (voice), 711 (free relay service for TTY users), 760-720-9461 (fax) or manager@carlsbadca.gov by noon on the Friday preceding the meeting. All persons requiring reasonable accommodations or auxiliary aids in order to effectively participate in the meeting may contact the City Manager’s office by noon on the Friday preceding the meeting to make such arrangements. 5. PLEASE NOTE: Any agenda related writings or documents provided to the majority of the Planning Commission after distribution of the Agenda packet will be available for public inspection at the Planning Division located at 1635 Faraday Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92008. In addition, a binder containing all agenda related writings and documents will be held by the Minutes Clerk at each Planning Commission meeting and available for public review. 6. VISUAL MATERIALS FOR PLANNING COMMISSION: Visual materials should be submitted to the Planning Division at 1635 Faraday Avenue no later than noon on the day of a Regular Planning Commission Meeting. Digital materials will be placed on a computer in Council Chambers for public presentations. Please label all materials with the agenda item number you are representing. Items submitted for viewing, including presentations/digital materials, will be included in the time limit maximum for speakers. All materials exhibited to the Planning Commission during the meeting (slides, maps, photos, etc.) are part of the public record and must be kept by the Planning Division for at least 60 days after final action on the matter. Your materials will be returned upon written request. Video clips cannot be accommodated. 7. Meeting Decorum: Carlsbad Municipal Code sections 1.20.320 and 1.20.330 require members of the public to observe order at this meeting and to conduct themselves in a courteous manner. California Penal Code section 403 makes it a misdemeanor for any person to willfully disturb or break up any assembly or meeting with lawful authority. PUBLIC COMMENT: If you desire to speak about an item not listed on the agenda, a “Time Reservation Request” form should be filed with the Minutes Clerk. A total of 15 minutes is provided for the Public Comment portion of the Agenda. Speakers are limited to three (3) minutes each. In conformance with the Brown Act, no action can occur on items presented during Public Comment. PUBLIC HEARINGS: Please file a written request to speak on items listed on this agenda as Public Hearings. ALL OTHER CATEGORIES: For all other agenda items a “Request to Speak” form must be filed with the Minutes Clerk before the item is announced. There is a five (5) minute time limit for individual speakers. PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA May 20, 2015 Page 2 CALL TO ORDER 6:00 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF MINUTES May 6, 2015 Approved 7-0 PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING 1. CUP 15-01 – PALOMAR BREWING COMPANY – Request for a Conditional Use Permit to allow Palomar Brewing Company to operate a brewery and tasting room in an existing office/industrial building on property located at 2719 Loker Avenue West, Suite D, in the P-M Zone and in Local Facilities Management Zone 5. The City Planner has determined that this project is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per Section 15301, “Existing Facilities,” of the State CEQA Guidelines and will not have any adverse significant impact on the environment. A Notice of Exemption shall be filed with the County Clerk upon approval of this project. RESOLUTION NO. 7100 STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Recommend Approval PLANNER: Chris Garcia ENGINEER: Jason Geldert PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Recommended Approval 4-2-1 (Scully, Anderson; Black absent) 2. CDP 14-05/AV 15-04 – TIERRA DEL ORO RESIDENCE – Request for approval of a Coastal Development Permit and Minor Variance to 1) allow for the demolition of an existing 3,056 square foot one-story single-family residence with basement and a partial demolition of an existing detached 528 square foot two-car garage with a 432 square foot guest house; 2) allow for the remodel, expansion, and attachment of the existing two-car garage and guest house to a new two-story single-family residence with basement totaling 8,845 square feet of living area along with construction of related site improvements, including a new swimming pool; and 3) allow for a reduced front yard setback from 20'-0" to 8'-9¾" and a reduced side yard setback from 7'-6" to 4'-4½" to preserve the established development footprint of the existing garage/guest house; and a reduced front yard setback from 20'-0" to 12'-6¾" for the replacement of a newly designed front entry courtyard wall with decorative wood gate and iron view fence greater than forty-two inches in height on property located at 5039 Tierra Del Oro within the Mello II segment of the City’s Coastal Zone and Local Facilities Management Zone 3. The project site is within the appealable area of the California Coastal Commission. The City Planner has determined that the project belongs to a class of projects that the State Secretary for Resources has found do not have a significant impact on the environment, and it is therefore categorically exempt from the requirement for the preparation of environmental documents pursuant to Sections 15301(l), 15303(a) and 15305(a) of the state CEQA Guidelines. RESOLUTION NO. 7101 STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval PLANNER: Jason Goff ENGINEER: Steve Bobbett PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Approved 6-0-1 (Siekmann absent) PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA May 20, 2015 Page 3 3. GPA 14-02/ZC 14-01/HDP 14-04/SUP 14-03/HMP 14-02/MS 14-10 – COLLEGE BOULEVARD MITIGATION – Request for a recommendation of adoption of a Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program; and a request for a recommendation of approval of a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Hillside Development Permit, Special Use Permit, Habitat Management Plan Permit and Minor Subdivision to allow for the implementation of habitat mitigation associated with the development of College Boulevard Reach “A” on two parcels (APN 209-060-71, 72) totaling 17.44 acres (16.43 net acres) located north of the intersection of College Boulevard and Sunny Creek Road and south of the intersection of Cannon Road and College Boulevard, within Local Facilities Management Zone 15. The City Planner has determined that through the implementation of the proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration and associated Mitigation, Monitoring and Reporting Program, the proposed project avoids the effects or mitigates the effects to a point where clearly no significant effect on the environment would occur, and there is no substantial evidence in light of the whole record before the City that the project may have a significant effect on the environment. RESOLUTIONS NO. 7102, 7103, 7104 and 7105 STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Continue to a date certain of June 3, 2015 PLANNER: Shannon Werneke ENGINEER: Jeremy Riddle PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Continued to a date certain of June 3, 2015 7-0 Planning Commission Member Comments City Planner Comments City Attorney Comments TIME: 7:39 p.m. PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA May 20, 2015 Page 4 PLANNING COMMISSION PROCEDURE For those in the audience who are not familiar with the operation of a Planning Commission, the following is a summary of the procedure: For each item on the agenda, the planning staff will present a report to the Planning Commission. On items for public hearing, the audience will be asked for comment. Those wishing to speak are asked to come forward, speak into the microphone, and give their name and address for the taped record. A time limit of five minutes is allotted to each speaker. After testimony is completed, the applicant is allowed a rebuttal. The Planning Commission is anxious to hear all persons wishing to give testimony. However, it is requested that each new speaker add new information, and not repeat points which previous speakers have made. Persons not desiring to speak, but wishing to be recorded as proponents or protesters of record, may do so by submitting their name and address to the minutes clerk. Certain Planning Commission decisions are final, but may be appealed to the City Council. An appeal may be filed with the City Clerk at City Hall within 10 calendar days of the decision. The cost of filing an appeal is $1,077 plus noticing fees for all matters. If anyone wishes to question a Planning Commission decision, they may contact the Planning Division at 1635 Faraday Avenue, between the hours of 7:30 and 5:30, Monday through Thursday, and 8:00 to 5:00 on Friday. Community & Economic Development Planning Division 1635 Faraday Avenue  Carlsbad, CA 92008  760-602-4600  760-602-8560 fax Memorandum May 14, 2015 To: Planning Commission From: Shannon Werneke, Associate Planner Via Don Neu, City Planner Re: GPA 14-02/ZC 14-01/HDP 14-04/SUP 14-03/HMP 14-02/MS 14-10 – COLLEGE BOULEVARD MITIGATION Due to comment letters received at the end of the requisite 30-day notice for the Mitigated Negative Declaration, the applicant has requested a two-week continuance of the Planning Commission hearing to address the comments. Staff is supportive of the request to continue the hearing to June 3, 2015. DN:SW:bd Community & Economic Development Planning Division 1635 Faraday Avenue  Carlsbad, CA 92008  760-602-4600  760-602-8560 fax Memorandum May 14, 2015 To: Planning Commission From: Shannon Werneke, Associate Planner Via Don Neu, City Planner Re: GPA 14-02/ZC 14-01/HDP 14-04/SUP 14-03/HMP 14-02/MS 14-10 – COLLEGE BOULEVARD MITIGATION Due to comment letters received at the end of the requisite 30-day notice for the Mitigated Negative Declaration, the applicant has requested a two-week continuance of the Planning Commission hearing to address the comments. Staff is supportive of the request to continue the hearing to June 3, 2015. DN:SW:bd