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Home My WebLink About2015-08-05; Planning Commission; AgendasThe City of CARLSBAD Planning Division PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA www.carlsbadca.gov Faraday Administration Building Wednesday August 5, 2015 6:00 p.m. 1635 Faraday Avenue, Room 173 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 August 5, 2015 Page 2 CALL TO ORDER 6:00 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF MINUTES June 17, 2015 Approved 4-0 (Vice Chairperson Anderson and Commissioner L’Heureux abstained PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING 1. CUP 01-12x1(B) – LePORT SCHOOLS – Request for an amendment to Conditional Use Permit CUP 01- 12x1(A) to broaden the approved student accommodations from grades one through six, to three years old through sixth grade for the Montessori Arts and Sciences School located at 3016 Highland Drive in Local Facilities Management Zone 1. The City Planner has determined that the project belongs to a class of projects that the State Secretary of Resources has found do not have a significant impact on the environment, and is therefore categorically exempt from the requirement for the preparation of environmental documents pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3). RESOLUTION NO. 7109 STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval PLANNER: Austin Silva ENGINEER: N/A PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Approved as amended 6-0 2. CDP 12-27(A) – JAGUAR LAND ROVER CARLSBAD – Request for approval of a Coastal Development Permit Amendment to allow for a tenant improvement to create a 998 square foot second floor within the existing building shell consisting of a sales office, restroom, and two exit stairs in the Mello II Segment of the City’s Coastal Zone located at 5550 Paseo Del Norte within Local Facilities Management Zone 3. The project site is not 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 does 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 Section 15301(e) Existing Facilities of the state CEQA Guidelines. RESOLUTION NO. 7115 STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval PLANNER: Austin Silva ENGINEER: David Rick PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Approved 6-0 3. CT 14-05/PUD 14-08/CDP 14-27 – MAGNOLIA TOWNHOMES – Request for approval of a Tentative Tract Map, Planned Development Permit, and Coastal Development Permit to demolish existing single-family structures and develop a 16-unit multi-family residential condominium project on a 0.68 acre infill site generally located on the south side of Magnolia Avenue, west of Jefferson Street, within the Mello II segment of the Local Coastal Program and in Local Facilities Management Zone 1. The project is not within the appealable area of the California Coastal Commission. The City Planner has determined that this project is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15332 “In-Fill Development Projects” of the State CEQA Guidelines and will not have any adverse significant impact on the environment. RESOLUTION NO. 7116 STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval PLANNER: Christer Westman ENGINEER: Steve Bobbett PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Approved 6-0 PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA August 5, 2015 Page 3 4. PUD 13-06(A)/PUD 13-06(B)/SDP 15-01 – ROBERTSON RANCH PLANNING AREAS 3, 4, 6, AND 13 – A request for a determination that the project is within the scope of the previously certified Robertson Ranch Master Plan Environmental Impact Report (EIR 03-03) and subsequent Mitigated Negative Declaration and a request for approval of single-family home floor plans and architectural elevations, plotting for the 197 single-family lots, design of neighborhood parks within Planning Areas 3, 6 and 13, and the floor plan, architectural elevations, and site plan for the Planning Area 4 West Village community recreation facility located south of Tamarack Avenue, east of El Camino Real and north of Cannon Road in Local Facilities Management Zone 17. RESOLUTION NO. 7117 STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval PLANNER: Christer Westman ENGINEER: Steve Bobbett PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Approved 6-0 5. PUD 15-05/SDP 15-05/CDP 15-10/MS 15-03/AV 15-03 – 165 PINE AVENUE – Request for approval of a Planned Development Permit, Site Development Plan, Coastal Development Permit, Tentative Parcel Map and Minor Variance to demolish two existing single-family homes and to allow the development of a two-family, residential air-space condominium project on a 0.12 acre infill site located at 165 Pine Avenue, within the Mello II Segment of the Local Coastal Program and Local Facilities Management Zone 1. The project site is not within the appealable area of the California Coastal Commission. The City Planner has determined that this project is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15332 “In-Fill Development Projects” of the State CEQA Guidelines and will not have any adverse significant impact on the environment. RESOLUTION NO. 7118 STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval PLANNER: Chris Garcia ENGINEER: Steve Bobbett PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Approved 6-0 Planning Commission Member Comments City Planner Comments City Attorney Comments TIME: 9:34 p.m. PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA August 5, 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.