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August 6, 1998
Dakmin, Inc.
PO Box 1720
Carlsbad CA 92018
SUBJECT: CDP 98-53 - DAKMIN APARTMENTS
Thank you for applying for Land Use Permits in the City of Carlsbad. The Planning
Department has reviewed your Coastal Development Permit, application no. CDP
98-53, as to its completeness for processing.
The application is complete, as submitted. Although the initial processing of your
application may have already begun, the technical acceptance date is acknowledged
by the date of this communication. The City may, in the course of processing the
application, request that you clarify, amplify, correct, or otherwise, supplement the
basic information required for the application. In addition, you should also be aware
that various design issues may exist. These issues must be addressed before this
application can be scheduled for a hearing. The Planning Department will begin
processing your application as of the date of this communication.
Please contact your staff planner, Van Lynch, at (760) 438-l 161, extension 4447,
if you have any questions or wish to set up a meeting to discuss the application.
Sincerely,
Planning Director
c: Gary Wayne
Chris Decerbo
David Rick
Bobbie Hoder
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ISSUES OF CONCERN
Plannina:
1. Because the lot is a key lot, the front yard setback may be reduced to 15
feet. The code allows for uncovered porches or platforms to encroach six
feet into the required front yard setback.
2. Please specify the type of garage door that will be provided (i.e. tilt-up vs.
roll-up door). The roll-up door would probably work better in that there will
be less intrusion into the drive isle.
3. Provide wheel stops for the parking spaces rather than depend on the curb as
a wheel stop. If the curb is used, then the landscaped area in front of the
parking space is more apt to be disturbed from overhanging vehicles and
pedestrians. An option would be to have the parking spaces 17% feet deep
with a concrete strip 2% deep at the end of the parking space for overhang.
This would allow for easier parking lot cleaning and provide a pedestrian path
around the vehicles.
Enaineerina:
1. The driveway must be designed to accommodate the circulation of trash
trucks. Per the Private Street-Driveway Criteria of Section l(B) & (S) of the
City of Carlsbad Standards for Design and Construction of Public Works
Improvements, the driveway must be designed to preclude vehicles from
backing onto a public street. Trucks traveling on the project site must be
able to maneuver using a 42 foot turning radius per California Department of
Transportation Highway Design Manual, Figure 407E.
NOTE: This standard was not mentioned in the Preliminary Review comments
(PRE 98-20) since the proposed preliminary review design contained a
driveway extension providing the necessary turn around for trucks and autos.
2. The parking spaces proposed at the rear of the property must have adequate
turn-around space at the aisle terminus to accommodate a maximum three-
point turn for a standard passenger vehicle (Private Street - Driveway criteria
of Section l(P) of the City of Carlsbad Standards for Design and
Construction of Public Works Improvements).
3. Provide confirmation from Pacific Bell that the driveway can be located
within its proposed distance to the telephone pedestal.
4. The minimum drainage flow allowed on aggregate concrete and lawn area is
at one percent grade. This standard is met on the driveway but not the lawn
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area. Also, we discourage placing concrete swales within the center of a
driveway. The preferred method is to create a tipped section to concrete
curb and gutter.
As an alternative design, you may want to consider establishing the high elevation
points at the rear and middle point of each duplex and establish grade so that all
runoff flows west. The runoff could collect at the west end of the driveway where
a concrete curb and gutter/swale would then transfer it towards the street. The
minimum grade required for a concrete swale is 0.5%. The concentrated runoff
would have to flow to an inlet and be directed to a curb drain outlet to eliminate the
concentrated runoff from collecting over the driveway and sidewalk.