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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCDP 98-53; Dakmin Apartments; Coastal Development Permit (CDP) (7)City of 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 File Copy Data Entry Planning Aide 2075 La Palmas Dr. - Carlsbad, GA 92009-l 576 0 (760) 438-l 161 0 FAX (760) 438-0894 CDP 98-53 - Dakmin Apartments August 6, 1998 Paae 2 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 CDP 98-53 - Dakmin ApZrtments August 6, 1998 Paae 3 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.