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Planning Department
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January 20, 2005 '
Mr. James Zathus
3905 Garfield Street
Carlsbad, CA 92008 •
SUBJECT: CT 02-01/CP 02-03/CDP 02-03 - PACIFIC VIEW CONDOS "
Dear Mr. Zathus:
Thank you for your letter dated December 28, 2004. Unfortunately, I did not receive the
letter in the mail. However, your contractor, Mr. Jeff Piva, was kind enough to fax it to
me yesterday. Mr. Piva expressed that you would like to continue with construction of
the buildings and do not want to be delayed while the wall issues are being resolved. I
can understand this concern. Mr. Piva also indicated that you have reduced the height
of the wall and that the sight distance concerns have been addressed. Therefore,
Planning and Engineering staff have agreed that because the sight distance issues
related to the wall have been corrected, that the stop work order may be lifted.
However, there are still outstanding issues related to the walls that will need to be
resolved prior to obtaining final occupancy for the residences.
Wall on Carlsbad Boulevard
As I noted in my letter dated December 22, 2004, that in order to comply with the
Planned Development Ordinance, the wall located along Carlsbad Boulevard must be
relocated so that it is set back 10 feet from the front property line. The only way to allow
the wall closer to the street is to apply for a Variance to the development standards.
The fee for a Variance is $2,140.00 plus noticing costs. The Variance requires approval
by the Planning Commission. Staff would not support the Variance request since there
are no unique circumstances applicable to the property that would prevent you from
complying with the standards.
Wall on Juniper Street
The landscape buffer/wall setback requirements on Carlsbad Boulevard do not apply to
the wall located along Juniper Street. In order to approve construction of the wall on
Juniper Street, you will need to obtain approval of a Consistency Determination from the
Planning Department. The fee for this application is $530 and the form was included as
an attachment to my previous correspondence. The design of the wall needs to meet
all sight distance requirements, should be designed to complement the building through
the use of similar or complementary materials, and the unimproved area (approximately
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16 inches) between the back of sidewalk and the wall along Juniper Street should be
landscaped and irrigated so that it does not become weedy.
I would like to assist you in resolving these issues as soon as possible. If you have any
additional questions, or if you would like to set an appointment to review your proposal,
please contact me at 760-602-4626.
Sincerely,
BARBARA KENNEDY, AICP
Associate Planner
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c: Don Neu, Assistant Planning Director
Gary Barberio., Team Leader
Glen Pruim, PW Engineering
Jim Murray, Traffic Division
Clyde Wickham, Associate Engineer
Paul York, Building Department
Jeff Piva, via fax: 760-930-9342