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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCUP 00-46B; Pacific Bell Harding Street Building Addition; Conditional Use Permit (CUP) (17)P City of Carlsbad May 24, 2000 Mr. Hector Zuniga Allied Design Group #300 2359 Fourth Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 SUBJECT: CUP 46(A) - PACIFIC BELL HARDING STREET BUILDING ADDITION Thank you for applying for Land Use Permits in the City of Carlsbad. The Planning Department has reviewed your conditional use permit amendment, application no. CUP 46(A), 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, Anne Hysong, at (760) 602-4622, if you have any questions or wish to set up a meeting to discuss the application. Sincerely, MICHAEL J. HOLZMILLER Planning Director MJH:AH:cs C: Adrienne Landers David Rick, Project Engineer File Copy Data Entry Planning Aide 1635 Faraday Avenue Carlsbad, CA 92008-731 4 (760) 602-4600 FAX (760) 602-8559 @ ISSUES OF CONCERN Planning: 1. Please provide dimensioned setbacks on the site plan in accordance with the requirements of the R-3 zone (see attached ordinance). 2. Please provide the following information on the first sheet of the site plan: 0 Area of site 0 Lot coverage 0 Number of parking spaces provided Change the Zone to R-3 and add General Plan: RMH 3. The Nonconforming zoning ordinance (Section 2 1.48.100) exempts nonconforming public utility facilities, except warehouses and storage yards, from expanding existing facilities. Therefore, the Planning Department is able to support the proposed expansion. 6. 7. 8. The exemption would not be allowed for any future change of use unless the new use is also a public utility. A condition would be imposed requiring that for any change of use to one that is not a public utility, the site must be brought into conformance with the R-3 zone development standards prior to approval by the City. As indicated in previous correspondence, the parking standard for this facility may be reduced due to its unique circumstance. As discussed in Item no. 4 above, any future use other than a public utility would not be permitted unless it provided adequate parking in conformance with the City's parking standard for the specific use. Please enhance the second story western, northern and southern elevations by substituting the metal louvers with mock windows or an alternative architectural element that is more consistent with residential architecture. The facility resides in a residential zone and is required to be compatible with surrounding existing and future residential development. The roof plan submitted identifies no roof top equipment. If roof equipment will be necessary, please identify on the plan for review. Engineering: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Fire: 1. Based on a recent field visit, a driveway gate with coded panel is located at the entranceway. This gate is not shown on the site plan. On the landscape plan the entry gate is shown but it is plotted closer to the street than it actually exists in the field. In addition, unlike the existing gate, the gate is shown with two doors that swing to the outside. The existing gate has one door that swings to the inside. Is the gate going to be removed, relocated or remain in its current location? Relocating it as shown on the landscape plan is not acceptable since vehicles would be required to idle within the City right-of-way while waiting for the gate to open. In addition, the gate is not permitted to swing into the public right-of-way. If the gate is to remain as its exists today, then add a place for vehicles to back into so that: 1) the waiting vehicles can exit the site in a forward position if the gate did not open; and 2) a passage way will be provided for other vehicles exiting the site as the existing 12-foot wide driveway is too narrow to permit two vehicles to pass one another. A 24-foot wide driveway shall be required next to the proposed addition. The existing, non-conforming 12-foot wide driveway may remain as shown. Show how the property will filter parking lot surface pollutants in accordance with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit held and enforced by the City. One possible method would be to add a filter within the on-site drain inlet. Does the 490 cubic yards of cut include excavation for the building footings? Amounts of excavation for building footings are not included for purposes of determining if a grading permit is required. Based on the size of the lot, a grading permit is required for any grading exceeding 487 cubic yards. Indicate the Average Daily Trip generation on the cover sheet or site plan. Circulation for trash trucks shall be provided using a 42-foot turning radius per the California Department of Transportation Highway Design Manual. Plot this turning radius on the site plan to show the adequate turn-around is provided. Provide a title report current within the last six months. listed on the title report must be plotted on the site plan. Any easements The proposed additions must be protected by an approved automatic fire sprinkler system per the Carlsbad Building and Fire Codes. . 2. Per Carlsbad Municipal Fire Code, the existing structure must be retrofitted with an approved automatic fire sprinkler system, or it must be separated from the proposed additions by a 4-hour rated area separation having no openings communicating with proposed structures.