HomeMy WebLinkAboutCUP 106; Lusk Mobile Home Park; Conditional Use Permit (CUP) (33)CASE NO:
APPLICANT:
DISCUSSION
July 23, 1975
CUP 106
JOHN D. LUSK & SON, BY DONALD STEFFENSON P.O. BOX 2140 NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92663
I DISCUSSION :
A. Mobile Home Park Policy: The City Council in April directed staff to prepare Mobile Home Park Standards and further directed staff to continue processing Mobile Home Park applications based on the merits of each individual project. In doing so, the Council, in essence, asserted that mobile homes are a viable housing type.
B. Land Use: In adopting a Master Plan for the entire Occi- dental Land Holdings and in approving the original Conditional Use Permit for the Lusk Mobile Home Park, the City endorsed a mobile home park landuse for the subject property. Also, the Land Use Element of the General Plan would allow a mobile home park to be built on the site. Staff is assuming that the previous land use committment for a mobile home park is still a valid one. However, situations can change and it is certainly within the purview of the Commission and Council to change the land use committment for this property.
C. Mobile Home Park Design: Mobile home parks traditionally lack variety in the feeling of openness. The monotony of mobile home- park design is-frequently compounded in the lack of variety in unit design. The City of Carlsbad's experience so far with mobile homes has indicated a high quality of mobile home park design evidenced by Rancho Carlsbad and Sequoia Pacific.
The applicant has proposed several innovative features as part of the mobile home park plan: Central walking greens as outlined provide an attractive substitute for sidewalks. Adequate on-site and guest parking has been provided within the park design; however, traffic circulation on the private streets may suffer if automobiles are parked on them. Staff feels that this potential problem can best be handled through restrictions imposed by the management if required.
D. Noise: A portion of the site abutting the Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad right-of-way is subject to ambient noise levels in excess of 65 dB(A). A noise contour map with the site superimposed has been attached to this report. Sixty-five decibels is an established standard (by both the
State and Federal governments) at which noise becomes unacceptable for residential uses. For comparative purposes, this noise level roughly equates to freeway traffic noise at a distance of fifty feet. At this level, the noise becomes "intrusive" and telephone use is difficult.
Staff recommends a condition of approval be attached to require installation of a solid wall barrier for the purpose of noise attenuation. This measure would reduce the noise to acceptable levels.
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