HomeMy WebLinkAboutCUP 131; Encina Joint Water Pollution Control; Conditional Use Permit (CUP) (4)March 18, 1977
TO : File
FROM: Encina Gener 1 Man
SBUJECT: Modular Office
\ L c c- 1.WR 2 2, 1977 1. t J,
GITY OF CARLSBAD Planning Department ge
In late November, 1976, discussions took place between myself
and Carlsbad Building and Planning Department staff regarding the construction of a temporary office at the Encina Treatment
Plant. The structure was to serve as the General !4anagcr's office
during the construction of Phase I11 of the Encina Water Pollution
Control Facility, after which permanent administrative offices
would be provided.
According to the Planning Department the following City Code
sections coGld apply:
-- 21.44.110 Temporary Construction Buildings: Temporary structures for the housing of tools and equipment, or containing supervisory offices in connection with major constructlon or major cunstruction
projects may be established and maintained during the progress of
such construction on such project and shall be abated ::.ithin sixty days after completion, or sixty days after cessation of work.
21.42.010 Permitted Uses:
offices under the following conditions: The occupailcy shall not exceed one yefi:r after the
issuance of the permit unless otherwise extended by the Planning Commission. The Conditional Use Permit shall not be extended unless
construction of the structure intended for occupancy by applicant
has begun and reasonable progress toward completion is being made.
In that construction might not begin for several years, it became
obvious that a "trailer" office would not satisfy Carlsbad's Code. Therefore, the Building Department was consulted on types of pre- fabricated or modular structures which would meet Uniform Building
Code requirements for permanent structures, but could also be easily removed and relocated after several years, Dick Osburn, Building Department Director, recommended that specifications'
be prepared for a Uniform Building Code, Type V, non-rated building, He also indicated that an office building under 600
square feet would not require a continuous foundation. Such a
building would in no way be considered "temporary" or "mobile"
or a "trailer" and would not be defined in the state law as a
trailer, but would be a pcrmanent structure built in conformance with the Uniform Building Code.
In the case'of pc;manent structures for Public Buildings, Section
21.42.010 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code requires a Conditional Use Permit, which was granted by the Planning-Commission on January 26, 1977.
(S) Temporary uses of trailers or mobile homes for comilercial
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