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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCUP 29; U.S. Post Office; Conditional Use Permit (CUP) (3)--- MEMCRANDUM -- -- July 10, 1968 TO : CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL FROM: CARLSBAD PLANNING DEPARTMENT SUBJECT: Appeal of Planning Commission decision denying Kenneth S. Baker, et a1 application for a conditional use permit to construct a post office and an application requesting a change of zone from R-3 to R-P. Staff report to the Planning Commission concerning the conditional use permit application was as follows: 1. A post office may best serve a community by conforming to certain criteria, which are: / a. Be within the central business district. b. Be located near the center of population. c. Have immediate access to a major collector street. d. Be in a location which is easy to find by the public and visitors to a community. 2. The proposed post office site is located and adjacent to an existing Pacific Telephone Facility, east of the Pine Street School, west of the freeway and within a high density residential zone. 3. The proposed location will generate undue traffic circulation within the residential area and being across the street from the Pine Street School will create a potential hazard to the school children. 4. The moving of the post office from the central business district will be detrimental to the welfare and prosperity of the downtown area. 5. Subject site is not easily accessible for the non-driving public and the proposed entrance will be approximately 600 feet from the nearest bus line. 6. The proposed site will be approximately one half mile from the nearest freeway interchange at Elm Avenue. This would make it necessar)y for mail trucks to traverse through residential areas. 7. If subject application is granted it is recommended that the following conditions be adopted: a. S;nce the proposed location is within a residential area, - MEMORANDUM 'TO: CITY COUNCIL - FROM: PLANNING COMi 3SION S. BAKER, ET AL RE: K. * b. 'C . d. e. f. -2- July 10, 1968 A the,rear parking area should be encompassed by a solid six feet (6') high masonry wall. Said rear parking area must conform with Ordinance No. 9181 , "Landscaping for parking areas". All exterior lighting must be shielded so as not to glare or shine upon any residential property. All areas shown in green on.Exhibit ''A" be planted and main- tained with lawn, flowers, shrubs, trees and be irrigated by an approved sprinkler system. A landscape and sprinkler plan to be approved by the Planning Department prior to construction. All signs shall be wall signs and in conformance with the City of CaFlsbad sign ordinance. Staff report to the Planning Commission concerning the request for change of zone was as follows: 1. A zone change to R-P is not necessary to allow construction of a post office, because such a use can only be permitted by a conditional use permit. Plan. 2. Subject zone change would not be in conformance with the General During a regular meeting on the evening of June 25, 1968, the Planning Commission adopted Resolutions No. 562 and 563 denying subject application for the following reasons: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. That the moving of the post office from the central business district will be detrimental to the welfare and prosperity of the downtown area. That the proposed location will generate undue traffic circulation within the residential area and being across the street from the Pine Street School will create a potential hazard to the schoolJchildren. That the subject site is not easily accessible for the non-driving public and the proposed entrance will be approximately 600 feet from the nearest bus line. That the proposed post office is located in the center of a high density residential zone. That the proposed location does not have immediate access to a major collector street. That the proposed post office site is not in a location which is easy to findcby the public and vistors to a community. .. r MEMORANDUM - TO: CITY COUNCIL FROM: PLANNING COMMISSION RE: K. S. BAKER, ET AL '- July 10, 1968 7. .That the proposed zone change is not in conformance with the General P1 an. 8. That the proposed zone change would not be compatible with the .surround i ng property . Respectfully submitted, CARLSBAD PLANNING DEPARTMENT Enclosures: 1. 2. Area Map of proposed zone change-and ., proposed location of post office. 3. Resolutions-No. 562 and 563 City Engineer's Report to the Planning Department