HomeMy WebLinkAboutLCPA 90-03A; Four Seasons Aviara Resort; Local Coastal Program Amendment (LCPA) (9)December 12, 1995
Bill Ponder
San Diego Coast District
California Coastal Commission
Suite 200
31 11 Camino del Rio North
San Diego CA 92108-1725
SUBJECT LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENT #3-95A (FOUR SEASONS
AVIARA RESORT)
Dear Bill:
Thanks for your comments regarding the status of the Four Seasons Aviara Resort. I
received the December 6, 1995 letter from Aviara to Sherilyn Sarb regarding the special
condition for community trail plan and construction. While the proposed wording for the
condition it is not entirely clear from the Aviara letter, I believe that I can shed some light
on the previous processing and potential phasing of the future trail.
The City required that Aviara provide pedestrian access from Alga Road southward
through the resort, eventually reaching Batiquitos Drive. This requirement came from two
sources: the master plan community trail system and the General Plan provision for
alternate forms of transportation. The master plan community trail system calls for the
Stream and Lake Trail to traverse the resort area. This trail was originally shown on the
exhibits for the original hotel (CDP 6-87-680) as an improved walkway, with staiways and
walls, through the open space area east of the main hotel building. When the Four
Seasons development proposal was revised in 1990 (CDP 6-87-680-A5) the trail was
reduced to an unimproved pathway, still traversing the open space area east of the main
hotel (see Exhibit No. 4 for CDP 6-87-680-A5). The current permit request (CDP 6-87-
680-A9) maintains the same alignment previously approved through CDP 6-87-680-A5.
This alignment through the open space east of the main hotel is shown on the City's
recently approved conceptual landscape plans for SDP 86-02(B).
In addition to the naturalized trail system, pedestrian access through the resort area is
provided by means of sidewalks and stairways. These pedestrian improvements were
intended to provide an alternate form of movement through the resort area and are
shown on the City's Site Development Plan/Tentative Map for SDP 86-02(8)/CT 95-02.
Detailed improvement plans for Blue Heron Place have already been reviewed and
approved by the City and these plans also show the sidewalk access.
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Bill Ponder
December 12, 1995
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LCPA 3-95A - FOUR SEASONS AVIARA RESORT
The phasing of these pedestrian access routes is a function of construction activities and
planned occupancy of the hotel. Typically, the City does not require a trail or other
pedestrian access route through an active construction site, especially one of the
magnitude of the Four Seasons Resort. Since the sidewalk system is part of the hotel
site and Blue Heron Place improvements, all sidewalks will be in place upon final
inspection of the hotel site and structure, prior to occupancy. In accordance with other
trails within Aviara, the natural trail through the open space would also need to in place
prior to occupancy of the hotel.
Should the Coastal Commission desire the applicant to add the natural trail through the
open space to the Site Development Plannentative Map exhibits, no additional
processing would be required. Should the Coastal Commission desire to remove the
trail through the open space, the adjustment could be accommodated through the City's
Substantial Conformance procedure since there will still be improved pedestrian access
through the resort.
Once again, thanks for all your help.
questions or would like additional copies of any exhibits.
Please feel free to call me if you have any
Sincerely, ..-, /
MICHAEL GR~MJ''
Associate Planner
MG:
C: Chris DeCerbo
Larry Clemens, Aviara Land Associates
Robert Green, Aviara Land Associates