HomeMy WebLinkAboutPIP 00-05; Carlsbad Airport Center Lot 23; Planned Industrial Permit (PIP) (8)- City of Carlsbad
January 8,2001
Michael J. Durkin
4660 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite 1080
San Diego CA 92122
SUBJECT: PIP 00-05 - CARLSBAD RESEARCH CENTER LOT 23
Thank you for applying for Land Use Permits in the City of Carlsbad. The Planning Department has reviewed your Planned Industrial Permit, application no. PIP 00-04, 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 exist. These
issues, listed below, must be addressed before this application can be approved
administratively.
Please contact your staff planner, Michael Grim, at (760) 602-4623, if you have any questions or
wish to set up a meeting to discuss the application.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL J.NOLZMILLER
Planning Director
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ISSUES OF CONCERN
NO. PIP 00-05 - CARLSBAD RESEARCH CENTER LOT 23
Planning:
1. The standard parking space measures 8.5 feet by 20 feet. Up to 2.5 feet of that parking
space may overhang into a landscaping strip, however at no time may the unobstructed
width of the landscaping strip be four (4) feet (landscaping strips accommodating
overhangs from both directions must be a minimum of nine (9) feet wide. Please revise
the parking lot to conform to this standard. In addition, landscaping strips and islands
are measured from the inside edge of curbing rather the outer extent of curbing, as
shown on the site plan.
2. The City’s Landscape Manual requires an average of one parking lot tree for every four
parking spaces. Please provide on the landscape plan an indication that the proposed
development meets this requirement.
3. The proposed deferment of indoor employee eating area to the tenant improvement is
unacceptable since no discretionary action is required for the tenant improvement and
the building could be occupied by more than one tenant. Please either specify the
location of the indoor employee eating area on the floor plans or accept a condition
requiring that the first tenant improvement building permit must include the entire indoor
employee eating area(s).
4. Based upon updated information from the County of San Diego, lot 23 of Carlsbad
Research Center is located within the over 75 dBA CNEL noise contour for the
McClellan-Palomar airport. According to the existing Comprehensive Land Use Plan for
McClellan-Palomar airport (CLUP), only agriculture (except residences and livestock),
extractive industry, fishing, utilities, public rights-of-way and golf courses are allowed
within this noise contour. Therefore, an inconsistency between the industrial subdivision
(as zoned) and the CLUP exists. Staff from the City, County, SANDAG and the
McClellan-Palomar airport are investigating this inconsistency and will apprise you of the
outcome once derived.
Engineering:
1. It is our understanding that this project will require the installation of on-site fire hydrants.
Please meet with the Fire Marshal to establish a preliminary layout of these hydrants.
All fire hydrants are to be served by public water mains. On the site plans, depict the
limits of a proposed public waterline system required to serve the project. Indicate a
preliminary horizontal alignment per Carlsbad Municipal Water District Standards, latest
edition.
2. On the site plan, include the quantities of earthwork (cut, fill, export, import, remedial), if
any.
3. On the site plan, add a typical street section for Dryden Place.
4. On the site plan, depict all easements listed in the title report (see item 4, 6, 8, 10 and 11
of the preliminary title report). Add record data for all reference easements on the
property.
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On the site plan, identify horizontal distances between the proposed driveway
centerlines and adjacent driveways (intersection spacing).
Provide a recent Soils Report identifying specific recommendations for this project. The
Report should identify the limits of any anticipated onsite remedial earthwork.
Provide a hydrology report that addresses how water is intercepted, conveyed and
discharged across the site. Ensure that NPDES requirements are met (see related
concerns below).
The updated National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit is
nearing approval, and would involve significant changes to this project and other projects
processed throughout the San Diego region. It is our understanding that these changes
will not include a grandfather clause for projects. This means that this projects and all
other projects will be impacted pursuant to the approved NPDES requirements, no
matter what stage the project is in. We encourage you to review the draft permit
requirements (www.swrcb.ca.qov/-rwqcb9) so that you understand the nature of our
comments when they are made on projects. In order to facilitate compliance of this
project, the following are some criteria that should be incorporated into the design of the
project:
a) Post development storm run-off flows and velocities should not exceed pre-
development storm run-off flows and velocities during a 10-year, 6-hour storm
event. This shall be proved via engineering calculations in a project
hydrology/hydraulic report. Revise the site plan to incorporate all measures
required to detain any increases in flows.
b) Include additional BMP (Best Management Practices) measures to capture
pollutants from the parking lot. In general, grass-lined swales should be utilized
to filter storm water before entering inlets. These tend to be the most efficient,
long-term pollutant filter.
c) Offsite and downstream siltation would not be permitted at any time during the
project (long term or near term).
d) For projects disturbing more than one (1) acre of soil, submit a Storm Water
Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) that addresses both construction and post-
construction phases of the project. The SWPPP will be required before the
permit issuance.
Add a legend to the site plans to differentiate between existing and proposed items.
Revise the site plan to include the application number “PIP 00-05” in the upper right-
hand corner.
Depict existing topography at least 50 feet from the north property line.
Depict the location of all existing driveways adjacent to the site and across the street.
Include the driveway slopes as they approach Dryden Place.
Include minimum 10-foot vertical curves on all driveway approaches to soften grade
breaks just beyond the property line.
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Provide 5-foot offsets at parking lot corners to allow for vehicles to back up.
Provide a 32-fOOt minimum width drive aisle adjacent to loading areas (see near roll-up
doors).
Depict the turning radius for trucks entering and exiting the site plan from Dryden Place
to verify that vehicular movements do not conflict with opposing traffic. Consider
widening the driveway to 30 feet to address rear tire tracks.
The proposed waterline system must be looped and both connections should be located
in the proposed driveway entrances. The waterline should be located within the paved
drive aisles.
If improvements for lot 23 and lot 24 (PIP 00-04 and PIP 00-05) are constructed
simultaneously, then one connection to Dryden Place could be required for each lot at
the discretion of the District Engineer (versus two). In this scenario, the southwesterly
driveway on lot 23 would have a street connection and the easterly lot 24 would also
contain a street connection. If the projects were constructed independently, then each of
the lots would stand alone as an individual looped system.
Ensure that proposed waterline includes a stub for future connection to the east to lot 24.
Depict a proposed 20-foot waterline easement to the Carlsbad Municipal Water District
that encompasses the proposed waterline system. The waterline should be centered
within the easement.
Clarify the location of the irrigation service using the legend symbols and identify the
approximate demand (in GPM) at the point of the connection.
On the site plan and landscape plan, depict the line-of-sight and both project entrances
using Caltrans Standards. Verify no conflicts exist (see entry monument).
Add earthwork totals, EDUs (sewer), GPM’(potable), and GPM (recycled) to the site
plan.
Include any new water services (and/or irrigation services) to the rear portion of the site
to allow water circulation in the new looped water system for water quality purposes.
A redlined check print is enclosed for the applicant’s use in making the requested
revisions. This check print must be returned with the plan revisions to facilitate
continued staff review.