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City of Carlsbad
Planning Department
May 29, 2009
Smith Consulting Architects
Attn: Mark Langan
12220 El Carnino Real, Suite 200
San Diego, CA92130
RE: SDP 80-01 - BECKMAN COULTER - FARADAY AVENUE, CARLSBAD
Dear Mark:
This letter is in response to your question regarding the required parking for the existing
improvements and future improvements at the Beckman Coulter Facility in Carlsbad. The City will
accept the present parking spaces as adequate parking for the existing site improvements as of this
date (baseline). For any future interior or exterior improvements which intensify the use of the
building or site, additional parking shall be provided for such improvements consistent with the City
of Carlsbad parking ordinance. For tenant improvements which do not change the use of the space
being improved (i.e. office to office improvements), no additional parking will need to be provided.
The City understands that Beckman Coulter will be pursuing improvements to their facility. For any
future improvements, the applicable Planning documents and exhibits shall include the approved
baseline parking with the existing breakdown of Office, Manufacturing, and Warehouse (including
cold box storage and stand alone storage facilities). The documents/exhibits will then indicate the
modifications to the existing use and the parking changes associated with those modifications,
based upon the City of Carlsbad standards. Any future improvements will then document the
previous project parking and building uses as the baseline.
The City is also requesting a new mylar site plan with the existing uses and existing parking to
document the present site condition. If a Consistency Determination is proposed to be processed for
future site improvements, the mylar may be done in concert with the Consistency Determination.
The Planning Department is supportive of the proposal to add additional parking and for the redesign
of the entry. Please note that the new parking area will need to conform to the City's design
standards and landscape requirements. Please contact the Engineering Department for further
information on engineering requirements.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions regarding the above.
Sincerely,
VAN LYNCH
Senior Planner
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