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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1970-12-08; Planning Commission; Minutesi- CITY OF CARLSBAD MINUTES OF MEETING: PLANNING COMMISSION DATE OF MEETING: DECEMBER 8, 1970 TIME OF MEETING: .'7:30 P.M. 'O'CLOCK PLACE OF MEETING: CITY.COUNCIL CHAMBERS " ~~ ~ lOLL CALL :. :ity staff members present: Stuart Wilson, Robert A. rohnston, E. Joe Olinghouse, Joseph E. Spano, and lichard S. Osburn. 'Commissioner Dewhurst was present at 7134 P.M.) LPPROVAL OF MINUTES: (a) The minutes of the regular meeting of November 10, !970 were approved as submitted, by a motion with voice rote approval. (Mr. Dewhurst was present at 7:34 P.M.) (b) The minutes of the regular meeting of November 24, !970, adjourned, were approved as submitted, by a motio :eceiving voioe vote approval. IRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS: fa) The Chairman read Planning Commission Resolution lo. 685, in full, commending former Commissioner W. I. ;ullett for services rendered as Vice-chairman and memb >f the Commission. The motion was made and re.ceived inanimous approval to approve this resolution and forwa ;ame to Mr. Gullett. )RAL COMMUNICATIONS : 'a) The Chairman advised he had information from the Iepartment that no public hearings were scheduled for :he meeting of December 22, 1970 and requested discussi IS to adjourning .this meeting to the meeting, of January .2, 1971. This was agreed to and advise as to procedur ?as obtained from the City Attorney in this reg.ard. 'herefore, the second meeting of December(12/22/70) wil )e continued to January 12, 1971. 'b) Both the Ch.airman and Mr. Olinghouse welcomed the lew Planning Commissioner, E. W.''Bill" Dominguez, who :hanked them for their acknowledgement. 'c) The Chairman referred to those items covered under )Id Business: (a) ;Continued. Items-Plhnning Director to 'eport, and stated he was requested by the Planning jirector to adjourn the meetings to the Cqnference. Room n the City Hall, for discussion and other department Iresentation on these matters. He added this would 'be 'one for several meetings, as' the department had materi Irepared on given continued items, and the public was nvited as this was still part of the public meeting. PUBLIC HEARINGS: (a) VARIANCES - To consider allowing Creation of Lot Yplits, to Create Two(2) "Panhandle" Lots located at 146 Chinquapin Ave, on the North side of Chinquapin, between Jefferson and Longview Place; Owners-Lucien P. 2nd Ellen Brack and D. W. Bagier; Represented by BeeCee Zompany, Carlsbad. p" , h. , COMMl SSIONERS Present Pbsent Yotion Pyes abstained Yotion 9 yes Pbstained r Motion Ayes 1 1 Bo ti on 3 yes CITY OF CARLSBAD -2- Mr. Johnston-referred to a staff report dated December 1, 1970 and two(2) wall exhibits displaying the adjacent properties, structures, subject property, proposed division of land and other pertinent details of this variance request. He read the report in full, which contained the. history of this parcel split for two (2) panhandles , the staff recommendation to' approve same, and reasons and conditions of approval. It is noted that the Commissioner formerly approved the same lot split variance request in 1968, which has since lapsed and was not developed as proposed at that time; thus, this second request is being processed. It ap- peared that none of the former details have changed in this present request. The representative was present, Mr. Baumgartner, 3437 Highland Drive, who stated the staff report was correct and acceptable, except that under Item 5 of th Conditions of Approval, last sentence within parenthes which should read "(Parcel - 2 may be sewered through a private easement across Parcel 3.)" This will be so corrected. MR. T. W. TEATER, .518 Chinquapin. Avenue was presen and stated he had had some questions about this reques which had been answered while he. sat in the audience, by Mr. Louis Chase. There were none in the audience t speak against this request and the public hearing was closed. Chairman Jose asked Mr. Spano about the requiremen of a parcel map in this division of land, which Mr. Spano stated was the State Law requirement $in such cas Mr. Little asked that he be allowed to abstain in the voting on this application, in that he owned groperty nearby, but did state that at the time of the previous approval in 1968 he had personally viewed the property in question and it appeared to be a very good use of this land. There were no further questions regarding this application and a motion to approve was entertain The motion was duly made to approve subject appllc tion for variance, for the reasons and subject to the conditions shown below. PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 684 - A RESOLUTION GRANTING VARIANCES ON PROPERTY AT 446 CHINQUAPIN AVENU ON THE NORTHERLY. SIDE OF CHINQUAPIN AVENUE BETWEEN LO'N VIEW PLACE AND JEFFERSON STREET adopted by title only and further readdng waived; Reasons for approval are a follows: 1. The proposed lots are in conformance with Council policies pertaining to development of "Panhand lots. 2. The development of these lots would not be detrimental to adjacent properties, nor to the general neighborhood. 3. The development of these lots would provide the means for the maximum development of the property. Conditions of approval are as itemized in Staff Report dated 12/1/70. COMMISSIONERS S S. a. - Motion Ayes Abstaine CITY OF CARLSBAD COMMISSIONERS -3- L NEW BUSINESS: - Report from City Attorney re Storage Mr. Wilson recovered the facts existing in this matter and stated it was the desire of the Mayor and City Manager at this dime that this be dropped from th Planning Commission agenda, pending further developmen by the staff in handling with the applicant and Mr. Briggs’ attorhey. Commissioner Little questioned what had been ac- complished to date and stated he had viewed the sheds in question and agreed with Mr. Pfafflin that these wer very unsightly for the applicant and the neighborhood in general. Mr. Wilson stated the problem is whether which apparently involves the expenditure of City funds to satisfy the owner’s costs in moving these sheds. requirements could be made more restrictive. MR. DON PFAFFLIN, 4020 Park Drive, was present an stated this issue has been before the City for 18 mont and the City Attorney had had all the facts from the Building Department. Mr. Osburn was present and said this had been brought to the Commisslon because house moves are a matter of decision by them and these sheds had been moved in error, without Commission approval. The Chairman said he felt this had not been handled in should be resolved by the Council, or the City Manager and Attorney, although the Commission was entirely sym pathetjc with the applicant in this matter. be effected “after the fact” and should rest with the be advised as to when and how this matter is resolved. Commissioner Domi.nguez requested clarification on. some points in the matter from the City Attorney and Mr. Osburn, and as to the City‘s position in the matter. It was later agreed to forward a memorandum to the Council and that this matter should be handled by the City sta X xxxx X X to so act and approved. X re, and forward to the Council at their next . ”.. .. . ,. __”_. ,,.. ,.. ” ... .--.... . .. .,-. ., ___.. ,. r. .”..... . ... ~ . . . .. .. . CI TV OF -4- I T CARLSBAD (b) Memorandum,Planning Department to Commission date 11/17/70 re Proposed Amendment to P-C Zone via Resolut of Intention No. 76 Mr. Olinghouse referred to the referenced memoran and attachments explaining tbose sections to revised, and explained the need for these changes at this time. He briefed the Commission on each item, i.e., the a110 Commercial uses in the P-C Zone and, the offstreet par requirements, which are considered too restrictive at this time. He'added the offstreet parking recommendati would then be the same as contained in our newer RD-M Zone except for one item, but as proposed,' it will be quite acceptable still but will eliminate the use of excessive ''blackkop" grading for the guest parking. There being no questions following this explanati the motion was properly made to set a public hearing for the regular meeting of January 22, 1971 via Resolu of Intention No. 76. (c) Election of Officers for 1971 - The Chairman ad- vised that his term as Chairman would be over as of December 22, 1970 and i-nasmuch as the 12/22/70 meeting is to be adjourned into January 1971, it was appropria to elect the new slate of officers for next year. Nominations and final approvals for the offices of Zhairman, Vice Chairman, and Secretary are as follows: Palmateer nominated R. T. Little for office of Chairma and this was unanimously approved by voice vote; Jos'e nominated Palmateer for office of Vice Chairman, whCch he declined; Forman nominated Dewhurst for office of Vice Chairman and this was unanimously appr&ed by voi vote. Jose nominated Forman for office of Secretary, which was approved unanimously by voice vote. Xhere- fore, Commissioners R. T. Little, D. -K. Dewhurst and J. L. Forman will serve as Chairman, Vice Chairman and Secretary, respectfully, for the year 1971. In this regard, Chairman Jose asked Commissioner Dominguez to replace him as a member of the.Wrk com- mittee for Vehicle Parking & Storage ordinance, toqeth with Commissioners Forman .& t, the Planning D.ep and City Attorney. & /-/62.17/ u OLD BUSINESS: (a) 'Conti'nued' Items Attachment - Planning Director reports: (As .formerly agreed, the public meeting was adjourned to the City Hall conference room to present any new activities on these items.) v 70.20 Revised General Plan: Mr. Olinghouse referred to an "Information" copy of State Bil-1 AB 2180 re the State's requirement for adoption .of an Open Space Plan amendment to the City's Gene.ra1 Plan. He added this is the 4th such requirement by the state in recent years, and this one is required effective by 1/31/73 through0 the State of California. Also, the Planning Dept. has been working on an Open Space Plan for sometime, to ti in with a proposed bond issue planned for November 197 Mr. Johnston presented exhibits displaying. th city's planning for such a program to date. SpecSf'ical ".. -... , . - . - - . .- I . .-., ~,- ,. .~ , , __I ._ ".._. -~ F . _I - .- .. . I -. . - - ". . _,"_"_,"..__.I r., ,'..,~. .- -. .. COMMl SSIONERS .. CITY OF CARLSBAD -5- COMMl SSIONERS a major corridor system is hoped for between Aqua Hedicn Lagoon and Calavara Lake, with some 12-13 property owner to be worked with regarding school sites, neighborhood park, etc., which would be combined with a "Community Plan". The various landmarks involved. were explained as well as other department projects which apply to this program. All the features to be considere'd in this type planning were bsiefed, as well as the means of im- plementing such a program with the property owners by I ehe City. Mr. Johnston reiterated that the density ~ zoning makes such programs possible to the City and to the property owners. , Mr. Dominguez referred to the Wilson Land Act as it applies to such programs, being primarily aimed at agri- cultural lands. Mr. Olinghouse then presented department plans bei worked on for a General Plan revisi-on and taking into consideration the areas of water sheds, slope, local soil classification and geology, all of which are poin to be considered within an ('Open Space Plan." These are to be kept in mind in- planning for these areas. He added these are all prime agricul.tura-1 lands and a11 will be mapped. 70.3 Buena Vista Lagoon Study Project: Mr. Olinghou updated the Commission on the City's current thinking on Lagoon planning, planning in the City of Oceanside, and some activities with the County and State agencies. In his opinion, certain moves at this time by this Cits would only jeopardize the Lagoon's future use or uses. The department's work and planning for this area were covered. It was also felt that a combined dity activit at this time was not feasible. Mr. Olinghouse also hoped to tie in the recently- formed Environmental Pollution Commission with some of the problems involved in planning for this, area and he advised he could keep the Commission abreast of develoJ ments as there are changes in this area. 70.6 Public Utilities Zone: Mr. Richmond of SPG&E was present and stated the revised 'draf.t covered by the Commission's work committee was still being reviewed by his company. 70.11 Problem Area Zaning Study: Mr. Olinghouse felt some action'would be forthcoming soon on this item, fro the CIC. 70.22 Vehicle Parking Ordinance: Mr. Johnston stated considerable new information was being gathered from other.cities, in an attempt to draft a "nuisance-type" ordinance for the City. The need for such a comprehensi1.1 document including odors, noise, commercial parking in R-zones, inoperable vehicle parking, etc. was discussed as opposed to items being spread throughout the municipil. code, which is what the City now has. 70.23 Architectural Controls/Review Board: Mr. Johnsiir advised the department i-s be6inning to get replies to. their inquiry of some 23 other cities regarding their handling of such architectural matters. id a 'S , 7- 1" ... CITY OF CWLSBAD -6- COMMITTEE REPORTS: (a) Mr. Olinghouse reported the first draft of the repc from the consultant and urban planning firm of Duncan ~ Jones, in. Berkeley, had been received -for the "701' application on the areas West of the freeway. This is to be edited, published and distributed to the Commis: after the holidays. 'He added he felt it was an excellc document and well worth reading. ADJOURNMENT: '. Chairman Jose wished the 1971 officers the best of luck in their activities during the next term and addec he had enjoyed his term of office. A motion was made and unanimously approved by-voicc vote to adjourn at 9:37 P.M. . -. COMMISSIONERS ,t on t Motion Ayes Absent