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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-11-14; Planning Commission; Minutes.. . 1- CITY CARLSBAD MEETING OF: PLANNING COMMISSION DATE : TIME: 7:30 P.M. PLACE: CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS .e 80VEFIBER 14, 1972 ROLL CALL: City staff members present: J.B. Arnold, D.A. Agatep, T.C. Flanagan, David Meyer, Michael Zander APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of the regular meeting of October 24, 1972 were approved by proper voice vote. WRITTEN COMMUNICATION: Chairman Jose read two letters from Rick Engineering Company. The first stated their agreement to a con- tinuance for four applications on file in the. Planning Department. The second was notification of their intention to withdraw their application for a variance on behalf of Morris & Co. ORAL COMMUNICATI'ON: 1. Commissioner Little reported that several .calls fia been directed to him regarding the accident at-Tamarac and Jefferson St. He recommended that a memo should be directed to the Traffic Safety Commission apprising them of the situation with the request that they in-. vestigate the installatfon of a 4-May stopsand traff'tc signal for the intersection. He commented that the' new development in the area could only increase traffi A motion was made to this efQect and unanimously carri 2. At this time Mr. Agatep intaoduced two new members of the City Plannigg Department, Michael Zander and David Meyer, to the Commission members and audience. PUBLIC HEARINGS: (a) Continued - SPECIFIC .PLAN & TENTATIVE MAP - Request for approval of a 13fl-lot residential dev elopment to be known as Spanish Village on proper 1. :located south of Levante Street, west of Anillo 4 Way. .. - .- - - AppJieane La Costa Land Company -""----""""""""""""""""""""""~ A motion was made to continue.this item to the meeting of November 28, 1972 in order to give the applicant and Staff the necessary time to submit: Environmental Impact Statement on project. Motion.carried. (b) ZONE CHANGE & SPECIFIC PLAN - Request for reclass fication from R-A to R-3 and adoption of a Specif Plan on property located northerly of Ocean Stree and southerly of the Carlsbad=Oceanside City Limi Applicant: Mid-Continent Properties """"""""""""""""""""""""""" 1.t was moved that this item be continued to the meetin of :November 28, 1972. Motion carried. Mr. Agatep advised that because of the time schedule involved, it might be necessary to consider this matter at an ad- journed meeting. Commissioner questioned if this matt a public hearing, should be heard at an adjourned meet ing. Mr. Agatep explained that the E.I.S. time sched- COMMl SSlOh 'RESENT 10TION \YES IOES \BSTAIN IOTTON I AY'E,S 1. IOTION IOES' IY ES ¶ c r.- CITY OF CARLSBAD ' uling could make this necessary, but that all interest persons would be notified of the receipt of the impact statement and the subsequent pre&iitinary report to be prepared by staff. Mr. Melvin Riddle, 222 Pacific, Carlsbad, was uresent in reference to the Mid-Continent applicatton. He wanted to know what effect Prop. 20 bould have on this application? Also, if this property was ever public domain? Chairman Jose advised that the City Attorney would be speaking on Prop. 20 later in the evening. He had no information on the question regarding the prop- erty ever being public domain. (c) VARIANCE - Request for a. variance to allow a re- duction in front yard and rear yard setback pe- quirements from 20 feet to 5 feet on property located on the west side of Ocean Street between Grand Avenue and Elm Avenue. Appl %cant: Morris and Co.; A Limited Partnersh """"""""""""""""""""""""""" As requested in their letter read by Chairman Jose earlier in the meeting; it was moved that the appli- cants request for variance be withdrawn. The motion carried. - " ._ (d) Continued - ZONE CHANGE & ADOPTION OF A MASTER PLAN - Request for change of zone from R-1-10,000 to P-C (Planned Community) Zone and Adoption of a Master Plan on 36 acres located on the east side of 1-5, south of Palomar Airport Road. Applicant:. 'Fred C. Sproul, Inc. . ........................... Dr. Andrew McReynolds was present representing the applicant. He advised the Commission that an E.I.S. might not be ready by the meeting of November 28, 1972 and agreed to a continuance to the meeting of December 12, 1972. .Mbtion was made to this effect and carried. (e) TENTATIVE MAP & SPECIFIC PLAN - Request for ap- proval of a 321-unit condominium develorment lo- cated on 35 acres at the NE corner of Algo Road and El Fuerte Street to be known as La Costa Meadowbrook, Carl sbad-Tract 72-26. Applicant: La Costa Land Company """"""""""""""""""""""""""" It was moved that this item be continued to the meetin of December 12, 1972, as requested in letter read ear- l.ier in the meeting. Motion carried. (f) TENTATIVE MAP & SPECIFIC PLAN'- Request for ap- proval of a 269-lot residential development on 290 acres located north of Rancho Santa Fe Road and the proposed La Costa Avenue extension to be known as La Costa Vale Units 2-4, Carlsbad Tract Applicant: La Costa Land Company 72-20. ........................... COMMl SSIONERS d YlOTION 1Y ES VOES 3 YlOTION 1Y ES lOES 10T I ON 1Y ES lOES MOTION AYES NOES \ \ >I 1 , x x c A I CITY OF CARLSBAD COMMISSIONERS (3) Applicants representative requested, by letter, that this item be continued to a later meeting. It was NOES ing of December 12, 1972 and motion carried. X xxxx AYES moved that this applicaaion be considered at the meet- X MOTION (9) RESOLU3ION OF INTENTION NO. 87 - To consider an Amendment to Title 21 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code: To create Estate Zoning, Limited Control (L-C) Zone, and Provisional (P) Zoning, initiated . by the Planning Department. ........................... Mr. Agatep presented the staff report recommending cer- tain changes to Title 21 (Zoning) of the Municipal Codc. He explained that these changes would enable the City to be more flexible in planning 'the different zoning areas. Each proposed amendment to Title 21 was then. explained by Mr. Agatep. Since copies.of the Resolu- tion were not.available for the Commission, Chairman NOES 'poned until later in the meeting. The Motion carried. X xxxx AYES Jose moved that any action on this resolution be post- X MOTION (h) RESOLUTION OF INTENTION NO. 86 - To consider an Amendment to Title 21, Sections 20.08.080,.20.08.(60, 21.10.060, 21.12.060, 21.16.060, and 21.18.090. """"""""""""""""""""""""""" In the staff report Mr. Agatep explained that this restl- lution was generated at the direction of the City Council and was to increase minimum lot sizes in diff- erent zones, the intention being to lessen or minimizes the.amount of earth moving . He advised that most de- velopers.were using 7,500 (or more) square feet as min-- mum lot size anyway, and that the staff report outlinec the proposed increases and the zones that would be . affected. He recommended that Paragraph 3 of the staf" report (grandfather clause) be insluded in the resolu- tion. Chairman Jose recommended adoption. The public,hearing on this matter was closed at 8:15 as there was no one present to speak in favor of, or against the resolution. It wasrmoved that Resolution of Intention No. 86, Planning Resolution No. 852, be NOES staff report. The motion carried. X xxxx AYES . adopted and that it should include Para. 3 of the X MOTION (i) RESOLUTION OF INTENTION NO. 80 - To consider an - Amendment to Title 21, of the Carlsbad Municipal Code amending the content of the Planned Communit,i Ordinance 9218. """"~"""""""""""""""""""""" The staff report was made by Mr. Agatep. It set forth the recommendation of the Planned Community Study Com- mittee, and outlined the manner in which the Committee arrived at their recommendations. The new amendment was written .to be more definitive and explicit in all sections than the existing ordinance. Several major changes in the ordinance were discussed. They in- cluded parking, height restrictions, architectural controls, cable T-V and labeling of private and public streets. In the discussion which followed, Chairman Jose asked if the wording in the proposed amendment was written ! ? , CITY OF CARLSBAD .e (4) to includejcover all situtation with regard to height restiictions (discussed at adjourned meeting of Sept- ember 8, 1972). Mr. Agatep explained that it was not, but that the uniform building code definition would apply (35 .feet above the elevation of the property lin at street. This was covered by recommended changes tc the ordinance. At the-conclusion of a lengthy discussion of the pro- posed major changes Mr. Ray Barrett, Chairman of the Planned Community Study Committee came fo.rward to spea to the Commission with particular regard to height re- strictions. He xplained that the original intent of t change to the rodinance was to keep developers from building a mountain and putting a 35 foot buildjqg on top of it. Mr. Norman questioned tf the changes posed by staff would scuttle recommendations of t R'"' e Committee with regard to height. It was explai'ned tha the 35 feet would 6e maximum height from street grade according to uniyersal fiuilding code. City Manager Jack Arnold came forward to speak on changes that had been discussed regarding archltectur? control. There was no one present to speak in favor of, or a- gainst this resolution and the public hearing was ' closed at 9:lO. Without further discussion, a motion was made to adopt Resolution of Intention No. 80, Planning Commission Resolution No. 853 to include all suggested changes. At this time, Commissioner Norman suggested that a "Yote of thanks" be given to the Ptanned Community Study Committee for their work on the Planned Communit Ordinance. All members of the Commission concurred. (59) Chairman Jose then resumed discussion of Item (59) which had been postponed earlier in the meeting. Since Mr. Agatep had given the staff rgport earlier he :explained. that!tgtke+oatytbktange recommended to be made in the resolution was on line 8 of Page 3. Mr. Perry Lamb, 5171 Shore Drive, Carlsbad, had a ques tion as to whether or not this change would apply to City initiated zone changes. It was explained that the change would be directed to individual requests only. Mr. Agatep also explained that zoning changes that were initiated by the City, and were questionable were much easier corrected than those approved for individuals. There being no one else to speak in favor of, or a- gainst the proposed amehdment, the public hearing was closed at 9:30. Without further discussion, Commissioner Forman moved that Resolution of Intention No. 87, Planning Commissi Resolution Mo. 851 be adopted to include recommended changes. Motion carried ,. .. is 4OTION 1Y ES VOES SOTION 1Y ES 1 IOTION \YES dOES SIONERS CITY OF CARLSBAD COMMISSIONERS (5) NEW BUSINESS: (a) TENTATIVE MAP - Request for approval of A Tentati\e. Map for a 380-unit condominium project loeat6d north of Agua Hedionda Lagoon between 1-5 and San'a Fe Railroad right-of-way, known as "Papagayo". Applicant: Hunts Partnership """""""""""""""-i--""-""""""""" Since the Environmental. Impact Statement was not NOES of November 28 as requested by staff. Motion carried. X xxxx it was moved that this item be continued to the meetincAYES X ready,MOTION At th,is time, the meeting was reiessed for ten minutes, When the meeting reconvened at 9:40, all those present at recess were again present. Chairman Jose'then called on City Attorney Vinte Biondc to remark on Prop. 20. Mr. Biondo referred to a memo 'he had di.rected to' the Mayor, Council and City Depart- ment Heads. The memo included an explanation 07 the procedures that must be followed by the City with re- gard to any permits applied for within the Coastal Zon twelve member Regional Commission who will be responsi- staff. He further explained that there is to be a , He outlined several items that should be initiated by entire City of Carlsbad might be included in this Zone, ."-;re .i established by Prop. 20, and that it appeared that the 1 the City'to the Commission. The Commission and audi- that Carlsbad should be considering an appointment for their first meeting by February 1, 1973. He also addec appointed not later than December 31, 1972, and hold ble for San Diego County. This Commission must be available in Mr. Biondo's office in this regard. ence were advised that more detailed information is At the conclusion of Mr. Biondo's presentation, t'he Chairman called for questions. Mr. Melvin Riddle agair came forward with his question regarding the area covered by the Mid-Continent Properties application and if it was ever public domain, and how does the coastline initiative affect the application. He also asked if Buena V.ista Lagoon was.public domain. It was explained by staff that all of Buena Vista Lagoon, at one time, was under private ownership, but that the State had recently taken steps to purchase a portion . of Buena Vista Lagoon at a cost of some $526-thousand dollars and is to be turned over to public control. Also, that the area referred to in the application has .always been under private ownership (St.Malo Assn.,. Army-Navy Acad, or their predecessors). The City Attorney was then questioned if he thought the City would be required to hire new staff to handle the increased burden regarding E.I.S. Mr. Biondo answered that some cities and counties were forming new departments, but that this question would be be$tel* answered by the City Manager. Mr. Arnold offered that the matter of staffing to handle the revision of the General Plan, develope open space element and review E.I.S. was being taken care of and that should any questions arise that could not be handle by staff, tha.: they would seek outside professional help. i i i CITY OF CARLSBAD .* (6) :6) City of Carlsbad Gui:deli:nes and Poli-cy for lnterir Environmental Impact Sta~a~e~t~Beqq~-Pe~en~s,. I""""""-"""""""""""""-__-.L"-"."" 1r:Agatep'explained that the Commission had in front If them all of the forms in use 6y the Cl'ty wl'th re- lard to Environmental Impact, and copies of tfie Ord-. nance and Resolutions pertaining thereto. He called lpon Mr. Biondo to comment on the ordinance proposed 'or Council action. Mr. Biondo explained that the 'ormat set out for the obtaining of a permit from the :5ty could not be exp1aine.d in detail, but thrlt the :ommission should review all the documents that had )een furnished and they could be discussed at a later ieeting, or individually if requested. Mr:Agatep ;hen advised the Commission of the staff's intent in laking up the two forms now in use. He also informed ;hem that any input from the Commission wou.ld be most Ippreciated. c) Interim Open Space Rkquirements )"""""""""""""""""""""-""""" n the memo to the Commission Mr. Agatep pointed out ;hat an Open Space Element plan should have been Idopted by August, 1972 according to the State Law. It ras recommended that the Interim Plan be presented at :he next meeting of the Commission on November 28,1972 ... ILD BUSINESS:- -- None :OMMITTEE REPORTS: (a) DtSWhtcjlJM Work Committee Progress Report -Nonl (b) Development Sub-Committee Status - Re-orien- tation was discussed. It was suggested that the need existed to get acclimated to curren' problems. The question also arose regarding re-establishing Ad Hoc committee from Plann- ing Commission. 'he Commission was advised tha.t the City Council would let capital improvement program for their action by ipring and that they must pass on this program. 'his meeting was then adjourned to the City Managers :onference'Room on Friday, November 24, 1972 at 8:OO A1 .o discuss the agenda of November 28, 1972. lespect.fu11y submitted, .iz Estel , Recording Secretary COMMISSIONERS OTION YES OES