HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-10-19; Planning Commission; ; CUP 146BX1 - CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST - LDS--
The Glty of Carlsbad Planning Department
A REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION
Conditional Use Permit Extension
P.C. AGENDA OF: October 19, 2005
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Application complete date: June 28, 2005
Project Planner: Chris Sexton
Project Engineer: Frank Jimeno
SUBJECT: CUP 146(B)xl -CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST -LDS -Request for a
retroactive extension of CUP 146(B) to allow the continued operation of a church
at 1975 Chestnut Avenue in Local Facilities Management Zone 1.
I. RECOMMENDATION
That the Planning Commission ADOPT Planning Commission Resolution No. 5969
APPROVING a retroactive five-year extension of CUP 146(B) based upon the findings and
subject to the conditions contained therein.
II. INTRODUCTION
This proposed five-year extension of CUP 146(B) will allow the continued operation of a church
at 1975 Chestnut Avenue retroactively from September 6, 2005 through September 5, 2010.
III. PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND BACKGROUND
On January 11, 1978 the Planning Commission approved the church 'with Sunday school
classrooms. On September 6, 2000 the Planning Commission approved CUP 146(B) to allow for
the construction of parking lot perimeter fences and gates at 1975 Chestnut Avenue. On
November 2, 2004 a grading permit was issued for improvements and to expand the parking lot.
Condition No. 9 of the approving CUP Resolution No. 4832 specifies that CUP l 46(B) is
granted for a period of five years but may be extended upon written application of the permittee
(Church of Jesus Christ-LDS). The applicant, Church of Jesus Christ-LDS, is requesting a
retroactive five-year extension of CUP 146(B) to allow the continued operation of a church at
this site.
IV. ANALYSIS
A. The Church of Jesus Christ-LDS continues to be consistent with all applicable.plans,
policies and regulations described below:
1. Carlsbad General Plan;
2. Local Facilities Management Plan 1; and
3. Title 21 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code.
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B. The adopted project findings for CUP l 46(B), which are contained in Planning
Commission Resolution No. 4832 still apply to this project (CUP 146(B)xl).
C. The adopted project conditions for CUP 146(B), which are contained in Planning
Commission Resolution No. 4832 still apply to this project (CUP 146(B)xl) with the
exception of Condition No. 9 which is replaced by Condition No. 4 in Planning
Commission Resolution No. 5969 to extend CUP 146(B)xl retroactively for five years
from September 6, 2005 through September 5, 2010 and the addition of Condition No. 6
and 7 to address water quality concerns.
D. No formal written complaints regarding CUP 146(B) have been submitted to the City.
E. Annual reviews have been conducted for CUP 146(B) and the project is in compliance
with all conditions of approval.
F. The extended CUP is exempted from environmental review per Section 15301, Existing
Facilities of CEQA.
V. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The Planning Director has determined that this project is exempt from the requirements of the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per Section 15301, Existing Facilities, of the
State CEQA Guidelines and will not have any adverse significant impact on the environment.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Planning Commission Resolution No. 5969
2. Location Map
3. Background Data Sheet
3. Planning Commission Resolution No. 4832, dated September 6, 2000
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SITE MAP
Church of Jesus Christ LOS
CUP 146(B)x1
BACKGROUND DATA SHEET
CASE NO: CUP l 46(B)x 1
CASE NAME: Church of Jesus Christ -LOS
APPLICANT: Church of Jesus Christ -LOS
REQUEST AND LOCATION: Request for approval of a Conditional Use Permit extension to
allow the continued operation of a church located at 1975 Chestnut Avenue.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: That portion of the most southwesterly five acre parcel of Tract 250
of Thum Lands, in the City of Carlsbad according to Map thereof No. 1681. filed in the Office of
the County Recorder of San Diego County, December 9, 1915.
APN: 205-230-37 Acres: 4.07 (177,289 sq/ft) Proposed No. of Lots/Units:N =..:.;..:/A-=--------
GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING
Land Use Designation: RLM (Residential Low Medium)
Density Allowed:N =-=' A=-=--------Density Proposed: =-N:.:..:/ A=-=------------
Existing Zone: R-1 Proposed Zone:N ~~'A~-----------
Surrounding Zoning, General Plan and Land Use:
Zoning General Plan Current Land Use
Site R-1 RLM Church
North OS H High School
South R-1 RLM Residence
East R-1 RLM Residence
West R-1 RLM Residence
PUBLIC FACILITIES
School District: Carlsbad Water District: Carlsbad Sewer District: Carlsbad -====-------
Equivalent Dwelling Units (Sewer Capacity): N=-"'-'/ A=-=------------------
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
D Negative Declaration, issued. ___________________ _
D Certified Environmental Impact Report, dated ______________ _
~ Other, Categorically exempt pursuant to CEOA. Section 15301 (Existing Facilities)
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PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 4832
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AMENDMENT TO ALLOW
PARKING LOT PERIMETER FENCES AND GATES ON
PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT 1975 CHESTNUT
A VENUE IN LOCAL FACILITIES MANAGEMENT ZONE I
CASE NAME: CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST LDS
CASE NO.: CUP !46(B)
WHEREAS, Coombs Architecture and Planning, Inc., "Developer", has filed a
verified application with the City of Carlsbad regarding property owned by The Corporation of
the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Owner", described
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That portion of the most southwesterly five acre parcel of
Tract 250 of Thum Lands, in the City of Carlsbad, County of
San Diego, State of California, according to Map thereof No.
1681, filed in the Office of the County Recorder of San Diego
County, December 9, 1915.
("the Property"); and
WHEREAS, said verified application constitutes a request for a Conditional Use
Permit Amendment as shown on Exhibits "A" -"C" dated September 6, 2000, on file in the
Carlsbad Planning Department, CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST LDS, CUP 146(B), as
provided by Chapter 21.42 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did, on the 6th day of September 2000,
hold a duly noticed public hearing as prescribed by law to consider said request; and
WHEREAS, at said public hearing, upon hearing and considering all testimony
and arguments, if any, of all persons desiring to be heard, said Commission considered all factors
relating to the CUP.
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WHEREAS, on September 6, 2000, the Planning Commission approved CUP
Amendment 146(B), as described and conditioned in Planning Commission Resolution No.
4832.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the Planning
Commission of the City of Carlsbad as follows:
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That the foregoing recitations are true and correct.
That based on the evidence presented at the public hearing, the Commission
APPROVES CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST LDS, CUP 146(B), based on the
following findings and subject to the following conditions:
Findings:
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That the requested use is necessary or desirable for the development of the community, is
essentially in harmony with the various elements and objectives of the General Plan, and
is not detrimental to existing uses specifically permitted in the zone in which the
proposed use is located, in that existing CUP 146 allows the church to operate on the
subject site. The proposed fences and gates will help curtail illegal acts on the
property.
That the site for the intended use is adequate in size and shape to accommodate the use, in
that all setbacks have been met and all parking and landscaping fits on the property
without the need for variances.
That all the yards, setbacks, walls, fences, landscaping, and other features necessary to
adjust the requested use to existing or permitted future uses in the neighborhood will be
provided and maintained, in that all required setbacks have been met and no existing
buildings or setbacks will be changed. The proposed fences and gates are
appropriately located outside of the front yard setback.
That the street system serving the proposed use is adequate to properly handle all traffic
generated by the proposed use, in that all gates will remain open during activities and
services to prevent traffic from cueing on public streets. Thirty-five parking spaces
will remain ungated to ensure that some parking and access is available at all times.
The Planning Commission has reviewed each of the exactions imposed on the Developer
contained in this resolution, and hereby finds, in this case, that the exactions are imposed
to mitigate impacts caused by or reasonably related to the project, and the extent and the
degree of the exaction is in rough proportionality to the impact caused by the project.
That the Planning Director has determined that the project belongs to a class of projects
that the State Secretary for Resources has found do not have a significant impact on the
environment, and it is therefore categorically exempt from the requirement for the
preparation of environmental docnments pursuant to Section 15301, which exempts
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existing private structures or facilities involving negligible or no expansion beyond
that previously existing, of the state CEQA Guidelines. In making this determination,
the Planning Director has found that the exceptions listed in Section 15300.2 of the state
CEQA Guidelines do not apply to this project. and will not have any adverse significant
impact on the environment.
Conditions:
Note: Unless otherwise specified herein, all conditions shall be satisfied prior to issuance of
building permit.
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If any of the following conditions fail to occur; or if they are, by their terms, to be
implemented and maintained over time, if any of such conditions fail to be so
implemented and maintained according to their terms, the City shall have the right to
revoke or modify all approvals herein granted; deny or further condition issuance of all
future building permits; deny, revoke or further condition all certificates of occupancy
issued under the authority of approvals herein granted; institute and prosecute litigation to
compel their compliance with said conditions or seek damages for their violation. No
vested rights are gained by Developer or a successor in interest by the City's approval of
this Conditional Use Permit Amendment.
Staff is authorized and directed to make, or require the Developer to make, all corrections
and modifications to the Conditional Use Permit Amendment documents, as necessary
to make them internally consistent and in conformity with the final action on the project.
Development shall occur substantially as shown on the approved Exhibits. Any proposed
development different from this approval, shall require an amendment to this approval.
The Developer shall comply with all applicable provisions of federal, state, and local
laws and regulations in effect at the time of building permit issuance.
If any condition for construction of any public improvements or facilities, or the payment
of any fees in-lieu thereof, imposed by this approval or imposed by law on this Project
are challenged, this approval shall be suspended as provided in Government Code Section
66020. If any such condition is determined to be invalid this approval shall be invalid
unless the City Council determines that the project without the condition complies with
all requirements of law.
The Developer/Operator shall and does hereby agree to indemnify, protect, defend and
hold harmless the City of Carlsbad, its Council members, officers, employees, agents, and
representatives, from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, demands, claims
and costs, including court costs and attorney's fees incurred by the City arising, directly
or indirectly, from (a) City's approval and issuance of this Conditional Use Permit
Amendment, (b) City's approval or issuance of any permit or action, whether
discretionary or non-discretionary, in connection with the use contemplated herein, and
(c) Developer/Operator's installation and operation of the facility permitted hereby,
including without limitation, any and all liabilities arising from the emission by the
facility of electromagnetic fields or other energy waves or emissions.
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The Developer shall submit to the City a reproducible 24" x 36", mylar copy of the Site
Plan reflecting the conditions approved by the final decision making body.
This project shall comply with all conditions and mitigation measures which are required
as part of the Zone 1 Local Facilities Management Plan and any amendments made to
that Plan prior to the issuance of building permits.
This Conditional Use Permit shall be reviewed by the Planning Director on a yearly basis
to determine if all conditions of this permit have been met and that the use does not have
a substantial negative effect on surrounding properties or the public health and welfare. If
the Planning Director determines that the use has such substantial negative effects, the
Planning Director shall recommend that the Planning Commission, after providing the
permittee the opportunity to be heard, add additional conditions to reduce or eliminate the
substantial negative effects.
This Conditional Use Permit is granted for a period of five (5) years. This permit may be
revoked at any time after a public hearing, if it is found that the use has a substantial
detrimental effect on surrounding land uses and the public's health and welfare, or the
conditions imposed herein have not been met. This permit may be extended for a
reasonable period of time not to exceed five (5) years upon written application of the
permittee made no less than 90 days prior to the expiration date. The Planning
Commission may not grant such extension, unless it finds that there are no substantial
negative effects on surrounding land uses or the public's health and welfare. If a
substantial negative effect on surrounding land uses or the public's health and welfare is
found, the extension shall be denied or granted with conditions which will eliminate or
substantially reduce such effects. There is no limit to the number of extensions the
Plauning Commission may grant.
NOTICE
Please take NOTICE that approval of your project includes the "imposition" of fees,
dedications, reservations, or other exactions hereafter collectively referred to for convenience as
"fees/exactions."
You have 90 days from date of final approval to protest imposition of these fees/exactions. If
you protest them, you must follow the protest procedure set forth in Government Code Section
66020(a), and file the protest and any other required information with the City Manager for
processing in accordance with Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 3.32.030. Failure to timely
follow that procedure will bar any subsequent legal action to attack, review, set aside, void, or
annul their imposition.
You are hereby FURTHER NOTIFIED that your right to protest the specified fees/exactions
DOES NOT APPLY to water and sewer connection fees and capacity charges, nor planning,
zoning, grading or other similar application processing or service fees in connection with this
project; NOR DOES IT APPLY to any fees/exactions of which you have previously been given
a NOTICE similar to this, or as to which the statute of limitations has previously otherwise
expired.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Planning
Commission of the City of Carlsbad, California, held on the 6th day of September 2000, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Chairperson Campas, Commissioners Segall, Baker,
L'Heureux, Trigas and Heineman
Commissioner Nielsen
WILLIAM COMP AS, Chairp~
CARLSBAD PLANNING COMMISSION
ATTEST:
Mik&13.t~
Planning Director
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