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Home My WebLink About1994-07-06; Planning Commission; ; CUP 154A|CUP 154B - PACIFIC BELL VEHICLES UNLIMITED- APPLICi-.... ION COMPLETE DATE: APRIL 4, 1994 Sf AFF P~ TERESA WOOD~~ • ® ~ .AMENDED SfAFF REPORT DATE: JULY 6, 1994 TO: PLANNING COMMISSION FROM: PLANNING DEPARTMENT SUBJECT: CUP 1S4(Al/CUP 154(8) -PACIFIC BEl,l,/VfiHTCLES UNIJMITED - Request for approval of a Negative Declaration and two Conditional Use Permit Amendments (1) to allow the expansion of an existing telephone electronic switching facility and, (2) to permit temporary parking/impound of seized ve~cles, at 2175 Camino Vida Roble, in the PM zone in Local Facilities Management Zone 5. • I. RECOMMENDATION That the Planning Commission ADOPT Planning Commission Resolution No. 3665, APPROVING the Negative Declaration issued by the Planning Director and ADOPT Planning Commission Resolution Nos. 3666 and 3689 APPROVING CUP 154(A) and CUP 154(B), respectively, based on the findings and subject to the conditions contained therein. II. PROJECT DESCRIP11ON AND BACKGROUND On June 15, 1994, the Planning Commission heard the Pacific Bell/Vehicles Unlimited request for a Conditional Use Permit Amendment (CUP 154(A)). At that hearing, the Planning Commission directed staff to split the project into two separate amendment requests, CUP 154(A) -Pacific Bell and CUP 154(B) -Vehicles Unlimited. The project was continued at the hearing to allow staff time to prepare the necessaiy documents to address the CUP requests separately. The two amendment requests have been addressed separately in this report, although the analysis of issues has been combined where appropriate. Further, separate resolutions have been prepared for the two amendment requests. Finally, in response to issues raised at the hearing, additional conditions have been included in the two amendments. CUP 154(A)/CUP 154(81 PACIFIC BELL/VEHICLES UNLIMITED JULY 6, 1994 PAGE 2 The proposed project addresses two Conditional Use Permit requests as follows: (1) to expand an existing telephone company electronic switching facility (CUP 154(A) and, (2) to permit the temporary storage and impound of seized vehicles (CUP 154(8). The site is located on the south side of Camino Vida Roble just west of Yarrow Drive in the Palomar Airport Business Park. The site is owned by Pacific Bell. In 1975, Pacific Bell constructed the original telephone electronic switching facility without a Conditional Use Permit. In 1978, the applicant processed a Conditional Use Permit (CUP 154) to legitimize the existing use and to expand the existing structure. CUP 154 was approved permitting the telephone electronic switching facility in the PM zone and allowing the 1,570 square foot expansion of the existing building for a total building square footage of approximately 6, 730 square feet. In 1986, Pacific Bell completed the building expansion, approved under CUP 154, however, apparently due to a staff oversight at that time, the expansion was constructed larger than that approved under CUP 154. The expansion as constructed was approximately 2,566 square feet larger than approved under the CUP 154, for a total building square footage of 10,866. Further, the applicant paved and striped for parking, the southern portion of the site. The building expansion was necessary to accommodate additional telephone switching equipment to provide telephone switching capacity to meet future service requirements in the City of Carlsbad. The additional equipment did not involve increasing the employee population of three at this location. Telephone electronic switching facilities are permitted in the PM Zone subject to a Conditional Use Permit as provided for in Section 21.42.010(2)(J). CUP 154(A) is a request to legitimize the additional square footage of the existing building. No further development is proposed at this time. CUP 154(8) is a request to permit the temporary storage and impound of vehicles on the site. Pacific Bell proposes to lease a portion of their property to Vehicles Unlimited for this purpose. This request is the result of a letter notifying them of the violation for storing towed vehicles on the site without a CUP. Vehicle storage is a permitted use in the PM zone subject to a Conditional Use Permit as provided for in Section 21.42.010(6)(8) of the Carlsbad Municipal Code. Vehicles Unlimited, a towing business, has been in operation at this site since December, 1992. Vehicles Unlimited contracts with Local, State and Federal governments to seize vehicles on behalf of the government. There is no private towing associated with this business. The public is not permitted on the subject property. The offices for this business are located in an adjacent building to the west, at 2101 Camino Vida Roble. All public contact is handled in the adjacent office building. m. ANALYSIS 1. Are the proposed uses consistent with the McClellan-Palomar Airport Comprehensive Land Use Plan? -- CUP 154(A)/CUP 154(8) PACIFIC B_ELL/VEHICLES UNLIMITED JULY 6, 1994 PAGE3 2. Can the findings required for approving a Conditional Use Permit be made? More specifically: a) Is the telephone switching station expansion and temporary vehicle storage/im:pourid necessary or desirable for the development of the community, in harmony with the various elements and objectives of the General Plan, and, not detrimental to existing uses or to uses specifically permitted in the zone; b) Is the site adequate in size and shape to accommodate the uses; c) Are all of the yards, setbacks, walls, fences, landscaping and other features necessary to adjust the requested uses to existing or permitted future uses in the neighborhood provided and maintained; and d) Is the street system serving the proposed use adequate to properly handle all traffic generated by the uses? DISCUSSION 1. Compatibility with the Airport Comprehensive Land Use Plan The proposed projects are located within the Airport Influence Area, but is located outside of the 60 dBA CNEL noise contours. The project site is not located within either the Runway Protection Zone (RPZ) or Flight Activity Zone (FAZ). The Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) for McClellan-Palomar Airport only addresses uses impacted by noise levels above 60 dBA CNEL or properties located within the RPZ or FAZ. As such, the proposed uses are consistent with the McClellan-Palomar Airport CLUP. 2. Findings Required to Grant a Conditional Use Permit a) Desirability and Hannony of Proposed Use Both the telephone switching facility and temporary vehicle storage are desirable for the benefit of the community. The telephone switching facility makes telephone service available to businesses and residents of the City of Carlsbad; the temporary vehicle storage facility provides vehicle storage for vehicles seized by the Border Patrol in Carlsbad and surrounding comm.unities. To ensure that the temporary vehicle storage does not become a junk yard in the future, conditions have been included prohibiting retail towing or the operation of a recycling business on the premisses, limiting the maximum number of vehicles stored to 69, and, limiting the number of wrecked vehicles stored at any one time to two (2). Further, a 45 day time limit for temporary storage of a single vehicle CUP 154(A)/CUP 154(b.1 PACIFIC BELL/VEHICLES UNLIMITED JULY 6, 1994 PAGE4 has been included. To ensure that neither the expanded telephone switching facility nor the temporary vehicle storage would impose any detrimental impacts to other uses in the s~e vicinity, the proposed projects have been conditioned to enhance and maintain landscaping; repair and maintain all asphalt parking areas; maintain all fencing; and, maintain all vinyl screening. The uses in the surrounding area have already been established, and the proposed vehicle storage/impound, as conditioned, is compatible with these uses. b) Adequate Size and Shape The site is adequate in size and shape to accommodate both the telephone switching facility and the temporary vehicle storage facility as conditioned. The site is fully improved, no additional improvements are proposed. Only 12.5 percent of the site. will be covered with a structure. c) Necessary Features Provided The telephone switching facility already exists, as does the temporary vehicle storage/impound facility. The site is fully developed with the telephone switching facility, fencing, landscaping, and paved parking area. No further grading or development is proposed. The northern, approximately 50 feet of the site, along Camino Vida Roble, is heavily landscaped with trees, shrubs, and ground cover. The landscaping along Camino Vida Roble almost totally obscures the telephone switching facility as viewed from the street. Some of the ground cover on the site has died. The applicant/owner will be conditioned to replace this ground cover. As identified in the table below, with the exception of. the building's front yard setback, the development meets the standards of the PM zone. As constructed, the building was consistent with the Palomar Airport Business Park (SP-145) front yard setback standard of 40 feet. Subsequent to the approval of the Specific Plan, the PM zone was amended requiring a SO-foot front yard setback along secondary arterials. The building as constructed, has a front yard setback ranging from 42-54 feet, with an average of 50 feet. The building was constructed to standards in place at the time of approval and the expansion of use does not involve building alterations nor encroachment into required setbacks more than already exists. Therefore, the expansion is allowable per Section 21.4~.090 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code. • The telephone switching facility is a single story structure consisting of a stucco exterior which is painted beige. There is a Pacific Telephone logo on the front of the building, with little other building articulation or relief. The landscaping within the front yard setback almost totally obscures the structure as viewed from the street. CUP 154(A)/CUP 154(B) PACIFIC BELL/VEHICLES UNLIMITED JULY 6, 1994 PAGE 5 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS COMPLIANCE REQUIRED PROPOSED Front Yard Setback 50 feet 42-54 feet Side Yard Setback 10 feet 25-125 feet Rear Yard Setback 25 feet (10' landscaped) 200 feet (20' landscaped) Height 35 feet 17.66 feet Parking 11 spaces 20 spaces --Lot Coverage 50% max 12.5% d) Adequate Street System The traffic impacts of the telephone switching facility and temporary vehicle storage facility amount to an average increase of less than 25 trips per day, which is insignificant. The street system is adequate to handle this minor increase in traffic. IV. ENVIRONMENf AL REVIEW The site was previously mass-graded and padded-out as part of the Palomar Airport Business Park development and no additional grading is proposed. The site has been fully developed with structure, paving, and landscaping. Staff has determined that no significant adverse environmental impacts will result due to this project. The Planning Director, therefore, issued a Negative Declaration on April 18, 1994. • ATTACHMENTS: 1. Planning Commission Resolution No. 3665 2. Planning Commission Resolution No. 3666 3. Planning Commission Resolution No. 3689 4. Location Map 5. Background Data Sheet 6. Disclosure Statement 7. Reduced 8 ½" x 11" Site Plan 8. Exhibit "A", dated July 6, 1994. 1W:lh MAY4, 1994 ,---------•-·------- PALOMAR AIRPORT PACIFIC BELL/VEHCLES -UNLIMITED ~ City at Car1aa~ CUP 154(A) CUP 154(8) -BACKGROUND DATA SHEET CASE NO: CUP 154{A)/CUP 154(B) CASE NAME: Pacific Bell/Yehicles Unlimited APPLICANT: Varley Enterprises REQUEST AND LOCATION: Conditional Use Permit Amendment to allow an emansion of an existing telephone electronic· switching facility and to allow the tempormy auto storage/impound of seized vehicles in conjunction with a towing business. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lot 15 of Palomar AirJ)ort Business Park Unit No. 1 of Map 854 recorded December 31, 1974, City of Carlsbad, County of San Diego, State of California. APN: 213-050-13 Acres 2.0 Proposed No. of Lots/Units ..... N .... I __ A _____ _ (Assessor's Parcel Number) GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING Land Use Designation ..... P .... I __ _ Density Allowed ..... N .... /""""A ______ Density Proposed ..... N .... /=A ___ _ Existing Zone ..... P .... M......._ ____ Proposed Zone .... N_./ __ A _____ _ Surrounding Zoning and Land Use: (See attached for information on Carlsbad's Zoning Requirements) Zoning Land Use Site PM Industrial North PM Industrial South PM Industrial East PM Industrial West PM Industrial PUBLIC FACILITIES School District Carlsbad Water District Carlsbad Sewer District Carlsbad Equivalent Dwelling Units (Sewer Capacity) ..... N .... /""""A _____________ _ Public Facilities Fee Agreement, dated ________________ _ ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT .x_ Negative Declaration, issued _.A..,.p=ril=· -=1=8 ........ 1 ..... 994........._ ____________ _ _ Certified Environmental Impact Report, dated ____________ _ Other,--------------------------":'!":---:-:-:-1W:vd:lh City of Carlsbad MG@ieiehei•l·lA•@iiieetAeil DISCLOSURE STATEMENT APPUCAHT'"9 tTATIMINT 0, DISCLOSUN 0, CERT'AIN OWNEAltlP M'EM9TS ON ALL APPI.JCATIONa WM1CH W1U. NOUIN DISCR&TIOfWll'f ACTION ON n4 PAAT 0, n-ta CITY COUNCIL 0A ANY APP0INTE0 IOAR>, COMMISIION 0A COMMrTTEE. he following information must be disclosed: Applicant Utt the name• and addre••e• of aJI per•on• having • ftnanclal lnterfft In the appffcatlon. Varley Enterprises 2095 w, Vista way Ste 1219 Vista. CA 92083 Alutra Enterprises V~h1cles Unlimited Asset Recovery Same as above __ 2_1 o_s _c_a_m_in_o ___ V ____ id __ a.__ .... Ro""'b.,_l_e_, ....;S-..t..,e A Carlsbad, CA 92009 . Owner List the names and addresses of all persons having any ownership Interest In the property involved. Pacific Be]) ~e~owcwiwfwi~c.......,.B~e~l~l-_______ _ 3848 7th Ave. rm. 120 San Diego ca. 92103 If any person Identified pursuant to (1) or (2) above II• corporation or partnership, lilt the namet and addresses of all lndlvtduaJs owning more than 1 mft of the sharN In the corporation or owning any partnership Interest In the partnership. (1) Arthur J. Varley (1) Ula M. Varley ( l) Arthur J. 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