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Planner recommends approval of minor use permit to expand medical space at 171 Saxony Road in Encinitas
Summary
Associate Planner Fran Carr told the City of Encinitas administrative hearing on Aug. 12 that a parking analysis shows the site will retain a surplus of spaces after converting more tenant space to medical use; staff recommended approval and said a decision will be issued in the next few days.
Associate Planner Fran Carr recommended approval Aug. 12 of a minor use permit to allow a larger share of medical tenant space in an existing commercial building at 171 Saxony Road in Encinitas, saying a parking analysis shows the site will continue to meet the city's off-street parking requirements.
The project would not increase the building's square footage or alter exterior architectural features, Carr said. Tenant improvements would be limited to interior work. Carr said the applicant proposes increasing medical tenant space to 16,795 square feet, or about 64.8% of the building, with the remaining 35.2% retained as general office use. That conversion generates 12 additional required parking spaces, Carr said, but the applicant's analysis showed an existing surplus of 33 spaces and a projected surplus of 21 spaces after the change.
"The applicant provided a parking analysis that demonstrates that the parking demand is less than the required parking spaces per the municipal code with a surplus of 33 parking spaces for the existing mix of office and medical in the building," Associate Planner Fran Carr said during the administrative hearing. Carr also told the hearing that the proposed medical use meets applicable development standards for the office-professional zone and that all required public improvements and utilities are available to serve the use.
Carr cited the Encinitas Municipal Code requirement for off-street parking for medical and general office uses as the standard applied in the analysis. The code provision was read aloud at the hearing as "Encinitas Municipal Code section 30.030.54.1030" (as read in the meeting).
No public comments were received during the public notification period, Carr said, and there were no attendees at the community planning participation (CPP) meeting. The hearing officer said staff will issue a decision "probably the next couple of days." The administrative hearing contained one agenda item and was otherwise brief.
Because the hearing record in this transcript ends with staff's recommendation and the announcement that a decision will be issued, no formal vote or final action is recorded in the transcript.
