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Commission hears calls for clearer zone-level open-space reporting as staff defends 15% growth-management standard
Summary
During a presentation on Carlsbad's Growth Management Program, staff reiterated that a 15% unconstrained open-space threshold applies in specified local facility zones and said LFMPs contain the legal analyses; residents urged the commission to publish zone-level unconstrained-acreage tables and prioritize acquisitions where unconstrained open space is low.
Carlsbad planning staff told the Environmental Sustainability Commission on Tuesday that the city's Growth Management Program, established in 1986, requires a 15% open-space threshold in specified Local Facility Management Plan zones and that the required analyses are documented in each zone plan.
"The plan themselves show how we meet that and that we will provide at least the 15% in those zones," principal planner Rob Buford said. Buford outlined how the 15% threshold is applied zone-by-zone, excluding environmentally constrained lands such as riparian areas, steep slopes and permanent water bodies.
Public commenters pushed the commission for…
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