The Coast News, Oct. 12, 2012

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VOL. 26, NO. 39

OCT. 12, 2012

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THISWEEK Encinitas resident Cyrus Kamada (foreground) expresses ethical concerns over Mayor Jerome Stocks’ and Councilman Mark Muir’s violations of the city’s campaign sign ordinance to the City Council Wednesday. Several residents urged the two city leaders to take responsibility; more than one resident demanded they both step down from the dais. See related story on Page A3. Photo by Wehtahnah Tucker

IN DREAMS Dr. Patricia Ariadne talks about dreams and the roles they play in helping provide guidance. B2

INSIDE TWO SECTIONS, 48 PAGES

Arts & Entertainment . A10 Camp Pendleton News . . B11 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . B16 Comics & Puzzles . . . . . B14 Legal Notices . . . . . . . . A18 Legendary Locals . . . . . B4 Food & Wine . . . . . . . . . A12 Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . A22 Odd Files . . . . . . . . . . . . B3 Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . A4 Small Talk . . . . . . . . . . . B1 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . A15 Who’s News? . . . . . . . . . B6

FUN AROUND THE PUMPKINS 6-year-old La Quinta resident Gianna Murrell enjoys playing with a rabbit in the petting zoo at the Del Mar Pumpkin Patch near the Fairgrounds. See more photos on Page A23. Photo by Daniel Knighton

Council OKs zoning changes By Christina Macone-Greene

CARLSBAD — In order to develop “a variety of housing” for all income ranges, City Council recently agreed on some new Housing Element Program amendments. Although the city’s Housing Element consists of many programs, the recent ones voted on included areas such as farm worker housing, emergency shelters, and transitional and supportive housing. “The City Council’s action unanimously approved changes to the city’s Zoning Ordinance, Local Coastal Program and Village Master Plan and Design Manual to provide for the housing types,” said Scott Donnell, senior plan-

ner at the city of Carlsbad. “The approved changes identify the housing types as either permitted or conditionally permitted uses and include development standards.” Donnell said state law does not require cities to construct the housing but instead provides appropriate areas and standards within the city to enable developers to provide the housing. In regard to farm labor housing, staff pointed out to City Council that state law defines farm worker housing in a couple forms. One consists of 36 beds in group quarters or a total of 12 “units or spaces” designated to a single family or household.

“‘Units’ could include individual houses, and ‘spaces,’ could include RVs or trailers,” Donnell said. “No conditional use permit, zoning variance, or other zoning clearance shall be required of this employee housing that is not required of any other agricultural activity in the same zone; in other words, farm worker housing has to be treated the same as any other agricultural use.” On the flipside, the amendment also confirmed the definition of a large farm worker housing complex. This description is housing for more than 12 “units or spaces” or more than 36 workers in group TURN TO ZONING ON A16

Banner ordinance language gets approval By Wehtahnah Tucker

ENCINITAS — Several groups were relieved when the City Council unanimously approved new language for the city’s banner ordinance on Oct. 10. Further, the council directed staff to immediately lift the ban on nonprofit groups from using the light poles along Coast Highway 101 for their advertising banners and expedite a forthcoming permit request by the 101 Artists’ Colony for the Arts Alive banner program. “We’re going to get right on it so we can order the banners and give the artists enough time to do their thing,” Danny Salzhandler of the 101 Artists’ Colony, said. The City Council voted on Aug. 22 to create a subcommittee to revise the rules regarding the use of the poles and appointed Councilman James Bond and Councilman

Mark Muir to the panel. Bond and Muir were tasked to come up with revisions that would reduce the risk of the city getting sued. The City Council was unable to reach a consensus on the language changes within the ordinance during its regular meeting Sept. 26. City Attorney Glenn Sabine suggested that no motion should be made since so many recommendations for changes were made and a final draft would need to be cohesive. Councilwoman Teresa Barth suggested the council further tweak the ordinance by removing a sentence that stated, “The purpose of this section is to avoid public controversy regarding the perception of any such (political) figures, either positive or negative.” Deputy Mayor Kristin TURN TO BANNERS ON A16

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DUMP STOCKS • FIRE MUIR For some really good reasons to DUMP STOCKS and FIRE MUIR, go to EncinitasElection.com, where Muir’s actions are called “despicable” by a 300,000-member firefighters’ association and Stocks threatens to sue The Coast News, then goes silent. And/or: check out Wednesday night’s Encinitas City Council meeting at EncinitasElection.com/councilmeeting. Paid for by EncinitasElection.com


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