SDP 2025-0006 (DEV2025-0063) – BARONS MARKET

The project involves a Site Development Plan for a Standards Modification request under the Village and Barrio Master Plan in Carlsbad, California, to authorize expanded signage at Barons Market, a grocery store within an existing multi-tenant commercial development. The modification permits an increase in wall signs from one to three, with two of those signs allowed to have letter heights increased from 18 inches to 31 inches, and permits the total wall signage area to exceed the standard allowance of one square foot per lineal foot of frontage. Additionally, the number of monument signs is increased from one to two, maintaining the two existing signs, with each new monument sign allowed to expand in size from 24 square feet to 52.86 square feet and in height from six feet to six feet seven inches. The grocery store is a permitted use under the Master Plan, rendering the project exempt from full environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act, as no exceptions to the categorical exemption under CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.3 or Carlsbad Municipal Code Title 19 apply. The project does not involve federal procurement, and no FAR clauses, contract types, pricing data, or federal acquisition requirements are applicable. All administrative and regulatory review is governed locally by the City of Carlsbad Planning Division, with the applicant, Diego Bernal of Sunset Signs, responsible for implementation at the specified location on Roosevelt Street. No formal contract award process, evaluation factors, payment terms, or invoicing procedures are established, as this is an administrative zoning approval rather than a competitive or federally funded contract. The approval is based solely on compliance with local land use regulations and environmental exemptions, with inspection and acceptance handled by the City of Carlsbad at the project site.