HomeMy WebLinkAboutPages from RES 202220 Adopted HousingRESOLUTION NO. 2022-20
TN/City of Palm Desert
General Plan/Housing Element
As described on page II1-46, Infrastructure Requirements, water, sewer and dry utilities are all in
place throughout the City, immediately adjacent to all the sites listed in Table III-47. The current
pattern ofprojects being proposed in the City also shows that large sites are not constrained from
development, as all four currently proposed projects listed here are on sites of 10 acres or larger.
In addition, when the City adopted the Housing Overlay District, it placed it on all Inventory sites
to increase capacity and allow higher densities on these properties.
Table III-47
Vacant Land Inventory of Sites for Extremely Low, Very Low, Low and Moderate
Income Units
Map Assessor's Zoning I Allowable Realistic I Potential
Key I Parcel No. GP (all HOD)** I Acreage Density . Density I Units
Vacant Entitled Sites
B 694-310-006
DD 624-040-037
DD* 624-040-037
PP
694-520-019
694-520-020
624-441-014
624-441-015
624-441-016
624-441-017
624-441-018
624-441-019
624-441-020
624-441-021
624-441-022
624440-032
624-440-033
624-440-034
Town Center
Neighborhood P.R:20
Town Center
Neighborhood P.R:17.5
Town Center
Neighborhood P.R:17.5
Small Town
Neighborhood;
Employment
Center P.R.19
Small Town
Neighborhood;
Employment
Center P.R.-19
Small Town
Neighborhood P.R.-6
Small Town
Neighborhood P.R.-6
Small Town
Neighborhood P.R.-6
Small Town
Neighborhood . P.R.-6
Small Town
Neighborhood P.R.-6
Small Town
Neighborhood P.R.-6
Small Town
Neighborhood P.R.-6
Small Town
Neighborhood P.R.-6
Small Town
Neighborhood P.R.-6
Small Town
Neighborhood P.R.-6
Small Town
Neighborhood P.R.-6
Small Town
Neighborhood P.R.-6
12 of
68.2 4 to 20 22.5 269
17.66 17.5 17.5 78
17.66 17.5 17.5 310
5.62 19 18 17
1.2 19 4
0.16 3 to 10 1 1
0.16 3 to 10 1 1
0.16 3 to 10 1 1
0.16 3 to 10 1 1
0.16 3 to 10 1 1
0.16 3 to 10 1 1
0.16 3 to 10 1 1
0.16 3 to 10 1 1
0.16 3 to 10 1 1
0.14 3 to 10 1 1
0.14 3 to 10 1 1
0.14 3 to 10 1 1
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Table III-47 '
Vacant Land Inventory of Sites for Extremely Low, Very Low, Low and Moderate
Income Units
Map Assessor's Zoning Allowable Realistic Potential
Key Parcel No. GP all HOD)** Acreage Density Density Units
Small Town
624-440-035 Neighborhood P.R.-6 0.14 3 to 10 1 1
Small Town
624-440-036 Neighborhood P.R.-6 0.14 3 to 10 1 1
Subtotal Entitled Sites 692
Vacar t Sites in the Entitlement Process
Small Town
627-122-003 Neighborhood R-2, HOD 0.16 3to 10 20 3LLSmallTown
627-122-013 Neighborhood R-2, HOD 1.27 3 to 10 26 25
Town Center
H 694-190-087 Neighborhood P.R.22 14.97 22 22 44
Town Center
H* 694-190-087 Neighborhood, P.R.22 14.97 22 22 286
Town Center
Neighborhood;
Suburban P.C.-(3), 10 of
C 694-120-028 Retail Center FCOZ 20.18 7 to 40 24 240
Public
Facility/Institu
KK 622-370-014 tional P 1.84 N/A N/A 36
Subtotal Sites in Entitlement Process 634
Vacant Sites
Regional P.C.-(3), 15 of
A 685-010-005 Retail P.C.D. 64.26 10 to 15 14 200
Town Center
694-130-017 Neighborhood P.R.-22 8.43 22 20 169DTownCenter
694-130-018 Neighborhood P.R.-22 2.52 22 20 50
Town Center
F 694-510-013 Neighborhood P.R.-22 16.32 22 20 326
Subtotal Vacant Sites 745
Total All Vacant Sites 2.071
Moderate Income Site
All sites in this Table have been assigned the Housing Overlay District.
Commercial Deshmated Sites
Sites C and A are proposed on lands currently designated for Planned Commercial. In the case of
Site C, the land is owned by the City, and is currently under contract for development of 240
affordable housing units for very low and low income households (please see discussion below,
Pending Projects). This site has the HOD overlay, which allows parking reductions and fee waivers
for the development of affordable housing units. Site A is part of a larger holding owned by a
private party. The developer is preparing a Specific Plan which will include a minimum of 200
units affordable to very low and low income households. The Specific Plan, as allowed by State
law, will include site -specific zoning standards to allow the development of these units. The .
Specific Plan submittal is expected in 2021-2022.
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Small Sites
As described below, Site LL is City -owned, and will be developed for 28 units affordable to very
low and low income households. The City will consolidate the lots when development occurs. In
addition, the map provided below lists a site T. This site has been removed from the inventory, but
consists of 6 vacant lots located on the south side of Fred Waring Drive, directly across from
College ofthe Desert, and in close proximity to jobs and shopping opportunities on Highway 111.
It is the City's hope that these lots will be developed for affordable housing units, particularly for
students and their families. However, since the City does not control these lots, they are not
included in Table III47.
As shown in the Table, approximately 2,071 units could be constructed on lands which are
currently available for multiple family residential development. As several ofthese sites are larger,
Program LF has been provided to encourage the subdivision of these sites to facilitate multi -family
development, even though currently proposed projects for affordable housing in the City are on
sites of 10 to 15 acres. This inventory accommodates land needed for very low, low and moderate
income households, although as described above, moderate income households can afford market
rate rentals in the City currently.
According to the Fair Housing analysis, the City has a low segregation level, no racially or
ethnically concentrated areas of poverty, equal access to opportunity, and no disproportionate
housing needs. The sites identified above will not exacerbate any such conditions.
Pending Affordable Housing Developments
The following affordable projects are either entitled or proposed and anticipated to be built during
the planning period.
Entitled Proiects
The Sands Apartments (Site DD) on Hovley Lane is approved for a total of 388 multi-
family rental units. Of ' those, 78 are required to be affordable for very low income
households through an approved Development Agreement that requires that the units be
deed restricted. The balance are expected to be market units which will be affordable to
moderate income households based on the analysis provided in Table III-44, which shows
that rental units are affordable to moderate income households.
Palm Desert 103 (Site E) will include 21 one and two -bedroom rental units reserved for
moderate income residents required by conditions of approval, which require that the units
be deed restricted. The project will be developed by a private party.
In May 2020, the City conveyed 14 vacant parcels on Merle Street to the Coachella Valley
Housing Coalition (CVHC) for the development of 14 detached single-family, self-help
ownership homes for very low and low income households. CVHC will deed restrict the
homes when they are developed. The parcels. closed escrow in December of 2021, and
construction will start in April of 2022. CVHC will deed restrict 3 homes for very low
income It and 11 lots for low income households for a period of 45 years. These
lots are shown on the inventory as sites PP and QQ:
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Pacific West (Site B) The Successor Agency to the Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency tSARDA) is under contract for the sale of 10± acres immediately east of the Sherriff's
station on Gerald Ford Drive, for the development of 269 units affordable to be deed
restricted for very low and low income households. The project was approved by the
Planning Commission in July of 2021. The developer is actively involved in securing
CDLAC/TCAC and other funding, and expects to begin construction in 2023.
Projects Pending Entitlements
Sagecrest Apartments (Site LL) will be rebuilt into a minimum of 28 units for very low
and low income households with the implementation of the Housing Overlay. The Housing
Authority is currently seeking proposals for this project. This Housing Authority project is
located at the corner of Santa Rosa and San Pasqual. The project will require a Precise Plan
approval when the developer is selected. The units will be deed restricted for very low and
low income households, and renters will be required to show proof of income. The DDA
for the project includes a requirement that the units be built by 2024.
Millennium Private site (Site H) will include 66 affordable rental units with 44 to very low
and low income and 22 to moderate, within a 330 unit market rate/moderate income project
on 10 acres. The affordability of the very low, low and moderate income units have been
secured in an approved Development Agreement, and will require deed restrictions. The
project is proposed by a private housing developer. The project is being designed, and a
Precise Plan application is expected in October of 2021.
Millennium City site (Site C) The City is currently under contract for the development of '
240 units affordable to very low and low income households on 10 acres of land. The units
will be deed restricted. The project will be developed by a private housing developer on
City land. Entitlement applications are expected in 2022, financing will be secured in 2023.
and construction is expected in 2024.
Arc Village (Site KK) will include 36 affordable rental units, including 32 one -bedroom
units and 4 two -bedroom units, for special needs adults adjacent to the Desert Are campus.
The project will be developed by a private party. This project will require a Previse Plan
application.
These entitled and pending entitlement projects will result in a total of 729 units affordable to very
low and low income households, and 596 units affordable to moderate income households. With
completion of these projects, the City will need to accommodate an additional 419 units for very
low and low income households, and would have an excess of 135 moderate income units when
all entitled and pending entitlement sites in Table III-47 are developed. Table 1I1-47 also shows
that the City has capacity for 745 units on vacant sites, almost double the 419 needed during the
planning period to complete the RHNA.
Table III-48 provides a list of entitled projects which will be available for market housing, to
accommodate the City's RHNA for the above moderate income category. These projects include
plans for single family homes, condominiums and townhomes; and apartments. These projects are
in various stages of development. Dolce is under construction. Stone Eagle, Big Horn Mountains,
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Big Horn Canyon, and Ponderosa Homes lots are recorded and only single family building permits
are required. In the case of Montage, the project was approved in May, 2021 and is currently
proceeding to record the Tract Map and secure grading and building permits. In the case of
University Park, Millennium Apartments, Ponderosa Apartments, Precise Plan applications are
required to allow development. University Park, the Santa Rosa Golf Course, the Catavina site and
Villa Portofino require further subdivision and Precise Plan approvals. The various stages of
development allow for staged development throughout the planning period.
Table III-48
Vacant Above Moderate Income Sites
Map Project Name Remaining Projected
Key Lots Units
1 Stone Eagle 25 25
2 Big Hom Mountains 10 10
3 Big Hom Canyon 31 31
4 University Park — Phase I 1,069 1,069
5 University Park — Phase II 1,291 1,291
6 University Park — Phase III 196 196
7 Millennium Apartments 330 264
8 Former Santa Rosa Golf Course 300 300
9 Former Catavina Site 159 159
11 Villa Portofino — Lot 1 145 145
12 GHA Montage 63 63
13 Ponderosa Homes 99 80
14 Ponderosa Apartments 140 140
15 Dolce 127 127
16 Monterey Ridge 202 202
Total Units 4,187 4,102
The map below provides the location of the sites shown in the inventory tables.
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