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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-02-08 POSTED AGENDA �� ;f, PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION _ bipi „�%, tiry TUESDAY - DECEMBER 2, 2008 �--" 6:00 P.M. - CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBER ��� 9 3 .,�•''�� 73-510 FRED WARING DRIVE * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Request for consideration of the November 18, 2008 meeting minutes. Action: V. SUMMARY OF COUNCIL ACTION (November 20, 2008) VI. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS A. Any person wishing to discuss any item not otherwise on the Agenda may address the Planning Commission at this point by stepping to the lectern and giving his/her name and address for the record. Remarks shall be limited to a maximum of five minutes unless additional time is authorized by the Planning Commission. B. This is the time and place for any person who wishes to comment on non-hearing Agenda items. It should be noted that at Planning Commission discretion, these comments may be deferred until such time on the Agenda as the item is discussed. Remarks shall be limited to a maximum of five minutes unless additional time is authorized by the Planning Commission. Reports and documents relating to each of the following items listed on the agenda are on file in the Department of Community Development and are available for public inspection during normal business hours, Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., 73510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, CA 92260, (760) 346- 0611. POSTED AGENDA PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION DECEMBER 2, 2008 VII. CONSENT CALENDAR A. Case No. PP 07-07 — PREST VUKSIC ARCHITECTS, Applicant Request for approval of a first one-year time extension for a 17,600 square foot professional office building at 44-450 Monterey Avenue. Recommended Action: Move by , second by , approving the Consent Calendar by minute motion. VIII. PUBLIC HEARINGS Anyone who challenges any hearing matter in court may be limited to raising only those issues he, she or someone else raised at the public hearing described herein, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing. A. Case No. TPM 36137 — MOLLERS GARDEN CENTER, Applicant (Continued from November 18, 2008) Request for approval of a tentative parcel map to subdivide a 12.17-acre parcel into four parcels for sale purposes. The property is located at 72-235 Painters Path. Recommended Action: Move by , second by , approving the findings as presented by staff. Move by , second by , adopting Planning Commission Resolution No. , approving Case No. TPM 36137, subject to conditions. B. Case No. PP/TPM 08-191 - URBAN HOUSING COMMUNITIES, LLC, Applicant Request for recommendation to the City Council of Palm Desert to approve a request by Urban Housing LLC, for approval of a Change of Zone (CZ), a Tentative Parcel Map (TPM), and a Precise Plan (PP) of design to allow the 2 POSTED AGENDA PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION DECEMBER 2, 2008 construction of 144 affordable housing units with amenities. The proposal will change the zone from Planned Community Development (PCD) to Planned Residential 14 dwelling units per acre (PR-14) and subdivide an 11.8 acre parcel into two (2) lots to accommodate future Childcare Facility not a part of the project. The proposed project is located on the south side of 35th Avenue between Gateway Drive and Cortesia Way (C Street), also known as APN 694-130-005. A Mitigated Negative Declaration resulting from an Environmental Assessment pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) has been prepared for the proposed project and is on file in the City of Pam Desert Planning Department. Recommended Action: Move by , second by , approving the findings as presented by staff. Move by , second by , adopting Planning Commission Resolution No. , C. Case No. PP 08-309 — WARE MALCOMB MALCOMB ARCHITECT, Applicant Request for approval of a Precise Plan of design to construct a single story 6, 474 square foot office building for the California Teachers Association located at 75-084 Gerald Ford Drive. Recommended Action: Move by , second by , approving the findings as presented by staff. Move by , second by , adopting Planning Commission Resolution No. , approving Case No. PP 08-309, subject to conditions. 3 POSTED AGENDA PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION DECEMBER 2, 2008 D. Case No. PP 09-263/MISC 08-189 — THE LIVING DESERT, Applicant Request for approval of a request by the Living Desert, located at 47900 Portola Avenue, for a Conditional Use Permit per Municipal Code Section 25.38 and for a Precise Plan Amendment. The request would revise the original Living Desert plan to construct, (in four phases), new zoological exhibits and a new entry complex as follows: Phase 1: African lion, meerkat, rock hyrax enclosures, Phase 2: crocodile, tortoise, lovebird, serval enclosures, Phase 3: future entry complex/events building, Phase 4: future hyena and rhinoceros enclosures. Recommended Action: Move by , second by , approving the findings as presented by staff. Move by , second by , adopting Planning Commission Resolution No. , approving Case No. PP 08-309, subject to conditions. IX. MISCELLANEOUS A. Case No. VAR 08-821 — MICHAEL AND MARIANNE TOIA, Applicants Per Planning Commission direction on November 18, 2008, presentation of a resolution denying a request for a variance that would reduce the required minimum side yard setback from five feet to zero feet to allow construction of a golf cart shed located on property line for an existing single family home located at 46-020 Burroweed Lane. Recommended Action: Move by , second by , approving the findings as presented by staff. Move by , second by , adopting Planning Commission Resolution No. , approving Case No. VAR 08-821, subject to conditions. 4 POSTED AGENDA PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION DECEMBER 2, 2008 X. COMMITTEE MEETING UPDATES A. ART IN PUBLIC PLACES B. LANDSCAPE COMMITTEE C. PROJECT AREA 4 COMMITTEE D. PARKS & RECREATION XI. COMMENTS XII. ADJOURNMENT DECLARATION OF POSTING I, Janine Judy, Senior Office Assistant of the City of Palm Desert Community Development Department, do hereby declare that the foregoing agenda for the Planning Commission meeting of Tuesday, December 2, 2008, was posted on the bulletin board by the outside entry to the Council Chamber, 73- 510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, on Wednesday, November 26, 2008. Dated: November 26, 2008 Janine Judy Senior Office Assistant City of Palm Desert, California 5