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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0404 MINUTES PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY - APRIL 4, 2000 7:00 P.M. - CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBER �,.,. 73-510 FRED WARING DRIVE � � * � .� � * � * �. .� � �- � .� .� � �. � � � � � �. � � * .� .� * � .� � � * � � .� � � � � �. I. CALL TO �RDER Chairperson Beaty called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. !I. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Commissioner Finerty led in the pledge of allegiance. I11. ROLL CALL Members Present: Paul Beaty, Chairperson Jim Lopez, Vice Chairperson Sonia Campbell Cindy Finerty Sabby Jonathan `•• Members Absent: None Staff Present: Phil Drell, Director of Community Development Bob Hargreaves, City Attorney Steve Smith, Planning Manager Mark Greenwood, Transportation Engineer Tonya Monroe, Administrative Secretary IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: . � Consideration of the March 21 , 2000 meeting minutes. Action: It was moved by Commissioner Campbell, seconded by Commissioner Finerty, approving the March 21 , 2000 minutes. Motion carried 5-0. V. SUMMARY OF COUNCIL ACTION Mr. Drell summarized pertinent March 23, 2000 City Council actions. ` VI. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS None. MINUTES PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION APRIL 4, 2000 i � � �■rr VII. CONSENT CALENDAR A. Case No. PM 28780 - MAINIERO, SMITH & ASSOCIATES, INC., Applicant Request for approval of a one-year time extension for a parcel map on property located at the northwest corner of Gerald Ford Drive and Portola Avenue. B. Case No. TPM 27419 - RANDALL W. CROFT/EDC CONSULTANTS, Applicant Request for approval of a 4th one-year time extension for a tentative parcel map subdividing 17 acres into 19 industrial lots. Project site is located approximately one-half mile easterly of Monterey Avenue northerly of the future extension of Dinah Shore Drive and southerly of the Southern Pacific Railroad and Interstate 10. � Action: ..% It was moved by Commissioner Campbell, seconded by Commissioner Lopez, approving the Consent Calendar by minute motion. Motion carried 5-0. VIII. PUBUC HEARINGS Anyone who challenges any hearing matter in court may be limited to raising only those issues he or 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. PP 95-6 Amendment #2 - BARTLETT COMMERCIAL, Applicant Request for approval of a precise plan of design to allow construction of a 4,808 square foot retail building at the southeast corner of Highway 1 1 1 and Portola Avenue, 74-033 Highway 1 1 1 in the C-1 S.P. zone. Mr. Smith noted that a colored site plan and elevations were on display. He reminded commission that previously approved at this location was a ' � 2 MINUTES PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION APRIL 4, 2000 � restaurant and then a golf shop, which wasn't able to proceed. The property owner was now Bartlett Commercial, who purchased the property from the Redevelopment Agency. At this time the p(ans for the golf shop were in the Building Department ready to go. Bartlett Commercial had another tenant, an art gallery, so they came up with another layout and another architectural treatment. Mr. Smith indicated that the request complied with all provisions of the ordinance. It was p�eviously assessed as a restaurant and the current request would have fewer impacts so for purposes of CEQA, no further environmental review was necessary. Staff recommended approval of the application as submitted. Mr. Smith indicated that the Architectural Review Commission had reviewed this proposal and gave it preliminary approval. In conclusion he asked for any questions. Commissioner Jonathan asked for clarification on the setbacks. The front would be Highway 1 1 1 and the sides were therefore Portola and the interior to the east. He asked if the 30-foot setback from the street side applied to Portola. Mr, Smith concurred. Commissioner Jonathan asked what the height progression would be for the building, i.e., what height would they be looking at from Highway 1 1 1 . Mr. Smith stated that the portion on Highway 1 1 1 was � 16 feet, stepping up to 25 feet. Commissioner Finerty noted that she read that it started at 18 feet high, with portions at 20 feet, and then went up to 25 feet. Commissioner Jonathan wanted to know the distance from Highway 1 1 1 to the 25-foot high part of the structure. Mr. Drell said that the setbacks were measured from property line and then there was a parkway in addition to the 16 feet, so the actual distance from the curb to the building was approximately 30 feet to begin with. Mr. Smith indicated that the higher portion was 40 to 50 feet. Mr. Drell thought there was at least a 16 to 18- foot parkway between the curb and the property line. Commissioner Campbell asked where the entrance would be--if it woufd be from the parking lot on Portola. Mr. Smith explained that on Portola there was an enclosed sculpture gallery and the entrance was from the east side. Chairperson Beaty o ene the public hearing and asked if the applicant wished � to address the commission. MR. TIM BARTLETT, Bartlett Commercial, stated that he was present to answer any questions. `... 3 MINUTES PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION APRIL 4, 2000 � Commissioner Lopez asked about the landscaping depicted on the site plan and elevations and if that was what was being proposed. Mr. Bartlett explained that the plans on display were completely conceptual and did not reflect what the actual landscaping would look like. He said he had to go back through the landscaping plan and through ARC. He had the old landscaping plans from the last project with him that showed that they provided extensive landscaping and staff had a colored rendering if the commission wanted to see it. Commissioner Campbell asked if there would be grassy landscaped areas like before. Mr. Bartlett said that it would depend on the direction he received. Mr. Drell explained that there would probably be more desert areas. More grassy areas were proposed before to support the golf theme. Mr. Bartlett thought that there would be a combination of desert and lush greenery. Commissioner Jonathan asked if this project was conceptual or if they were talking reality. Mr. Bartlett said he would know in a few days. The council had a chance to tell him if they liked it. Mr. Drell explained that the proposal was a precise plan, but Mr. Bartlett had a business deal with the Redevelopment Agency. Commissioner Campbell asked if the Planning Commission approved the project, if the project had to go before Council for approval. Mr. Drell said no, but indicated that as part of the business deal, the Redevelopment Agency would be reviewing it. That was in the agreement when Mr. Bartlett obtained the land and the assumptions that were in place for the previous plan, as opposed to this revised one. He advised that should have no bearing on the commission's action when considering the precise plan. Commissioner Jonathan agreed. He said that assuming Mr. Bartlett got past those hurdles, he wanted to know if there was Mr. Bartlett had a tenant. � 4 MINUTES PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION APRIL 4, 2000 �.. Mr. Bartlett said yes. He indicated that he has spent five months and considerable money and time with the architect, Mr. Urrutia, to get to this point and he did have a te�ant. Commissioner Jonathan asked for confirmation that if they got past the business issues with Council that they could expect to see this praject under construction in fairly short order, Mr. Bartlett said yes and indicated that it would be open by November 1 , 2000. Chairperson Beaty asked if anyone wished to speak in FAVOR or OPPOSITION to the proposal. There was no one and the public hearing was closed. He asked for commission comments or action. Commissioner Jonathan stated that he felt this project was absolutely ideal for this corner. He liked the proposal, the setbacks, felt there was ample parking and moved for approval. Commissioner Campbell seconded the motion and stated #hat she was in favor the project and felt it would be a benefit as a ` main entrance location to E! Paseo. Action: It was moved by Commissioner Jonathan, seconded by Commissioner Campbell, approving the findings as presented by staff. Motion carried 5-0. It was moved by Commissioner Jonathan, seconded by Commissioner Campbell, adopting Planning Commission Resolution No. 1983, approving PP 95-6 Amendment #2, subject to conditions. Motion carried 5-0. IX. MISCELLANEOUS None. X. COMMITTEE MEETING UPDATES A. ART IN PUBLIC PLACES - INo meeting� B. CIVEC CENTER STEERING COMMITTEE - (No meeting) C. DESERT WILLOW COMMITTEE - (No meeting) D. LANDSCAPE COMMITTEE - (No meeting) ,,., E. PROJECT AREA 4 COMMITTEE - (No meeting) 5 MINUTES PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION APRIL 4, 2000 � , F. PALM DESERT/RANCHO MIRAGE MONTEREY AVENUE CORRIDOR PLANNING WORK GROUP - (No meeting) G. ZONING ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE - (No meeting) XI. COMMENTS 1 . Commissioner Finerty asked for the status of the parking analysis for the Cook Street area. Mr. Drell indicated that they determined that the problem in the area was not due to storage, but they hadn't done counts yet. Commissioner Finerty asked if there was an estirnated time when it would be done. Mr. Drell said that he would get someone out there to do that. 2. Commissioner Jonathan asked for the status of the modification to the setback ordinance. Mr. Drell asked if he meant relative to the detached accessory structures or the O.P. zone. Commissioner Jonathan said O.P. Mr. Smith informed commission that both would be going to Zoning Ordinance Review Commission next, but staff was having difficulty scheduling that meeting. 3. Mr. Drell informed commission that the city was considering initiating an updated General Plan, not so much because there was some dramatic planning initiative that they were concerned with, but because most of the text was written in 1980 and had a lot of goals and objectives in it which had already been achieved. It also had descriptive text that described the city in 1980, so it would be more of a reexamination and update than a dramatic change. With the Census also taking place, it seemed an appropriate time to do it. Staff was proposing that a consultant be hired to work with staff. Mr. Drell also noted that when they started the Zoning Ordinance review p�ocess, the original intent was to systematically go cover to cover and look at everything individually, but also all at once to make sure everything was consistent and all the terms used were well defined. Since they started that process, they had just been putting out fires or jumping around creating new sections. They needed to go page by page and make sure everything made sense. The consultant's contract would be more like an agreement for services to attempt to comprehensively revise it. Mr. � Drell indicated that the proposal to hire the consultant would go to � council at the next meeting. � 6 MINUTES PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION APRIL 4, 2000 �... 4. Commissioner Campbell asked if staff would have someone untie the palm tree on Cook Street at the telecommunication tower location. Mr. Drell said he would have Mr. Alvarez take care of it. XII. ADJOURNMENT It was moved by Commissioner Campbell, seconded by Commissioner Lopez, adjourning the meeting by minute motion. Motion carried 5-0. The meeting was adjourned at 7:22 p.m. `�'`� . / .� PH LIP DREL Secretary ATTEST: �.. �� ,2. �� � PAUL R. BEATY, Chair e son Palm Desert Planning Commission /tm � 7