HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes No 280PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 280
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PALM
DESERT, CALIFORNIA, ANNOUNCING ITS FINDINGS AND UPHOLDING
THE DECISION OF THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD TO DENY THE APPEAL OF
DR. SANTIAGO FERNANDEZ OF SPECIFIC CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL
FOR CASE NO. 303SF.
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Palm Desert, California,
did review the conditions of approval for Case No. 303SF, and more specifically:
Condition No. 6 which requires the applicant to submit a revised
landscaping plan to the Department of Environmental Services prior
to submittal of plans to the Department of Building and Safety
for plan check;
Condition No. 8 which requires the driveway to be constructed of
concrete;
Condition No. 10 which requires the front garden wall to be con-
structed of slumpstone;
Condition No. 13 which requires the parkway to be landscaped; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did review the Design Review Board's reasons
for denying the appeal of Conditions No. 6, 8, 10, 13; and,
WHEREAS, after hearing all the testimony regarding this matter did find the
following facts to exist to justify upholding the findings of the Design Review
Board and denying the appeal with regard to Conditions Nos. 6 and 13:
1. Condition Nos. 6 and 13 of Case No. 303SF are consistent with
the objectives of the Design Review Board process stated in Sec.
25.39-201 of the Zoning Ordinance;
2. Condition Nos. 6 and 13 are not unreasonable in light of the
City's objectives to use the Design Review Board process as a means
of encouraging private interests to assist in the implementation
process of the City's General Plan and exercise reasonable controls
over the character and design of buildings to assure protection of
public benefits derived from expenditures of public funds for im-
provement and beautification of the city.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Planning Commission of the City of
Palm Desert, California, as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct and constitute the
findings of the Commission in this case.
2. The requested appeal is hereby denied for Condition Nos. 6 and 13.
3. The appeal for Conditions Nos. 8 and 10 is hereby upheld.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Palm Desert Plan-
ning Commission, held this 30th day of August, 1977, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: BERKEY, KRYDER, SNYDER, KELLY, READING
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
GEORGE BERKEY, Chairman
ATTEST:
PAUL A. WILLIAMS, Secretary
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