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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes No 1382PLANNING CamIISSION RESOLUTION N0. 1382 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING CCNMISSION OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT APPROVING THE SELECTION OF BOUNDARIES OF PROJECT AREA NO. 3 AND THE FORMULATION AND PREPARATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAN THEREFOR. THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT HEREBY FINDS, DETERMINES, RESOLVES AND ORDERS AS FOLLU4S: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Palm Desert has designated a survey area for redevelopment study purposes. The Community Redevelopment Law (California Health and Safety Code Section 33000, et seq.) provides for the planning oammission, with the cooperation of the Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency, to select a project area from within the boundaries of a survey area, and to formulate and prepare a preliminary plan for the redevelopment of the selected project area, and the planning commission has selected such a project area and has formulated and prepared a preliminary plan therefor. Section 2. The planning caimission hereby approves the selection of Project Area No. 3, which is that certain area within the survey area designated by the city council and shown on the diagram attached hereto as Exhibit A. Section 3. The planning commission hereby approves the "Preliminary Plan for Project Area No. 3" as formulated and prepared by the planning oattnission, attached hereto as Exhibit B. Section 4. The secretary of the planning commission is hereby authorized and directed to transmit a copy of this resolution to the agency. PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Palm Desert Planning Carmission, held on this 5th, day of September, 1989, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: NONE DOWNS, JONATHAN, RICHARDS, WHITLOCK, AND ERWOOD NONE NONE RICHARD ERWOOD, Chairman OJE�j PREP # 3 U��EA"OpM�`,j Pk R� ��(/. / gy�pp/ '.-'- �'.'��-�---�--_---` iq/ It11�82 0 c7�0t.m. lgl-l1 — _- .3 5::',,.. ? .R...:::1--______--- -'—'-'': i, 1 Cr.4.D.,s \ \`.:::::.:-..,::-. Int,-„,„(...;,,, jl r'; -. `i ;} P R " :•)., • t \--41411.'4> 0 0.5. PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR PROJECT AREA NO. 3 OF THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY EXHIBIT B I. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION 1 II. DESCRIPTION OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROJECT AREA 1 III. GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE PROPOSED LAND USES . . 1 IV. GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE PROPOSED LAYOUT OF PRINCIPAL STREETS 2 V. GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE PROPOSED POPULATION DENSITIES 2 VI. GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING INTENSITIES VII. GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING STANDARDS 3 gola VIII. ATTAINMENT OF THE PURPOSES OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT LAW 4 IX. CONFORMANCE TO THE GENERAL PLAN OF THE CITY . . 7 X. GENERAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT UPON THE RESIDENTS AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD 7 -1- 890711 jlw A968.RDH (2) PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR PROJECT AREA NO. 3 I. INTRODUCTION This Preliminary Plan was formulated and prepared by the Planning Commission of the City of Palm Desert with the cooperation of the Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency (the "Agency") in accordance with the Community Redevelopment Law, California Health and Safety Code Section 33000, et seq. (the "Community Redevelopment Law") and shall be the basis for the Redevelopment Plan for Project Area No. 3 (the "Project Area"). More detailed plans, reports and studies will be prepared in connection with the proceedings undertaken by the Agency to prepare and consider a Redevelopment Plan for the Project Area. II. DESCRIPTION OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROJECT AREA The boundaries of the proposed Project Area are set forth on the diagram attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein by reference. III. GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE PROPOSED LAND USES Redevelopment in the proposed Project Area will be in conformity with the General Plan of the City of Palm Desert (the "General Plan"), the Zoning Ordinance of the City and all other applicable state and local building codes and guidelines. IV. GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE PROPOSED LAYOUT OF PRINCIPAL STREETS The layout of principal streets proposed as the basis for redevelopment of the Project Area are those in the Project Area as shown on the diagram attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and those shown in the Circulation Element of the General Plan. Existing streets within the Project Area may be closed, widened or otherwise modified, and additional streets may be created as necessary for proper pedestrian and vehicular circulation consistent with the General Plan. V. GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE PROPOSED POPULATION DENSITIES Consistent with the General Plan, low, medium and high density residential uses will be the permitted range of dwelling unit intensities. The population densities proposed as the basis for the redevelopment of the Project Area are those which would be consistent with the General Plan, but they may vary depending upon the residential land use designation and the number of dwelling units per acre that are actually developed. -2- 890711 jlw A968.RDH (2) e tor Imo VI. GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING INTENSITIES The building intensities proposed as the basis for redevelopment of the Project Area are those that would be consistent with the limits contained in the Zoning Ordinance and General Plan. Anticipated limits would include: (1) the percentage of ground area covered by buildings (land coverage); (2) the ratio of total floor area for all stories of the buildings to areas of the building sites (floor area ratio); (3) the size and the location of the buildable areas on building sites; and (4) the heights of buildings. The land coverage, sizes and locations of buildable areas will be limited, as is feasible and appropriate, to provide adequate open space and parking. VII. GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING STANDARDS The building standards proposed as the basis for redevelopment of the Project Area will conform to the building requirements of all applicable State statutes and all applicable local codes and ordinances. The Agency may consider more restrictive requirements and may incorporate such requirements into the Redevelopment Plan, in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare. 890711 jlw A968.RDH (2) -3- VIII. ATTAINMENT OF THE PURPOSES OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT LAW The proposed redevelopment of the Project Area would attain the purposes of the Community Redevelopment Law. The Project Area is characterized by conditions which cause a reduction of, or lack of, proper utilization of the area to such an extent that it constitutes a serious physical, social or economic burden on the City of Palm Desert which cannot reasonably be expected to be reversed or alleviated by private enterprise acting alone. The physical environment is conducive to social and health problems and there is physical deterioration of structures and infrastructure, a lack of proper utilization of the area, a decline in the economic viability of the area, impaired investments and social and economic dislocation. There are buildings and structures, used or intended to be used for living, commercial, industrial, or other purposes, which are unfit or unsafe to occupy for such purposes and are conducive to ill health, juvenile delinquency and crime because of defective design and character of physical construction, faulty interior arrangement and exterior spacing, high density of population and overcrowding, inadequate provision for ventilation, light, sanitation, open spaces, and recreation -4- 890711 jlw A968.ROH (2) ler law facilities, and age, obsolescence, deterioration, dilapidation, mixed character, or shifting of uses. There are parcels in the Project Area which suffer from the subdividing and sale of lots of irregular form and shape and inadequate size for proper usefulness and development and the laying out of lots in disregard of the contours and other topography or physical characteristics of the ground and surrounding conditions. There are inadequate public improve- ments, public facilities, open spaces and utilities serving the Project Area and this situation cannot be remedied by private or governmental action without the aid and assistance of the Agency. There is a prevalence of depreciated values, impaired invest- ments, and social and economic maladjustment in the Project Area. The foregoing described conditions have contributed to the physical deterioration of structures and infrastructure, a lack of proper utilization of the area and a decline in the economic viability of the area. The purposes of the Community Redevelopment Law are to protect and promote the sound development and redevelopment of blighted areas and the general welfare of the inhabitants of the communities in which they exist. The purposes of the Community Redevelopment Law would be attained by redevelopment of the 890711 jlw A968.RDH (2) -5- Project Area, including the planning, development, replanning, redesign, clearance, reconstruction or rehabilitation, or any combination of the foregoing, and the provision of such residential, commercial, industrial, public or other structures or spaces as may be appropriate or necessary in the interest of the general welfare, including recreational and other facilities incidental or appurtenant to them, by facilitating a higher and better utilization of land and thereby contributing to the public health, safety and welfare. Redevelopment of the Project Area will also obtain the purposes of the Community Redevelopment Law by stimulating construction activity and increasing employment opportunities in Project Area and commercial and industrial areas of the proposed in the City of Palm Desert and by providing financial assistance in connection with the construction and reconstruction of curbs, gutters, sidewalks, streets, and other public facilities. Such purposes would also be attained by the attraction of residential, commercial and industrial uses to stagnant and unproductive areas, including the recycling of land uses into viable productive uses consistent with the General Plan of the City. It is further anticipated that the Agency will provide financial assistance for the development of additional residential, commercial and industrial construction and rehabilitation in a manner which will make such development economically feasible. -6- 890711 jlw A968.RDH (2) IX. CONFORMANCE TO THE GENERAL PLAN OF THE CITY The proposed redevelopment described in this Preliminary Plan conforms to the General Plan. The Preliminary Plan proposes a plan for the redevelopment of the Project Area which will be consistent with the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance of the City. X. GENERAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT UPON THE RESIDENTS AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD The impact of the project upon residents of the Project Area and the surrounding neighborhood will be positive. During redevelopment, impacts of the redevelopment project upon residents of the proposed Project Area and surrounding neighborhood will, in general, be minimal. Residents within the Project Area may experience some temporary effects of redevelopment due to the public works improvements which can reasonably be expected to occur in the future. However, redevelopment activities of the Agency will occur only when sufficient financial resources are available and such actions will produce effective redevelopment results. The proposed redevelopment project, therefore, is intended to occur in phases with only a limited amount of direct activity at any one time. -7- 890711 jlw A968.RDH (2) 1 The long-term impacts upon Project Area residents and the surrounding neighborhood will be positive due to the elimination of conditions of blight. Redevelopment of the Project Area will provide for the improvement, modernization, planning, development, replanning, redesign, reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Project Area and the provision of residential, commercial, industrial, public and other structures and open spaces in the interest of the general welfare. It is anticipated that redevelopment activities by the Agency will provide additional employment opportunities and enhance the environmental quality of the Project Area and surrounding areas. -8- 890711 jlw A968.RDH (2)