HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes No 1603PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 1603
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF PALM DESERT APPROVING THE SELECTION OF
BOUNDARIES OF PROJECT AREA NO. 4 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 FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Palm Desert has
designated a survey area for redevelopment study purposes. The
California Community Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety Code
Section 33000, et. seq.) provides for the Planning Commission, 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 Commission hereby approves the
selection of Project Area No. 4, 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 the Project Area No. 4 of the Palm Desert
Redevelopment Agency: as formulated and prepared by the Planning
Commission, 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 Commission, held this 2nd day of February, 1993, by
the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST:
COX, WHITLOCK, SPIEGEL
NONE
NONE
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PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
PROJECT AREA NO. 4
Prof e. .Area Boundaries - May 1991
EXHIBIT A
ROSENOv SPEVACER GROUP INC.
EXHIBIT "B"
PRELIMINARY PLAN
FOR PROJECT AREA NO. 4
OF THE
PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
January 27, 1993
Prepared for:
Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency
73-510 Fred Waring Drive
Palm Desert, California 92260
619/346-0611
Prepared by:
Rosenow Spevacek Group, Inc.
540 North Golden Circle, Suite 305
Santa Ana, California 92705
714/541-4585
510 North Pacific, Suite 1
Oceanside, California 92054
619/967-6462
THE
PRELIMINARY PLAN
FOR ROJECT AREA NO. 4
OF THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION I. INTRODUCTION 1
SECTION II. PROJECT AREA NO. 3 LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION 2
SECTION III. GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROPOSED
PLANNING ELEMENTS 2
A. Land Use 2
B. General Statement of Proposed Layout of
Principal Streets 3
C. General Statement of Proposed Population Densities 3
D. General Statement of Proposed Building Intensities 3
E. General Statement of Proposed Building Standards 4
SECTION IV. ATTAINMENT OF THE PURPOSES OF THE LAW 4
SECTION V. CONFORMANCE TO THE GENERAL PLANS 5
SECTION VI. GENERAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECT UPON THE RESIDENTS OF PROJECT
AREA NO. 4 AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS 6
EXHIBIT A MAP OF PROJECT AREA NO. 4 BOUNDARIES
PRELIMINARY PLAN
FOR PROJECT AREA NO. 4
OF THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
I. INTRODUCTION
This Preliminary Plan (the "Plan") has been prepared under the authorization of Resolution No. 91-47
passed by the City Council of the City of Palm Desert (the "City Council") on April 11, 1992. This
Resolution established a Redevelopment Survey Area for the City of Palm Desert and unincorporated
County of Riverside (the "County") territory laying adjacent to the City, (the "Survey Area"). The
City Council has requested, per Resolution No. 91-46, that the County authorize by Ordinance the
redevelopment of the designated area within its territorial limits. Resolution No. 91-47 also
authorized the Planning Commission in conjunction with the Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency
(the "Agency") to study the feasibility and select a Redevelopment Project Area ("Project Area No.
4") from within the Survey Area.
The adoption of the Plan and the selection of the boundaries for Project Area No. 4 initiate the
proceedings for the adoption of a Redevelopment Plan. This Plan has been prepared in accordance
with Section 33324 of the California Community Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety Code,
Sections 33000 et. se.) which states that the Preliminary Plan should:
(a) describe the boundaries of the project area;
(b) contain a general statement of land uses, layout of principal streets, population
densities and building intensities and standards proposed as the basis for the
redevelopment of the project area;
(c) show how the purpose of the Community Redevelopment Law would be
attained by such redevelopment;
(d) show how the proposed redevelopment conforms to the general plan;
(e) describe, generally, the impact of the redevelopment project upon residents of
the project area and surrounding neighborhoods.
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II. PROJECT AREA NO. 4 LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION
Project Area No. 4 is located within the City of Palm Desert and unincorporated territory of Riverside
County, California and generally includes that area of the City and County territory bounded by
Eldorado Drive running southward to the west to the Indian Wells boundary line, then eastward to
the corner boundary point between the County territory and Indian Wells. The western boundary
then follows this boundary line southward to Fred Waring Drive. Fred Waring Drive is the southern
boundary with Washington Street being the eastern limit. Country Club Drive from Washington
Street westward to Eldorado form the northern most limit of the proposed Project Area No. 4. The
proposed Project Area No. 4 is outlined in Exhibit A.
III. GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROPOSED PLANNING ELEMENTS
A. LAND USES
As a basis for the redevelopment of Project Area No. 4, it is generally proposed that
the uses be permitted in conformance with the City of Palm Desert General Plan and
the County of Riverside General Plan (the "General Plans"), the Zoning Ordinance of
the City and County, and all other state and local building codes and guidelines. The
following uses are presently permitted by the General Plans:
1. Commercial: Including retail stores; professional and personal service
shops; professional, personal and business offices; shopping centers;
and restaurants.
2. Industrial: Including industrial/business parks oriented toward
storage, distribution, assembly, service commercial, and research and
office facilities.
3. Residential: Including residential and other related uses as permitted
by the General Plans and as approved by the Agency.
4. Other: Including open space, golf courses and parklands, pubic
utilities, and rights -of -way.
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B. GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROPOSED LAYOUT OF PRINCIPAL STREETS
The principal streets within Project Area No. 4 are as shown on Exhibit A. These
include El Dorado, Country Club, Washington, and 42nd. The layout of principal
streets and those that may be developed in the future shall conform to the General
Plans Circulation Element as currently adopted or as hereafter amended.
Existing streets within Project Area No. 4 may be closed, widened or otherwise
modified, and additional streets may be created as necessary for proper pedestrian
and/or vehicular circulation provided they are consistent with the General Plans.
C. GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROPOSED POPULATION DENSITIES
Permitted densities within Project Area No. 4 shall conform to the General Plans as
currently adopted or as hereafter amended, and applicable ordinances and local codes.
D. GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROPOSED BUILDING INTENSITIES
As a basis for the redevelopment of Project Area No. 4 it is proposed that, in general,
building intensity be controlled by limits on: (1) the percentage of the building site
covered by the building (land coverage); (2) the ratio of the total floor area for all
stories of the building to the area of the building site (floor area ratio); (3) the size
and location of the buildable area on the building site; and (4) the heights of the
building. The limits on building intensity shall be established in accordance with the
provisions of the General Plans, Zoning Ordinances, and local codes and ordinances,
as they now exist or are hereafter amended. The land coverage, sizes and location of
the buildable areas will be limited, as is feasible and appropriate, to provide adequate
open space and parking.
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E. GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROPOSED BUILDING STANDARDS
It is proposed that, in general, the building standards should conform to the building
requirements of applicable State and national statutes and 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.
IV. ATTAINMENT OF THE PURPOSES OF THE LAW
The purposes of the California 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 California Community Redevelopment Law
would be attained by redevelopment of Project Area No. 4 and by facilitating a higher and better
utilization of land thereby contributing to the public, safety and welfare. Redevelopment activities
include the planning, development, replanning, redesigning, reconstruction or rehabilitation, or any
combination of the foregoing, and the provision of such residential, commercial, industrial, public or
other structures or space as may be appropriated or necessary in the interest of the general welfare,
including recreational and other facilities.
Redevelopment of Project Area No. 4 would also attain the purposes of the California Community
Redevelopment Law by stimulating construction activity and increasing employment opportunities in
commercial and industrial areas of Project Area No. 4 and in the City of Palm Desert. Financial
assistance would also be provided in association with the construction and reconstruction of curbs,
gutters, sidewalks, streets, and other public improvements. Such purposes would also be attained by
the attraction of residential, commercial and industrial uses to stagnant and unproductive areas,
including recycling of land uses into viable and productive uses consistent with the General Plans. 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.
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The selection of the boundaries of Project Area No. 4 was guided by the existence of blight, as
defined by the California Community Redevelopment Law, and the following facts and principles.
A. The City's desire to revitalize and upgrade the residential, commercial, and industrial uses
which are included in Project Area No. 4 in order to: increase sales and business tax
revenues; improve public facilities, services, municipal services, and infrastructure; improve
drainage facilities; reduce the cost of providing City services; create jobs for City residents;
assure social and economic stability; and promote aesthetic and environmental actions and
improvements that will make the City of Palm Desert a better place to live, work, shop and
enjoy leisure time.
B. The City's desire to rehabilitate physically obsolete or substandard structures and other
blighting influences; to rehabilitate, through owner participation, existing buildings; to install,
construct, reconstruct, redesign, or reuse streets, utilities, curbs, gutters, sidewalks and other
associated public improvements; to construct and/or reconstruct drainage facilities; to
assemble land into parcels suitable for modern integrated development; to improve and
provide additional, if feasible, adequate recreation facilities.
V. CONFORMANCE TO THE GENERAL PLANS
The proposed redevelopment described in this Preliminary Plan conforms to the General Plans of the
City and County. The Plan proposes an identical pattern of land uses and includes all highways and
public facilities as indicated by these General Plans.
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VI. GENERAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT UPON
THE RESIDENTS OF PROJECT AREA NO. 4 AND SURROUNDING
NEIGHBORHOODS
The impact of the Project upon residents within Project Area No. 4 and surrounding neighborhoods
outside of Project Area No. 4 will generally be in the areas of improved public utilities and services,
especially municipal services, improved living environment and economic activity. 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 also anticipated that redevelopment activities orchestrated by the Agency will provide
additional employment opportunities and enhance the environmental quality of Project Area No. 4
and surrounding areas. Thus, the impact of the project upon residents of the Project Area and the
surrounding neighborhood will be positive.
Plan implementation activities will occur as sufficient financial resources are available. Therefore,
redevelopment activity is intended to be phased over a period of time, with only a limited amount of
direct activity at any one time. Therefore, during redevelopment, impacts of the redevelopment
project upon residents of the proposed Project Area and surrounding neighborhood will, in general,
be minimal.
Implementation activities will be subject to future review and approval by the City Council,
Redevelopment Agency, Planning Commission and other appropriate bodies after input from affected
residents and other interested parties.
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