HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes No 2378PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 2378
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN
AMENDMENT TO AN APPROVED PRECISE PLAN OF
DESIGN TO ALLOW LIMITED OUTDOOR DISPLAY OF
MERCHANDISE AT LOWES HOME IMPROVEMENT
CENTER AT.35-850 MONTEREY AVENUE.
CASE NO. PP 04-13 AMENDMENT #1
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Palm Desert, Califomia, did on
the 21 st day of February, 2006, hold a duly noticed public hearing to consider the request
by LOWES HIW INC. for approval of the above described amendment; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, did on the 26th
day of August, 2004, adopt its Resolution No. 04-87 approving a Lowes Home
Improvement Center on the subject property, subject to conditions; and
WHEREAS, Condition No. 15 of Resolution No. 04-87 prohibits outdoor storage of
any type on the site; and
WHEREAS, Lowes Hiw Inc. has provided plans showing four (4) areas of limited
outdoor display of merchandise; and
WHEREAS, at said public hearing, upon hearing and considering all testimony and
arguments, if any, of all interested persons desiring to be heard, said Planning Commission
did find the following facts and reasons to exist to justify granting approval of said precise
plan amendment:
1. The proposed outdoor displays of merchandise will be limited to areas
immediately adjacent to the building and will be limited to specific types of
merchandise in each area.
2. The proposed outdoor displays of merchandise as conditioned will not be
visible from a public street.
3. The proposed amendment to the precise plan, as conditioned, will not
substantially depreciate property values and will not be materially injurious
to the properties or improvements in the vicinity and will not endanger the
public peace, health, safety or general welfare.
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 Planning Commission in this case.
PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 2378
2. The proposed Amendment #1 to Case PP 04-13 is a Class 5 Categorical
Exemption for the purposes of CEQA and no further environmental review
is necessary.
3. That Precise Plan 04-13 Amendment #1 is hereby approved, subject to the
attached conditions.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Palm Desert
Planning Commission, held on this 21 st day of February, 2006, by the following vote, to
wit:
AYES: CAMPBELL, TANNER, TSCHOPP, LOPEZ
NOES: FINERTY
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
JA ` S,k. LOPEZ, ' hair erson
ATTEST:
PHILIP DRELL, ecretary
Palm Desert Planning Commission
PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO.2378
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL
CASE NO. PP 04-13 AMENDMENT #1
Department of Community Development:
1. That all conditions of approval delineated in City Council Resolution No. 04-87
shall continue in full force and effect except that Condition No. 15 is amended
to permit the limited outdoor display of merchandise as shown on plans dated
January 20, 2006 on file with the Department of Community Development and
as limited further by the following conditions.
2. The applicant at all times shall maintain a minimum seven (7) foot wide
walkway across the front of the building.
3. That with respect to the display of building materials outside the indoor lumber
yard, the display shall not exceed a height of six -feet and shall be limited to a
maximum of four pallets at any one time. To define the area of the display, the
applicant shall install wing walls extending out four feet from the building a
minimum of 48 inches in height.
Alternatively, the applicant may design a trellis/vine system on the west side of
the porte couchere to be approved by the Architectural Review Commission. If
this solution is implemented, the above limitations on height and amount of
material shall be waived.
4. That prior to placement of any storage sheds in the area at the north end of the
building, the applicant shall first obtain approval of a landscape plan amendment
from the City's Landscape Manager and shall implement any required changes.
Said amended plan to provide access to the area and screening of the area
through a combination of planting and walls.
5. That the display of live plant material associated with the garden center is
limited to plant material only. Fertilizer, bags of soil, grass seed, potting
containers and the like are not permitted under this amendment.
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