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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1109 Now FINISHED AGENDA PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION ADJOURNED MEETING WEDNESDAY - NOVEMBER 9, 1983 6:00 P.M. - ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE ROOM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CALL TO ORDER - 6:00 P.M. II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Commissioner Downs III. ROLL CALL - All Present IV. PUBLIC HEARING A. Continued Case Nos. PP 15-83 and TT 19619 - ARMADILLO JOINT VENTURE c/o RANCHO LAS PALMAS MARRIOTT RESORT AND MARRIOTT CORPORATION, Applicants Request for approval of a Negative Declaration of Environmental Impact, precise plan of design, and 10 lot tentative tract map to allow construction of an 809 room hotel, 50 acres of residential land, associated commercial uses, a golf course and associated recreational uses in the PR-4 and PC (2) zones on 235.6 acres located at the southwest corner of Cook Street and Country Club Drive. Action: Moved by Commissioner Crites, seconded by Commissioner Downs, to approve findings as recommended by staff. Carried unanimously 4-0 (Richards not present) Moved by Commissioner Downs, seconded by Commissioner Crites, to adopt Planning Commission Resolution No. 900, approving PP 15-83, subject to conditions. Carried unanimously 4-0 Moved by Commissioner Downs, seconded by Commissioner Erwood, to adopt Planning Commission Resolution No. 901, approving TT 19619, subject to conditions. Carried unanimously 4-0 V. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - NONE VI. COMMENTS Mr. Diaz distributed a brochure from SFS Construction Company. He stated that the applicant wished to make a presentation of his proposal (condominium project) to the commission. Mr. Diaz informed the commission that if they wished to hear his presentation he would ask the applicant to the next meeting, November 15, 1983. Commission concurred. Mr. Diaz informed the commission that the applicant for the car wash located on the Palm Desert Town Center had requested relief from the condition requiring a masonry wall to screen the facility's tunnel from street view. The applicant had proposed to use landscaping to achieve the same effect. The request was based on the cost of the wall in relation to the overall cost of the facility. Because of the cost ($50,000) the project was economically endangered. After discussion it was the consensus of the commission that economic hardship alone should not be the criteria to warrant relief. The commission, however, felt that the use of extensive landscaping to achieve the desired effect was preferable to a masonry wall. Mr. Diaz stated that the applicant would be informed that the wall condition would be modified after landscaping was installed to the commissions satisfaction. The applicant would be required to install the landscape screening and only after it was inspected and approved by the commission would the wall requirement be modified. The commission concurred and instructed staff to so inform the applicant. VII. ADJOURNMENT - 6:23 p.m. -1- /lr