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Home My WebLink About2000-10-17 PC Regular Meeting Agenda POSTED AGENDA PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY - OCTOBER 17, 2000 7:00 P.M. - CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBER 73-510 FRED WARING DRIVE * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I. CALL TO ORDER II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE III. ROLL CALL IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: October 3, 2000 Action: V. SUMMARY OF COUNCIL ACTION October 12, 2000 VI. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS A. Any person wishing to discuss any item not otherwise on the Agenda may address the Planning Commission at this point by stepping to the lectern and giving his/her name and address for the record. Remarks shall be limited to a maximum of five minutes unless additional time is authorized by the Planning Commission. B. This is the time and place for any person who wishes to comment on non- hearing Agenda items. It should be noted that at Planning Commission discretion, these comments may be deferred until such time on the Agenda as the item is discussed. Remarks shall be limited to a maximum of five minutes unless additional time is authorized by the Planning Commission. VII. CONSENT CALENDAR A. Case No. PMW 00-19: MAINIERO, SMITH, AND ASSOCIATES, Applicants Request for approval of a parcel map waiver to merge two parcels into one parcel. Property is on the north side of Gerald Ford Drive between Monterey Avenue and Portola Avenue. POSTED AGENDA PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION OCTOBER 17, 2000 Recommended Action: Move by , second by , approving the Consent Calendar by minute motion. VIII. PUBLIC HEARINGS Anyone who challenges any hearing matter in court may be limited to raising only those issues he/she or someone else raised at the public hearing described herein, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing. A. CASE NOS: GPA 00-4 and C/Z 00-07, PP 00-11, VAR 00-06: CHARLES K. SWEET, Applicant Request for recommendation to the City Council of approval of a negative declaration of environmental impact, general plan amendment from medium density residential to office professional, change of zone from PR-7 (planned residential 7 units per acre)to O.P. (Office professional), a precise plan of design for a 64,521 square foot office complex (three (3) two-story office buildings)and height exception to allow a 30-foot high building on the north side of Fred Waring Drive 330 feet west of Fairhaven Drive. The application includes a request for joint use parking with the University Baptist Church located on the northwest corner of Fred Waring Drive and Fairhaven Drive, 72-600 Fred Waring Drive. Recommended Action: Move by , second by , approving the findings as presented by staff. Move by , second by , adopting Planning Commission Resolution No. recommending to the City Council approval of Cases GPA 00-4, C/Z 00-07, PP 00-11, and VAR 00-06. 2 POSTED AGENDA PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION OCTOBER 17, 2000 B. CASE NO.: CUP/PP 00-11 & DA 00-02: SCHMITZ ENTERPRISES, INC., Applicant Request for recommendations to the City Council of approval of a conditional area permit/precise plan, development agreement and negative declaration of environmental impact for a 23 room residential care facility for the elderly on a 24,150 square foot lot on the west side of San Rafael Avenue, 420 feet north of San Gorgonio Way, 44-555 San Rafael Avenue, APN 627-141-019. Recommended Action: Move by , second by , approving the findings as presented by staff. Move by , second by , adopting Planning Commission Resolution No. recommending to the City Council approval of Cases CUP/PP 00-11 & DA 00-02. C. CASE NO.: ZOA 00-09: CITY OF PALM DESERT, Applicant Request for recommendation to the City Council of approval of an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance Chapter 25.25.016, setback requirements in the O.P. (Office professional) district, continued from October 3, 2000. Recommended Action: Move by , second by , approval of the findings as presented by staff. Move by , second by , adopting Planning Commission Resolution No. recommending to the City Council approval of Case No. ZOA 00-09. IX. MISCELLANEOUS A. None 3 "a„ % r POSTED AGENDA PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION OCTOBER 17, 2000 X. COMMITTEE MEETING UPDATES A. ART IN PUBLIC PLACES - (No meeting) B. CIVIC CENTER STEERING COMMITTEE - (No meeting) C. DESERT WILLOW COMMITTEE - (No meeting) D. LANDSCAPE COMMITTEE - (No meeting) E. PROJECT AREA 4 COMMITTEE - October 16, 2000 F. PALM DESERT/RANCHO MIRAGE MONTEREY AVENUE CORRIDOR PLANNING WORK GROUP - (No meeting) G. ZONING ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE - (No meeting) XI. COMMENTS XII. ADJOURNMENT * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * DECLARATION OF POSTING I, Gail Santee, Senior Office Assistant of the City of Palm Desert Community Development Department, do hereby declare that the foregoing agenda for the Planning Commission meeting of Tuesday, October 17, 2000, was posted on the bulletin board by the outside entry to the Council Chamber, 73-510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, on Friday, October 13, 2000. Dated: October 13, 2000 GAIL SANTEE Senior Office Assistant City of Palm Desert, California 4 POSTED AGENDA ADDENDUM PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY - OCTOBER 17, 2000 7:00 P.M. - CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBER 73-510 FRED WARING DRIVE * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * VIII. D. CASE NO.: ZOA 00-010: CITY OF PALM DESERT, Applicant Request for recommendation to the City Council of an amendment to the Municipal Code, Chapter 25.58(Off Street Parking/Landscaping of Parking Lots). Recommended Action: Move by , second by , to continue to Planning Commission's November 7, 2000, meeting. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * DECLARATION OF POSTING I, Gail Santee, Senior Office Assistant of the City of Palm Desert Community Development Department,do hereby declare that the foregoing agenda forthe Planning Commission meeting of Tuesday, October 17, 2000, was posted on the bulletin board by the outside entry to the Council Chamber, 73-510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, on Friday, October 13, 2000. Dated: October 13, 2000 GAIL SANTEE Senior Office Assistant City of Palm Desert, California